Stronger from Earth-Chapter 170: Flowing Like Water and Floating Clouds

Feng Daozi's face was glowing with enthusiasm. Half of these people were invited by him, while the other half came on their own to see what the legendary alchemy prodigy looked like.

Wang Xuan, however, was surprised. He didn't expect so many people to witness his first alchemy session, treating it as some kind of sacred event.

If he messed up, his reputation would be completely tarnished today.

"Wang Xuan, you've been studying alchemy with me for three months now, and your foundation is incredibly solid. Whether it's alchemical theory, refining materials, or fire manipulation alchemy, every aspect has satisfied me.

Even though today is your first time performing alchemy independently, I believe you will succeed.

Today, you need to refine pills, with grades ranging from low to high, from Bone Tempering Pill and Inner Strength Pill for the Body Refining level to the Vein Strengthening Pill and Qi Condensing Pill for the Human Immortal level.

You can refine three furnaces of each type of pill. One successful furnace counts as passing, where lower-grade pills are average, middle-grade are satisfactory, and upper-grade are excellent.

Therefore, today you must do your best to produce several good pills. If your name gets out, people will be flocking to you for alchemy prescriptions."

There are so many Pill Masters, and everyone knows the quality difference of pills is significant.

If a pill is made based on a recipe and turns out to be lower grade, it contains a certain amount of pill poison impurities, and the user must invest considerable effort to separate and refine it for absorption.

Middle-grade pills contain fewer pill poison impurities, and prolonged use by the user will gradually deposit toxins. As for upper-grade, there is basically no adverse effect, the absorption effect is twice that of middle-grade, and pill poison impurities are minimal.

As for top-grade pills, often, they are created more by chance, but they can perfectly display the effect of the recipe, with potency at its peak, devoid of pill poison and impurities.

Their value is ten times that of upper-grade pills; some are bought by great figures for their juniors, always in high demand, belonging to the luxury category of pills.

Wang Xuan of course knows this. He has participated in every alchemy process, just hasn't operated independently, and doesn't know what grade of pill he can concoct.

Turning three furnaces into one, where one pill becomes a product, is the minimum standard to become a Pill Master. For his first alchemy, given his talent, he certainly wouldn't set the bar so low.

"Qingniu, is the path of alchemy really so easy?"

Zhou Wu scratched his head, utterly puzzled; he studied for two months and couldn't even identify alchemy materials before deciding to withdraw early.

Why can Wang Xuan, after just three months, do independent alchemy and is on his way to becoming a Pill Master?

"Easy? If anyone dares to say it's easy, your brother Futu might just chop them with a sword. He studied for a year, learned various techniques but couldn't apply them well, and eventually, with a heavy heart, he joined the army," the head senior brother smiled.

If it were easy, would the third brother quit? 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

"Of course, Qi has talent; even Senior Feng Daozi is extremely pleased with him. As for us? We don't have that fate. Playing around with alchemy because of our realm advantage is one thing, but truly measuring against professionals is a whole different class," Chen Qingniu shook his head.

He Fang smiled, "Since Wang Xuan likes it, let him study it. Besides, when one's alchemy realm is high, it can also aid in cultivation. At the very least, his life will be safe, and there will be many wanting to protect him."

The onlookers were all discussing, eager to know just how outstanding the talent Feng Daozi mentioned truly was!

Excluding external interference, Wang Xuan was now fully immersed in alchemy, with six pill recipes placed before him.

The Bone Tempering Pill for the Bone Refining Realm, the Inner Strength Pill for the Refining Organs Realm, the Strong Marrow Pill for the Bone Marrow Refining Realm, the Blood Generating Pill for the Blood Exchange Realm, the Vein Strengthening Pill for the Meridian Opening Realm, and the Qi Condensing Pill for the Innate Realm.

Looking at the Bone Tempering Pill recipe, Wang Xuan constantly analyzed various materials in his mind, going over each process multiple times until he simulated them smoothly.

A few minutes passed, and he finally took action.

He placed dozens of herbs beside him, with deer antler, celestial grass, dodder seed, nigella seed, and others arranged in a row, while in front of him stood a pill furnace over two feet high.

The lower part was for the furnace fire, and the upper part was the pill room, used for simmering the herbs.

Injecting a small amount of True Qi, the furnace lit up with a slight flame, and the pill room gradually heated up; the flame was very stable, not flickering even once over several minutes.

Such stable fire control skill might be very challenging for an alchemy apprentice, but for Wang Xuan, it was a piece of cake.

He had trained all of his over a hundred fire control techniques to the limit level.

After a while, Wang Xuan pointed his finger at the deer antler, and within a breath, the antler turned into dried fragments, while above, there were over a dozen clusters of liquid, gas, and powder floating.

Leaving a few clusters aside, Wang Xuan threw them into the pill furnace, waited for a few breaths, and then began processing other materials again.

Throughout the process, he showed no hesitation, as if tempered a thousand times. Everything was confidently seamless, each operation flowing as smoothly as water.

Even those experienced Spirit-tier Pill Masters were nothing more than this.

"Amazing! Such smooth and effortless operation; I would've thought it was an experienced Pill Master opening the furnace, not a novice," exclaimed a Celestial-tier Alchemist, signaling his disciples to take a good look and see for themselves just how vast the gap was between them and Wang Xuan.

His disciples were so astonished they couldn't close their mouths, their eyes wide open.

"Such fire control ability is already at a masterful level; every wisp of flame is within his grasp, with not the slightest temperature error.

I've been performing alchemy for thirty years and can barely reach this standard, yet he's been learning for only three months! My heavens! Is this truly the talent of an alchemy prodigy?"

"Beyond his fire control skills, his material refinement is even more exceptional. Did you see how with just a gesture, he separated various components from the herbs?

This gesture is not simple; it is entirely because he fused over a dozen techniques, executing them simultaneously, making it so seamless."

The majority of the observing young Pill Masters were visibly excited, and those without much understanding of alchemy only now realized how amazing Wang Xuan's seemingly unremarkable operation was.

Wang Xuan didn't pay attention to others' gazes, as he had already fully immersed himself in the alchemy process. Once all the materials for the Bone Tempering Pill were thrown into the pill furnace, he began the lengthy simmering fusion.

Once various materials were added, they gradually fused in order, allowing no mistake whatsoever, similar to how a highly intricate mechanical watch is manufactured.

At first, it might glance appear as just a pile of raw materials like copper, iron, aluminum, glass, etc., thrown into a factory, but once they emerge, they're transformed into a watch.

Each process has to be completed on time, with not even the slightest deviation in order. Alchemy is even more so; missing just a few breaths, or the temperature being off by a few degrees, can affect the product's quality.

Thus, the more experienced the Pill Master, the higher the assurance of pill quality because their experience is so rich.

Once one furnace of pills began an uneventful simmering, waiting for nearly an hour was necessary. During this prolonged wait, Wang Xuan didn't remain idle; he ignited another pill furnace and began the refinement of the Inner Strength Pill.

This scene left others utterly speechless.

"On his first alchemy attempt, he dares to multitask this way? Can his Heart Spirit truly support opening two furnaces simultaneously?"

For a cultivator, multitasking isn't difficult, but alchemy leaves no room for error, requiring full immersion, or else a single mistake can ruin the pill.

But Wang Xuan genuinely didn't care.