Soul Awakening: Planting Green Lotus in the Infinite Abyss

Chapter 25 Alchemy
After putting away the Qingyan Dragon Bird, Qin Shu pondered for a while.

Before, in Caishen Mall, he also asked if he could pass the message back.

The answer is yes, but it has to go through the special channel of the God of Wealth Mall, and the price is ridiculously expensive, requiring tens of millions of Shenhun coins.

Obviously, such a price is also not something he can afford now.

Therefore, you should just practice diligently and save money at the same time.

To save money, a skill is essential.

He took out the basic alchemy method and looked at it.

There are two main ways to make elixirs: one is fire refining and the other is water refining.

The fire refining method uses flames to burn medicinal materials, extract the essence, and then bake and fuse them. It is relatively efficient, but has a low tolerance rate and the quality of the pill is difficult to control.

The water refining method uses water to extract the essence of the medicinal materials, and then fuses them in water under high pressure. The characteristics are high fault tolerance and high and stable quality of the elixir, but the disadvantage is low efficiency.

The efficiency of the fire refining method is at least ten times that of the water refining method, and the higher the level of the elixir, the higher the efficiency of the fire refining method.

Qin Shu thought about it and decided to use traditional techniques, the fire-refining alchemy method.

Fire alchemy is a test of the alchemist's mental strength and requires precise control of the temperature. If the temperature is not high enough, the essence of the medicinal material cannot be extracted; if the temperature is too high, the entire medicinal material will be burned to ashes.

Therefore, to learn how to make elixirs, the first step is to understand the medicinal materials, and then learn to control fire.

There are a huge number of medicinal material illustrations in the basic alchemy method. Qin Shu spent more than a month practicing while memorizing these medicinal materials below the fifth level in his mind and understanding their medicinal properties.

As for controlling fire, this is much easier.

The fire element of the five elements allows him to accurately control the temperature of flames.

Now all that’s left is practice.

To make elixir, you first need an elixir furnace, and then the medicinal materials.

The basic alchemy method comes with more than ten basic alchemy recipes, which Qin Shu can use to practice.

Bigu Pills, Rejuvenation Pills, Essence-Nourishing Pills, Heart-Clearing Pills, Marrow-Cleansing Pills, etc. are all first-level pill recipes.

The second-level pill recipes in his hand are Foundation Establishment Pill, Yuan Gathering Pill, Pure Yuan Pill, Recovery Pill, and Detoxification Pill.

He bought the alchemy method and the recipe, but he didn't prepare the furnace and materials.

So, he went out to the God of Wealth Mall again and bought a third-level alchemy furnace and the medicinal materials needed for first- and second-level elixirs.

The third-level alchemy furnace is the most difficult magical weapon of its level to refine. Just this alchemy furnace cost him 30,000 soul coins.

Then there were the first and second level materials and more than three thousand soul coins, and the property shrunk a lot in a short period of time.

But it's all worth it.

Just when he was about to leave the God of Wealth Mall, Zhao Gongqian came to him.

"Mr. Qin, please wait a moment."

Qin Shu stopped and turned to look at Zhao Gongqian, "What do you want to see me about, Manager Zhao?"

Zhao Gongqian asked, "May I ask if we can move to the fourth floor to discuss in detail? I have a business opportunity and would like to invite Mr. Qin to cooperate with me."

Qin Shu just thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."

The two of them came to the fourth floor, and Zhao Gongqian asked, "If Master Qin were to enter the abyss again at this moment, would he be able to come out?"

Qin Shu did not answer, but asked in return: "But you want me to lead people to overcome the foundation-building abyss tribulation?" Apart from this, he could not think of anything else.

"That's right." Zhao Gongqian nodded. "The Lu family in the center of the city has a daughter named Lu Yixi, who has awakened a Sunshine-level soul. However, it is an auxiliary soul, and its combat power is slightly insufficient. Therefore, we would like to invite an awakener with high combat power to help us cross the abyss together. The reward will surely satisfy you, Mr. Qin."

Qin Shu said: "I think it should be more than just surviving the abyss."

"That's right!" Zhao Gongqian did not hide it, "The Lu family wants Miss Lu Yixi to kill as many abyss monsters as possible in the abyss to gain greater rewards from the world."

Qin Shu asked, "As many as possible?" Seeing that Qin Shu asked so clearly, Zhao Gongqian knew that he was interested, and nodded in his heart, "Of course the more the better. After passing the minimum requirements of the Abyss Tribulation, Miss Lu Yixi will get 3,000 more soul coins for every second-level Abyss monster she kills. If she can kill a third-level monster, she will get 300,000 soul coins for each one. I wonder if you can do this business, Mr. Qin?"

Qin Shu estimated that for a second-level abyss calamity for two people, there should be no less than a hundred second-level monsters and at least three third-level monsters.

After more than a month of training, his cultivation had only advanced slightly to the middle stage of foundation building. It would take some time for him to break through, and his combat power had not improved much.

If he wanted to lead people through the foundation-building abyss tribulation, he would have to fight at full strength, so he had some concerns about this.

Seeing Qin Shu's tangled expression, Zhao Gongqian asked, "Master Qin, do you have any concerns?"

Qin Shu asked, "What is the reputation of the Lu family?"

Zhao Gongqian smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Qin. The Lu family has a good reputation. And since our God of Wealth Mall has come to you for cooperation, we will certainly guarantee your absolute safety in the world. I just don't know if you, Mr. Qin, trust our God of Wealth Mall."

After taking a reassurance pill, Qin Shu smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'll accept the cooperation. When is the time?"

Zhao Gongqian said: "Three days later, here, at this time, at this moment."

Qin Shu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll come over in three days."

Zhao Gongqian stood up to see him off, "Master Qin, take care."

After returning to his residence, Qin Shu took out the third-level alchemy furnace and began to condense true fire to refine it.

As for leading people through the foundation-building abyss tribulation in three days, that is something that will happen three days later. Now of course we should do what we should do.

The alchemy furnace is called Fenyanlu, and it is extremely good at transmitting true fire.

Qin Shu used the Fire Escape to condense the true essence of creation and transform it into the true fire of creation. The flame was sky blue and contained strong vitality.

With such a flame, why worry about not being able to refine the elixir?

In just one day, he refined the Burning Flame Furnace and completed its nourishment.

Now you can make elixirs.

He planned to practice with the Bigu Pills first.

The Bigu Pill is made with first-grade spiritual rice and monster meat as main ingredients, and golden yam, white jade poria, and red lotus pieces as auxiliary ingredients.

First, put one kilogram of first-grade spiritual rice into the alchemy furnace, and use the true fire of creation to extract the essence.

After a while, the grains of spiritual rice turned brown, and a white Qi rose up, gathering into a medicinal liquid the size of a baby's fist in the furnace.

Without the support of Qin Shu's spiritual consciousness, the remaining impurities automatically sank into the elixir field.

Qin Shu stretched out his hand, and his true essence wrapped around the spiritual rice medicine and poured it into the jade bottle.

Afterwards, the monster meat and three auxiliary ingredients were also roasted by the true essence of creation to extract the corresponding essence, a total of five bottles.

After the five kinds of medicinal liquids were refined, Qin Shu poured them all into the alchemy furnace.

Refine it with the true fire of creation, squeeze it with spiritual consciousness, and fully integrate the five essences.

As the True Fire of Creation continued to bake, a light red elixir the size of a baby's fist appeared in the center of the elixir furnace.

The initial refining of the Bigu Pill was successful.

Qin Shu felt it was quite easy, not much more difficult than cooking.

The last step is to divide the pill.

He divided his spiritual consciousness into ten parts, and separated the elixir into ten portions.

After continuous baking and squeezing, the elixir liquid gradually solidified and turned into ten round pills the size of little fingers.

Qin Shu opened the alchemy furnace, stretched out his hand and the fasting pills flew into the prepared pill bottles.

All ten were great successes.

(End of this chapter)