Chapter 2806

Improving one's alchemy skills

After returning to the inn, Zhuowen fell into deep thought.

The situation in Xia Qinfan's Taisui Sword Faction was unclear. The middle-aged man called Jiang Mo was merely a Heaven's Mandate Master. In a Dao Palace level faction like the Taisui Sword Faction, he was at most a steward.

Xia Qinfan was the daughter of the Sect Master, but Jiang Mo had been rude to her at the entrance of the inn. He had scolded and beaten Xia Qinfan at every turn.

This made Zhuowen realize that the faction of the Taisui Sword Faction's Sect Master was weak. Otherwise, Jiang Mo wouldn't have dared to be so impudent.

On the other hand, Zhuo Wen could not see through the Supreme Elder who had suddenly appeared.

The Grand Elder's aura wasn't weak. He should be an Eternal Overlord, much stronger than Jiang Mo.

In terms of status, the Grand Elder was definitely much higher than Jiang Mo.

However, although Jiang Mo was respectful when the Grand Elder appeared, it wasn't the kind of respect a subordinate would show to a superior. Instead, it was a forced show of respect with a trace of disdain.

Moreover, the Grand Elder was an Eternal Overlord. His strength was much higher than Jiang Mo's. Although he had stopped Jiang Mo from scolding Xia Qinfan, he only took Xia Qinfan away. He didn't punish Jiang Mo accordingly.

"The Grand Elder seems to be afraid of Jiang Mo …."

Zhuowen muttered to himself. He guessed that Jiang Mo must have some background. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so impudent in front of the Sect Master's daughter and the Grand Elder.

Thinking of this, Zhuowen shook his head inwardly. He shouldn't meddle in the Taisui Sword Faction's private affairs.

However, Xia Qinfan had given him a spot in the Pill Pageant when he needed it the most. He owed Xia Qinfan a favor.

After the Pill Pageant ended, he would help Xia Qinfan if he had the chance. It could be considered as repayment for the favor of giving him a spot.

However, he had to go into seclusion now to improve his alchemy skills.

With his current alchemy skills, it wouldn't be difficult for him to enter the top 05 of the Pill Pageant.

However, his goal was the Pill Array Pagoda. This meant that he had to obtain first place in the Pill Pageant.

If he wanted to take first place, he had to raise his alchemy skills to the next level within this half a month and reach the Mystic level. Otherwise, it would be very difficult.

Zhuowen took out the emperor pill furnace and ignited the divine flame. He planned to use this half a month to refine a profound grade divine pill.

What he chose this time was a relatively simple Xuanji-level divine pill called the Taixuan Yuanshen Pill.

The main effect of this divine pill was to assist Profound Secrets cultivators in their cultivation. The Taixuan Primordial Spirit Increasing Pill contained pure energy that was much easier to absorb than the energy in Heavenly Dao Origin Crystals.

Using the Taixuan Elemental Spirit Increasing Pill to cultivate, Xuanji's main cultivation efficiency would be greatly increased, and his cultivation time would be shortened.

The Taixuan Primordial Spirit Increasing Pill was considered a more basic divine pill among the Xuanji-level divine pills. The medicinal herbs needed were also quite common, so the refining difficulty was naturally not high.

Many Heaven's Mandate Pill Masters would choose to refine this Taixuan Increasing Spirit Pill to practice when they were advancing to the Profound Grade.

Before starting to refine the divine pill, Zhuowen informed Fire Plume, Tong Qimei, and Steel Plume in advance not to disturb him before the start of the Pill Grand Assembly.

At the same time, he also spent a lot of effort to set up many array formations and restrictions in the room to prevent unexpected situations from happening.

When refining the first batch of Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill, Zhuowen was very cautious and the refining process was very successful. However, during the refining process, because he did not control the heat well, it led to the explosion of the furnace.

With the mysterious alchemy book's alchemy arts, Zhuowen's refinement of divine herbs was extremely pure, far surpassing that of ordinary alchemists.

It was precisely because of the high purity of the divine herbs that he refined that the quality of the divine pills he refined each time reached the top grade.

Regarding the first failure, Zhuowen was not discouraged. Instead, he summed up the reasons for the failure and reopened the furnace.

The Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's medicinal herbs might be very precious to ordinary alchemists, but for Zhuowen, it was not worth mentioning.

In his big world, there was no lack of medicinal herbs for the second step of Dao Confirming.

Not to mention the Taixuan Yuanshen Pill, which was an ordinary Xuanji level divine pill, even the top Xuanji level divine pill like the Second Revolution Red Sun Divine Pill had a lot of medicinal herbs in Zhuo Wen's macro world.

In the following time, Zhuowen was completely crazy about refining the Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill. He did not feel the slightest pity for the wasted divine herbs.

Every time he failed, Zhuowen summed up the reasons for the failure in a timely manner.

It was these repeated failures that allowed Zhuowen's alchemy skills to improve rapidly.

In just ten days, Zhuowen failed a total of fifty times and wasted fifty batches of Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's divine herbs.

This was a huge loss, and ordinary alchemists could not afford to waste it.

Fifty batches of Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's medicinal herbs were all wasted just like this. Not to mention ordinary alchemists, even ordinary Dao Palace level forces would be hurt.

After all, if these fifty batches of Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's medicinal herbs were refined by a Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's medicinal herbs, even if the success rate was only 65%.

The price of a Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill was extremely high in the market. The value of so many Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill was simply a huge fortune.

Looking at the entire host region, perhaps only alchemists like Zhuowen, who had a huge amount of divine herbs, were willing to squander divine herbs like this in order to improve their alchemy skills as quickly as possible.

Zhuowen was also helpless. Fifty batches of Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's medicinal herbs were wasted just like this. He was also pained.

If it was in normal times, he would not be so wasteful.

But now was a critical moment, and the Pill Tempering Assembly was about to begin. He had no choice but to do this.

On the fifty-first attempt, Zhuowen's eyes were bright and full of expression as he stared at the Emperor Pill Furnace.

After fifty failures, he had accumulated enough experience and concluded many of the reasons for his failures.

Moreover, there were only seven or eight days left until the Pill Tempering Assembly. This time, he had to succeed.

Zhuowen took out another batch of Taixuan Increasing Spirit Increasing Pill's medicinal herbs and ignited the divine fire under the purification furnace.

With a wave of his sleeve, he threw the medicinal herbs into the furnace one by one. His Spiritual Sense controlled the divine fire as his right hand pinched an alchemy seal.

He had done this so many times that it had almost become an instinct. At this moment, his movements were as smooth as flowing water.

The purification process was very smooth. Moreover, Zhuowen was surprised to find that the concentration of the divine herbs had reached more than 44%, almost 655%.

After the purification was completed, Zhuowen's gaze fell on the Emperor Pill Turtle beside the Emperor Pill Furnace.

The Emperor Pill Turtle chuckled and spat out a mouthful of divine fire from the bottom of the furnace.

The level of the Emperor Pill Turtle's divine fire was very high. Moreover, it was compatible with the Emperor Pill Furnace. It was of great help to the success rate of refining pills.

Zhuowen threw the purified medicinal liquid into the Emperor Pill Furnace. His Spiritual Sense controlled the divine fire as his hands pinched an alchemy seal.