The morning sun shone brightly.
Bai Jing returned to the courtyard from outside.
He touched the storage pouch at his waist. In an instant, a flash of light passed by, and over a dozen kinds of medicinal ingredients appeared piled before him—fifty sets in all.
He had just bought these from a medicinal shop in the market. Compared to the costly ingredients needed for the Spirit Replenishing Pill, these were rather ordinary.
Bai Jing then placed the Purple Leaf Grass among them on the stone table beneath the sunlight to dry.
Ever since the Dragon Tiger Pill Formula had appeared on the Talent Tree, he had known every material's treatment, order of addition, timing, proportions, and more like the back of his hand.
"Cinnabar!" He took out a transparent bottle filled with red powder.
This medicine could calm the mind and soothe the spirit. It was also a main ingredient in the Dragon Tiger Pill Formula, and was fairly common in both the mortal world and the cultivation world.
Afterward, Bai Jing took out another two transparent bottles filled with fresh blood.
They contained tiger blood and python blood respectively. Perhaps that was how the Dragon Tiger Pill got its name.
He poured the three ingredients into a large basin, mixed them together, and stirred them evenly.
Once he was done, Bai Jing went to process the other ingredients.
By the time he had finished processing all the materials that needed handling, it was already afternoon.
"Phew..." He let out a long breath. This work was finally done, and it had been even more exhausting than cultivation.
Processing medicinal ingredients was an important step in pill refinement. In some ways, it was even more crucial than refining techniques and fire control.
The reason was simple. No matter how perfect the