Fighting Break Sphere: My Days as a Tutor at Canaan College

Chapter 102 Refining Medicine
In the courtyard, Liu Xi looked at Xiao Yue deeply.

It seems that this little maid is a little naive in some social ways just because of her age, but she is definitely not "stupid".

I knew enough and didn't continue the topic.

As the saying goes, family disgrace should not be made public. He knew a lot, and it would be harmful to both him and Xiao Yue.

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Perhaps it was because it was still a little early, the medicinal materials that the Xiao family asked him to use to make pills had not yet been sent. He waited for a while and then, not wanting to waste time, he went into the house, sat cross-legged in meditation, and consolidated his cultivation.

He planned to go to several large markets or the Miter Auction House in the city after he finished refining medicine today, if it was not too late, to see if he could find a long sword that would suit his needs at the moment.

He had been using the golden scroll to practice the Earth-level fighting skill in the valley on the edge of the Monster Mountain Range two days ago. Although his consciousness had to be forced to withdraw from the virtual space in the golden scroll due to the depletion of his soul power, he had mastered the basics of sword use to perfection. Later on, he was able to barely get started with the Earth-level fighting skill.

But I don’t know if he has mastered it in reality even though he is familiar with it in that virtual space.

It took about half an hour.

The Shenghuangyan Jue circulated in his body for a big cycle. Although there was no obvious increase in his cultivation, Liu Xi could feel that his realm, which had skyrocketed recently, had become more consolidated.

Slowly finishing his practice, he pushed the door open and walked out, only to see Xiao Yue coming forward and telling him that the Xiao family's top brass had sent someone to deliver the herbs, but he was practicing just now and didn't bother him.

He took a quick glance at the pile of medicinal herbs, and indeed they were all herbs for refining the first-grade elixirs "Blood Coagulation Powder" and "Rejuvenation Pill", but he found that the quantity of these herbs seemed a bit large?
Let alone three or five bottles, with this amount of medicinal materials, if we don't take into account the possible failure rate when refining the medicine, it would be more than enough to refine nearly ten or twenty bottles.

He raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose, then asked Xiao Yue who was standing beside him in the courtyard:

"Are the herbs for tomorrow's medicine refinement delivered here?"

Xiao Yue, who had had a brief exchange with him in the morning, was much more relaxed after hearing this. Perhaps she also found that he was a little different from the rumors, so she boldly raised her head, blinked her big eyes, and said:
"No, the person who delivered the herbs said that these are the herbs for you to make medicine today. As for whether they will also deliver herbs for tomorrow, they did not say. I guess this should be just today's quota."

Hearing this, Liu Xi's eyelids couldn't help but droop.

He was given almost twice as much medicinal materials, and although it might be well-intentioned, this continuous "good intention" still made him somewhat unhappy.

How much of a waste do you think he is?

Of course, this is also due to the fact that the Xiao family itself does not have any alchemists, and the top management may not know much about alchemy.

But Liu Xi felt that the most likely scenario was that the Xiao family's top brass saw that a whole day had passed and he had not yet made some "unreasonable" demands to them, which they considered, and were afraid that he would not work hard on refining the medicine, so they made some investments in terms of medicinal materials in order to win him over.

It should be noted that the unspoken rule in the alchemist industry is that whenever a pharmacist is asked to make medicine, the requester is required to provide the herbs himself, and regardless of success or failure, the requester must pay the alchemist a fee.

Furthermore, once the medicine is successfully refined, even if there is a large amount of leftover medicinal materials given to the alchemist in advance, they will not be returned.

For example, a pharmacist may only have a 70% success rate in refining a certain type of elixir. In order to be on the safe side and not return empty-handed if you ask him to refine the elixir in advance, you will at least prepare two sets of medicinal materials.

If he succeeds in refining the pill you want in one go, the remaining herbs will naturally go into his pocket.

In Liu Xi's case, the amount of medicinal materials used to refine three to five bottles of pills every day, but the Xiao family doubled this base number considering the possibility that he might fail in refining the pills!
This is an obvious truth, and it's actually almost the same as blatantly giving him benefits.

