Taihuang Star Seal

"This kid... actually knows how to make pills?"

Xiao Zhenxiong said with a look of disbelief.

"More than just understanding? His alchemy skills are probably even better than mine!"

Sima Zhong spoke subconsciously.

After he had said all that, he suddenly came to his senses, blushed, and tried to excuse himself by saying, "Of course, this is only what we have seen so far."

"To refine medicine into a pill, the four major steps are indispensable."

"I have to admit that he is indeed very talented in the first step of 'Dissolving Materials'."

"But the next step of 'extracting medicine' may not be the same!"

"The medicinal properties of the materials are varied and complex."

“Even if you just add one more herb, there are often dozens of changes.”

"This not only tests the alchemists' talent, but also requires years of accumulated experience!"

"Otherwise, if you're not careful, the properties of the medicine will change, and everything will be lost..."

Sima Zhong was unwilling to admit that Ding Chen's alchemy skills were better than his, the owner of Lingdan Tower!

As we all know, the grades of elixirs, according to the corresponding martial arts realm, are as follows from low to high:

Body-refining potions, small martial arts pills, big martial arts pills, spiritual pills...

Each level can be further divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower.

Among them, [Body Refining Potion] is a good auxiliary material for warriors in the Henglian realm.

【Xiao Wudan】, mostly used by warriors in the Wuti realm.

As for the [Dawu Pill] that can only be refined by a Dawu Realm alchemist, it is an indispensable cultivation resource for the strong ones in the Xingmai Realm!

If a warrior's martial arts realm is much higher than the grade of the elixir he takes, the effect of the elixir will be poor, or even negligible.

It is not necessarily a good thing for a low-level warrior to take elixirs that are far beyond his own level.

If you are not careful, the sudden strong medicinal power may break your Dantian and tendons, or even cause your body to explode and die!

The alchemists who refine elixirs have different levels of skills and are graded accordingly.

From low to high, they are:

Pharmacist, Lesser Martial Realm Alchemist, Greater Martial Realm Alchemist, Spiritual Realm Alchemist...

Strictly speaking, a pharmacist cannot be considered an "alchemist" but at best an "alchemist's apprentice."

Only those who can independently refine "Xiaowudan" can be considered to have stepped into the door of "alchemy" and become alchemists of the Xiaowu realm.

Those who can independently refine the "Dawu Pill" can be promoted to Dawu realm alchemist, and so on.

Sima Zhong was already over fifty years old, and his level of alchemy was only that of a "lower-grade Dawu realm" alchemist. Normally, he could only refine "low-grade" Dawu pills.

As a lower-grade Dawu realm alchemist, the probability of forcibly refining a "mid-grade Dawu pill" is often less than one percent!

Not to mention the top-grade Dawudan...

If Ding Chen's alchemy skills surpass Sima Zhong.

Doesn't that mean that he, a veteran in alchemy who has been immersed in alchemy for most of his life, has been living a dog's life for decades?

After a stick of incense.

Ding Chen has finished dissolving the materials and started extracting the medicine.

“Huff, huff, huff, huff!”

As the flame under the cauldron grew larger and smaller, Ding Chen at this moment was like an omnipotent magician.

With just one hand, he easily controlled the fire under the cauldron, and leisurely extracted every medicinal property he needed...

"How, how is this possible?!"

Sima Zhong was shocked again.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

The so-called "extracting medicine" means extracting the rich spiritual power from the medicinal materials that have dissolved into juice, mysterious beast crystal cores, bones and blood, etc.

Then blend them according to a certain proportion.

If you are not careful in this step, all the material juice in the furnace will turn into waste water!

Even Sima Zhong would not tolerate any carelessness in the process of extracting medicine.

But what about Ding Chen?

Halfway through his practice, he actually took a break from his busy schedule and grabbed a handful of "small spiritual broad beans" from the dining table.

Then he would throw one into his mouth from time to time while controlling the fire with one hand. The whole process of "extracting medicine" was performed with ease...

"Judging from his proficiency in extracting medicine, this boy must have at least eight hundred times of experience in refining medicine into pills, if not a thousand times!"

"But, how is this possible?"

Sima Zhong looked as if he had seen a ghost, with a look of disbelief on his face, "Could it be that this kid's alchemy level is really far above mine?"

Sima Zhong clenched his fists hard and forced himself to calm down: "No, no, no, it's too early to draw conclusions now."

"Let me take another look, and another look..."

There are four major steps in refining medicine into elixir: dissolving materials, extracting medicine, controlling fire, and integrating spirit.

The first three steps that Ding Chen has achieved so far have been perfect and impeccable.

Only this last step of "fusion of souls" allowed Sima Zhong to still hold on to a glimmer of hope.

"Even for a Great Martial Realm alchemist, there is a high chance that he will get stuck at the 'Spirit Fusion' step during alchemy."

"After all, if you melt a little more or a little less of the medicine spirit's aura, it will destroy the overall medicinal power, thus causing the pill to fail!"

"I don't believe that this kid can succeed in refining such an unconventional elixir in one go..."

at some point.

"Buzz!"

The golden medicine cauldron in front of Chen Qingyu suddenly lit up with a bright light.

The huge light was like a pillar, bursting towards the roof with the momentum of breaking through the sky, and disappeared in a flash!

"Isn't this the legendary 'the light of the elixir is like a rainbow, shooting straight into the sky'?!"

When Sima Zhong saw this scene, he exclaimed and jumped up with excitement!

"This, this, this is a miraculous sight that can only be created when the elixir refined by the alchemist is 'perfectly made'!"

"I have only read about this scene in an ancient book before."

"I never expected that I would actually witness this scene with my own eyes on such a young boy today..."

For a moment, Sima Zhong murmured in a very inappropriate manner: "Is there really such a monstrous 'alchemy genius' in this world?"

Think again.

The young man basically controlled the fire with one hand the entire time, and made the elixir while eating, and he made the elixir "perfectly"!

This ability is enough to kill all the alchemists of the "small martial realm" and "great martial realm" that Sima Zhong has ever seen in seconds!

Even the legendary "Spiritual Realm Alchemist" is no more than this in person, right?

"With this level of alchemy skills, even if you go to the 'Spiritual Alchemy Building' in the Imperial Capital, you can become an elder!"

"But how old is he? Sixteen? Seventeen?"

"At such a young age, he has such a terrifying level of alchemy practice. This cannot be explained by just the word 'genius'!"

"There must be a master behind this boy!"

Sima Zhong's heart skipped a beat when he thought of this possibility: "If such a powerful person knew that I had teamed up with City Lord Xiao to press his 'favorite disciple' step by step, the consequences would be..."

Just as both of them were shocked by the young man's superb alchemy skills that allowed him to "refine medicine into pills".

Ding Chen himself, however, grabbed the freshly-made [Eight Spirits Body Tempering Pill] as if no one was around, breathed in the cool air, and swallowed it in one gulp!