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At this moment, Qin Shaofeng controlled his Inner Qi to melt the Vitality Grass, thinking that this was the true method of alchemy.
If others learned that Qin Shaofeng could control Inner Qi like this to refine pills, they would probably have been too shocked to speak.
Alchemists could control the power output during the refining process, but that required a certain realm and was not something ordinary alchemists could accomplish. Moreover, the power used at that stage was not Houtian or Innate Inner Qi, but spiritual energy of a higher level.
An alchemist who reached that stage needed at least the strength of the Spirit Meridian Realm, and had to be at least a High-level Alchemist.
Before that, nearly all alchemy techniques relied on an alchemy crucible to control the output of power.
Yet Qin Shaofeng could do it now.
Under his control, the moment that stalk of Qi Yuan Grass was enveloped by that tiny thread of Inner Qi, it was immediately refined. In just a few breaths, it began to melt.
A few more breaths passed, and the Qi Yuan Grass completely melted into a clump of medicinal liquid. Then, under the effect of that small thread of Inner Qi, the liquid began to gather, quickly forming into a round pellet of medicinal liquid.
Before long, the medicinal liquid seemed to begin solidifying.
Only then did Qin Shaofeng finally gain some understanding.
Alchemy, alchemy—so this was how one refined pills!
But if other alchemists had known what Qin Shaofeng was thinking at this moment, they would probably have cursed aloud.
What kind of alchemy method was this? He was clearly just messing around!
Using an ordinary cooking pot to refine pills—among alchemists, Qin Shaofeng was probably the only one who would do such a thing.
But there was no denying that if Qin Shaofeng's actions today spread, they would absolutely cause a tremendous upheaval in the world of alchemy.
Although Qin Shaofeng was being utterly reckless, it also showed the extraordinary talent he possessed on the path of alchemy.
Unfortunately, the culprit behind it all had not noticed in the slightest.
System Prompt: Congratulations, player Qin Shaofeng, on successfully refining a pill. You have obtained one Mortal-grade One-star Qi Replenishing Pill!
When Qin Shaofeng "saw" a pill completely condense inside the large pot, he soon heard the System Prompt.
"Ha ha ha, I finally succeeded!"
The system's prompt made Qin Shaofeng burst into laughter. Then he eagerly lifted the lid off the large pot and took out the pale green little pellet inside.
Mortal-grade One-star Qi Replenishing Pill: An ordinary Mortal-grade pill refined from Low-grade Qi Yuan Grass. Instantly restores 20 points of Inner Qi.
Seeing that the properties of the Qi Replenishing Pill in his hand were identical to those of the Qi Replenishing Pills in the system store, Qin Shaofeng's eyes brimmed with delight.
As for Little Yue'er beside him, she had long since opened her little mouth wide, staring blankly at the pill in Qin Shaofeng's hand.
Qin Shaofeng's sudden laughter had startled her at first, but when she saw him take out a pill from the large pot, she was completely shocked.
He had succeeded!
Young Master had really refined a pill!
The little girl first gaped in astonishment, then immediately said to Qin Shaofeng in an incomparably adoring tone, "Young Master, you're amazing! You really refined a pill!"
The first half of her words put Qin Shaofeng in a wonderful mood. At last, he had shaken off that awkward blunder from before.
But just as Qin Shaofeng began to feel that way, the latter half of Little Yue'er's words instantly made another trace of awkwardness flash across his face.
What did she mean, I really refined one?
Listening to that, why did it sound as though this little girl had never really believed that her Young Master could refine pills?
However, when Qin Shaofeng saw the pair of pure, starry eyes of the little girl, he knew that she had not meant it that way at all. She was sincerely happy for him.
Heh, she was still just a little girl!
Seeing her appearance at this moment, Qin Shaofeng smiled softly in his heart, and his entire demeanor suddenly became much gentler.
"Mm, since you've been so good, I'll give you the first pill I refined!"
All of a sudden, Qin Shaofeng handed the Qi Replenishing Pill in his hand to Little Yue'er. Though he had wanted to keep his first pill as a memento, seeing how happy the little girl was for him made him decide to give it to her.
After all, the little girl could be considered a witness to his successful refinement of his first pill.
"G-Give it to me? Really?"
As though she could hardly believe it, the little girl widened her eyes and stared at Qin Shaofeng with an astonished yet adorable expression.
"Of course it's true!"
Seeing how adorably stunned she looked, Qin Shaofeng smiled lightly and placed the pill in her fair, tender little hand. Then, unable to resist, he pinched her cute cheek and said with a smile, "Our Little Yue'er is so adorable. If I don't give it to you, who else would I give it to?"
"Oh, wonderful! Young Master, you're so nice!"
Seemingly finally convinced, the little girl carefully clasped the Qi Replenishing Pill tightly in her hands and cheered happily. In the end, she even suddenly threw herself at Qin Shaofeng and, with a smack, planted a hard kiss on him.
Of course, she had only kissed Qin Shaofeng on the cheek.
But even so, in both this life and his last, it was the first time Qin Shaofeng had ever been treated this way by a girl.
Qin Shaofeng could not help blushing slightly. His expression stiffened, and he felt somewhat uncomfortable all over.
The little girl, however, felt nothing about it. After kissing Qin Shaofeng, she happily looked at the pill in her hand.
