Refining Pills, Spiritual Energy Pills

Will there be people from the Cultivation World coming?

Judging from Earth's previous development path, it's highly likely that it doesn't exist, because Earth lacks spiritual energy!

Without spiritual energy, it's a dead zone for cultivators, utterly worthless.

If they have no value, what are they doing here?

But now, Lin Fan really couldn't say for sure.

The butterfly effect!

Now, a cultivator has appeared on Earth, and that cultivator is myself...

Who knows what kind of butterfly effect might occur, leading to cultivators coming here? Even if they are cultivators, it's still manageable, but if they are Heretical Cultivator or even Demonic Cultivator, that would be truly deadly.

Therefore, I must become stronger as soon as possible!

Thankfully, the Spiritual Energy Pill is almost within reach...

Lin Fan took a deep breath. "Old Chen, the future of our Earth depends on you..."

"What the hell? I'm not a superhero."

Old Chen rolled his eyes. "I'll start researching the formation gradually, but I estimate it won't be ready in a day or two. It's not just about making the circuit board bigger."

"Of course, let's take it one step at a time."

Lin Fan was well aware of what Old Chen had said.

Miniature formations are easy to set up. As long as the diagram is correct and you power it on, it's basically done.

But what about large-scale formations?

First of all, you can't just bury circuit boards directly underground, right? At least not now, because factors like leakage and resistance pose significant limitations.

Why would there be an electrical leak? Because the array is not as simple as just assembling wires into a 'array diagram'.

If you use electrical wires, the energy is all inside the wires, so what kind of formation is that?

Electricity must be exposed to the air!

Simply put, treat electricity as water... and the formation itself as a 'waterway'.

For the formation to be effective, the water must flow through the waterways, and the two ends must be connected!

Instead of putting 'water' in water pipes (electrical wires).

So, this is a problem that Old Chen needs to solve.

"I believe in you, great teacher, you can do it!" Lin Fan pumped his fist to encourage Old Chen.

"Get lost, do you think I'm a three-year-old?"

Old Chen laughed and scolded, "But to be honest, I do have some ideas in my head. I reckon it won't take too long. Before that, I'll test them out first."

"Alright!"

"If there's nothing else, I'll be heading out now?"

"Get lost, get lost, don't disturb this old man's cultivation!"

Old Chen laughed and muttered curses.

Lin Fan left happily.

For Lin Fan, this way of getting along was undoubtedly the most relaxed and fun.

Does Lin Fan disrespect Old Chen?

No, he was very respectful.

However, when no one else is around, the two are like close friends despite their age difference, with a very good relationship and few reservations, making communication very easy.

Back home, Lin Fan began preparing to refine pills!

"A powerful stove connected to a gas cylinder will suffice. As for medicinal herbs, we have everything else. While we don't have herbs that are a hundred or a thousand years old, we can use spiritual herbs to replace them now..."

Why use a gas cylinder instead of natural gas?

Because natural gas is used by many people, its power is slightly less.

When a gas cylinder is used by one person, the liquefied gas inside will be more powerful after being 'enhanced' by a high-powered stove!

After the connection was established, Lin Fan went to the courtyard...

Today, the courtyard is filled with a delightful and refreshing atmosphere.

Although it's a medium-sized Spirit Gathering Array, the large Spirit Gathering Array in the Greenhouse Area covers more than ten acres, so on average, its quality is definitely not as good as this one.

Moreover, most of the herbs planted in the courtyard have already transformed into medicinal herbs. Although they showed signs of 'malnutrition' when they first transformed, they have become more and more 'normal' over time.

Lin Fan glanced over and saw that the Dull Hair was perched on a spiritual herb, as if it were dozing off.

However, upon closer inspection, one can discover that within a tiny area around the Dull Hair), there are bursts of blue light.

The bluish light was very faint and easily overlooked if one did not look carefully, especially near the lush green medicinal herbs.

However, that blue light did indeed exist.

"Cultivating?"

"It seems that the Qingluan Sutra can still be cultivated by it, not bad."

Lin Fan nodded in satisfaction.

From Lin Fan's perspective, Dull Hair's cultivation level is now close to the mid-stage of Qi Refining.

Although its main body is weak, so its combat power is definitely not as good as that of a typical mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, it can certainly handle a few ordinary people if it wants to kill them.

Moreover, it will continue to grow stronger.

At least on Earth, it could be a decent helper.

After picking the medicinal herbs Polygonum Multiflorum, ginseng, and Ganoderma, Lin Fan closed the door and began tinkering!

First and foremost, the 'pot'!

Of course, it's more accurate to call it Old-fashioned Popcorn Machine than a pot!

It's that thing that makes a sound like a firecracker when it boils. Many children and young people who don't recognize it even call it a bomb when they are interviewed!

This thing was very common when Lin Fan was a child.

During festivals and holidays, itinerant merchants would carry their tools and travel through the streets and alleys to help people pop popcorn.

