Chapter 71: Pill Master Shi’s Doggie Paddle (2/2)
This was Mo Wuji's first time entering the pill lab. When he entered, the first thing he saw was a pill furnace.
The furnace was 1 metre tall and approximately 60 centimetres wide.
There was a shelf beside the pill furnace. Mo Wuji saw Pill Master Shi put the ingredients on top of that shelf.
Besides that, there was also a stone seat in the lab. On top of the furnace, was an opening.
After entering the pill lab, Pill Master Shi did not speak. He inserted a jade slip into a groove beside the pill furnace before forcefully pulling a handle on the pill furnace’s side.
With a “Peng!”, a dazzling blue flame sprang from the ground.
Mo Wuji was not totally unknowledgable towards pill fires.There were myriad forms of pill fires; Earth Fire was one of them.
Clearly, Pill Master Shi was using Earth Fire.
Mo Wuji did not ask any questions; he knew that he did not even have the qualifications to ask questions. It was already a whopping fortune for Pill Master Shi to allow him to observe the process.
Pill Master Shi used the fire to burn under the furnace for a few minutes. All of a sudden, he used his palms to continuously slap the sides of the furnace. The furnace lid flew up, and with Pill Master Shi’s slapping, the dirt and dust within the furnace flew up and landed outside the pill furnace.
Pill Master Shi took a gourd from his bosom and faced it into the furnace. Some unknown liquid flowed into the furnace
Mo Wuji was extremely curious on what's that liquid. In the pill manual that he was reading, he had not read about adding any sort of liquid into the pill furnace. However, he held back his curiosity. He was worried that the moment the question left his mouth, Pill Master Shi would immediately kick him out of the lab.
After adding the solution, Pill Master Shi let the pill furnace burn for a few minutes before throwing in the ingredients one by one.
Standing by the side, Mo Wuji could not see what was happening within the pill furnace. He could only see Pill Master Shi adjusting the size of the fire and continuously using a spatula to flip the ingredients within the furnace.
Mo Wuji did not feel any sense of admiration or appreciation to Pill Master Shi’s pill concoction. He only saw an old fella stir frying vegetables.
With Pill Master Shi’s constant ‘stir-frying’, Mo Wuji started to smell an overflowing herbal smell. Mo Wuji had researched on plants and herbs for many years. He could recognize the smell of the Water Velvet Vine. The smell of the Water Velvet Vine was mixing with the smell of the Green Fire Fruit. Clearly, the Water Velvet Vine was working its effects.
Pill Master Shi's eyes never left the pill furnace as he intently flipped the ingredients and controlled the fire intensity. With his look of intense concentration, Mo Wuji knew that he did not notice the Water Velvet Vine smell.
Time slowly passed. Mo Wuji could see a drop of sweat flowing down Pill Master Shi's forehead, dripping onto the ground. However, Pill Master Shi did not seem to notice this as all his concentration was on the ingredients.
Mo Wuji sighed. The reason why Pill Master Shi managed to be a Tier 2 Pill Refiner probably wasn't his intelligence or his talent. It was because of his concentration and focus when concocting pills.
That was when Pill Master Shi started to slap the side of the pill furnace continuously with both his hands.
Even though Mo Wuji had not seen other pill refiners, he really could not feel any form of admiration for Pill Master Shi. There was a huge disparity between his concentration and his actions. He looked like he was swimming, and it wasn't any cool sort of swimming, but the doggie paddle.
A whole hour passed. Suddenly, Pill Master Shi slapped the side of the furnace and a murky black thing emerged from the furnace.
This should be the herb dregs. With a sniff, Mo Wuji knew that the herbs dregs contained quite a bit of the spiritual ingredient essence. This showed that Pill Master Shi was far from extracting all the essence from within the ingredients.