One had to admit that having a master demonstrate in person made an entirely different difference.
After receiving guidance from his Past Self, the Time Master, Lin Yi's understanding of the World Minor Pill's refinement process greatly improved.
On his third attempt, although he still failed during the pill-pattern formation stage due to being slightly impatient, he was already able to sustain the pill through to the final stage.
On his fourth attempt, Lin Yi calmed his mind and followed the Time Master's instructions strictly, proceeding steadily from controlling the spiritual flame's temperature to melting the ingredients.
Several days later, when the furnace lid slowly rose, a rich medicinal fragrance instantly filled the entire Alchemy Room. A round, lustrous pill floated within the furnace.
The World Minor Pill had finally been successfully refined!
Including the batch of materials used for the Time Master's demonstration, all five sets of main and supplementary ingredients had been exhausted.
Lin Yi held the pill he had refined alongside the top-grade World Minor Pill left behind by the Time Master, comparing them in his palm. The differences between the two were obvious.
The pill refined by the Time Master was lustrous as glass, radiating pure spiritual light.
His own pill was somewhat duller in color, but its surface was covered in five fine pill patterns.
This was precisely the enhancement granted by the Pill God talent. Even if the refinement process had been quite forced, once the pill formed, it could lock in the medicinal potency, making its effects several times stronger than an ordinary World Minor Pill.
However, five patterns clearly could not compare to nine. At most, they could probably double the pill's medicinal potency.
Days passed one after another. The work of assigning the New Students to branches proceeded in an