256 Chapter 249: Di Rou concoct pills! (2/2)

”Okay first, just throw all these portions into that cauldron over there!” Duan Li instructed her.

Huh?

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If I remembered my basics correctly, shouldn't we try to put the portion one by one and let their essences mold into the cauldron first before placing the others?

Seeing the dazed look on the face of his trusted aide, Duan Li frowned as he spoke with a stern voice, ”What are you still standing around for? The cauldron will start to boil soon!”

”Y-Yes!” Di Rou snapped out from her bewilderment and quickly did as told.

Splash! Splash!

”Good! Now wait for a few moments before the cauldron boils. Then we can begin the real process!” Duan Li said as he nodded with satisfaction.

Unable to contain her curiosity after a while, Di Rou turned to her master and queried the questions she had on her mind.

”Master, why are we boiling all those portions at the same time? Won't their essences be mixed together?”

As if he had already anticipated this type of question, Duan Li shook his head.

”No it won't.. if you do it properly though!” he replied and then continued, ”Separating essences from the ingredients requires the temperature inside the cauldron to be just right.”

”Therefore, rather than wasting time boiling a portion one at a time, boiling all of them at once in one pot would be a far more efficient method.”

Thinking about this, Di Rou recalled that higher ranked Alchemist would boil the essences of multiple ingredients at the same time as well, albeit in multiple cauldrons with a single ingredients each.

However, those had already required extreme focus to monitor and not just anyone could do it.

The fact that her master could do all these within a single cauldron..

Mythical skills might just be the right word to describe it!

Gu! Gu! Gu!

Duan Li then beckoned her to step a little bit closer and look deeper into the inside of the cauldron, where the searing heat started to produce 'gorgling' sounds, signalling them that it would soon enter the boiling phase after the initial heating process!

”It won't be too long now. Sit cross-legged first. Then, I want you to cycle your spiritual Qi while opening your Haku acupoint on your shoulder. Next, send a stream of it into the palm of my hand through it.” Duan Li instructed.

Di Rou nodded and did as was told. Cycling the spiritual Qi inside her body and sending it out through her Haku acupoint, her spiritual Qi travelled through Duan Li's palm that was on top of her shoulder right now.

Huuu!!

Although Duan Li's meridians and Qi pathways were severely damaged and couldn't cycle any spiritual Qi in it right now, only travelling through his palm region, this was already enough for Duan Li to understand her rate of cycle and breathing!

”Good! The first phase of this pill forging technique will be a very simple process of isolating the essences and mixing them together. Your timing needs to match the sequence though, so listen to me carefully!” Duan Li said with a strict tone.

Plop!

As each ingredients has a different melting point before their essences were to be squeezed out, each needed to be wrapped with spiritual Qi of varying thickness.

To put it simply, ingredients with shorter time of melting point would be wrapped with a thicker spiritual Qi, acting like a resistance to the heat in the cauldron.

What this means was that, which essences would be extracted first could be controlled!

”Amazing..” Di Rou could not help but to be astonished.

This method was included in the manual that she had read before, and it was a simplified version of the Chainlock Processing technique that Duan Li had used back then when tempering the body of Shen Lu and the rest.

However, while the theory sounded extremely simple, the reality was actually quite the opposite.

Unless one could know the exact time and temperature as well as all sorts of conditions within the cauldron, this method was highly impractical.

It was only due to Duan Li's Tetra Soul Sense that he could do it. Meanwhile, Di Rou's spiritual Qi was just like an extra hand, all because he can't use any spiritual Qi at the moment.

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After the sequencing phase was complete, it was now the time to coagulate them together.

”Alright, this is the final step. Merge this one first..”

Duan Li continued to instruct Di Rou as the latter listened to his instructions attentively.

While she could not make sense the majority of the whole process, she had also gained a tremendous amount of experience in it and had several epiphanies on the logic behind it.

Therefore, it could be said that she had greatly benefitted from this bizarre pill concocting session!

Wengg!!

”It's done..” Di Rou exhaled as she sweated buckets, highlighting her curvaceous figure even behind her dark outfit.

There was only a single pill floating, but it was shining with an azure color, as if the pill was a tear drop that had just fell from the Heavens, captivating those that stared at it.

”It's really a Grade 6 pill, I can't believe I managed to concoct it..” Di Rou felt goosebumps all over as her body shivered.

Grabbing at the pill, Duan Li took a look and analyzed it for a while before nodding.

Gulp!

Swallowing the pill, he then sat cross-legged and closed his eyes as he began to cultivate it.

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