"D-did he... succeed?"
"Oh my god, he really did! Three hours! He made a nine-star pill in just three hours!"
"Someone catch me, I'm fainting! Qin Shaofeng is a monster! He actually made a nine-star pill in such a short time?"
"Eight-star! Eight-star! I'm certain Qin Shaofeng's alchemy skills are at the eight-star level!"
"You don't need to tell me that. Even if it's only a Nine-turn Savage Strength Pill, could an ordinary alchemist make one this fast? I'm starting to wonder if Qin Shaofeng is a nine-star alchemist!"
"Nine-star seems unlikely, but he's definitely eight-star!"
"..."
A long time?
That was what Qin Shaofeng thought, but to everyone else, it had been far too short.
When other alchemists made nine-star pills, didn't they first inspect the ingredients, then put them into the furnace and spend several hours refining them?
And that was only the refining stage. Purifying the Liquid Potion took a great deal of time and effort to ensure no impurities remained. Five or six hours was normal, and if it took a little longer, it could even last a full day.
Then came condensing the pill, which also took five or six hours. This stage required absolute care. The slightest mistake in the condensation process—even a tiny one—could cause a nine-star pill to fail.
Even after the Liquid Potion had been condensed into a pill, the final tempering step still took quite a while.
After all, the longer the final tempering lasted, the higher the chances of successfully producing a pill.
If the pill was only tempered briefly, it could easily become unstable and ultimately fail.
So many alchemists would rather spend extra time than neglect the final tempering. They usually tempered their pills for several hours, or even a day or two.
That was why,