Wang Yu looked around the Alchemy Chamber, which was identical to that of Fan Tian, the second-tier alchemist, then took a large batch of boxes containing various spirit herbs from his Storage Bag and deftly arranged them on the nearby shelves.
Next, he opened two of the boxes. Inside were the two spirit herbs he had just purchased: two-hundred-year-old yellow essence and three-hundred-year-old firecloud jujube.
As Wang Yu studied the two spirit herbs, he recalled the detailed properties and effects recorded in their respective pill formulas. He raised a finger, lightly scored their surfaces with his nail, then gave it a slight twist, shaving a thin sliver of flesh off each.
Wang Yu picked up one sliver, placed it on the tip of his tongue, and gently held it in his mouth. A faint sweetness spread across his tongue, and he narrowed his eyes as he slowly savored it.
A moment later, he felt a faint coolness flow into his abdomen...
Before long, Wang Yu formed a hand seal with one hand, conjured a small ball of clear water out of thin air, and rinsed his mouth before placing the other spirit herb inside.
This time, the taste in his mouth turned bitter, sour, and numbing. A parching heat spread through him as well, making his eyes brighten slightly.
With a "ptui," Wang Yu spat out the sliver of spirit herb, put both herbs away again, and turned his gaze toward the pill furnace in the center of the room, a thoughtful look on his face.
After first becoming Fan Tian's temporary alchemy apprentice, he had originally hoped to use Overclocking to easily refine medicinal pills.
But he discovered that although overclocked synchronization mode gave him extraordinary comprehension, allowed him to control his emotions perfectly, and enabled him to