First-Order Grade-Middle Alchemist (Seeking Follow-up Reading and Monthly Tickets)

First-Order Grade-Middle Alchemist (Seeking Follow-up Reading and Monthly Tickets)

Inside the Earth Fire Room, the Earth Fire surged high as Ye Jingcheng cast another spirit art.

The spirit patterns on the pill furnace suddenly dimmed.

The Earth Fire gradually receded as well.

With a wave of his hand, Ye Jingcheng drew the pill furnace into his grasp.

The furnace lid flew up with the motion, revealing ten exceptionally plump Spirit Feeding Pills.

"Finally, a full batch!"

Ye Jingcheng was overjoyed. Upon entering the Earth Fire Room, he had not immediately begun refining Body Tempering Pills and Azure Spirit Pills. Instead, he had chosen the more familiar Spirit Feeding Pills to improve his feel for alchemy.

This was already his third furnace. The first two had both succeeded, and this third one had even yielded a full batch, greatly boosting his confidence.

"See that? This is how you control the fire to refine pills!" Ye Jingcheng took out a Spirit Feeding Pill and placed it by the Crimson Flame Fox's mouth, then brought out a bowl of Spring Water.

The Crimson Flame Fox nodded with strikingly human-like understanding, then swallowed both the Spirit Feeding Pill and the Spring Water.

Ye Jingcheng turned around and began wiping down the pill furnace again before warming the furnace anew.

The pill furnace quickly became scorching hot, and the spirit patterns across its surface lit up ring after ring in an orderly rhythm.

Ye Jingcheng took out the pill furnace and set it in place, then sat cross-legged to cultivate and nourish his mind.

Alchemy consumed one's mind and spirit, and there was no way to recover quickly in a short time.

Still, meditating for a while was more beneficial for the alchemy to come, and it also kept him from wasting his rest time.

After circulating several Heavenly Cycles, his mind and spirit had recovered somewhat, and only then did he awaken in satisfaction.

The moment he woke, he took out a Jade Slip and began studying it.

This time, he planned to try refining Body Tempering Pills.

Although he had watched the rapid refining processes for both Azure Spirit Pills and Body Tempering Pills, Azure Spirit Pills required five more kinds of Spirit Herbs than Body Tempering Pills, making them far more complicated to refine.

He was currently at the crucial point of breaking through to become a First-Order Grade-Middle Alchemist, so naturally, it was better to choose the simpler option.

Ye Jingcheng studied the Jade Slip containing the pill formula for a full half hour.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the Crimson Flame Fox had opened its mouth wide and was spitting flames.

Yet the flames would occasionally turn into Fireballs and shoot into the Earth Fire, becoming even higher waves of flame.

After stopping, the Crimson Flame Fox needed to gather its strength for a long while before it could begin again.

Clearly, his direction was correct, but the Crimson Flame Fox was still too young.

However, Ye Jingcheng believed that if he continued guiding it this way, it might be able to help with alchemy even before reaching the First Rank Late Stage.

And without the restrictions of the Earth Fire Room, his Alchemy would improve even faster.

Ye Jingcheng took out the Jade Slip containing his previous summaries, read through it from beginning to end once more, and only started refining after ensuring there were no mistakes.

His furnace-warming technique had grown increasingly proficient. As one Spirit Herb after another fell into the furnace, Ye Jingcheng's brows slowly furrowed.

The next moment, a burnt smell wafted out, and the pill furnace's spirit patterns dimmed.

"Failed." Ye Jingcheng remained exceptionally calm. He retrieved the pill furnace, carefully examined the Pill Dregs inside, compared them against the records in the pill formula Jade Slip, and finally stored the Pill Dregs properly in a jade bottle.

Now that he had become an Alchemist, he would inevitably need to cultivate Spirit Herbs in the future. Though these Pill Dregs could not be consumed, mixing them into the soil could increase its spirituality.

Naturally, he would not waste them.

Next, Ye Jingcheng took out the Jade Slip again and continued recording and deducing.

Only after confirming there were no problems did he open the furnace once more.

As the Earth Fire surged again, Ye Jingcheng began his second refinement attempt.

