Chapter 179
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Chapter 179: Refining Spirit Pills
Inside the stone house.
In just three days, Yi Chen successfully created the potion-making technique.
Compared to the weapon refining technique, the Methods and Principles of Techniques and the energy circulation pathways in the potion-making technique only required partial adjustments.
The functions were largely the same, but the focus was somewhat different.
For instance, the weapon refining technique demands a very high temperature from the flames due to the extremely high melting point of the spirit mine.
And its main direction is to refine and then activate the qualities and functions formed within the magical items using spirit power and spirit energy.
In contrast, the potion-making technique requires more materials, and the conflicting properties among various materials are more apparent, needing a higher ability to control the flames locally.
The spirit pills refined can evaporate and be absorbed more easily under the stimulation of spirit power.
“Jin Hu, inform Chief Bai to come over!”
Yi Chen’s divine consciousness enveloped Jin Hu, who was cultivating at the door, instructing him to notify Bai Ruo Xin.
“Understood!”
Jin Hu, who had remained as still as a stone for a long time, suddenly stood up and dashed towards the tribe base at full speed.
With a thought, Yi Chen began to control the stone house, making it grow larger.
The two guards at the door, having gone through repeated selections, were no longer comparable to the previous guards.
They reacted immediately, advancing continuously.
It was only when the stone house’s area reached over one hundred square meters that Yi Chen stopped its expansion, and they came to a halt as well.
Soon, Bai Ruo Xin arrived at the stone house, opened the door, and entered.
As she closed the door behind her, she took out a jade box for spirit materials from her storage ring and opened it.
Inside, there were various spirit materials collected from the four armies.
“First, bring over two stalks of Enhancement Grass.”
Yi Chen said.
Bai Ruo Xin nodded; she hadn’t heard the name Enhancement Grass before, but she knew without guessing that Yi Chen had likely named those two spirit materials temporarily.
As she took out the Enhancement Grass, she spoke, “You probably didn’t see the information from two days ago, right?”
“No!”
Yi Chen shook his head; he had been too busy with the creation of the potion-making technique to read the reports from the Intelligence Organization and the Political Council.
“The Southern Army discovered a Comprehension Stone weighing about five pounds, and they sent it over two days ago. I figured you were busy these days, so I didn’t bring it up to you.”
Bai Ruo Xin explained, “Additionally, today the Southern Army found three more Comprehension Stones in the same area and sent them over. The total weight is almost twenty-six pounds.”
Yi Chen felt delighted.
To him, the most essential treasure currently was undoubtedly the Comprehension Stone.
The more Comprehension Stones there were, the larger the Cave Paradise he could create, allowing it to accommodate more people.
Bai Ruo Xin continued, “It’s estimated that there should be many more Comprehension Stones in that area. The Political Council has already dispatched personnel to search that area specifically.”
Yi Chen nodded; the Political Council’s response was good.
Although the Comprehension Stone was important, there was no rush since it wouldn’t run away.
His gaze and attention quickly returned to the two stalks of Enhancement Grass that Bai Ruo Xin had sent over.
These two stalks of Enhancement Grass remained vibrant and dripping with spirit energy because they were locked in the jade box for spirit materials, preventing any spirit energy from leaking out.
Yi Chen took the Enhancement Grass and probed it with his divine consciousness.
There was no noticeable loss in its efficacy.
He quickly recalled in his mind the various properties of the materials he had already conceptualized that morning.
Confirming there were no issues, he tore off half of the bright blue leaves of the Enhancement Grass.
He sensed the weight of the half leaf with his divine consciousness.
Yi Chen set the remaining Enhancement Grass aside, wrapping the half leaf with his divine consciousness.
Unlike refining spiritual artifacts, the potion-making technique involves many types of spirit materials, and the conflicting properties among them are more intense.
Even the order of adding materials and the ratios can lead to vastly different results.
Although Yi Chen had formulated a rough recipe in his mind based on his understanding of various spirit materials, this recipe was at best a semi-finished product.
He still needed to determine, during the refining process, whether new results would arise from the combination of materials that he had not anticipated, and then re-calculate or modify the recipe accordingly.
