Gu Zhiyun: The yield of medicinal herbs can't keep up? Why don't you use formations to farm?

"This...!"

"To think it succeeded so easily?!"

"Truly worthy of being an Alchemy Grandmaster!"

Watching Su Qinghan take those few bright red, fragrant Crimson Blood Bone Forging Pills out of the Pill Furnace, the eyes of Daoist Master Xuan Chen and the others were about to pop out!

They had tried hundreds of times before, and their Pill Furnaces had exploded so many times that they were starting to doubt their own lives. Yet, the moment Su Qinghan arrived, she simply glanced at their modified Pill Formula and succeeded on her first attempt!

The gap was like the difference between an elementary school student and a postdoctoral researcher!

"Ah... it seems our Alchemy attainments are just too shallow."

"Unlike Teacher Su, who, even when using an unfamiliar Pill Furnace and an unfamiliar Pill Formula, reached a height we cannot hope to attain with just a slight effort!"

Zhang Qingfeng looked at the flawless Medicinal Pills, his face full of shame and admiration.

"Indeed, indeed!"

"Teacher Su is truly a Divine Being!"

Hearing this, the other Old Daoist Priests nodded one after another. The way they looked at Su Qinghan was even more fanatical than if they were looking at an immortal. This was a true master!

"Daoist Masters, you flatter me."

"Actually... the problem really doesn't lie with you..."

Facing the crowd's praise, Su Qinghan did not show a smug expression. She picked up the freshly made Medicinal Pills and, after carefully sensing them with her Divine Sense, she revealed a wry smile on her face instead.

"Hmm?!"

"Teacher, what do you mean by that?"

Xuan Chen was stunned upon hearing this. He was a bit confused. Hadn't the Medicinal Pill already been successfully refined?

And looking at the quality, it was far better than the ones they had occasionally managed to refine by sheer luck. Why did Su Qinghan seem less than satisfied?

"Daoist Master Xuan Chen, based on my observations just now, although your Alchemy technique differs slightly from what I have learned, it is already very proficient."

"According to common logic, you should definitely possess the ability to stably refine a Grade 2 Pill."

Su Qinghan put down the Medicinal Pill, looked at Xuan Chen, and said seriously.

"Ah?"

Xuan Chen was dumbfounded.

"But... but this Old Daoist Priest has only succeeded twice by sheer luck so far..."

"And those two times were confusing; I don't even know how I succeeded."

"Could it be... that there is a problem with this Pill Furnace?"

He couldn't help but look at the huge alloy Pill Furnace, his eyes filled with suspicion. Could this high-tech gadget have failed at a critical moment?

"No... there is no problem with this Pill Furnace either."

Su Qinghan shook her head and looked at the high-tech alloy Pill Furnace, a glimmer of admiration flashing in her eyes.

"On the contrary, for the refining of Grade 1 and Grade 2 Pills, this Pill Furnace has precise temperature control and convenient operation; it can truly be called a Divine Artifact."

"The thing that is actually causing the problem is..."

Her gaze slowly shifted and finally landed on the pile of Spirit Medicine in the corner that emitted a strong medicinal scent but appeared somewhat withered.

"These medicinal materials!"

"Medicinal materials?!"

Xuan Chen and the others were completely dumbfounded upon hearing this. They looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.

"We do not understand, please enlighten us, Teacher!"

They had thought it was their technique, thought the Pill Furnace wasn't suitable, and even wondered if the Feng Shui was bad. But they had never imagined that the problem would lie with the medicinal materials! After all, hadn't they been using these materials for Alchemy all along? They hadn't seen any problems with them before.

"Actually, the reason for the problem is very simple."

Su Qinghan walked over to the pile of medicinal materials, casually picked up a yellowish herb, and with a gentle squeeze, the herb crumbled into powder.

"These medicinal materials you are using for Alchemy are stored very poorly; the loss of medicinal efficacy is quite severe!"

"Furthermore, they are just ordinary herbs themselves; they haven't even touched the threshold of Spirit Medicine..."

"This causes the weak medicinal properties contained within them to become extremely unstable when you use them to refine slightly more Advanced pills like Grade 2 Pills, and they will collapse at the slightest carelessness."

"It can be said that in this situation, unless your attainments in the Dao of Alchemy have already reached Grade 3 or higher, allowing you to forcibly lock in the medicinal efficacy with powerful control..."