That was one of the few exciting moments of the year for that generation of children.

However, even though I've seen this thing a lot, I don't really know how to use it.

Lin Fan was truly at a loss.

"Luckily, online shopping is pretty reliable these days. It comes with an instruction manual. Let me look through the manual first..."

After preparing all the materials and tools, he took out the instruction manual and began to read it.

First, add 50 ml of oil, then add 150 g of corn and 100 g of sugar to the popcorn machine. Shake the popcorn machine to spread the popcorn evenly into the inner cylinder.

Next, close the lid tightly, then tighten it with an iron rod and place the popcorn machine on the stove. Turn the crank continuously to ensure even heating.

During this process, the pressure must be closely monitored. Once the required pressure is reached, the moisture in the corn inside the popcorn machine will evaporate, and the starch will be liquefied...

The guy stroked his chin.

"Uh, I don't need to watch this part. I don't need popcorn. I'll just watch the last part."

He muttered to himself while glancing at the last two paragraphs of the instruction manual.

"But the corn won't pop until the pressure decreases. Take the popcorn machine off the sack, put it in a special container, and then pry it open with a steel rod. At this point, there will be a loud 'bang,' and the popcorn will fly into the sack..."

"Is it that simple?"

"So you mean you just put the stuff in, close the lid, and rotate it while heating to ensure even heating, and once the pressure is reached, it just explodes?!"

As for adding oil, sugar, etc.

Lin Fan wasn't really making popcorn, so naturally he didn't need to.

He stroked his chin and said, "But speaking of which, this pressure gauge isn't right either..."

Online shopping is often quite reliable. For example, right now, Lin Fan has a 'pressure gauge' in addition to the instruction manual.

Simply put, the function of a pressure gauge is to tell the user what kind of material requires what amount of pressure.

For example, the pressure used to make popcorn from corn is different from that used to make popcorn from rice.

Exploding lobster?

That thing doesn't seem to work... because it really does explode!

As for how much pressure is required for alchemy?

There's definitely no pressure gauge on it, since nobody's ever actually used one of these to refine pills. Ask the boss.

"Forget it, I don't want to be seen as crazy."

"Then I'll just have to try it myself..."

"Moreover, I reckon it's not enough to just throw the herbs in; we'll have to add some other things too."

Add what?

water?

Lin Fan felt that it shouldn't be necessary. The medicinal herbs he used included fresh ones, and they were even spiritual herbs. In addition, the refining environment was sealed, so there should be no need to add water.

What else besides water?

"Adhesive?!"

The biggest problem troubling Lin Fan right now is how to form a pill!

With the power of Old-fashioned Popcorn Machine, crushing the medicinal herbs would be no problem at all, but simply crushing them wouldn't be enough; they also needed to be refined into pills!

"Based on the experience of a certain internet celebrity who makes 'exploding lobster'..."

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Adding something definitely won't work; it'll probably be reduced to dregs!"

"So... I need to add some adhesive?"

"For adhesives, we need biological adhesives; chemical adhesives definitely won't work..."

This is inevitable.

Chemical adhesives?

You can't exactly add super glue or something, can you? It's alchemy, not shoe sole making...

"So, you still have to add starch?"

For Lin Fan now, starch has almost become an indispensable ingredient in 'alchemy', but alchemy is different from refining Jade Muscle Cream.

Simply adding starch or cornstarch slurry is not suitable, so Lin Fan came up with a completely new method.

"You can use the 'egg wash' and 'breadcrumbs' method!"

"Coat the medicinal herbs with a layer of cornstarch, then put them into Old-fashioned Popcorn Machine, and then start roasting them!"

"The neighbor's kid is so envious he's crying, no doubt about it."

With a plan in mind, Lin Fan immediately began to take action!

starch?

If you have some at home, just add some water, stir it, and it's done!

Next, preheat the Old-fashioned Popcorn Machine.

Once the temperature is almost reached, rinse all the herbs separately with cornstarch slurry, then add them one at a time, following the order of the single-herb formula, every one or two minutes.

Once all the herbs are in, put the lid on and boil it over high heat!

"So what if we don't have Alchemy Furnace?"

"We modern people practice alchemy in such a simple and brutal way!"

Whoosh!

The high-powered stove, combined with the liquefied gas in the gas cylinder, produces a very strong flame!

Lin Fan turned the Old-fashioned Popcorn Machine while keeping a close eye on the pressure gauge.

"If I don't know what level of pressure is appropriate, then... let's go for the maximum!"

"At maximum pressure, even a miraculous medicine would probably dissolve. Hmm, let's do it this way!"

This guy had a high fever for a full half hour before the pressure finally reached its maximum, and the needle pointed to the red zone...

"Could it have exploded?"

At this moment, Lin Fan was genuinely a little scared.

Immediately, he turned off the fire, placed an iron basin in the corner, and carried the popcorn machine over.

Bang!

With a powerful pry from the iron bar, the Old-fashioned Popcorn Machine... exploded!