Alchemizing Body Tempering Pills (Bonus Chapter)

Beibei had already found him pill recipes for three low-tier pills.

One recipe for the Body Tempering Pill, one for the Juhun Pill, and one for the Huiling Pill.

The Body Tempering Pill needed little introduction; it was used to improve a Spirit Master's physical fitness.

It was highly effective for Spirit Masters below the Spirit Zun level.

After the Freshman Assessment three months later, Shrek Academy would also distribute monthly quantities of Body Tempering Pills based on whether students were Regular Academy students or Core Students.

Regular Academy students could receive roughly three to five pills per month, while Core Students would receive around ten.

It could be said that the Body Tempering Pill was one of the most commonly consumed pills among Spirit Masters.

His system had also compiled the Body Tempering Pill's recipe again.

However, Lu Chen did not stop purchasing it just because Beibei had gotten him a Body Tempering Pill recipe.

Instead, he spent an additional 120 Gold Soul Coins to buy another Body Tempering Pill recipe from the System Shop.

After comparing them, he found that although the two Body Tempering Pill recipes required the same materials, their ingredient ratios differed somewhat.

But judging from his experience as an Intermediate Alchemist, the pill made according to the System's ingredient ratios would clearly have stronger effects.

"These 120 Gold Soul Coins were well spent."

Lu Chen stacked the two Body Tempering Pill recipes together and put them back into his Storage Soul Guidance Device.

Perhaps this tiny difference would be enough to let him open up the pill market in Shrek.

The Juhun Pill, meanwhile, temporarily enhanced a Spirit Master's Mental Power, making it easier to absorb Soul Rings.

However, it was only effective for Spirit Masters at the Spirit Master, Grand Spirit Master, and Spirit Zun levels.

It had a market, but not a particularly large one.

As for the final Huiling Pill, it was used to restore Soul Power.

At present, it had basically been replaced on the market by the Soul Tool known as the Milk Bottle.

Of the three pill recipes, only the Body Tempering Pill was truly valuable.

However, Lu Chen also possessed the higher-grade Huiyuan Pill, which could restore Soul Power while also healing a Spirit Master's injuries.

"I'll first refine a few batches of Body Tempering Pills and see."

Lu Chen planned to use high-quality Body Tempering Pills to break into Shrek's pill market. Once he became better off, he would refine some Intermediate Pills—the Huiyuan Pill.

With that, Lu Chen laid out the materials needed to refine the Body Tempering Pill one by one, arranging them neatly at his side.

Iron Bone Grass, Blood Ginseng Root, Century-Old Soul Beast blood essence and Bone Powder, along with several supplementary medicinal ingredients.

Beibei had prepared all of them for him.

Their quality was not exceptional, but they were more than sufficient for refining Body Tempering Pills.

Following the ingredient ratios provided by the System, Lu Chen carefully weighed, sorted, and crushed each material. His movements were unhurried, yet carried a practiced smoothness.

Having just finished eating, Wang Dong sat nearby, resting his chin in his palm as he tilted his head and watched the busy Lu Chen.

This relaxed and comfortable feeling seemed strange even to Wang Dong himself.

Before this morning, their relationship had clearly been quite ordinary, even cold.

And Lu Chen's personality was particularly awful.

Logically, Wang Dong should have hated Lu Chen.

Yet not only did he not feel that way, he instead wanted to keep drawing closer and learn more about Lu Chen.

Could I have fallen for him?!

A bold thought surfaced in Wang Dong's mind.

The instant it appeared, even Wang Dong was startled by it.

"I'm crazy. I actually had such a terrifying thought."

Wang Dong shook his head and patted his cheeks, trying hard to clear his mind.

"Lu Chen, I'm leaving first. Take your time refining pills here by yourself."

Wang Dong called out to Lu Chen and prepared to leave.

He was afraid that if he stayed any longer, that terrifying thought would arise again.

"Hey, hey, the bowls!"

