Improving the Pill's Quality

"This isn't a Life-Creating Pill, it's a Death-Creating Pill that takes someone from life to death!"

Why is the Life-Creating Pill from the Immortal Court less effective?

"The crucial problem is that Dongfang Shuo's elixir is a 'dead pill,' meaning it's poisonous before healing; no one can withstand the toxicity of such an elixir!"

"You're overthinking it. Dongfang Shuo has already endured it!"

Wei Shao'er and Liu Xuan were having a lively time at the mansion, while Zhang Xuezhou went to Old Tree Alley and also had a great time with Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying.

The elixirs have been produced, but their effects vary slightly.

It's like going in the opposite direction. The Immortal Court's Life-Creating Pill is mild and suitable for ordinary people to take, while Zhang Xuezhou happened to refine a Life-Creating Pill that was extremely potent. If the body couldn't withstand the strong poison, it would die.

Given the toxic ingredients in the elixir, only a very small number of people would be able to take it.

Zheng Wukong even gave the pill that Zhang Xuezhou imitated a name: the Deadly Creation Pill.

The effects of the elixir remained in Zhang Xuezhou's body, and Zheng Wukong and the others could clearly see dark lesions constantly appearing all over Zhang Xuezhou's body.

In order to withstand the therapeutic effects, the body must first be poisoned, and this systemic mixed poisoning is difficult for ordinary people to bear.

Before even experiencing the therapeutic effects, those who take the medication are highly likely to be poisoned to death.

"The materials you provided are a continuous fusion and reaction of poison and medicine, which, combined with the Tai Sui (a type of rare fungus), creates an endless and inexhaustible effect!"

"Could you reverse the formula so that the medicinal effect occurs first and the toxic effect follows?"

"Wouldn't swapping the left and right sides still achieve the same effect?"

Chunyu Tiying offered a couple of suggestions, but ultimately made no further demands.

Replicating pills does indeed require luck. Low-level pills only require a few materials, and you'll eventually get the right one if you try many times. However, high-level pills are not something that can be solved by simply trying a few times.

Even if the quantities of the thirty-six medicinal herbs are determined, there are hundreds of thousands of ways to melt the herbs in the correct order during alchemy.

While a large workforce can solve the problem of the number of attempts, the availability of medicinal materials is not something that can be solved by human effort alone.

Most Alchemist attempt to decipher elixirs rely on luck, using their experience and chance to filter and refine their methods until they obtain a similar or nearly identical elixir.

Zhang Xuezhou was very lucky.

The Life-Creating Pill, a secret medicine of the Immortal Court, cannot be deciphered simply by disassembling it. Otherwise, they would not have had the opportunity to decipher it; there would have been a counterfeit version long ago.

In the minds of Zheng Wukong and others, it was normal for it to take ten or eight years to decipher the replicating elixir.

However, even after eight or ten years, it's still a matter of luck, and it's highly likely that a large amount of medicinal materials will be wasted without any results.

Zheng Wukong had been obsessed with developing a longevity elixir for this very reason; he was also worried that he might die before he could develop the elixir.

"My elixir is now complete. Please take a look and see if there are any changes that can be made to achieve the effects of the Life-Creating Pill!"

Zhang Xuezhou transcribed his alchemy and medicine-making process, clearly hoping that the two of them could perform theoretical derivations.

If he could take the Life-Creating Pill, Zhang Xuezhou would not choose any poison pill, even if the derivative effects of a poison pill were superior.

There's no real reason for this; Zhang Xuezhou simply couldn't withstand taking a large dose of poison.

Given his ability to swallow pills as easily as eating while practicing the Nine Revolutions Qi-Harmony Technique, even if Zhang Xuezhou's body could withstand it, it wouldn't be able to withstand such a large dose of poison.

He clearly wanted to make some improvements, even if it meant reducing the impact of the poison.

"Are there any more pills that can be formed?" Zheng Wukong asked.

"I'll go back and refine two more, then you can take a look!"

