Tian Yuan War Chronicles: The Path of Artifacts to Ascension – Chapter 54

Ch 54: First Attempt at Pill Refining

Having just returned from Eight Yang World, although they were all familiar with every plant and tree of Tian Yuan Sect, they still felt that the spiritual power of this world was thin and not suitable for cultivation.

They went to the Sword God Hall office once every ten days, and the rest of the time they stayed in their small courtyard, studying some “side door left ways” of cultivation.

For example, Hua Kong, since going to Eight Yang World and learning about the benefits of Elixir, he became interested in the way of Elixir.

Knowing that he was going to be stationed in Seven Yang World, he wanted to take advantage of these thirty years to learn a little about the Elixir Dao, and he also specially found some books on making Pill Furnaces from the Merit Law Hall of the Artifact Hall.

As for the method of refining Elixir, he was not in a hurry to study it, but just found some books on Spirit Grass and Spiritual Medicine.

In addition to the Storage Bracelet of the Elixir Dao Cultivator that he had scavenged from the vomit of the Little Wild Child, he now also had some resources in the Elixir Dao.

But Hua Kong is still a person who likes to make tools, so he started to study from making Pill Furnaces.

Pill Furnaces are actually one of the most commonly made objects in the Artifact Hall, but Hua Kong belongs to the Void Division and is basically only responsible for making Magical Artifacts with Space attributes, so he doesn’t know much about how to make these ordinary Magical Artifacts.

After opening these books, Hua Kong discovered that making this Pill Furnace is also a major learning, but he has always been very patient with making objects.

The selection of materials for this Pill Furnace is very particular, but Hua Kong doesn’t think he wants to become a Pill Furnace Master, so he didn’t go into details. When the time comes, just follow the map and use whatever works.

Hua Kong directly jumped to the making of the Pill Furnace. Blacksmithing is his specialty. He relied on this skill to make a living in Duanshan City.

So, he spent a lot of time making Pill Furnaces.

He is not greedy, and only uses the Pill Furnace for refining Essence Spirit Pill to practice. This kind of Elixir is more common in Eight Yang World, and the Pill Furnace Pill Recipe and the making method of the Pill Furnace are easy to obtain.

Hua Kong bought a Pill Furnace in advance as a reference.

He read the making method of the Pill Furnace several times, so that he had a general idea of the general process.

He started by using mud molds to practice the making process of each component, but this Pill Furnace is really common, so that the structure has been improved and simplified to the extreme, so it didn’t take too much time, and the whole process was already skilled.

The following is the making of the model, which belongs to Hua Kong’s old business. The making methods of the inner mold and the outer mold were already familiar to him in Duanshan City.

The making methods of the inner mold and the outer mold are actually the same, but the inner mold is smaller, and the dimensions of special positions need to be specially adjusted.

He first used special clay to make the parts of the Pill Furnace, one large and one small, adjusted the dimensions where adjustments were needed, and then baked them into shape, making some minor adjustments.

Then, combining the molds, melting Spirit Copper, casting, polishing, assembling, and engraving the Fire Protection Formation, these steps are not complicated for Hua Kong. The first Pill Furnace was completed in only three months.

These are not over yet after they are done. It is also necessary to verify whether the Pill Furnace is easy to use. Hua Kong came to the Earth Fire Palace of the Pill Refining Hall. This place is already empty, just for Hua Kong to practice.

He took out a bunch of keys that he had asked for in advance, and after a while, he finally opened the gate of the Earth Fire Palace.

As soon as the gate was opened, although there was a Formation to protect it, the temperature inside the Earth Fire Palace was still much higher than outside.

This Earth Fire Palace is also simple. Except for the place where visitors register in the middle, there is a row of Earth Fire Rooms on both sides, which is three miles back and forth.

Registration is not necessary. The fire here is so strong that not even a Ghost will be here.

Hua Kong chose the first Earth Fire Room on the right hand side, and it took a while to find the key to open the door.

