The Fifth Form
Chapter 3454

Water-Fire Pill Furnace

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"Tsk, the Nine Dragon Cauldron!"

"Wu Nong Ding!"

"The Limitless Pill Furnace!"

"True Phoenix Cauldron!"

"Tai Chi Furnace!"

There are numerous Pill Furnace in Zhu Jiuyin's underground palace.

It wasn't that Zhu Jiuyin liked collecting Pill Furnace, but rather that Zou Bugui's alchemy skills were insufficient, making it difficult for him to control the Yin-Yang School's water and fire Pill Furnace. After repeated failures in alchemy, he had no choice but to seek a replacement Pill Furnace.

Zhu Jiuyin had little knowledge of alchemy furnaces; he simply seized the famous ones he could, and some of them came from burial objects.

In any case, Zhu Jiuyin's exploration of the Qin King's tomb was somewhat lacking, but his visits to other people's tombs were relatively easy.

He directly stole the burial Pill Furnace of some great alchemists in history.

Zhang Xuezhou inspected the Pill Furnace in the underground palace, while Zou Bugui provided explanations from the side.

"How have your alchemy skills improved so rapidly over the years?"

A good Pill Furnace is extremely important, but the Alchemist is the key to alchemy.

The Venerable One needs not just one or two Creation Pills, nor ten or eight, but tens of thousands. Low-grade pills are one thing, but high-grade pills are time-consuming to refine and have a high failure rate. Zou Bugui felt that he could not refine tens of thousands of Creation Pills even if he devoted his entire life to it.

"It's just refining some pills, a piece of cake!"

Zou Bugui was a proper alchemist, while Zhang Xuezhou relied on the influence of the Grand Duke Jupiter to mass-produce pills.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't do anything that would be a loss for him. He wouldn't waste Tai Sui to refine the Creation Pill for the Venerable. Not to mention the Yin-Yang School cultivators' ability to leave some benefits in their hands, he could also obtain pills that would help him quickly complete the Great Wilderness Creation Scripture.

Is our water-fire Pill Furnace truly ineffective at refining elixirs of creation?

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the many Pill Furnace, then at Zou Bugui's semi-automatic Pill Furnace.

The Water-Fire Pill Furnace doesn't have the exaggerated shape of the Nine Dragons Cauldron, nor does it have the success rate bonus from using phoenix Essence Blood to refine pills like the True Phoenix Cauldron, and it doesn't have the Pill Furnace material of the Taiji Furnace. However, the structure of this furnace is exceptionally exquisite, and few Pill Furnace are as simple as the Water-Fire Pill Furnace.

Refining a large number of Creation Pills for Zhu Jiuyin is no small task. It requires not only a high success rate but also the most efficient refining process possible, otherwise it will take an extremely long time.

"It's not that the Pill Furnace is faulty, it's that I'm faulty!"

The Zou Bugui.

Although the Yin-Yang School had fallen into dire straits, Zou Bugui still retained a certain degree of pride.

Compared to the Yin-Yang School's continuous updates and progress, other schools of thought are undoubtedly like clay and earthenware.

The alchemical furnace is not necessarily better the older it is; rather, it is important to keep up with the times and improve the craftsmanship. Most schools of thought are still pursuing alchemical formulas and miraculous herbs, but the Yin-Yang School has already innovated and improved the Pill Furnace. It was only through the ingenious craftsmanship of the Mohists master craftsmen that the water-fire Pill Furnace was created.

Although the Yin-Yang School has been ineffective for nearly a century, its leading position is not something other schools of thought can easily catch up with, especially considering that many other schools of thought have not developed much in the past century.

The water-fire Pill Furnace can naturally refine elixirs of creation and transformation. It's not that this Pill Furnace is incapable, but rather that Zou Bugui Bugui's skill level is limited and it's difficult to control, leading to repeated failures in alchemy. He can only rely on those outdated and old-fashioned Pill Furnace to refine elixirs and make medicine.

"I'll play with this furnace!"

After thoroughly exploring the Pill Furnace in the underground palace, Zhang Xuezhou found Pill Furnace all unsatisfactory, and that Qin Furnace No. 8 was far more convenient than the one he used.

For example, the Nine Dragon Cauldron, which triggered the war, has high control requirements. Its maximum number of pills it can refine is eighty-one, and it requires the True Self Realm cultivation to ignite. This Pill Furnace is very effective in refining external pills such as the Eight Steps to Immortality Pill, but it is less effective in refining creation pills. The Nine Dragon Cauldron also focuses on the function of Law Treasure, possessing all kinds of abilities, but it is difficult to reach the limit of all these abilities, and the requirements for its use are also very high.

