Chapter 15: First Time Refining Pills

Chapter 15: First Time Refining Pills

Returning to the individual dormitory prepared for him by the academy, Xiao Ming took out the Storage Ring given by Elder Huo and placed it in his hand first before his soul power gushed out from his eyebrows and into the ring.

This ring was like the one he had received before, a low-grade storage ring with about five cubic meters of space.

Inside were some neat books, a pile of gold coins, and a tripod-shaped object.

Ignoring the others for now, with a thought, he took out all the books inside and examined them one by one.

The books were the low level Qi Method Huang Class "Fiery Flame Duel", high level Dou Technique Xuan Class "Red Flame Sword", high level Dou Technique Xuan Class "Red Flame Palm", and the high level Dou Technique Xuan Class "Creeping Shadow Chasing Wind".

Xiao Ming sighed inwardly as he looked at these high level techniques.

'Master is worthy of being a fifth tier alchemist, with the Jia Nan Academy behind him, his wealth is really great, the lower grade Dou Technique are all high level Xuan'.

'There are some thicker books, let's see which one is good'.

'The encyclopedia of the properties of medicinal materials', 'introduction to pill refinement' 'the manual of pill appreciation', the manual of identification of medicinal herbs', 'five years of pill refinement and three years of fire control', and 'self-cultivation for alchemists' ...

Elder Huo was really a good master, looking at these books, Xiao Ming vaguely recalled his life of study during the last year of high school in his previous life, it was a rough time where he came out victorious, though hairless ...

After a brief glance, Xiao Ming took everything back, leaving only one book to study carefully.

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The next day, after the initial class, as Elder Huo had instructed when he parted yesterday, Xiao Ming came alone to the Alchemy Department to look for him.

In one of the study rooms of the Alchemy Department, Xiao Ming met Elder Huo.

When he saw Elder Huo, Xiao Ming respectfully said, "Xiao Ming greets the master."

"My good disciple is here, come, sit down first. As I said yesterday, when you'll come, you will begin to familiarize yourself with pill refining, so today we will begin to learn the art of pill refining." When Elder Huo saw Xiao Ming arrive, he stroked his white beard and flashed a smile, very pleased with Xiao Ming's attitude.

"You have not been exposed to pill refining before, so let me first tell you some general knowledge about pill refining, if you want to refine pills, you must first have a medicinal cauldron. Medicinal cauldron is like a warrior's weapon, it is indispensable."

"Thank you, master."

"Alright, that's it as far as the lecture goes, go to the alchemy room and I'll show you once, then you practice on your own and ask me if you don't understand something."

As Xiao Ming left the study and went to the alchemy room, he saw a medicinal cauldron that was about half a meter away.

The medicinal cauldron was dark and black in color, with a slight tinge of light on it. On the bottom of the medicinal cauldron, two hideous snakeheads were carved, and a snake mouth was wide open, forming three outlets for fire that were connected to each other, the outlets were curved and continuous, and the deeper you went inside, the smaller their diameter, faintly looking like there were mysteries hidden inside. On the top of the cauldron, a giant snake is coiled in the dark red lid of the cauldron, and there is a special hole in the lid, which is used to place medicinal herbs inside.

Beautiful figures of magical beasts are painted on the surface of the medicinal cauldron, with a realistic appearance, as if they were living creatures.

"The Pill Refining Hall is a special place for the Alchemy Department to refine pills, and it is equipped with tier 3 medicinal cauldrons like the one I gave you earlier." Elder Huo walked over to the pill cauldron, and with a wave of his hand, a bunch of medicinal herbs appeared beside it.

"Look at this, I will only demonstrate it once."

Next, Xiao Ming saw the pill refining process in a real sense for the first time.

A dark black flame entered the medicinal cauldron, and one herb after another was devoured by the cauldron flame, leaving behind medicinal essences in the form of powder and paste.

In the end, the various medicinal essences melted into a prototype pill with a pitted surface. As the flames were extinguished, the pill in the cauldron took on a round shape acquiring a green hue, and a faint medicinal fragrance spread from the cauldron.

Originally, an alchemist needed a quiet environment to refine the pills, and there should be no disturbance.

But since it was a first tier pill, it was easy for Elder Huo, so at every step, Elder Huo explained in detail.

The pill was quickly created, and Elder Huo circulated his Dou Qi to grasp the elixir in his hand, then put it in a jade bottle and threw it to Xiao Ming.

Looking at Xiao Ming hurriedly taking it, without waiting for him to ask Elder Huo opened his mouth and said "This is a first tier pill, the Restoration Pill, which can restore a certain amount of Dou Qi. Did you see the process clearly now?".

"Mm, I saw it clearly." Xiao Ming put away the pills and replied.

"Fine, then do it."

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