At the entrance to the Pill Room.
A petite figure squatted on the ground, her fingers absentmindedly drawing circles across the floor.
Yin Qi flickered in and out of sight, sometimes forming sharp claws that scratched pointed marks into the ground.
Her gaze remained fixed on the busy figure inside the Pill Room.
Earthfire blazed fiercely.
Spiritual power flowed in steady streams.
From time to time, a strand of Foundation Establishment True Fire was injected into it, causing the flames to burn even more vigorously.
One medicinal ingredient after another entered the massive Pill Cauldron in a fixed order.
Some ingredients, however, could not be placed directly into the cauldron.
Before entering it, they had to undergo special treatment with spells.
Every so often, Bai Mei Ling could hear the figure muttering to himself.
"Use Hundred Flowers Dew as the foundation to envelop all the medicinal liquids. This is basic, but it is also the key step in forming the pill membrane at the end."
"The treatment cannot be as perfunctory as it was the third time. Silk Washing Hand and Cloud Transformation Hand must work in tandem."
"Cold Ginseng, Angelica Sinensis, He Shou Wu, Motherwort, Azure Aloe... these supplementary materials cannot simply undergo such crude Fire Technique treatment. The pill recipe does not mention it, but if the Water Method Pill Refining Technique is used for preliminary processing..."
As he muttered to himself, Luo Chen stared intently at the Pill Cauldron.
His extended Spiritual Sense constantly monitored the changes in the ingredients within, making sure to commit every change to memory.
The pill success rate granted by the system appeared fixed.
Yet Luo Chen had long since discovered that every attempt had to be handled with utmost care. Otherwise, even the guaranteed success rate could fail!
The same applied