Refining

"You wanted to learn how to make the Perfect Tonic Pill, now it's your turn!"

Zheng Wukong's Alchemy Chamber wasn't particularly grand; it was similar to Zhang Xuezhou's kitchen, except that it contained a round Pill Furnace.

Chunyu Tiying read it once, and when she coughed up blood while clutching her chest, she felt that the success rate of refining the Perfect Tonic Pill in her current physical condition was zero.

If Zheng Wukong could be relied upon, then Zheng Wukong would certainly be more suitable for alchemy, but the problem is that Zheng Wukong is not capable at this moment.

Chunyu Tiying finally turned her gaze to Zhang Xuezhou.

Firstly, Zhang Xuezhou's cultivation level was relatively high, and secondly, Zhang Xuezhou was a descendant of the Yin-Yang School, possessing some alchemy skills.

More importantly, Yi Shuo hadn't been seen for several days, so even if Chunyu Tiying liked Zheng Wukong's disciple Yi Shuo, she had no choice.

In the Alchemy Chamber, Chunyu Tiying had already begun explaining the method of refining the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Pill with Water.

There are two methods of alchemy: gentle fire and strong fire, which are different from slow fire and intense fire. There are also two methods: water refining and fire refining.

These terms sound sophisticated, but the water refining method is nothing more than boiling medicine in a cauldron with water.

This process is similar to Zhang Xuezhou's medicine-making in reality, except that this world does not have high-pressure devices, so refining pills inevitably takes a long time, and it takes even longer to make a paste or even shape it into pills.

This involves not only the amount and order of adding medicinal herbs, but also the control of the strength of the fire under the cauldron.

It may seem simple, but even something as simple as lighting a fire under the cauldron needs to be controlled to prevent substandard charcoal from seeping into the medicine and ruining the entire process of refining the elixir.

"It's a bit complicated!"

Chunyu Tiying slowly recounted the story, giving Zhang Xuezhou a starting point. After filling the container with the prescribed amount of water, she added the medicinal herbs and lit the charcoal. This made Zhang Xuezhou realize that refining Chunyu Tiying's perfect tonic pill would not be easy.

It wasn't that he couldn't remember Chunyu Tiying's words, but rather that he felt things like starting a fire and adding water were prone to error without a timer and standard instruments.

Achieving perfection with human effort is undoubtedly a demanding process.

"Didn't you say before that you cultivated by taking drugs?" Chunyu Tiying said, "Your Yin-Yang School's high-grade elixirs wouldn't have fewer steps than these, would they?"

"We, the Yin-Yang School, have even adopted mechanized elixir refining!"

What kind of mechanization?

Zhang Xuezhou made a sarcastic remark, and couldn't help but take out his prized alchemy tool.

One of the treasures is the Law Artifact 'Balance'. This Law Artifact has a simple measuring function, but it is an essential item for Zhang Xuezhou to meet the basic requirements of experiments in reality.

Chunyu Tiying's method of using ounces and coins is far less simple than using standardized units of measurement, which can effectively reduce Zhang Xuezhou's error rate during operation.

The other treasure is the feather of the Golden Crow Great Emperor.

The reason why the Golden Crow Great Emperor's feathers can be used to brew wine for the Emperor is naturally because the quality of the flames is good, which can effectively reduce unexpected factors in the refining of the Ten-Ingredient Tonic Pill.

"One of these three pills is for you, one is for Young Master Wei, and the last one is for me!"

The Law Artifact 'Heng' suffered minimal damage, but the Golden Crow Great Emperor's feathers were a consumable item.

Although Zhang Xuezhou rarely uses this feather, he still cherishes it very much.

He didn't just take out the treasure for no reason; he asked for one of the three "Perfect Tonic Pills".

"If you can refine three, you should take one!"

Chunyu Tiying muttered to herself, and couldn't help but look at the two treasures that Zhang Xuezhou had taken out.

When Zhang Xuezhou murmured, "The Golden Crow Great Emperor is my good friend," bright flames rose up, causing Chunyu Tiying to gasp.

"Is this the mechanized pill-refining process of your Yin-Yang School?"

If you have a treasure that can continuously generate a steady flame, controlling the heat becomes much easier, and the difficulty of brewing medicine will be reduced accordingly.

Chunyu Tiying had some doubts about Zhang Xuezhou's alchemy skills, but when Zhang Xuezhou took out his alchemy tools, she felt that the alchemy of the medical school and the alchemy of the Yin-Yang School were vastly different, not to mention the alchemy tools of the Xuanhu Sect.

"The mechanized one is much more powerful," Zhang Xuezhou complained. "Mine is just a half-finished product!"

"Semi-finished product?"

Chunyu Tiying was speechless for a moment.

She didn't immediately understand the reason behind the feather Zhang Xuezhou had placed at the bottom of the cauldron, but it was indeed the kind of spark that Alchemist had been desperately seeking.

Although the flame was shaped like a feather, its purity was so exceptional that Chunyu Tiying felt it was almost comparable to the legendary True Fire of the Sun.

If Chunyu Zhang Xuezhou Zhang Xuezhou the wild and be able to defeat him, she felt she might very well be tempted by greed.

She tried her best to suppress her ulterior motives; after all, she could barely walk steadily, so having greedy thoughts was useless.

"You're trying to refine all three at once? Are you kidding me? If this fails, we'll lose everything!"

Once she snapped out of her greed, Chunyu Tiying realized that Zhang Xuezhou was constantly weighing things with a scale and pouring water and medicinal herbs into the cauldron.

"Either we both get the pills, or we both don't get any," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"You lack experience the first time, but at least you can try a second time, and if the second time doesn't work, you can try a third time!" Chunyu Tiying shouted, "Oh dear, I'm going to fight you to the death! You can ruin your own plans, but why are you ruining mine!"

"Come on, with your physical condition, you think you can fight me?"

Zhang Xuezhou reached out to stop Chunyu Tiying's right hand from pinching his own flesh.

"My best performance was during my first attempt," Zhang Xuezhou said. "Don't expect me to refine it batch by batch; that will only increase the failure rate!"

"I've never refined three pills at once before, this isn't how you do it!" Chunyu Tiying struggled, "Let go of me, take out the medicine quickly, we can at least replenish our strength!"

"It can't be fixed!"

It wasn't that Zhang Xuezhou's physical condition was poor after the second or third attempt; rather, he calculated the dosage of medicinal herbs and water according to Chunyu Tiying's method and discovered that there was no difference between refining the pills once and three times in this Pill Furnace.

More importantly, the Golden Crow Great Emperor's feathers are unlikely to withstand three consecutive pill refining attempts. If he were to start over again and again, his failure rate in subsequent pill refining attempts would be very high.

"You ruined my medicine! I'll fight you to the death!"

"How dare you hold a grudge against me like this? You've already chopped my head off, and I haven't even fought you yet!"

"This head injury isn't my fault..."

I have news from Anle Palace!

"All right!"

Chunyu Tiying finally calmed down and accepted her fate.

The Ten-Ingredient Tonic Pill could suppress her injuries and might even allow Chunyu Tiying to heal herself, but compared to what happened at Anle Palace, it was nothing.

Unless she leaves the Great Han Kingdom, as long as she remains within its Han Kingdom, Anle Palace has the ability to track her down.

The Ten-Ingredient Tonic Pill can cure diseases and save lives, but the matter of Anle Palace is life-threatening, even though she has now faded out of the court.