First Time Refining Elixirs

First Time Refining Elixirs

Early the next morning, Li Xuan got up early and led the horses nearby to graze for a while.

Douluo Continent was vast and sparsely populated. Most of the land had never been cultivated, so plenty of weeds grew here. A short walk was enough for the horses to eat their fill, saving Li Xuan from having to cut grass specifically to feed them.

After walking the horses, it was time for Li Xuan to eat breakfast. He took out a loaf of bread and made do with a bite.

After eating, Li Xuan returned to the carriage and used the Little Green Bottle to cultivate another Void Pearl, which he placed in his belt.

For the foreseeable future, Li Xuan did not have any major demands for Heavenly Treasures. Therefore, he decided to focus entirely on cultivating Void Grass for a while and expand his storage space.

The belt Li Yu had designed had thirty-six sections and could store 108 Void Pearls. However, Li Xuan was currently wearing twenty-four sections, so it could hold seventy-two Void Pearls.

That amounted to 216 cubic meters of storage space. Moreover, once he gathered 108 Void Pearls, he could also produce ten Void Crystals. Each Void Crystal had a capacity of one hundred cubic meters, meaning ten of them would provide one thousand cubic meters of storage space.

With that, his storage space would definitely be sufficient. The next time he entered a city, Li Xuan could purchase more supplies.

"Enough thinking. Time to set off." Li Xuan smiled indifferently, hitched up the carriage, raised his whip, and continued toward Heaven Dou City.

As the sun set, Li Xuan stopped in a valley.

After traveling for an entire day, Li Xuan was exhausted.

"I should've bought a slave! Then I wouldn't have had to drive the carriage myself." Li Xuan said irritably as he jumped down from the carriage.

After stopping the carriage, Li Xuan led the horses into the valley to eat weeds.

Once the horses had eaten their fill, Li Xuan took out two hot dishes and enjoyed them with a bowl of rice.

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Xuan lay in the carriage and closed his eyes to rest.

Although Li Xuan was somewhat tired today, he was not sleepy.

"I'm in pretty good condition today. Why not try refining some Elixirs?" Li Xuan suddenly said.

He acted as soon as he thought of it. Li Xuan immediately jumped down from the carriage and took out a large pile of tools for grinding and crushing from a Void Pearl.

Only then did he take out the medicinal ingredients needed for refining Elixirs.

Refining Elixirs was not a simple matter. It was not as easy as opening a furnace, tossing in the ingredients, and burning them continuously. That method was only suitable for top-tier Alchemists.

Li Xuan had only just begun, so he was not suited to such a hands-off method of refinement.

Refining Elixirs required a thorough understanding of each ingredient's medicinal properties and precise control over its effects. Only then could the properties within an Elixir reinforce one another and produce a remarkable effect.

Otherwise, it was easy to end up with failed Elixirs. Not only would they offer no benefit to cultivation, they might even be highly poisonous.

This time, Li Xuan planned to refine Spirit-Nurturing Pills, because they were the easiest to refine among the three kinds of Elixirs.

Li Xuan also wanted to know whether he truly had the talent to become an Alchemist.

After examining the medicinal properties of the ingredients, Li Xuan determined the quantities needed and ground them all into powder.

Since this was Li Xuan's first time refining Elixirs, he had prepared five portions of ingredients, enough for him to make five mistakes.

After finishing all that, Li Xuan finally took out the most important item for refining Elixirs.

A copper pot!

Um...

Of course, Li Xuan had no other choice. There were no Spirit Masters on Douluo Continent who refined Elixirs, so he simply could not find a suitable pill furnace. As for commissioning one, Li Xuan did not have the time to wait for a blacksmith to forge it.

After careful consideration, Li Xuan bought an especially heavy copper pot.

It was a pure copper soup pot, round in shape and about the size of a pumpkin. Its walls were extremely thick, measuring a full three or four centimeters.

Li Xuan placed the copper pot on the ground, arranged the ingredients around it, then sat cross-legged and held his breath as he adjusted his condition.

After a while, Li Xuan felt that he had adjusted himself quite well, so he extended his hand and began circulating his Soul Power.

As the green Soul Seal on the back of Li Xuan's hand gradually turned red, the phantom of a green lotus appeared above his hand.

However, one petal of the green lotus phantom had already turned golden-red.

"Go!"

With Li Xuan's low shout, the green lotus slowly flew into the copper pot the next second.

"Ignite!"

Li Xuan shouted again, and a mass of Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame instantly surged from the lotus core of the Green Lotus. It immediately filled the entire copper pot, heating it until it was scorching hot.

However, as the master of the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame, Li Xuan was naturally immune to its searing heat, so standing a little closer was no great problem.

Once he sensed that the flame's temperature had stabilized, Li Xuan poured a portion of the powdered ingredients into the copper pot.

But the next second, an unexpected change occurred.

"Pfft!"

Li Xuan failed to control the flame's temperature. When he poured in the ingredients, his movement caused the flames to briefly lose control, burning one portion of powdered ingredients into ash. Those ingredients could no longer be used.

"Damn! I relaxed for only a breath, and the flame's temperature rose that much?!" Li Xuan stared at the copper pot in shock, his face full of disbelief.

However, Li Xuan was not someone who gave up easily. After considering the reason for his mistake, he controlled the flames again and picked up the second portion of ingredients.

Holding his breath and concentrating, Li Xuan carefully poured the powdered ingredients into the copper pot while controlling the flame's temperature.

Having learned from his previous mistake, Li Xuan strengthened his control over the flames, so there was no sudden spike in temperature.

Li Xuan controlled the flames to burn the powdered ingredients in the copper pot, quickly removing their impurities and leaving behind a tiny amount of blue powder.

"The main ingredient is done. That went pretty smoothly." Li Xuan looked at the blue powder in the copper pot and nodded in satisfaction. This was the purified essence of the Spirit-Nurturing Pill's main ingredient.

Feeling that the timing was about right, Li Xuan tossed in the second and third medicinal ingredients.

Under Li Xuan's control, the flames removed all their impurities, leaving only white and red essences from the two ingredients.

Then came the fourth and fifth ingredients...

He tossed them into the copper pot in turn.

After extracting all the essences, Li Xuan pressed his palms together. The Soul Power in his body poured madly into the copper pot, and the temperature of the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame inside abruptly rose.

Under the scorching heat, the powders slowly began to melt.

Li Xuan then used the power of the flames to push the ingredients together, allowing the high temperature to fuse them into one.

More than ten minutes later, a fine layer of sweat appeared on Li Xuan's forehead.

Li Xuan ignored the sweat and pushed both hands forward again, raising the temperature of the flames once more.

The essences extracted from the various ingredients had completely fused together, but Li Xuan still did not relax in the slightest.

The final step, releasing the Elixir, was the most crucial. Li Xuan closed his eyes, controlling the flame's temperature while using Soul Power to sort through the medicinal properties within the Elixir, enhancing its effects.

Another half hour passed, and Li Xuan sensed that the various medicinal properties within the Elixir had nearly fused completely.

"Release the Elixir!" Li Xuan extended his hand and slammed it down on the copper pot.

The next second, two pitch-black Elixirs flew out of the copper pot. Li Xuan swiftly caught them, took out a porcelain bottle he had prepared beforehand, and placed the Elixirs inside.

Dear readers, it's Friday now. There are less than twenty hours left until the break. Keep it up and get some rest early.

My writing speed honestly isn't that great, but I'll work hard.

Good night.

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