Abnormal Beast Core

After receiving the Medicinal Pill, Zi Yan stayed with Lin Ming for a while before leaving. Looking at the approaching evening sky, Lin Ming felt somewhat tired.

Having spent five days cultivating Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, I hadn't had time to rest after coming out. I spent another two hours refining Medicinal Pill for Zi Yan. It's no wonder I'm tired after doing all this.

After arriving downstairs and having dinner, Lin Ming returned to his room, washed up, and, no longer suppressing his fatigue, lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

Lin Ming slept soundly that night, and when he woke up, it was already a new day.

Now that it was broad daylight, Lin Ming felt full of energy after a good night's sleep.

After getting up, Lin Ming went to the Medicine Gang's main hall. Now that he had joined the Medicine Gang, Lin Ming was willing to help the Medicine Gang with some medicine-refining tasks in his spare time.

Upon arriving at the lobby of the Medicine Gang, the receptionist greeted Lin Ming warmly.

Besides being the junior brother of the Medicine Clan leader, Lin Ming is also a fourth-grade alchemist. Currently, Lin Ming and his fellow disciple are the only fourth-grade alchemists in the Medicine Clan, so regardless of Lin Ming's identity, he is not someone they, as front-line staff, can afford to be negligent.

"No need for formalities. I'm here to ask if there are any missions that require refining pills of grade three or higher. I have some free time these next couple of days and can help refine some pills," Lin Ming said.

The specific arrangements for the pills were beyond the knowledge of someone like her, a mere receptionist. Therefore, the woman replied to Lin Ming Lin Ming, "Lord Lin Ming, the pill arrangements are handled by the Medicine Refinement Hall. I'll take Lin Ming there! You can inquire with the Alchemist Medicine Refinement Hall."

Lin Ming nodded and followed the woman to the Medicine Refinement Hall next door, which was used separately for refining medicine.

Upon arriving at the Medicine Refinement Hall, the woman said to Lin Ming, "Lord Lin Ming, all the Alchemist are inside Pill Refining. You can simply ask one of the Alchemist what kind of pill you wish to have made."

The woman's words made Lin Ming realize that, apart from Alchemist, no one else was allowed to enter the Medicine Refinement Hall. So Lin Ming nodded and said, "Thank you for your trouble. I'll go in on my own from now on. You can go and do your own thing!"

Lin Ming's words made the woman feel quite favorably towards him.

The other Alchemist, while not overbearing towards her, weren't as polite as Lin Ming. So much so that when she heard Lin Ming's reply, she paused for a moment before giving Lin Ming a genuine smile, nodding, and bidding him farewell.

Lin Ming also stepped into the Medicine Refinement Hall. When Lin Ming entered the Medicine Refinement Hall, he saw that there were only two people in the hall. Both of them were Alchemist. One was First-Grade Alchemist named Chen Qi, and the other was Second-Grade Alchemist named Wu Shi.

Lin Ming had already met all of the dozen or so Alchemist in the Medicine Gang on the day he arrived, and Lin Ming also learned about their Alchemist ranks at that time.

Seeing the two conversing in the hall, it's likely that the Second-Grade Alchemist came to rest after Pill Refining, and was also sharing some experience with the First-Grade Alchemist.

Alchemist are people whose Soul Power is stronger than that of ordinary martial artists, so the two people in the hall were aware of Lin Ming's open and aboveboard arrival.

The moment Lin Ming entered the hall, the two Alchemists, upon seeing that it was Lin Ming, warmly stood up to greet Lin Ming.

Lin Ming greeted the two enthusiastic individuals with a smile and said, "I came here today to see if there's anything Lin Ming can help with. I have some free time these next couple of days and can lend a hand."

"Haha, Lin Ming, please sit here for a moment. I'll go inform the deputy Gang Leader and the others. With a 4th Grade Alchemist like you taking action, it will save us a lot of trouble." After saying this, Wu Shi headed upstairs.

After Lin Ming saw him leave and went to inform others, he found a seat in the hall and sat down to chat with Chen Qi, the remaining First-Grade Alchemist.

A short while later, Wu Shi arrived with a man. Lin Ming recognized the man; his name was Wang Sheng, a top-tier third-grade Alchemist and also the vice Gang Leader of the Medicine Gang.

"Haha, Lin Ming, the fact that you can find the time to refine medicine in the Medicine Refinement Hall has solved our big problem of not having 4th Grade Alchemist during the Gang Leader's seclusion," Wang Sheng said with a smile after arriving in the hall.

"I happened to have some time these past couple of days, so I came to take a look. From what Brother Wang Sheng just said, is there a task for you to refine Tier 4 Medicinal Pill?" Lin Ming replied and asked.

"Yes, on the second day after you and the Lin Ming Gang Leader entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to cultivate, we received a quest for a Tier 4 Medicinal Pill. Now that you have some free time, Lin Ming, why don't you try out this Tier 4 Medicinal Pill quest?" Wang Sheng said.

"Alright, my senior brother has gone into seclusion, so I'll give this Tier 4 Medicinal Pill task a try!" Lin Ming nodded in reply.

After the Flame Gold Flame mutated into the Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire, Lin Ming had not yet refined any 4th Grade pills.

