Li Xiaoya stared unblinkingly at the Pill Furnace, listening intently to Senior Brother Liu Hang's explanation. This concerned the very source of income he would rely on to buy a Flying Sword and precious armor someday.
While Senior Brother Liu Hang spoke, several more muffled explosions came from the jade furnace. Clearly, another few pills had gone to waste.
"Another thing to remember is that the better the pills you refine, the better the Pill Furnace you need!" Pleased to see him listening so attentively, Liu Hang explained another important point. Without waiting for Li Xiaoya to ask why, he continued, "You saw it just now. During pill refining, if the medicinal liquid fails to condense into a pill, it explodes. A poor-quality Pill Furnace can easily be blown apart. Then you don't just lose a single pill, but a whole furnace full of precious medicinal ingredients. And if the furnace is poorly made, it won't withstand the heat of high-temperature spirit fire, which can destroy both the pills and the furnace. Some good furnaces even have all sorts of auxiliary properties that improve the chances of successfully forming pills. For example, when my White Jade Furnace refines pills, it creates a vortex of spiritual qi, allowing the pills to retain more of it." Throughout this explanation, no further explosions came from the jade furnace.
"Wow, there really is a lot to learn about refining pills!" Li Xiaoya remarked with feeling after listening.
"Hehe, there's far more to the Alchemy Art than that. Many pills require special refining methods! Some sects also have pills whose recipes are secret teachings. The Spring Returning Church, for instance, is a major sect renowned throughout the world for refining all kinds of pills. You'll learn about them in time!" Liu Hang said with a