Chapter 136 I Have Long Seen Through Your Kid's Tricks
The alchemy room... was actually just an empty room containing the alchemy furnace Chu Xingchen had bought at a high price.
Several cushions were placed in front of the furnace, along with books on the essentials of alchemy thrown casually on the ground.
Chu Xingchen was truly serious about alchemy; it would not be an exaggeration to say he could recite those essential books backward.
It was just that the results had always been less than ideal. Chu Xingchen had even wanted to switch to artifact refining recently.
At least with artifact refining, no one would be perverted enough to lick the artifacts, right?
Chu Xingchen sat cross-legged on the cushion directly in front of the pill furnace, looking calmly at the furnace before him.
The bronze-colored alchemy furnace had an extremely simple design, seemingly prioritizing functionality above all else.
This slightly plain-looking alchemy furnace had produced countless pills that made Yuan Kong feel incomparable hatred.
Bai Xuanling's gaze swept over this furnace and quickly reached a conclusion—this was a super invincible cheap product.
However, alchemy problems mostly appeared in the technique, and the pill furnace was more of a tool to assist in refining medicine.
Regarding Chu Xingchen's problem, the same saying applied.
Look at the technique first.
After Bai Xuanling nodded lightly, she spoke, "Refine a Basic Qi Nourishing Pill; let me take a look first."
Chu Xingchen nodded with a serious expression.
Several compatible spirit plants directly floated up from within his spatial ring. He raised his hand slightly, and the few spirit plants were processed properly.
Bai Xuanling also stared at Chu Xingchen's every operation with a serious expression.
Spirit plant processing was detailed and dexterous. The timing of lighting the fire was controlled accurately.
The time of entering the furnace did not have a hair's breadth of difference. The fire control could be included in textbooks.
Just based on these few steps, Bai Xuanling could not pick out any faults.
After the medicinal ingredients entered the furnace, the spiritual power control was subtle, and the technique for condensing medicinal power was also very seasoned.
This was at least the level of a great master of alchemy; obviously, painstaking effort had been spent.
What problems could there be with pills refined like this?
At this moment, Bai Xuanling only felt that this kid specifically wanted to show off his alchemy standard in front of her. Was it because he felt he lost face and came specifically to make up for it?
Fine, this childish temper was also somewhat similar to Little Lingyu.
Bai Xuanling made up her mind to give this kid some face later and praise him first before saying anything else.
Chu Xingchen was focused entirely on refining the pill. Previously, he could only study behind closed doors when refining pills.
After all... his pills were extraordinary.
Ordinary alchemists probably could not solve it either; after all, his medicinal efficacy could still be guaranteed. It was just that a small problem had occurred, tentatively considered a problem of incorrect taste...
This time was different. No matter what, she was a living Transcending Tribulation Stage big shot. Not to mention insights into pills, even her insights into other matters were definitely extraordinary.
If even a Transcending Tribulation Stage big shot could not solve it, Chu Xingchen would consider... packaging his pills?
But what if after she tasted it, she did not have the courage to pop a second pill? That thing was something even Li Xingtian could not withstand...
How about, if it didn't work, he would switch professions to artifact refining?
As the thoughts flashed past slightly, Chu Xingchen's pill refining this time also ended with the final closing of the furnace.
Ding.
The crisp sound of pills dropping rang out.
Chu Xingchen used spiritual power to draw the three pills out of the alchemy furnace.
Bai Xuanling looked calmly at the pills in Chu Xingchen's hand, her divine sense sweeping over them rapidly.
For this kind of basic pill, Bai Xuanling could distinguish it clearly just by sweeping over it with divine sense.
As expected, the retention rate of medicinal efficacy inside was extremely high, and it was very pure; it was the standard of a master refiner.
This kid had quite the talent for alchemy.
Bai Xuanling looked at the completed pills and nodded gently in affirmation:
"Discussing solely alchemy technique, you did very well. Visually, I cannot pick out any major faults either."
Chu Xingchen revealed a slightly desolate expression. Could it be that even this kind of big shot could not detect what was wrong?
Bai Xuanling looked at Chu Xingchen, whose expression appeared slightly strange...
What did this mean? Did she praise him too lightly?
Although she predicted this youngster was thick-skinned, she never expected it to be this thick.
Bai Xuanling gave a light cough and praised again, "The formed pill is round and smooth, the medicinal efficacy is concise, and the extraction technique is also very skilled. Your alchemy skills are already very good."
Chu Xingchen also gave a light cough and spoke cautiously:
"My pill's effectiveness is indeed considered not bad, it is just that this pill is somewhat... hard to..."
Bai Xuanling understood the implied meaning upon hearing the tone.
This kid insisted on making her taste one personally.
Sigh, fine, for Little Lingyu's sake.