It's just a little more euphemistic, with an extra layer of fig leaf...

However, Liu Xi was well aware of the principle of being obliged to do good deeds, but after repeated consideration, he finally decided to accept the benefit.

It's not that he lacks this benefit, but he considered that if he didn't accept it, the top management of the Xiao family would think too much about it, so it would be better to accept it generously so that both parties would be happy.

But then again, the value of this extra batch of medicinal materials every day is also very considerable, at least hundreds of gold coins are worth it. If his alchemy skills are high and he doesn't make any mistakes when refining the medicine, he can even save more medicinal materials.

Nearly a thousand gold coins every day, in a month, that is a huge number.

What is earned in a month would take a long time for those independent cultivators or mercenaries to obtain, and ordinary people can never expect to have it in their entire lives.

No wonder people say that the alchemist industry is lucrative. This is just a first-grade alchemist. Even so, if the level goes up and reaches a certain level, these copper-smelling things will be no different from dirt.

After storing these medicinal herbs in the storage ring which already had a lot of free space, Liu Xi instructed Xiao Yue:

"Don't let anyone disturb me while I'm refining the medicine."

"Yes, sir." Xiao Yue lowered her head and responded.

Seeing this, Liu Xi nodded with satisfaction, entered the house, closed the door, took out the medicine cauldron that the alchemist never left behind, and placed it in an empty space in the center of the house.

The medicine cauldron is not big, only a few feet square.

The entire cauldron is dark red in color with a slight hint of light on it. At the bottom of the cauldron, there are three ferocious animal heads carved with wide-open mouths, forming three interconnected fire holes. The holes are curved and continuous, and the deeper you go inside, the smaller the diameter becomes. From a distance, it seems that there are mysteries hidden inside.

At the top of the medicine cauldron, there are birds perched on the dark red lid. There is a special hole in the lid, which is the place for putting in medicinal materials.

Take a closer look.

On the lid of the cauldron, there are some fine holes made of ice silver, which have the effect of dissipating heat to prevent the furnace from exploding due to high temperature. In the middle part of the cauldron, there is a transparent mirror made of ice essence. From here, one can clearly see everything that happens inside when refining the medicine.

The surface of the medicine cauldron is painted with beautiful carvings of monsters, which look lifelike, like living creatures.

His eyes fell on the three animal heads with their mouths wide open below the medicine cauldron.

This is a tripod with three mouths!
Medicine cauldrons are also divided into different levels. The more fire holes a cauldron has, the higher the level and the rarer it is.

Liu Xi knew clearly that this kind of crater could not be made by simply making a few holes. The mystery inside was difficult for an outsider to discover. The crater was the essence of the medicine cauldron and required high-precision polishing. During the manufacturing process, if there was even the slightest mistake, the entire medicine cauldron would become a failure.

Therefore, the more fire mouths a medicine cauldron has, the stronger its auxiliary effect on medicine refining will be.

Of course, if you want to control multiple fire vents, you need a stronger soul perception. As a first-grade alchemist, being able to control two fire vents is already the limit.

A good medicine cauldron is as important to an alchemist as a sword in a warrior's hand!
This three-mouthed cauldron is considered a good medicine cauldron and is worth a lot of money.

In fact, ordinary first- and second-grade alchemists seldom have the ability to equip themselves with a medicine cauldron of such a high grade and preciousness. If his original body had not had a third-grade alchemist teacher with many years of experience, it would have taken him an indefinite time to use a medicine cauldron of such a high grade.

Sitting cross-legged in front of the medicine cauldron, Liu Xi took out the materials and took a deep breath. To be honest, if he had not received everything from the original body, he would have no idea about the upcoming medicine refining.

It has been a few days since he came into this world, but this is the first time he has set out to prepare medicine. For some reason, the blood flow under his skin quickened, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Recalling the alchemy techniques taught by his original teacher, as well as some tips and precautions, Liu Xi touched the fire mouth with his palm, mobilized the fighting spirit in his body, and shouted:
"rise!"

Before he finished speaking, a ball of orange-red fighting spirit flame condensed in the palms of his hands, and poured into the medicine cauldron through the fire mouth.

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(End of this chapter)