Chapter 173: No Talent in Alchemy

Bang~
A dull thud echoed as small pebbles rolled down the cliff, causing the mountain to tremble slightly.
A group of elderly cultivators turned their gazes towards Yang Fan's cave dwelling, their eyes flickering.
Since seven days ago, it has been ringing seven or eight times almost every day.
"Senior Hai..."
A few people surrounded Hai Qingshan, showing an inquisitive look.
"Is this smelting furnace too frequent? Or is there some other reason?"
Although there are few materials in the Blue Star Immortal World, there are still many people who have studied alchemy. Even beginners can avoid basic mistakes like exploding the furnace.
As for alchemy, Xuantian Dao is quite skillful in this area. Currently, in the cultivation world, most of the 'inferior' condensed Qi pills and various types of elixirs were produced by Kunlun Mountain.
After a moment of contemplation, Hai Qingshan said: "It's the sound of a blast furnace, probably refining some advanced elixirs."
When the sound first appeared, everyone was filled with doubts and suspicions. After a few more times, they concluded that it must be Niu Guyu bringing a cauldron to Yao Fang to refine the elixirs, most likely using the inner cores of the demonic beasts found in this secret realm as materials.
"Is it more complicated to refine pills with demonic beast essence compared to medicinal herbs?"
"I'm not sure, I haven't tried it, the most important thing is the pill formula."
"The Yin Yang Sect has a profound foundation, they have everything."
"I don't know what powerful pill Yang Daoyou refined..."
A group of people were whispering outside. Inside Yang Fan's cave, Niu Guyu glanced at the newly opened alchemy room, and his lips couldn't help but twitch. He got up and walked over, only to see Yang Fan looking haggard, sitting by the big pill furnace with an unpleasant expression. The clothes on his chest were torn into rags, covered in dust.
As for the lid of the alchemy furnace, it was blown to the corner.
"Take it slow and keep trying, you'll definitely succeed," Niu Guyu comforted, taking out a towel from his storage ring, dipping it in a water orb spell, and helping to wipe away the mess.
After a moment of silence, Yang Fan forced a bitter smile, "It seems that I don't have any talent for alchemy..."
Half a month ago, he started studying alchemy and devoured various books on the subject before starting to experiment, but every time he ended up with an exploding furnace.
The cultivation of alchemy requires a strong spiritual energy, cultivation level, as well as the timing of adding materials, and so on. Every step is fine, except for the control of the heating process.
Fortunately, the bronze alchemy furnace is of a high enough level, otherwise this cave dwelling would have collapsed long ago.
However, a large quantity of demon beast cores were wasted, as all the qi-refining stage demon beast cores harvested were scrapped.
What makes Yang Fan more depressed is that Niu Guyu, who studied with him, succeeded on the first try, and the quality of the pills he refined became better and better.
"Calm down and take a rest," Niu Guyu blinked his eyes. "Do you think it might be related to controlling the heat, just like stir-frying? Look, you can't even handle simple stir-frying, so naturally it's even harder to control the complicated steps of pill refining."
Yang Fan looked up at Niu Guyu with a strange look on his face, asking, "Are you serious when you say this?"
There's no way to compare them at all!
In the past, Yang Fan couldn't cook, but he believes that if he were to cook now, although he may not reach the level of a master chef, he would definitely be able to cook better than the small restaurants outside.
With cultivation and spiritual consciousness, the steps are great, the seasonings are evenly distributed, and cooking a dish becomes easy.
However, the alchemy fire cannot be compared. It requires precise control of temperature every moment, and it must also be timed to control the changes. Not a single fluctuation is allowed to go wrong.
"Did I say something wrong?" Niuguyu asked with a serious expression, "I feel like it's similar to cooking."
Are you intentionally trying to discourage people?
"..." Yang Fan's mouth twitched, "Yes, you make a good point."
After tidying up the alchemy room, Yang Fan changed his clothes and washed his face. He muttered, "I'm going out for a walk."
"Should I accompany you?"
"No need. Once your spells and abilities are more proficient, I will take you to experience killing demon beasts."
"Okay, when will you be back?"
"Not sure, two or three days, at most five days. I won't go too far."
"Alright, be careful."
牛谷雨看着杨凡的背影，抿唇一笑，知道他肯定是去猎杀妖兽取内丹回来继续炼。
"Heh, acting like a child..."
In his heart, Niu Guyu muttered to himself, thinking that this was a normal thing. Who can be good at everything? Yang Fan has high talent in cultivation, strong understanding of supernatural powers and spells, what does it matter if he lacks a little in alchemy?
