I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

In front of the Xuantian gilded tripod, a short-haired woman sat cross-legged, concentrating on controlling the flames, while a man in a long gown stood behind her, occasionally giving advice.

That’s right, it was Su Mo who was operating it.

This Xuantian Gilded Cauldron is the only alchemy cauldron that the master and disciple have, and it is a good thing that Yuan Qi is used to using. There is a reason why he dares to let Su Mo, the "alchemy cauldron terminator", use it.

This time they only used the alchemy furnace to calcine a single material, without adding other auxiliary materials or making hand seals to enhance the effect. This greatly reduced the chance of Su Mo exploding the furnace.

In addition, Yuan Qi was watching nearby and could correct any mistakes Su Mo made at any time, so there was no need to worry about the gilded tripod being sacrificed.

Controlling fire is one of the abilities that Suzhou alchemists must master. This is a good opportunity to practice this ability while doing their work, so Yuan Qi will naturally not let it go.

Moreover, this not only concerns Su Mo's study of alchemy, but also how far she can go on the road of refining equipment.

Refining equipment is slightly different from refining medicine. The requirements for furnace fire in the initial stage of refining equipment are not that high. Su Mo has an outstanding talent for refining equipment and can use fire by intuition. However, if he wants to become a high-level master of refining equipment, the ability to control fire cannot be ignored.

So, after hearing the Master's arrangement, Su Mo began to train honestly and did not dare to be careless.

She possesses heavenly fire, which is very different from ordinary fire. Heavenly fire is more difficult to control, especially the fine control when refining medicine.

Yuan Qi stood with his eyes closed and his hands behind his back. He was aware of the entire situation around him. If Su Mo made any mistake, he would be attacked immediately.

Yuan Qi's control ability is extremely strong, and attacking Su Mo's consciousness is just a punishment for her mistake, and it will not hurt her at all. Of course, it still hurts the same.

This was completely different from the way Yuan Qi let Su Mo do whatever he wanted on the way back. Faced with a teacher who stared at him while he was doing his homework, Su Mo was obedient and stared at the fire intently.

The Xuantian Gilded Cauldron is a heavenly-grade alchemy cauldron with strong auxiliary capabilities in all aspects. It can also adjust its size freely. It can be as small as to be held in both hands or as large as five meters square.

The gilded tripod was now enlarged to its maximum size, and Yuan Qi had cut the insect egg meteorite into pieces, and had been calcining it in the tripod for a while.

Because it was the first furnace, Su Mo was not yet proficient, so the speed was not fast.

But fortunately, she has great patience and can follow Yuan Qi's teachings carefully, occasionally adjusting the strength of the flame. Well, this is the patience honed by her experience in the Thunder Realm.

Insect egg meteorites can withstand huge impacts without being damaged and can be at the center of energy explosions without melting, which shows that they have high resistance.

In the alchemy cauldron, the piece of insect egg meteorite that was cut off did last for quite some time before it gradually began to soften from the outside to the inside. Its defense collapsed in an instant. After it began to soften, the insect egg meteorite did not last long, and was completely refined with a series of subtle "pop, pop, pop..." sounds.

The heavenly fire was able to burn the insect egg meteorite so quickly thanks to the assistance of the gilded cauldron. If it had not been inside the gilded cauldron, it would have been difficult for Su Mo to ignite the insect egg meteorite.

Finally the first batch was finished.

When the lid of the cauldron was removed, the substance remaining in the cauldron was completely different from what Su Mo had expected. Apart from a piece of crystal, there was nothing else in the cauldron.

A palm-sized dark green crystal.

Su Mo was surprised.

"Master, what is this?" she asked because she didn't understand.

Although Yuan Qi didn't know what this crystal was, he was obviously much calmer than Su Mo.

Yuan Qi suggested that Su Mo use the gilded tripod to calcine the insect eggs. He was just experimenting, and he would not be surprised no matter what turned out.

"I don't know what it is, let's test it." Yuan Qi said frankly.

With a wave of his hand, the crystal floated up and flew out of the alchemy cauldron, landing on the detection tool prepared by Yuan Qi.

Su Mo also had some detection magic tools. She had asked Wen Song to refine a batch and placed them in the academy for people to exchange. However, the one Yuan Qigong used was much more advanced than the one refined by Wen Song.