Each test refinement will only yield one pill, thus avoiding waste.

Zhang Xuezhou nodded, indicating that he had come to discuss the matter in a hurry, preserving the effects of the medication, and did not have any extra pills.

"Such a tiny bit of venom killed my pet snake and fish. Just how resistant to venom is your body?"

Chunyu Tiying looked at the grayish-white silver needles, just like how the local people in southern Fujian would rub an arrow on the back of a poisonous frog to create a deadly poisonous arrow. Her silver needles were only inserted into Zhang Xuezhou's lesion, and then the snake-fish that was being tested for poison came into contact with them. The snake-fish died after writhing for only a few seconds.

Having roughly calculated the effects of the poison, Chunyu Tiying couldn't help but marvel at Zhang Xuezhou's body's resistance to the toxicity.

If anyone else were to refine the pill, it would most likely be treated as a poisonous pill, rather than allowed to last until the beneficial effects were produced.

"I can't withstand this mixture of potent poisons either," Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and said, "My limit is probably only three to five pills at a time. If I can't significantly reduce the toxicity, this kind of pill won't be of much use to my cultivation of the Nine Revolutions Qi Harmony Technique!"

"You've hit the nail on the head regarding the Nine Revolutions Qi Integration Technique!"

Chunyu Tiying whispered, "The Nine-Turn Qi-Harmony Technique of the Medical School can reattach severed limbs and prevent death by beheading, but it cannot prevent all poisons."

If someone forcibly forces them to drink a bellyful of poison, even the most powerful Nine Revolutions Qi-Matching Technique will cause their bellies and hearts to rot, ultimately leading to their inevitable death.

This technique cannot avoid poison, nor can it make it difficult for Zhang Xuezhou to continuously strengthen himself by consuming poison pills.

"Your current pills are only of low grade. If you could create mid-grade or high-grade ones, the effects of their toxicity might change," Zheng Wukong pondered.

"The higher the grade of the poison pill, the more subtle its effects," Chunyu Tiying nodded. "As long as your pill doesn't release its poisonous effects upon ingestion, it might actually be possible to take it normally!"

"Should the quality of the elixirs be higher?"

Zhang Xuezhou asked in doubt.

The effects of low-grade pills are indeed unsatisfactory, while mid-grade or high-grade pills may be a better solution.

With insufficient medicinal materials, Qin Furnace No. 8 could not be used. Zhang Xuezhou was not confident in refining top-grade pills, but he still had some confidence in refining mid-grade pills.

As long as the heat is controlled properly and the nurturing time is extended, a low-grade product can potentially become a mid-grade product.

The alchemy practiced in the Tushita Palace employed a method of long-term nurturing to improve quality, and Zhang Xuezhou felt he could do the same.

His first attempt at alchemy used a cooking cauldron, but the result was nothing more than some poisonous soup. The second time, he felt that the pill was taking shape, and it took him nearly two days to complete the alchemy.

Compared to most Alchemist make medicine, Zhang Xuezhou's speed of refining a top-grade pill in two days is still very fast. Some Alchemist who are particular about procedures have only just bathed, dressed in clean clothes, and lit the fire.

If the alchemy process were extended by ten days to half a month, Zhang Xuezhou believed the quality of the elixir would inevitably be better.

He found it difficult to compare high-grade and top-grade pills, but mid-grade pills were no problem at all.

See you next month!

After finishing his discussion, Zhang Xuezhou stood up and then gave another word of advice.

"If this elixir is successfully produced, we can move on to the next project; we'll have enough elixirs for reference!"

After studying the Life-Creating Elixir, it's time to study the Longevity Elixir.

Zhang Xuezhou even aspired to research an elixir of immortality.

Each of these elixirs has its shortcomings when taken individually, but when combined, they become a powerful remedy, potentially leading to longevity and good health.

If production could be done in batches, Zhang Xuezhou wouldn't only have a handful of people around him.

Even if Donghua can unify many forces, he also has the ability to dismantle their forces, thus avoiding being targeted by the group.