Five Elements Qi Absorption Method
Inside the inn.
Chen Mu set down the jade slip thoughtfully.
The Five Elements Qi Absorption Method was a universal secret technique for extracting all kinds of essences.
But different essences required different spell talismans.
A Fasting Pill only required Essence of Five Grains, so it needed just one Five Grains Talisman.
Yet some complex pills contained more than ten, or even dozens of, essence ingredients.
To refine them, one had to learn the spell talismans corresponding to every single essence.
"This is only the extraction of essences." Looking at the Five Qi Primordial Fusion Method, Chen Mu immediately felt a headache coming on.
Mixing and condensing likewise required spell talismans suited to all sorts of unique conditions.
"No wonder there are so few alchemists."
"It isn't just because the inheritance is precious."
"It's simply too hard to learn." Chen Mu finally understood.
Not only would it waste White Jade Coins, but learning so many spell talismans would inevitably take up an enormous amount of time.
"Just a simple Fasting Pill requires four spell talismans: the Five Elements Qi Absorption Method Talisman, the Five Grains Talisman, the Five Qi Primordial Fusion Method Talisman, and the Golden Pearl Talisman."
"With the same effort, I could learn four secret arts!"
Of course, corresponding to its enormous costs, alchemy was also highly profitable.
But...
"Isn't this thing a little too precious?" Chen Mu frowned.
He had merely helped search for prey.
Even without him, the survivors from the entire Lower Courtyard might have struggled, but they would not have starved to death.
He had thought that receiving the secret art for crafting Ancestral Radiance Talismans would already be quite good. If they were more generous, perhaps they might give him the secret art for crafting Spiritual Light Talismans.