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Only after Zhao Kui, Hu Xing, and Zhang Zhi had practiced for a while did the other disciples of Falling Cloud Sect start to get up one after another. When they saw Zhao Kui and the other two already sweating, everyone immediately felt embarrassed.

Under the encouragement of Zhao Kui and the others, everyone began to train diligently during the day. After the end of the training, everyone felt that their harvest today was quite fruitful. Although the training that they had arranged had ended, everyone still continued to work hard without any signs of rest.

After the training, Zhao Kui would go to Elder Wang to learn alchemy. It could be said that Zhao Kui had coveted the art of alchemy for a long time. Zhao Kui longed to be able to refine a pill with his own hands.

Arriving at Elder Wang's residence, when Elder Wang saw Zhao Kui, he immediately stood up and welcomed him inside, causing Zhao Kui to be at a loss of what to do. "Haha, kid, you've helped me a lot this time, I've never seen such a good manual for refining pills before. I've spent the entire night reading it and felt that I've benefited a lot.

"Haha, Elder Wang, as long as you are satisfied. Err ? I came to learn alchemy from you. Do you have any time left?" Zhao Kui asked Elder Wang because he was afraid that he had disturbed Elder Wang from studying the manual.

"It's fine, it's fine. I have plenty of time, let's start right now. We'll concoct some simple pills and get used to the effects of mixing various drugs. This should be easier for you to learn, so we have to speed up your progress!" Elder Wang said with a beaming smile.

"Good!" Then let's begin! " Elder Wang's words had really hit deep into Zhao Kui's heart. Being able to learn the art of pill refining even faster was Zhao Kui's dream.

"En, then we will first refine a Origin Strengthening Pill today, this pill is relatively easy to refine, you will eat one pill to increase your inner strength every month, although it is relatively easy to refine, but that is only for low level Origin Strengthening Pills, the Origin Strengthening Pill I want to teach you today can only be used by warriors at the first level of the Houtian realm, the main ingredients are ginseng formation and Black Lingzhi, there are not many additional herbs, only six or seven, and they are all not too precious." Elder Wang explained to Zhao Kui the main information that he needed to understand in order to concoct the Vitality Replenishing Pill.

Zhao Kui nodded. He had remembered all of this in his heart. After which, he looked at Elder Wang. He knew that Elder Wang definitely had more to say.

Elder Wang's entire face was covered with wrinkles, but he seemed to be in a good mood, and his complexion was also quite red. He saw that Zhao Kui was looking at him and continued, "This low-grade Origin Nurturing Pill requires very few supplementary ingredients, and if you want to supply the Houtian fifth stage Origin Strengthening Pill then you will need to use about 20 supplementary ingredients, and the operation is also very complicated. Whether it be the quantity of the ingredients used or the control of the fire process, both are very strict, and there are very strict requirements on how to place the herbs.

In his heart, Zhao Kui understood that this was the basic requirement for refining pills and that he had to do it perfectly so that he would not waste any medicinal herbs. One must know that medicinal herbs were very precious and were very troublesome to cultivate, not to mention those that were limited in quantity.

"Alright, let's start by practicing pill forging and slowly familiarize ourselves with it!" Seeing Zhao Kui's eager look, Elder Wang said to Zhao Kui.

"En!" Zhao Kui agreed and then looked at Elder Wang to demonstrate.

Elder Wang first cut a ginseng into pieces, a total of more than ten pieces, and then threw it into the cauldron. After putting everyone into the cauldron, Elder Wang explained to Zhao Kui, "When refining pills, the fire used will be refined into charcoal, and the bamboo charcoal will be ground extremely evenly and meticulously. This way, the firepower of the bamboo charcoal will be easy to control, and the heat will also be evenly distributed. Adding medicinal herbs to the cauldron required that the medicinal herbs be placed evenly in order to avoid overlapping as much as possible. When you start heating up medicinal herbs, you need to have less firepower. This way, the medicinal herbs won't be roasted too fiercely due to excessive heating and will affect the medicinal properties. "

Zhao Kui nodded his head and observed the firepower beneath the cauldron. Following Elder Wang's example, he carefully cut the ginseng into pieces and threw them into the cauldron. He then evenly spread the pieces of ginseng and waited for Elder Wang's next move.

