Chapter 28 (2/2)

Fang Lin nodded. It was precisely the elixir he mentioned.

Xu Shangao looked at him as if he was looking at a monster. “Junior Brother Disciple Fang, the Inner Strength Pill seems to be one of the most difficult Grade-1 elixirs to refine. Are you sure that you can refine it?”

Xu Shangao did not doubt Fang Lin’s capability, but the Inner Strength Pill was universally established as an elixir that was extremely difficult to refine. The difficulty of refining a Grade-1 Inner Strength Pill was at least thrice as complicated as the Health-nurturing on the same grade. Even the real Cauldron-1 alchemists’ success rate of refining the Inner Strength Pill was relatively low. Only alchemists with exceedingly rich experience had a success rate of close to 70%.

In Xu Shangao’s perception, although Fang Lin was an alchemy genius, he had yet to become a real Cauldron-1 alchemist after all. It was truly a wild idea for him to try and make the Inner Strength Pill.

Fang Lin noticed Xu Shangao’s bewilderment, but he was too lazy to explain himself. “You shall see by then. Don’t ask me for some when I’ve completed refining the elixir!” he teased with a faint smile.

“You can’t do that. If you’re truly capable of refining the Inner Strength Pill, you have to give me two pills anyhow,” said Xu Shangao, grinning.

Both of them chatted leisurely for a while more before Xu Shangao returned to his residence. Fang Lin closed the door to his courtyard. While he was not in a rush to refine the Inner Strength Pill, he chose to engage in closed-door cultivation at once. He would strive to enter the level-5 primordial man realm as soon as possible.

Of course, Fang Lin managed to plant the medicinal herb seedlings he had gotten from the alchemy pavilion before he engaged in the closed-door cultivation. At last, the spacious courtyard did not seem empty anymore.

Fang Lin was already not far from the level-5 primordial man realm. He could make the breakthrough successfully just by consuming two more Health-nurturing Pills. He would strive to break through the realm in advance before he considered other matters such as refining the Inner Strength Pill and attending lessons in the alchemy academy.

In reality, he was not intrigued by the alchemy academy. He believed that no one in this world was worthy of being his teacher due to his background as an Extreme Alchemist. His current task would be to elevate his realm as soon as possible. Then, he would refine the elixir before he attempted to elevate his realm once again.

He cultivated for ten days consecutively, consuming two Energizing Pills during the process. On the tenth night, Fang Lin finally made the breakthrough successfully and achieved the level-5 primordial man realm.

Level-5 primordial man realm was considered a superior level amongst the junior alchemy disciples but was nothing impressive among the official disciples. At the very least, Fang Lin had the ability to protect himself now.

Moreover, the higher one’s realm was, the more helpful it was in refining elixirs. Hence, with this upgrade, Fang Lin would be able to refine more elixirs with better quality.

After breaking through the level-5 primordial man realm, Fang Lin considered taking a stroll in the alchemy academy. Even though he did not plan to stay there for a long time, he would like to take a look at what was inside the alchemy academy. It would be a shame if he could not even tell where the location of the alchemy academy door was later on.

However, Fang Lin made up his mind to refine the Inner Strength Pill first after a long consideration. Then, he would go to the alchemy academy. After figuring things out, he did not hesitate anymore. He procured some necessary medicinal herbs from Xu Shangao before he began to refine the Inner Strength Pills.

The Inner Strength Pill was a Grade-1 elixir. Moreover, it was considered an elixir that had a high difficulty among all the Grade-1 elixirs.

Of course, the statement only applied to ordinary alchemists and was not applicable to a man like Fang Lin.

If he was still on the level-4 primordial man realm, perhaps it would be quite difficult for him to refine the Inner Strength Pill. After all, it would be exhausting for him to refine Grade-1 elixirs if his realm was far too weak.

On the other hand, Fang Lin was already on the level-5 primordial man realm now. Even though he had only elevated by a level, the effect of the elevation on refining elixirs should not be neglected either. In addition to that, he had a rather impressive Golden Flame Cauldron.

Eventually, he spent five days to refining a cauldron full of Inner Strength Pills successfully. It was all set.

Exhausted, he slept for an entire day before he regained his energy. He had produced a cauldron of 20 Inner Strength Pills which was slightly more than he expected. As for its quality, he only achieved medium-grade quality due to the slightly weak remedial effects of the medicinal herbs. Fang Lin heaved a sigh of disappointment.

It was disappointing to Extreme Alchemist Fang Lin because he had only managed to refine medium-grade Inner Strength Pills. Had it not been for the limited supplies, in the past, Fang Lin would have destroyed the product and refined a new cauldron of it.

Fang Lin naturally refused to take all 20 Inner Strength Pills for himself. He gave Xu Shangao two pills. After all, many of the medicinal herbs he used to refine the Inner Strength Pill had been harvested from Xu Shangao’s courtyard. Furthermore, they had a close relationship, so it was fine for Fang Lin to give two Inner Strength Pills to him.

Fang Lin pondered for a while and decided that he would not be able to use all the remaining 18 pills. He would keep a few and sell the rest.