Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Ge City paused upon hearing these words. A look of surprise and delight appeared on his face as he carefully looked at Lin Xuankong.

Could this person also be a fellow alchemist? The Alchemy Technique for the Golden Body Treasure Elixir originated from the northern Rakshasa Kingdom, and in Great Marsh Prefecture, only I can refine it... could this Pill Master be from the Rakshasa Kingdom?

As an alchemist, exchanging refining experiences with another Pill Master who worked on the same elixir would be immensely beneficial. Unfortunately, in the vast Ba City, Ge City was the only alchemist, so he rarely had anyone to exchange ideas with.

Upon hearing Ye Kai mention that the person before him intended to refine the Golden Body Treasure Elixir, Ge City looked at Lin Xuankong with obvious excitement and eagerness. He quickly walked up to Lin Xuankong, his face eager as he said, "Brother, how long have you been practicing alchemy? How many furnaces of Golden Body Treasure Elixir have you refined, and what's your success rate? The secret patterns on this Golden Body Treasure Elixir require an extremely accurate ratio of Golden Body Grass to form. How do you usually control those Buddhist Secret Patterns while refining, Brother Lin? Also, the properties of the Rejuvenation Grass are too sticky, easily forming lumps inside the elixir and not mixing well with other ingredients. How do you handle this during refinement?"

This Ge City was clearly an alchemy 'fanatic.' He didn't wait for Lin Xuankong's response, bombarding him with many questions at once.

Lin Xuankong, seeing his dedication to alchemy, felt a newfound respect. He himself was a very diligent person and also admired those who were serious and professional in their work. So, he didn't hide anything and said, "Brother Ge, I have studied Alchemy Technique before but have never actually refined an elixir. This time, I'm just trying to refine the Golden Body Treasure Elixir!"

Ge City was stunned upon hearing this. The eagerness on his face gradually faded, and his eyebrows knitted together.

"Never refined an elixir before? And this time you're just trying it out? Then you should start with the most basic Qi Replenishing Pill! Directly attempting to refine the Golden Body Treasure Elixir is simply preposterous! The ingredients for one furnace of Golden Body Treasure Elixir are a thousand times more expensive than those for a Qi Replenishing Pill. Who would use such an elixir for practice? Preposterous, utterly preposterous!"

With that, he flicked his robe sleeves and glared at Ye Kai. "You're the head of this household, and you're becoming more and more unreliable!"

Ye Kai felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing this.

But Han Feiyan couldn't hold back. "Alchemist Ge, Brother Lin just needs to use your Pill Furnace and medicinal materials. There's no need to be so angry!"

Ge City said coldly, "Without innate Alchemy Talent, one cannot sensitively perceive the properties of the medicinal materials and their changes during the refining process. How can one even speak of alchemy? If anyone could refine elixirs, why is it that among the hundreds of thousands of people in Ba City, I still haven't found a single disciple to inherit my Alchemy Technique? Ha! If you think just anyone can refine elixirs, why don't you try refining a furnace yourself?"

Hearing this, Han Feiyan was left speechless.

Of course, she knew that alchemy was difficult... She deeply respected Lin Xuankong, but when it came to alchemy, she actually didn't have much faith in him!

Lin Xuankong, however, was currently intent on giving it a try, to see if he could refine a Lower-grade Golden Body Treasure Pill. After all, this concerned an increase in his strength. Now that he was about to enter the Secret Realm, the more his strength increased, the better!

Frowning in thought for a moment, he said, "I will only attempt to refine three furnaces. If I succeed, then I succeed. If not, I will naturally compensate double the cost of the Golden Body Treasure Elixir ingredients consumed!"

Hearing this, Ge City couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly. "One set of Golden Body Treasure Elixir ingredients is worth a good sixteen or seventeen hundred taels of silver; three furnaces would be five thousand taels! Since you've never refined elixirs before, to waste ingredients like this is truly a terrible waste of precious resources!"

Seeing this, Ye Kai pulled Ge City aside and whispered a few words in his ear.

After listening, Ge City gazed at Lin Xuankong in surprise. His expression flickered for a moment, and he finally sighed, "Since you're willing to try, then go ahead. But let me warn you upfront: for someone attempting alchemy for the first time to refine this kind of elixir, even if you have exceptional Alchemy Talent, it's utterly impossible to succeed with even one furnace out of three attempts! Forget three furnaces; even with thirty, or three hundred, you still wouldn't succeed!"

Lin Xuankong, however, paid him no mind and walked directly toward the Alchemy Room.

Ge City stood in the courtyard and sighed. He has good Martial Dao talent and is strong, but what does that have to do with alchemy? Who in this world would challenge the Golden Body Treasure Elixir on their first attempt at refining an elixir? Truly overestimating his own abilities!

With that, he turned and headed for the study beside the Alchemy Room, not even bothering to watch Lin Xuankong refine.

At this moment, Lin Xuankong entered the Alchemy Room. He carefully identified the various medicinal materials on the shelves, then took some down and began to process them meticulously.

Even though it was his first time processing medicinal materials, Lin Xuankong's Eight Gates Celestial Eye was so miraculous that if he focused his Heart Thought, he could see even the tiniest grass seed appear as large as a millstone. With such powerful vision supporting him, he naturally processed the medicinal materials with absolute precision, achieving perfection in every step!

Time gradually passed. After the time it would take to drink a cup of tea, Lin Xuankong had finished processing all the medicinal materials for three furnaces of Golden Body Treasure Elixir.

Subsequently, he stood by the Pill Furnace, opened its lid, and began adding the first set of prepared medicinal materials, one by one, in the correct order. During this process, he pressed his right hand against a special Rune on the side of the Pill Furnace. As his Qi Blood flowed in, the temperature inside the furnace gradually rose. Lin Xuankong, meanwhile, used his Qi Blood to carefully sense the changes in the various medicinal materials within the Pill Furnace.

This refining method didn't consume a vast amount of Qi Blood; what mattered most was the regulation of the Qi Blood. As the alchemy process progressed, the exact amount of Qi Blood to infuse at each stage, the required increase in the Pill Furnace's temperature, and the precise degree to which the medicinal materials needed to be smelted all demanded extremely precise control.