The next day, Chen Mu's Cave Dwelling.
The alchemy cultivation room was against the outer side of the cliff wall, forty to fifty square meters in size—nearly as large as three bedrooms in an ordinary household from his previous life.
Two windows opened along the southern wall, set with hard Fine Jade. Light filtered through them, making the room exceptionally bright.
Chen Mu had not yet bought any cabinets or furniture. Other than a long soft couch by the window, the room was empty.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged beside the soft couch.
On the low table beside him sat a fist-sized Bronze Incense Burner. Nearly invisible wisps of smoke from Calming Spirit Pills slowly drifted through the air.
Chen Mu held the Primordial Five Qi Furnace in one hand and activated the Wind Fire Nexus Incantation, sending a thread of dharma power into the Pill Furnace.
Click!
A faint ring of light flashed along the seam where the round lid met the Pill Furnace.
The lid, which had previously seemed fused as one with the Pill Furnace, separated. Chen Mu easily lifted it by its round handle.
"Opening and closing controls the lid."
"Cold and heat regulate the temperature."
"Qi restriction controls the internal pressure."
"If I ignore that final ability to trigger thunderous sound, isn't this just an otherworldly magical high-pressure cooker?!"
Chen Mu wore an odd expression.
"Heh... stewing meat will be much more convenient from now on."
He glanced at the experience display on the gray wall.
Five Elements Qi Absorption Method: 2493/10000/Tier 3; Five Qi Primordial Fusion Method: 1696/10000/second tier; Wind Fire Nexus Incantation: 6627/10000; Golden Pearl Talisman: Limit; Five Grains Talisman: Limit;
Chen Mu felt an urge stirring within him.
"Should I refine a batch?"
After thinking it over, Chen Mu shook his