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Chapter 833
Chapter 833
?Chapter 833: Chapter 371 Refining the Soul-Returning Pill_2 Chapter 833: Chapter 371 Refining the Soul-Returning Pill_2 “Three days later, I will find you again…”
“Then, you will concoct the elixir medicine from this elixir recipe for me to see.
I want to check if there is anything that needs to be improved in this recipe.”
After finishing, Elder Qi gave Lin Jing a few more instructions before sending him back.
After returning, Lin Jing immediately took out the elixir recipe and started studying it.
This was a seventh grade elixir recipe named the Soul-Returning Pill, an elixir medicine used to treat special soul spirit injuries.
After looking at it for a while, Lin Jing realized that the Soul-Returning Pill had limited effects on cultivators but worked wonders on mortals.
He just didn’t know why Elder Qi wanted to research such an elixir recipe.
However, it seemed like Elder Qi had invested a lot of effort into this recipe; presumably, he had another purpose for the concocted medicine.
With this thought, Lin Jing felt relieved.
Then, Lin Jing continued to delve into studying the elixir recipe.
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Soon enough.
Three days passed, and Elder Qi arrived on schedule.
Afterward, Lin Jing followed Elder Qi to the Elixir Alliance’s inner city.
First, they went to the Immortal Herb Hall, where Elder Qi collected materials for concocting the Soul-Returning Pill twice.
After obtaining the materials and leaving the Immortal Herb Hall, Elder Qi then led Lin Jing to a specific Alchemy Pavilion reserved for the Elixir Alliance’s elders.
This Alchemy Pavilion was different from the other alchemy rooms, as it was specially prepared for the Elixir Alliance’s elders, and naturally, its necessary facilities were different from the other alchemy rooms.
Then, in the Alchemy Pavilion, Elder Qi handed over the materials for concocting the Soul-Returning Pill to Lin Jing, and then said to him:
“This elixir furnace medicine is yours to concoct.”
“After you have finished concocting the medicine, tell me about your experience in making it.”
Lin Jing nodded and then said,
“Yes, Master…”
Elder Qi nodded and then advised again,
“Remember, the process of concocting this elixir furnace medicine is complex and prone to errors.
You must not take it lightly.”
Lin Jing nodded and said,
“Please rest assured, Master!”
After finishing, Lin Jing approached the formation in the center of the Alchemy Pavilion.
The formation in the center of this Alchemy Pavilion was different from those in the other alchemy rooms of the Elixir Alliance.
Inside the formation in the Alchemy Pavilion, Lin Jing not only felt the pure spiritual energy, but the formation also had a calming effect.
Upon entering the formation, his state of mind immediately became serene.
A serene state of mind was more conducive for an alchemist to perform at their true capacity during alchemy, reducing the likelihood of mistakes.
After entering the formation, Lin Jing first took out the Cloud Pattern Purple Gold Furnace and placed it at the formation’s center.
After setting up the pill furnace, Lin Jing also took out the materials for concocting the Soul-Returning Pill that Elder Qi had given him.
Next.
Lin Jing sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and recalled the entire process of concocting the Soul-Returning Pill.
After reviewing the process, Lin Jing reopened his eyes, took out the materials, activated the Divine Fire Triple Realm, and the colorless flame immediately soared, as Lin Jing began to refine the spirit plants…
The refinement of the spirit plants went very smoothly.
In just over an hour, Lin Jing had completely refined all the spirit plants needed for concocting the Soul-Returning Pill.
After refining the spirit plants, Lin Jing once again concentrated the colorless flame at the bottom of the pill furnace, ready to begin the true concoction of the Soul-Returning Pill.
Among the materials for concocting the Soul-Returning Pill, one was the Ethereal Cold Yin Flower, which required a very high temperature in the pill furnace for refinement.
Therefore, after concentrating the flame for a while and waiting for the pill furnace to turn red-hot, Lin Jing began to add the spirit plants.
The first to be added was the Ethereal Cold Yin Flower.
Although it had been initially refined, the chill of the Ethereal Cold Yin Flower was still fully preserved.
Once the Ethereal Cold Yin Flower entered the pill furnace, it immediately lowered the furnace’s temperature significantly.
Seeing this, Lin Jing quickly accelerated the circulation of spiritual power to intensify the bottom flame and maintain the temperature inside the furnace.
It took a good while before the temperature in the furnace gradually returned to normal.
Only then did Lin Jing begin to add the other spirit plants one by one.
The last to be added was the most important spirit plant for concocting the Soul-Returning Pill, the Glowing Soul Immortal Grass.
