C237 Alchemy

"Phew, my spiritual force has condensed a bit more, and my magic power has become even more abundant. At this rate, I should be able to reach the Magic Scholar level in less than a month."

Long Tianhao let out a deep breath. After a night of cultivation, he could feel the advancement of his soul force and magic power. A satisfied smile appeared on his face. According to his calculations, he should be able to reach the level of a Magic Scholar within a month.

To other Magician, this was something unthinkable, but to Long Tianhao, this was not difficult at all.

"After all, with Long Tianhao's powerful Soul Power, it was naturally easy for him to cultivate. There weren't any obvious bottlenecks in cultivation, what he needed was Long Tianhao's normal cultivation.

"I've been learning from the three teachers for a week. I've finished reading the book given to me by Pill King laoshi and the artifact madman teacher. Today, they should be teaching me alchemy and refining. I'm really looking forward to it."

When he thought about the alchemy and refining skills that he was about to learn, Long Tianhao became a little excited. He was a person who had an extremely strong desire to learn, and now that he had the chance to be taught skills by the top masters in the continent, he naturally did not reject them.

After eating breakfast, Long Tianhao headed over to the training grounds specially prepared for him. This was a secluded place in the academy.

Usually, no one would come here, especially with Long Tianhao here, this place was basically turned into a forbidden area of the academy for Long Tianhao to learn from.

Arriving here, seeing that the Pill King had not come, Long Tianhao found a spacious place, with a thought, the medicine cauldron that was given to him by the Pill King was taken out by Long Tianhao, the gift that the Pill King gave to Long Tianhao for learning pill refining.

In terms of quality, it was not low either. After all, the things that the Pill King took out, would not be any worse. Not to mention a rookie like Long Tianhao, even some other capable alchemist would not dare to say that their cauldron was better than Long Tianhao's.

To an alchemist, a good Cauldron was equivalent to a powerful aid. Thus, most alchemists would think of ways to find a good Cauldron. Unfortunately, in this world, good Cauldrons were extremely rare.

If one was not careful, the medicinal cauldron that was spent a lot of precious materials to refine would become a piece of trash. This loss was not something that many people could bear.

"After giving this Cauldron to me, I haven't looked at it carefully. I don't know how to use this Cauldron, so I might as well have Teacher teach me later."

Long Tianhao looked at the three-legged Cauldron in front of him, which had many carvings of Devil Beast on its body. There were also three dragon heads on the Cauldron with their beaks pointing towards the interior of the Cauldron, and for unknown reasons, there was a cauldron lid on the Cauldron that could be removed.

Nine dragons coiled around the cauldron's lid. They were extremely mighty, and there were even some small holes on the cauldron. They were arranged in a specific order, so there should be some sort of special use for them.

"Tianhao, what are you looking at?"

Just as Long Tianhao was engrossed in studying the medicinal cauldron, an aged voice sounded out from Long Tianhao's voice. It was unknown when the Medicine King had arrived at Long Tianhao's side.

Ah!" "It's teacher, I'm researching on this Cauldron right now.

"Did you figure anything out?"

"Hehe, this student doesn't understand. I feel that the design of this medicinal cauldron is quite strange. I don't know how to use it."

Long Tianhao scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"What did you find strange?"

Seeing Long Tianhao like that, the Pill King could not help but ask with interest.

"Hehe, it's nothing. I just saw that there were three dragon heads on top of the cauldron and there were also some strange holes on the cauldron lid. I just don't know what they are used for."

"I didn't expect you to see all this. Not bad, this is the key point of the cauldron. Look, the dragon mouths of these three dragon heads are connected to the cauldrons. The flame of alchemy was channeled into the cauldrons from these dragon heads."

In order to determine the quality of a Cauldron, one had to know how many dragon heads there were, and nine dragons were the minimum. Of course, that kind of peerless Cauldron was not something an ordinary person could use.

He had to see the alchemist's alchemy level. After all, he had to control the strength of several dragon heads at the same time. This was also a huge burden. From here, he could see the strength of an alchemist.

This means that your Soul Power are very strong, which is why I gave you this Tri-Dragon Tripod. For the time being, you are pretty much there, and the holes in the cauldron lid are used to expel the hot air from the cauldron.

