"Don't be discouraged. Alchemy is inherently difficult. Just now, there was an arrogant brat who hadn't even reached the apprentice level and still wanted to refine pills."
"At least you're much better than him, not overreaching yourself."
"Really!"
Bai Cai blinked her clear eyes, feeling surprised.
Inside the alchemy room, Xin Ci opened the alchemy furnace. After a puff of smoke dissipated.
Nine round and lustrous earth-yellow pills lay quietly inside, along with one dark yellow half-formed pill.
"A nine-and-a-half success rate! It seems your talent for alchemy is even higher than mine." Kuai Shu Ge
Elder Han looked at Xin Ci like he had discovered a perfect piece of uncarved jade, saying excitedly.
Mu Qingqing wasn't surprised. After breaking through to the third layer of the Myriad Phenomena Star Wheel Sutra.
Xin Ci's soul and hers were of the same origin, naturally possessing eidetic memory.
In five days, he had memorized many low-grade pill formulas and knowledge of spirit herbs. Coupled with the influence of the protagonist's halo.
Xin Ci becoming an alchemist was not a surprising event.
Now that he had enough Yellow Dragon Pills, Xin Ci proceeded to break through in the alchemy room.
However, upon swallowing the fifth Yellow Dragon Pill, a wave of spiritual energy surged around Xin Ci.
Peak of the late Yellow Realm.
Moreover, the spiritual energy in his two qi cyclones was already comparable to the late Xuan Realm.
After breaking through his cultivation, Xin Ci didn't rush to leave the alchemy room. Instead, he continued to refine other pills.
Xin Ci spent a full day in the alchemy room, refining no less than dozens of furnaces.
Just among the one-star pills, Reply Pills, Healing Pills, Qi Replenishing Pills, and Yellow Dragon Pills were countless.
Even more surprisingly, Xin Ci also attempted to refine two-star and three-star pills.
However, the success rate of two-star pills was one-tenth lower than that of one-star pills, and the success rate of three-star pills was only around fifty percent.
After refining for so long, Xin Ci suddenly felt extremely tired.
He didn't expect alchemy to consume so much soul power, not to mention he had been refining pills all day.
His own soul power was also almost depleted, and he had to go back to rest.
Xin Ci packed all the refined pills into jade bottles without leaving a single one and placed them into his Spatial Ring.
As for the half-finished pills that had failed on the ground, Xin Ci had no intention of taking them.
Gu Nuo and Bai Cai were chatting enthusiastically. A fleeting glance from the corner of her eye saw Xin Ci walking out of the alchemy room.
"Look, that young man is the arrogant fellow I was talking about."
Gu Nuo slightly raised her chin, gesturing to Bai Cai.
Bai Cai curiously sized up the young man, noticing that he looked younger than her.
"You've been in there for a day and just came out. Did you fail at alchemy? It's right if you failed; I told you alchemy isn't that easy..."
As soon as Xin Ci walked over, Gu Nuo started talking to him preemptively.
However, he was extremely tired and just wanted to go back and rest.
"I succeeded."
Gu Nuo and Bai Cai saw Xin Ci say "succeeded" indifferently and leave, their minds momentarily unable to process it.
"He really succeeded in alchemy?" Bai Cai blinked her eyes, her small mouth slightly agape in surprise.
But Gu Nuo didn't think so.
"You believe that kid? That guy isn't even an alchemy apprentice. How could he refine pills? He must have said that just to save face."
"Sigh, I guess I was overthinking it. But his attitude just now was indeed unpleasant. If you don't have the skill, don't brag." Bai Cai also expressed her dissatisfaction.
Just then, an old man in a gray robe with a full beard hurried over.
Gu Nuo and Bai Cai quickly bowed respectfully, "Elder Yan..."
"No need for Elder Yan, hurry! Little girl, quickly tell me, were you refining pills in alchemy room number 56 just now?"
Alchemy room number 56!
Wasn't that the room the young man had just been in?
Seeing Elder Yan Hongde's anxious expression, Gu Nuo thought Xin Ci had broken something in the alchemy room.
Angering Elder Yan, and now he was coming to settle the score.
So Gu Nuo quickly bowed and apologized, explaining, "Elder Yan, I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have let a young man who isn't even an alchemy apprentice into the alchemy room."
Gu Nuo was very flustered. This Elder Yan was known for his short temper, and he would pursue to the end anything that affected his alchemy.
Looking up, Yan Hongde's eyes widened, and his words were filled with disbelief.
"What did you say! Not even an alchemy apprentice!!!"
"Uh... yes."
Gu Nuo couldn't understand why Elder Yan was so agitated.
"Don't talk nonsense. Can someone who isn't even an alchemy apprentice refine these pills!"
More than twenty pills that looked like coal lumps appeared in Elder Yan's hand.
These were what he found on the ground when he entered the alchemy room, and there were quite a few of them. It was clear someone had been refining pills inside before.
Gu Nuo glanced at them and frowned, "Elder Yan, these pills are clearly failed products. Isn't it normal for that young man to have failed at alchemy?"
"Foolish. Look again carefully, there are two-star and three-star pills among them."
"Moreover, even as half-finished products, their medicinal fragrance and effects are already comparable to ordinary finished pills. This shows that the person who refined these pills had superb skill."
After being reprimanded, Gu Nuo felt a bit defiant and pouted, "So what? That guy still failed at alchemy."
"You little girl, think carefully. Since these half-finished pills are no worse than ordinary pills in effect, why would he leave them behind?"
"This indicates that he has already successfully refined the actual finished pills and taken them away."
Hearing Yan Hongde's words, Gu Nuo and Bai Cai suddenly came to their senses.
Elder Yan in front of them was a five-star alchemist, and his words carried some authority.
Then, they recalled Xin Ci saying "I succeeded" when he left.
The two of them were struck by lightning, frozen in place.
After a long time, Bai Cai timidly spoke, "Sister Gu Nuo, we might have been a bit too rude to that master just now."
At Bai Cai's words, Gu Nuo felt terrible.
Especially after the mockery she had directed at Xin Ci, she had even thought he was too arrogant.
Now, it seemed the most arrogant person was herself!
As night fell, Xin Ci returned to his courtyard and found Li Jianxing still practicing his sword under the large banyan tree.
It seemed that Senior Brother Li practiced his sword day and night.
After a day of refining pills, he was utterly exhausted, and Elder Han had also returned to the crystal space to rest.
Although Senior Brother Li was outside, Xin Ci wasn't completely at ease.
After all, people under Nalan Wuxia would still come to trouble him from time to time.
So, he used thin ropes to set up bell traps on the windows, roof, and main door.
At the same time, Xin Ci also released the Cross Lock and hid it under the bed.
If anyone broke into the room with malicious intent to attack him, he could quickly wake up and retaliate.
However, the fully prepared Xin Ci did not consider Mu Qingqing inside his body.
As soon as Xin Ci fell asleep, his body began to emit a dazzling blue light.