CHAPTER 262: CHAPTER 68: PILL TESTING

A few more days passed.

During cultivation, Lin Jing sensed that the Dragon Carp had successfully refined the four types of Treant Pill, and his clone sent to capture demons was now returning with the spoils.

After the mosquito swarm returned to position, the clone began searching for the Fiery Sun Demon King. After some effort, it finally succeeded in locating him and employed illusion techniques and poisoning methods to successfully incur poisoning.

Everything proceeded as Lin Jing had planned. Under the effects of a heap of poison pills and the Ice Soul Gu poison, as well as countless suicidal attacks from mosquito beasts, it took less than a month for the Tiger King’s Yang energy to weaken, rendering him unable to resist the miasma.

This game of mosquitoes catching the tiger came to a complete close.

Mosquito beasts, poison frogs, poison jiao, Tiger King — all four types of pills Lin Jing needed were now gathered. Next, it was time to test the effect of the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron and begin alchemy.

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"You’ve worked hard." Lin Jing took the two Ten Thousand Beasts Circles from his clone, which gradually dissipated back into a wooden figure. This wooden life force was not yet exhausted, so it seemed it could be used once more.

Within the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle, at this moment, one circle was filled with mosquito swarms flying, while the other was holding three barely alive demon beasts.

Lin Jing summoned the Dragon Carp while laying the four mind-wiped demon beasts before it.

"From Qi Cultivation Stage to Demon King Realm, we have demon beasts of every level. Try using the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron to refine them."

"Bo!!!" The Dragon Carp showed no interest in the other three demon beasts, instead excitedly looking at the mosquito beast, seemingly meeting an old friend unbeknownst to others.

"That’s right, I’ve brought them back." Lin Jing chuckled.

"Once this is done, the Blood Mosquitoes of Longevity will be plentiful. Alright, let’s start with alchemy. After these are done, I’ll head over to the Crane Cauldron to catch a few trial beasts to test the effects of the four Treant Pills..."

The mosquito beast’s special bloodline makes it unsuitable for pill testing; he had tried before, otherwise he would have used them directly.

"And while we’re at it, let’s get a few normal ’Ascending Yuan Pills’ to compare the effects of the two types of pills in enhancing cultivation!"

With Lin Jing’s words, the Dragon Carp made a "Bo" sound, also eager to try the demon pill divine technique Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron.

Its fish eyes focused, the red demon pill rotated, and in the next moment, a giant cauldron completely constructed of flames appeared in the void before it. The cauldron stood over ten meters in length, width, and height, incredibly massive, with its interior resembling a fiery vortex. As the Dragon Carp’s demon pill developed slight cracks, a terrifying suction force was immediately emitted from the cauldron, directly absorbing all four different realm demon beasts into it!

Even Lin Jing felt the tremendous suction force, making him slightly unstable!

"My goodness, what a strong suction! It almost feels like I’m being pulled in too. Dragon Carp, did you do it deliberately, or was it a mistake?" Lin Jing felt the power of the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron firsthand, instinctively using mana to shield himself while retreating repeatedly.

"Bo?" The Dragon Carp was startled, expressing its innocence, undoubtedly due to the excessive power of the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron which it hadn’t yet mastered.

The mosquito beast was the first to be absorbed into the cauldron, and Lin Jing hadn’t had a chance to observe closely before it emitted a wisp of green smoke, subsequently transforming into a golden pill.

Judging from the grade fluctuations, it should be considered a first-grade elixir.

Following this was less than a minute later, the late-stage Foundation Establishment poison frog, also emitted green smoke, "Bo" sound, and transformed into a golden pill, which was judged based on the grade fluctuations, to be second-grade.

"So, a demon beast at Qi Cultivation Stage can be refined in an instant, and even a demon beast at Foundation Establishment Stage can be refined into a pill in less than a minute?"

About five minutes later, the early-stage Demon Core poison jiao also directly became a pill, an efficiency that amazed both Lin Jing and Dragon Carp.

