Chapter 171 Flowing Clouds and Flowing Waters
Feng Daozi's face was beaming. Half of these people were invited by him, and the other half came spontaneously to see what the legendary alchemy genius looked like.

Wang Xuan was surprised. He really didn't know that this was his first time to make elixir and there would be so many people watching, as if they were treating it as something sacred.

If he messed up, he would lose all face today.

"Wang Xuan, you have been learning alchemy from me for three months. Your foundation is very solid. Whether it is the theory of alchemy, refining the essence of materials, or controlling fire to make pills, every aspect satisfies me.

Although today is your first time to make elixirs independently, I believe you will be able to succeed.

The pills you need to refine today are of low to high grades, from the Bone Tempering Pills and Internal Strengthening Pills at the body refining level, to the Vein Strengthening Pills and Qi Condensing Pills at the human immortal level.

You can refine three batches of each type of elixir, and one successful batch is considered qualified. Among this batch of elixirs, the lower-quality elixirs are average, the middle-quality ones are qualified, and the top-quality ones are excellent.

So today, you must do your best to refine a few furnaces of good pills. If your reputation spreads, there will be endless people looking for you to refine pills in the future."

There are so many alchemists, and everyone knows how big the difference in the quality of pills is.

A pill is refined according to the recipe. If the finished product is of inferior quality, it will contain certain toxic impurities. The person taking it will have to spend a lot of effort to separate them before refining and absorbing them.

Medium-grade elixirs contain fewer erysipelas impurities, and the toxins will only be precipitated after long-term use by the user. As for high-grade elixirs, there will basically be no effect, and the effect of medicinal absorption is twice that of medium-grade elixirs, and there are very few erysipelas impurities.

As for the best quality elixirs, they often require luck to be refined, and they can perfectly demonstrate the effect of the elixir formula. The medicinal efficacy is at its peak, and there is no elixir poison or impurities at all.

Its value is ten times that of top-grade elixirs. Some are bought by big guys for their younger generations. It has always been in short supply and is considered a luxury among elixirs.

Of course Wang Xuan knew all these. He had participated in every process of alchemy, but he had never operated independently, so he didn't know what grade of elixir he could refine.

Three furnaces make one furnace, and there is a finished product in each furnace. This is the minimum standard to become an alchemist. This is his first time to make an elixir, and with his talent, he naturally cannot set the requirements so low.

"Qingniu, is the path of alchemy so easy?"

Zhou Wu scratched his head, totally confused. He had studied for two months and couldn't even identify the materials for alchemy, so he gave up early on.

Why is it that after only three months of study, Wang Xuan can independently make pills and become an alchemist?
"Easy? If anyone dares to say it's easy, your senior brother Futu will probably chop him down with a knife. He has studied various spells for a year, but he couldn't use them well. In the end, he made up his mind and joined the army directly." The eldest senior brother laughed.

If it were easy, would the third brother give up?
"It's because Old Seven is talented that Senior Feng Daozi is extremely satisfied with him. As for us? We don't have that kind of luck. It's okay for him to try out alchemy by relying on his realm advantage, but if we really compare with professionals, we are not on the same level at all." Chen Qingniu shook his head.

He Fang smiled and said, "Since Wang Xuan likes it, let him learn it. Besides, when his Dan Dao realm is high, it can also assist in cultivation. At least his life will be safe. Many people want to save his life."

The onlookers were all discussing, and they really wanted to know how outstanding the talent that Feng Daozi mentioned was!
Eliminating all external interference, Wang Xuan had now devoted himself to alchemy, with six pill recipes placed in front of him.

There are the Bone Tempering Pills for the Bone Training Realm, the Internal Strengthening Pills for the Organ Training Realm, the Strong Marrow Pills for the Marrow Training Realm, the Blood Producing Pills for the Blood Exchange Realm, the Meridian Strengthening Pills for the Meridian Opening Realm, and the Qi Condensing Pills for the Innate Realm.

After looking at the recipe for the Bone Tempering Pill, Wang Xuan kept analyzing the various materials in his mind, going through each process several times and simulating it until it was smooth.

After a few minutes, he finally took action.

Dozens of medicinal herbs were placed beside him, including deer antler, curculigo, dodder seed, psoralea corylifolia, etc., in a row, and in front of him was a furnace more than two feet high.

The lower part is the furnace fire, and the upper part is the alchemy room, which is used to refine medicinal materials.

After injecting a small amount of true qi, the alchemy furnace began to emit a tiny flame, and the upper alchemy chamber gradually heated up. The flame was very stable, and it did not jump once after a few minutes. Such a stable fire control technique might be very difficult for alchemy apprentices, but it was a piece of cake for Wang Xuan.

He had practiced all of the hundreds of fire-controlling techniques to the ultimate level.

After a while, Wang Xuan pointed at the antler, and in just a breath, the antler turned into dry crumbs, and more than a dozen balls of liquid, gas and powder were suspended in the air.

Wang Xuan left a few balls and put them into the alchemy furnace. After waiting for a few breaths, he began to process other materials again.

He did not hesitate at all during the process. As if he had been tempered by thousands of times, he was confident in everything and performed each operation smoothly.

Even those spiritual-level alchemists with many years of experience are no more than this.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! It's so smooth, everything is done effortlessly. I thought it was an experienced alchemist refining the elixir, but I didn't expect it was a novice."

A Heavenly Grade Alchemist marveled at this and signaled his disciples to take a good look and observe, only then would they know how big the gap was between them and Wang Xuan.

His disciples were so shocked that their mouths were wide open and their eyes were wide open.

"This fire control ability is already perfect. Every wisp of flame is under his control, and there won't be any error in temperature.

I have been refining pills for thirty years and have barely reached this level, but he has only been learning for three months! My God! Is this the talent of a genius in alchemy?"

"In addition to his ability to control fire, he is also excellent at refining materials. Have you ever seen him separate the various components of medicinal materials with just a flick of his finger?
This finger is not simple, it is because he combined more than a dozen techniques and performed them at the same time to achieve such a smooth flow."

Most of the young alchemists watching were beaming with joy. Those who didn't know much about alchemy realized how powerful Wang Xuan's seemingly insignificant operation was.

Wang Xuan didn't pay attention to other people's gazes. He had already devoted himself to alchemy. After putting all the materials for the Bone Tempering Pill into the alchemy furnace, he began the long-term simmering and fusion process.

After various materials are put into place, they are gradually integrated in sequence, and no mistake can occur at any step, just like the manufacturing of an extremely precise mechanical watch.

At the beginning, it may just be a pile of raw materials such as copper, iron, aluminum, glass, etc., all put into the processing plant, and what comes out is a watch.

Every process must be completed on time, and the order cannot be wrong. This is especially true for alchemy, where even a few breaths off, or a few degrees too high or too low in temperature, will affect the quality of the finished product.

Therefore, the more skilled the alchemist is, the more guaranteed the quality of the pills they refine, because they have so much experience.

The first furnace of pills returned to normal and began to boil, which required nearly an hour of waiting. During the long wait, Wang Xuan was not idle, and he lit another furnace to start refining Nei Zhuang Pills.

This scene simply left others dumbfounded.

"How dare he be so distracted when it's his first time refining pills? Is his mind really strong enough to open two furnaces at the same time?"

It is not difficult for a cultivator to do two things at the same time, but there can be no mistakes in refining the elixir. One needs to devote his whole heart and soul to it, otherwise the elixir will be ruined if he is not careful.

But Wang Xuan really didn't care.

(End of this chapter)