Chapter 50 Rejuvenating Pill
Chapter 50 Rejuvenating Pill
Holding Luo Sifan's hand, Lin Qianxiu swaggered onto the wooden platform amidst the clamor of over a hundred alchemists.
The several alchemists in the wooden shed were quite experienced. When they saw Lin Qianxiu arrive, they were very polite and stood up, their faces showing flattery.
Lin Qianxiu raised her hand to stop them:
"Esteemed seniors, let's set aside the pleasantries. I, Lin Qianxiu, have a younger brother who wishes to refine a Rejuvenation Pill at the Pill Gathering. I invite you all to be my witnesses!"
Lin Qianxiu then sat down in the wooden shed, glancing at the senior alchemists who were still standing there in a daze:
"Seniors, please sit down, don't stand on ceremony!"
The experienced alchemists obediently took their seats one by one, their gazes towards Luo Sifan quite strange. However, they dared not utter a word.
Lin Qianxiu arranged the ingredients needed for the Rejuvenation Pill one by one on the wooden table.
Luo Sifan stepped forward and examined each item one by one. The spiritual materials stored by Lin Qianxiu were indeed of extraordinary quality.
As he manipulated the spiritual materials in front of Luo Sifan, they gradually accumulated.
Lin Qianxiu and the other senior alchemists looked increasingly confused.
"Little brother, are you sure you only need this much spiritual material?"
Lin Qianxiu couldn't hold back any longer and asked.
The amount of pill materials that Luo Sifan took was only one-tenth of the amount that Lin Qianxiu knew of for regular use.
"That's enough. It's not like we're raising pigs or cattle. What do we need so many spiritual materials for?"
Luo Sifan didn't even look up, his fingers flying across the keyboard as he casually gave a perfunctory reply.
"Would you like one of us here to prepare the medicinal materials for you?"
Lin Qianxiu was thinking of showing off her alchemy skills in front of Luo Sifan.
"No need for you to trouble yourself, sister, I'll be right there!"
Luo Sifan smiled easily, picked up the spiritual materials, and placed the sword energy in his hand in a steady manner.
He turned around and walked leisurely to the center of the wooden platform.
Even though she had great confidence in Luo Sifan before, Lin Qianxiu is now somewhat unsure.
"Could I have really misjudged him?"
Lin Qianxiu thought to herself that the senior alchemists around her were trying their best to act serious, but this time they couldn't help but want to see Lin Qianxiu make a fool of herself.
The moment the uniquely shaped, art-like Mandarin Duck Ruyi Furnace was unveiled, the noisy and clamoring low-level alchemists fell silent.
Even someone with limited knowledge would know that this kind of alchemy furnace is far superior to the crude and unrefined tools used by lower-level alchemists.
The provocative gaze turned into jealousy, lingering on the graceful curves and smooth surface of the Mandarin Duck Ruyi Incense Burner.
Inside the stove, Luo Sifan had already placed half an inch of Crimson Pearl Grass branches and leaves.
The absolute silence outside the arena brought a faint smile to Luo Sifan's face.
He opened the furnace and poured in more than twenty kinds of spiritual materials.
Another round of discussion broke out outside the venue, but it was deliberately kept to a minimum.
The characteristic of the Rejuvenation Pill is that it consumes a large amount of spiritual materials. Fortunately, Luo Sifan only took one-tenth of the spiritual materials this time. Otherwise, given the size of the Mandarin Duck Ruyi Furnace, it would have been impossible to handle it.
With his palm resting on the Ruyi Furnace, Luo Sifan closed his eyes and gradually entered a state of oblivion. The pure and mysterious energy of Taiyi was slowly guided into the furnace, transforming into the five elements of spiritual energy, which enveloped the spiritual materials of different attributes, while simultaneously roasting and extracting them.
With sword energy at his command, it could be created and destroyed freely among the five elements of spiritual energy. Luo Sifan simply used it to forge spiritual materials without being affected by their properties or the medicinal properties, thus suddenly speeding up the processing time of spiritual materials several times over.
The sword cultivation and alchemy had unexpectedly yielded some wonderful benefits, and Luo Sifan's smile widened even further.
The branches and leaves of the Crimson Pearl Grass were pure and genuine, without a trace of impurity. Luo Sifan was amazed and first used his spiritual energy to support them, suspending them in the center.
The thing that Master Lu gave me transcends the five elements of spiritual energy, and its medicinal properties are pure. It's simply a blessing for alchemists; they can turn it into medicine just by kneading it a little.
With the five elements working together and spiritual materials scarce, and the sword energy grinding within, Luo Sifan's speed increased by at least dozens of times. In less than a quarter of an hour, the faint medicinal fragrance of dozens of spiritual materials had seeped out of the furnace and entered the mouths and noses of the alchemists in the arena.
