CHAPTER 395: CHAPTER 393: HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR RETREAT?

"Deliver these elixirs to Senior Sister Yeyu."

Zhong Lin instructed while pointing at the six half-human-height gourds in front of him.

"Yes, Senior Brother."

Jin Yi, who had already been promoted to a Fourth Grade Alchemist, nodded respectfully, and with a wave of his right hand, all six large gourds were stored into his storage bracelet.

Zhong Lin glanced at the female disciple standing to the side, frowned slightly, and said, "Still unable to refine the Color Fixing Pill?"

You Shulan’s face turned pale as she lowered her head in shame, not daring to speak.

Zhong Lin sighed, took out a blank jade scroll, infused his divine thought into it, writing and drawing for a while, and then handed it to You Shulan.

"Inside this are some key points for refining the Color Fixing Pill. Study them diligently in the future."

You Shulan was overjoyed as she received the jade scroll, her eyes slightly red, and she said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Senior Brother, I will not disappoint you."

"Go back and prepare. Tomorrow, I will start refining the Sixty Years Pill."

"Yes."

Jin Yi and You Shulan respectfully saluted, then slowly exited the main hall.

"Senior Sister You, congratulations in advance on your promotion to Fourth Grade Alchemist." Jin Yi said with a chuckle.

"It’s not yet set in stone, so don’t say such things."

You Shulan quickly gestured for Jin Yi not to speak carelessly, but she couldn’t suppress the smile at the corner of her mouth.

Jin Yi glanced at the jade scroll in You Shulan’s hand with envy and said, "With Senior Brother Zhong personally writing the key points for the Color Fixing Pill, as long as you follow the steps, refining the elixir is within reach. Becoming a Fourth Grade Alchemist will be a piece of cake for you."

"Senior Brother Zhong just sees me as foolish and gave me a helping hand. It’s not like Senior Brother Jin, who is a talented genius and managed to refine a Fourth Grade Breakthrough Pill on your own. Oh, Senior Sister Yeyu mentioned that once you are promoted to Fourth Grade Alchemist, you have the right to get a place on Purple Garden Street as an alchemist for the Dan Pavilion. Senior Brother Jin, you once said you dislike constraints, are you planning to leave?" You Shulan said.

Jin Yi was so startled that he nearly jumped up, quickly looked at the door behind him, fearing someone overheard, then pulled You Shulan and directly flew out of the Liuxuan Pavilion.

"Senior Brother Jin, what’s wrong?" You Shulan asked in confusion.

"Senior Sister You, if we hadn’t known each other for years, I’d suspect you did that on purpose."

Jin Yi looked at You Shulan discontentedly, "Before, I was young and inexperienced, and also never met a grandmaster in the Alchemy Dao like Senior Brother Zhong. But within just a year of following him, I’ve been promoted to Fourth Grade Alchemist. Such an opportunity can’t be easily given away. As long as Senior Brother doesn’t chase me away, I’ll stay here, don’t you think the same?"

You Shulan blurted out, "Of course, I am also unwilling to leave."

"Alright then, let’s not talk about it. I’m going to deliver the medicine, and you should prepare the materials for refining the Sixty Years Pill. Don’t delay Senior Brother Zhong’s great alchemy plans."

"Okay."

The two did not speak further, each busy with their own tasks.

Inside the main hall, Zhong Lin exhaled slowly, looking at the large number of elixirs in his storage bracelet, a smile appeared on his face.

It had been a year since he returned from the Earth Split Canyon. During this year, he hadn’t left the Juying Peak’s Liuxuan Pavilion, except for completing the tasks assigned by the Juying Club, he had been refining all the resources collected from the Medicine Garden in the Earth Split Canyon into elixirs.

Of course, cultivation was also not neglected.

Alchemy is indeed a process of cultivation, as the intricate manipulation of flames requires extremely precise power control, making each act of alchemy an extremely serious practice.

However, cultivation in the Xuandan Realm is extremely difficult. Although there had been some improvement in Zhong Lin’s cultivation over the year, he was still lingering in the mid-stage Xuandan Realm, with no sign of a breakthrough.

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"Now I understand why the lifespan in the Xuandan Realm is a thousand years, it’s because there’s not enough time to break through!" Zhong Lin complained helplessly.

He took out a Dragon Tiger Pill and swallowed it. The elixir melted in his mouth, its powerful medicinal power surged like the meeting of dragon and tiger, dispersing into the Xuandan, becoming the foundation of power.

What is meant by dragon and tiger?

It’s not the actual dragon and tiger, but the opposition of Yin and Yang, the clash of water and fire.

The Xuandan is formed from the three treasures of a human’s essence, qi, and spirit, which means nurturing essence, practicing qi, storing spirit, capturing Kan and filling Li.

By harmonizing dragon and tiger, maneuvering Yin and Yang, achieving mutual growth and balance, the Xuandan is refined to its utmost, enough to bear the extreme power of Yin Evil.

Feeling the Xuandan strengthening once more, Zhong Lin displayed a hint of delight on his face.

The advantage of a Second Grade Xuandan is its long-lasting potential; although the cultivation growth is slow, power indeed increases day by day,

No one is a match at the same realm, even against late-stage Xuandan or even perfection-level experts, victory can be achieved.

The next day, You Shulan delivered the long-prepared mystical herbs.

Elixir making is always a profound science, not just throwing all the herbs into the pill furnace, as that’s brewing medicine, not alchemy.

Thousands of mystical herbs, some paired in twos, others in threes, or grouped in fives.

Some need to be brewed into paste, some refined into liquid, some ground into powder...

These things serve as the main ingredients in alchemy while others merely facilitate the fusion of certain medicinal properties as auxiliary agents.

The higher quality the elixir, the more complex it is, like building a skyscraper with playing cards, any misstep will cause the entire alchemy process to fail, resulting in a failed elixir, or producing an unknown deceit pill.

So-called deceit pill has an unspecified use, could be more effective, less effective, or even turn into a poison pill.

This is how the role of ’Pill Slave’ came about in some evil sects, meant for pill testing.

Zhong Lin trained You Shulan and Jin Yi to handle some preliminary work in alchemy, such as refining mystical herbs into liquid, powder, paste, etc., just to save some time during his alchemy sessions.

The Sixty Years Pill is a Seventh Grade elixir, one that can extend life by sixty years. Though it’s not very useful for cultivation, it’s enough to drive martial artists close to the end of their lifespan crazy, making it one of the best-selling elixirs.

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Zhong Lin’s purpose in refining the Sixty Years Pill was to earn some Spirit Stones, after all, making money is no shame!

Within just three days, a furnace of Sixty Years Pills was freshly made under the admiring eyes of You Shulan and Jin Yi.

No surprises happened, it was calm and smooth, highlighting Zhong Lin’s high level of alchemy.

Zhong Lin took one for himself, while the other two were placed in a jade bottle.

"Deliver it to Senior Sister Yeyu."

"Yes."

Jin Yi respectfully extended his hand to receive it, not daring to show the slightest negligence.

The more he interacted with Senior Brother Zhong, the more he felt his inadequacy in alchemy talent, and now he just wished to serve a few more years.

"Zhong Lin, Zhong Lin."

Suddenly, calls echoed from the void above.

"This is..."

Zhong Lin’s figure shifted, he stepped and directly left the palace, soaring into the void.

"Yu Shu, you’ve emerged from seclusion?"