Chapter 96: Beginner Apothecary
Within the furnace, the flame was burning red and the spirit fire was constantly vibrating. Duan Chuchen carefully threw the herbs into the furnace. Not long later, there were a lot of herbs in the furnace.
Not long later, Duan Chuchen felt that the herbs were going to be scorched. The Great Elder quickly shouted: "Control the fire, different herbs use different firepower, some of the herbs use larger firepower, some of the ones are smaller, master this, comprehend it yourself, understand?"
Duan Chuchen nodded and started to master it. He kept refining the Medicine Pill, and not long later, Duan Chuchen had mastered the rhythm of controlling the fire. It was not as tiring as it was in the beginning. The Great Elder, who was standing at the side, nodded his head in satisfaction. "Looks like it won't be long before I completely master fire control."
Time passed. After an hour, a medicinal fragrance drifted into the cauldron. Duan Chuchen immediately knew that the fire control training phase had ended.
Right now, when he was drawing the array, the time was more accurate. As for the quality of the pill refining, it would depend on how Duan Chuchen drew the array, so the Great Elder could not help but remind him, "The drawing of the array must be calm. What's important is to succeed in one go and not be rash!"
Duan Chuchen did not dare to be distracted. He also heard the Great Elder's words. He was not anxious at all. He politely drew the array and rays of light flashed continuously in the spiritual fire.
Drops of sweat continuously dripped down from Duan Chuchen's forehead. Duan Chuchen realized, although inscribing an array for the Medicine Pill was out of thin air, it actually required quite a few experts, and it actually had a bit of difficulty to inscribe. Duan Chuchen had to pour his entire consciousness into the cauldron, so he could not be distracted in the slightest.
"Shua!" Suddenly, a light flashed. Duan Chuchen thought to himself, "Success!" Now, he was only missing the last step. As long as he could successfully draw out the array formation, it would be much easier to obtain the pill.
Duan Chuchen immediately started to feel the heat of his spirit fire. At this moment, a faint medicinal fragrance floated out from the cauldron.
The fighting elder was a bit more anxious than Duan Chuchen and he immediately took out the Medicine Pill in the cauldron. One by one, the Medicine Pill appeared in the Great Elder's hands.
Duan Chuchen knew that the firepower of his Spirit Elixir was too strong, so the Medicine Pill now could not be considered anything. Whether it was the effects or quality, it was much weaker than the Blood Qi Pills refined by the Great Elder.
Duan Chuchen looked expectantly at the Great Elder and asked, "Did it succeed?" At this moment, the Head Elder looked at Duan Chuchen silently. He didn't know what was in his heart, but Duan Chuchen was extremely worried.
At this moment, Duan Chuchen didn't know if the Great Elder was happy or angry because he didn't express any opinions. This made Duan Chuchen very nervous.
"Grand Elder, how is it?" Duan Chuchen asked curiously. After a moment of silence, the Head Elder said faintly, "It was barely successful, but it's still not enough."
Originally, he thought that Duan Chuchen might be able to control fire and draw formations pretty well, but he would also be able to produce a batch of useless pills. However, it seemed that the Great Elder had thought wrong.
"Take a good look at some pill formulas and try to refine some pills. I'll come see you in two days!" The Head Elder threw a few pill formulas to Duan Chuchen and told him to get two.
Duan Chuchen nodded. The first elder left the initial wooden house. After exiting the house, the second elder saw the first elder. The second elder asked curiously, "Why did you come out? Didn't we agree on a month's time?"
The Great Elder said gently, "There's no need for too much guidance. He will have to figure it out himself, unless he wants to advance to the Mid Rank. Only then will he need my guidance."
The second elder said in shock: "You mean he can already refine a Human Stage Low Rank Medicine Pill?" The Great Elder silently nodded his head. At this moment, he no longer seemed to be fluctuating.
When the Second Elder received the answer, he was already very calm. Thinking back to when he was refining a first rank Spiritual Treasure, he had already used two months of time.
Duan Chuchen had already brought a miracle of Tian Duo to the grand elder and the second elder. Now, both of them were numb to it. They had a feeling that no matter what Duan Chuchen did, they would not be shocked. The Head Elder and the Second Elder started to do their own things, leaving Duan Chuchen alone in the wooden house to refine pills.
Duan Chuchen did not dare to be negligent. Having two elders to teach him was a huge opportunity for him. At this moment, Duan Chuchen started to quickly refine the pill formula and started to bite back.
