Buzz! Buzz!
Inside the Second-grade High-rank alchemy furnace, driven by Li Qingyuan's False Core Divine Sense, seven medicinal ingredients merged together. Their properties began to balance out, their moisture evaporated away, and the pill began to fuse into one.
After half an hour of total concentration, the seven ingredients fused into a single Pill Embryo.
The Pill Embryo was the size of a fist, its surface a muddle of many colors.
"Phew... the pill embryo is formed." Li Qingyuan let out a slight breath of relief.
Next came pill division.
With one hand, Li Qingyuan used Fire Control Technique to heat the pill. With the other, he formed the corresponding pill-dividing seals. Supported by his False Core Divine Sense, the fist-sized pill embryo split into three.
Three Pill Embryos appeared.
Li Qingyuan reduced the magic power flames while sending pill seals into them. The magic power pill seals passed through the alchemy furnace like force striking through a mountain, acting upon the pills as they continuously tempered the Pill Embryos, removed impurities, refined away pill toxins, and polished their outer forms.
One hand controlled the fire, the other controlled the pills.
With one hand controlling the pills, Li Qingyuan continuously formed pill seals, dazzling the eye. His other hand controlled the three Pill Embryos. He was extremely busy and did not dare relax in the slightest.
"No wonder refining Third-grade Elixirs and above requires drawing upon Earth Vein Fire. With Earth Vein Fire combined with a formation, the intensity of the flames can be adjusted at will."
"That way, an alchemist need only focus wholeheartedly on refining pills."
"Otherwise, pill control alone would stump countless Second-grade High-rank alchemists. Their hope of advancing to become Third-grade Alchemists would be vanishingly slim."
Li Qingyuan was distracted for only a moment, yet the