He had to finalize the recipe first.
When refining spiritual artifacts, one could just proceed based on the results of the calculations; even if there were completely incompatible characteristics, he could use divine consciousness to gently separate the materials.
However, once the spirit materials became liquid together, it became impossible to pull them apart.
At the very least, his current level of divine consciousness could not achieve that.
Thus, before crafting spirit pills, he needed to use a small amount of materials to finalize the recipe first.
A crimson flame enveloped the half leaf of Enhancement Grass.
The Enhancement Grass began to liquefy, turning into a small amount of thick blue liquid.
The flame quickly transformed into blue, just like when refining spiritual artifacts, extracting the negative characteristics from the liquid.
Everything progressed smoothly.
“Taiwan flowers, three petals.”
Yi Chen instructed Bai Ruo Xin beside him.
Bai Ruo Xin immediately took out a second-grade Taiwan flower, trimmed off three petals, and used her divine consciousness to send them to Yi Chen.
After Yi Chen received the Taiwan flower with his divine consciousness, he did not place it directly into the blue liquid.
Instead, with a wave of his left hand, another crimson flame enveloped the Taiwan flower.
Once the Taiwan flower melted into liquid, the color of the flame transformed into blue as well, extracting the negative characteristics as much as possible.
Yi Chen then controlled the two liquids to merge together.
He took a deep breath and carefully altered the color of the flame to a light yellow for refining the two materials.
At that moment, if there was a potion furnace, it would definitely make things much easier.
Because a decent potion furnace at least comes with the function of stabilizing materials.
The better ones can even enhance the quality of spirit pills and reduce the intensity of conflicts among spirit materials.
Not only would the success rate be higher, but it could also improve the effects of the spirit pills.
Unfortunately, Yi Chen could not find the materials to craft a potion furnace and had to make potions by hand.
Fortunately, the intensity of the conflicts between the two materials was not severe, just as Yi Chen had calculated.
As the light yellow flames continuously refined the materials, various properties collided, causing the potion mixture to boil and jump, but still within the range that his divine consciousness could control.
Once the two materials fused, Yi Chen instructed Bai Ruo Xin to bring the third spirit material.
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“Hey, this method of making potions feels very similar to making spiritual artifacts!”
“Isn’t that obvious? Over the past few days, Yi Chen has clearly been using the weapon refining technique to improve it into a potion-making skill.”
“There is still a difference between the two. Like in this potion-making skill, did you notice there’s actually an invisible barrier in the middle of the flames?”
“The flames are not directly burning the spirit materials; instead, they evenly transfer heat through the barrier into the materials, allowing every part, even the inside, to heat up uniformly. It’s incredibly miraculous.”
“I hadn’t noticed this before, but this new skill created in just a few days has such amazing aspects!”
The viewers in the live room began to express their admiration.
“The real marvel should be the potion Yi Chen has refined. Even though this new skill, possibly called potion-making, was developed in just a few days, it is built upon the foundation of the weapon refining technique.”
“The effects are surely going to be just as miraculous as the weapon refining technique.”
“It couldn’t possibly only double the effects of the Enhancement Grass, could it?”
“Are you a spy sent by the White Cut Chicken clan? How can you belittle Yi Chen’s new skill, saying it can only double the effect of the Enhancement Grass?”
“Exactly! Yi Chen’s skill for making potions will only increase the effects of the spirit materials by double? It’s at least triple!”
“I think it’s between five and seven times.”
“You guys have such a narrow vision! Based on past experience, it should be at least ten times!”
“Right, at least ten times; twenty times is considered normal, and thirty to fifty times is Yi Chen’s style!”
“Creating miracles or anything like that is something anyone can do in front of Yi Chen!”
“If the effects are really that high, once learned, wouldn’t that mean his training speed could increase by dozens of times?”
The viewers in the live room became more excited and exaggerated as they talked.
Boom!
Just as the conversation was heating up, a loud explosion sounded.
On the screen, the spirit materials Yi Chen was refining burst!
The whole galaxy instantly fell silent.
Everyone stared at the screen, looking completely bewildered.
Could Yi Chen’s new skill also fail?
This can’t be possible…
