Because he went out every morning to practice the Golden Light Shrinking Earth and did not return until dusk.
It took Xiao Chen a total of seven days to sort through the two volumes of Alchemy Experience.
He had been a little disappointed during the first two days, because several of the Pill Recipes recorded within overlapped with those in the sect's Pill Manual.
Though they had effectively deepened his understanding of the medicinal properties of many Spirit Herbs and greatly helped improve his alchemy skills.
They still lacked that sense of surprise, leaving him somewhat regretful.
However, as he read through the following days, Xiao Chen gradually discovered that they sporadically mentioned a secret alchemy art called the Combination Pill Essentials.
As everyone knew, among the six major steps of alchemy, the most difficult and time-consuming was the sixth step—Pill Formation.
The majority of the time spent refining pills was wasted on this final step.
The purpose of the Combination Pill Essentials was to help Alchemists effectively solve this great problem.
On the premise of ensuring that the medicinal liquid was distributed evenly.
It reduced the burden on Alchemists by shortening the Pill Formation time.
Depending on one's mastery of the Combination Pill Essentials, it could generally help an Alchemist save anywhere from ten percent to thirty percent of the Pill Formation time.
"Saving ten to thirty percent of the time? If that gets multiplied tenfold, wouldn't that mean saving three times the time?"
"Does that mean that every time I refine one furnace of pills, I'll have enough time left over for two more furnaces?"
"Fuck! Time Reversal!"
Xiao Chen shook his head and tossed aside that unrealistic thought.
He decided that practice was the true test. He would first finish learning the secret art, then refine a