Time flies, and on this day, it has been a month since Lu Chen joined the Alchemy Pavilion and became the alchemist of the Alchemy Pavilion. In this month, Lu Chen has refined almost three hundred furnaces of elixirs.
This is simply unimaginable for ordinary alchemists. An ordinary second-grade alchemist can refine ten batches of elixirs in a month, which is considered good. Three hundred batches of elixirs will take them almost two and a half years to refine.
But Lu Chen only spent a month.
The number of pills that Lu Chen handed over shocked the entire alchemy pavilion.
The dozens of alchemy masters in the alchemy pavilion were all unbelievable. Especially Li Guangyuan, who dealt directly with Lu Chen every day. Every time he saw Lu Chen, he felt as if he had seen a ghost. He really didn't know how to describe Lu Chen.
's metamorphosis.
Li Guangyuan mentioned Lu Chen in front of others more than once. Every time he mentioned Lu Chen, he would say one thing, that is, Lu Chen was the most perverted alchemist he had ever seen in his life.
On this day a month later, Lu Chen exhaled a long breath. He held six pills in his hand, and the corners of his mouth cracked, revealing an indescribable smile.
The joy in his heart made Chase Lu almost want to roar.
Why?
Because, among these six pills, two are actually of perfect quality. Yes, they are perfect quality pills.
The reason why Lu Chen joined the Alchemy Pavilion in the first place was to refine elixirs of perfect quality.
"Ancestor!" After looking at the incense stick for a long time, Lu Chen put away the elixir and called Lu Jie.
Lu Jie's voice also entered Lu Chen's mind.
"Ancestor, I have refined a second-grade elixir of perfect quality." Lu Chen thought.
Because in the alchemy room of the Alchemy Pavilion, Lu Jie did not show up for safety reasons. However, this did not hinder the communication between the two.
When he was choosing martial arts in the Lu Family Martial Arts Pavilion, ancestor Lu Jie used his mind to guide Lu Chen to choose the magical technique of the Great Sun Tathagata.
"Yeah." Lu Jie's voice came.
"Can we try to refine the Linglong Pill now?" Lu Chen asked again.
"You only have one seven-color exquisite flower. If the refining fails, you will have no chance to try again." After a while, Lu Jie's voice came.
The ancestor Lu Jie's consideration was naturally correct. Other materials for refining the Linglong Pill can be purchased again, but the spiritual grass such as the Seven-color Linglong Flower is difficult to buy. The Seven-Color Linglong Flower takes at least seven thousand years to grow.
, very rare.
However, the effect of exquisite flowers of a younger age is much worse.
Therefore, Lu Chen must be cautious.
"In this way, you can try Cui Huadan first. Cui Huadan is also a third-grade elixir, and the difficulty of refining is similar to that of Linglong Dan. If you can guarantee the success rate of refining Cui Huadan, then it is not too late to refine Linglong Dan." Lu Jie
said.
After hearing Lu Jie's suggestion, Lu Chen also felt that it made sense.
Next, Lu Jie told Lu Chen all the various spiritual grass materials needed to refine Cui Huadan. To refine Cui Huadan, a total of twenty-eight kinds of spiritual grass materials were needed, about half of which were third-grade spiritual grass, and the remaining half
, are all first-grade and second-grade spiritual herbs.
Lu Chen also has some of the first-grade and second-grade spiritual herbs, but he doesn't have most of them.
After Lu Jie told Lu Chen all the spiritual herbs needed to refine Cuihua Dan, he also told Lu Chen all the materials needed to refine Linglong Dan, excluding the seven-color exquisite flowers, so that Lu Chen could find them all at once.
Therefore, he needs to find these spiritual grass materials first and make preparations.
After a cup of tea, Lu Chen left the alchemy pavilion and went to the treasure house of Four-leaf Academy. Lu Chen now has 120,000 four-leaf coins, which can be used to exchange for the spiritual grass materials for refining Cuihua Pill and Linglong Pill, which is completely enough.
