First Attempt at Alchemy

The next day, Lei Luo slowly awoke from his cultivation.

Feeling the results of a night's cultivation, he could not help but beam with delight.

After finishing his cultivation and getting out of bed, Lei Luo washed up under the servants' care before sitting down to breakfast.

As he drank his porridge, he recalled something in his mind.

"Canaan Academy's recruitment should be arriving soon. Perhaps I should secure a spot as well."

After all, this concerned another Heavenly Flame—the Fallen Heart Flame. He could not afford the slightest carelessness.

Having the status of a Canaan Academy student would also bring him many benefits when he sought to obtain Heavenly Flames in the future.

After all, it was clear from the original story that a large part of why Xiao Yan had been able to take away the Fallen Heart Flame was because of his identity.

A disciple of Canaan Academy's Inner Academy.

Without that identity, it was difficult to say what the final outcome would have been.

Lei Luo summoned Ying Jia and told him to send people to inquire about the movements of Canaan Academy's recruitment team.

He then instructed the servants to prepare an alchemy furnace and a large batch of medicinal ingredients for him.

Lei Luo's purpose was naturally to familiarize himself with alchemy and fully solidify his third-tier alchemist realm!

By noon, all the furnace and medicinal materials Lei Luo had requested had been prepared.

Ying Jia also returned with the information he wanted.

Canaan Academy's recruitment team would arrive in Wutan City tomorrow, and recruitment would begin on the second day after their arrival.

With two days remaining before the recruitment test, Lei Luo had plenty of time. He simply moved into one of the auction house's alchemy rooms.

As the servants carried crate after crate of medicinal ingredients into the room, Gu Ni, the chief alchemist of the Mittel Auction House, could not help muttering curiously to himself:

"I never heard that the young clan leader had studied alchemy before. Could he just be doing this on a whim, messing around for fun?"

Still, there was a difference between master and servant. He knew better than to ask questions he should not ask.

Even though he was an alchemist, his status could hardly compare to that of the Miter Clan's young clan leader.

Putting away his thoughts, Gu Ni returned to his own alchemy room.

Meanwhile, after Lei Luo finished checking the medicinal ingredients, he dismissed all the servants and shut himself inside alone.

The alchemy room, which was a little over forty square meters, had been packed to the brim. Apart from the area around the furnace, there was not an inch of empty space.

Walking up to the furnace, Lei Luo ran his hand across its heavy body, unable to suppress the excitement in his heart.

After calming himself for a moment, he turned his gaze toward the medicinal ingredients.

In fact, these medicinal ingredients had all been arranged according to the prescription.

This would save him quite a bit of trouble and make it less likely for him to make mistakes during his first attempt at alchemy.

All these ingredients were materials for a single type of pill.

Since this was just practice, he naturally chose the cheapest pill to refine.

Otherwise, even the wealthy Miter Clan could not withstand such waste!

Composing himself, Lei Luo began reviewing the pill-refining process over and over in his mind.

"First step: ignite the fire and heat the furnace..."

As he spoke, he flicked a finger, sending a milky-white Yang Flame into the medicine furnace.

Under the terrifying heat of the Heavenly Flame, the entire furnace turned crimson in an instant.

Because his soul was wrapped around the Yin-Yang Twin Flames, Lei Luo had complete control over the temperature inside the furnace!

Once the temperature reached the optimal threshold, he lightly waved his hand. Dou Qi wrapped around portions of medicinal ingredients, suspending them above the furnace.

With a light tap of his finger, the ingredients were fed into the crimson furnace one batch after another in orderly succession.

With a hiss, the medicinal ingredients began to burn away slowly.

Suddenly, a burnt smell and thick black smoke poured out of the furnace.

Lei Luo's heart skipped a beat at the sight. "It failed..."

Fortunately, his first failure at alchemy did not discourage him. Instead, it filled him with fighting spirit.

But alchemy was incredibly profound. Otherwise, alchemists would not hold such lofty status.

Even with his cheat, this was still going to be a long process.

Who knew how much time passed before the alchemy room was filled with black smoke.

Fortunately, the ventilation in an alchemy room was always excellent, or Lei Luo might have suffocated himself to death.

When the smoke finally dispersed, it revealed his somewhat bedraggled, soot-blackened face.

Lei Luo was drenched in sweat, though it was impossible to tell whether it was from the heat or his nerves.

His eyes remained fixed on the medicine furnace before him as he controlled the fusion of two crystal-clear masses of medicinal liquid.

Gradually, the two different medicinal liquids successfully merged together and were continuously tempered by the Heavenly Flame.

Yet the more critical the moment became, the more nervous Lei Luo grew.

He had reached the most crucial stage.

Pill condensation!

The mass of medicinal liquid inside the furnace could not yet be called a pill embryo, since it was still only liquid.

To truly form a pill, he first had to condense the liquid into a solid pill embryo!

Lei Luo's expression was grave as he carefully controlled the flame's temperature.

He was terrified of making another mistake and failing again.

At last, heaven did not disappoint the diligent. The mass of medicinal liquid gradually shrank before finally turning into a dark solid about the size of a baby's fist.

Suppressing the wild joy in his heart, Lei Luo began the final step of pill refinement: forming the pill!

His hands formed seals as he controlled the Yang Flame, continuously tempering the pill's embryonic form and removing its impurities.

As all the impurities were extracted, a round, emerald-green pill took shape!

At the same time, a rich medicinal fragrance filled the entire room.

Lei Luo removed the pill and held it beneath his nose for a light sniff. He murmured with satisfaction, "The Qi Recovery Pill is complete!"

Outside Lei Luo's alchemy room.

After a busy day, Master Gu Ni was preparing to head home and rest.

But as he left his own alchemy room, he froze.

Fragrance—the fragrance of medicine filled the entire corridor!

Following the scent, Gu Ni made his way to Lei Luo's door.

"The young clan leader is in there?"

Gu Ni was completely dumbfounded.

He had thought his young clan leader was merely tinkering around for fun, yet he had actually succeeded.

Yes, he had succeeded.

Gu Ni might not have been a grandmaster of alchemy, but his half-lifetime of experience told him that this pill had been successfully refined!

Sniffing the air, he muttered softly, "A Qi Recovery Pill? Its quality even seems to surpass mine..."

This completely shattered Gu Ni's worldview.

If the young clan leader had never studied alchemy before, he would eat the furnace itself!

Naturally, the disturbance in the alchemy room area caught the attention of the Mittel Auction House.

Drawn by the rich medicinal fragrance, Ya Fei and Ying Jia came over together to see what was happening.

"I told you, Uncle Ying Jia, that someone like Master Gu Ni would never refine pills during his rest time. Do you believe me now?"

As Ya Fei spoke, she and Ying Jia walked toward Gu Ni.

But Ying Jia, whose expression was somewhat blank, seized upon the key issue.

"If it wasn't Master Gu Ni, then the one refining pills must be..."

"Young Master!" the two cried in unison.

Ya Fei licked her dry red lips and asked in disbelief, "Master Gu Ni, was this pill really refined by the young clan leader?"

Gu Ni gave a miserable smile at her words. "Don't call me Master. It's embarrassing..."