Entering the door is just an ordinary room, with even a small bed and coffee table for resting.

It’s just that there is a strong surge of Fire Spiritual Power at the entrance of the stairs next to the coffee table, but it is blocked by the Formation and cannot damage the objects in the room.

This was the first time he came here, and Hua Kong was a little excited. He took a deep breath before walking down the stairs towards the Fire Vein.

After walking a considerable distance down the stairs, he finally reached the place for refining Elixir. The Earth Fire Vein lived up to its name. The huge Earth Fire mixed with magma was constantly surging, and the Fire Spiritual Power was also indescribably huge. Even Eight Yang World was nothing more than this.

What surprised Hua Kong even more was that, because no Cultivator had come to refine Elixir for a long time, the Earth Fire Vein had not been cleaned by Cultivators for a long time, and even a few Fire Lotuses grew in it. This is a common high-level Fire Spiritual Medicine.

If it had been before, Hua Kong would have been very excited, but since he had settled in Eight Yang World, he only felt that the fragrance of the medicine was pleasant and had no urge to pick it.

Of course, the Elder of the Pill Refining Hall who lent him the keys before he came had told him that the Earth Fire Vein could be used, but before leaving, he needed to maintain the Protection Formation and clean up the Demon Beasts in the Earth Fire Vein.

Hua Kong, who grew up in One Yang World, never knew that lotus flowers and Demon Beasts could grow in the Earth Fire, but wasn’t he already a Nascent Soul Old Ancestor? What’s so strange about that?

Let’s not worry about that, refining Elixir is the main thing. Hua Kong casually found two furnace pits, put the Pill Furnace he made and the Pill Furnace he used as a reference on the furnace pits to preheat them.

While the Pill Furnace was being preheated, Hua Kong took out the Spirit Grass and Spiritual Medicine and began to rub the medicine on the spot according to the method on the Pill Recipe.

Professional Elixir Masters make the Medicine Blank in advance and put it directly into the furnace for refining in the Earth Fire Room. Hua Kong doesn’t care about these and makes the Medicine Blank on the spot.

Hua Kong took out a small table, took out the Spirit Grass and Spiritual Medicine and put them away, then took out a small knife for cutting medicine and cut ten portions of raw materials according to the requirements on the Pill Recipe, and then took out a small scale to control the weight of each medicine.

He took out a small jar, added Seven Flower Grass, Dragon Saliva Flower, Spirit Stone Scraps, Black Seed Fruit, Crocodile Solution Stone and other Spiritual Medicines according to the proportion, and then took out a small pestle to crush and mix the Spiritual Medicine.

Hua Kong took out another jar of water and Spirit Grain Flour, poured it into the small jar according to the proportion required by the Pill Recipe, and slowly used the small pestle to mix the Spiritual Medicine Powder into a thick mud, took it out of the jar, and a Medicine Coat was made.

Repeat this step ten times, and ten Essence Spirit Pill Medicine Coats are made.

Finally, Hua Kong took out three Essence Spirit Fruits, took off the pulp and mashed it into a mud, added some Spirit Stone Scraps and Spirit Deer Horn Powder and other Spiritual Medicines, and put the fruit cores into the Pill Furnace that was being heated to stir-fry them slightly to remove the core skin.

Wrap all the fruit cores with the fruit mud mixed with Spiritual Medicine, and then wrap the fruit mud with the prepared Medicine Coat, so that a Medicine Blank is made.

Repeat it ten times, and ten Essence Spirit Pill Medicine Blanks are completed.

Hua Kong took out the Pill Furnace that was being heated, cooled it for a while, and then put the Pill Furnace back on the Earth Fire Furnace Pit, put five Medicine Blanks in each, and began to warm the Medicine Blanks according to the steps on the Pill Recipe.

This was the first time he did this process, and Hua Kong was not very skilled. Soon, he lost control of the heat and baked the Medicine Blank into ashes.

This sudden failure stunned Hua Kong. Is it so difficult? Hua Kong roared in the Earth Fire Room where there was no one else.