The Wu Nong Ding is adept at nourishing and enhancing the quality of elixirs, making it suitable for casual alchemists who are not in a hurry.

The Wuji Pill Furnace has a long history of producing top-grade pills, but its pill-destruction rate is also extremely high. It is suitable for focusing one's mind and taking a gamble to refine a great pill, with the success or failure being limited to one to three pills, which does not meet Zhang Xuezhou's needs.

The True Phoenix Cauldron, stained with phoenix blood, produces a rather good flame after being fueled, resulting in a decent success rate. However, it is unfortunate that the number of pills produced at once is relatively small.

The Taiji Furnace is made with high technology; it is difficult to ignite and refine pills without a special flame. Without a top-quality flame, it is considered a useless furnace.

As for the inferior Pill Furnace, let's not even talk about them; for Zhang Xuezhou, who prefers assembly line production, many of Pill Furnace are simply not up to standard.

He took the furnace from Zou Bugui's hands, holding the small Pill Furnace in the center of his palm.

As Law Power was channeled and guided, the Pill Furnace grew three times larger.

Like unfolding flower stamens, the water-fire Pill Furnace will exhibit certain changes in form.

This Pill Furnace, at its maximum length, is no more than half a person's height, far less than the large Pill Furnace that are often ten feet tall. However, the water-fire Pill Furnace produces pills quickly, producing them like an assembly line, which is far superior to those clumsy Pill Furnace.

"How is it? Can you control your Law Power with finesse?" Zou Bugui asked.

I don't think there's a problem!

The Yin-Yang Nine Heavens Great Compassion Incantation Realm Technique possesses immense Law Power, while the Yin-Yang Nine Humans Great Joy Mantra Realm Technique boasts precise Law Power. Zhang Xuezhou possesses both in terms of Law Power, making it extremely easy for him to control the water and fire Pill Furnace.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that his Law Power was among the top five of all the cultivators in the Yin-Yang School. Except for the two founders of the Yin-Yang School, his advancement in the two realms of the Divine Ability Realm and Sole Self Realm almost surpassed the records of many cultivators in the school.

A surge of Law Power emanated from his right hand, and the water-fire Pill Furnace in his palm began to slowly rotate. As the magical Law Power continued to flow into his palm, it expanded and quickly took on the size of an ordinary Pill Furnace.

"Take it slow, don't overdo it. This furnace is very difficult to repair if it breaks down!"

Watching Zhang Xuezhou effortlessly break through the limits of his control over the water-fire Pill Furnace, Zou Bugui help but feel a chill run down his spine.

When the stove shrank to the size of a winnowing basket, his heart nearly jumped out of his chest.

But when the furnace swelled to half a person's height and was held in Zhang Xuezhou's palm, his heart sank into a deathly silence. After all, Zou Bugui and had no experience in this area. He had only seen related records on the Yin-Yang School's inherited jade.

"Our school's furnace is quite interesting!"

As his Law Power continued to expand, Zhang Xuezhou skillfully manipulated the water-fire Pill Furnace. This was not only due to his abundant Law Power and delicate control, but also because Zhang Xuezhou understood this semi-modern Pill Furnace.

This may be Pill Furnace for innovation in this era, or a compromise that adapts to the conditions of this era.

Zhang Xuezhou had once made Law Artifact "weighing". He was well aware of the difficulty of building a pavilion in the air without prior technical preparation. Even the simplest "weighing" was difficult to standardize, let alone a sophisticated tool.

This is a product of limited conditions, yet it incorporates the advantages of this world's cultivation system. Anyone familiar with modern instruments will find it much easier to operate such tools.

For example, the operation of water and fire creates a sealed high-pressure environment, while the folding of metal materials is a process, and the tightness between the materials and the instruments is astonishing.

Thinking about the mechanical beings of the Mohists's Mechanical City, and the 'Yao' of the Celestial Craftsmen, even Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but wonder what kind of cross-regional integration had occurred in the past.

"It can produce thirty-six pills at a time, and the pill-making time should be reduced to about one-quarter or one-fifth of the normal pill-making time. The pill-producing efficiency is close to that of Qin Furnace No. 8, but the quality of the pills will definitely be better than that of Qin Furnace No. 8, and the pill-making rate will also be higher!"

By constantly touching and operating the Pill Furnace, Zhang Xuezhou gradually became familiar with it and roughly estimated its Pill Furnace.

As the precious Pill Furnace that Zhang Xuezhou encountered when he first left Zhang Household Village, he only came into contact with it again after he had almost reached the pinnacle of his cultivation. At this time, he also had the ability to use the water and fire Pill Furnace normally.

Previously, he wasn't very confident in refining high-grade pills such as longevity pills and elixirs of immortality, but now he's clearly more confident.

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