Chapter 206: Chapter 136: Alchemy

Master White Cloud led everyone into an alchemy room spanning over ten zhang.

“Buqi, today you’ll guard from outside!”

As Master White Cloud spoke, he handed the token for controlling the cave mansion’s defense restriction to Zhou Buqi.

“Disciple accepts the order!”

Zhou Buqi clasped his hands, took the gleaming blue token, and turned to leave the alchemy room.

“Now that Zhou Xun has entered under my tutelage, he is one of us. There’s no need to hide the elixir being refined today from you!”

Master White Cloud scanned the group, and his gaze landed on Zhou Xun.

“The elixir being refined today is called the ’Crystal Condensing Pill!’ As an alchemy master, you should be familiar with this pill!”

Hearing the words “Crystal Condensing Pill,” Zhou Xun thought to himself that it was indeed so,

but his face showed an expression of shock.

“What… Crystal Condensing Pill… it is actually this item!”

“I remember this pill is the best auxiliary item for Foundation Establishment cultivators breaking through to the Core Formation Stage!”

“We’re actually going to refine this pill today!”

“Our Immortal City truly has such profound resources!”

“Even the Cloud Light Sect would find it difficult to gather a full set of materials for a batch of Crystal Condensing Pills!”

Seeing Zhou Xun’s reaction, the others exchanged glances, smiling slightly with expressions that said, “We knew you would react this way.”

Xing Huai’an cleared his throat and eagerly spoke:

“Speaking of which, the fact that we were able to gather the materials for the Crystal Condensing Pill is partly thanks to you, junior brother!”

When he said the words “junior brother,” Xing Huai’an emphasized his tone, feeling quite satisfied.

“So, this is what it feels like to be a senior brother!”

“It’s related to me?” Zhou Xun was taken aback.

“Could I have missed such an opportunity?” As he pondered and reflected, Xing Huai’an continued to speak.

“The main medicine for refining the Crystal Condensing Pill—the Crystal Condensing Reishi—was obtained from the Golden Yuan Valley,”

“And you, junior brother, were one of the members of the reception team from Immortal City back then!”

Hearing this, Zhou Xun suddenly realized.

He almost thought he had missed the opportunity for Crystal Condensing Pill refining materials.

But after hearing this, he had an approximate guess about the incident of the two Master Fake Pills attacking the camp back then.

However, it was not the time to discuss this now.

“Indeed, I was part of the reception team. No wonder Senior Brother Bo’an personally sat in command back then!”

“You deserve part of the credit for this; today you are personally participating in the refining, which counts as a beginning and an end!”

Master White Cloud spoke slowly.

“The batch of spirit medicine you processed seven days ago was some of the auxiliary medicines for refining the Crystal Condensing Pill!”

“Today, assisting you will be your Senior Brother Bo’an and Senior Brother Qingyuan. Like you, they are Tier Two High-Grade Alchemists!”

“With the support of you three, I have a bit more confidence in refining this Crystal Condensing Pill!”

As he spoke, Master White Cloud tapped his storage bag, letting several rays of spirit light flicker and land on the ground in front of him.

Dozens of Tier Two Top-Grade and Quasi-Third Tier spirit medicines were piled into a small hill.

Several stacks of silver-glimmering spirit wood charcoal.

And an ancient-shaped, cyan-golden pill furnace.

“A Magical Treasure level pill furnace!”

Seeing that pill furnace, Zhou Xun’s mind flashed with these words, and a trace of envy appeared in his eyes.

Master White Cloud then divided the pile of spirit medicine into three parts and said:

“These three portions of spirit medicine will be your responsibility to handle. I’ve already informed you of the handling methods in advance!”

“That was the portion I gave you seven days ago!”

Master White Cloud added another sentence to Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun had anticipated this, so naturally, he was not surprised.

However, facing Master White Cloud, Zhou Xun still nodded and took out the jade scroll to comprehend.

“Once I start processing the Crystal Condensing Reishi, three hours later, you will handle the spirit medicine in your hands simultaneously according to my instructions!”

“Make sure to complete it within two hours!”

“This is the only way to start merging the liquid medicine with the Reishi’s liquid medicine at the beginning of the sixth hour!”

“This will allow the liquids to merge, forming the Crystal Condensing Pill liquid!”

“Remember, it must be completed within two hours. Otherwise, after five hours, the difficulty of merging the liquid medicine will increase suddenly, making it difficult to form the Crystal Condensing Pill liquid!”

“This also means the failure of this alchemy attempt!” Master White Cloud emphasized the word failure with extra weight.

