The first ever alchemical text Luo Chen ever came across was given to him by Mi Shuhua. It was called the Treatise of Qing Yuanzi, a work that recorded Qing Yuanzi's insights on refining low-tier pills, along with several foundational techniques such as Flowing Creek and Jade Fracture. Back when Luo Chen's cultivation was still low, those techniques had been of great help to him.

Of all the arts recorded in the treatise, the one that left the deepest impression on him was the pill nourishing technique. When Qing Yuanzi wrote the text, he had only been an Initiate, yet he had still managed to refine a third-tier pill. Unlike Luo Chen, Qing Yuanzi possessed no status panel or similar cheat, and his success had come from relying on this very technique.

However, the technique itself was very demanding. The furnace had to be at least a top-grade enchanted artifact, preferably a supreme-grade one and ideally an enchanted treasure. The pill itself also needed to be supreme grade, and it had to be supported by no fewer than ten portions of its original ingredients throughout the process. The environment...