After receiving the Qi Replenishing Pill, the little girl left in high spirits as though she had obtained some priceless treasure, saying that she wanted to find a fine jade bottle to protect it.
From the look of it, what she had received was not some Mortal-grade One-star Qi Replenishing Pill, but an incredible top-grade pill. She treasured it dearly!
Qin Shaofeng merely smiled lightly at that and said nothing more, instead continuing to refine Qi Replenishing Pills.
Having succeeded once, Qin Shaofeng now had immense confidence.
After that, aside from two failures caused by momentary carelessness, Qin Shaofeng successfully refined all the remaining Vitality Grass into Qi Replenishing Pills.
By the end, Qin Shaofeng had eight Mortal-grade One-star Qi Replenishing Pills. Together with the one in Little Yue'er's hands, that made nine.
Seventeen stalks of Vitality Grass had ultimately yielded nine Qi Replenishing Pills.
But in truth, Qin Shaofeng now had complete confidence that he could achieve a one hundred percent success rate in refining Qi Replenishing Pills.
More than ten rounds of alchemy had already familiarized him with the process. He was no longer as ignorant as he had been at the beginning.
But in truth, Qin Shaofeng did not know that he was still exceedingly ignorant when it came to alchemy.
Not long afterward, Qin Shaofeng came to understand this point. When he thought back on what he had done today, even Qin Shaofeng felt extremely embarrassed.
Still, merely refining pills more than ten times was not enough to satisfy Qin Shaofeng, so he went to find his grandfather.
When Qin Shaofeng brought eight Qi Replenishing Pills to Old Master Qin, Old Master Qin was shocked once more.
The old man had never imagined that not long after learning that his grandson's cultivation had skyrocketed, while he was still marveling at it, his precious grandson would give him another surprise.
Alchemy?
His grandson was actually an alchemist too?
Though he found it deeply unbelievable, even after seeing the eight Qi Replenishing Pills in Qin Shaofeng's hand, Old Master Qin still had a lingering doubt in his heart.
Could his grandson truly accomplish something like this?
But when the old man had someone bring out medicinal ingredients and asked Qin Shaofeng to refine pills before his eyes, he believed it.
Seeing was believing—whether he believed it or not, he had to believe it!
Only...
Looking at that large pot before him, Old Master Qin's beard could not help twitching.
But what was this situation with using a large pot to refine pills?
Still, though he did not understand any of this, Old Master Qin agreed to Qin Shaofeng's request and had Qin Mansion begin gathering Mortal-grade medicinal ingredients.
In Old Master Qin's view, this was actually a good thing.
Not only because Qin Shaofeng could become an alchemist, but more importantly, if his grandson spent this period refining pills, then he would not leave Lanjiang City.
That way, incidents like the one involving Black Hand Butcher Wu Sancai would not happen again.
Outside the city was one thing, but if anyone dared to assassinate Qin Shaofeng—the nominal Lord of Lanjiang City and a candidate for Lianyang Academy—within Lanjiang City, neither Lianyang Kingdom nor Lianyang Academy would stand by and ignore it.
Even Zhang Chongshan probably would not dare make any more secret moves over this.
Therefore, for the time being, staying in Lanjiang City was the safest thing for Qin Shaofeng.
And so, in the days that followed, Qin Shaofeng spent his time refining pills, or occasionally visiting the Lanjiang City Beast Arena to obtain injured demonic beasts from Steward Fang.
Very soon, some time passed, and the day of Lianyang Academy's official entrance assessment drew nearer and nearer.
When only three days remained before Lianyang Academy's entrance assessment, a figure suddenly flew through the air somewhere not far from Lanjiang City.
Rather than calling it a figure, it would be more accurate to call it a giant eagle.
With golden feathers all over its body and enormous wings, its wingspan stretched a full ten meters when spread open.
Golden Feather Eagle!
This was a High-level Demonic Beast, a Golden Feather Eagle. Although it was only a young Golden Feather Eagle, from the aura it gave off, one could tell that even ordinary Houtian Third or Fourth Layer experts might not necessarily be its match.
But that was not the most surprising part. What was most astonishing was that on the back of this Golden Feather Eagle, which was capable of destroying Lanjiang City, lay a young man.
The young man appeared to be around twenty-three or twenty-four. He wore a lazy expression and looked utterly unmotivated. Even while on the Golden Feather Eagle's back, he half-squinted his eyes as though about to fall asleep.
"Chirp!"
Suddenly, the Golden Feather Eagle's cry made the young man open his eyes.
"Have we arrived?"
Muttering softly, the young man sat up and looked ahead, then saw Lanjiang City in the distance.
"Sigh, I only came to pick up Junior Sister, so why was I assigned the task of picking up other people too?"
Looking at Lanjiang City in the distance, the young man let out a soft sigh.
Yet despite that, after sighing, the young man rose and leaped from the Golden Feather Eagle's back, racing toward Lanjiang City.
"Little Gold, play by yourself here for a while. I'll be back soon!"
Lanjiang City was one of his missions, but the young man also knew clearly that this Lanjiang City was merely an extremely insignificant small city within Lianyang Kingdom. Its strongest expert was only at the Houtian Third Layer.
If he rashly brought Little Gold, a High-level Demonic Beast, along with him, it would probably cause no small amount of trouble.
After all, Lian Chenghao was someone who feared trouble immensely!
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