"Wash the bowls!"

Seeing Wang Dong about to leave without washing the dishes, Lu Chen immediately shouted anxiously.

But Wang Dong merely replied, "Wash them yourself," and left without looking back.

"Pah! You won't even wash the bowls. Next time I cook, I'll put the food right in front of you and not let you eat it. I'll make you drool!"

Although Lu Chen was displeased after Wang Dong left, he did not say anything more.

Instead, he returned to his work of refining pills.

Once everything was ready, Lu Chen took out the alchemical cauldron Beibei had prepared for him in advance and placed it in the small courtyard.

It was a Level 3 Soul Tool alchemical cauldron.

Its entire body was dark bronze, its surface engraved with dense Soul Guidance circuits, while a fist-sized fire-element crystal was embedded at its core.

Compared with the old-fashioned alchemical cauldrons from ten thousand years ago that required firewood, this Soul Tool cauldron was practically an epoch-defining creation.

An alchemist merely had to inject Soul Power into the core, and the Soul Guidance circuits would automatically convert it into stable heat, evenly conducting it into every corner of the furnace chamber.

The temperature inside the furnace, its duration, and its heating and cooling curve could all be precisely controlled through the intensity of the injected Soul Power.

Although this alchemical cauldron was much more convenient to use, that did not mean it was simple.

On the contrary, precisely because Soul Tool alchemical cauldrons were extremely sensitive to Soul Power, alchemists needed powerful control over their Soul Power.

That was also why, despite the existence of Soul Tool alchemical cauldrons in this era, alchemy still had not developed.

But none of that was a problem for Lu Chen.

Lu Chen injected Soul Power into the core. The Soul Guidance circuits on the dark bronze body lit up one after another, emitting a low hum.

Then, following the steps for refining the Body Tempering Pill, Lu Chen added the corresponding materials one after another.

The Body Tempering Pill was merely a low-tier pill, and the refining process only took about twenty minutes.

The materials Lu Chen added melted under the furnace's heat into a mass of amber-colored liquid.

This liquid was the embryonic form of the Body Tempering Pills.

All that remained was to control his Soul Power and divide the liquid into pills of equal proportions.

Under Lu Chen's precise Soul Power control, the mass of amber liquid instantly divided into thirty pills the size of little fingernails.

At the same time, Lu Chen withdrew most of his Soul Power, and the furnace temperature rapidly dropped.

The thirty Body Tempering Pills completely solidified and took shape, spinning within the furnace chamber.

Lu Chen opened the cauldron's pill outlet, and the thirty Body Tempering Pills slid out of the furnace chamber, falling precisely into the porcelain dish he had prepared in advance with crisp clinks.

Lu Chen picked up one Body Tempering Pill and examined it carefully in his palm.

The pill was amber-colored, smooth and delicate on the surface, excellent in appearance, and without any pungent odor.

Lu Chen placed the pill in his mouth. It was not bitter; instead, it carried a faint sweetness.

"Tomorrow, I'll have Yuhao or Wang Dong test its effects."

Lu Chen packed away the remaining twenty-nine Body Tempering Pills and immediately began refining a second batch.

Before long, three hours passed, and the sky had turned completely dark.

The materials Beibei had given him made a total of nine batches of Body Tempering Pills, nearly three hundred pills altogether.

"At ten Gold Soul Coins per pill, two hundred pills would be two thousand Gold Soul Coins!"

"What a huge profit!"

Lu Chen calculated today's earnings and imagined a wonderful future.

Having money meant he could buy more cultivation resources, and both his and Qian Renxue's strength could recover faster.

"Time for tonight's main event!"

After putting away the alchemical cauldron, Lu Chen sat cross-legged in the small courtyard and opened the System Mall. His gaze fell upon the first item—Martial Soul: Hyorinmaru.

He had not had the money to buy it two days ago.

But now, he still had a massive sum of over seventy thousand Gold Soul Coins on him.