novelapdf Chapter 591 Technique! Grade 5 Pill Successfully Completed!
Chapter 591 Technique! Grade 5 Pill Successfully Completed!
Inside the alchemy room, the earth fire blazed fiercely, and the flames from the ten alchemy furnaces cast flickering light on the four walls.
The other nine alchemists were already engrossed in refining fourth-grade Xuan Yuan pills, the fragrance of the medicine filling the air, occasionally punctuated by a muffled thud.
That was the sound of an alchemist losing control of the heat and causing the furnace to explode.
However, furnace explosions are common in alchemy, so no one paid any attention and everyone hurried to fix the problem.
Only Chen Fan's side was unusually quiet.
Unlike the others, he did not rush to administer the medicine. Instead, he took out the medicinal herbs from the jade box one by one, wrapped them with his divine sense, and held them in front of him to sense them carefully.
The main ingredients of the Grade 5 Rejuvenation Pill are the Tai Xuan Flower and the Bi Han Fruit, one yin and one yang, and their medicinal properties clash even more than those of the Grade 4 Rejuvenation Pill, which contains the Xuan Yin Grass and the Chi Yang Flower.
If the two main ingredients are directly put into the furnace, the impact of the medicinal forces will most likely cause the furnace to explode.
The correct method is to use the Dewdrop Grass as a guide, wrap the two main ingredients separately, and then slowly blend them over a low flame.
He had practiced these steps dozens of times in the golden bowl and knew them by heart.
He threw the Tai Xuan Flower into the alchemy furnace, and the earth fire in the furnace, guided by his divine sense, transformed into wisps of flame as thin as hair, which coiled around the petals.
The Tai Xuan Flower slowly melted in the flames, turning into a pale golden liquid that emitted a refreshing fragrance.
Chen Fan didn't rush to add the second ingredient. Instead, he used the Dew-Gathering Grass to wrap the medicinal liquid layer by layer, his technique so skillful it was like flowing water. Under his control, the Dew-Gathering Film evenly covered the surface of the medicinal liquid, of uniform thickness, without a single flaw.
Next up is the cold-avoiding fruit.
The cold-resistant fruit is as cold as ice. The moment it is put into the oven, it reacts violently with the high temperature inside, and several fine ice cracks appear on the surface of the fruit.
Chen Fan's expression remained unchanged. With a slight movement of his fingertips, the flames in the furnace suddenly split into three streams, simultaneously enveloping the Cold-Avoiding Fruit from three directions. He used a gentle fire to slowly extract the cold medicinal power within, and then sealed it layer by layer with a condensed membrane.
The whole process was fast but orderly, with each step as precise as if measured with a ruler.
On the high platform, Han Cen raised his eyebrows slightly.
As a peak fifth-grade alchemy master, his insight was extremely sharp.
Chen Fan's "Flame-Wrapped Medicine" technique may seem ordinary, but it actually tests one's spiritual awareness and control over the heat extremely well.
Three flames simultaneously envelop a single medicinal herb, with the temperature of each flame controlled to within millimeters.
If the concentration is too high, the medicinal effect will be weakened; if it is too low, the medicinal effect will be diluted.
Even the fourth-rank alchemists in the Hall of Worship, who have been immersed in alchemy for hundreds of years, might not be able to perform this technique so smoothly.
The candidate for Yu the Great, who was ridiculed as a "eunuch" by the six forces, didn't even flinch once from beginning to end.
"Interesting," Han Cen muttered to himself, his scrutinizing gaze deepening.
The fusion of medicinal properties is the most crucial step in making a Grade 5 Guiyuan Pill.
Two conflicting medicinal energies slowly approached each other under the protection of the condensation membrane. Chen Fan's divine sense, like two invisible hands, guided the two clumps of liquid medicine to slowly rotate in the heart of the furnace.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his eyes remained as steady as ever, without the slightest wavering.
The fusion was neither too fast nor too slow, nor too slow, nor too slow or too slow. The two clumps of liquid medicine, separated by the condensation membrane, approached each other but did not touch. The medicinal power merged and blended in the micropores of the condensation membrane, producing a soft hissing sound.