Elder Wang nodded his head, then said, "Mm, we have to wait a bit longer. When the ginseng is heated to such an extent that it is able to display 30% of its medicinal properties, adding in the equally sliced Black Lingzhi would depend on experience and eyesight, adding in the other premature medicinal ingredients, the ginseng's medicinal properties will not be able to fully display its effects, if we add it too late, then people will not be able to participate in the fusion of other medicinal effects, and the refined pill will not be very good, and may become a inferior product. The addition of the Black Ganoderma requires a slightly larger cut because the Lingzhi is easy to heat up. The medicinal properties of the Lingzhi are much faster and the smaller the cut, the faster the medicinal properties will be. This is not conducive to the fusion of the medicinal properties later on.

After he finished speaking, Elder Wang added pieces of the tender Black Ganoderma into the Cauldron.

After slicing the Lingzhi, Zhao Kui picked up the piece of Lingzhi and was about to add it into the medicinal cauldron when suddenly, Zhao Kui recalled that when Elder Wang had added Lingzhi, he had carefully inserted the piece of Lingzhi into the medicinal liquid that was seeping out of the ginseng due to the heating. Zhao Kui felt that there was definitely some intention behind it, thus, Zhao Kui paused for a moment before imitating Elder Wang's actions and also added the Lingzhi piece in his hand into the ginseng medicinal liquid.

Elder Wang nodded as he watched, and smiled: "Brat Kui, you have observed very carefully! I intentionally didn't say that I would like to soak the Lingzhi in the ginseng medicine that has already leaked out, but you have already observed it, and you have done it perfectly, not bad, not bad, as expected of the person that I have my eyes on, very talented in alchemy, refining pills requires a careful and observant mind, and in this aspect you have done very well! As for adding the Lingzhi to the ginseng medicinal liquid, the reason was because the Lingzhi was very tender. Directly burning it would result in a great loss of medicinal properties. This way, it could very well protect the Lingzhi from being burnt. "Alright, let's continue!"

He then used his large, wrinkled hand to steadily pick up the shovel. He then used the shovel to scoop up some bamboo charcoal and carefully sprinkled it on top of the bamboo charcoal that was already burning. Zhao Kui felt that Elder Wang had already placed a new layer of bamboo charcoal on top of the bamboo charcoal that was already burning in an extremely uniform manner. There was almost no more part to put on or less.

After adding in the bamboo charcoal, the fire became bigger. Quite a few of the medicinal herbs within the cauldron had turned into medicinal liquids, letting out gurgling sounds. A white steam rose from the cauldron, and the entire room was emitting a rich medicinal fragrance.

However, Zhao Kui tried his best to control his movements, hoping that the bamboo charcoal powder would be scattered evenly over the fire. It was a pity that he was not able to do as he had wished, as Zhao Kui could clearly see that the bamboo charcoal powder he had added was thicker in some places, thinner in some places, and the flame was stronger in others. Zhao Kui knew that this would definitely affect the quality of the pill.

"Hehe, kid, don't worry. It's already very good to be able to achieve this at the beginning. After more practice, you will definitely be able to do it well!" "Wait a little longer, when more than 80% of the medicinal ingredients in the cauldron can turn into medicinal liquid, we will then start to add supplementary medicinal ingredients. Now, stir up the medicinal ingredients in the cauldron a little, so that the bottom of the cauldron will not burn up for too long and the medicinal ingredients will be burnt too much."

After a moment, the sound from the cauldron grew louder. At this point, Elder Wang spoke, "The temperature is almost up. Let's start adding supplementary herbs!"