AST Chapter: 627! (1/2)
AST 627 - The Success of Vital Essence Pill, Di Clan’s Visitor
Qing Shui decided to try it immediately. He would have a talk with that woman if he could successfully concoct it. This shouldn’t be the only recipe in her hands. To any alchemist, this woman was simply a priceless treasure.
The recipe and the ingredients were already ready and in his hands. All he had to do now was to just concoct it, so he felt more relaxed about it.
Although the ingredients were ready, Qing Shui still inspected them thoroughly. It wasn’t that he was worried the ingredients had problems, he was just worried that they might overlooked something.
Furthermore, Qing Shui was a little different than others when it came to concocting medicines. He could remove almost all the impurities in the medicinal ingredients. It was vital to know that it would be difficult for medicinal pills to form in the presence of any impurities.
He rinsed the medicinal herbs once again and refined them before grouping them. He put a part of them into the Golden Flint Iron Cauldron while setting the rest aside, so they were ready to be added into the cauldron at any time.
Qing Shui had to start concocting next. He felt very relaxed because the medicinal herbs weren’t too limited, unlike the previous time when he had to concoct some medicinal pills. Due to shortage of medicinal herbs back then, there was no room for failure.
There were eighteen types of medicinal herbs in total and six of them had to be added first. The primordial flames burned with greater intensity after it had levelled up. This made him felt like he had more control when concocting medicines.
After an hour, Qing Shui added some 1000 Year Earth Heart Lotus into the cauldron. The primordial flames were suddenly raised by a third, causing the bubbling noises to be even louder in the Golden Flint Cauldron. It was akin to the sound of water being boiled.
After almost four hours, Qing Shui put in the last ‘Crystal Flowers’ and raised the fire’s intensity to eighty percent. The flames reached its peak within fifteen minutes.
Bang!
A dull noise rang out!
Qing Shui froze and cursed in his heart. An explosion had occurred during the final stages of pill formation. He didn’t know why was he suddenly distracted and why the fire intensity didn’t rise completely during that split moment.
When he opened the lid, there was nothing but a faint green colored powder inside the Golden Flint Cauldron. Qing Shui got rid of it all and washed the Golden Flint Cauldron before putting it away.
Four hours. His whole morning was wasted away just like that. Qing Shui felt extremely gloomy about it, he finally knew the frustration of failing in concoction now. He could see the time, effort and money that had been wasted. Although, he cheered up a little when he remembered the extremely low success rates of those alchemists in the Main Continent. Happiness came from comparisons.
After taking a short break, Qing Shui immersed himself in concocting medicinal pills once again. The first round would always feel very unfamiliar. One would not only be more skillful, but also have a higher accuracy during the second round. Especially the old alchemists, who were already past their prime and had accumulated a few hundreds years of experience could still raise their success rates. Only the ones who were always diligent in concocting medicines. Although that’s an exception for the medicinal pills that are Royal Grade and above. No matter how many times those were concocted, their success rates would still remain very low. Even if it could be raised, it would only be raised by miniscule amounts.
Other than experience, there were other factors. The cauldron, the medicinal ingredients and the type of flames were taken into account when it came to concocting medicine. Amongst these factors, experience accounted for twenty percent, the cauldron accounted for ten percent and the flame type for about thirty percent. The rest hinged on some extraordinary innate talents, such as Qing Shui’s formidable spiritual sense and spirit energy.
Qing Shui’s current success rate in concocting medicine was not by chance. He had the experience, as well as medicinal herbs and an abundance of time in the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal. He was quite certain that there definitely wouldn’t be many who had a richer experience than him.
It was unnecessary to mention about the Golden Flint Cauldron either
(just an explanation: The success rate mentioned above is compared among the entire alchemy*. The increase in success rate by the Golden Flint Cauldron, for example by one-fold, as mentioned before was in comparison to other alchemy cauldrons. For example, if the success rate of other alchemy cauldrons were increased by ten percent, then it would be increased by twenty percent when using the Golden Flint Cauldron), because it was safe to say that Qing Shui had yet to find an alchemy cauldron that was superior than the Golden Flint Cauldron.
The primordial flame was the flame of life between heaven and earth. It was definitely one of the finest types of flame. Qing Shui didn’t even feel that it was just high tier, but rather the very best. However, he could only manage put a small amount of the primordial flame’s potential to use right now.
On top of the Yin Yang diagram and his formidable spiritual sense, Qing Shui almost never failed in concocting medicine.
Ding!
He smiled when he heard that melodious sound ringing out. It was a success! He couldn’t help but to think about that woman named Yuan Su. It seemed like she had more recipes in her hands, so he really needed to discuss with her. Perhaps even help her clear her closed up meridians, provided that she was willing to let him do so.
That was because it required some degree of physical contact with the body in order to clear the meridians. They may even be some contact with private parts.
When he opened the the Golden Flint Cauldron, a wave of sweet fragrance penetrated his mind, or to his very soul rather. It immediately stimulated his senses, just the smell of it alone had the effects of refreshing the mind. He wouldn’t be surprised if it restored the body’s condition instantly after consumption.
The Vital Essence Pill was about the size of a thumb, dark green in color and completely translucent. Qing Shui picked up a porcelain bottle to store the pill and then placed his gaze on the arranged medicinal ingredients.
Qing Shui continued to concoct with all the ten portions of medicinal herbs that he’d prepared. Except for the failed attempt the first time, he succeeded in all the subsequent nine attempts. He was even able to concoct two pills within a single round. He could tell that his alchemy had went up by another level with just that.
Next, Qing Shui took a walk around the Realm of Violet Jade Immortal. Thunderous Beast followed him around, it seemed to be very fond and attached to him. He looked at the beast, which didn’t seem to have much change in its size. Although it hadn’t been growing in size too much, its strength was rapidly increasing. The rate of its increase was fast that it even left Qing Shui a little speechless. He knew that other than the Thunderous Beast’s innate talents, it was inextricably linked to the Golden Buddha Aura Lotus somehow.
This was his demonic beast that would become his capable sidekick in the World of the Nine Continents one day. Qing Shui continued looking at the Diamond Gigantic Elephant and Fire Bird from a distance. Although he couldn’t be like Luan Luan who could possessed an enormous fleet of demonic beasts, every single one of his demonic beasts were extraordinary and retained a lot of room for potential improvements.
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