458: Chapter 458 Taking Tricks

The ninefold sun yang furnace is a heavy treasure of the Yang attribute for Alchemy. What if a top-tier Fourth-Tier Great Sun True Fire was added to it?

Fourth-Tier Great Sun True Fire is a true fire born from the extreme condensation of the Great Sun's essence. It is supremely hard and Yang, capable of melting Magic Treasures and Acquired Spirit Treasures, and can significantly improve the efficiency and quality of Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

With a thought, a golden light shone on Liu Xuan's chest, and a cluster of golden flames emerged.

"Buzz!"

The Great Sun True Fire flew into the ninefold sun yang furnace. The originally simple Pill Furnace lit up with a glazed golden light, with layers of profound runes flowing, radiant and brilliant.

The golden light gradually deepened into a golden-red color, and a majestic heavenly aura and a sense of vast pure Yang rippled out.

Liu Xuan could clearly feel two waves of joy, coming from the Great Sun True Fire and the ninefold sun yang furnace respectively.

They were both top-tier fourth-tier treasures and both had the pure Yang attribute. Their combination was beneficial to both parties.

Liu Xuan reached out, and the golden-red glazed Pill Furnace shrank to the size of a palm and fell into his hand, then was taken into his body.

The Hunyuan Golden Core was placed above the furnace, with Hunyuan magic power and his Essence Blood connected to the furnace.

He could directly refine his Golden Core, or rather, put himself inside the furnace to be refined!

A top-tier fourth-tier Pill Furnace is not just for Alchemy; it's also a heavy treasure for protecting the Dao, cultivation, expelling evil, and suppression.

Liu Xuan practiced the Dual Cultivation of his Golden Core and life force; the furnace's pure Yang refining power could also increase his Body Refining strength to a certain extent.

"At the Golden Core True Person Realm, surely no one is wealthier than me?"

A top-tier fifth-tier spirit treasure genealogy suppresses the Divine Soul and Sea of Consciousness, the top-tier fourth-tier ninefold sun yang furnace protects the Golden Core, and the top-tier Fourth-Tier Great Sun True Fire refines the Essence Blood and physique. Which Golden Core True Person has such a foundation?

This is no longer a question of wealth; a normal Golden Core True Person could not possibly refine such high-tier items into their body.

Like the Great Sun True Fire, an ordinary Golden Core True Person would die upon contact, let alone refine it.

Even if the ninefold sun yang furnace was luckily obtained by some Golden Core True Person, they would likely be unable to drive it for their entire life.

Liu Xuan could easily use it because the System directly recognized him as the owner, but to exert its full power, he still had to wait for his cultivation to improve.

"Let's try Alchemy first!"

With a thought from Liu Xuan, a golden light surged from his body, and the ninefold sun yang furnace reappeared in the Alchemy Room.

"What pill should I refine?"

"I've got it!" After thinking for a while, Liu Xuan took out a pile of medicinal herbs from the genealogy scroll's space.

Pure Yang Essence Cleansing Pill: A Third-rank Low-grade Medicinal Pill. It can purify magic power, wash away Impurities, and clear the Meridians and passages. It is extremely effective for Golden Core True Persons with impure magic power or those stuck at a Realm Bottleneck.

Liu Xuan decided to refine this pill. On one hand, he happened to have the right herbs. On the other hand, the refining process for this pill is long, requiring long-term supervision by an Alchemist but not fine control. It was perfect for testing if he could split his mind and have a Clone refine pills.

In fact, most higher-tier pills require a long refining time. This process doesn't require the Alchemist to constantly control the furnace and fire with high-intensity Divine Soul, but someone needs to watch it.

Therefore, some professional Alchemists would train Disciples or pill boys specifically to watch the Alchemy Room during the pill-warming phase.

Liu Xuan was not a professional Alchemist—or rather, not a career Alchemist. He didn't have the time or patience, so he had always refined high-difficulty, short-duration pills.

Now that the ninefold sun yang furnace could reduce the Divine Soul consumption of Alchemy, Liu Xuan wanted to test the feasibility of having an Incarnation refine pills.

If it worked, refining pills would be much more convenient in the future. He could refine pills at all times, only needing to pass a thought to the Incarnation for control at critical moments, and usually just leaving a sliver of Divine Thought to monitor it subconsciously.

