The following evening.
Lu Cheng followed the established plan, spending the entire day taking medicinal powder and training.
Before night fell, he left the escort agency and went to the apothecary to buy medicinal ingredients.
Fatty and Liu Chang'an had originally planned to come along.
But when they thought of how nearly a month had passed and neither of them had even found the knack to Refining Strength, they could not help but grow anxious.
Moreover, neither believed Lu Cheng could succeed in refining it. When the time came, they would not even know how to comfort him.
So they simply did not come, remaining at the escort agency to practice their stances.
Lu Cheng brought fifteen batches of ingredients for Blood-Activating Powder to Zhao Cheng's home by himself.
Within his sea of consciousness, [Alchemy (Under Deduction)] still showed no changes whatsoever.
Having experienced the deduction of [River-Blocking Halberd Technique] before,
Lu Cheng naturally knew that [Alchemy] could not be deduced in a short time.
But that did not hinder his refining of Blood-Activating Powder.
No matter what it might deduce, there would be no harm in it anyway.
Following the requirements on the prescription, he washed the cauldron, lit the fire, and processed the ingredients.
Afterward, Lu Cheng sat before the pill furnace and completely immersed his consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
Within his sea of consciousness, the black silhouette of [Pill Refining: Blood-Activating Powder] abruptly enlarged in his mind.
It sat cross-legged on the ground, its hands held up emptily.
An illusory pill furnace appeared before it.
The flames beneath the furnace flickered, swelling and shrinking without cease.
Lu Cheng followed the black silhouette as it continuously simulated the process.
He repeatedly practiced every detail with meticulous care.
Pill refining differed from other crafts and martial techniques.