"Yanbao, open the furnace."
After another round of work, Jiang Yan took the freshly refined Bear-Tiger Pill and tossed it straight into his mouth.
Once the pill entered his stomach, he immediately put the Ingestion Method into motion and began refining it.
As warmth spread through his belly, Jiang Yan also discovered the effect of refining Bear-Tiger Pills with Ash Calamity Fire.
This time, the improvement was not in medicinal potency, but in the speed of refinement.
The pill contained a faint trace of fire that helped whoever took it refine its medicinal properties.
For the same medicinal effect, Jiang Yan now needed considerably less time to digest the pill.
With a technique like the Ingestion Method added to the process, it was faster still.
He had never expected the Ash Calamity Fire born alongside Yanbao to have such a wondrous use in alchemy. Jiang Yan stroked Yanbao's head in satisfaction.
Looking outside, he saw that after refining these two batches of pills, it was already late. The town's curfew had probably begun.
I should wait until tomorrow to contact Fellow Daoist An.
Jiang Yan put away the Pill Furnace, the remaining supplementary materials, and everything else before taking out the Metal-Element Golden Elixir Method to study.
Now that he had cultivated his Law Power to completion, he could begin learning some other methods.
The night passed without incident.
The next day, Jiang Yan contacted An Ling early.
"Your pill-refining skills truly are excellent, fellow Daoist!"
In a spacious hall, Jiang Yan and An Ling sat facing another female cultivator of ordinary appearance.
This Daoist was the storehouse master's disciple who had arranged the trade with Jiang Yan. He knew only that her Daoist name was Qiu Fan.
Qiu Fan held a jade bottle in one hand, with a