The materials required for one furnace of Cui Huadan require about 10,000 four-leaf coins. Lu Chen exchanged the materials for three furnaces of Cui Huadan at one time.
The materials required for the Linglong Pill, excluding the Seven-Colored Linglong Flower, also required about 10,000 four-leaf coins. Lu Chen only exchanged one batch. He only had one Seven-Colored Linglong Flower, so it was useless to exchange multiple copies of the materials.
After spending a total of about 40,000 four-leaf coins to exchange for spiritual grass materials, Lu Chen exchanged five drops of spiritual liquid. One drop of spiritual liquid requires a full 10,000 four-leaf coins.
Lu Chen was shocked when he saw the price. However, after thinking about the effectiveness of the spiritual liquid, Lu Chen felt that it was very worthwhile to exchange 10,000 four-leaf coins for one drop of spiritual liquid.
Five drops of spiritual liquid consumes 50,000 four-leaf coins, plus the 40,000 four-leaf coins exchanged for spiritual grass, it equals 90,000 four-leaf coins.
Lu Chen had a total of 120,000 four-leaf coins. After coming out of the treasure house of Four-leaf Academy, he only had about 30,000 four-leaf coins left.
The speed at which money is spent is also extremely astonishing.
After leaving the treasure house of Four Leaf Academy, Lu Chen immediately returned to the Alchemy Pavilion and began to prepare to refine Cui Huadan.
"Success, you must succeed!" Lu Chen took in a breath gently and exhaled it, trying to calm down his mind.
There are still two months left before the decisive battle between him and Chen Zhulan, and time is getting less and less.
After a while, Lu Chen became focused.
As the voice of Patriarch Lu Jie came slowly in his mind, he kept making movements with his hands. He had no experience in refining third-grade elixirs, so refining this Cui Hua Dan required the teachings of Patriarch Lu Jie slowly.
The refining of third-grade elixirs is much more difficult than that of second-grade elixirs. Of course, this is what Lu Chen expected, just like the refining of second-grade elixirs is much more difficult than the refining of first-grade elixirs.
It is not that easy to become a third-grade alchemist. In the Alchemy Pavilion, if you are a third-grade alchemist and make a greater contribution to the Alchemy Pavilion, you have a great chance of being directly promoted to a steward. The steward of the Alchemy Pavilion is
If there is no alchemy task requirement, the steward can refine the elixir if he wants to. If he doesn't want to refine the elixir, he doesn't have to do it at all.
Just like Li Guangyuan, even if he doesn't refine elixirs for a year, the Alchemy Pavilion will completely allow him. Of course, it's impossible for Li Guangyuan not to refine elixirs for such a long time.
As time passed, Lu Chen methodically tried to refine Cui Huadan. Every step he took strictly followed the instructions of Patriarch Lu Jie.
The refining process was also quite smooth.
"You did a good job, there were no mistakes." Patriarch Lu Jie gave Lu Chen a rare compliment.
Lu Chen raised the corner of his mouth.
This was his first time refining a third-grade elixir, and although the whole process was relatively slow, there were no mistakes. If he succeeded in refining Cui Huadan, Lu Chen would be promoted to a third-grade alchemy master.
"Be careful, we are entering the last step. We need to stabilize the efficacy of the elixir. This step is very important, so you must be very careful!" Ancestor Lu Jie reminded.
"Yeah!" Lu Jie responded.
He concentrated, gathered his mind, activated his internal energy, and felt the elixir in the alchemy furnace. At this time, Cui Huadan had taken shape, and under the control of his internal energy, it began to gradually stabilize.
"Succeed!"
Lu Chen thought silently in his heart, and he was inevitably a little nervous.
"Um?"
"Not good!" Lu Chen's expression suddenly changed and his body trembled slightly.
At the last moment of refining this furnace of Cui Huadan, Lu Chen suddenly felt a faint feeling of stagnation.
