New Term and Refining the Fire-Clearing Pill
A few days later, the college officially started its semester.
As the Class Leader of Black Tier Class One, Lin Ming could not possibly be absent on the first day of school. Jia Nan Academy did not have a tradition of holding a collective opening ceremony at the beginning of the semester. Every year, there was only an opening ceremony for the new students. The rest of the students were already familiar faces at the academy, so why bother with such a ceremony?
Upon arriving at the classroom, Lin Ming saw that almost everyone was already there. After greeting the Instructor Zhang Man, and the other students, he took his seat.
He was just a figurehead Class Leader; all the other tasks that Class Leader should do were done for him by others.
Lin Ming completely agreed with this. Last semester, he spent most of his time in the Alchemy Department and rarely came to his own class. If he had to deal with class matters every time, how could he focus on alchemy and self-improvement?
Furthermore, Lin Ming will only be in Black Tier Class One Profound Rank for a year. After that, he will go to the Inner Academy, so he can leave the Class Leader position to his classmates to handle themselves. Just pretend that he doesn't exist as the Class Leader.
Next was a speech by Instructor Zhang Man. It mainly consisted of greetings and expressions of concern among the students, answering questions, and encouraging them to practice diligently.
Lin Ming listened attentively to what his classmates were saying, occasionally listening to some funny stories among them, which was quite interesting and relaxing.
So Lin Ming would sometimes chime in and chat with the other students. Some of the students would ask Lin Ming questions about cultivation and Dou Technique, with Han Yue asking the most questions.
Lin Ming would explain anything he could regarding cultivation and Dou Technique.
Furthermore, due to their different ways of thinking, Lin Ming often uses simple and clear examples to simplify more complex issues, making it easier for those asking questions to understand.
Here, Lin Ming wants to complain about these predecessors. Some things are actually very simple, but they insist on making them sound mysterious and esoteric, leaving people completely baffled.
I don't know if they're trying to show off how amazing their Cultivation Method and Dou Technique are, but it's definitely not approachable at all.
Lin Ming's easy-to-understand explanations attracted even more students to ask Lin Ming questions. Even their Instructor Zhang Man, came over to listen to Lin Ming's explanations.
Although Instructor Zhang Man understood some things, because she had grown up under such abstruse ideas, even after years of teaching, she couldn't explain some issues as clearly and simply as Lin Ming.
Instructor Zhang Man even considered having Lin Ming teach these students from now on. However, she nipped this idea in the bud.
This idea is unrealistic. First of all, Lin Ming himself wouldn't agree. It's only the beginning of the semester, and Lin Ming's only been in class for a short time. It shouldn't be long before he's basically stopped coming to class, just like last semester, and instead goes off to do his own thing.
Therefore, it's unrealistic to expect Lin Ming to abandon his own affairs to explain things to his classmates. The only possibility is that if Lin Ming has the time, he might be able to spare some time to explain.
Besides, even if Lin Ming agreed to come and explain the students' doubts every week, the Alchemy Department probably wouldn't agree. This world is inherently unequal. No one wants Lin Ming, who has exceptional Xiang Tian, to waste his time explaining cultivation issues to ordinary students.
Because these people's future prospects are already foreseeable, even with Lin Ming's explanations and help, it will only make things smoother at this lower level, and will not have a significant impact on their future prospects.
Therefore, Lin Ming's time cannot be wasted on them.
For the first two days of school, Lin Ming would come to the classroom, so he stayed at the classroom's accommodation for those two days. On the first night of school, their class organized a dinner party, and everyone had a great time.
Time flies when you're busy. Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
After two days of relaxation, Lin Ming felt that his mindset had been adjusted very well. So on the third day, Lin Ming went to the Alchemist's.
Lin Ming approached Elder Huo.
"Ready?" Elder Huo asked.
"Yes, after these few days of preparation, I am quite confident in refining the Fire Cleansing Pill," Lin Ming said affirmatively.
"Haha, good! Let's go to the Alchemy Room!" Elder Huo said with a laugh. Then, Lin Ming followed Elder Huo towards the Alchemy Room.
Upon arriving at the Alchemy Room, Elder Huo tossed over a Storage Ring and said, "Inside are the ingredients for three Fire Cleansing Pills. Lin Ming, check your attributes and begin refining!"
After receiving Elder Huo's Storage Ring, Lin Ming immediately took out a set of medicinal materials for the Fire Cleansing Pill from the Storage Ring and placed it beside him for use when refining it later.
The medicinal materials used in Tier 4 Medicinal Pill are far more precious and rare than those used in Third-Order and lower -High-Grade Pills, the higher the grade of the medicinal materials required, and the older they must be. Therefore, the rarer the medicinal materials are.
This can be seen from the way the medicinal materials were provided. When refining pills of grade three and below, Lin Ming personally went to the medicinal material area to collect the materials.
