Shen Yuan Ring

A quarter of an hour later,

Ji Daoyi finished adjusting his breathing and brought himself to his best condition.

Huang Yaoshi waited quietly without urging him.

After everything was ready, Ji Daoyi first reviewed the entire process of Huang Yaoshi's alchemy.

After taking a deep breath,

The furnace was preheated, and each step was carried out in an orderly manner, as if it were a familiar routine.

If a third person were present and witnessed Ji Daoyi's alchemy, they would surely say, "It's so similar, it's exactly like Huang Yaoshi!"

That's right, Ji Daoyi was imitating Huang Yaoshi's alchemy method at this moment. With his extraordinary memory, he had memorized every step of Huang Yaoshi's alchemy process.

After the alchemy furnace was preheated, Ji Daoyi began to extract and purify the spiritual herbs and collect them.

At first, Huang Yaoshi didn't notice, but as Ji Daoyi extracted the spiritual medicine, he realized how similar Ji Daoyi's actions were to his own.

(Could there really be such a genius who can achieve this level after only reading it once? No wonder he can memorize all the information in the Complete Book of Spiritual Herbs in such a short time and is also proficient in alchemy techniques.)

Huang Yaoshi was also shocked.

While Huang Yaoshi was distracted, Ji Daoyi had already finished extracting the Condensing Essence Fruit.

A quarter of an hour later, Ji Daoyi had finished extracting and purifying all the spiritual herbs.

At this moment, Ji Daoyi was covered in sweat, and his internal energy was severely depleted.

"I have a Rejuvenation Pill here, swallow it quickly." When Huang Yaoshi saw that Ji Daoyi was covered in sweat and lacked Yuan energy, he remembered that Ji Daoyi had only recently begun his cultivation and did not have much Yuan energy in his body.

After taking the Rejuvenation Pill, Ji Daoyi's complexion improved significantly.

With sufficient Yuan energy, Ji Daoyi began to form hand seals, controlling the spiritual herbs in the alchemy furnace to fuse together.

Huang Yaoshi, standing to the side, couldn't help but feel a pang of worry for him, because they had reached the crucial stage of fusion, and success or failure depended on this moment.

Ji Daoyi continuously manipulated the alchemy hand seals, and the spiritual herbs continued to fuse together.

Seeing the pill gradually taking shape, Huang Yaoshi didn't dare to breathe too loudly, for fear of affecting Ji Daoyi's normal performance.

Those who didn't know better might think it was Huang Yaoshi refining elixirs. The person involved wasn't in a hurry, but the onlookers were the ones who got nervous first.

Before long, the fragrance of pills wafted from the alchemy furnace, and Ji Daoyi finally showed a relieved expression.

"Hurry up and condense the medicinal coating! What are you standing there for? If the medicinal power dissipates, it will affect the quality of the pill." Huang Yaoshi couldn't help but speak up when he saw that Ji Daoyi hadn't condensed the medicinal coating the moment the fragrance appeared.

Ji Daoyi only came to his senses when he heard Huang Yaoshi speak, and hurriedly used the hand seals to condense the elixir.

A few minutes later, Ji Dao finished refining the pills. On his first attempt, he successfully obtained three Body Tempering Pills: one medium-grade pill and two low-grade pills.

"It's a pity. If you could have condensed the pill armor at the first moment, the quality of your medium-grade pill might have been better. Right now, it has only barely reached the threshold of medium grade."

"Brother Huang, I'm sorry. I didn't heed your teachings and became complacent after the pills were formed." Ji Daoyi wasn't pleased with his success, but apologized for his earlier lapse. If it weren't for Huang Yaoshi's Rejuvenating Pill, he wouldn't have been able to successfully fuse the pills. And if it weren't for Huang Yaoshi's reminder, his pills would probably have been low-grade Body Tempering Pills.

Seeing that Ji Daoyi had admitted his mistake, Huang Yaoshi was no longer too harsh on him.

"Ahem, your performance was also very good. You succeeded on your first attempt at alchemy, and one of them was of medium quality. Although there was a small hiccup along the way, I must say you have great talent." As he spoke, he took out two bottles of pills from his storage bag. "As your older brother, I can't leave without showing my appreciation. These two bottles of Rejuvenation Pills will be useful to you, so I'm giving them to you."

Ji Daoyi accepted the Rejuvenation Pill to express his gratitude, as what he needed most right now was a pill to restore his vital energy.

"Brother Huang, although I have successfully refined the finished pills, and the refining steps and operations are the same as yours, why is the quantity so much different from yours?"

Seeing Ji Daoyi humbly seeking advice, Huang Yaoshi didn't hold back and said directly, "Your steps and techniques seem similar to mine just now, but they are too deliberate. Moreover, you didn't pay attention to the color change of the spiritual herb after it liquefies during the extraction process, and you only focused on the extraction time. Most importantly, your control of the heat is too rigid."

"Although we often follow certain steps in alchemy, it doesn't mean we have to follow the method of a particular alchemist. We need to learn several key points of alchemy, such as observing the color of the spiritual liquid and smelling the aroma of the herbs during extraction, and also controlling the fire and adjusting it from time to time as needed. Only in this way can you forge your own path in alchemy."

"Alchemy is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It is the accumulation of experience by alchemists, and the summary of failures and successes. If alchemy were so simple, there wouldn't be only a small number of people who become alchemists."

"I've learned a lot!" Ji Daoyi bowed and gave a student's salute.

"We're brothers, no need to be so formal. Take a moment to adjust, then try a few more batches later. Refine the pills according to your own understanding. Don't worry if you fail; as long as you make progress, that's success."

Ji Daoyi rested for a while.

During this rest period, his brain was also working at high speed. He recalled the scene of refining the pill just now, combined with the situation Huang Yaoshi said, and repeatedly pondered the pill refining process.

"The next step is to verify my ideas, and I will definitely forge my own path in alchemy," Ji Daoyi thought to himself.

Over the next few hours, Ji Daoyi refined Body Tempering Pills four more times. Except for the first attempt, which failed and did not produce a pill, the next three attempts all resulted in successful pill production.

The second alchemy attempt yielded one pill, a medium-grade Body Tempering Pill, with an even better color than the first one.

The third alchemy yielded three pills: one medium-grade Body Tempering Pill and two low-grade Body Tempering Pills. Although they were only low-grade, their quality was already very close to medium-grade.

The fourth alchemy attempt yielded three pills, all of which were medium-grade body-tempering pills.

"Congratulations, Dao Yi, you are the most talented alchemist I have ever seen." Huang Yaoshi was already amazed by Ji Dao Yi's progress.

In just a few hours, he figured out his own way of refining pills, even though the quantity and quality of the pills were not very high and his refining techniques were still clumsy.

"If it weren't for Brother Huang's guidance, I wouldn't have made such great progress," Ji Daoyi said modestly.

"Sigh, don't flatter me. I only gave you a slight hint. It's mostly your own comprehension that makes it so easy for you. I've never seen an alchemist achieve this in just a few hours."

"Although everything went smoothly, why are there only three pills produced? I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

Huang Yaoshi seemed to have anticipated Ji Daoyi's question and burst into laughter.

"I thought you would hold back from asking. Do you know why my initial goal for you was three pills instead of four?"

"why?"

"Firstly, your current cultivation level is too low; secondly, you lack experience in extracting spiritual herbs and controlling the heat; and thirdly, your alchemy techniques are not proficient enough. The fact that you were able to refine three Body Tempering Pills today has already exceeded my expectations."

"You should know that I could only refine two pills at first, and it took me dozens of practice sessions to get to three. So refining pills is not an easy thing."