After awakening, the female supporting character in the abused novel only wants to ascend to immorta

Chapter 173 First Successful Pill Formation
Looking at Granny Honghu, whose face was even darker than the burnt medicinal herbs, