After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 75 Alchemy? I'll Live Directly in the Alchemy Chamber 2
Suddenly, a blazing flame burst forth from his palm, and with the support of spiritual energy, it flew towards the alchemy furnace.

Soon, the temperature of the alchemy furnace rose, and I also channeled my spiritual power to envelop the beast core, suppressing and refining it.

However, this method never managed to fully refine the power within the beast core. Until the beast core turned into a pool of essence, if the other materials weren't quickly refined and fused with the essence, the alchemy would fail at this step.

Lin Yan's expression was solemn, and she hurriedly sped up the refining of the other materials. Her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but she had no time to wipe them away.

The other materials and the essence of the beast were fused and refined relatively smoothly. When it came to the final stage of condensing the pill, he still dared not relax in the slightest. He focused on feeling the temperature inside his head and adjusting the size of the furnace fire at any time.

After an unknown amount of time, the pill gradually took shape, and the condensation was complete. She took the box, waved her hand, and the lid of the alchemy furnace opened again, releasing the fragrance of the Foundation Establishment Pill, filling the entire alchemy room with a pleasant aroma once more.

Lin Yan looked solemnly at the six Foundation Establishment Pills in the box and placed them on the testing magic item to examine them...

The pointer rotated and stopped at the edge of the second grade.

Compared to the Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pill, the Second Grade pill is not good-looking at all. It is not smooth, and its color is dull. Even the dung balls from a dung beetle's dung ball might look better than this.

Lin Yan placed the box on the table and took out the communication jade disc to continue recording the questions. Just as she exited the recording page, she saw that Mu Feng had replied to her.

Little Alchemist Mu Feng: I just tried practicing with a first-tier beast core. This method requires a high level of control over a cultivator's spiritual power, and it takes a considerable amount of time to infuse enough spiritual power into it. However, as Fellow Daoist Lin said, it is indeed easier to suppress the power within the beast core by infusing it with spiritual power.

I'm very happy that my method of refining beast cores has been recognized! But as he said, refining beast cores this way takes a relatively long time. The refining of other materials also has a certain time frame; if any step goes wrong, the quality of the pill will decline.

An anonymous monk: Alas, I see. It seems this method won't work.

Little Alchemist Mu Feng: No, I was thinking, is it possible to adjust the time when other alchemy materials are put into the furnace, so that we don't have to worry about the problem of other materials taking too long to quench?

An anonymous cultivator: Fellow Daoist's idea is excellent! However, the alchemy manual says to put all the materials in at once and adjust the input time of other materials, but we have no basis for that. How can we adjust it?

Young Alchemist Mu Feng: That depends on the alchemist's control over time. After all, every alchemist has a different technique, and there will be differences in the time required to refine pills. Alchemists also have their own strengths when refining pills, such as temperature control or perception.

Lin Yan read the reply and felt she had benefited greatly. Because the alchemy did not meet her expectations, she questioned her own innovation and wanted to follow the steps in the manual strictly, forgetting that alchemists are not all the same. The manual mainly described the methods and steps for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, but it could not guarantee the quality of the pills.

An anonymous monk: I understand, thank you, Fellow Daoist Mu.

Little Alchemist Mu Feng: You're welcome. I've benefited greatly from discussing this with you. Alchemists can only progress together by exchanging ideas.

After receiving the communication jade disc, Lin Yan decided to try alchemy again. This time, unlike before, she didn't put all the materials into the alchemy furnace.

After reprocessing the next batch of alchemy materials, the beast core was first placed into the furnace for high-temperature tempering. Spiritual energy seeped in, suppressing the restless power within the beast core. Since there were no other materials in the furnace, there was no need to worry about them burning, allowing for greater focus on refining the beast core.

Under the suppression of spiritual power, the restless power of the beast core was suppressed, refined, and steadily locked away. Before the beast core was completely transformed into essence, other materials were methodically added, one by one tempered and decomposed, and fused with the essence of the beast core.

Time passed by, and all the materials blended harmoniously, reaching the final stage of pill condensation.

Lin Yan was quite adept at controlling the temperature during the pill-condensing stage, and the pill was condensed in no time. When she opened the furnace lid, a fragrant aroma wafted out, though it wasn't as strong as it had been last time.

Five Foundation Building Pills fell into the box and were neatly arranged. Compared to the last batch, the quality of this batch of pills was much better. They were like smooth orange peel, like dry skin receiving temporary hydration.

Place the box on the testing artifact. The pointer rotates and stops in the third-grade range, just a short distance from the edge of the fourth-grade line.

Lin Yan was quite satisfied. Alchemy isn't something that can be accomplished overnight; it's impossible to refine a Heaven-grade Foundation Establishment Pill in one go. If it were that easy, it would be commonplace and not so expensive.

She stayed in the alchemy room until they reached Richeng, without ever going out. It wasn't until the bell in the alchemy room rang, reminding her that it would still be about half a day before they arrived at Richeng, that she tidied up and came out of the alchemy room.

These past few days, day and night, I've been refining pills in the alchemy room. No matter how I adjust the process, the best pills I can make are only grade four. After refining all the Foundation Establishment Pill materials I have, I have fifteen boxes of pills, each containing four to six pills. Two boxes are grade two, two are below grade one, eight are grade three, and three are grade four.

Lin Yan discovered that the higher the quality of the pills, the lower the success rate. Each box of fourth-grade pills contained only three pills, while third-grade pills contained four to five pills, and pills below third grade were very stable, always containing six pills each time.

What if by the time I'm able to refine a top-grade pill, there's only one pill left?

It makes sense when you think about it. A batch of Foundation Establishment Pill materials can only produce a limited number of pills. Since the essence is concentrated in one pill, it's impossible to condense other pills.

Lin Yan suddenly had a bold idea! While she couldn't perfectly process materials other than beast cores when refining Foundation Establishment Pills, she could use her spiritual power to envelop the essence, condense it into one pill, and then leave the rest alone…

The inability to perfectly process other materials results in impurities in the fused essence, produced during refining. These impurities adhere to the pill during condensation, causing a decline in its quality. If, during condensation, spiritual energy is used to envelop the impurity-free portion, could a Heavenly-grade Foundation Establishment Pill be refined?
The impurities produced during the refining process are different from those present in the material itself. When mixed with the essence, they are difficult to distinguish. Not to mention, one must separate out the pure, unblemished essence and condense it bit by bit. That would require an incredibly strong sense of perception and extremely precise control of spiritual energy.

Sigh, let's be down-to-earth and achieve qualitative progress through quantitative accumulation.

Back in her private room, she was comforted to see the two little ones fast asleep on the bed. She had thought they would fight while she was away, but they were behaving so peacefully.

Hehehe, I'll be giving out five chapter red envelopes, first come, first served~~ Thanks to all my friends for your recommendation votes.

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