Chapter 29: The Alchemy Sect Master

  Innumerable alchemists from ancient times to the present have pursued the goal of pure fire, using the heat of the furnace to refine and purify the medicinal materials, leaving only the purest essence, which can then be combined to produce a marvelous transformation, coalescing into a divine elixir.

  However, it is extremely difficult to achieve a pure and clean flame, even with the help of earthly fire, it is impossible to truly achieve a pure and clean flame that refines all impurities.

  If it cannot be completely refined, there will be impurities left in the condensed spiritual elixir, which is why there are classifications of seven-tenths Elixir and eight-tenths Elixir.

  The property of Douluo Divine Fire is to refine impurities. Even Jiangnan himself uses the Douluo Divine Fire to temper his body, refining the impurities in his body, true energy and essence. Using this divine fire to refine elixirs, his success rate far surpasses that of any other alchemist, even if it's the Medicine King's Palace's Yue Wangye who comes, he would have to admit defeat!

  "Refining elixirs and all that, it doesn't seem so difficult after all..."

  Jiang Nan made the final move of his spiritual formula, waiting quietly for a moment. Suddenly, he heard the sound of pearls falling onto a jade plate coming from the alchemy furnace. He opened the furnace and saw over thirty Elixir Pills rolling around inside, crystal clear and translucent. He couldn't help but mutter to himself: "I heard Yue Ling'er and the others say it was so difficult, I thought they would end up with a furnace full of useless pills or even an explosion. Now it seems they weren't exaggerating, just stupid."

  He lightly pinched a Qi-tonifying pill, tossed it into his mouth, and carefully savored the medicinal properties of the pill. He was quite relieved: "There's no impurity at all, looks like it's a perfect pill."

  He didn't know that for others, the first time they refined a pill would definitely end in an explosion of the pill furnace. Very few people could successfully refine a complete product on their first try. Even if they did manage to refine a complete product, it would be a low-quality waste pill with extremely high impurity levels. As for refining a seven-tenths pill, that was simply impossible!

  If others knew he had refined a perfect ten percent dan on his first try, they would surely cry out in shock and shout "monster"!

  Jiangnan, however, was completely unaware of his monstrous abilities and continued to refine the medicine non-stop. After several hours, he had refined all the medicinal materials, producing ten furnaces each of Yiqi Dan, Yangshen Dan, and Yunshen Dan. Each furnace produced twenty or thirty pills, all of which were perfect, with not a single defective product!

  "A single Yiqi Dan worth 10% of the medicine's power can be sold for 70 taels of silver, and with so many divine pills, there are over 700 pieces. Isn't it said that in just a few hours, I have created a fortune of 50,000 taels of white silver?"

  Jiang Nan stared blankly at the numerous spiritual pills, feeling a bit dizzy, and muttered: "Who says that alchemy is a money-burning profession? Who says that alchemists can make people go bankrupt? This is simply the most profitable profession... no, it's the most lucrative profession!"

  "Zi Chuan, how many times have you blown up the furnace?"

  Suddenly, the voice of Yue Ling'er came from outside. This young lady was not particular about etiquette and directly rushed in, smiling: "You don't have to be discouraged, everyone has to suffer a bit when refining pills for the first time, exploding furnaces are common things, even skilled alchemists can make mistakes..."

  She had just entered the door and saw hundreds of spiritual elixirs scattered all over the floor as if they were worthless, her cherry-like mouth involuntarily rounded, making people want to find something to stuff into her small mouth.

  "Zi Chuan brother, are these spiritual pills all refined by you?"

  Yue Ling'er came back to her senses, finding it hard to believe: "Impossible, absolutely impossible...... Ah, right, it must be Su Huan's refined work, right? The Fourth Prince is extremely talented in alchemy, he must have refined these spiritual pills, it must be that way!"

  Jiang Nan smiled and handed a piece of paper to Yue Ling'er, saying: "Young mistress, these spiritual pills are all yours. I'll trouble you to help me prepare some spiritual medicine."