'The ninefold sun yang furnace itself has a sliver of spirituality. If I let it fuse with my Incarnation's Divine Thought and train the artifact spirit as an Alchemist, could it refine pills on its own?'

Laziness is the primary driver of technical progress. Liu Xuan was never one to do things the honest way; he loved taking shortcuts!

No sooner said than done. Liu Xuan opened his mouth and spat out a large clump of Essence Blood, which transformed into the appearance of Wang Qiao.

"Junior Martial Uncle Wang, from now on you are a career Alchemist. Do a good job!"

Liu Xuan joked for his own amusement, then split his mind, controlling the Incarnation Wang Qiao to open the herb box and take out the main ingredient for the Pure Yang Essence Cleansing Pill, the Essence Cleansing Flower.

Pure Yang Grass, Red Heart Stone Marrow, Purple Mansion Spirit Leaf, Sun-Passing Sand... Once the auxiliary materials were refined, all that remained was the long warming process.

Liu Xuan controlled the Incarnation to communicate with the ninefold sun yang furnace's spirituality, guiding it to learn the entire Alchemy process bit by bit.

Liu Xuan had invested heavily in the Wang Qiao Incarnation. That large clump of Essence Blood had the strength of the Early Golden Core Stage, enough to withstand the Divine Soul transmission of the Golden Core True Person Realm, fully meeting the requirements for refining the Third-rank Low-grade Pure Yang Essence Cleansing Pill.

From the Alchemy process just now, the help the ninefold sun yang furnace provided for refining third-rank pills was exaggeratedly large. This Early Golden Core Stage Incarnation of Wang Qiao would have no problem meeting the conditions for refining Third-rank Top-grade pills.

Leaving a sliver of Divine Thought with the Incarnation in the Alchemy Room, Liu Xuan took the purple poison cauldron and strolled away.

He no longer needed the purple poison cauldron, so it was just right to pass it down to Zi Ling. Speaking of which, it originally belonged to her, so it was a matter of returning it to its original owner.

...

A month later.

The first batch of Pure Yang Essence Cleansing Pills was finished. The quality was unexpectedly good; even someone who didn't understand medicine could see that this pill was superior among Third-rank Low-grade pills.

Nine pills were produced. Liu Xuan gave one each to Yue Li, An Yunxi, and Yun Yao, kept three for backup, and placed the remaining three in Guanghui Tower to exchange for high-tier medicinal herbs.

The Pure Yang Essence Cleansing Pill was a third-rank pill, and a superior one that greatly helped with cultivation Bottlenecks at that. Its value was extraordinarily high.

The listing of third-rank pills at Vast Gathering Pavilion greatly enhanced the reputation of the shop and the Liu Clan Merchant Alliance.

For items of this level, without some strength and background, there would be nowhere to even source them.

"Even third-rank pills are for sale. It seems Alchemist Liu's Alchemy skills have improved again!"

Liu Xuan, the head of the Liu Family in Great Sun City, had long been rumored to be a Third-Rank Alchemist, but Vast Gathering Pavilion had never sold such pills before; they were always consumed internally.

For example, the previous fire spirit chi yuan pill was pre-ordered by Yun Miao and was not for sale to the public at all.

Although the fire spirit chi yuan pill was a Third-rank Mid-grade pill, its refining was relatively simple. Liu Xuan took a twenty percent cut, so he actually had some stock on him.

But he didn't sell them; he planned to save them up. For every eight pills he collected, he could get a free set of herbs and refine one less batch of pills.

The fire spirit chi yuan pill was different from the Pure Yang Essence Cleansing Pill; it had limitations on its consumption. Not all Golden Core True Persons could take it, and it wouldn't be easy to sell if put on the market.

However, now with the ninefold sun yang furnace and the Incarnation's assistance in Alchemy, once the output increased, they could also be placed in Vast Gathering Pavilion to boost the shop's fame.

Doing business! Reputation is very important.

With reputation, people will come from thousands of miles away to buy things, and if they obtain rare herbs, they will think of bringing them here to sell first.

If people don't recognize the shop's strength, how can they trust the quality of your goods? If they don't believe you have the ability to refine high-tier pills, why would they believe you would pay a high price for precious herbs?

The Laws of the world might be different, but the basic logic of certain things remains the same no matter where you are.