C107 Start Making Medicine

After a busy day, even someone like Zuo Feng, who only knew how to run errands, was exhausted.

'I might as well have a big battle with someone and come here more quickly. I never thought that doing business would be such a tiring matter.'

Zuo Feng grumbled in his heart, but at the same time, he was acutely aware that he was not cut out to be a businessman. Therefore, on the second day after the auction, he had handed the matter of the Exchange Hall to the invitation of Boss Zhong and the Fifth Elder. He also had to make some preparations for the upcoming Trial.

If he wanted to raise his strength in a short period of time, other than practicing some powerful martial arts, the only other way was to use some medicine to increase his self-defense during the trial.

Although the old man didn't say what sort of benefits each level of the 'Rotary Tower Trial' would bring. However, Zuo Feng faintly guessed that the rewards from this competition, which was held once every five years, must also be some rare items.

He had just reached the Bone Refining stage, so it was impossible for his cultivation to increase again in a short period of time. But even if he had a way to increase his cultivation, Zuo Feng would not do that. He understood the principle of going overboard. Therefore, Zuo Feng chose to temporarily stabilize his cultivation and focused on alchemy.

As for the art of alchemy, during his year of being a trash, he had devoted almost all of his energy and time into it. Even though Zuo Feng was very interested in alchemy, he had not been able to handle all the things that had happened recently. Now that the Exchange Hall was on track, he had time and energy to study it.

Zuo Feng had already learned most of the beginner's mixed medicine techniques from Zhuang Yu. Although they weren't as refined as Zhuang Yu, they were still barely at the level of an alchemist apprentice. His next goal was to prepare some medicinal powder. As long as he was able to successfully refine the finished product, he would have already reached the level of a beginner pharmacist.

Zuo Feng had seen the recipes for the Herbs Powder in the Heavenly Arts Alchemy Shop before, but each one was shockingly expensive. Although Zuo Feng could be considered to be quite wealthy, he still didn't want to spend all his money on those recipes.

He had previously found a 'Beginner's Alchemy Experience' in an underground secret room on Golden Rock Mountain. There were several good alchemy recipes written on it. Zuo Feng decided to first use the medicinal formula recorded in the book to practice. As for the medicinal ingredients, Zhuang Yu also had some which he could use at any time.

There was still a courtyard left in the shop's backyard. Although his home was also a pretty good place, he still understood his weird little sister quite well. If he were to concentrate on studying alchemy, he would have to avoid this "Little Devil".

Therefore, Zuo Feng had only told the Fifth Elder a few things before he cleaned up a relatively secluded room in the courtyard, preparing to use it to refine medicine for himself.

He had bought one before, so after retrieving it from the old store's Zhuang Yu, Zuo Feng locked the door from the inside and began to refine the medicinal powder.

Zuo Feng's book did not have a lot of prescriptions, and after he read the effects, he picked out two of them. One was the "Spirit Recovery Powder", which mainly recovered spiritual energy, and the other was the "Energy Recovery Powder", which mainly recovered physical strength. These two medicinal powders were extremely useful in dealing with the next 'Rotary Tower Trials'.

Sitting down with his legs crossed, Zuo Feng calmed himself down. It was different from the previous concocting of mixed drugs. Refining medicinal powder required an absolute concentration of one's spirit. Zuo Feng pressed his palm against the ground and channeled his psychokinesis into the crystal. Then, like a magic trick, piles of herbs and a beautifully shaped medicine furnace appeared on the ground.

After doing all this, Zuo Feng slowly took out a small bag from his clothes and opened it, revealing a bunch of tiny blood-red crystals. Zuo Feng frowned as he saw the blood-red crystal. It cost him almost five gold coins just like that.

This blood-red crystal was known as the Flame Crystal. Since it was produced only in the Black Tortoise Empire, it would be relatively expensive in the Yan City belonging to the Ye Lin Empire. Once the Flame Crystal was infused with spiritual energy, it would emit a huge amount of heat. Normally, refining medicine or Qi would be accomplished by relying on this kind of Flame Crystal.

Zuo Feng picked out a Flame Crystal and threw it into a hole at the bottom of the furnace. Zuo Feng then placed his hand on a protrusion on the side of the furnace. Following the flow of spiritual energy from his palm into the furnace, a wave of heat was transmitted from the furnace.

Zuo Feng faintly smiled as he saw this. He took a wooden flower from a pair of herbs and placed it into the furnace. This method of relying on a medicinal furnace to refine medicine was much simpler than the method he had used earlier.

Previously, because Zhuang Yu was unable to cultivate in the body, he was also unable to use the medicine in the furnace. What Zuo Feng had learnt before was also this kind of mixed medicine method. If he were to produce a mixture like before, the process would be much more complicated. The medicine would go through many complicated processes such as cooking, drying, grinding, selecting and so on. Not only would it take a lot of time and effort, it would also require the person who made it to be extremely careful and patient.

Most alchemists possessed a certain level of cultivation, therefore, this most primitive method of alchemy was almost impossible to see again. After all, the mixture of medicine that he had spent so much time and effort to make simply couldn't compare to the medicinal powder that the primary alchemist had refined from the medicinal furnace.