However, the mutated Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire has now greatly increased in power, which gives Lin Ming great confidence in his current Alchemist.

Even for top- 4th Grade fourth-rank pills, such as the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill Lin Ming possesses the materials and formula for, Lin Ming is confident that he can refine them.

Aside from a few Tier 4 Medicinal Pill with special requirements, such as the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill that Xiao Yan refined at the Alchemist Grand Meet in the Jia Ma Empire in the original novel, which requires rotating three different flames.

Lin Ming currently lacks the three types of flames to refine the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill, so Lin Ming is unable to refine it at present.

However, apart from pills with special conditions like the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill, Lin Ming can refine all other Tier 4 Medicinal Pill, and Lin Ming is quite confident that he can succeed in refining them.

As for why Lin Ming isn't refining the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill now, it's because his flame has only recently mutated, Lin Ming doesn't have time to refine it.

Secondly, although Lin Ming had some confidence in refining it, Lin Ming only had the ingredients for three sets of Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.

The Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill is similar to the Liquid Energy Pill; a person can take two in their lifetime to increase their cultivation level by two stars as a Da Dou Shi. Therefore, Lin Ming wanted three sets of medicinal materials to Pill Formation at least two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills.

However, given Lin Ming's current alchemy skills, he wasn't very confident that he could successfully Pill Formation two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills.

Furthermore, Lin Ming has only recently broken through to the Da Dou Shi level, yet he is already Two Star Dou Grandmaster. His cultivation has improved a bit too quickly and needs to be slowed down.

Since there's no rush to use the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill right now, and the confidence in refining two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill Formation indeed not high, Lin Ming decided to postpone the refining of the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.

"Haha, with Lin Ming's help, the task of obtaining this Tier 4 Medicinal Pill can be completed. Let's go! Let's go now." After Lin Ming's reply, Wang Sheng's smile widened as he spoke eagerly.

Wang Sheng's alchemy skills are already top-notch within the third rank. Now, he only needs an opportunity to break through the third rank and become a 4th Grade Alchemist.

Although there is no specific opportunity, watching high-level Alchemist concoct medicines can help Wang Sheng find this opportunity more quickly.

For the public good, Wang Sheng's goal was to complete the task of producing this Tier 4 Medicinal Pill.

Personally, Wang Sheng wanted to observe Lin Ming, a 4th Grade Alchemist, refining medicine, hoping to gain inspiration and help him break through to become 4th Grade Alchemist himself.

Therefore, whether for public or private reasons, Wang Sheng was eager for Lin Ming to Pill Refining.

Lin Ming showed no displeasure or negative emotions towards Wang Sheng's eagerness. Lin Ming had originally come here to help with alchemy, and being given 4th Grade pill-refining opportunity to practice was already more than enough; how could he possibly have any other thoughts?

Led by Wang Sheng, Lin Ming arrived at a pill-refining room, where Wang Sheng then gave Lin Ming the Yao Dan that needed to be refined.

"Yi Fu Beast Pill, Tier 4 Medicinal Pill. This medicine is extremely helpful in repairing the injuries of Magical Beasts. Required medicinal materials..." Lin Ming took the pill formula, which described a Yi Fu Beast Pill for repairing the injuries of Magical Beasts.

"Lin Ming, these are the medicinal herbs needed to refine the Yi Fu Beast Pill." After Lin Ming finished reading the pill formula, Wang Sheng handed him a Storage Ring and said.

After receiving the Storage Ring, Lin Ming did not immediately begin refining the medicine. Instead, he looked at the prescription again, trying to understand some of the details and pondering them repeatedly.

Three hours passed. During these three hours, Lin Ming would sometimes close his eyes and look at the sky, and sometimes look at the pill formula, repeating this process over and over again.

Wang Sheng waited quietly by Lin Ming's side for those three hours as he pondered on his own, without a trace of urging or impatience.

After obtaining a new pill formula, Alchemist will spend time repeatedly studying the details of the refining method recorded in the formula and simulating the refining process in their minds.

Only after careful consideration can the subsequent refining process proceed smoothly. Otherwise, if one starts Pill Refining without even understanding the details of the formula, success is impossible.

Lower -Low-Grade Pills the requirements for medicinal materials are not as high, so there are more of them, and the price is relatively lower.

However, once pills reach the intermediate level, the required age of the medicinal materials for Pill Refining becomes much higher than that for Low-Grade Pills. As a result, the medicinal materials for Mid-Grade Pills are reduced by several times compared to those for Low-Grade Pills, and the price is also much higher.

As for High-Grade Pills materials of Tier 7 and Above, they are extremely rare in the Northwest Continent. Therefore, when refining high-grade pills, almost every attempt only yields one set of medicinal materials. If the refining fails, it is unknown how long it will take to find another set of medicinal materials to refine the pills.

Wang Sheng, now Third-Grade Alchemist, was well aware of how Alchemist would spend time familiarizing themselves with the details of Pill Refining after obtaining a new formula.

So much so that while Lin Ming was familiarizing himself with the recipe for the Yi Fu Beast Pill, Wang Sheng waited quietly beside him.