Long Chen had nearly exhausted his soul power to help Ling'er activate nearly eighty percent of the runes on the Demon Moon Furnace.
Now, Ling'er was increasingly adept at controlling her own body, no longer as sluggish as she had at first.
After another round of pill refining, everything became smooth and practiced. Soon, a batch of pills was completed. Nine pills were all top-grade pills, each plump, and three bore dazzling patterns. Ling'er was overjoyed.
Because the higher the quality of the pills she refined, the greater the benefits she received. This was like giving back to others, so the pill furnace was always better as it aged; brand-new furnaces were never worth much.
"Ling'er, let me demonstrate again. There were a few places where you didn't control the heat well enough. Otherwise, this time, you should have at least a sixty percent chance of refining top-grade pills.
Come, this time I'll take the lead, you cooperate, and carefully observe the changes in my flames. Long Chen said.
"Mm,"
Ling'er nodded obediently. She now regarded Long Chen as a deity. His alchemy skills were incredibly strong, and her future was full of promise.
"Buzz"—
Blue flames blazed above the furnace, and its temperature began to rise rapidly. Long Chen spoke: "
What I taught you before was only a basic refining technique. In fact, you've basically mastered it. What you lack now is just experience."
To save time, I'll teach you advanced refining techniques. This method demands even more precise control of the heat, and you can't afford any mistakes, or all your efforts will be wasted. Long
Chen's flame power had clearly reached a new level. Previously, he used slow fire during pill refining, but now he used rapid fire. The flames rose, and the furnace roared.
"With such rapid fire, the alchemy speed increases, and as the flames change rapidly, more medicinal effects can be locked into the furnace, preventing the rare herb's vitality from losing during the flame transition.
Only with this technique can the pills produced possess a hint of spiritual power and even stronger medicinal effects... As Long Chen spoke,
the powder rapidly flowed into the Yaoyue Furnace. At this moment, Long Chen was like a master chef, stir-frying under the intense fire. The powder melted rapidly inside the furnace, and Long Chen's flames transformed rapidly, dazzling Ling'er's eyes.
"Buzz!"
In just a few breaths, the pill furnace suddenly trembled, roaring and booming. A smile appeared on Long Chen's face: the pill furnace runes had been activated, and the Demon Moon Furnace could finally refine pills normally.
"Boom boom boom...
The furnace erupted repeatedly, as if a monster was frantically attacking it, trying to break free.
Ling'er was both surprised and delighted. The moment she finished the pill, she already knew its grade.
They were actually nine top-grade Life Star Pills. Inside the furnace, they shot at it like meteors, trying to break it violently.
Ling'er was about to suppress them, but Long Chen stopped her. The furnace lid opened, revealing nine Life Star Pills, charging fiercely at Long Chen and Ling'er, as if ready to fight them to the death.
"I created you to come out, yet you want to kill me. That's truly ungrateful. Let me see just how strong you really are."
Long Chen snorted coldly, waved his hand, and a bolt of lightning swept by, enveloping them. The nine Life Star Pills were enveloped by the lightning, and the nine pills seemed to ignite like a volcano.
"Rumble rumble rumble...
transformed into gigantic tree demons, even larger than magical beasts, exuding an evil aura. The branches twisted like monstrous pythons, binding Long Chen.
The nine trees attacked Long Chen, instantly binding him and rapidly pulling him backward, even trying to dismember him in a 'nine horses' dismemberment.
"Creak creak...
The immense force made the branches emit a tooth-chilling strange sound.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion as the branches around Long Chen shattered one after another. The nine pills were blasted far away, but it did not flee and attacked Long Chen again.
"Whoosh!"
Long Chen opened his large hand and tossed one of the pills into the air.
With a loud explosion, the pill actually burst open in Long Chen's mouth, self-destructing as it was devoured.
Although Long Chen was prepared, his mouth still went numb from the shock, and his tongue felt a bit swollen.
"Wipe them out," Long Chen said to Ling'er.
"Whoosh!"
The runes on the Demon Moon Furnace trembled, and blue light swords shot out, slicing through the remaining pills one after another. Just as Long Chen had predicted, the Demon Moon Furnace was not only a pill refining furnace but also a terrifying demon weapon.
"Brother Long Chen, you're amazing! You managed to refine nine top-grade pills at once. I can clearly feel my strength have increased a little." Ling'er said excitedly, refining top-grade pills would be extremely beneficial to her.
Long Chen waved his hand, signaling her to remain silent. He was savoring the power of the pill, and after a while, he exhaled. The breath was actually black, almost like poisonous gas.
"The demon pill carries such a strong murderous energy. Its efficacy is definitely ten times that of pills of the same grade, but not just anyone can take it." Long Chen sighed.