However, it could not be denied that the most primitive method of mixing medicine with medicine also contained some profound truths. This was his first time learning the basics. Although it seemed like he had taken a detour before, it was only after the situation had changed that Zuo Feng understood how important the foundation that Zhuang Yu had laid for him was.

At this moment, Zuo Feng's face was full of joy. He looked at the Bewildering Flower dancing in the fire. A few small pieces of viscous liquid were roasted out, and the amount of viscous liquid became more and more. At some point, Zuo Feng threw in a Hundred Buds Vine and started to pay attention to the changes in the furnace.

The liquid that was previously refined by the Bewitching Flower was like sparkling water droplets hovering around the edge of the fire. Right now, Zuo Feng wanted to control the spiritual energy and move the medicinal liquid slightly away from the flame. At the same time, he also couldn't let the temperature drop too low. In addition, he would also need to continuously refine the Hundred Buds Vine that had just entered the furnace. This was no longer as simple as a distraction.

At this moment, Zuo Feng's Cloud Wave Palm, which had always been fruitless, was actually working. Even though he had to control multiple strands of spiritual energy, Zuo Feng still felt that it was more than enough.

Zuo Feng, who was in the middle of alchemy, suddenly felt as if he had entered a mysterious state. The small medicinal furnace before his eyes was like a special world, and the fire within the furnace was like the earth that gave birth to all living things. The medicinal ingredients within the furnace constantly jumped about, as if they were the living beings within this small world.

At this moment, Zuo Feng felt that he was the creator of this small world. The life and death of this world made him excited. However, before he could fully comprehend the profoundness of the pill furnace, he heard a light explosion sound out.

The Hundred Bud Vine that was in the process of being refined and the Bewildering Flower Sap that was taken out from it were both wasted along with the sound of the explosion. Zuo Feng shook his head with a bitter smile. However, his mood was still the same as when he had first tasted the medicine.

He did not suffer any defeat as he swiftly poured out the scrap metal. After checking that there were still quite a few Flame Crystals left in the furnace, he took out another Bewitching Flower from beside him and began to refine again.

Under Zuo Feng's unrelenting efforts, the ground around him gradually became covered with scraps. He had yet to successfully produce even a single powder, and this caused Zuo Feng's initial enthusiasm and interest to wear off. However, Zuo Feng did not have any thoughts of giving up. After all, when he first learned the mixed medicine, he had spent almost a month before he barely managed to produce a bag of powdered medicine that could be used.

Just like that, Zuo Feng entered a crazy state. Other than sleeping and recovering his spiritual energy, he spent all his time on alchemy.

On the evening of the fourth day, Zuo Feng watched as the last piece of Iron Core Grass was refined. His eyes couldn't help but slightly narrow. This was the first time in four days that he had successfully refined all of the medicinal herbs. The next step was to fuse all of the previously refined medicinal liquids together.

At this time, Zuo Feng was even trying to slow his breathing, and the hand pressing against the wall of the furnace was also trembling slightly. It was unknown whether he was afraid of failure or because of excitement. Under his gaze, the multicolored medicinal liquid slowly gathered at the center of the medicinal furnace. Under his control, the flames also became much gentler than before.

If an Intermediate Alchemist were here, they would definitely scoff at Zuo Feng's actions, because Zuo Feng actually carefully controlled the fusion of the medicinal liquid. If it was a normal beginner alchemist with some experience, they would usually use the method of fusing everything at once. This was because the ingredients needed to create all the beginner medicinal powder were all extremely stable and mild medicinal herbs. Unless there was a big mistake with the fusion process, there was no chance of failure.

However, Zuo Feng did not know anything about it. He carefully mixed all of the medicinal liquids together. Only when all of the medicinal liquids had fused into a dark green medicinal liquids did he dare to lightly breathe out.

Subsequently, he hurriedly used his spiritual energy to wrap the medicinal liquid within it. A new wave of spiritual energy was sent out, and the medicinal liquid automatically flew out from the furnace. Zuo Feng hurriedly used a jade bottle to catch the solution.

If he wanted to achieve the best effect, he would naturally need to refine the medicinal liquid as soon as possible after refining it. However, Zuo Feng carefully took out the solution and meditated to recover some of his spiritual energy before continuing with the final step of creating the powder.

When the solution was slowly turning green, Zuo Feng knew that he had finally succeeded. He then took out an oily paper and poured the refined crystal into it.

At this moment, there was still some warmth remaining on the medicinal powder. Looking at the slightly flawless surface of the crystal, Zuo Feng knew that he could only be considered to have succeeded with difficulty this time.

He gently touched the green crystal with his fingertip. Zuo Feng first put it to his nose and took a whiff, and a faint fragrance entered his nose. Zuo Feng smiled and put his finger that was stained with crystal into his mouth. He rolled his tongue and swallowed a mouthful of saliva mixed with medicinal powder.

Not long after, Zuo Feng felt a warm feeling coming from his lower abdomen. Following that, traces of spiritual energy shot out from his inner organs. The small amount of spiritual energy that he had just consumed was rapidly recovering under the effects of the medicine.