Yet the second attempt still failed, leaving behind a furnace full of worthless dregs! Ye Jingcheng was not discouraged and tried again, but the third attempt failed as well! The fourth attempt also failed! Until the fifth attempt.

The pill furnace spun at high speed, the spirit patterns upon it blooming like flowers, vividly alive amid the flames.

Ye Jingcheng cast the final spirit art. The pill furnace flew out steadily, landing above his palm with a muffled thud.

The pill cauldron opened, revealing three incomparably round Body Tempering Pills lying inside.

With a wave of his hand, the Body Tempering Pills fell into his hand. He pinched them between his fingers and examined them closely before finally confirming that they matched the Jade Slip without the slightest discrepancy.

"Finally succeeded!" Ye Jingcheng let out a long breath, his face filled with delight.

This also meant that he had become a First-Order Grade-Middle Alchemist. The Ye Family currently had over a hundred cultivators, yet only three had reached First-Order Grade-High Alchemist, while fewer than ten had reached First-Order Grade-Middle Alchemist! Ye Jingcheng took out a pill bottle and stored all three Body Tempering Pills away, only to hear bells ringing outside.

Clearly, Ninth Elder Ye Haitian had begun urging them.

Ye Jingcheng continued wiping down the pill furnace. After warming it once more and tidying up the Pill Room, he finally left.

At this moment, the others had already begun selling the spirit pills on them.

Ye Jingcheng also took out the Spirit Feeding Pills he had refined earlier. He exchanged twenty of them and received a total of 20 Contribution Points.

This time, Ye Haitian did not ask Ye Jingcheng how many Spirit Feeding Pills he had refined.

After returning to his small courtyard, Ye Jingcheng took out the Jade Slip again, began comparing notes, and continued recording.

Refining one successful batch did not mean he was steady yet. Succeeding once out of five attempts meant that, all things considered, he was still losing Spirit Stones.

Only by summing up his experience and successfully refining pills every time in the future could he make a living from it.

The year that followed became dull as well. Ye Jingcheng's life remained a simple line between two points.

After cultivating for several days, he would go to the Earth Fire Room, where the Crimson Flame Fox practiced controlling fire.

Meanwhile, he refined spirit pills. And whether it was coincidence or something else, he discovered that every time he went to the Earth Fire Hall, Ye Haiyun was refining pills there as well.

The pills she refined were also Body Tempering Pills and Azure Spirit Pills!

Through this constant learning and summarizing, his alchemy experience grew increasingly abundant.

Out of every five furnaces, he could successfully refine three batches of Body Tempering Pills. Out of every five furnaces of Azure Spirit Pills, he could successfully refine two batches! As for Spirit Feeding Pills, he almost never failed!

It was precisely the Spirit Feeding Pills that supported his refinement of the other pills.

As for the Azure Spirit Pills and Body Tempering Pills, he rarely sold them outside.

Nearly all of them went into the mouths of himself and the Crimson Flame Fox.

Among all these spirit pills, the Crimson Flame Fox underwent the greatest changes. It was no longer the little fox it had once been, but a fire fox as large as an Azure Cloud Wolf! Its fur was crimson as fire, rippling constantly in the wind like blazing flames.

Two bright horizontal spirit patterns had also begun to appear at the corner of its forehead.

Its strength had reached a level close to that of a First Rank Late Stage Monster Beast, making it much stronger than Ye Jingcheng. Every sparring match ended with Ye Jingcheng being sent flying by the Crimson Flame Fox!

What satisfied him was that the Ye Family had never once asked about the Crimson Flame Fox's changes, as if they had already forgotten about it.

Ye Jingcheng was more than happy with this arrangement. Supported by Azure Spirit Pills, his cultivation progressed much faster than before. The only drawback was that Pill Poison had begun accumulating within his body.

As for the Ancient Book's spiritual radiance, he had discovered that it could now fill two pages. It seemed to be related to the Blood Pact he had formed with the Crimson Flame Fox! Then, on this very day, a Sound Transmission Talisman appeared before Ye Jingcheng. Rarely, it had been summoned by the Ye Family's current head, Ye Xingliu.

And his tone was extremely urgent!