Chapter 500: Vitalizing Red Lingzhi (1/2)

Lin Mu looked at the blue flame that was burning above Shaoyan Qianyu's palm. He could tell that it was a Qi flame, but it was quite different from his own that he had ignited before when he was purging the impurities from his body.

His Qi flame was yellow in color but this one was blue. Another thing that was different was the method by which Shaoyan Qianyu had ignited it. The level of compression was much higher than his.

”What is this senior?” Lin Mu questioned.

”That is an intermediate rank Qi flame. It is better than the low rank Qi flame that you made. An intermediate rank Qi flame is one of the basic requirements for Peak rank pills.” Xukong answered.

”I see… wait does that mean she is about to refine a peak rank pull?!” Lin Mu wondered.

”Hmm… could be, why don't you wait and see.” Xukong replied.

Lin Mu nodded his head and watched as Shaoyan Qianyu began to refine. She opened the lid of the cauldron with her spirit sense and levitated it to the side. She then picked up a few spirit herbs and dropped them inside.

Then she placed her palm onto the cauldron and the blue flame started swirling around the cauldron, heating it up rapidly. In less than thirty seconds, the bottom of the cauldron was already red hot.

~shua~

Smoke was released from the top of the cauldron as the herbs in it were getting burned. But they did not burn up directly, rather they first started to shrink due to the heat which caused them to release their juices.

These juices were able to bear the heat better than the herbs themselves and dripped to the center of the cauldron. Once the juice of the herbs was completely released, the herbs themselves turned into ash due to the intense heat.

But just as the ash was about to fall back into the juice, Shaoyan Qianyu flicked her other hands and executed a hand seal, causing a gust of wind to swirl inside the cauldron. This gust of wind swept away the ash out of the cauldron and deposited it into a small basket at the side.

But the function of the wind did not end just here. The wind also dissipated some of the excess heat of the cauldron and prevented the juices from getting burned. The woman then controlled the blue flames again and reduced their intensity.

She picked up a few more ingredients and tossed them into the cauldron, using the same method as before. But there was still a difference here, such that the timings and periods of cooling were different. Even the time at which the herbs were added changed.

Some of the herbs were refined to extract their juices, while some of them were allowed to directly mix with the juice at the bottom of the cauldron. For some, the ash was removed while for others the ash was allowed to mix with the juice.

Overall, Lin Mu got to witness the different methods that were used in the field of Alchemical Pill refinement. He paid his full attention to this, even though he knew he was spending the precious time he had to check the other vaults.