Refining a third-grade elixir would typically require a highly skilled fourth-grade alchemist half a day, with the possibility of complex elixirs taking several days. Yet this Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron could achieve it in mere minutes.

Moreover, the most heaven-defying aspect of this Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron is its ability to simultaneously refine multiple different life forms.

This equates to an alchemist simultaneously using different materials to refine various elixirs.

The refinement speed of demon beasts at Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, and Demon Core Stage is relatively fast; however, upon reaching the Fiery Sun Demon King, the Dragon Carp’s refinement efficiency diminished significantly, persisting for half an hour with the trend of not yet refining the Fiery Sun Demon King.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Carp’s demon pill was nearing overload, becoming difficult to maintain the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron as its demon pill had developed numerous cracks.

"Take medicine." Lin Jing advised, as the Dragon Carp maintained the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron, promptly retrieving a spirit plant to repair the demon pill, taking a fourth-grade Spirit Plant "Nirvana Flower" into its mouth.

Ultimately, after roughly two hours, the Fiery Sun Demon King was also finally refined into a pill, turning into a fourth-grade Golden Core that enhanced cultivation. Judging from the medicinal power fluctuations, both Dragon Carp and Lin Jing deduced that the pill refined by the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron might be several times more effective than its normal equivalent in terms of the same effect!

"Bo!!!!"

"Bo!!"

As the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron dissipated, the Dragon Carp cried out in pain, and Lin Jing, holding four different graded Golden Cores, looked at it with a smile: "Eat more recovery spirit grass. By the way, test and see how the Lotus Heart Fire, after fusion, performs in repairing demon pills."

"I’ll now go to the Crane Cauldron for pill comparison; you go back to recuperate first. Once results are out, I’ll inform you."

The Dragon Carp eagerly nodded and then dove into the Zen staff.

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Crane Cauldron.

Under the command of Xu Qingyao, Third Saintess of the Demon Court, the alchemy organization studying Transformation Pill.

However, under Lin Jing’s instigation, the Crane Cauldron now had already transformed into a production line pharmacy for refining "Ascending Yuan Pills" for Gu Qianqiu.

After flying to the alchemy room of Crane Cauldron as Fire Dragon Alchemist, Lin Jing was immediately stopped by an old man.

"Fire, Fire Dragon Alchemist, do you have any business?"

As a favored figure beside Xu Qingyao, besides having taken over Queyu’s position as captain, Lin Jing had also assumed the role of leader of the Crane Cauldron, with the achievements of several special pills thereunder, the alchemists here dared not disregard him.

"Elder Dan, help me fetch a bottle of Ascending Yuan Pill and also catch five trial mice for me."

"Yes." The elder promptly went to fetch the medicine, and soon Lin Jing acquired what he desired and returned to his own cave mansion.

Inside the cave mansion, Lin Jing first grabbed a trial mouse at Qi Cultivation Stage and fed it a first-grade Cultivation Golden Core refined using the mosquito beast by the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron.

It’s not that Lin Jing didn’t trust the divine technique of the Dragon Carp; the pill is inherently poisonous to an extent. For safety, he should check whether the Cultivation Golden Core has any adverse effects before feeling assured enough to consume it himself.

"Squeak..." The trial mouse at Qi Cultivation Stage six ate the Cultivation Golden Core, and promptly, its cultivation began to rise... Qi Cultivation Stage seven, Qi Cultivation Stage eight... However, amid this cultivation surge, astonishing all other trial mice with fear, the trial mouse’s fur entirely fell off, becoming a bald mouse.

Lin Jing: ?

"What’s happening?" Lin Jing called out to the Dragon Carp.

"Bo." The Dragon Carp’s gaze focused, exhibiting an insightful glance, speculating that it might be akin to the shedding process of some animals, with current fur unable to adapt to a stronger body, hence necessitating fur shedding and regrowth to fit the new body. Compared to the enhanced cultivation, these are minor issues to overlook.

"This isn’t a minor issue. How can Gu Qianqiu eat it, lead her into monastic life? Is it because your mastery of the demon pill divine technique is inadequate... leading to improper pill refinement!"