Chapter 717 - 384: Misunderstandings and Hardships in Alchemy (Part 2)

Chapter 717: Chapter 384: Misunderstandings and Hardships in Alchemy (Part 2)

As for today’s modified version, even if there’s a bit of toxicity, he should be able to withstand it...

Hmm?

He suddenly felt a surge of warmth rising from his stomach, moving through his limbs and bones, causing a tingling sensation throughout his body.

This is... is it healing the various injuries inside him?

Over the years, he had accumulated many visible and hidden injuries, visited many doctors, undergone surgeries, and taken countless medicines. His body was like a battered old tank—strong yet truly damaged.

Yet at this moment, he miraculously felt several minor wounds inside him quietly healing!

Instinctively, he opened his mouth to gulp down the entire cup of potion.

Bang!

It was Hua Yuyue, who grabbed his wrist, covering the mouth of his cup, sealing off the remaining potion.

Hua Yuyue was a top master of micro-expressions and extremely sensitive to colors, instantly detecting Mu Xinghuan’s subtle changes in expression, skin color, pores, and posture!

Mu Xinghuan awkwardly chuckled.

"Well... I’ve already had some, wouldn’t be good to give it to someone else, let me drink it all!"

Hua Yuyue, indifferent to prolonged discussion, smiled as he took the cup from Mu Xinghuan’s hand, inspecting the pale purple liquid within.

"Is it effective?"

In the room, Bai Mo and the Pudding Tea he held were unconcerned.

However, Mo Lanyou and Wu Qingyun shifted their gaze.

Professor Hong and Professor Fang also turned their eyes to Mu Xinghuan, eager to learn how effective their tireless efforts over the past days had been.

Mu Xinghuan smacked his lips, furrowed his brow, and nodded.

"I feel... maybe... stronger than the original version."

Everyone in the room laughed; they had never doubted this outcome and were not particularly surprised.

Yet Hua Yuyue’s expression stiffened.

"Stronger than the original?"

His mind was chaotic.

Does this mean Expert Bai Mo’s theory is indeed correct?

The Immortal Committee has gained this vital resource, Snow Lotus Qi Boosting Soup?

Could the Sequence Nine, Sequence Eight, and Sequence Seven Immortal Technique Committee members collectively benefit?

Could the Immortal Committee develop more items based on this theory?

"Haha, haha!"

He was momentarily emotionally overwhelmed.

"It’s done... it’s done!"

...

Whoosh...

Strong wind blew into the Bronze Hall.

Sitting behind the desk, Bai Mo sipped his warm milk tea, his hand reaching for a copper plate on the table, reading the inscriptions.

Over the past few days, the disciples really unearthed some Pill Formulas!

Beside the desk, piled up in stacks, they were all there.

Bai Mo had also looked through them, but consistently felt that using these things might not result in an elixir.

"Sequence Five’s text holds plenty of information.

"These copper plates also have a lot of text.

"But... it seems these contents don’t form a complete Pill Formula.

"These items are just parts of a formula, fragmented."

Bai Mo suspected he might have misunderstood something about alchemy.

Looking at a new copper plate, it was from an Immortal’s memoir.

[... On this outing for herb collection, I was nearly taken by a Fallen Immortal, truly too dangerous. If not for having four bodyguards skilled in Hammer Technique, I might not have made it back to the Pill Palace. It seems I need to enhance my cultivation and strengthen my skills in Hammer Technique...]

It was written in Sequence Five’s text.

"An Immortal from Sequence Five who doesn’t know Hammer Technique, protected by four Immortals from Sequence Five who do?

"What logic is this?"

[Today’s research went smoothly, Crystal Green Beans, such inconspicuous material, surprisingly promotes the fusion of pill liquid, truly unexpected, haha...]

"Is he researching alchemy?

"Among Sequence Five Immortals, focusing not on Hammer Technique, but purely on alchemy?

"Seems to hold a high status in the Ancient Immortal Dynasty?"

Bai Mo continued reading.

[Xiang Shuang cried before me. Seeing my desire to practice Hammer Technique, he immediately knelt and apologized, saying it was his fault for not protecting me, letting the Fallen Immortal get close]

[He said I shouldn’t need to practice Hammer Technique, should focus on alchemy, and if the Fallen Immortal approaches me again, he will apologize with his life. Alas, having him is my blessing]

Bai Mo clicked his tongue.

