Chapter 61

Since the Medicine Spirit Ghost could refine Qi Nourishing Pills, Hu Donghan naturally put aside the idea of learning alchemy himself that he had thought about earlier.

Now that the Medicine Spirit Ghost had mastered alchemy, as long as the success rate of refining pills could reach over fifty percent, it would mean that Hu Donghan would never lack for pills in his future cultivation! As long as he could meet the basic standards of the Earth Fire Hall, the mere five percent share of the alchemy profits would be enough to make everyone envious and jealous.

However, this was indeed quite strange. When the Medicine Spirit Ghost first started refining pills, it almost exploded the furnace every few seconds, and it didn't seem like it could learn alchemy at all! How did it manage to master it just by figuring it out on its own?

Hu Donghan found this strange, but then he thought, "I won't think about this anymore. What's most important now is to determine the Medicine Spirit Ghost's success rate in alchemy. If this success was just a fluke and it fails every time from now on, I would have been happy for nothing!"

With this in mind, Hu Donghan took out another set of spiritual herbs and had the Medicine Spirit Ghost continue refining.

Soon, half an hour passed, and the Medicine Spirit Ghost successfully refined Qi Nourishing Pills again. This time, it produced eleven pills.

He took out another set of spiritual herbs and continued.

In the blink of an eye, a whole day had passed.

During this entire day, Hu Donghan stayed awake, watching the Medicine Spirit Ghost refine Qi Nourishing Pills to determine its success rate. The final result left Hu Donghan both delighted and numb—

In one day, the Medicine Spirit Ghost refined Qi Nourishing Pills twenty-five times, and every single time it succeeded!

From what Hu Donghan could determine now, the Medicine Spirit Ghost's success rate in refining Qi Nourishing Pills was one hundred percent!

One hundred percent! In just one day, he didn't know how the Medicine Spirit Ghost had learned to refine Qi Nourishing Pills. Anyway, the Medicine Spirit Ghost's success rate in alchemy was terrifying. As for Hu Donghan, he didn't know what to say anymore.

The day before, he had thought the Medicine Spirit Ghost couldn't refine pills and was just a waste in this area. He never expected that everything would turn around like this. The Medicine Spirit Ghost wasn't just not a waste; it was a true genius!

"Ordinary alchemists, even when refining low-level pills like Qi Nourishing Pills, would occasionally make mistakes, right? And the Medicine Spirit Ghost, which has only been refining pills for two days, can do it so perfectly... Could this be the Medicine Spirit Ghost's talent?"

Hu Donghan's mind wandered for a while, and then he suddenly thought, "The Medicine Spirit Ghost's success rate in alchemy is indeed astonishing. However, its alchemy techniques still seem to have some problems and could be further improved."

With this in mind, Hu Donghan took out another set of spiritual herbs and had the Medicine Spirit Ghost start refining. Then, just as the Medicine Spirit Ghost had been roasting the herbs for a short while, Hu Donghan noticed a small issue and reminded it through the Soul Board, "Now, increase the heat."

"Boom!"

The sound of the furnace exploding announced the failure of this alchemy attempt.

This result made Hu Donghan vaguely realize something—when he didn't interfere, the Medicine Spirit Ghost could always refine successfully; but now, just by giving an order, the Medicine Spirit Ghost directly responded with an explosion...

It seemed that Hu Donghan was like a troublemaker in the process of refining pills!

"Could it be that the Medicine Spirit Ghost can only learn alchemy without my involvement? That's too discouraging, isn't it?"

"Right, I previously said to let the Medicine Spirit Ghost refine pills according to the method of refining Qi Nourishing Pills... Could it be that only such vague instructions can make the Medicine Spirit Ghost perform better?"

Hu Donghan thought about this and couldn't help but scratch his head in frustration. Then he suddenly thought, "The Medicine Spirit Ghost currently has no intelligence and is just a large machine that executes orders! If I give it very specific instructions, it will cause problems; if I give it vague instructions, it will be much easier."

"It's like if I'm holding a giant axe to cut down a tree, and the Medicine Spirit Ghost is this giant axe. If I just want the axe to cut down the tree, it's very easy. But if I point to a specific spot and ask the axe to hit it and then cut down the tree, a lot of problems will arise."

"Perhaps, with more precise orders, these problems can indeed be solved. But in reality, the rapid changes during the alchemy process make it impossible to be more precise."

"So, when giving such orders, I just need to give vague instructions!"

Hu Donghan thought this and felt his mind suddenly clear.

"In a situation like this, I think the Medicine Spirit Ghost still has many problems when refining pills. If I try to correct them step by step, it will definitely cause an explosion. But if I change my approach and use vague instructions..."

Hu Donghan organized his thoughts and then directly ordered the Medicine Spirit Ghost through the Soul Board, "From now on, while ensuring the pills can be refined, try to shorten the time, improve the quality of the pills, and increase the yield!"

Then, Hu Donghan took out another set of spiritual herbs and handed them to the Medicine Spirit Ghost.

The Medicine Spirit Ghost hesitated for a moment, then took the herbs and started refining again.

Sure enough, with Hu Donghan's vague instructions, the process of refining pills this time was slightly different from the previous one. Some obvious errors were gradually being corrected. Soon, another half an hour passed, and this batch of pills was completed. Although the quality and quantity were similar to the previous ones, Hu Donghan felt differently. What surprised him even more was that some smaller pills appeared around the Qi Nourishing Pills.

These smaller pills, numbering about a dozen, had much weaker spiritual and medicinal energy than the Qi Nourishing Pills, but they clearly had some effect on enhancing cultivation—these were clearly small Qi Nourishing Pills!

Small Qi Nourishing Pills are a byproduct of refining Qi Nourishing Pills. When refining Qi Nourishing Pills, sometimes the medicinal energy is sufficient, but the excess medicinal energy is not enough to form a full Qi Nourishing Pill, so these small Qi Nourishing Pills may appear.

Clearly, this situation occurred because of Hu Donghan's previous order to "increase the yield of the pills."

Seeing that his idea was indeed effective, Hu Donghan took out the remaining seventy or so sets of spiritual herbs and handed them to the Medicine Spirit Ghost to process.

As the sets of spiritual herbs gradually decreased, Hu Donghan could clearly feel that the time the Medicine Spirit Ghost needed to refine Qi Nourishing Pills was gradually shortening, and the quality was slightly improving. Finally, when only ten sets of spiritual herbs were left, a pill appeared in the Medicine Spirit Ghost's refined batch that was clearly different from the other Qi Nourishing Pills.