The low-level alchemists were fine; most of them wouldn't recognize the flavor, and were only surprised by how fast Luo Sifan's hands were.
Lin Qianxiu and several senior alchemists were truly astonished by the medicinal fragrance wafting from the large quantity of first-grade spiritual materials.
"Purple Cypress Core, Jade Wind Chime, Snow Cliff Sun Ginseng, Thousand-Day Cold, Immortal's Finger, Condensed Jade Marrow, Ghostly Shadow..."
The seasoned alchemists whispered among themselves, sniffing intently, repeatedly questioning and confirming their own ability to identify medicinal herbs.
For the first time, he questioned his own school of alchemy's method of refining and extracting medicinal ingredients.
Different schools of alchemy naturally have their own strengths; otherwise, they wouldn't have split into different sects over the past thousand years.
What was rare for Luo Sifan was that he simultaneously made these people feel frustrated.
Lin Qianxiu's eyes flickered as she gazed intently at Luo Sifan's retreating figure. Unlike the alchemists who were filled with anxiety and uncertainty, alchemy, though a hobby she was proud of, was essentially just a stepping stone in her eyes.
"This guy is really quite unexpected."
A faint smile appeared on her lips.
Success! The elixir has been formed!
The sword energy cleaved through the branches and leaves of the Crimson Pearl Grass, and a ball of pure liquid took its place.
The Qi was released and the pill was divided into nine droplets, which steadily fell into the nine vortexes of medicinal liquid. The Rejuvenating Pill was coated with the prepared medicinal liquid layer by layer, and the vortexes expanded and contracted almost instantly.
The multicolored medicinal liquid also turned slightly red at this time, and then turned completely red, and the pill suddenly became red and warm.
A unique fragrance, carrying warmth, filled the entire venue.
Luo Sifan only needed to wait for the elixir to mature before drying the Crimson Pearl Grass liquid within the elixir core, and then his scheme to steal the dragon and switch the phoenix would be complete.
The fiery aura of the elixir lingered for a long time, and the experienced alchemists, who had already been convinced, now looked puzzled again.
The Rejuvenation Pill was extremely fiery. When it was formed, it should have been cooled down and the pill collected quickly. However, Luo Sifan was unmoved and let its medicinal properties be consumed and dispersed into the void.
Luo Sifan remained motionless, letting it cool down naturally.
The experienced alchemists secretly counted, their faces showing smiles. Hadn't ninety percent of the medicinal properties from this batch already been wasted? What kind of pills could be produced from this?
Lin Qianxiu almost had the urge to push Luo Sifan aside and go up to collect the pill herself. She was just one step away from succeeding, so how could this kid have become so incredibly smelly?
The stove grew cold, and Lin Qianxiu's face turned cold as well.
Luo Sifan was very happy, as the Crimson Pearl Elixir in the pill had clearly been dried thoroughly.
"Please, everyone, appreciate the elixir!"
Luo Sifan spoke softly, and with a shake of the treasure furnace, nine pills shot out like silk, spinning in Luo Sifan's palm, which was imbued with sword energy, before coming to a stop.
Its color is like white jade, with countless ice crack patterns inside.
Where is there even a trace of the fiery red color of the Rejuvenating Elixir?
Luo Sifan awkwardly rubbed his nose. Had he gone too far?
Lin Qianxiu couldn't bear to look and sat there coldly, her face as pale as the white pill in Luo Sifan's hand.
"What did Young Master Lin refine? Was it the Cold Fragrance Pill?"
After a long silence, a bold middle-aged alchemist emerged from the wooden shed, complaining as he picked up the white pill and examined it closely.
The whole room burst into laughter. "Cold Fragrance Pills" were fragrant pills that women in cosmetic shops used to apply to their bodies, hand-rubbed by artisans.
"Hey, fellow alchemists, who dares to try Young Master Lin's pills? Who knows, this might be a miraculous pill never seen before in any alchemy manual!"
Seeing Lin Qianxiu's indifferent attitude, the middle-aged alchemist became even more excited and simply raised the white pill and started shouting.
"Who would dare to try without at least a thousand or eight hundred?"
Some people below joined in the commotion.
"It's alright, it's alright. This pill is weak; it won't kill you!"
The middle-aged alchemist shook his head repeatedly, his expression ambiguous, and made unrestrained jokes.
Even the seasoned alchemists in the wooden shed couldn't help but smile.
"Wild boars can't eat fine bran!"
Luo Sifan thought disdainfully to himself, then put away the Ruyi Furnace. He slowly stood up, his expression leisurely.
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