Chapter 58

After Luo Bi's failed attempt at refining medicine, Dang Dang cleaned the guest room, which was also her refining room. She munched on a red fruit and opened her optical brain to search for tutorial videos on extracting energy fluid.

She had no idea what she was in for until she saw the intricate internal patterns of the Bi Fei stones in the tutorial videos. Luo Bi was dumbfounded; the patterns were more complex than a spider's web, and trying to memorize them all would be a brain teaser.

"Damn, I won't bother with that," she thought, picking up a Bi Fei stone and starting to extract the energy fluid. By nightfall, she hadn't even touched the edges of the patterns, and the Bi Fei stone was completely wasted.

When Luo Bi went to the base canteen again, no one invited her to sit with them. The military families had their own small groups, and they kept her at a distance. In the following days, Luo Bi sometimes refined medicine in the morning and practiced extracting energy fluid in the afternoon, and sometimes did the opposite, depending on her mood.

Where there are many people, there are many rumors, especially in the family apartment complex. Some military spouses wanted to see Luo Bi's downfall. In the morning, when they didn't hear any commotion, they approached her with ill intentions and asked, "Not refining medicine today?"

A look of disdain flashed in Luo Bi's eyes. "I'll refine in the afternoon."

They just wanted to see her fail, didn't they? As long as she had enough spirit plants, she could blow up the furnace twice a day. Honestly, if it weren't for the wasted materials, Luo Bi actually enjoyed the explosions. The "boom" was quite thrilling.

The person pouted and gave a look to her companions, who covered their mouths and laughed. Only then did she walk back to the group, satisfied.

Luo Bi spent her days blowing up the furnace and practicing on wasted Bi Fei stones. By the time she had wasted five Bi Fei stones and used up the spirit plants needed to refine ten bottles of hemostatic powder, she let out a deep sigh, fidgeting with the red Bi Fei stone in her hand and staring at the five young spirit plants given to her by the apothecary, her mind racing with thoughts.

Refining ten bottles of hemostatic powder required ten types of spirit plants, and the apothecary had given her ninety-five plants. These five additional plants were clearly very young, having been picked before they were fully grown. Their spirit energy was weak and their numbers few. What could they be used for?

When Luo Bi's gaze fell on the five wasted Bi Fei stones, her heart ached. This was all stellars! After a careful calculation, at 5000 stellars per stone, five stones amounted to 25000 stellars, and the spirit plants cost 100000 stellars. Damn, she had spent 125000 stellars.

This wouldn't do. Luo Bi felt anxious, and everything irritated her. In a fit of anger, she threw the five spirit plants into the cauldron. After a moment's thought, she still felt unsatisfied and added the five wasted Bi Fei stones.

Since following the standard procedure would result in an explosion anyway, she decided to mix the free and wasted materials to see what would happen. If the furnace exploded, so be it; she was fine with that.

Luo Bi, with a rare surge of enthusiasm, tightly sealed the cauldron and then channeled her soul source power into it. At the same time, she released her mental energy to guide the fire source, and a small flame sprang up.

Although Luo Bi was angry, she was a cautious person. The cauldron contained two completely different substances, and she didn't dare to use a large fire. If something went wrong, there would be no one to blame.

Luo Bi directed her soul source power into the cauldron, trying to balance it with her mental energy, and controlled the flame to burn and fuse the spirit plants and Bi Fei stones.

After observing for half an hour and seeing no abnormalities in the cauldron, with a faint medicinal aroma wafting out, Luo Bi gathered her courage and sent a stream of mental energy directly into the depths of the red Bi Fei stone. After a moment of careful exploration, she finally found the intricate patterns.