Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: The Pure Emerge from the Furnace (1/2)

Chapter 21: The Pure Emerge from the Furnace

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After a short rest, Lin Jing continued his alchemy practice.

This time was even better than before, as he managed to produce a Superior Elixir Medicine and three Low Grade Elixir Medicines in a single furnace.

Moreover, his proficiency in alchemy had increased by 9 points.

Lin Jing realized that the higher the quality of the Elixir Medicine, the more proficiency points he would gain.

Then came the third furnace.

The fourth furnace.

The fifth furnace.

Throughout the night, Lin Jing refined five furnaces of elixir medicines and succeeded with two of them.

The success rate had indeed improved a lot.

Most importantly, the quality of the Elixir Medicines had greatly increased.

From these two successful furnaces, he obtained a total of eight Elixir Medicines, two being Superior, four Medium Grade, and two Low Grade Fasting Pills.

Lin Jing divided the produced Elixir Medicines into batches and placed them into porcelain bottles, preparing to sell them once he had accumulated a certain amount.

This was a good start.

The next day

Everything was as usual; after sending Luo Luo off, Ning Yue went to practice alchemy again.

This reminded him of a term from his previous life: “company livestock.”

These two words were especially fitting to describe the current situation.

He then wondered, if Ning Yue was “company livestock”, what would that make himself?

A nanny?

Or a househusband?

On reflection, he felt even the term “company livestock” might be better.

It wasn’t suitable to enter the System Space with Luo Luo around during the day.

So Lin Jing practiced alchemy in his own room.

By the afternoon, he had refined three furnaces, but the results were not very satisfactory.

Two of the furnaces were failures, and the last one was barely a success, producing only one Medium Grade and two Low Grade Fasting Pills.

It seemed that the success rate of the Alchemy Room was not just talk.

It was possibly due to the Pill Manual that Lin Jing discovered the wondrous use of the 10% increase in Divine Sense strength only during this alchemy session.

With that 10% increase in Divine Sense, Lin Jing felt a much stronger control over the Elixir Medicines during the alchemy process.

In the evening, after Ning Yue returned, the three of them sat around the table and ate dinner as usual.

“Fellow Daoist Ning, I heard from Elder Yu at Yuebaolou that a person’s cultivation and the strength of their Divine Sense have a significant impact on the outcome of alchemy, is that true?”

Lin Jing asked.

“That’s correct,” Ning Yue answered.

“For example, you currently only have a Qi Refinement Second Rank cultivation, and your Divine Sense is too weak, leading to insufficient control over the Elixir Medicines. At the same time, your cultivation is limited, and your control over the flames might not be very good.”

“And that will affect the final result of the alchemy.”

“If you break through to a Qi Refinement Third Rank or even mid Qi Refinement stage, it will naturally be different.”

“Have you ever experienced feeling very tired and unable to concentrate during alchemy?”

Ning Yue asked Lin Jing.

“Sometimes I do feel that way, but I usually force myself to stay focused until the alchemy is completed.”

“Is that not the correct approach?”

Lin Jing asked doubtfully.

“That’s not incorrect, but…”

“At that time, the quality of your Elixir Medicines begins to decline. You could have produced a furnace of Superior Elixir Medicines.”

“But, the moment your attention falters, the quality drops immediately, and sometimes you don’t even realize it yourself.”

“You might even think it’s a mistake somewhere and ponder over it for a long time, but actually, it’s because your cultivation is too low and your Divine Sense isn’t strong enough.”

“As soon as you reach the mid Qi Refinement stage, this won’t happen anymore when you refine First Rank Elixir Furnace Medicines.”

“But even at the mid Qi Refinement stage, you can’t continuously refine without breaks, as that could also lead to fatigue, affecting the Elixir Medicine’s quality.”

“Between every two alchemy sessions, you need to rest for a while. Only by doing so, will it be possible.”