Chapter 2

In the alchemy room, Wei Changfeng fell into deep thought, with countless memories that did not belong to him surfacing in his mind.

He was now in Jingyun City of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Jingyun City was located on the southwestern border of the Great Qin, not a major city, but quite prosperous.

The Wei family, to which Wei Changfeng belonged, was one of the five major families in Jingyun. Although their strength ranked the lowest, they were still considered a prominent local clan.

However, Wei Changfeng was a collateral descendant of the Wei family and, even worse, the lowest-ranking illegitimate son. Therefore, he not only could not bask in the glory of the family, but was often bullied by his clan members.

Originally, with Wei Changfeng's talent, he had a bright future in martial arts if he focused on it. However, he became obsessed with alchemy, causing the family to fall into financial difficulties, and he was almost a laughingstock in Jingyun City, regarded as a waste of talent!

This time, Wei Changfeng was in a competition with Wang Hongyan, a direct descendant of the Wang family, to refine the Yanghuo Pill. The competition was limited to one hour, and the one who refined the best pill would be the winner.

The loser not only had to kowtow and admit defeat to the winner but also had to agree to any request the winner made!

As it turned out, after more than half an hour, he had exhausted all his efforts but failed to refine the Yanghuo Pill. Moreover, the backlash from the alchemy process led to his death, a situation that would make others laugh to death.

Wei Changfeng had no words for his former self, who was overly naive, even foolish, and had died in stupidity!

He had a great talent but chose a path with no future. Knowing his own weakness, he still insisted on challenging others, which was truly bizarre.

Even if he won, what could he do?

Wang Hongyan was a direct descendant of the Wang family, another one of the five major families in Jingyun, with even more power than the Wei family. Could he really make the other side kowtow and admit defeat after winning?

Wang Hongyan could easily send a servant to crush him!

Of course, the current Wei Changfeng was no longer the same waste of a person. His gaze immediately fell on the alchemy cauldron in the center of the room, with a complete set of materials beside it.

Fortunately, the situation was not beyond saving. If all three sets of materials were wasted, Wei Changfeng would have no way to refine the Yanghuo Pill, and if he had to kowtow and admit defeat to Wang Hongyan, he might as well be dead.

Since he had taken over this body, he would help fulfill the other's wishes and settle this karmic debt!

Wei Changfeng's lips curled into a faint, indifferent smile.

He sat cross-legged in front of the cauldron, first locking the earth fire hole, then extending his right hand to press on the cauldron, and activating the alchemy power to refine the Yanghuo Pill again.

However, his dantian was empty, with not a trace of alchemy power!

Damn it!

Wei Changfeng cursed inwardly, immediately retracting his hands and closing his eyes, beginning to silently practice the heart method.

The alchemy heart method he practiced was called the "Tai Xu Nine Heavens True Yang Heart Sutra," a supreme technique of the Tianxuan Sect, one of the nine major sects a thousand years ago, and was considered the ultimate method in alchemy.

The Tai Xu Nine Heavens True Yang Heart Sutra was incredibly profound, and in his previous life, Wei Changfeng had only reached the seventh level.

Now, after his rebirth, his previous cultivation level was gone, but the profundity of the Tai Xu Heart Sutra was far beyond ordinary methods. In just a moment, a strand of pure alchemy power was generated in his middle dantian.

The human body has three dantians: the upper dantian between the eyebrows, where the soul resides; the middle dantian in the center of the chest, inside the Zhongtan acupoint; and the lower dantian three inches below the navel.

Martial cultivators cultivate the lower dantian, accumulating true qi to reach all the meridians, while alchemists cultivate the middle dantian, refining alchemy power and condensing alchemy fire. The two dantians can be cultivated simultaneously without interference.

Due to the limited time, Wei Changfeng did not expect to return to even the first level of the Tai Xu Nine Heavens True Yang Heart Sutra in a short time.

He unhesitatingly activated the alchemy power to penetrate the meridians of his right arm, then extended his right palm to strike the cauldron.

Although this body had little talent in alchemy, it had been cultivated for three years, with a solid foundation, so the first circulation of the heart method encountered no obstacles.

Buzz~

The ancient bronze cauldron suddenly vibrated, emitting a low, rumbling sound. The cauldron body glowed faintly as the alchemy power was infused, and the lid, along with the waste residue inside the cauldron, flew upward.

Wei Changfeng immediately raised his left palm and struck upward, the palm wind scattering all the black residue, which hit the wall and fell.

The next moment, the lid fell back, tightly covering the cauldron!

This was called "clearing the cauldron," a necessary step before refining the pill.