Now Lu Chen has a lot of knowledge about alchemy. He knows very well that this feeling of stagnation is not a good sign.
After another cup of tea, Lu Chen slowly gathered his inner strength and looked closely at the alchemy furnace.
At this time, he didn't know whether this batch of Cui Huadan was a success or a failure. The sluggish feeling just now was indeed a bad sign. However, having this feeling did not necessarily mean that the elixir was being refined.
fail.
"Hoo! Hoo!" Lu Chen looked at the alchemy furnace. After several breaths, he didn't move.
"Open the alchemy furnace and take a look. If you succeed, you will succeed. If you fail, you will fail. This is Cuihua Dan, not Linglong Dan. Even if it fails this time, it doesn't matter." The voice of ancestor Lu Jie came.
"Yes." Lu Chen nodded, and finally raised his palm to open the alchemy furnace.
Several green pills caught Lu Chen's sight, and a strong medicinal fragrance filled the room instantly.
"Pah! Pah! Pah! Pah!"
Just when Lu Chen wanted to take out Cui Hua Dan from the alchemy furnace, the five Cui Hua Dan with cyan haloes all shattered into pieces.
The elixir is made by extracting the medicinal power contained in the spiritual grass. If the stabilization fails, the elixir will disappear completely. The elixir itself has no residue. The elixir that is successfully refined has stable medicinal power and will remain stable under normal conditions.
Under such circumstances, it will not collapse.
In other words, this batch of Cui Huadan refined by Lu Chen failed.
Although he had been prepared for it, Lu Chen was inevitably a little disappointed. He knew that it was very difficult to be promoted to a third-grade alchemy master, but now he felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Cui Huadan, the first batch of third-grade elixir he had refined, shattered and dissipated.
He is different from ordinary alchemists.
It must be very difficult for an ordinary second-grade alchemist to advance to third-grade, and it may not even take decades or hundreds of years to achieve it. But Lu Chen, not only has he now refined a second-grade elixir of perfect quality,
, and Patriarch Lu Jie personally taught him, logically speaking, it would be relatively easy for him, Lu Chen, to be promoted to the third rank.
"Although you failed, you are only a little away from success. Don't be discouraged!" Ancestor Lu Jie did not scold Lu Chen this time, but said comfortingly.
Ancestor Lu Jie has a bad temper. In the past, when Lu Chen was preparing potions and refining the elixir for the first time, Ancestor Lu Jie often scolded Chen Lu. But this time, Ancestor Lu Jie
No scolding.
"We were only a little bit away from success, but we still failed." Lu Chen said sadly.
“What’s one failure?”
"Which alchemy master, who has been promoted from the second level to the third level, dares to say that he can succeed in the first attempt?" Lu Jie shouted in a low voice, "Go on and refine the second batch of Cuihua Dan. This time, it should be almost done!"
Lu Chen was not sorry for the wasted materials due to the failure to refine Cui Huadan. These materials were worth 10,000 four-leaf coins. Although it was a lot, it was nothing to Lu Chen. It was only about the value of a drop of spiritual liquid.
He was just a little scared in his heart. If he had not followed the advice of ancestor Lu Jie and tried to refine Cuihua Pill first, but directly refined Linglong Pill, he would be completely finished now.
"Okay, keep going!"
"I still don't believe it!" Lu Chen corrected himself!
The first floor of the Alchemy Pavilion.
On the first floor, there is a grand hall with a crystal wall.
This wall in the Alchemy Pavilion has a name, called the Wall of Merit. In fact, it is just a list of contributions.
In the Alchemy Pavilion, the names of almost all members will appear on the contribution list. In other words, only the names of the Pavilion Master, two supervisors, and eight stewards will not appear on the contribution list.
This contribution list will be updated every month.
Today is the time for the contribution list to be updated again, so since early in the morning today, pharmacists and alchemists have gathered in the hall on this floor, waiting for the contribution list to be updated.
The contribution is cleared once a month and is not cumulative.
