Two quarters of an hour later.
In Su Yuan's jade plate, there were ten more pills. Their pale green color looked different from normal Pilgrimage Pills, and they emitted a faint fragrance!
A hint of charm, slightly weaker than before, flew out from the pills and merged into the broken bowl.
Little Qian smacked his lips and muttered, "This taste is indeed a bit better."
Beside him, Tao Yaoyao picked up a pill in surprise and examined it.
"Is this a Pilgrimage Pill? You added a completely new ingredient, and not only did it not affect the medicinal properties, but the number of top-grade pills also increased to two!"
Su Yuan asked, "Peak Lord Tao, do you think this kind of Pilgrimage Pill would sell?"
Tao Yaoyao shook her head and said, "No, it wouldn't. Cultivators who buy Pilgrimage Pills are usually those in the Refining Qi realm. For them, Spirit Stones are limited, and Pilgrimage Pills are just for filling their stomachs. The cheaper, the better! You added fragrant leaf grass, which undoubtedly increased the cost. The increased difficulty in refining will also lead to a decrease in the number of finished products, so the price will definitely go up. Naturally, there will be no market for it!"
As an Alchemist, she naturally knew that Pilgrimage Pills were unpalatable. However, over the years, it wasn't that no one in the Immortal Realm had tried to improve Pilgrimage Pills, but the results were always thankless and consumed a lot of effort. Not many people bought them, so the unpalatable version ultimately remained in circulation.
Upon hearing this, Su Yuan thoughtfully said, "Fragrant leaf grass is a type of spiritual grass, so the cost is high. If I add ordinary mortal Materials, changing the taste without increasing the cost too much, it should be fine!"
Tao Yaoyao said strangely, "What are you researching this for? The profit margin for Pilgrimage Pills is negligible; there's no research value at all. You can try refining first-grade mid-grade pills now."
Hearing this, Su Yuan smiled and shook his head, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Peak Lord Tao. I want to research Pilgrimage Pills a bit more. Thank you for your trouble this time, Peak Lord."
"Call me Sister Tao!" Tao Yaoyao chided.
"Uh, yes, Sister Tao!"
"Okay, if you want to research, I won't bother you. Just tell the Disciple at the door what Materials you need!"
Tao Yaoyao clearly had no interest in continuing to watch Su Yuan refine Pilgrimage Pills.
"Sister Tao, take care!"
Tao Yaoyao left. She didn't think Su Yuan's efforts would be of any use.
Su Yuan continued to try refining a completely new type of Pilgrimage Pill.
Just like that, he consecutively tried refining over twenty types of Pilgrimage Pills.
However, the efficiency of refining like this was too low!
At this moment.
He glanced at the [Work-Rest Balance] entry and found that it was still in a resting state, which surprised him a little. It seemed that in the System's view, refining pills in this manner still fell under the category of rest.
"I can experiment with it."
Su Yuan immediately opened the furnace and began refining first-grade mid-grade pills.
However, he stopped refining halfway through. He saw that [Work-Rest Balance] had still not stopped its countdown.
He continued to experiment until he started refining second-grade High Grade pills, at which point the Work-Rest Balance time instantly reset to zero!
With his thoughts instantly clear, he didn't continue refining the second-grade High Grade pills. Instead, he stopped refining as before and turned back to begin comprehending the process of refining Pilgrimage Pills.
[Mind Echo] activated!
In an instant, his consciousness appeared in various Alchemy rooms. He saw some people refining pills, and many of them mentioned Su Yuan.
"I heard a big shot came to the Alchemy room to refine pills, even the Peak Lord went to receive him!"
"Who?"
"I don't know, but it's definitely not someone you or I can comment on. Hurry up and refine your pills!"
"Right!"
In each Alchemy room, some Refining Qi realm Disciples were attempting to refine first-grade Low Grade and mid-grade pills. Su Yuan observed each refining process, absorbing and understanding their Alchemy experience one by one.