"how?"

Su Mo watched the magic weapon finish its operation and wanted to know the result.

Yuan Qi, who had always been extremely calm, finally raised his eyebrows when he got the test results, but he was only surprised in his heart and did not show it.

"Life energy?" He murmured as he chewed on the test results.

"what?"

Su Mo was surprised that she couldn't hear what Yuan Qi said at such a close distance.

Putting away the magic weapon, Yuan Qi looked at Su Mo with complicated eyes. He didn't expect that he would make such a thing just because of his momentary interest. If this meteorite was simply burned by the heavenly fire, it would definitely not condense into crystals.

"Master?"

Seeing Yuan Qi's expression suddenly become serious, Su Mo frowned and looked at the crystal.

"This thing is a crystal of energy. It contains only one kind of energy: life energy. Rich life energy. Do you understand?"

Su Mo: "..."

She did feel a comfortable aura from the crystal, but she didn't expect it to be life energy? It sounded very advanced.

She swallowed her saliva. She was just burning an insect egg. How could something like this be burned out? How could the brutal and cruel insect race be related to something as green as life energy?

"Master, what is life energy?"

Yuan Qi shook his head.

"I can't explain its essence clearly, you can just understand it as vitality."

"The solidified outer layer of this crystal wraps up the internal energy very well. If you want to feel it, just break the outer layer." Yuan Qi raised his hand and extended it forward, as if asking Su Mo if he wanted to try it.

Su Mo shook his head repeatedly.

"Master, don't waste it! This thing sounds very valuable."

Yuan Qi chuckled and withdrew his hand.

"It is indeed precious. It can be said to be at the level of the finest natural treasure. If it is watered with enough life energy, this barren suburb of yours can also become an oasis."

"I just want you to see it."

Su Mo was stunned. The moon?

"How much will that cost?"

"I don't know, I haven't tried it, but it's theoretically true."

Yuan Qi played with the crystal and continued, "Do you understand what life energy means?"

"Materials that contain life energy, no matter what their external manifestations are, are the best main ingredients for refining elixirs such as longevity pills and limb regeneration pills."

The emphasis in Yuan Qi's words was on the longevity elixir, and Su Mo could hear it.

Sure enough, he continued, "Do you know why Suzhou couldn't make a life-extending pill that lasted more than five years in my time?"

Su Mo wanted to nod, but shook his head instead.

Yuan Qi didn't care. He said, "All the high-quality materials you can think of have been consumed to extinction by our predecessors."

"How great is the temptation of longevity to the human race? Can you understand?"

Su Mo nodded. Of course she could understand.

"To cultivate immortality, what you cultivate is a lifespan."

"This thing is not only fatally tempting to ordinary people, but also to monks."

"Even if a cultivator reaches a higher realm and can live for a thousand or even ten thousand years, who can guarantee that when they encounter a bottleneck in their cultivation, they will be able to complete the upgrade before their lifespan runs out?"

Su Mo did not answer, and Yuan Qi did not continue talking here.

The silent master and disciple looked at each other, then turned to look at the huge insect egg meteorite next to them.

How many such crystals can be produced if the entire piece is burned?

"Then, then should we continue burning it?" Su Mo asked subconsciously after a moment of silence. As soon as she said this, she shook her head and took it back, saying, "Of course we should burn it! Life energy is a good thing!"

"No matter what it has to do with the Zerg, if it's a good thing we can't let it go!" Su Mo said firmly.

Yuan Qi shrugged noncommittally.

The longevity elixir was only so attractive to him. After all, he was already a Nascent Soul peak cultivator over 400 years old. His realm alone gave him more than 2,000 years to live. Furthermore, he believed that he would be able to successfully advance to the Spirit Transformation stage, and by then he would gain several thousand years more. He really had no shortage of life.

And what about the people who were close to him? They are all gone.

He only had one disciple that he had just accepted, but Yuan Qi estimated that this disciple's growth in realm would be even faster than his own, and he would not be short of lifespan.

It was also because of this that the master and disciple could stand here so calmly and discuss things like life energy and longevity pills instead of falling into ecstasy or any other emotions.