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"Regardless of whether I cultivate the Five Elements True Fire or not, once all the materials are gathered, I'll start refining pills and give it a try." Chen Huai'an didn't dwell on this matter any longer, but instead began to carefully study the Five Elements Alchemy Technique.

This Five Elements Alchemy technique is truly profound and extensive.

"The five elements give birth to all things, and they are mutually generating and mutually restraining. As long as the power of the five elements is used to harmonize them when refining elixirs, the risk of the furnace exploding and failing can be greatly reduced."

Chen Huai'an had never seen how alchemists refined pills, but he knew that alchemy masters had a success rate in refining pills, and not just anyone could become an alchemy master.

For a family to cultivate a master alchemist, it requires countless alchemy resources. Only through repeated failures can they find a way to succeed.

The Five Elements Alchemy Technique can increase the success rate of alchemy, provided that you cultivate the power of the Five Elements and achieve a perfect balance between them.

These medicinal herbs are not without properties; they all have corresponding properties. To combine these herbs with properties, you need to have a mastery of pharmacology and the control of heat.

The reason why alchemists are so rare is not because these large families, powerful forces, and immortals are unwilling to cultivate them, but because the resources required to cultivate an alchemist are terrifying.

Why do some disciples with fire-attribute spiritual roots want to become alchemists, but ultimately fail to do so? It's not that they don't want to, but that they lack the financial means.

A large amount of resources must be invested in the early stages. If the success rate of pill formation is too low or even zero, even some large families and powerful forces cannot withstand the setbacks.

To give a simple example, ten low-grade body-refining pills are worth one low-grade spirit stone.

The materials needed to refine one batch of Body Refining Pills only require two low-grade spirit stones. Refining five batches of Body Refining Pills would require the cost of one low-grade spirit stone, but many alchemy apprentices would attempt ten batches, and it would be good if only one batch succeeded.

Even those alchemy masters don't achieve a 100% success rate in creating pills; a success rate of over 30% is considered top-tier.

Only by refining five batches of Body Refining Pills into one batch can the cost be broken.

Many people try to burn ten batches, but only one is likely to succeed, so they all end up losing money.

This is just the most common body-refining pill. For some higher-grade pills, the cost of materials alone can be several thousand or even tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones. If you succeed in refining it, you can make a fortune, but if you fail, you will lose everything.

However, the Five Elements Alchemy Technique is different from other alchemy techniques. During the process of forming the pill, the power of the five elements is used for neutralization, and the probability of forming the pill, if not 100%, can reach 50%. This alone makes the Five Elements Alchemy Technique highly sought after.

However, there are very strict conditions for practicing the Five Elements Alchemy Technique.

The more you practice alchemy, the higher your chances of success will be. Many families have to give up because they can't persevere to that point.

Chen Huai'an could easily grow the materials himself to refine pills, as his spatial dimension could accelerate the growth of medicinal herbs. He could start by refining some simple pills, such as Body Refining Pills and Qi Refining Pills, which are the most commonly used pills by cultivators, and the herbs are relatively easy to find. Even if he failed, Chen Huai'an wouldn't suffer much loss; it would only be a waste of time.

However, if this pill is successfully refined and the technique is mastered, the benefits will be immeasurable. Even if Chen Huai'an's technique is poor and he only refines a low-grade body-refining pill, he can put it into the purple gourd space to temper it. Then the pill will become a high-grade body-refining pill, worth dozens of times more.

The higher the quality of a pill, the higher its value. However, high-quality pills cannot be made at will. Only advanced alchemists, after countless trials and tribulations, can perfectly master the alchemy technique and produce high-quality pills. This process absolutely requires the consumption of a large amount of alchemy materials.

In short, practice makes perfect, and the key is whether there is someone willing to provide these materials for you to practice with.

"Excuse me, are you Junior Brother Chen?" As evening fell, a disciple with rat-like eyes sneaked into Chen Huai'an's residence.

"This is me. What do you want?" Chen Huai'an frowned as he looked at the uninvited guest. This guy didn't look like a good person at all.

"Junior Brother Chen, I was introduced by Senior Brother Lu. Senior Brother Lu said you need some alchemy materials," the man said with a smile to Chen Huai'an.

"Yes, I told Senior Brother Lu that I need some materials to refine Body Refining Pills and Qi Refining Pills. Do you have any?" Chen Huai'an asked with a smile.

"Yes, I have some low-level materials for refining Body Refining Pills and Qi Refining Pills," the man said cautiously, glancing around before speaking.

"I managed to get this while working in the herb garden. Junior Brother Chen, take a look if you need it. This is the material for Body Refining Pill. There are three main ingredients, ten portions, and two low-grade spirit stones. I only have five portions on hand. The material for refining Qi Refining Pill costs one spirit stone per portion. I don't have many, only about twenty portions."

"No matter how many you have, I'll take them all," Chen Huai'an said.

"Oh, by the way, do you have any seeds for these materials?"

"Junior Brother Chen, you need these medicinal herb seeds? I have some," the shifty-eyed disciple said with a smile.

Obtaining spiritual herbs is somewhat difficult. The disciples guarding the herb garden have a clear record of how many spiritual herbs are in the garden. Even if they were to take action, there would be a great risk involved. However, spiritual herb seeds are different; these things are not worth much money.

"Senior Brother Song, no matter how many of these spiritual herb seeds you can get in the future, I want them all, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied with the price," Chen Huai'an said with a smile.

With these medicinal herb seeds, plant them in the purple gourd space, and you can harvest them and refine them into pills in just two or three days at most.

Ordinary first and second-tier pills require medicinal herbs that are not very old. Generally, blood-coagulating herbs that are two or three years old can be used to refine body-refining pills.

The spiritual herbs in his space grow very quickly. From planting to harvest, it only takes one or two days for the Blood Clotting Grass to mature.

As for the medicinal herbs used to refine the second-tier Qi Refining Pill, they require a relatively longer period of time, needing to be at least 10 years old before they can be used to refine the second-tier pill.

The longer the medicinal age, the better the efficacy and the higher the quality of the refined pills, but the cost of refining pills will increase considerably.

In the end, Chen Huai'an spent thirty low-grade spirit stones to purchase some medicinal materials for refining Body Refining Pills and Qi Refining Pills, as well as some spirit herb seeds.

The materials for Qi Refining Pill and Body Refining Pill are readily available, and he can try refining them tonight. As for the spiritual herb seeds, Chen Huai'an plans to send them into his space to plant them.

"Body Refining Pill is the lowest grade of pill. Today, let me try to see if my Chaos True Fire is one of the Five Elements True Fire and whether it can be refined into a pill." Chen Huai'an planted several array flags at his residence to prevent anyone from disturbing him.

After doing all this, Chen Huai'an took out the silver alchemy furnace.

When he bought this alchemy furnace, he was planning for the future. He never expected that it would be used so soon.

"The first thing to do to make a Body Refining Pill is to purify the medicinal power of the Blood Coagulation Grass." After making preparations, Chen Huai'an took out the Five Elements Alchemy Technique and carefully studied how to make the Body Refining Pill. Only by thoroughly understanding the process and internalizing it can he truly refine the pill, rather than relying on wishful thinking.