  "Configuring the spiritual medicine isn't difficult, what doesn't exist in the Medicine King's Pavilion...what? All these spiritual pellets belong to me?"

  Yue Ling'er suddenly realized and exclaimed, "Zi Chuan brother, could it be that these spiritual pills weren't refined by the Fourth Prince, but were all made by your hand? Ha ha, you actually managed to refine so many on your first try...... There must be a lot of defective products among them, who knows if they're toxic enough to kill someone!"

  She checked the spiritual pills one by one, and couldn't help but feel dizzy: "Ten Perfection Pills, they're all Ten Perfection Pills! Heaven, heaven... Qi Zichuan, you must be an old monster who has been practicing alchemy for hundreds of years, or some kind of demon who cultivated into a human, right? You'd better reveal your true form..."

  Jiang Nan smiled wryly, only now did he realize how terrifying his performance had been just now. Yue Ling'er was the princess of the Medicine King's Manor, the Medicine King's daughter - what kind of alchemy expert hadn't she seen?

  She was so shocked and lost her composure just now, which must mean that my performance just now exceeded the ordinary, and can even be said to be abnormal!

  "Cough, Princess, actually I was already a renowned alchemy master in the Central Plains." Jiang Nan coughed and shamelessly flattered himself.

  "Have you refined spiritual elixirs before?"

  Yue Ling'er suddenly enlightened, smiled and said: "No wonder, little sister said how you can refine the elixir for the first time and get a 10% spiritual elixir. In fact, Zi Chuan, you can just say it directly, that way I won't treat you like a rookie."

  "The princess never asked, how could I have boasted about it?"

  Jiang Nan smiled and said: "County Master, what medicinal herbs do I need?"

  Yue Ling'er walked out with a smile and said: "The spiritual medicine is easy to say, I will help you get it soon!"

  "County Lord, I still need ten sets of medicinal materials for the Refining Qi Pill, Fire Spirit Pill and Divine Roaming Pill, as well as their corresponding spiritual incantations. Would you also trouble yourself to bring them along?"

  Not long after, Yue Ling'er sent the spiritual medicine needed in Jiangnan. Among these medicinal materials, apart from the medicinal materials needed for the Spirit Consolidating Pills and other spirit pills, the rest were all top-grade spiritual medicines needed to refine the Sarira Spirit Pill!

  In Jiang Xue's transmission of the Shelili Lingdan formula, Fo Shou Jinlian is the principal medicine and the most precious. The others are auxiliary medicines used to stimulate the immense medicinal power within Fo Shou Jinlian. However, even the auxiliary medicines are not trivial, with as many as forty-five varieties, each one extremely rare and valuable. In other spiritual elixirs, they could serve as the main medicine!

  The Buddha's hand citron still had fourteen petals left, so Jiangnan needed fourteen more portions. The value of these spiritual medicines was extremely high, and some of the materials were priceless. The value of just these materials alone exceeded 50,000 taels of white silver!

  Jiang Nan asked Yue Ling'er for the formula of Buqi Dan and other spiritual elixirs because he saw Su Huan's massive consumption when refining a furnace of Pure Yang Red Blood Elixir, and his own cultivation was far inferior to Su Huan's. He had made preparations early on, lest when the spiritual elixir was about to be refined, he would have no true energy to drive it.

  He had experience with low-grade spiritual pills like the Beneficial Qi Pill, and soon grasped the secrets of the Replenishing Qi Pill and other spiritual pills. He immediately began refining them. After several hours, he finally refined these spiritual pills.

  Jiang Nan ate a few sugar beans, chewed several Qi-supplementing pills, Fire Spirit Pills and Spiritual Journey Pills, replenishing his true energy and spirit. After resting for a moment, his eyes sparkled with clarity!

  "Finally can refine the Sheli Lingdan!"

  In the alchemical chamber, the two hands of Jiangnan intertwined with ten fingers, the true energy entwined, and the divine fire of Mount Kunlun burst out, transforming into green lotus flowers that swirled in, filling the purple sand copper furnace. The medicinal properties within the furnace were constantly stimulated, different energies clashing and colliding inside, unleashing a massive power that nearly overturned the alchemical furnace!

