Start refining the elixir! Yellow-level alchemist

"Elder Lian, I've prepared all the items needed for alchemy. What should I do next?" Xiao Ming asked.

A moment later.

Elder Lian's golden glowing primordial spirit slowly flew out from the ring.

He first looked at the items Xiao Ming had prepared, then said, "The things you've prepared are quite complete, but before alchemy, you must first familiarize yourself with the techniques and steps of alchemy."

"This includes how to perform alchemy, as well as setting up the primordial stone formation required for alchemy."

"I can understand the alchemy techniques, but what's the use of that primordial spirit formation?" Xiao Ming asked with some confusion.

Elder Lian explained, "Any alchemy naturally requires the use of flames, which you, of course, know. And there are many types of alchemy flames, such as the magicalStrange Fire (exotic fires) born of heaven and earth, the subterranean fires from earth veins, and lung fires, and so on."

"And you don't have any of these."

"Therefore, I found another way and created a unique technique of using primordial stone formations to generate flames, and then using primordial fire for alchemy."

After he finished speaking.

Elder Lian flicked out a illusory secret manual and said, "This secret manual records all my alchemy insights. You should read it carefully first, and then we'll do alchemy later."

Xiao Ming quickly caught it, and then his vast spiritual sense spread out.

About a quarter of an hour later.

He had thoroughly memorized all the insights in the secret manual, and at the same time, he understood primordial fire a bit more.

The so-called primordial fire is a unique fire generated by using a primordial stone formation. Although it cannot compare to those miraculous fires and earth vein fires, it is very effective for alchemy.

No sooner said than done.

Xiao Ming took out a large pile of mid-grade primordial stones and, according to the memories in his mind, set up a primordial stone formation. As the formation was completed, a large cluster of orange-red flames emitting terrifying high temperatures appeared out of thin air in its central area.

This was the primordial fire.

During the refining process, as long as primordial stones were continuously added to the formation, the primordial fire would burn ceaselessly.

From a certain perspective, primordial stones were like wood, capable of continuously generating flames.

"The primordial fire is ready. What should I do next?" Xiao Ming asked.

Elder Lian pondered for a moment and said, "You have no foundation in alchemy, so let's start with mortal-grade elixirs. Do you see the thousand-year-old Huangjing in front of you?"

"I see it." Xiao Ming nodded.

"First, refine this thousand-year-old Huangjing into a medicinal liquid, and then I will guide you on how to refine it into a pill."

Xiao Ming complied.

With a flick of his sleeve, the Earth-grade alchemy furnace flew to the center of the primordial stone formation, floating low in the air. Then, Xiao Ming threw the thousand-year-old Huangjing into it.

"Attention! Now release your vast spiritual sense and carefully control the heat, gradually refining the thousand-year-old Huangjing," Elder Lian reminded him.

"The refining process must be extremely careful. Not only must you pay attention to the heat, but you must also constantly observe the changes in the medicinal material."

Xiao Ming nodded, then released his spiritual sense and cautiously melted the thousand-year-old Huangjing inside the alchemy furnace.

About a quarter of an hour later.

The thousand-year-old Huangjing was completely melted into a pile of yellow medicinal liquid, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.

However.

Within the pure medicinal liquid, there were still many black impurities and dregs, most notably the shriveled body of the thousand-year-old Huangjing itself.

"Now is the most crucial moment," Elder Lian said in a deep voice, "Use your powerful spiritual sense to clear out all the dregs, and then control the medicinal liquid little by little."

"At the same time, manipulate the primordial fire to slowly condense the medicinal liquid into the shape of a pill."

Xiao Ming was amenable.

He meticulously followed the steps Elder Lian described.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

The originally calm alchemy furnace suddenly emitted a refreshing medicinal fragrance. Xiao Ming opened the lid and saw eight earthy yellow pills lying quietly inside the alchemy furnace.

These were the Nourishing Essence Pills refined from the thousand-year-old Huangjing.

Xiao Ming took out one of the pills and examined it. He saw that the quality of this Nourishing Essence Pill was quite good, reaching the mortal-grade level.

Mortal-grade elixirs were of no use to a martial artist like him, but if an ordinary mortal consumed one, it could prolong their life and strengthen their body.

For mortals.

Consuming a Nourishing Essence Pill would be more than enough to live to over a hundred years old without illness or disaster!

"Is the alchemy already finished?" Xiao Ming said with both joy and astonishment, "I don't think it was difficult at all!"

During his alchemy process, there was indeed no difficulty; it was smooth sailing all the way.

It was as simple as eating and drinking!

"Nonsense, you've cultivated the first two volumes of the Heavenly Tome, so both your primordial spirit's strength and spiritual sense are quite formidable," Elder Lian rolled his eyes and said.

"With your current strength, if you couldn't refine a mortal-grade elixir, that would be the real problem!"

He paused.

Elder Lian added, "With the strength of your primordial spirit and spiritual sense, you can easily refine Earth-grade elixirs and become an Earth-grade alchemist."

"It's just a pity..."

"Pity what?" Xiao Ming asked.

"It's just a pity that the spiritual herbs you've obtained are only thousand-year-old, at most capable of refining Yellow-grade elixirs, and not even top-grade Yellow-grade ones," Elder Lian sighed and said.

"If you had older medicinal herbs, I could guide you to become an Earth-grade alchemist."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming smiled slightly.

The medicinal herbs aren't old enough?

That's not a problem!

He had the azure emperor supreme cauldron, which could condense the heavenly creation dew, thereby increasing the age and medicinal potency of spiritual herbs.

And this was also why he only wanted thousand-year-old spiritual herbs at Golden Jade Tower not long ago.

Possessing the azure emperor supreme cauldron, there was no need to buy more expensive spiritual herbs, because he could cultivate them himself!

If he hadn't wanted to avoid attracting attention, Xiao Ming would have even wanted to buy some spiritual herb seeds and cultivate them himself.

However.

Such a matter must not be leaked, not even to Elder Lian; he must not know!

"Alright, you have now completely mastered the refining techniques for mortal-grade elixirs, and you can try refining Yellow-grade elixirs," Elder Lian said.

"Next, I will teach you how to refine low-grade Yellow-grade pills."

"This time, you need to take out two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, refine them into medicinal liquids separately, and then control your spiritual sense to fuse them together."

"After low-grade Yellow-grade comes mid-grade, which is a bit more difficult..."

...Time passed little by little.

After half a day.

Xiao Ming was already able to easily refine high-grade Yellow-grade elixirs, and he himself had become a Yellow-rank alchemist.

But the refining of elixirs had to be temporarily put on hold.

The reason for this was that the raw materials, the spiritual herbs, were not old enough.

"To refine top-grade Yellow-grade elixirs, you need to obtain at least four two-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, or one three-thousand-year-old spiritual herb," Elder Lian said.

"Once you get the medicinal materials, we'll continue."

Xiao Ming nodded and said, "What if I want to refine Profound-grade, or even Earth-grade elixirs?"

"Profound-grade elixirs require three-thousand to five-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and Earth-grade elixirs require six-thousand to nine-thousand-year-old medicinal materials," Elder Lian explained.

"If you want to refine Heaven-grade elixirs, then you'll need ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs."

"First, take care of the raw materials, and then I'll help you improve your alchemy ability."

After he finished speaking.

Elder Lian's body twisted, and he instantly drilled into the ring, then fell silent.

In the room, Xiao Ming stroked his chin.

To improve his alchemy ability, he needed older spiritual herbs?

For him, that was a trivial matter!