Now that the Tier 4 Medicinal Pill have been refined, they won't be readily available anymore. The academy only has a limited supply of medicinal herbs, and it's not possible to just let anyone take them. This is why Elder Huo directly prepared the herbs for Lin Ming.
This is also one reason why high-level Alchemist are so rare. Without enough medicinal materials to refine your medicine, even the most skilled Alchemist can only watch helplessly.
He took out the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron and placed it in front of him. Although he hadn't Pill Refining for over a month, the feeling of pill refining surged into his heart the moment Lin Ming took out the Medicinal Cauldron, without the slightest sense of rustiness.
He extended a palm and placed it on one of the fire holes of the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron. His internal Dou Qi immediately circulated, and then Golden Flame rose from within the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron.
After preheating the Medicinal Cauldron, Lin Ming picked up a medicinal herb and put it into the Medicinal Cauldron to begin refining the Fire Cleansing Pill.
Seeing Lin Ming's Refinement Techniques, which was beginning to show the style of a master, Elder Huo couldn't help but nod. At Lin Ming's current rate of improvement, he would be able to completely surpass him and become a top 6th Grade Alchemist Master in the Northwest Continent in less than ten years.
This speed is already quite fast. It has been more than ten years since Elder Huo was promoted to Tier 5 Alchemist, yet he is still only a Tier 5 Alchemist.
Although there has been some improvement over the past ten years, it has only been an improvement from the initial stage of the Fifth Grade to the Fifth Grade Peak. Whether he can become 6th Grade Alchemist in this lifetime is still unknown.
Elder Huo himself knew that without a major stroke of luck, he probably wouldn't be able to reach the level of 6th Grade Alchemist. His talent was hindering his progress.
In the short time that Elder Huo imagined, Lin Ming completed the extraction of the first medicinal herb. This extraction speed was almost the same as Elder Huo's.
Given the vast difference in cultivation levels, Lin Ming's ability to achieve this level demonstrates that, aside from Lin Ming, he is not far behind Elder Huo in other aspects, which is why he was able to complete the extraction of medicinal herbs in such a short time.
Lin Ming is now beginning the extraction of the second medicinal herb. With the Medicinal Cauldron placed in the cauldron, Lin Ming manipulates the flames to envelop it and extract the essence through burning.
The research Lin Ming did a few days ago on the Fire Cleansing Pill wasn't in vain. Now, he has a very clear understanding of the methods and details for refining the medicinal materials for the Fire Cleansing Pill. Combining his years of experience in alchemy, Lin Ming is truly confident that he can successfully Pill Formation on his first try.
Lin Ming refined the medicinal herbs for the Fire Cleansing Pill one by one. Now, besides the Lin Ming, there are many jade Jade Bottle containing the Medicinal Material Essence.
Elder Huo was extremely satisfied with Lin Ming's alchemy skills, as evidenced by the constant smile on his face.
Although there were some problems during Lin Ming's refining process, those were from the perspective of Elder Huo's current cultivation level and that of Tier 5 Alchemist.
For example, some medicinal herbs require a much higher flame temperature to be extracted more perfectly. From one's own perspective, that's fine. But for Lin Ming, he had already pushed the flame temperature to his limit.
It's like burning charcoal. I've already reached the highest temperature that carbon combustion can achieve. If you insist that I can use nuclear energy to reach a higher temperature than that, then they're completely different concepts.
You think I don't know nuclear energy can reach even higher temperatures? But I don't have any! All I have right now is carbon, what am I supposed to do?
Therefore, Elder Huo did not mention those unrealistic things. What Lin Ming has done so far is basically the best he can do at this stage.
"Anyway, even if you asked me to refine Tier 4 Medicinal Pill with my current Dou Master Stage, I wouldn't be as good as Lin Ming." This was what Elder Huo was thinking to himself.
Lin Ming was completely absorbed in refining the Fire Cleansing Pill and had no time to observe Elder Huo 'Elder Huo expression or guess his thoughts.
After more than half an hour, Lin Ming had finished refining all the medicinal herbs except for one Magic Core. Feeling that he still had a relatively sufficient amount of Dou Qi, Lin Ming directly put the last Third-Order Water Attribute Magic Core into the Medicinal Cauldron and began refining.
Not long after Lin Ming put the Water Attribute Magic Core into the Medicinal Cauldron to refine it, Steward Yang rushed into the Pill Refinement Room. Seeing Lin Ming Pill Refining, Steward Yang did not make a big fuss. He quietly came to Elder Huo's side and whispered something to Elder Huo.
Lin Ming, engrossed in alchemy, was oblivious to Steward Yang's arrival. After Steward Yang spoke to Elder Huo left alone, leaving Steward Yang to guard Lin Ming from behind.
Under the heat of Lin Ming Flame Gold Flame, the Water Attribute Magic Core eventually succumbed, and Lin Ming extracted its Demonic Core Energy.