The Elixir Is Ready, Testing the Medicine

Beside the scorching Yang Spring, Lu Yuan was refining pills!

Alchemy is a highly technical craft, especially in controlling the heat. If even the slightest mistake is made, the result may be nothing but a batch of waste.

This was already the third batch of pills Lu Yuan had refined. The previous two batches had turned into waste, wasting a lot of herbs.

Although he directly obtained the entire contents of "Complete Elixir Dao Guide", theoretically he was basically at full strength and knew how to do each step.

However, in practice, it can be quite chaotic. It's easy to talk a good game, but difficult to actually do it.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan had prepared himself mentally beforehand. At the beginning, he refined the simplest pills, such as the Soul Return Pill, which had a simple function: to restore Soul Power.

The effect is not bad. It is quite useful for some Soul Masters and Great Soul Masters. Lu Yuan used it to practice. After practicing a few batches and becoming more familiar with alchemy, it will not be too late to practice Body Tempering Pills, Qi Tempering Pills and Spirit Ascension Pills.

Body Tempering Pill are naturally pills used to temper the body, Qi Tempering Pill are used to refine Soul Power, making it more pure, while Spirit Enhancement Pill are used to enhance Soul Power.

Among them, the Body Tempering Pill and Qi Tempering Pill are naturally a bit higher than the Soul Return Pill, suitable for Soul Elder and Soul Ancestor, but they are still low-grade pills. The Spirit Enhancement Pill is of a slightly higher grade, Lu Yuan plans to refine it last.

Alchemy also requires talent. Talented people can learn it quickly, while those without talent may not achieve much even if they study it for a lifetime.

Lu Yuan's talent was undoubtedly top-notch, but he only failed to refine two batches of pills. By the third batch, he was already slowly getting back on track.

Besides Lu Yuan's own comprehension, this is also related to his extremely high mental strength. With high mental strength, he can refine pills more easily.

It allows one to more keenly perceive the changes within the elixir.

"That's about right. We can reduce the heat now. Let it rest a little longer before it's ready to be taken out of the furnace." Feeling the pill slowly taking shape inside the furnace, Lu Yuan quickly turned off most of the heat, leaving only a few embers to slowly nurture the pill.

A few minutes later!

"It's ready!" With a gentle tap of his right hand, several streams of light shot out from the cauldron. Lu Yuan casually grabbed them all and put them into his hand.

Looking at the five smooth, round pills in his hand, Lu Yuan smiled. "Medium quality, not bad. I thought they would be low-grade!"

Pills are also divided into grades, basically four grades: low, medium, high and top grade. Lu Yuan was able to refine a medium grade pill, which is already quite good, after all, this is the first batch of pills he successfully refined.

"Is this the pill?" Seeing that Lu Yuan had finished refining it, Zhu Zhuqing, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately stepped forward and moved closer to Lu Yuan. Her beautiful eyes were full of surprise as she examined the pill in Lu Yuan's hand.

"Hmm, this is Soul Return Pill. It can restore Soul Power. Would you like to try one and see the effect?" Lu Yuan smiled at Zhu Zhuqing, picked up a Soul Return Pill, and asked.

"No, don't even think about using me as Xiao Bai." Zhu Zhuqing resolutely refused. Although the pill looked quite pleasing to the eye, with its bright green color and faint fragrance, it was Lu Yuan's first successful batch, and she dared not try it.

After all, she had seen firsthand the waste products Lu Yuan produced in the first two batches.

"Sigh, what a pity, you don't even recognize the value of such a good thing." Lu Yuan sighed.

Suddenly, a look of surprise appeared on Lu Yuan's face. "Mad Rhino Senior, what brings you here? Weren't you with Xue'er?"

"What?" Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing's attention was drawn. She turned her head slightly and scanned the area with her beautiful eyes, but there was no one in sight.

"Lu Yuan, are you sure you're not mistaken? There's no one here." Before Zhu Zhuqing could finish speaking, a pill was put into her mouth, and then her chin was slightly lifted, and with a gulp, the pill went straight in.

Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly at the instigator in front of her, and the air seemed to quiet down a bit.

One second, two seconds!

"Ah!" Then a piercing scream rang out.

"Lu Yuan, I'll fight you to the death!" Zhu Zhuqing suddenly leaped up, tackled Lu Yuan the ground, and bit down on his shoulder with her mouth wide open.

"Ugh!" Lu Yuan reached out and covered Zhu Zhuqing's mouth, turned over, and with his other hand, pulled Zhu Zhuqing's delicate body into his arms.

"Zhu Qing, calm down, calm down, don't be impulsive, impulsiveness is the devil!" Lu Yuan covered Zhu Zhuqing's mouth with one hand, while gently patting her back to comfort Zhu Zhuqing.

With Lu Yuan's forceful embrace, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't move and could only stop struggling. Her large eyes were fixed on Lu Yuan, with Sisi murderous intent in them.

"Woo woo!" Zhu Zhuqing made a wooing sound.

"Let me go? Okay, I can let go, but don't bite me, okay?" Lu Yuan said.

"Hmm!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded.

"Then I'll let her go!" Seeing that Zhu Zhuqing seemed to have no reaction, Lu Yuan slowly removed his hand from covering Zhu Zhuqing.

"Ah, hiss!" Just as his hand moved away, Zhu Zhuqing seized the opportunity and bit Lu Yuan's hand.

The pain made Lu Yuan gasp.

"Hmph!" Seeing Lu Yuan's pained expression, Zhu Zhuqing snorted arrogantly, "Serves you right. Who told you to deliberately tease me and feed me this stuff when I wasn't looking?"

"Fine, I brought this on myself, okay? You little kitten, when did you start biting so much?" Looking at the conspicuous teeth marks on the back of his hand, Lu Yuan shook his head slightly.

It hurts a bit, but it's impossible for anything to happen. He still has the External Soul Bone in his hand, and with Lu Yuan's current physical strength, even if Zhu Zhuqing breaks her teeth, she can't break the skin. Lu Yuan deliberately made such a big expression just to let Zhu Zhuqing vent her anger, otherwise this little kitten would be relentless again.

"Zhu Qing, how do you feel after taking this pill? The effect should be quite noticeable. There's nothing wrong with this Soul Return Pill. I know how I made it, otherwise I wouldn't have fed it to you. I couldn't bear to see anything happen to you," Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Hmph, you still dare to talk? You bad guy, you actually used me as Xiao Bai."

Zhu Zhuqing glared at Lu Yuan, then carefully sensed the changes within her body and said, "The effect is indeed quite obvious. I can feel a warm current flowing through my body, which should be restoring my Soul Power. However, my Soul Power is currently full, so there is no significant change in my Soul Power. Nevertheless, this pill is effective."