Scientifically Cultivating In An Unscientific World - Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Precise Control of Fire. Han Daobai Was Ecstatic!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Bang!

Just as Wu Hao was beginning to use the pill fire to extract the essence of the medicinal herbs he had put into the cauldron and the surrounding disciples were once again showing their interest in watching the show, Gu Zecang had officially ended his opening of the cauldron.

He patted the cauldron and gently lifted the top of the cauldron.

However, Gu Zecang did not put in all the medicinal herbs he had used to refine the spirit gathering pill as Wu Hao did.

Instead, he did it according to the steps and methods that he had asked Lu Ming to explain to him last night.

The first item that he needed to put in was the spirit gathering grass.

Moreover, the quantity was not the two taels that Wu Hao had put in just now.

Instead, it was a little less than half.

Then.

Gu Zecang recalled that he had asked (requested) Lu Ming to demonstrate to him how to refine the pill last night so that he could help him correct his mistakes.

He remembered that at this time, Junior Brother Lu had reduced the spiritual power output of the water spiritual root by half.

At the same time, he slightly increased the output of the spiritual fire formed by the spiritual energy in the pill fire.

This continued for about fifteen breaths.

Until all the medicinal essence in the spirit gathering grass was successfully extracted.

The next step was to place nearly four taels of hundred-year ginseng into the cauldron.

It was different from Wu Hao’s three-and-a-half taels of medicinal herbs.

It was still the same step…

After Gu Zecang entered the alchemy state, especially after he followed Junior Brother Lu Ming’s alchemy method, to control the temperature of the pill fire and pay attention to whether the essence of the medicinal herbs had been completely extracted, Gu Zecang was completely immersed in it, reaching a state of selflessness.

So, he didn’t notice at all that when he was controlling the number of herbs earlier on, he had caught the attention of the surrounding Pill Peak disciples and their eyes were fixated on him.

But these eyes have emotions.

Then, when he was controlling the temperature of the pill fire to extract all the essence from the first type of herb, the spirit gathering grass, the eyes of everyone present, including Wu Hao beside him, were all deeply attracted by his actions.

Their gazes were filled with doubt and solemnity.

Because according to the normal process of refining spirit gathering pill on Pill Peak, all the medicinal herbs were directly put in and then the temperature of the pill fire was maintained for the first half an hour.

In the next two hours, the temperature of the pill fire was doubled, and at the same time, the essence of the medicinal herbs would be condensed in the cauldron.

Finally, one would slowly mold it into a pill and after that, it could be removed from the cauldron.

After all, the spirit gathering pill was only a Rank 1 medicinal pill, so it wasn’t too difficult.

Other than the temperature of the pill fire rising once midway, there were no other actions required.

But after seeing Gu Zecang’s delicate technique on refining the essence of the medicinal herbs into the cauldron one by one, and the change in the temperature of the pill fire that could be said to be stunning, the surrounding Pill Peak disciples gradually fell silent.

Because as they watched, although they couldn’t understand the changes within, they still felt that it was a very powerful feeling.

Especially when Gu Zecang flipped his palm to condense the pill fire, and the essence was even 90% high.

They always felt that this method seemed to have some tricks up its sleeve.

When this scene fell into the eyes of Li Ce, Wang Lei and the other Deputy Hall Masters, their gazes actually slowly turned from the initial joy to calmness, then from calmness to solemnity.

Because for some reason, they vaguely saw traces of the Pill Peak elders refining pills from before.

And when the Hall Master of Pill Peak’s Pill Hall No. 1, Han Daobai, saw this scene, he was first surprised, then quickly turned into disbelief and surprise!

His hands could not stop trembling.

Because this scene completely solved a casual assumption that he had made when he was young and was doing alchemy.

That was to extract the essence of the medicinal herbs one by one to improve the completion rate of the final pill.

But it was a pity.

After he experimented with it, he quickly gave up that kind of pill refining method and technique.

There was no other reason.

It was only because this pill refining method could not completely extract the essence of the medicinal herbs.

The second reason was that using this method required very high control over the temperature of the pill fire.

If the temperature of the pill fire suddenly increased or decreased during the refining process, the medicinal herbs would very easily be destroyed.

Hence, he gave up back then.

After all, this was a small idea he had in the past, furthermore, it was extremely difficult.

It was a failed attempt.

He didn’t try it again after that.

But after watching Gu Zecang’s refining method today, Han Daobai realized that this was the perfect version of his original idea!

It perfectly solved all the problems of his original idea!

The first problem was that he was unable to completely extract the essence of the medicinal herbs.

Gu Zecang provided a solution to this.

That was to increase the heating time of the cauldron.

Although this would cause the temperature of the cauldron to be too high, which might affect the medicinal herbs, it completely solved the problem of not being able to extract sufficient essence of the medicinal herbs.

The second problem was in controlling the temperature of the pill fire.

Changes in the temperature of the pill fire was a common occurrence in alchemy.

But in reality, other than heating, it was still heating.

For example, Gu Zecang’s method of placing the medicinal herbs into the cauldron and then accurately controlling the output of the water element and the temperature of the spiritual flame at the same time, he didn’t even dare to think about it.

Although controlling the pill fire wasn’t difficult to practice, who knew the most suitable temperature for each medicinal herb.

Medicinal herbs were expensive and scarce. It was very difficult to test them one by one and find a fixed temperature.

This was a difficult problem that even a Rank 5 alchemist like him couldn’t solve.

But Han Daobai was currently witnessing Gu Ze Cang, a young man who might have only studied for a month, doing what he couldn’t do in the first place.

This was simply too shocking!

The way Han Daobai looked at Gu Zecang at that moment had already changed.

It was no longer a look of indifference about the friction among the juniors.

On the other hand, it was a look that was filled with high expectations.

He was now incomparably hopeful that Gu Zecang would be able to refine this pill in the end.

Of course.

Even if Gu Zecang did not succeed in refining it, he would still help Gu Zecang settle all the matters on the Pill Peak.

After all, he had said before that people on the Pill Peak loathed those who didn’t have the talent and were arrogant.

Since Gu Zecang had such a terrifying talent, he would recruit and treat him well.

The Pill Peak also needed great talent.

In addition, he also planned to ask around later.

To see if Gu Zecang had met some reclusive almighty on the Pill Peak.

It was because Han Daobai had a feeling that someone couldn’t learn such a high-level alchemy method on his own within a month.

There must be a hidden figure in the Center Sect who hadn’t been discovered yet.

And then, Wu Hao, who was sitting next to Gu Zecang, was dumbfounded by what he saw.

Though he felt that he had done it according to the standard method taught on the Pill Peak, upon seeing Gu Zecang’s method, he somehow felt that he had made a mistake somewhere.

Wu Hao felt that his method of refining pills was too simple and straightforward.

Because of this, some changes slowly appeared in his heart.

…

Bang!

The sound of clapping the cauldron appeared again.

Finally.

After more than two hours.

Wu Hao had officially refined the essence of the medicinal herbs and shaped it into a pill!

The refining of the spirit gathering pill was completed!