Chapter 465 - Mo Xies Alchemy Skill (2) (1/2)
Without any hesitation, Mo Xie started, he flicked his fingers as the herbs were tended immediately. Flames started to wrap around all of the herbs simultaneously.
”This... He's not using a cauldron?”
”He's simultaneously melting the herbs as well?!”
Two elders uttered in shock, one then added: ”Even if they are of low-grade herbs, they each need different kinds of heat level to melt.”
”Yes, if you melt one recklessly, the essence can easily turn into gas, evaporating and being useless!”
They looked at Mo Xie like looking at a crazy person.
”Those batches... it's enough to create a thousand pills... if he continues this, then... I guess he can luckily create one?” An elder uttered in shock.
Meanwhile, Zhongzi frowned, and as he was having the same thought as the rest, he suddenly shuddered, his body trembled slightly as he extended his spiritual senses ahead.
”He's melting the herbs, each with different kinds of heat... the flames he's using have different levels of heat!” Zhongzi uttered in shock.
In alchemy, using a cauldron is a rather needed thing. The placement of herbs is also carefully studied.
The hardest to melt goes first as the cauldron burns, its temperature increases, making the materials inside be in the process of melting. The last one to be placed is also definitely the easiest to burn or when the pill is about to be formed.
It's common sense, but right now, Mo Xie is shattering their commonsense!
”Different flames for different herbs...” An elder uttered while his eyes trembled to watch Mo Xie's concoction.
”There are more than forty different kinds of herbs there... to do something like that... how big is his brain?”
Another elder nodded his head: ”The mental strain of doing something like that, even an Alchemy Emperor like me wouldn't be able to.”
The one that spoke is Zhongzi's vice in the Tu Clan's alchemy branch, Tu Tong. Even in the whole of the empire, his rank wouldn't fall within the top 15, yet, that person said he couldn't do something like that? How hard will it be then?
Tu Tong then added: ”No, not even a tenth of that... I can't do as much as that.”
”I can at most do burn five herbs at the same time, but providing different temperatures...”
Zhongzi then shook his head: ”Still, that's not the main point.”
”Alchemy isn't just the way of melting materials for pill and potion concoction.”
”You also need cultivation to do it, the stronger you are, the higher temperature you can produce, the better you can control the flame's heat.”
Zhongzi paused for a bit, glancing at Mo Xie before continuing: ”Different flames can come in handy, but measuring the heat needed for each herbs is the hardest part, after all, the herb's essence can definitely be destroyed... but if he can at least save 20% of the herbs' total essence, he can concoct at least two hundred worth of pills.”
”I guess that's the reason why there are so many herbs needed.” An elder added.
Zhongzi nodded his head: ”I just hope that the impurities wouldn't be too many.”
”If what I think is right, then, it's a path we can take to further increase our concocting time.”
”Elder Zhongzi, what does that mean?” An elder asked in confusion.
Zhongzi cleared his throat before explaining: ”Just think, we lack the manpower to produce thousands of pills a day, but the demand for low-level pills such as healing pills, antidotes, and other pills and potions that are used daily.”
”If we can do what that friend is doing, even if we can only concoct a hundred pills per batch, then, we'll be able to supply more. With more demands, more customers will come, hence, our business will only grow bigger.”
”Not only that, even if it's a mere 10% of total concoction, we will benefit as well. We can comply with the public's demands, and we can use the rest of the day for concocting pills and potions for our own clan's disciples.”