Encountering failure for the first time, Hua Kong knew that his state of mind was no longer suitable for refining Elixir, so he had to put away those bottles and jars.

But Hua Kong did not immediately exit the Earth Fire Room, but took out a Fire Retardant Pearl, and released a small Flying Boat, driving the Flying Boat to clean up the Fire Demon Beasts that grew in the Earth Fire Vein.

After more than two Sexagenary Cycle of not cleaning, some Demon Beasts did grow in the Earth Fire Vein, but their levels were not high, and Hua Kong completed the cleaning without much effort.

As for those fragrant Fire Lotuses, Hua Kong originally wanted to keep them, but thinking that those Demon Beasts were mostly coming for those Fire Lotuses, he mercilessly cleaned them all up.

After cleaning up the Earth Fire Vein, he also maintained all the Fire Protection Formations. In this way, more than a thousand Mid-Grade Water Spiritual Stones were used up, but Hua Kong did not feel sorry for it. These were all local offerings from Seven Yang World.

After all this was done, Hua Kong returned to his small courtyard and rested for a few days.

When it was time to go to the Sword God Hall to work, Manager Liu Quan not only brought the profits from Tian Yuan Commerce’s business that day.

He also brought the family juniors who managed the industry in this world or the Lower Realm.

These things were all private matters of each family, so they each found an empty room and discussed with their juniors.

“Father!”, the young Manager respectfully saluted Hua Kong.

“Jingnian! Your cultivation has improved a little slowly! Why are you still in the Early Stage Foundation Establishment? You can’t just indulge in the business world!”, Hua Kong glanced at the young man and said. He was one of the children born to the Dancer sent by the Lin Family, and he was his older child.

“Father is right. I will go back to see my Mother in another ten years or so. I don’t plan to continue running the Chamber of Commerce in the Lower Realm. I plan to go back to the Sect to improve my cultivation and let my younger brothers take over my position.”, the young man replied respectfully.

“Okay! Okay! Tell me what’s going on!”, As Hua Kong settled down in Eight Yang World, the concubines he married in the Lower Realm and their children were brought to Eight Yang World to cultivate and live.

“Actually, it’s not a big deal! In recent years, most of the Cultivators in Seven Yang World have moved away, leaving only some Spirit Stone and Spiritual Medicine businesses. The family’s cities in the Lower Realm are also stable, and tax revenues can be stably deposited.

It’s just that during my stay in Haizhou City this time, an Elder from the East Sea Nine Nether Sect found me and said that he was willing to offer a direct daughter to be Father’s concubine, and also offer a batch of treasures as a dowry.

Also, he gave me this fruit, saying that Father would definitely like it! The condition is that Father must protect their family in Eight Yang World to gain a foothold.”, said the young man, taking out a rather ordinary green fruit the size of a marble and handing it up.

“Nine Nether Sect? I heard that the East Sea is rich in resources, why go to Eight Yang World?”, Hua Kong wondered.

“Father is also a Great Cultivator who has stayed in several worlds, so he must know that although the Upper Realm is difficult, the upper limit of the Upper Realm is high. He is now in the Late Stage Nascent Soul, but because his foundation was damaged in his early years, he has never been able to break through. Seeing that his Lifespan is about to end, he wants to take a gamble.”, the young man explained.

“What are the gifts he sent? He just wants me to protect his family?”, Hua Kong took the green fruit and played with it. A Space Power slowly radiated from the round green fruit.

“He said this is called Hunyuan Fruit, which can be used to make Space Magical Artifacts. Father will definitely like it! He also said that the making method of this fruit will be a dowry and will be personally given to Father by his daughter.”, the young man replied.

“Hunyuan Fruit!”, how could Hua Kong not be familiar with this name? He immediately stood up from his chair and widened his eyes.

“Is this a good thing?”, the young man was also stunned.

“Good thing! Good thing! Tell him I agree!”, Hua Kong said in surprise, holding the Hunyuan Fruit and playing with it.