"This status is not just high, but exceptionally so!

"Is he a remarkable Alchemist?"

Bai Mo continued to examine the copper plate.

[It snowed outside the window today, and I suddenly realized it had been seventy years since I started researching Lotus Fragrance Pill, uncertain when I might succeed]

[The Marquis said Lotus Fragrance Pill is the simplest type of elixir, yet it is obviously quite complex]

[I can’t imagine how challenging those higher-tier elixirs could be]

What does this mean?

The most basic pill, not crafted successfully even after seventy years?

Turns out not a master, just a rookie?

[Today is the Pill Palace’s exchange conference day, where a hundred and eighty Alchemists gathered at Qingfeng Hall to discuss the progress of Lotus Fragrance Pill development]

[Initially, I believed my progress was too slow, wasting resources and time]

[But after an exchange, I unexpectedly found I’m not at the bottom, haha]

[Most of us are on par, able only to craft insignificant fragments, unable to develop legitimate stuff]

Bai Mo found this increasingly peculiar.

"Is alchemy so difficult?

"The highly respected professional Alchemists can’t even craft a basic pill?

"The entire dedicated team of Pill Palace focused on just one type of pill, yet still unsuccessful?"

Fortunately, this copper plate remained quite intact so Bai Mo could continue perusing.

[During the sharing session, the Marquis explained the latest developments on Lotus Fragrance Pill within Dan Kingdom]

[Among them, Celestial Palace, Book Pavilion Holy Land, Celestial Origin Holy Land have relatively faster progress]

[The Marquis purchased their research data...]

Huh?

"This most basic pill isn’t just researched by Cyan Moon Pill Palace, but the entire Dan Kingdom?"

...

"Wail, wail!"

"Howl, howl!"

At noon, in the dining hall, the fox apprentices sat around small stone tables, scooping out chocolate chips from Tofu Flower, each one crunching happily and showing bliss on their faces.

The three brothers: Black Nose, Black Glasses, and Black Tail, led the dining hall staff all around, watching everyone eating, feeling smugly pleased.

Everyone’s eating well, indicating their chef team’s new dish research was a success!

Bai Mo sat in the corner of the dining hall, eating Tofu Flower chocolate chips, feeling a bit like a Star Cup.

"Hey, these guys are pretty slick at developing new dishes.

"Recently, they’ve already crafted over a hundred and twenty new dishes, right? Averaging a dish a day?

"A hundred and twenty..."

The number was coincidentally familiar.

For on the copper plate before Bai Mo, it was recorded that in the history of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, all successfully developed pill formulas, regardless of efficacy or grade, totaled a hundred and twenty...

Pooling the vast strength of Dan Kingdom, not crafting a single new formula over centuries, was perfectly normal too.

Whenever a new successful pill formula emerged, it was a nationwide celebration, louder than New Year’s festivities!

Bai Mo pouted.

Previously reading Xianxia novels, he always felt pill formulas seemed not too valuable. Especially low-tier ones, abundant, flamboyant, readily available.

But who would’ve thought, upon arriving at the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, it wasn’t the case.

"If research is challenging, Fox Mountain might not necessarily have to develop internally.

"Could someone provide an existing formula for us to craft some actual pills?"

Fiddling through the copper plates on the desk, he then spotted familiar writing again.

It’s from that Alchemist who researched Lotus Fragrance Pill for seventy years!

[... Swiftly four hundred years passed, my lifespan nearing its end]

[Lotus Fragrance Pill still remained unsuccessful, yet the alchemists from Celestial Palace and Holy Lands strive diligently, as did my fellow brethren; perhaps they might eventually succeed]

[But I likely won’t see that day]

[In my lifetime, contributing something to Lotus Fragrance Pill research]

[Successfully crafted eight Fire Flow Pills, six Water Image Pills, tallying fourteen]

[With this achievement, barely qualifying as an Alchemist, even upon descending to Yellow Springs and meeting ancestors, I wouldn’t feel ashamed, hahahaha]