  If the cauldron lid flies off, the medicine's power will completely dissipate, that is a furnace explosion!

  The explosion of the furnace is something that alchemists cannot bear, not only does their wealth become like pouring water into a bamboo basket, but it also hurts themselves and their confidence in alchemy.

  "Divine Elephant Treads the Mountain!"

  In the eyes of Jiangnan, a brilliant light burst forth, and he sprang to his feet. One foot stepped onto the purple sand copper furnace, like a divine elephant, exerting immense force to suppress the great mountain, pinning down the dan furnace with all his might!

  At the same time, the spiritual seal in his hands changed even faster, and green lotus flowers flew out of his hands, merging into the alchemy furnace, continuously refining the impurities in various medicinal materials, purifying the medicinal properties, making the medicinal properties more pure.

  The more potent the spiritual medicine, the more difficult it is to remove impurities, especially for spiritual medicines like Buddha's Hand and Golden Lotus, where the impurities are as stubborn as chronic diseases.

  In the south, on one hand, he suppressed the riot of Dan furnace, and on the other hand, he refined the impurities. He only felt that the true energy in his body was rapidly exhausting. He hastily opened his mouth to take a breath, and saw several more Qi-replenishing pills flying up and automatically entering his mouth!

  The medicinal power of the Qi Replenishing Pill burst forth instantly, and under the urging of the Mysterious Fetal Movement Scripture, it began to transform into true energy continuously. However, although the Qi Replenishing Pill was much better than the Qi Benefiting Pill, it wasn't a high-grade spiritual medicine either; its refinement time was long, and its refinement speed was slow.

  The speed at which the Buxiudan is converted into true energy cannot keep up with his consumption of true energy, and the excess medicinal power will be suppressed in the body, and can only be slowly refined.

  This is the shortcoming of medium to low-grade spiritual pills. Even if one's cultivation method is sophisticated enough, their own cultivation speed will surpass the speed of refining spiritual pills, such as Jiangnan's Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture!

  "Finally thoroughly refined all impurities!"

  After an unknown period of time, Jiang Nan quietly let out a breath, the impurities were refined and purified, and the medicinal properties were pure and condensed into a spiritual elixir. Suddenly, a loud crash was heard, and a violent energy burst forth from the purple sand copper furnace beneath his feet, almost blowing him away on the spot!

  Without impurities, the medicinal power in the dan furnace is even more pure, so the medicinal power collision is even more severe, making it difficult for him to control!

  "King of Elephant God!"

  Jiang Nan let out a loud roar, his body trembling as if he were a mighty elephant king with legs rooted to the ground, borrowing immense power from the earth to firmly press down on the purple sand copper furnace. In his heart, he secretly exclaimed in surprise: "Others refine elixirs, either succeeding or having their furnaces explode, but who has it as tough as me? Refining elixirs is almost like fighting a fierce battle!"

  He continued to cast various spiritual incantations, accelerating the condensation of the medicinal power. The violent energy in the purple sand copper furnace gradually subsided, and when he finally cast his last incantation, a crisp sound like jade beads rolling was heard from the alchemy furnace, which took two or three breaths to subside.

  "The Sacred Spirit Elixir has finally been refined!"

  Jiang Nan jumped down from the dan furnace, furrowed his brow, and refined the sheduling spirit pill. Almost all of his true energy was consumed: "Huh? Why are there only three sheduling spirit pills?"

  He opened the dan furnace, and saw three thumb-sized spiritual pills quietly lying at the bottom of the furnace, crystal clear and translucent, with a jade-like luster. Jiang Nan picked one up, slightly furrowed his brow, and felt somewhat vigilant: "Jiang Xue sister once said that eating fresh Buddha's hand golden lotus can only exert two percent of its power, while refining it into Sheli spiritual pills can exert ten percent! Doesn't this mean that the medicinal power contained in a single Sheli spiritual pill is one and a half times more than that of a Golden Lotus petal?"