Refining Pills
Inside a Meditation Chamber the Snake-People Holy City.
Inside the spacious Meditation Chamber, intense heat permeated the air, making it feel like a Meditation Chamber, steaming hot. If an ordinary person stayed inside for more than ten minutes, they would probably have to run out because they could hardly breathe.
The entire Meditation Chamber was constructed from a crimson rock called Magma Rock, which was taken from within a volcano. It was not only hard but also had a special heat-insulating effect, making it particularly effective for constructing Meditation Chamber.
Inside the Secret Chamber, there were many Jade Box piled up, and a strong aroma of Medicinal Herb wafted out from them. After being evaporated by the high temperature in the surrounding area, the aroma became even stronger.
Medusa and the other powerful Snake-People Tribe, along with Lin Qi and his group, were gathered here, intently watching the center of the Meditation Chamber. There was a stone platform there, and on the platform, a handsome young man sat cross-legged. In front of him was a Medication Cauldron carved with dragons and phoenixes. Lin Qing's fluid movements, intricate hand seals, and the Medication Cauldron emitting deep yellow flames were all visible, and the high temperature in the Meditation Chamber originated from it.
The Snake-People originally preferred cold and shady places, found everything before them so pleasing to the eye.
Sitting cross-legged here is Lin Qing. After breaking through to the Dou Wang, his Cultivation Technique also successfully broke through to the High Earth Grade. However, to become Heaven Grade cultivator, he probably needs to reach the Dou Zong level. With the increase in his cultivation and soul strength, his speed in refining Medicinal Pill has also increased a lot. At least now, refining Fifth-Grade Pill no longer takes as many days as before.
Alchemy is a completely different field from combat. To improve in this field, it's not enough to simply increase strength and soul power, unlike using Dou Technique where you only need enough Dou Qi. Alchemy requires much more consideration, meticulous attention to every detail, and a calm and peaceful mind.
As for improving one's alchemy skills, it's not enough to just have sufficient cultivation and soul strength; one also needs extensive training. Simply put, having Fire Attribute with a trace of wood attribute is not enough; one also needs a sufficiently powerful soul and cultivation, and then there's the cost of burning a lot of money, which means burning Medicinal Herb.
This is also why some powerful Fire Attribute individuals without wood attributes in the original work can still easily refine some Medicinal Pill. They have reached the required level of cultivation and are willing to spend money on it, treating it as a hobby rather than a profession. Of course, when they become powerful enough, such as Dou Emperor, refining pills becomes a very simple matter.
No matter how outstanding an Alchemist's talent is, practice is the most important thing. And to practice alchemy, Medicinal Herb are naturally indispensable. The first Tier 3 are fine, but when you reach Lin Qing's level, even the Medicinal Herb used for practice are not ordinary. If you don't have a strong force supporting you, you will really look rather inadequate.
Fortunately, the Medicinal Herb he had collected, along with the four portions of Medicinal Herb the Sect-Breaking Pill given by Jia Xing Tian and the Medicinal Herb gathered by the Snake-People Tribe, were enough for him to directly become a true Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
Now, all Lin Qing needs to do is refine Medicinal Pill. Whether he succeeds or fails, he can at least gain some experience. This kind of experience is a unique asset for Alchemist. As this experience gradually accumulates, it will eventually burst forth and bring about a qualitative change.
Looking across the Dou Qi Continent, none of the grandmaster-level Alchemist are mere theorists; they all possess a wealth of experience that is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
In the Medicine Realm, talent is certainly important, but experience is also indispensable. In the past few years, even when time was tight, Lin Qing never stopped refining pills.
Because the Alchemist inheritance provided by the system contained a wealth of Medicinal Pill Formula, it paved a smooth path for him, allowing him to go further than ordinary Alchemist in the same amount of time.
For the past month, besides adjusting his breathing and summarizing his experiences, Lin Qing has only done one thing: refine pills.
Fortunately, the results were encouraging. He followed the method of starting with the easy tasks and then moving to the difficult ones, and prioritizing his own medicine before others. Surprisingly, he succeeded in refining the medicine every time.
Although this alchemy attempt nearly depleted all the accumulated Medicinal Herb, it replenished the stock with a batch of third to fifth-grade Medicinal Pill.
When he left the Xiao family, he gave almost all the pills below the fourth grade to the Xiao family and Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei. He even gave some of the fifth and sixth grade pills. He gave them three seventh-grade peak Devouring Life Pills, three sixth-grade Azure Nether Longevity Pills that could increase lifespan by ten years, and three fifth-grade Longevity Pills that could increase lifespan by three years.
The sixteen sets of Grade Tier 6 Medicinal Herb from the Snake-People Tribe consist of ten sets of materials for the Dou Spirit Pill, three sets of materials for the Imperial Extreme Pill, and three sets of materials for the Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill.
As for the other low-grade Medicinal Pill the Snake-People Tribe needed to refine, he gave Snake-People Tribe all to them. They were mostly third to Fifth-Grade Pill, some of which could even be made into multiple pills from a single batch. He only symbolically took three sets of materials for refining fourth-grade Grain-Fed Pill, which was essentially a free gift. In any case, the two Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pill Formula had already completely recouped his investment, not to mention that he also had seven Dou Spirit Pills, two Imperial Extreme Pills, and two sets of materials for Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill.
He also refined all four sets of Medicinal Herb the Sect-Breaking Pill Jia Xing Tian. Except for the first one, which was of slightly lower quality, the others all produced Pill Vein.
He is currently refining the Snake Marrow Bone-Shedding Pill, which is highly valued by the Snake-People Tribe. If he fails, he will lose a whole batch of Medicinal Herb.
Inside the Medication Cauldron, deep yellow flames roared and burned, and the outline of a pill could be vaguely seen amidst the flames, with a rich aroma of the Medicinal Pill emanating from it.
Under the scorching heat of the flames, the Medicinal Pill gradually became round. About half an hour later, the Medicinal Pill emitted a huge energy shock. As the energy ripples spread, Lin Qing flicked his finger, and the lid of the cauldron opened automatically, with a beam of azure light shooting into the sky.
Seeing this, Lin Qing transformed his Soul Power into a giant hand, instantly grabbing the cyan Medicinal Pill, which then fell into the Medicinal Pill Jade Bottle in Lin Qing's hand.
"Another Medicinal Pill with Pill Vein. Now I can finally be considered a true Sixth-Grade Alchemist, and the title of Master Lin is truly well-deserved."
Looking at the round, full, lustrous, and fragrant blue Medicinal Pill with rings of patterns on their surface, Lin Qing's lips curled up.
Immediately, Lin Qing waved his right hand, storing all the remaining Medicinal Herb and the Medication Cauldron into his System Space.
Medusa and the others, seeing that Lin Qing had finished packing his belongings, confirmed that Lin Qing alchemy session was over and then walked over together.
Previously, they had only heard of the extraordinary phenomenon of Sixth-Grade Pill being formed, and had never come into contact with a high-level Alchemist. They thought that such Medicinal Pill must be extremely difficult to refine. However, this young man in front of them had it all under his control. When the first Sixth-Grade Pill was successfully made, they were excited. But the subsequent 100% success rate completely shocked them.
Seeing the group approaching, Lin Qing took out five Jade Bottle from his Storage Ring and handed them to Medusa.
"These five Jade Bottle contain the Medicinal Pill your Snake-People Tribe needs. This bottle of Jade-Green Medicinal Liquid is Soul-Nourishing Saliva. If you swallow it before evolving, it should allow your soul to survive the Lightning Tribulation after evolution."