Xuan Chen and the others are facing a dilemma in alchemy! What? That alchemy master has arrived?!

Time to get to work!

After confirming the upcoming itinerary, Lin Xiyue acted like a little tour guide, leading everyone deep into the Taibai Mountain Base.

There, one of the most core departments of Great Xia was located—the Medicinal Pill Research and Development Department.

It was the place where those eighteen Daoist Masters worked tirelessly day and night, forgetting food and sleep to research Alchemy.

...

At this very moment, inside the research room.

The air was filled with a burnt smell, the distinct bitter scent of medicinal herbs after being scorched.

A group of Old Daoist Priests, led by Zhang Qingfeng and Daoist Master Xuan Chen, were sitting around a specially made alloy Pill Furnace, looking at a pile of pitch-black medicine dregs that had just been cleared from the bottom of the furnace, all of them looking distressed and sighing.

"Sigh..."

Zhang Qingfeng reached out, casually pinched a bit of the burnt pill dregs, sniffed it at the tip of his nose, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Junior Martial Uncle Xuan Chen, this Grade 2 Pill... although it is still within the category of mortal pills."

"But the difficulty of refining it is simply more than a notch harder than the Grade 1 Body Tempering Pills and Healing Pills we made before!"

"This is already the three hundred and twenty-sixth furnace we have failed this week..."

Beside him, Daoist Master Xuan Chen was also frowning tightly, his originally immortal-like face filled with exhaustion and helplessness.

"Hmm... logically speaking, it shouldn't be this difficult."

"It is a pity that the techniques recorded on the original Pill Formula were designed based on the properties of Spirit Medicine from another world."

"Therefore, we cannot copy the original techniques at all; we can only rely on ourselves to explore and improve them bit by bit."

Speaking of this, Xuan Chen shook his head, his tone heavy:

"And the Pill Formula that we have 'magically' modified, while theoretically capable of success, can occasionally produce one or two furnaces."

"But the success rate... is really too low! And the quality of the finished pills is mostly unsatisfactory, with too many Impurities."

This was the biggest dilemma they were currently facing.

As the first batch of "wild" Alchemists in Great Xia, it was already a sign of exceptional talent that they could manage Grade 1 Medicinal Pills by relying on a pile of basic Alchemy books.

However, the pharmacological changes involved in Grade 2 Medicinal Pills are more complex, and relying solely on "I reckon" and the "exhaustive method" was clearly becoming insufficient.

"Indeed."

Zhang Qingfeng replied with a bitter smile:

"Now, let alone perfecting the industrial assembly line for Grade 2 Medicinal Pills, even if we, this group, do it ourselves, carefully refining them,"

"Out of ten furnaces of Grade 2 Medicinal Pills, we can at most produce half a furnace."

"Sometimes, if we are unlucky, it is even possible to blow up more than a dozen furnaces in a row."

"Such low efficiency..."

"Simply cannot meet the future development needs of Great Xia!"

"We are all people who have received great grace from the country and the Little Ancestor. If we can't even handle this small matter, what face will we have to see the Little Ancestor in the future?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone lowered their heads in shame.

For a time, the atmosphere in the entire research room became somewhat dull and oppressive.

The cloud of failure loomed over the head of every Old Daoist Priest.

Seeing that everyone's mood was a bit low, Daoist Master Xuan Chen, as the backbone of the group, took a deep breath and stood up abruptly.

He looked around and used the horsetail whisk in his hand to tap the Pill Furnace, making a crisp sound.

"Why are you all looking so dejected?!"

"Don't be impatient! You can't get fat in one bite!"

"How long have we been in contact with Alchemy? At most, it's only been a few months!"

"To have the current results, having solved the mass production of Grade 1 Medicinal Pills, is already quite gratifying!"

Xuan Chen's voice was loud and full of energy, instantly dispelling the decadent atmosphere in the room.

"Alright, stop complaining!"

"The low success rate is simply because the Pill Formula is not perfect enough, and the heat control is still lacking!"

"Then keep experimenting! Keep improving!"

"If it doesn't work once, do it ten times; if it doesn't work ten times, do it a hundred times!"

"I don't believe that if we, this group of old bones, fiercely refine ten thousand furnaces, we won't have any results?"

