Sudden Enlightenment
In this way, possessing a soul power far greater than when they first learned alchemy, the process naturally became exceptionally easy.
Xiao Yan smiled slightly, withdrew his Wood Force, took out the prescriptions from his Storage Ring, and began to read them one by one using his soul power.
Unlike prescriptions written by a physician, prescriptions Alchemist are written using the power of the soul. Only Alchemist of the fourth rank or above have this ability, and even so, the success rate is not very high.
However, because it clearly describes the temperature required for refining the medicine, the concentration of the extracted materials, and the reactions between the various materials, the prescription can be deeply imprinted in one's mind with just one scan using soul power.
After reading through the two prescriptions using his soul power, Xiao Yan tapped his Storage Ring and took out some materials: Blood Coagulation Grass, Vitality Fruit...
The prescriptions Xiao Yan obtained were ones he had seen in the simulation: Blood Coagulation Powder and Foundation-Building Spiritual Liquid. The former was very suitable for beginners to learn, while the latter was already at the second grade.
Xiao Yan had some of the relevant materials in his Storage Ring. The medicinal herbs were all matured using the Medicine Spirit Sacred Body, making them superior to those he bought in terms of both age and medicinal properties.
After arranging the medicinal herbs in front of him, Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and a streak of eerie white flame was projected onto the medicine cauldron.
The flames churned for a moment, and the entire medicine cauldron was then properly nourished.
Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, and with a wave of his hand, a dark red Blood Coagulation Grass was thrown into the medicine cauldron.
As soon as the Blood Coagulation Grass entered the cauldron, a blinding white flame surged up, and in an instant, half of the herb was burned. Xiao Yan frowned and immediately lowered the temperature of the flame. With a crack, half of the herb was frozen.
Xiao Yan tensed up and slowly increased the temperature of the flames.
As the ice melted and the temperature rose to the optimal calcination point for refining the Blood Coagulation Grass, the Blood Coagulation Grass held on for a moment, shedding its outer layer, and the medicinal power contained within its leaves was extracted.
A tiny bit of liquid appeared, and under the heat of the blazing white flames, it turned into a light white powder.
Seeing the potent medicinal essence within the Blood Coagulation Grass, Xiao Yan stepped forward and took it out.
Since half the plant was destroyed, the essence extracted from only half of the medicinal material was insufficient to refine the Blood Coagulation Powder.
Xiao Yan recalled the refining process of the Blood Coagulation Grass, then took out another Blood Coagulation Grass and threw it into the medicine cauldron.
Having learned from his previous failure, Xiao Yan managed to control the Heavenly Flames that was trying to devour the herbs when the flame temperature fluctuated after the herbs were placed in the cauldron.
Before long, Xiao Yan obtained even more white powder.
The Medicine Elder was greatly amazed. As expected of my Bone Spirit Cold Flame, it can extract the essence of medicinal herbs in just a few days, even for a novice alchemist.
Xiao Yan smiled slightly and began to calculate the Vitality Fruit.
The substance extracted from the Vitality Fruit is completely different from the white powder produced by calcining the Blood Coagulation Grass; it consists of fine, blackish granules.
However, Xiao Yan knew that these granules were the essence of the Vitality Fruit's medicinal power, with excellent effects in removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation. They could exert their effects much faster than the mercenaries in the wild who simply crushed the Vitality Fruit.
More than half an hour later, Xiao Yan finished refining the three materials needed for the Blood Coagulation Powder and moved on to the crucial fusion step.
The difficulty of fusion lies in the fact that different materials have different resistance to temperature. To fuse successfully, one must learn to control the temperature of any flame in the cauldron at will.
That's the best they can do. The Medicine Elder was well aware of the difficulties that fusion poses for novice Alchemist. Without a teacher's guidance, to master it within seven days, even with Heavenly Flames, is absolutely wishful thinking.
Xiao Yan took a deep breath and threw the white powder back into the cauldron. After gently heating it for a while, the white powder gradually turned reddish.
With a flick of his right hand, Xiao Yan skillfully poured the extracted light red liquid into the medicine cauldron.
As the liquid entered the cauldron, it immediately enveloped the reddish powder. Under the heat of the flames, the powder slowly tumbled and gradually merged into a pale red, viscous liquid.
Xiao Yan dared not be careless in the slightest, constantly controlling the temperature. Under Xiao Yan's focused control, the viscous liquid turned into a dark red paste.
Seeing this change, Xiao Yan did not hesitate at all and poured in the black granules extracted from the Vitality Fruit.
However, the small black particles did not blend into the paste; instead, they continued to dance in the flames.
Xiao Yan divided his attention to control the temperature of the flames beneath the particles, but the dispersion of his soul power caused the temperature of the flames at one side of the paste to fluctuate.
For a moment, Xiao Yan was caught off guard and became somewhat flustered.
The medicinal herbs are good, it's a pity they're going to go to waste. Looking at Xiao Yan's expression, Medicine Elder wasn't surprised at all.
As the flame temperature continuously cycled from low to high, Xiao Yan's heart stirred. This was quite similar to the Dou Technique he had learned, and even had some commonalities with combat.
The Star-Surging Heaven Qi and the Lava Heaven-Breaking Force are offensive; the Infinite Void-Sinking Force, the Cosmic Life-and-Death Way and earth, the Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Flow, and the Void Vortex Force are defensive.
An attack is sometimes difficult to accomplish in one fell swoop; it requires a continuous, unending Star-Surging Heaven Qi, much like a prescription that requires the use of Magic Core.
Burning away the crystals on the surface of the Magic Core Magic Core and extracting the energy contained within it is a task that most Alchemist cannot accomplish in a short period of time.
Sometimes, certain medicinal materials need to be calcined as quickly as possible to extract their medicinal essence. This requires raising the temperature to the maximum and compressing the calcination time to the extreme, much like the Lava Heaven-Breaking Force sky.
In terms of defense, deflection, absorption, and conversion are all extremely sophisticated energy transfer techniques.
If one's fundamental strength is insufficient, the opponent can break through the Infinite Void-Sinking Force and deliver solid damage.
If one cannot control the power of the Cosmic Life-and-Death Way, using enormous force to wear down small attacks will only be a waste of power.
The Heaven-Earth Yin-Yang Flow can transfer attacks into the heavens and earth, and it also requires extremely strict control over the entire body.
In alchemy, a single temperature error can lead to fusion failure and the waste of all materials.
However, failure in alchemy only results in the loss of medicinal materials, but misuse of Dou Technique, which causes attacks to become unredirectable and cause damage inside the body, is a matter of life and death.
Dou Technique that require the assistance of Heavenly Flames to unleash their full power are not only a way to use superb offensive and defensive strength, but also implicitly contain fire control skills.
With these sudden realizations, Xiao Yan's tension dissipated considerably, and he applied his newly acquired Dou Technique to controlling the flames.
Sometimes, Xiao Yan viewed the Bone Spirit Cold Flame as an attack, and the medicinal material he needed to fuse with was his own body. The process of fusing was the process by which he neutralized the attack's power.