"Otherwise, whether or not the pill forms is almost entirely up to luck..."

After hearing this explanation, Xuan Chen and the others were suddenly enlightened, as if doused with cold water!

"Ah, this..."

Xuan Chen slapped his forehead, his face full of annoyance.

"This Old Daoist Priest understands now!"

"Teacher, you mean that these stale goods pulled from warehouses all over the place are actually not qualified to refine Grade 2 Pills?"

"Hmm, that is generally what I mean."

Su Qinghan nodded and continued:

"In the Cangxuan Great Realm, after Cultivators collect Spirit Medicine, they immediately place it into special jade boxes or storage Magic Treasures to prevent the loss of medicinal efficacy."

"But I look at you all... it seems you have absolutely no measures in this regard, and you haven't even done the most basic sealing."

"In short, medicinal materials in this state are fine for refining Grade 1 pills that don't have high requirements for medicinal properties."

"If you want to refine Grade 2 Pills, it will be a bit stretched, and the failure rate will naturally remain high."

Su Qinghan explained it in more detail this time.

"Good heavens... I didn't expect there to be such specifics?"

"Indeed, different professions are like mountains apart; one must be a professional after all, to see the trick at a glance!"

Lin Xiyue, who had been standing on the sidelines as a bystander, couldn't help but marvel at this moment. She also hadn't expected that the culprit behind the problem that had plagued Daoist Master Xuan Chen and the others for so long would actually be the medicinal materials! This was truly a case of being unable to see what is right in front of one's eyes!

"In that case... should we try with a batch of freshly picked medicinal materials?"

Zhang Qingfeng asked tentatively, hope reigniting in his eyes.

"Yes, yes, go get the medicinal materials quickly!"

Xuan Chen immediately agreed and waved his hand.

"Qingfeng, you go! Get the freshest ones!"

"Yes, Junior Martial Uncle!"

Zhang Qingfeng accepted the order and ran out in a hurry. About ten minutes later, he ran back, holding a pile of fresh medicinal materials with soil and dew still on them in his arms.

"Junior Martial Uncle, these were just pulled from the base's medicinal field, absolutely fresh!"

"Hurry and try it!"

Xuan Chen didn't say much upon hearing this. He took the medicinal materials, processed them simply, and immediately walked to the Pill Furnace to start Alchemy!

This time, he felt that his touch was better than ever. After the medicinal materials entered the furnace, the Fusion of medicinal properties became exceptionally smooth, and there was no longer that feeling of being rough and unstable.

About half an hour later. Under the nervous expressions of everyone.

Hum!

The Pill Furnace trembled slightly, and a rich medicinal fragrance drifted out again!

No furnace explosion!

Xuan Chen succeeded!

"Succeeded... truly succeeded!"

"Great!"

"Finally found the problem!"

Looking at the hot Medicinal Pills in his hand, Xuan Chen was so excited that tears streamed down his old face, and his hands were trembling. All these days of torture and self-doubt finally vanished into thin air at this moment!

So it wasn't that I was incompetent, it was that the damn medicinal materials were incompetent!

Now my confidence has been restored!

However, before the crowd could celebrate for too long, Zhang Qingfeng, who was on the side, seemed to have thought of something. His face suddenly turned bitter, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh..."

"I thought of everything, but I didn't expect that the medicinal materials were the problem..."

"But the problem is... if we can only use fresh medicinal materials for Alchemy..."

"Then the current gap in our Great Xia is still huge!"

"After all, right now we can only rely on dozens of people to force-ripen these medicinal materials; the output simply cannot keep up!"

"And even if they are force-ripened, they have to be sent over for refining immediately; the transportation and loss in between..."

The more Zhang Qingfeng spoke, the more his head ached. This was simply robbing Peter to pay Paul, like pressing down one gourd only for another to pop up! Was the mass production plan for Grade 2 Pills in Great Xia going to be stuck at this stage again?

"Manual force-ripening?"

"That's too much trouble!"

Just as everyone was at their wits' end, Gu Zhiyun, who was also following along to watch the excitement, suddenly spoke up. She blinked her big eyes, looked at this group of gloomy people with a puzzled expression, and put forward a constructive suggestion!

"Why not consider using a Formation to replace manual labor?"

"Isn't that simple Spirit-Gathering Growth Formation something anyone can do?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire R&D room instantly went quiet. The gazes of everyone, swish, all turned to her!