“We only have this one set of materials, so this refining can only succeed, not fail!”

“Are you three confident in handling these spirit medicines?”

“If not, we can refinish another day!”

In saying this, Master White Cloud wore a solemn expression, his eyes revealing an examining light sweeping over Zhou Xun and the other two.

“There’s no problem!”

Zhou Xun and the others met Master White Cloud’s gaze without hesitation and responded.

Seeing this, Master White Cloud nodded in satisfaction.

Pointing to the stacks of spirit wood charcoal, he said:

“Here are some Quasi-Third Tier Silver Dragon Wood Charcoal, feel free to use them!”

“Remember, three hours after I start processing the Crystal Condensing Reishi, immediately handle the spirit medicine in your hands!”

Master White Cloud reminded again, then took out an exquisite jade box from his storage bag, removed the Sealing Spirit Talisman, and opened the lid.

Instantly, a pure spiritual qi spread out, slightly accelerating Zhou Xun’s cultivation technique.

Looking carefully, he saw a one-foot-tall, milky white Reishi with some gold threads lying quietly inside the jade box.

Master White Cloud moved to the center of the alchemy room, waving his hand.

The cyan-golden ancient pill furnace and a stack of spirit wood charcoal fell before him.

With a spell, a burst of cyan flame rose, enveloping the pill furnace.

This was the first step in alchemy, warming the furnace.

After a while, seemingly sensing that the furnace was sufficiently nurtured, he pointed his finger.

The Crystal Condensing Reishi in the jade box flew into the pill furnace automatically.

In the surging spirit flame, it was slowly being refined.

Zhou Xun watched Master White Cloud’s actions intently.

Occasionally changing spells, sometimes controlling the flame’s size, time passed slowly like this.

“Now, handle the spirit medicine!”

Suddenly, Master White Cloud shouted loudly.

Zhou Xun and the other two, who had long prepared the pill furnace and spirit wood charcoal, felt a shock in their spirits.

Without hesitation, they began refining the spirit medicine in their hands simultaneously.

Soon an hour and a half passed, and Master Hongyu finished first, a testament to his old Tier Two High-Grade Alchemist skills, handling the spirit medicine with ease.

A quarter of an hour later, Master Yufeng was also done.

In contrast, Zhou Xun was still refining.

As time continued to flow, the quarter-hour Master White Cloud gave was about to expire.

And Zhou Xun had not completed the task yet…

Seeing this, Lv Qingyuan and Liu Bo’an were anxious but dared not speak, fearing to disrupt Zhou Xun’s actions.

On the other side, Master White Cloud also noticed Zhou Xun’s problem.

His expression was gloomy, but he dared not interfere while dealing with the Crystal Condensing Reishi.

Just before the last quarter of an hour passed, Zhou Xun finally finished the task.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Master White Cloud’s voice was heard:

“Quickly, pour the medicinal liquid into my pill furnace!”

Hearing the words, Zhou Xun and the other two obeyed.

Instantly, three streams of medicinal liquid transformed into water dragons, pouring into Master White Cloud’s pill furnace.

At this moment, Liu Bo’an came over with a frown, saying to Zhou Xun:

“Do you realize we almost failed because of you just now!”

Seeing this, Zhou Xun smiled slightly, explaining:

“I deliberately timed it to the last moment before infusing the liquid medicine so that the medicine’s potency is maximum, ensuring the efficacy of the Crystal Condensing Pill!”

Hearing this, Liu Bo’an and Lv Qingyuan were shocked, their faces full of astonishment!

“Impossible, this is not an ordinary pill, this is the Crystal Condensing Pill, even processing the auxiliary medicine within two hours demonstrates extraordinary skills,”

“You… you can control the processing time of spirit medicine!”

“Even a Quasi-Third Tier Alchemist wouldn’t be much better!”

Recalling how Zhou Xun wore a composed expression while processing the spirit medicine, Zhou Xun’s confidence even in the last moment, they began to believe his words.

“It’s actually true!”

Both of them were full of admiration!

“Junior Brother’s alchemy talent is truly unparalleled in this lifetime!”

“The title of the first Alchemy Master in Xui Country will undoubtedly belong to you in the future!”

With that, the two humbly asked Zhou Xun for guidance, their attitude respectful.

Liu Bo’an also put down the pretense of Master Fake Pill.

Zhou Xun willingly shared his knowledge in detail.

Thus, the three engaged in enthusiastic discussion, their joy evident.

Time continued to pass.

Suddenly, an unexpected fragrance of medicine permeated the entire alchemy room.

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