622: Chapter 620 Refining the Essence of Life

"Brother Xuan, are you planning to use these skill pages to Record some high-burst skills for Qin Qing as a trump card to save her life?" Qin Shaowu asked.

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow and retorted, "Is there a problem with that?"

"Hehe..." Qin Shaowu just smiled without saying anything.

Chu Xuan immediately understood what he meant. After pondering for a moment, he nodded and said, "I'll give you a few more skill pages later, and I'll save one for you."

Qin Shaowu's face lit up with joy: "Thank you, Brother Xuan."

After everyone left, it was already 8:30 PM, still some time away from collecting the soul crystal.

Chu Xuan checked the liquid in the Life Tree House again. The grid inside was already less than half full, and there were less than 400 grids of high-grade life essence remaining, totaling just over 1,000 jin.

Chu Xuan looked around and noticed that the light cyan airflow inside the tree house had thinned slightly. Finally, his gaze fell on the grid that was about to brew high-grade life essence.

The brewing completion time had changed from the original 3–5 natural days to 3–6 natural days.

"It seems that the more high-grade life essence there is in this tree house, the denser the light cyan airflow, and the faster the super life essence is brewed."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly, though he did not regret his previous decision to distribute high-grade life essence to the others.

This was a promise he had made long ago.

Moreover, Chu Xuan already had a plan in mind for how to fill the empty grids in the Life Tree House.

"It's time to refine the life essence liquid..."

Chu Xuan waved his hand and took a large amount of Materials out of his Exclusive Space.

There were colorful gemstones, strangely shaped Ore, pitch-black oily soil, fragrant branches, and pulp squeezed from plants, among others.

Back in the Tianxing Mountains, the dwarf Moro had given him many Materials.

Since it required quite a bit of spirituality value to authenticate and store them in the Exclusive Space at the time, Chu Xuan had only kept the Materials capable of refining life essence liquid.

And the most important ingredient among them was a greed tank filled with Elf Race blood.

Only by adding a small amount of Elf Race blood to the life essence liquid could it be brewed into high-grade life essence in the Life Tree House within a short time.

Otherwise, one would need to find an Elf Race member to chant the Song of Life.

According to the dwarf Moro's description, refining life essence liquid was not difficult; one only needed to reach the level of an Alchemy Apprentice.

Chu Xuan took out the alchemy codex, which contained alchemy knowledge, and the Eye of Resonance, which condensed the alchemy insights of the dwarf Moro.

He opened the alchemy codex and found the chapter on refining life essence liquid.

As a vast amount of knowledge flooded into his mind, assisted by the Eye of Resonance, a strange gleam appeared in Chu Xuan's eyes.

He seemed to see a dwarf refining life essence liquid, every movement incredibly relaxed and comfortable.

"It seems quite simple..."

Chu Xuan took a deep breath, but did not immediately start refining. Instead, he first set up the alchemy equipment.

This was not difficult; many of the instruments and tools in the laboratory could be used directly.

After the setup was complete, Chu Xuan began to organize and categorize the Materials needed for the life essence liquid according to his alchemy knowledge. Then, he began to refine it.

Chu Xuan first used brute force to crush several pieces of Ore and gemstones into powder, added the black oily soil according to a certain ratio, and then mixed it with pure water.

As the various Materials entered the vessel, they seemed to trigger some kind of chemical reaction; the liquid became thick and took on a strange color.

Next, it was time to inject a small amount of plant pulp.

Sss—

A large amount of smoke rose.

"Failed..."

Chu Xuan was not surprised; this was only the first attempt, so he continued to try refining.

Second attempt.

Sss—

Failed again.

Chu Xuan was not discouraged.

Failure is the mother of success. Even with the alchemy codex and Eye of Resonance gifted by Moro, he had prepared himself mentally and did not expect to succeed on the first few tries.

Third attempt, still a failure.

"It doesn't seem that easy..."

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly, and he couldn't help but recall Moro's words from back then.

"...Becoming an Alchemy Apprentice is as simple as eating and drinking."

"...As long as you put in a little effort, your alchemy will easily surpass mine."

Exhaling a long breath, Chu Xuan continued to refine.

By the tenth attempt, Chu Xuan finally reached the last step: injecting the Elf Race blood!

Bang!

The moment the Elf Race blood was injected, a large amount of foam churned in the solution, and an incredibly strong, fishy stench emanated from it.

The smell was foul.

Fortunately, Chu Xuan was in the lowest detention level; otherwise, those researchers would have been suffocated by the stench.

[Your Alchemy experience +1]

Although he failed again this time, receiving this System prompt made Chu Xuan's heart surge with excitement.

"It's working!"

However, the smell here was too foul, so Chu Xuan had to pause the refining and contacted Luo Xiaotian, asking him to come down and help.

"Damn, what is this smell? You didn't dismember Bai Yunfei, did you?" After Luo Xiaotian arrived, he was almost gagged by the stench.

Chu Xuan's expression was calm: "Just a normal experiment. Come and purify this."

Luo Xiaotian's mouth twitched, and only then did he use his Talent skill to purify the stench from the area.

Afterward, Chu Xuan did not let Luo Xiaotian leave, but continued refining.

[Your Alchemy experience +1]

[...]

Chu Xuan failed time and time again. Although he didn't get an experience bonus every time, after more than an hour passed, his experience had accumulated to 30 points.

At the beginning, Chu Xuan felt it was very dull, even slightly irritable.

But as his experience increased, Chu Xuan found it increasingly interesting, and even became immersed in it.

Suddenly, Luo Xiaotian's voice rang in his ear: "My Boss Chu, I'm a bit spent."

Luo Xiaotian was exhausted to the point of collapse.

"It's fine, I'm almost done here." Chu Xuan smiled calmly. Although he had failed many times, his proficiency was getting higher and higher, and his speed of preparation was getting faster and faster.

"This time, it will definitely succeed!"

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed, and he took out the Wisdom Candle and lit it. The halo of wisdom radiated outward.

A strange feeling rose in Chu Xuan's heart. Scenes of previous failures flashed through his mind, combined with the alchemy scenes of Moro within the Eye of Resonance.

Chu Xuan felt a sudden realization.

Refining again!

[You have refined life essence liquid.]

[Your Alchemy experience +10.]

[You have become an Alchemy Apprentice.]

In the test tube, a transparent liquid with a faint cyan tint rolled and flowed, emitting a refreshing scent.

Chu Xuan blew out the candle and tried refining again.

[You have refined life essence liquid.]

[Your Alchemy experience +10.]

He succeeded again! Chu Xuan felt a slight joy in his heart. He continued to refine.

Bang!

Failed. Chu Xuan calmed his mind, and after a few seconds, he prepared and refined again.

[You have refined life essence liquid.]

[Your Alchemy experience +10.]

Following that, Chu Xuan refined ten consecutive times, and succeeded all ten times.

Afterward, Chu Xuan increased the dosage.

Previously, Chu Xuan had only prepared about 100 milliliters each time.

But this time, he directly prepared 1 liter of life essence liquid.

During the process, a mistake almost occurred, but Chu Xuan remained calm and composed, slowly preparing it with a normal state of mind.

[Your Alchemy experience +35.]

Still a success!

Chu Xuan raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and a sense of satisfaction rose in his heart for no reason.