Bai Xuanling raised her hand to control a Qi Nourishing Pill, extending her fingers to clamp this pill. After observing it repeatedly twice.
Under Chu Xingchen's gaze, she gently placed this pill into her mouth.
She chewed lightly.
The taste was quite normal; the flavor of medicinal ingredients was very strong. This kid's extraction technique was even better than she had thought.
There was nothing difficult to swallow about this.
The Qi Nourishing Pill was a basic pill, and the required spirit plants were not expensive either.
Bai Xuanling's cultivation base was extremely high. For this kind of basic pill, she could only treat it as a candy bean when popping it; the medicinal efficacy was not strong.
But...
This Qi Nourishing Pill... the medicinal efficacy was a bit strong?
No matter what, this Qi Nourishing Pill indeed allowed her to perceive the medicinal efficacy.
This kid, his alchemy standard was this high?
No wonder he insisted on letting me taste it; indeed, one would not know without tasting.
He could actually be cultivated with emphasis.
This kid indeed had some substance. No wonder he made Little Lingyu unable to forget him; praising him a bit more would do no harm.
Bai Xuanling nodded gently. Just as she was preparing her words to praise Chu Xingchen again.
A wave of violent repulsion also began to circulate through her limbs and bones following the medicinal efficacy.
This sensation instantly interrupted what she was about to say.
Bai Xuanling looked at Chu Xingchen with a gaze that appeared slightly appalled.
This kid, what kind of stuff was the pill he refined?
This body of hers could swallow a natural spiritual item like Molten Lava Living Jade, which could melt raw iron, without any reaction.
This mere Qi Nourishing Pill...
And it was a Qi Nourishing Pill refined right under her eyes... was actually this fierce?
Good kid, was this a show of strength?
Bai Xuanling sneered. This kid was a mere Nascent Soul; what did he understand about soul power?
Did he think she was at most at the Deity Transformation stage?
It could not be blamed on him either, after all, she looked so young.
This kind of repulsion, the main body just needed to gently...
Mm?!
This sense of repulsion could actually bypass soul power?!
Moreover, this repulsive force became increasingly heavy. With just this medicinal efficacy, it could actually have such violent side effects?!
Where did this evil alchemy technique come from?!
Bai Xuanling destroyed the medicinal power without hesitation. As the medicinal power dissipated, that sense of repulsion also instantly vanished into nothingness.
"Phew..." Bai Xuanling exhaled deeply and sized up Chu Xingchen deeply. "You kid... have some methods."
Chu Xingchen knew that Bai Xuanling had also felt the violent repulsion his disciple spoke of, and he hurriedly spoke up to defend himself:
"Elder Sister! This is really not a method. I don't know why, but the pills I refine all have this kind of strange side effect. Can you help me take a look at why?"
"You kid?!"
"Heaven and earth can testify!"
Bai Xuanling narrowed her eyes to look at Chu Xingchen, then controlled another pill to come over.
Her gaze sized it up again, and her divine sense analyzed this pill thoroughly.
There were indeed no other spirit plant components besides those for the Qi Nourishing Pill.
This kid's alchemy technique was also law-abiding. She did not believe a Nascent Soul could pull tricks right under her eyelids.
Then... was it this plain-looking pill furnace?
Bai Xuanling glanced at the pill furnace, then directly took out her own specialized alchemy furnace from her Spatial Jade Ring.
Chu Xingchen looked at the pill furnace Bai Xuanling took out, and his gaze instantly lit up.
What a domineering alchemy furnace.
Pale gold rails surrounded this alchemy furnace. Golden dragons circled the body of the furnace, and the four tripod legs were supported by dragon-turtles.
There was a tight openwork design in the middle of the pill furnace. Casting one's gaze over, one could see the pill formation platform inside the furnace.
Generally, to maintain the medicinal efficacy from scattering, pill furnaces were basically all sealed.
Whether the pill formed or not could only be judged using divine sense, but if it could be seen, one could judge through experience.
This kind that could be exposed, allowing people to see the interior, all had precise designs or used ritual rail shields to retain medicinal power.
Looking at it, the interior was even more precise than the exterior, with more ritual rails and precise designs.
This thing looked incomparably expensive at a glance.
Chu Xingchen only took a few looks and felt it was the furnace of his dreams.
If he had this thing, then the pills refined...
Fine, they might not necessarily be edible either.
But seeing this pill furnace, Chu Xingchen still spoke incredulously:
"You... this of yours?!"
"This is This... my specialized alchemy furnace. Aside from me, no one has used it." Bai Xuanling seemed to see through Chu Xingchen. "Tentatively, for the sake of you having some affinity with my eyes, I will lend it to you to use."
"Use my furnace, refine another batch for me to taste!"
This kid thought that by taking a strange furnace, he wanted to bluff her?!
I have long seen through your kid's tricks.
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