She has some talent in alchemy, but she is completely clueless about formations. Just looking at the intricate patterns of the array makes her head hurt.
"Oh, it seems like Xiaotong learns everything quickly."
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Outside, as Yang Fan came out, the crowd of senior cultivators surrounded him.
"Has Yang Dao you been practicing alchemy recently? What is the gain?"
"Terrible, I have no talent for alchemy."
He speaks the truth, but no one believes it. If you have no talent, why keep practicing and waste materials for fun?
And people have previously witnessed the pills produced by the Yin and Yang Sect. The juniors also mentioned that Shen Xintong and Yang Fan refined them themselves. It's unnecessary to lie about such verifiable matters, or else it would be embarrassing if exposed.
They didn't know that it was just a condition for Yang Fan and Shen Xintong to say so, and Yang Fan thought at that time that his qualifications were okay, and with abundant resources and materials, he could definitely learn it, so he dared to say so.
Jiang Yuanqi smiled and said, "You don't have to be too modest, fellow Daoist. It is indeed difficult to refine high-level elixirs. Practice makes perfect, and with more attempts, you will eventually succeed."
Among cultivators, various special professions have been established, such as alchemists, talisman makers, formation masters, and so on.
These special professions are extremely rare, and while getting started is simple, truly achieving success is very difficult.
Strict talent requirements are one aspect; to become an alchemist or a formation master, one must accumulate daily practice over months. The material consumption during this period is tremendous, and most cultivators and sects find it difficult to sustain.
Those powerful alchemists and formation masters are usually highly talented, but they may not be particularly proficient in cultivation. That's why they choose to invest their energy in learning alchemy and formation skills.
Not just in the present, even during the prosperous pre-Qin period in the cultivation world, true masters of alchemy and formation skills were rare and highly sought after by fellow cultivators.
After exchanging glances, a group of senior monks finally had Hai Qingshan step forward and ask, "Friend Yang, may I know what kind of pill you are refining?"
Yang Fan smiled and understood the meaning, and asked in return, "What pill formulas are there in various sects?"
"Not many, in total there are five, of which three have been completed by ourselves, mainly because there are no corresponding materials outside..."
Yang Fan nodded and took out five prescription cards from the storage ring, four of which were herbs and one was a beast's inner core. "The cultivation world is weak, and we can only make lasting progress by sharing and learning together. I have a few here that we can study together, but..."
众人盯着丹方目光火热，海青山暗自吸了口气，“杨道友有什么条件，不妨直说。”
“各门各派应该有藏书阁之类的地方吧，记载一些修仙相关的史秘资料，等出了秘境，我想进去看看。”
Although Shen Xintong is organizing an auction outside, she also wants to obtain some historical secret information from various sects. However, Yang Fan feels that those people outside will probably only show a part of it, and when they leave the secret realm, they will have to personally visit them.
"..." The crowd immediately hesitated.
Many news are shared among everyone, but some are exclusively kept secret.
For example, the art of making talismans at Longhu Mountain is something that they are willing to share and exchange, but the true method of making them is only known to themselves and not passed on.
Yang Fan said, "Our Yin Yang Sect has always been closed off from the world, so we don't have much knowledge about many things in the cultivation world. But when it comes to alchemy and talisman making, I don't mean to boast, but our Yin Yang Sect definitely has a more comprehensive heritage than any other sect. Apart from that, once we leave this secret realm, I will report to our master and organize an auction. At that time, not only pills and talismans, but also magical tools and cultivation techniques will be available for everyone to exchange."
Techniques!
The crowd's minds shook, Jiang Yuanqi immediately said, "In my Qin family's library, we eagerly welcome Daoist Yang to come and visit!"
Others also expressed their support.
Yang Fan smiled and handed the prescription to Hai Qingshan.
Hai Qingshan quickly scanned through it, only the Qi Gathering Pill and Foundation Building Pill are valuable enough.
If the Foundation Building Pill can be refined, then all the sects will have a high possibility of quickly advancing to the Foundation Building stage for the cultivators who have reached the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, creating a group of Foundation Building cultivators.
"Yang Daoyou's righteousness is a blessing to the Blue Star cultivation world."
After a pause, Hai Qingshan showed an embarrassed expression, saying, "Can Yang Daoyou lend us the alchemy furnace again? We would like to give it a try."
"You can find my sister-in-law. She has it."
Niu Guyu brought more than ten different-level alchemy furnaces, not lacking any.
Looking around, there were still five people missing. Yang Fan asked, "Where are the others?"
"Xiong and Yuan went into the woods."
"Okay, you guys go ahead, I'll take a walk too."
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