Half an hour later, the medicinal effects were perfectly combined.
A fist-sized ball of emerald green liquid floated in the center of the furnace, its surface as smooth as a mirror, without a single crack.
The next step is to condense the core.
Chen Fan made hand seals, and the flames in the furnace suddenly surged. The high temperature evaporated the impurities in the medicinal liquid layer by layer, and the medicinal liquid visibly shrank and solidified.
When the medicinal liquid shrinks to the size of a longan, the pill core is initially formed, and spiritual energy faintly flows on its surface.
The final step is to weave a cinnabar-colored garment.
Chen Fan took a deep breath and used his divine sense as a guide to draw spiritual energy into threads hundreds of times finer than a hair, wrapping them layer by layer around the surface of the core.
His fingers flew like lightning, each movement precisely guiding a thread of spiritual energy to its designated spot.
The speed at which he wove the cinnabar was nearly twice as fast as when he practiced in the golden bowl, yet he did not appear rushed at all.
Under his guidance, those spiritual energy threads automatically wove themselves into a dense network, completely enveloping the core.
The moment the cinnabar garment was woven, a clear, melodious hum emanated from the furnace.
The furnace lid flew off, and a bright green pill the size of a longan flew out of the furnace, hovering in mid-air and slowly rotating.
The pill has a smooth and round surface with six faintly visible red patterns. The pill coating is intact and the medicinal fragrance is subtle and does not dissipate.
The entire alchemy room was enveloped in the fragrance of medicine. The alchemists who were engrossed in refining medicine all looked up at the same time, their eyes falling on the emerald green pill, and their expressions varied!
Han Cen stepped down from the high platform and walked to Chen Fan's alchemy furnace, taking the Guiyuan Pill in his hand and examining it closely.
He looked at it for a long time, then brought it to his nose to smell it, and finally used his divine sense to probe into the pill to check the degree of condensation of the core and the integrity of the pill coating.
A moment later, he put down the pills, and his gaze toward Chen Fan was no longer scrutinizing, but rather filled with undisguised admiration.
"A fifth-grade Returning Origin Pill, with six pill patterns, a solidified core, and an intact pill coating." Han Cen spoke slowly, his voice not loud but clearly carrying throughout the entire alchemy room. "Superior quality. Even if I were to refine it myself, I might not be able to make it better."
Upon hearing this, the alchemy room fell completely silent.
The withered old man from the Boundless Sea dropped the medicine spoon from his hand onto the stone platform with a clatter, but he was completely unaware. He just stared intently at the emerald green pill, his lips trembling as he couldn't utter a word.
He had just been mocking this eunuch for not having enough yang energy and being unworthy of alchemy, but now the man had not only refined a fifth-grade pill, but the quality of which was so high that even Han Cen was impressed.
The slap was so loud that he didn't even have a chance to refute it.
The faces of the alchemists from Great Yan turned pale and then red, wishing they could disappear into the ground.
Although the middle-aged Gu cultivator in the desert grassland did not change his expression, the Gu worm he was controlling had stopped at some point, and a solemn look appeared in his cold eyes for the first time.
Only the white-haired old man from Qi looked at Chen Fan with admiration in his eyes, and even nodded slightly in greeting.
Han Cen placed the Rejuvenation Pill back into the jade plate, stood with his hands behind his back, and announced loudly: "In the current rankings of the alchemy selection, Chen Fan of Dayu is temporarily in first place. His Rejuvenation Pill is a Grade 5, with six pill patterns; this achievement will be recorded in the selection jade register. The final ranking will be determined after all participants have completed their alchemy. However, I can say in advance that among everyone present, I doubt anyone can surpass this achievement."
After speaking, he looked at Chen Fan, his tone becoming more polite:
"Fellow Daoist Chen still needs to participate in the formation selection, so there's no need to wait here for the final ranking. I have already ordered someone to report your results to the Hall of Offerings, and they will be displayed on the selection stele accordingly."