He had read a lot of theoretical knowledge, but he didn't have much practical refining experience. Therefore, he needed to borrow from others' experiences to improve his Alchemy methods.
He saw the refining processes of many ordinary Alchemists, watching them fail for various reasons that Su Yuan couldn't even imagine.
Su Yuan turned back and began refining Pilgrimage Pills again.
Opening the furnace lid, he threw various Materials into the Cauldron, and the number quickly climbed to dozens of types.
"You, what are you doing?" Little Qian asked doubtfully.
"I'm refining Pilgrimage Pills," Su Yuan said.
"But, aren't you adding a bit too many Materials? Is this still a Pilgrimage Pill?" Little Qian complained.
"This is called adding more ingredients without increasing the price! No matter how many ingredients are added, it's still a Pilgrimage Pill," Su Yuan laughed.
After Su Yuan threw in a hundred portions of Materials, he began to fuse them together.
The entire process was extremely meticulous. He divided his Divine Sense into a hundred strands, controlling each liquid medicine to fuse with the others. The medicinal properties were undergoing changes during the Fusion process, but Su Yuan firmly used the essence of spiritual valley as the main body to fuse these auxiliary Materials.
The spiritual valley essence grew larger and larger, and as more auxiliary Materials were fused, its color became strange.
Finally, he fused all the auxiliary Materials into one, and the color became multicolored.
Su Yuan rotated it and spun out a thousand Pilgrimage Pills. The ground fire expertly burned them all once, causing them to solidify at just the right moment.
The furnace lid was opened, and over a thousand Pilgrimage Pills flew out, forming a small mountain in front of Su Yuan.
The broken bowl flew out, preparing to absorb a portion of the divine charm, but at this moment, its startled cry rang out.
"My old monster, how did you do it!"
Within the thousand-plus Pilgrimage Pills, each pill released a portion of divine charm. A thousand portions of divine charm simultaneously flew into the broken bowl!
This wave was like a great tonic for Little Qian. A flash of light appeared on the surface of the broken bowl, the broken corner was immediately repaired, and the color became more vibrant, flowing with brilliance. It already looked like a first-grade Low Grade magic tool!
"You, how did you do it? This one furnace should only produce one type of pill, how did you refine thousands of types of pills?"
After digesting, Little Qian immediately asked excitedly.
At this time, Su Yuan had already exited his cultivation state. He smiled and explained, "I told you, I'm refining Hundred Flavor Pilgrimage Pills! Each pill will randomly produce its own unique taste! They look the same, but the proportion of ingredients is completely different! So they are all different types of pills!"
"You're truly a Genius! How did you come up with this idea! It's amazing!" Little Qian was amazed by Su Yuan's approach.
Su Yuan was curious, "What functions do you have now? You've absorbed so much divine charm!"
Little Qian immediately said, "I have now gathered the effects of so many Pilgrimage Pills. I can release various scents, and I can also convert qi into a type of Pilgrimage Spiritual Liquid. After taking it, you can abstain from eating! The effect is very strong, you can go without food for a hundred days!"
"And then?" Su Yuan continued to ask.
"That's it," Little Qian said.
"That's all?" Su Yuan was surprised.
"...I seem to have only absorbed the divine charm of Pilgrimage Pills. It should be normal to have these effects, right?" Little Qian said in a low voice.
"What about the actual grade?"
"Still first-grade Low Grade! The divine charm was mainly used to repair the Cauldron body."
"Alright, I'll refine it again."
Su Yuan opened the Alchemy room, found the Disciple guarding the door, and asked for some more spiritual herbs.
Then he started refining again, still the Hundred Flavor Pilgrimage Pills.
This time it wasn't as smooth as when he was in the cultivation state.
But he could still refine with eighty types of Materials.
After the pills were formed, over seven hundred Pilgrimage Pills flew out of the Pill Furnace, forming another small mountain.
From the small mountain, another six hundred types of divine charm flew out and merged into the Myriad Treasure Cosmos Cauldron.
