Ji An set down the jade slip, carefully recalled the steps for refining the Jade Dew Condensing Flower Pill, and pondered the medicinal principles within.
An Alchemist who could only follow a diagram to refine pills was unqualified. Such an Alchemist was merely a worker grinding proficiency, capable of refining only a limited variety of pills.
Many cultivators sold pill formulas but not their refining experience. Alchemists who only knew how to grind "skill levels" through proficiency could only live within their comfort zones.
Qualified Alchemists were all well-versed in medicinal principles. From their past successful experiences, they could deduce the changes in medicinal properties during refinement. Such accumulations were the true wealth. When this kind of Alchemist obtained an unfamiliar pill formula, they could still refine the pill relatively smoothly.
Once Ji An felt he had a solid grasp of it, he put away the jade slip and instructed, "Ayun, light the Soul Incense. Also, prepare water for tea—fourth-tier Jade Dew Golden Bud Tea."
For him, refining pills did not consume much mana. What it consumed most was Spiritual Sense.
To refine pills more efficiently, he had always liked to light Soul Incense while making pills.
Ayun immediately stepped forward, took out the Soul Incense and lit it, then walked toward the pond to fetch spring water and boil it.
Blue smoke curled from the incense burner as Ji An sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion and summoned the Blazing Sun Furnace and Frost Moon Furnace.
One pill furnace was crimson like burning charcoal, while the other was the color of ice-blue seawater.
Nascent Soul level pills emphasized cultivating soul power and mana together. Both the Green Lotus Heart-Burning Fire and Nether Bone Fire had to be used to process the ingredients, while the Nether Bone Fire was used