But strangely, the Furnace was clearly only two meters tall, limited in size, yet no matter how much was put in, it could never be filled... Barrel upon barrel of grass seeds poured in as if into a bottomless pit.
Bai Mo sat on the fishing recliner, spread out his Divine Sense, closely observing any movement within the Furnace, watching the melting of the grass seeds, observing the changes in the soup.
He occasionally urged his disciples.
"Quickly, speed up, pour the grass seeds in faster."
Sometimes he'd ask the disciples to slow down.
"Hold on!"
In an instant, the soup in the Furnace changed endlessly, Bai Mo constantly observed, thought, and deduced.
This process was sure difficult, but the knowledge of Alchemy Dao improved, becoming increasingly substantial.
Thus, barrel after barrel of grass seeds were poured in, time passed bit by bit, the fox disciples added an unknown number of firewood, water, and other herbs to the Furnace countless times...
Finally, as the sky over Fox Mountain grew darker and dusk fell, the last cross-eyed grass seed was poured into the Furnace. Inside the Furnace, the soup boiled fiercely, bubbling profusely, making "gulu gulu" sounds, eventually calming down...
Bai Mo sat beside it, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
"It's not fucking easy at all.
"The success rate for making this stuff can't be high, right?
"In ancient times, they'd probably fail nine out of ten times."
Seeing the puzzled and nervous eyes of the fox disciples nearby, Bai Mo grinned.
"Of course, we at Fox Mountain are not the same as them.
"This time, we succeeded!"
All at once, on the square, the fox disciples leapt and cheered, making "aow aow aow" sounds, overshadowing the wind in the mountains! The flaming red foxes began dancing around their master, forming small circles, large circles, encircling him again and again, shouting "aow aow," wagging their tails, dancing and waving their heads!
No one saw the wind suddenly rushing up the mountain, splitting a narrow gap in the clouds. Behind the cloud gap, it seemed there was a thick glass barrier. And behind the barrier, there lay a face covering the entire sky, with eyes closed!
...
After the fox disciples finished celebrating, the liquid medicine in the Furnace was carefully taken out, thick like porridge. Bai Mo pinched his nose and drank it. After drinking, he burped. He hadn't eaten all day and felt hungry, now completely full.
He sat on the fishing recliner, with the mountain wind blowing, feeling the liquid medicine quickly absorbed by his body, entering the stomach lining, transforming into rolling medicinal energy, flooding into the meridians, rushing up to the eye area!
The medicinal energy was overwhelming, and the meridians in the eyes were too thin; at one point, his eyes hurt intensely, tearing up.
"Damn."
He bent down, wiped his eyes, and noticed the "tears" were sticky. Lifting his hand, he realized it wasn't tears, but blood! His vision was also tinged with red.
But Bai Mo understood, there was no need to worry. He comforted the nervous and scared fox disciples next to him.
"Just the medicine's potency is too strong.
"It's fine."
Over an hour later, it was completely dark over Fox Mountain.
On the square, under the dark and windy night, ten thousand fox disciples' eyes emitted a red-brown glow, like tiny flickering flames.
Under the disciples' anxious gaze, Bai Mo's eyes slowly adapted.
He wiped some blood scabs from the corner of his eyes, washed his eyes clean with the water basin the disciples brought, looked around, looked at the fox disciples, and then at his hands, clearly feeling different!
"These eyes seem... like the resolution has increased?
"And not just increased a bit, increased a lot!"
This feeling was both bizarre and marvelous. Although Fox Mountain was already dark, he could see every line on the back of his hand! Looking closer, he could see pores! Looking even closer, he could even see cells!
Bai Mo furrowed his brow.
"Are they cells?
"Have my eyes turned into microscopes?"
He shook his head.
His brain seemed not quite adjusted to this vision, making him a little dizzy.
"Later, I'll need to buy a pair of sunglasses first, to get used to it for a while."
Bai Mo sat on the fishing recliner, shifting to a more comfortable position.
"Today's harvest was great, drinking the Bright Eyes Soup, I've covered one-tenth of the path from Sequence Seven to Sequence Six!"
Then he looked at the recently used Furnace, which hadn't been cleaned.
Bai Mo contemplated for a while, deduced in his mind, then looked at the fox disciples nearby, randomly picked one, pondering for a long time.
"You all can do it too!
"It should be possible!
"This Bright Eyes Soup is a medicine for advancing from Sequence Seven to Sequence Six, requiring very high body conditions. But if the concentration is greatly reduced, with some additional adjustments, you can also use it to enhance your eyes!"
Several fox disciples showed smiling faces, responding to their master with "ying ying ying" sounds!
Enhancing their eyes, becoming stronger, they were very happy.
But this can't be rushed, the cross-eyed grass seeds have already been used up, for enhancement, they'd have to wait for new seeds to grow.
Bai Mo understood what they wanted.
"No need to wait!
"The Furnace we just used for Alchemy hasn't been cleaned.
"Now add water to the Furnace, I'll use the brush pot water to make some soup for you."
Huh?
Brush pot water?
The fox disciples looked at each other, wanting to cheer, yet feeling something was odd.
Bai Mo sneered, laughing.
"Don't be ungrateful!
"The soup refined by your master, even the brush pot water, is stuff that others dream about but can't get!"
...
On the square of Fox Mountain, the night deepened.
The Furnace was refilled with water and ignited.
With Bai Mo adding several medicines and controlling the fire, there was rolling steam rising from the Furnace, drifting across the square with the wind!
Even though it was merely steam from brush pot water, it contained substantial medicinal power, filling the entire square with medicine fragrance!
Ten thousand fox disciples crowded in the downwind, in the darkness, amidst the spreading medicinal steam. They opened their red-brown eyes wide, using their eyes to absorb the steam... Indeed, even the brush pot water was not for drinking, but to boil steam for external use, to fumigate the eyes.
"Everyone be careful, if your eyes hurt, start tearing up, it means the medicinal strength is enough, hurry and close your eyes.
"Sleep a night, by tomorrow, your eyes will be enhanced."
The fox disciples were very serious, and also very excited! Following their master proved to be right! This kind of enhancement had happened many times before, they had long lost count of how many times they've been enhanced.
...
In the afternoon, Bai Mo finished meditating, got up from bed, drew the curtains, basked in the sun, yawned, feeling refreshed, his spirit invigorated.
He took out his phone to check, seeing Fang Xiaoyu's reply.
[Expert Bai Mo, I've helped you get leave approved]
[Your homeroom teacher cares about you very much, I told her everything is fine after she asked about your situation]
[I've registered you for the college entrance exam normally]
[If there are important exams or activities, she'll call you, or contact you through me]