Daoist Competition-Chapter 209 - 73 Flying Sword Dharma Transmission Essence Alchemy_3

The alchemy method requires one main ingredient as the guide, supplemented by various other materials.

This main ingredient is of utmost importance, as the efficacy of the elixir pills largely depends on it. Usually, the main ingredient is a pill pre-refined by the Pill Master with a unique technique, making it so that even if others learn the alchemy method, they cannot replicate the preparation of this main ingredient.

Although Zhang Yan does not possess a main ingredient, he can use the bottle of "Qi Blood Essence Pills" as a replacement.

One must understand that each Qi Blood Essence Pill contains the essence of at least a hundred Demon Cultivators. If an ordinary cultivator took it without a spell, they’d be overwhelmed and die from the sheer potency. Even a Blood Essence Sect disciple, if only at the Xuan Guang Realm, would need months to refine a single pill.

If this pill is used as the main ingredient and combined with the secret elixir recipe passed down by Zhou Chongju, the resulting elixir will undoubtedly have astonishing effects.

With this plan in mind, Zhang Yan went to select many medicinal materials and placed them aside.

Since the furnace fire must not be excessively urged once ignited, he had to patiently wait for the right moment to open the furnace and start the alchemy process.

Approximately half a day later, seeing the furnace fire gradually grow and reach the right intensity, he added the prepared materials. Since the efficacy of this elixir was entirely on the Essence Yuan Pill, he didn’t pay much attention to the assistant ingredients, as long as there was no conflict in their properties.

Even though much was wasted, it didn’t bother Ge Shuo since it wasn’t his own contribution.

This tripod furnace, not without reason being a Dharma Treasure, automatically intensified the fire as soon as the materials went in, beginning a fierce and intense boiling.

After about an hour, Zhang Yan opened the side lid of the tripod furnace, took out the Essence Yuan Pill, cut off one-fifth with a flick of his finger, and flung it into the furnace, simultaneously blowing a long breath into the hearth.

Under the pressure of his Spiritual Energy, the flames beneath the furnace were first suppressed. As he flipped his hand to close the side lid, a huge muffled sound emanated from within the furnace, which seemed to shake a bit. The flames shot up more than half a foot, with the furnace interior turning a blood-red as if about to melt the whole furnace.

Zhang Yan sat calmly on the cushion, watching with a serene expression. After a short while, the blaze slowly diminished, as a mist of Essence Qi emerged inside the furnace, with vapors bubbling over and a wave of rare fragrance filling the room.

Zhang Yan knew that this Essence Qi was the essence of the main and assistant ingredients. However, the task was not yet complete; there remained one last critical step to undertake.

This step was called "evening pill," the crucial link in the entire alchemy method and a great test of the Pill Master’s skill.

Whether the refining process could yield ten elixir pills or a hundred all depended on this step.

However, even if the potency was adequate, dividing the elixirs into fewer quantities didn’t necessarily mean greater potency, as each pill can only hold a certain amount of power. If divided too few, it would waste materials and make the potency too intense.

Yet, if divided too many, not only would the potency become diluted, but the assistant ingredients might overwhelm it, resulting in a complete waste.

Zhang Yan didn’t concern himself with such details; one Essence Yuan Pill was enough to refine ten furnaces of pills, and he had two whole bottles, so wastage was no concern.

He urged the True Fire with full force and lifted his robe sleeve to unlock the lid. With a "bang," the medicinal power surged out, followed by a cloud of Essence Qi.

If he didn’t seize the moment then, the Essence Qi would disperse completely in just a few breaths.

Zhang Yan blew a breath to envelop it and reached out to lightly gather; several streams of condensed medicinal liquid sprayed upwards, transforming into hundreds of droplets that dispersed among the Essence Qi.

A stick of incense later, Zhang Yan withdrew the Qi Mechanism, and like a rain shower, dozens of elixir pills fell down.

Taking the pre-prepared porcelain bottles, he reached out to capture them, filling three or four bottles to the brim at once. Without needing to count, Zhang Yan knew that a total of ninety-eight elixir pills had been synthesized, though forty-two of them were wasted elixirs.

Nevertheless, considering this was his first attempt at evening the pills after leaving Zhou Chongju, succeeding with half was quite satisfactory to him.

He picked one elixir pill, bringing it to his nose for a sniff, feeling a surge of Primordial Qi rushing into his mind. With a confident smile, Zhang Yan thought that with these bottles of elixirs, Ge Shuo would have no choice but to acknowledge his merit.

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