Alchemy

Wharton and Hiri went to the imperial capital's housing market and bought a modest house not far from the academy. Afterwards, Wharton gave Hiri two hundred thousand gold coins to cover daily expenses and hire several servants, so Hiri could get some proper rest.

After leaving the house matters to Hiri, Wharton returned to the dormitory, but Kane and the others were still nowhere to be seen.

Wharton did not want to stay alone in the dormitory, so he bought a pill cauldron in the imperial capital and returned to the house he had just purchased. There was a secret chamber beneath his room, which was one reason he had bought this place. Wharton told Hiri that he was going into cultivation and was not to be disturbed unless something important happened.

Hiri also knew that Wharton and Linley were Baruch's hope for revival. In this world, strength was everything, so he instructed the hired servants not to go near Wharton's room. He even personally delivered Wharton's meals every day. Over the next half month, Wharton's warrior strength reached the Peak Level Six Warrior stage. After transforming into a Dragonblood Warrior, he could reach the Level Eight Warrior level. Wharton was confident that he could kill an ordinary Level Eight Warrior. His magic had also broken through to the Peak Fifth-Level Mage stage.

That day, after giving Hiri his instructions, Wharton entered the secret chamber. He was now going to refine Foundation-Building Pills. He first refined Qi-Replenishing Elixirs, the simplest kind of pill, which could restore depleted battle qi.

Boom!

A deafening explosion suddenly rang out from Wharton's secluded cultivation chamber, startling Hiri. He rushed into the secret chamber and only relaxed after seeing that Wharton was unharmed.

Over the next half month, explosions constantly echoed from the secret chamber. Only after Wharton spent a long time explaining things did Hiri allow him to continue refining pills. Before long, Hiri and the other servants no longer found it strange.

Half a month later, This time, I have to succeed. I have to succeed. Wharton used practiced techniques as he nervously watched the pill inside the cauldron. It was almost at the most critical moment. He was about to succeed. Boom! In the end, he still failed.

Wharton sat cross-legged to recover his battle qi and spiritual power. After half a month of pill refinement, his spiritual power was already close to breaking through to the Intermediate Fifth-Level Mage stage.

That day, Wharton's laughter rang out from the secret chamber.

"Hahaha..."

He had finally succeeded. He had finally refined Qi-Replenishing Elixirs.

Wharton then refined a total of thirty batches of Qi-Replenishing Elixirs, producing two hundred and seventy-eight pills in all. By now, it was very difficult for him to cause an explosion while refining Qi-Replenishing Elixirs.

Wharton swallowed a Qi-Replenishing Elixir and circulated his Dragonblood Battle Qi, absorbing the surrounding fire and lightning elements. Slowly, Wharton entered the Empty-Spirit State and lost track of time. The lightning and fire elements around him eagerly entered his body. The concentration of lightning and fire elements in the secret chamber reached an astonishing level. A week passed like this, and Wharton successfully advanced to the mid-stage Fifth-Level Mage realm.

Only after adjusting his body to its peak condition did Wharton begin refining Foundation-Building Pills. He placed the required spirit herbs into the pill cauldron one after another, precisely controlling the fire elements within his body. Gradually, only a pool of liquid remained in the cauldron. It was almost time to form the pill when Wharton suddenly had a bold idea. Since Foundation-Building Pills were meant to transform the human body, would adding Thunder Dragon flesh and blood make them even better? So Wharton took out Saint-Domain Thunder Dragon blood from his ring, then added ten jin of Saint-Domain Thunder Dragon meat to the pill cauldron.

After the Thunder Dragon died, Wharton collected all of its dragon blood. Every part of a Saint-Domain Thunder Dragon was a treasure, so Wharton did not waste a single bit of it.

Time slowly passed, and the dragon blood and dragon meat perfectly fused with the previous Foundation-Building Elixir.

"It has to succeed..." Wharton was extremely nervous at this moment.

"Condense!" Wharton shouted.

A rich fragrance wafted from the pill cauldron, filling the entire secret chamber. Wharton knew he had succeeded. He took out eight pale golden Foundation-Building Pills from the cauldron, then retrieved the jade bottles he had prepared long ago from his ring and carefully stored them away.