"The arrangement of these holes has a special rule. If these holes are not fixed well, it will affect the quality of the medicinal cauldron. Don't underestimate these holes."

He was very satisfied with the key point that Long Tianhao was able to see through, and he carefully explained some of the common knowledge of the Cauldron to Long Tianhao, so that he wouldn't know anything when he goes out in the future.

"So that's how it is. It seems that refining medicine requires a lot of knowledge, but I'm more interested. Teacher, teach me now, I've been waiting for a long time."

Long Tianhao said anxiously, but Pill King could not help but find it funny.

"Alright, you've finished reading all the books I gave you."

"Yes, I've remembered them all."

"Alright, I see that you are quite anxious, today I will teach you alchemy. Before that, you must know that in the field of alchemy, the alchemy pills are divided into ten grades, thus the alchemist is also divided into ten stages. However, alchemy strength has nothing to do with one's own magic strength."

Depending on the strength of one's own Soul Power, the stronger they were, the more room there was for an alchemist to grow. There were many low level alchemists in the continent, but the high level alchemists were practically as rare as phoenix feathers or qilin horns.

A high level alchemist is, after all, very popular wherever he goes on the continent. With just a single word from him, countless experts on the continent would rush over to serve him. "

"Ah, you're amazing. This trade is really good. I must become the strongest alchemist in the future. Teacher, what rank alchemist are you now? Is it a rank 10 alchemist?"

"Cough cough, do you think a Tier 10 alchemist is a cabbages by the road? Those kinds of people are just legends in the entire continent. Even I can only look up to those heights. I am now a peak Tier 8 alchemist."

"I was just a step away from reaching the ninth rank, but I've been stuck at this step for ten years and have been unable to break through. Sigh, perhaps I'll be stuck here for the rest of my life."

Speaking of him, the Medicine King could not help but feel some bitterness in his heart. Although the peak of the eighth rank was unattainable on the continent, enough to make him laugh at the entire continent, the Medicine King did not stop there. Ninth rank was his dream.

The alchemy skills on the continent were already in decline, and there were no peerless figures. Not to mention a Grade Nine Grade Ten Alchemist, even a Grade Eight Alchemist was already a rare existence.

This kind of person could be counted on one's hand on the continent and the Medicine King was undoubtedly the best amongst them. However, the Medicine King was not satisfied with just this and in his view, there was definitely an alchemist stronger than him on this vast continent.

Therefore, in his opinion, only those who had reached rank 9 could be considered a true alchemist grandmaster.

"Teacher, what's wrong?" I believe that with teacher's ability, you can definitely take another step forward. Furthermore, even if it's not possible, students will think of ways to reach that level and help teacher to that level as well. "

"Hoho, good. It's good that you have this kind of intention. My judgement was indeed correct, and it was not in vain that I passed down my medicine refining technique to you."

Hearing Long Tianhao's words, the Medicine King's heart couldn't help but feel warm, but he was certain that his decision from the start wasn't wrong.

Now, let me demonstrate to you how to refine a first grade Blood Coagulation Pill. Although the grade is not high, the effect is still pretty good, the medicinal ingredients required for the Blood Coagulation Pill are not many. The main ingredient is the Blood Coagulation Grass and a few other common medicinal herbs are enough.

"Alright, teacher."

Long Tianhao vigorously nodded his head, his expression becoming very solemn as well.

"Elemental fire, go."

Pill King shouted and a small fire dragon quickly condensed in his hand. Then, with a tap of his finger, the fire dragon rushed into the dragon's head and into the cauldron, where it started to burn furiously.

"Tianhao, after summoning the flame, insert it into the medicinal cauldron. At the same time, use your soul force to control the fire element between heaven and earth. Maintaining the temperature of the flame is one of the basics to refining pills.

"He's the best alchemist because the fire type Dou Qi that he cultivates is the best way to maintain his flame. However, this kind of person is too difficult for him; he has to be covered by a cauldron."

Pill King explained to Long Tianhao as he controlled the flames inside the cauldron. At the same time, he lifted the lid of the cauldron.

"Teacher, besides dual cultivating both magic and martial arts, is there any other way to increase the success rate of alchemy?"

"Yes, there are many strange existences in the world, such as Devil Beast s that are proficient in fire, or those elemental spirits. Their control over fire is way stronger than us humans, if they can sign a contract with an Elemental Fairy.

