Chapter 163: Jiang Lin's Golden Pill!
It didn't take long for Jiang Lin to complete his cultivation of the Fire Forging Art. He could feel that his meridians had recovered quite a bit.
At this point, he noticed that Yao Chen was still refining medicine, while Xiao Yan was nearby using a brass alchemy cauldron to refine basic pills. After a moment's thought, Jiang Lin walked over to Xiao Yan, silently observing his alchemy technique. Then with a flip of his hand, the Qingxuan Qiankun Cauldron appeared in his palm and was casually tossed near Xiao Yan.
Yao Chen noticed the movement and couldn't help but look up. When he saw the dense lightning patterns on the Qingxuan Qiankun Cauldron, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. "This ancient relic actually made its way into your hands?"
Yao Chen had heard some legends about the Qingxuan Qiankun Cauldron, so he was surprised that Jiang Lin had obtained this "Prototype" experimental cauldron.
"Just lucky," Jiang Lin replied, not wanting to expose the vague connection he had with the Soul Clan and the mysterious figure Jie Jie Jie. Though surprised that Yao Chen recognized the cauldron, Jiang Lin knew that Yao Chen didn't have much knowledge about it either.
Xiao Yan, who had taken out several round pills from his brass cauldron, stared at the ancient-looking cauldron with surprise. "Brother Lin, are you planning to refine artifacts?"
"No, I'm trying to refine medicine," Jiang Lin shook his head, then took some of the ingredients Xiao Yan had used for the first-grade pill and tossed them into the Qingxuan Cauldron. Using his red-golden Dou Qi flames, he followed Xiao Yan's technique, attempting to extract, purify, and fuse the ingredients, ultimately forming a pill.
Throughout the process, Yao Chen and Xiao Yan didn't speak, silently observing Jiang Lin as he refined medicine using Xiao Yan's method.
In the end, as expected, Jiang Lin ended up with a black, useless pill.
Yao Chen then spoke, "If you want to refine medicine, you'll need a medicinal cauldron that can activate the life attributes of the herbs, something with wood attributes."
"I made a mistake with the technique," Jiang Lin shook his head. "The Qingxuan Cauldron can function as a medicinal cauldron. It can activate the herbs, but my technique was wrong."
Whoosh!
Jiang Lin reignited the flames. This time, he added a bit of brown volcanic crystal into the Qingxuan Cauldron. The crystal quickly melted, and impurities were filtered out, leaving behind a small amount of yellow liquid.
"What is this?" Xiao Yan asked, not understanding why Jiang Lin was adding stones to the cauldron.
"Volcanic Crystal, an energy crystal found only in volcanic areas. Once refined, it can be used as an adhesive. Its properties are mild, and many artifacts use it," Jiang Lin explained as he continued the refinement.
"Then why are you refining this?" Xiao Yan was confused, and Yao Chen also looked over.
Jiang Lin then said something that made Yao Chen's face darken, "Refining pills."
"...You're refining pills with artifact materials?" Xiao Yan froze, looking incredulously at Jiang Lin, who was carefully refining.
"The gold attribute in Dou Qi needs an anchor point. The Qingxuan Cauldron has wood attributes, so I'll give it a try. It won't waste anything," Jiang Lin explained, continuing his work as Yao Chen looked on with a dark expression. He added some basic medicinal ingredients and this time, after the volcanic crystal melted, a thin film formed and blocked the red-golden flames, creating a protective layer that kept the medicinal ingredients safe from the influence of the gold energy.
Sure enough, without the influence of the gold energy, this time, the Qi Pill was perfectly refined. However, during the final coagulation process, in order to prevent the red-golden flames from affecting the Qi Pill, Jiang Lin wrapped the yellow liquid crystal around it. As the pill spun rapidly, everything merged, and it formed a shiny, golden, reflective Qi Pill.
"..." Yao Chen's face turned black.
"What a beautiful pill!" Xiao Yan exclaimed as he saw the perfect golden pill that Jiang Lin had taken from the Qingxuan Cauldron, without any aura escaping from it.
"Want to try it?" Jiang Lin eagerly extended the Golden Qi Pill towards Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan reflexively took the pill, staring at its beautiful form and warmth. Suddenly, he hesitated, instinctively looking up at Yao Chen, who was floating in the air.
After a moment of silence, Yao Chen nodded slightly, "The pill seems fine. The life force inside is securely locked."
"Alright, I'll give it a try," Xiao Yan scratched his head. With Jiang Lin's eager gaze upon him, he finally put the pill into his mouth.
Unlike the usual Qi Pills that dissolved immediately, the Golden Qi Pill was stiff and still emitting heat, which made Xiao Yan hesitate. He placed it in his mouth, but he wasn't sure whether to swallow or spit it out, trapped in a dilemma.
"You need to refine it with your Dou Qi. Don't worry, theoretically, there shouldn't be any bad effects," Jiang Lin assured, knowing that the materials for the Golden Qi Pill were very gentle and wouldn't produce harmful substances.
Hearing Jiang Lin's words, Xiao Yan could only glance at Yao Chen. The latter casually said, "Try it, it won't kill you."
Xiao Yan: "..."
The theoretical aspect and "won't kill you" were both terrifying, weren't they?!
But knowing that neither of them would harm him, Xiao Yan finally swallowed the Golden Qi Pill. He then sat cross-legged, beginning to circulate his Dou Qi to refine it. Fire-attributed Dou Qi gathered in his lower abdomen, and Xiao Yan could feel a warmth spreading. As Jiang Lin had said, the Golden Qi Pill was being refined.
"You guys really like doing strange things," Yao Chen looked at Xiao Yan, who was slowly refining the pill, his expression a bit dark. However, as a soul, how could Yao Chen show a dark expression?
"After all, it's very interesting, don't you think?" Jiang Lin smiled slightly. As Xiao Yan continued to refine the Golden Qi Pill, Jiang Lin reignited the flames in the cauldron and refined another Golden Qi Pill.
Meanwhile, after about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yan, who had been refining, finally stopped, looking strangely at Jiang Lin by the Qingxuan Cauldron.
"So, how was it? What's the effect?" Yao Chen asked curiously, and Jiang Lin also looked over with interest.
"The effect... is very good," Xiao Yan's face showed some hesitation. Finally, as Jiang Lin and Yao Chen grew a little impatient, he spoke, "The Golden Qi Pill restored more than 30% of my Dou Qi!"
"Then why were you hesitating?" Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan an annoyed look. "That volcanic crystal is a good material, so it's normal for it to have such good recovery effects."
Normally, a first-grade Qi Pill for Xiao Yan, a Six-Star Dou Shi, would only restore about 10% of his Dou Qi, and he would need to eat several to recover quickly.
"But..." Xiao Yan hesitated.
"I spent 30% of my Dou Qi to refine it!"
(END CHAPTER)
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