When the furnace was burning red, Duan Chuchen began to put in the herbs. Not long later, the herbs began to emit a fragrance, and Duan Chuchen started to quickly draw the array, after the array was complete, a burning smell immediately started to waft out. Duan Chuchen collected the spirit fire and took out the Medicine Pill to have a look.
Suddenly, Duan Chuchen's face showed a hint of complaint. This time, he didn't even need to look to know that he failed his pill concocting because the Medicine Pill was completely burnt black.
However, he did not reply. At least, he had succeeded for the first time. This meant that he could succeed. Time passed by. Duan Chuchen had refined the Qi Boosting pill a total of 15 times in one day.
It had failed five times, proving that Duan Chuchen's success rate in refining a Human Stage Beginner Medicine Pill had already reached sixty percent. At this time, Duan Chuchen started another attempt to refine a pill.
This time, Duan Chuchen was refining a kind of Medicine Pill called Zeng Lingwan, which could quickly replenish a person's spirit energy. Duan Chuchen started refining and carefully placed the ingredients inside the furnace.
Duan Chuchen continued to control the flame. The flame circled around the medicinal plant bit by bit. As he trained, Duan Chuchen was very accurate when he came and controlled it very well.
When the firepower was supposed to be fired, it would be small when it was supposed to be small. Not long later, the strong scent of Medicine Pill began to permeate the air. This time, the fragrance was stronger than any other time.
Duan Chuchen began to draw the array. With the success from before, Duan Chuchen became more confident. His heart began to calm down for a while before he started to draw the array.
As the spirit energy wrapped around Duan Chuchen's finger, Duan Chuchen began to draw a formation towards the Spirit Fire. He drew into the Spirit Fire continuously and the formation continued to increase Duan Chuchen's medicinal strength.
Duan Chuchen felt that his spiritual energy was extremely strong and it was very easy to inscribe it. In just a short moment, he had finished inscribing the array.
Suddenly, a strong ray of light shone from within the cauldron. A medicinal fragrance immediately spread out from the cauldron, permeating the entire wooden house. It was extremely tempting.
Duan Chuchen hurriedly gathered his spirit fire and took out the Medicine Pill. Ten Medicine Pill appeared on Duan Chuchen's palm, and warm air permeated from them. Looking at the Medicine Pill Duan Chuchen's eyes, he was filled with happiness.
Duan Chuchen did not become complacent after this success, because he didn't know how many beginner alchemists there were within the Heavenly Refining Sect.
Time flew by. Duan Chuchen had unknowingly spent three days refining pills. However, he did not feel tired at all. At this moment, the Great Elder came back to the wooden house.
"Transcendent brat, how is the refinement process?" The Great Clan Elder asked curiously. Duan Chuchen said, "Yes, we can refine all the Medicine Pill. The success rate is more than sixty percent."
The Great Elder was expressionless. He nodded and said, "Hmm, not bad. I'll give you a few more pill formulas. When your success rate increases to seventy percent, you'll be able to start becoming a Human Stage Mid Rank Medicine Pill."
"Oh, by the way, you can already be considered a pretty good Human Stage Low Rank alchemist. Come on, I'll come see you in a few days." Before he left, the Head Elder said this sentence which made Duan Chuchen happy for a long time.
Actually, Duan Chuchen was more than just a decent Human Stage Beginner Alchemist. He was already considered a top-notch Human Stage Beginner Alchemist. Normal Human Stage Beginner Alchemy Masters only had a thirty to fifty percent success rate.
Duan Chuchen nodded and started to refine the Medicine Pill. Time passed by day by day, Duan Chuchen started to have an idea, which was how to use the "Divine Refining Arcane Technique".
Generally speaking, the success rate of refining a Medicine Pill was not from the number of failures, but the number of Medicine Pill that Duan Chuchen had refined them.
For example, if you use a batch of Medicine Pill s to refine 100 of them, but only 50 of them were successfully refined in the end, that would mean that you had a success rate of 50%.
Duan Chuchen didn't know if the refining method on the "Divine Refining Arcane Technique" would make his success rate of refining pills higher. After practicing for two days, Duan Chuchen started to study the pill refining method on the "Divine Refining Arcane Technique".
This was because Duan Chuchen's success rate in refining pills had already reached seventy percent. If he were to learn the "Divine Refining Arcane Technique", it might help him improve.
After researching for a few days, Duan Chuchen started refining the Medicine Pill. Following the method of refining inside the Divine Refining Arcane Technique, after Duan Chuchen added in the medicinal ingredients, he constantly changed the location of the Medicine Pill.