Just now, Long Chen deliberately released the power of thunder, letting them absorb the thunder and activate all their intelligence, making their medicinal effects peak and becoming tribulation pills.
Only Long Chen could withstand that pill just now; even an ordinary Dragon Blood warrior would have had his jaw blown off.
It should be noted that the Mingxing Pill is a relatively mild pill, with main ingredients being plants, flowers, and fruits. If the main ingredients are demon pills refined from magical beast crystal cores, essence blood, or beast bones, they become even more ferocious. Long Chen had truly experienced firsthand the terrifying power of demon pills.
The Mingxing Pill was no longer useful to Long Chen. However, because its refining process was quite classic and involved many basic techniques, once Ling'er mastered this method, she could lay a solid foundation, making it much easier to refine other pills in the future.
"One more time, Ling'er, this time you need to focus. I want to refine a top-grade giant pill, and the failure rate is even higher." Long Chen said.
Long Chen took out the medicinal powder again. The flames surged, even more intense than before. As the furnace roared, the world began to tremble.
Ling'er focused completely, not daring to be distracted, cooperating with Long Chen with all her might. Stream after wave of medicinal powder merged into the pill furnace. Endless energy from heaven and earth surged wildly into the Demon Moon Furnace. In the void, a vortex of ten thousand miles appeared, its aura astonishing.
"Ling'er, focus your attention and control the demonic runes..." Long Chen reminded.
This alchemy session was grand and grand, the world roared. Even Ling'er was a bit nervous; she had never seen such a terrifying phenomenon before.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, with a loud explosion, the road cover was blown away. A beam of light erupted from the pill furnace, shooting straight into the sky thousands of miles high, shattering the vortex above. The furnace was completely empty, and all the rare herbal energy was instantly released.
"I'm sorry, Brother Long Chen, I ...," Ling'er said uneasily, having been busy just nowControlling the runes, he hadn't expected that as Long Chen turned the flames, the medicinal liquid inside suddenly went berserk, actually breaking open the furnace lid.
As soon as the lid opened, all the medicinal liquid instantly scattered. Ling'er became a bit dejected, thinking she was too foolish to do anything well.
Long Chen ruffled Ling'er's head and smiled, "You've already done very well, or rather, we've done very well."
In fact, failure is not frightening; all successes are built upon failures. This is the way of heaven, and no one can go against it.
Besides, you've never refined it, and I only know theory, so failure is inevitable.
Don't worry, this is your first failure, but definitely not the last. After a few more failures, you'll get used to it. Listening
to Long Chen's comfort and seeing the warm smile on his face like sunshine, Ling'er was moved and said, "Brother Long Chen, you're so kind. Thank you. My previous masters never treated me as human; they were all so bad." "
As demon soldiers, they have a strange restriction: they can never actively devour their masters. Therefore, those who obtain demon weapons relentlessly enslave them to extract all their power.
Moreover, as the owners of demon weapons, they also bear immense pressure because they do not know when misfortune will strike. Some are even ruthless, believing they live day by day, relying on evil soldiers to kill without fear and unleash the evil in their hearts.
At first, Ling'er was not strong; it lacked the ability to choose its owner, so she endured a lot of torment.
Over countless years, it had changed hands countless times, but had never met someone as good to her as Long Chen. Even if she did something wrong, she couldn't bear to blame her; instead, she took the blame on herself, which deeply moved her.
"Alright, stop overthinking it. Come on, let's challenge the next failure together. Don't be afraid, every failure brings us one step closer to success." Long Chen looked at the little girl, her eyes a bit red, as if she was about to cry. He smiled and comforted her.
During the subsequent refining process, just as Long Chen had predicted, failure really is success—damn it, endless nagging, dawdling, and endless talk.
This time, Long Chen was refining a giant pill, and it was a very difficult Underworld Gate Pill. The demand for the Giant Demon Pill was almost to an abnormal degree—not even a hair's slight difference allowed.
If you use the Moon Furnace, it's much simpler, because the furnace itself is a pill furnace. Over countless years, countless pills have been refined, and the runes inside the furnace carry alchemy memories, which can assist Long Chen in completing them.
But the Yaoyue Furnace is different; it produces far too few pills. Long Chen is essentially a first-generation pioneer, and since he is refining demon pills, the difficulty is almost sky-high.
After failing three times in a row, he needed to rest for half a day. Not only did Long Chen need to rest, but the surrounding Heavenly Dao power was also running low. The Giant Demon Pill absorbed too much Heavenly Dao power.
Seven days later, after countless failures, the pill furnace suddenly sank. Long Chen couldn't help but shout
:
"Ling'er, hold on!"
"Boom!"
The Demon Moon Furnace rapidly sank, the earth began to collapse, the wind and clouds changed color, the universe trembled, and endless calamity clouds began to cover the sky.