The alchemy cauldron is an essential tool for refining pills, and regardless of its quality, it must be used frequently. Refining different pills often leads to failure, and the inside of the cauldron can accumulate a lot of residue and ash.

If these residues are not cleaned thoroughly, they can severely affect the next refining process and easily contaminate the refined pills, reducing their quality.

Cleaning the cauldron is not easy. Ordinary alchemists need special tools to complete it, but Wei Changfeng was no ordinary person. Even with his current strength, which was a fraction of his former self, he did not need external tools to clear the cauldron.

The previous strike on the cauldron used a special technique to shake off the impurities attached to the inner wall, along with the waste residue and the lid.

This single "clearing the cauldron" technique alone was enough to make him stand out among most alchemists. After all, this was the first time he used this cauldron, and he was not the alchemy god of his past.

Wei Changfeng retracted his palms, reopened the earth fire mechanism with his left hand, and red flames immediately surged from the earth veins, quickly completing the second step, "inducing the fire."

Peng!

His right palm, which he had just retracted, struck the cauldron again, and the lid flew high. This time, Wei Changfeng used more force, and the round lid flew even higher.

Wei Changfeng moved swiftly, placing the materials one by one into the cauldron.

The Yanghuo Pill was a second-grade pill, requiring five ingredients and auxiliaries: Chihuo Root, Licorice, White Atractylodes, Realgar, and Pearl Powder.

The order and timing of adding these materials were very important. One mistake could lead to failure or a decrease in quality after successful refinement.

The pills refined by alchemists can be divided into one to nine grades, and within each grade, there are lower, middle, upper, and supreme grades, with significant differences in value. Therefore, the third step, "placing the materials," was also crucial and required no carelessness.

For Wei Changfeng, a second-grade Yanghuo Pill was nothing. He had once refined a ninth-grade Nine Tribulations Life and Death Pill, which required eighty-one rare materials and was extremely difficult to refine.

Pa!

As the last material was added to the cauldron, the lid closed again, and the fourth and most important step, "refinement," officially began!

Using the power of the earth fire to refine the materials and extracting their essence with alchemy power was a great test of an alchemist's ability. The higher the grade of the pill, the longer and more complex the refinement process, and the stronger the alchemy power required.

Wei Changfeng circulated the Tai Xu Nine Heavens True Yang Heart Sutra while infusing alchemy power into the cauldron. The materials inside quickly refined into a liquid, and the impurities were gradually removed.

After a moment, the refinement reached the final stage. Under Wei Changfeng's control, the liquid condensed into several round pills, rapidly rotating and rolling inside the cauldron.

Suddenly, the cauldron trembled twice, and a strong medicinal fragrance permeated the alchemy room.

Wei Changfeng frowned, a hint of annoyance flashing in his eyes.

After all, he had just been reborn and was not yet fully familiar with his current body. Even with his rich alchemy experience, refining a mere second-grade pill was not easy to control perfectly.

He had been very careful, but during the fifth step, "dividing the pills," a small mistake still occurred.

This made Wei Changfeng, who always pursued perfection, quite unhappy. However, all the materials were used up, and the remaining time was limited, so he could not start over.

He shook his head, closed the earth fire, and lifted the lid, raising his right palm to strike the cauldron again.

The sixth step, opening the furnace!

Five red pills were propelled out by the alchemy power and caught by Wei Changfeng!

These five pills were about the size of longan, round and full, with a bright red color, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance that invigorated the spirit.

Second-grade Yanghuo Pills!

No matter who said it, this batch of pills was successfully refined. However, Wei Changfeng was not satisfied because only one of the five Yanghuo Pills had a glossy surface.

This special gloss, called "pill luster," is a primary characteristic of middle-grade pills. Upper-grade pills have "pill patterns," and supreme-grade pills have "pill qi," with higher grades naturally having greater value.

In a normal batch of pills, it is already good to have one or two middle-grade pills. Getting an upper-grade pill depends on luck, and a supreme-grade pill is almost impossible to achieve.

So, producing four lower-grade and one middle-grade pill was not considered a failure for most alchemists.

However, in Wei Changfeng's view, producing only one middle-grade pill in a batch was a disgrace. In his past, producing upper-grade pills was common, and supreme-grade pills were frequent, especially for low-grade pills like this.

Forget it!

Wei Changfeng placed the Yanghuo Pills in the medicine box. He had just been reborn and should remain low-key to avoid arousing suspicion and unnecessary trouble.

Boom!

Just as Wei Changfeng was about to leave the alchemy room, the door was suddenly and violently kicked open!

The gray-robed man who had entered the room earlier sneered and asked, "Wei Changfeng, time's up. Have you finished refining the Yanghuo Pill? Everyone is waiting to see your results!"

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