Douluo Continent: Heaven rewards diligence, Tang San's defenses are breached by liver damage.

After confirming that the condition was stable, Lin Chuan picked up a medicinal herb and threw it into the medicine cauldron.

He made the hand seal again, and the medicinal herbs were instantly engulfed in flames. However, the flames did not ignite them randomly, but rather they were being burned and refined.

The whole process went smoothly, with a faint aroma of medicine wafting out.

Soon a pool of medicinal powder was refined.

Lin Chuan waved his hand to weaken the golden flames of the earth fire. He frowned slightly as he looked at the medicinal powder at the bottom of the cauldron. A small portion of the powder was normal, but there was black residue mixed in, which was quite unpleasant to look at.

Clearly, the tempering just now was unsuccessful.

The flame was not properly controlled, and the timing was not accurate, resulting in the damage of some medicinal materials.

[You've diligently refined the medicinal herbs once, and achieved some success. Your fire control proficiency has increased, and your alchemy proficiency has slightly improved.]

"Come again!"

Lin Chuan didn't pay too much attention. After a brief reflection, he cleaned the extracted medicinal powder out of the cauldron and then picked up a second identical herb and threw it in.

Flames rose up, and the refining process began again.

After a few breaths, the medicinal herbs gradually withered and condensed, turning back into powder.

Sensing the changes inside the medicine cauldron with his spiritual power, Lin Chuan's eyes narrowed, and he formed a hand seal. The golden flames of the earth fire instantly dispersed, revealing the medicinal powder that was still hot.

Compared to the first time, there was significantly less negativity this time.

[You've diligently refined the medicinal herbs once, and achieved some success. Your fire control proficiency has increased, and your alchemy proficiency has slightly improved.]

"Come again!"

The two consecutive failures did not discourage Lin Chuan; on the contrary, the visible progress filled his heart with a faint joy.

The third batch of medicinal herbs was extracted, and the essence of the herbs was completely transformed into clean medicinal powder.

"Next is the second one."

Lin Chuan waved his hand, took out the refined medicinal powder and placed it aside. Then he threw in another type of medicinal material separately and began to refine the second material.

With his mind highly focused, although there were some setbacks during the process, they were not serious. On the contrary, with each practice, Lin Chuan became more and more adept at both controlling fire and refining medicinal herbs, and his progress was quite remarkable.

After a flurry of activity, four portions of medicinal essence appeared before me.

"Phew, that's really meticulous work!"

Lin Chuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling slightly tired. Indeed, not just anyone can be an alchemist.

Instead of continuing, he sat cross-legged and began to meditate.

After adjusting his breathing, Lin Chuan began the final step: fusing the essence of each medicine together to form a pill, which is also the most difficult step in alchemy.

With one hand controlling the flame, the other hand throws the refined materials into the cauldron one by one.

These materials, whether liquid or solid, are fused together one by one.

"Refining!"

Lin Chuan's eyes narrowed, and he focused intently, using the flames to envelop all the materials while carefully sensing the fusion reaction between the various medicinal essences.

It encountered almost no rejection and gradually began to take shape.

Refining, condensing, and forming the elixir.

There are three essential steps in alchemy, and none of them can be omitted!

Soon, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted from the medicine cauldron.

"It's now!"

Lin Chuan flicked his hand to extinguish the golden flames, and the temperature inside the wooden house instantly dropped significantly.

He couldn't wait to look down into the medicine cauldron and saw three pale red pills lying quietly inside, with traces of fire still remaining on them.

[You diligently performed a potion-making exercise and made some progress. Your fire control proficiency has increased, and your potion-making proficiency has slightly improved.]

"It's done!"

Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, reached out and sucked out the pill, examining it carefully.

It doesn't look particularly smooth. If you look closely, you'll find tiny pits and bumps on the pill. It's not perfect, but for a beginner, being able to condense the pill on the first try is already quite good.

"Now I should be considered a first-grade alchemist, right?"

A first-grade Qi-restoring pill, yielding three pills in one batch, is quite impressive for a beginner.

But that's far from enough; it's just the beginning.

Chapter 56 Sunset Again

In the following days, Lin Chuan spent almost all his time by the medicine cauldron.

After exhausting his soul power and spirit by refining medicine, he would sit cross-legged and meditate to recover. Afterward, he would continue refining medicine. Although the days were extremely hard, the bottles of pills in his storage soul tool brought him considerable comfort.

Besides the Qi-restoring pill, Lin Chuan also successfully mastered the refining methods of many other pills.

Now that the technique is more skillful, the success rate of pill formation has also increased significantly.

Although we cannot cure Dugu Bo's physical problems yet, we are quite confident that we can alleviate the severe poison in his body.

Next, we'll head to Sunset Forest to plan the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well!

"The medicinal herbs sent by Dean Shui have all been used up. We need to purchase a new batch, but the Shui family will definitely not give them to us just by asking. So we can only try to trade them."

Lin Chuan has become an alchemist, so he will naturally not lack money in the future.

Even a first-grade pill, once announced, is enough to drive countless soul masters crazy, and it's a monopoly business, so there's almost no need to worry about sales channels.

However, if the profits are too great, it is easy to attract covetousness.

It's not certain that the Shui family alone could handle the situation.

"Perhaps we can try to invoke Dugu Bo's name, provided that we can cure the poison in his body. Otherwise, given Dugu Bo's personality, it might backfire."

Lin Chuan murmured softly, a preliminary plan already forming in his mind.

The specifics of how to proceed still need careful planning.

"Xiao Chuan, are you inside?"

A soft call suddenly came from outside the door.

Lin Chuan waved his hand to put away the medicine cauldron in front of him, then got up and opened the door.

"Dean Shui, your injury has fully healed?"

Standing outside the door, Shui Lanxin smiled and nodded. "I've fully recovered. I discussed it with Director Leng, and we've decided to head to Sunset Forest tomorrow."

"No problem, let's set off tomorrow morning!"

All preparations are complete, and it's time.

……

The next day.

Sunset Forest.

As the leaves rustled down, four figures swept through the forest.

Since it wasn't his first time here, Lin Chuan seemed quite familiar with the place. In addition, there weren't many ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts in Sunset Forest, and their ages weren't that extreme, so it wasn't as dangerous as he had imagined.

However, after the incident in the Star Dou Great Forest, everyone was still somewhat shaken.

Finding a suitable 20,000-year-old soul beast in Sunset Forest will not be easy, and Lin Chuan is prepared for a long battle.

Deep in the forest, there were still quite a few ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts, but unfortunately, Lin Chuan didn't take a liking to any of them.

They searched for five days straight, but still found nothing.

"Let's take a rest first!"

The group, their faces covered in dust, stopped to rest.

These past few days have been spent enduring wind and rain, and even without engaging in combat, the constant need to be vigilant about one's surroundings has taken a considerable toll on one's mental well-being.

"Here, Dean Shui, you can take these and distribute them!"

Lin Chuan touched his fingers, took out a porcelain bottle, and handed it to Shui Lanxin.

"what is this?"

Shui Lanxin curiously opened the bottle, and a rich fragrance instantly wafted out. Just one sniff was enough to invigorate everyone.

"Is this... a pill?!"

Lin Chuan nodded. "This is a Nourishing Essence Pill, a little gadget I made myself. It can restore your energy after taking it, and it has no side effects."

"You concocted this?!"

Shui Lanxin's eyes widened in surprise. "So you asked me for a batch of medicinal herbs before, just to refine this 'Nourishing Essence Pill'?"

"I have heard of the existence of pills, but they are extremely rare and precious on the market. Kobayashi, are you sure there's nothing wrong with the pills you've concocted?"