In that case, for an alchemist, there were too many benefits. It was a pity that there were too few elemental spirits. Moreover, they usually lived in the Elven Forest and were the favorite of nature, so it wasn't that easy to obtain.

If he doesn't want to make a contract with you, there's no other way around it. After all, if we force them, they will definitely get revenge from the Elves Clan. One must know that the empress of the elves are extremely terrifying existences and no one can offend her dignity.

However, in the recent few decades, the Elven Forest has been a little strange. Some of the little Elves that came out of the Elven Forest were captured by humans and used to sell, but there was no reaction within the Elves Clan.

At this point, even the Pill King himself was confused.

"When I'm strong enough, I must go to the Elven Forest to have a look. Teacher, let's start quickly."

Yes, the first requirement for an alchemist is to control the temperature of the flame. After which, you can add in all of the medicinal herbs required and extract the essence within. Of course, if you are strong enough, you can also refine a few herbs at the same time.

After saying that, the Medicine King threw all the necessary ingredients to refine the Blood Clotting Pill into the flame. In an instant, a few herbs were wrapped in flames and quickly withered away. At this moment, the Medicine King also placed the lid on the cauldron and poured his soul force into the cauldron.

After enveloping a few herbs, he controlled the temperature of the flame and slowly burned the impurities into nothingness. After a while, only a few clumps of the essence of the herbs remained within the flame.

After refining the medicinal ingredients, one must carry out the most critical step of merging them. It is to combine the essence of several medicinal ingredients together, allowing them to fully combine their medicinal effects and condense them into a medicinal pill. This step requires one to be extremely careful.

The Pill King's soul force wrapped around all the medicinal essences and then quickly merged them together.

Refining this kind of a grade one medicinal pill was as easy as eating and drinking water. Thus, it was instantly completed. A peanut sized embryonic medicinal pill appeared in the medicinal cauldron.

Using the flame, one can slowly nourish and polish the medicinal pill until it becomes smooth and smooth, and then further refine the impurities within. When the medicinal pill is smooth and round enough, one can exit the furnace and successfully refine a single medicinal pill.

Just as the Pill King wanted to explain to Long Tianhao, the pill within the cauldron was also spinning non-stop, and at the same time became extremely round and smooth, and just at this time, the Pill King suddenly retracted his flame and opened the cauldron. With a wave of his hand, the pill inside the cauldron flew into the Pill King's hands.

"Did you see that? "That's it."

The Pill King gave the refined pill to Long Tianhao, and after looking at it for a while, Long Tianhao took out a jade bottle and kept it.

"Hehe, teacher, just give me this pill."

"Keep it. It's not very useful anyway. Now you can give it a try. I don't want you to immediately refine a pill."

"As long as you refine the essence of all sorts of medicinal herbs, it's fine. There are a hundred of each herb here, so you can use them first. After refining the essence, you can use a jade bottle to store them.

"Phew, alright."

Long Tianhao let out a deep breath and walked to the front of the cauldron. imitating the Medicine King, he poured the flames into the cauldron, and at the same time, controlled the flames to not extinguish. Fortunately, Long Tianhao's Soul Power was strong enough.

As a result, maintaining a flame was not too difficult, and the following matter was somewhat difficult. Long Tianhao composed himself, picked up a stalk of medicinal herb, and threw it into the flame.

When the medicinal herb entered the flame, it quickly wilted. Seeing that, Long Tianhao quickly wrapped it in his Soul Power and at the same time, controlled the flame's temperature. However, he failed, because there were several aspects where he did not cooperate well, the medicinal herb was instantly burnt to ashes.

However, Long Tianhao was not discouraged, he thought back to what the Pill King said just now, and what problems he had just encountered, and started working once again, and threw a stalk of medicinal herb into the medicine cauldron.

However, even though Long Tianhao was extremely careful, he still failed in the end, and it was much better than the first time. This also gave Long Tianhao some confidence, and without any hesitation, he picked up another medicinal herb and threw it in.

Seeing Long Tianhao's actions, the Medicine King could not help but nod his head, feeling very satisfied, but he did not make a sound. Instead, he watched quietly from the side as Long Tianhao unceasingly poured the medicinal herbs into the medicine cauldron, watching Long Tianhao progress step by step.