Becoming the Villainess: I Dominate the Cultivation Realm with My Wok!

Chapter 257: Refining the Qi Smoothing Pill

Seeing Changgui still unwilling to concede, Zheng Tuo rolled his eyes and said to Feng Tian, "You go first."

Changgui wasn’t foolish either. When he saw that there was only one large alchemy furnace here and the two had not taken out any other furnaces, it indicated they would take turns. So he decided to wait and observe the first person’s alchemy technique.

If one person could actually operate such a large alchemy furnace alone, he would admit his inferiority as his spiritual power was far from sufficient.

Feng Tian hesitantly stepped forward, and several cultivators dressed similarly to the elder, albeit with different colors and patterns, came forward, channeling their powers, and the furnace’s fire started to burn slowly.

It turns out it takes four cultivators working together to ignite the fire and operate this alchemy furnace! He thought these students were already so impressive, but it turned out to be just that.

Changgui had to admit he felt a slight relief.

Feng Tian clumsily monitored the heat, sequentially adding materials, occasionally using his own spiritual power to adjust details. He wasn’t a Fire Spirit Root but a Wood Spirit Root, adjusting the elemental balance needed for alchemy, unlike Changgui, who controlled the balance by managing the heat.

Of course, since generally one individual has only one spirit root, maintaining the needed five elemental balance is not entirely possible, leading to lower precision. However, the latter is a necessary condition for becoming an alchemy master.

And Changgui’s method demands much higher personal spiritual power control, he could currently only manage the fire for intermediate elixirs, like the Great Nourishing Pill he made for the Sect Leader earlier, relying on Xiaohu to manage the fire.

The Huo Family Academy does not require students to master alchemy within the academy, control over heat must await a student’s cultivation to improve, allowing them to explore independently.

Even the Qi Smoothing Pill from the Qian Ding Sect’s secrets is not considered a high-level elixir, let alone a common Qi Smoothing Pill. Therefore, Feng Tian quickly produced a bizarrely colored elixir.

Zheng Tuo glanced over, despite him being a friend, he couldn’t help but roll his eyes. He restrained his expression, but in his heart, he felt disdain.

Just by looking at the color, it was so far off from the book’s description!

The elder picked up the elixir, placed it aside, waiting for a while to evaluate it together.

Feng Tian also knew he hadn’t refined well, scratched his head and stepped back. However, he thought in his heart, although the refined elixir didn’t look good, at least he formed an elixir. As for the new guy, he might just end up burning it to ashes!

Changgui discreetly surveyed the elixir Feng Tian made, having a rough estimate in his mind.

Then looking at Zheng Tuo, who confidently stepped forward, the four cultivators first stepped back, another similarly dressed cultivator approached, using a special water to wash the alchemy furnace, then the four cultivators came forward again to exert their powers.

This way, when each person refines their elixirs in succession, the furnace is in the same state, reducing errors.

Zheng Tuo clearly was more familiar with the process, adding materials swiftly, he was a Fire Spirit Root, but the Qi Cultivation Fifth Rank fire seemed particularly small before this huge alchemy furnace, he could only maintain the elemental balance but absorbed some fire elements to prevent excess fire.

This operation made Zheng Tuo increasingly red-faced, Changgui was worried he’d suffer heatstroke.

Soon, Zheng Tuo’s elixir came out.

"Wow! The color is exactly as described in the book!"

"I’ve seen the sold Qi Smoothing Pills, and the one he refined is exactly the same!"

Zheng Tuo confidently flicked his hair; he was certain of his victory.