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After tossing the Glowing Soul Immortal Grass into the Pill Furnace, Lin Jing immediately sealed the furnace and began the elixir medicine refinement…
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During the refinement process of the Soul-Returning Pill, the actual most difficult aspect was the fusion of the Virtual Spirit Chilly Yin Flower and the Glowing Soul Immortal Grass.
The Virtual Spirit Chilly Yin Flower is of a Yin, cold nature, while the Glowing Soul Immortal Grass is of a Yang, fiery nature.
Both are inherently conflicting types of Spirit Plants, yet in terms of their effects, they share a mysteriously similar principle.
It is unknown how Elder Qi thought of this method, utilizing these two mutually counteracting Spirit Plants together, stimulating their effects to refine the Soul-Returning Pill.
It is precisely because the Pill Furnace contains both types of Spirit Plants with these properties, that controlling the furnace’s temperature and fusing the two types of elixir medicines became the greatest challenge in refining the Soul-Returning Pill.
Lin Jing was meticulous, carefully controlling the flames while simultaneously extending his Divine Sense to closely monitor the activity within the furnace.
The moment he detected anything amiss, Lin Jing would immediately adjust the flames, modifying the temperature inside the furnace.
In this manner, several hours had passed.
Lin Jing, under such circumstances, remained utterly focused and did not allow his attention to drift from the Pill Furnace for several hours.
The prolonged consumption of Divine Sense gave Lin Jing a stabbing pain in his head, and beads of sweat were now forming on his forehead.
It had been a long time since Lin Jing experienced such a spiritually taxing process of alchemy.
Especially the severe consumption of Divine Sense, causing a stabbing pain in his head, hadn’t occurred for a long time.
The reason for this was not only because the refining of the Soul-Returning Pill was inherently difficult and Lin Jing was refining it for the first time, making him unskilled, but there was also another reason.
And that reason was the Pill Furnace itself.
Although the Cloud Pattern Purple Gold Furnace is a Supreme Grade Dao Artifact, it was only now that Lin Jing finally discovered its limitation.
Seventh Grade elixir medicines are probably the limit of the Cloud Pattern Purple Gold Furnace.
If one uses the Cloud Pattern Purple Gold Furnace to refine elixir medicines above the Seventh Grade, even if it is barely possible to refine them, the failure rate will undoubtedly increase significantly.
In previous attempts at refining Seventh Grade elixir medicines, Lin Jing also used the Cloud Pattern Purple Gold Furnace, but those medicines were either not so difficult to refine,
Or Lin Jing had the enhancement of Divine Sense strength within the Alchemy Room of the System Space.
The only time he refined the Longevity Life-Extension Elixir, he had also activated the Bonus Attachment feature of the System Space.
Thus, Lin Jing had never noticed any issues with the Cloud Pattern Purple Gold Furnace.
Until now…
Lin Jing found this batch of Soul-Returning Pills extremely difficult to refine and his lack of experience in this first attempt revealed the Pill Furnace’s problems.
This time, during the refinement of the Soul-Returning Pill, because Elder Qi was nearby, and after the refinement was completed, Elder Qi wanted to know some of Lin Jing’s experiences during the process,
Lin Jing did not use the Bonus Attachment feature of the System Space throughout the refinement process and relied on his actual alchemy level.
It was precisely this firsthand experience that made Lin Jing aware of the problems with the Pill Furnace.
Once aware of the issue, Lin Jing became even more cautious, fearing the slightest mishap could occur.
Just like that…
Time ticked away, and soon another hour passed.
Finally, a reaction occurred within the Pill Furnace, the fragrance of the elixir began to seep out from the cracks of the furnace and quickly spread throughout, filling the entire Alchemy Pavilion with a refreshing scent.
If all went as expected, this batch of Elixir Furnace Medicine should be a success…
The appearance of the elixir fragrance indicated that the Spirit Plants inside the Pill Furnace had been completely refined, melting into medicinal liquid.
The most difficult part of refining the Soul-Returning Pill had already been safely overcome.
Next,
All that was needed was to solidify the medicinal liquid into pills and then they could be removed from the furnace.
At this moment, Lin Jing also perked up, focused his Spiritual Power, and made the colorless flame at the bottom of the furnace burn more vigorously, beginning the final step of solidifying the pills.
At this time…
Even Elder Qi had stood up and turned his attention towards Lin Jing.
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In these last crucial moments, time always seems to slow down.
Although it was only a matter of two quarters of an hour, it felt as long as four hours.
Finally, after two quarters of an hour had passed,
The batch of Soul-Returning Pills that Lin Jing had been refining was finally complete.
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