On the body of the Myriad Treasure Cosmos Cauldron, a seven-colored pill appeared, constantly changing color.
Little Qian was pleasantly surprised, "First-grade mid-grade! So fast! This is simply flying speed!"
Su Yuan, on the other hand, frowned, "Are there duplicates so quickly?"
"Continue!"
"Ah? I'm already first-grade mid-grade, refining this kind of first-grade Low Grade pill is useless now, right?" Little Qian said.
"Can you absorb it?"
"Yes!"
"If you can, then don't talk!"
Little Qian fell silent.
Su Yuan continued to refine Hundred Flavor Pilgrimage Pills in the Alchemy room.
Time flew by, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Tao Yaoyao came to the Alchemy room again.
She hadn't expected Su Yuan to stay in the Alchemy room for seven consecutive days.
Knowing that Su Yuan was refining Low Grade pills and not afraid of disturbing him, she knocked on the door and walked straight in.
Then she saw layers of small pill mountains surrounding Su Yuan in the middle. She could only see half of Su Yuan's head; the rest was obscured by the small pill mountains!
Tao Yaoyao stared dumbfounded at the colorful pills throughout the Alchemy room. She asked in surprise, "Su Yuan, what are you refining?"
"Ah? Sister Tao, you're here! I'm refining Pilgrimage Pills, this is the last batch, almost done."
Tao Yaoyao flew into the air and came to Su Yuan's side.
Then she saw Su Yuan putting various Alchemy Materials into the Alchemy furnace one by one. With just a glance, she saw dozens of Materials!
Soon, the number reached a hundred!
Then, under her astonished gaze, Su Yuan began to control these Materials to fuse.
"What grade of pill are you refining that requires so many spiritual herbs?" Tao Yaoyao couldn't help but ask.
"Pilgrimage Pills! Please wait a moment, it'll be quick! I'm very experienced in refining Pilgrimage Pills now," Su Yuan said.
Su Yuan skillfully started the fire, ignited it, controlled it, condensed it. True Essence gushed out of his body as if it were free, pouring into the Pill Furnace. His Divine Sense also seemed boundless, performing the most meticulous manipulation on the hundred types of Materials.
The entire process was smooth and flowing, like an Alchemy master refining a peerless Divine Pill!
Tao Yaoyao even sensed that the fire-elemental and wood-elemental qi between heaven and earth were fluctuating with Su Yuan's movements. The two forces of heaven and earth, under Su Yuan's mobilization, merged into his Alchemy process, adding more variations to the medicinal properties of the spiritual herbs in the Pill Furnace.
This kind of variation could easily lead to refining failure and medicinal property mutations, but Su Yuan seemed to enjoy it, looking completely at ease.
Su Yuan's Alchemy technique was also very profound. His Divine Sense seemed to have merged with the artistic conception of gold, like the sharpest and most precise scalpel, performing actions on the liquid medicine that were like carving flowers.
This process only lasted for a quarter of an hour.
Su Yuan swept with fierce fire, solidifying over a thousand Pilgrimage Pills.
The Pill Furnace opened, and a thousand Pilgrimage Pills were thrown by Su Yuan into an empty space on the side, forming another small pill mountain!
Only then did Tao Yaoyao carefully discern the quality of those pills.
"Flawless! Flawless! Still flawless!"
"These, are these all flawless Pilgrimage Pills?"
Tao Yaoyao was utterly astonished. Above top-grade was flawless, referring to pills without pill toxins.
This was the highest quality level for Low Grade pills. High-quality pills also had the Concept of pill patterns, but Pilgrimage Pills were too low in grade, at most they could be flawless.
Most Alchemists in their lifetime could not refine more than a few flawless quality pills, treating one as a treasure.
It was also easy for her to produce flawless quality when refining Low Grade pills, but this entire batch being flawless quality was something she had never seen before!
No!
She scanned the entire Alchemy room; almost all of them were flawless Pilgrimage Pills!
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