Although he could refine the medicinal ingredients himself, since Tang Zhen had voluntarily taken on the task, he was happy to take it easy.
Besides, he needed to conserve his energy for the most critical fusion step later on.
Tang Zhen was indeed worthy of being the Valley Master of Burning Flame Valley. His control over Flame was exceptionally precise.
The silver Flame moved like a living creature in his hands, sometimes strong, sometimes weak, sometimes swift, sometimes gentle, wrapping around every medicinal ingredient with perfect precision.
He controlled the Flame's temperature at an exquisitely precise level. It could burn away all impurities within the ingredients without damaging their medicinal properties.
One medicinal ingredient after another was swiftly refined in his hands, turning into clusters of pure medicinal liquid or powder that floated within the medicine cauldron.
Those medicinal liquids were crystal-clear and gave off dense energy fluctuations, while the powders were as fine as dust and glimmered with a faint fluorescence.
Time slowly passed.
One hour.
Two hours.
Three hours.
When the thirty-seventh medicinal ingredient had been refined, Tang Zhen stopped and let out a long breath of turbid air.
Fine beads of sweat covered his forehead, but his eyes were filled with excitement.
After all these years, it was still the first time he had used the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame so freely. The feeling made him seem as though he had returned to his youth.
"Grandmaster, the first batch of medicinal ingredients has been refined. There are thirty-seven types in total: nineteen medicinal liquids and eighteen powders."
Tang Zhen said in a deep voice.
Liu Bai nodded. With a stir of his Soul Power, the medicinal liquids and powders floating inside the medicine cauldron were drawn before him, suspended within a ring of black Flame.
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