"Cheer up, all of you!"

"Open the furnace! Keep refining for me!"

"Yes!"

Stimulated by Xuan Chen, the Old Daoist Priests present reignited their fighting spirit, responding one after another, preparing to roll up their sleeves and enthusiastically start a new round of "furnace-blowing" experiments.

However.

Just as Zhang Qingfeng was about to light the fire, the specially made communicator in his pocket suddenly vibrated.

He subconsciously took it out to take a look.

Immediately after, his expression suddenly brightened, and a look of surprise and joy erupted in his eyes!

"Junior Martial Uncle Xuan Chen! Wait!"

"Stop refining for now!"

Zhang Qingfeng shouted, stopping everyone's actions.

"What is it, Qingfeng?"

Xuan Chen turned back in confusion.

Only to see Zhang Qingfeng holding up the communicator, his beard trembling with excitement!

"Little Ancestor... it was a message that the Little Ancestor just sent!"

"She said... she said she found us a professional Alchemy teacher!"

"The person has already arrived at the base and is coming to see us right away!"

"What?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was shocked.

Xuan Chen was even stunned on the spot, his face full of confusion.

"Alchemy teacher?!"

"This... how is this possible?"

"In the current Great Xia territory, besides our group of old guys, could there really be an expert who understands Alchemy better than us?"

It was not that Xuan Chen was arrogant.

But that was the fact.

As the first batch of people to come into contact with Alchemy, they represented the highest level of Alchemy currently in Great Xia.

With a teacher suddenly appearing, what could they teach them?

"Did the Little Ancestor mention what the background of that Alchemy teacher is?" Xuan Chen couldn't help but ask.

"The Little Ancestor didn't explicitly say, but I have already guessed it!"

Zhang Qingfeng took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with brilliance, and analyzed with a firm tone:

"Junior Martial Uncle, do you remember? The Little Ancestor had previously communicated with me."

"She said that the Daoist Ancestor, in that other world, specially scouted and selected a few true experts for Great Xia to serve as foreign teachers!"

"Among them, there is a very high probability that there will be an Alchemy Grandmaster!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Qingfeng's tone became increasingly reverent.

"As for the identity of that Alchemy Grandmaster... actually, we are not strangers to it at all; we could even say we have admired them for a long time!"

"Because the Alchemy knowledge we are learning now, and that magical 'azure wood qi nourishing brick' we were fortunate enough to have consumed before..."

"If I am not mistaken, those are all the work of that person; they are their masterpieces!"

Boom!

These words were like a heavy bomb, exploding directly in Xuan Chen's mind.

He widened his eyes, pointing at Zhang Qingfeng, so excited that he couldn't even speak properly.

"You, you, you!"

"You are saying... that Alchemy expert who refined the 'azure wood qi nourishing brick'... is coming to guide us personally?!"

For that "brick" with a strange shape but astonishing medicinal effect, Xuan Chen had an extremely deep impression!

That method of perfectly fusing and precisely dividing the medicinal power of dozens of ingredients was, in his view, simply miraculous—the kind of thing only a great master of the Dao of Alchemy could do!

If the person coming is really that one...

Then what the hell are they worrying about!

"Hahaha! Good!!"

"That's great!"

Xuan Chen suddenly laughed up at the sky, his laughter filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.

Why was their Alchemy so difficult?

Isn't it because no one taught them, and they could only fumble around by themselves?

Now it's great!

That Divine Being who can refine Medicinal Pills into bricks and perfectly divide medicinal power has arrived!

Isn't this a complete takeoff?

"With such an expert as our teacher, our attainments in the Dao of Alchemy will definitely advance by leaps and bounds!"

"Those problems that plague us, in their eyes, must be child's play!"

Thinking of this, Xuan Chen could no longer sit still.

He suddenly waved his sleeve and roared:

"Stop standing there stunned!!"

"Quick! Tidy up your clothes!"

"Everyone, follow this old Daoist out and line up to welcome the teacher!!!"

After saying that, Xuan Chen took the lead, and with the group of Old Daoist Priests behind him, who were also flushed with excitement, they charged out of the research room in a grand manner.

They were going to use the highest etiquette to welcome the one who was about to change the fate of the Great Xia Dao of Alchemy...

The Brick-Making Expert!