Chapter 17: Worshiping the Master and Refining Pills

Qin Ke also lived up to expectations and, after less than a year of practicing alchemy, was admitted into the Alchemy Association. Although he was only a junior disciple within the association, it was enough to make the Qin family envious.
Even the status of the Qin Ke lineage has been greatly improved because of this alchemist named Qin Ke.
So when Qin Ke saw Emperor Xiaoyue's alchemy technique, he was very surprised.
You know, in the four years that Qin Ke stayed in the Alchemist Association, how many times he had schemed against alchemists, and how many alchemists he had seen. None of them were not careful in measuring and extracting, afraid of having even a little more or less of the medicine dosage.
However, Emperor Xiaoyue simply grabbed the required medicinal herbs and threw them into a pile without measuring.
What shocked Qin Ke the most was that his master isolated and purified all the medicinal herbs together in one go.
Although Qin Ke has not actually refined elixirs, he has also observed many alchemists' techniques and skills over the years and has his own understanding of alchemy.
Naturally, it can also be seen that Di Xiaoyue's handling of medicinal materials is organized amidst chaos, and her seemingly random selection is precise to the smallest detail.
As for the purification of all medicinal materials together, Qin Ke has only seen it once during the time when he was the president of the Alchemy Association, and that time was a failure.
Although the president of a small Alchemy Association is truly not worth mentioning, the president is at least a fourth-level alchemist, and his cultivation has reached the peak of the Golden Core stage.
Qin Ke remembered that her alchemist had taught her before, saying that it was not impossible to purify herbs together.
Thousands of years ago, this was how alchemy was practiced, and it was even the mainstream method at that time.
But as time went by, this technology slowly fell into oblivion and now probably no one knows it anymore.
There are a few alchemists in the Alchemist Association who dedicate their lives to restoring this technique, and their president is one of them.
In addition, the alchemists in Danxie Village in her family also need a long preparation before alchemy, and it takes a long time to refine the elixir. Don't expect to succeed in less than two or three days.
Take another look at her master. I was just thinking about something else for a while, the pill is almost finished refining!
Not to mention that the quality of the pill her master refines seems to be quite high, conservatively estimated to be above third grade.
Is this alchemy speed what a normal person should have?!
And also, what happened to having her assist? Does master really need her help with this level of proficiency? Is master just having her come to show off!
Qin Ke felt that she should just obediently stay aside and be her background board.
From then on, Qin Ke stopped wandering in her thoughts and focused on carefully memorizing every step of Emperor Xiao Yue's alchemy process, planning to think it over carefully later.
Soon after, the entire Danfang was filled with a fragrant scent. Emperor Xiaoyue opened the cauldron and looked at the smooth-colored pill inside with some disappointment. He muttered, "Indeed, my skills are still not good enough. I actually brewed a waste pill with a purity of only ninety percent."
Hearing these words, Qin Ke's heart cursed, Master, nine out of ten are still wasting medicine!
How can we, who are at the lowest one or two percent, with a high probability of three or four percent, survive by being grateful to the heavens if we can refine five or six percent purity!
Nine percent, it's absolutely a masterpiece!
If she could refine a pill with a purity of ninety percent, she would probably wake up laughing.
After extracting the pill, Emperor Xiaoyue crushed it, guided by her spiritual soul, wrapped it around the pendant, and waited quietly for the spirit to absorb it.
Empress Xiaoyue is not particularly worried about the exposure of Xiaomo's existence, after all, spirit beings can choose whether or not to be seen by people. If Xiaomo doesn't want to be seen, no one can see him.
Of course, except for those with high power, like the level of crossing the catastrophe, it is easy to detect something is not right.
Di Xiaoyue was refining a pill with the effect of consolidating the spirit body. When just refining it, she slightly modified a small part of it, allowing its medicinal effect to also have some effect on the spirit artifacts.
Xiao Mo has always been with Li Shian since childhood. Emperor Xiaoyue is afraid that Li Shian cannot recover from the separation from Xiao Mo. Children, I guess they have never experienced separation before.
Just now, because of the arrival of the elders of the sect, they were separated in a hurry. Empress Xiaoyue thought, let Xiao Mo come out again and bid farewell to Shian properly.
"Ink, I have seen the Emperor, sir."
Receiving this sound transmission, Emperor Xiaoyue secretly thought that it was indeed true that Xiaomo was aware of her identity as the Emperor.
It seems that her hidden mission may really be related to Shian.
No wonder she decided to give the ring to Lishian, and Xiaoyou agreed so quickly, as if they already knew each other.
Forget it, why think about these things, quickly finish refining the elixir and go back to see Lishian.
Empress Xueyue replied to Xiaomo, "Don't waste the effectiveness of the medicine, go rest first. My strength is insufficient, this pill can only last for about half an incense stick's time. I will call you when we arrive at Shi'an's place."
"Thank you, Emperor Jun."
Afterwards, Emperor Xiaoyue refined several batches of pills, but the grades were not high, only a few first and second grade ones.
As a result, both the success rate of pill formation and the purity of the pills increased, repeatedly breaking Qin Ke's inherent beliefs.
After experiencing several setbacks, Qin Ke said that he was already used to it.
Isn't it just a pure ten-grade elixir! Isn't it just that the success rate of pill formation is always the highest in theory!
What's so surprising! It's just the master's usual practice, very normal!
Divide and classify the medicine, Empress Xiao Yue picked out some bottles and jars and handed them to Qin Ke, asking her to divide them into five parts, giving one portion to Meng Youling, Li Shian, Bai Jingze, and Xie Shaoxi each, and having them take one pill per day.
These are all talismanic medicines that can cleanse and nourish the body. They are beneficial for all five of them. Emperor Xiaoyue has refined several types at once, and the effects are even better when taken together.
After they finish consuming this pile of medicines, I will refine the next stage of medicines they need.
Emperor Xiaoyue thought that Qi Wanchen did a good job in the safety precautions of the alchemy room, so he boldly left Qin Ke alone in the alchemy room and left. He also left some elixirs for Qin Ke to comprehend and practice on her own.
Arriving in front of Lishian's house, Di Xiaoyue looked at the still somewhat absent-minded Lishian and sighed helplessly. It was indeed not so easy to understand.
Di Xiaoyue casually cast a spell that could block external investigations, and approached Lishian to give him a hug, comforting him, "If you want to cry, go ahead."
"Master... Xiaomo is gone..."
"It's my fault... If it wasn't for me, Xiaomo wouldn't have lost her spiritual body..."
She knew it! Lishi'an cares too much about emotions.
In the previous life, she protected her child and the people around her better than anyone else, even willing to get hurt herself.
There was even one time when she met him by chance and protected her all the way, not knowing who she was.
Emperor Xiaoyue sends a message to Xiaomo: 'Mo, come out and talk to Shian.'
'Sure.'
"Shian."
Hearing this, Shian looks up in surprise at the source of the sound, it's Xiaomo!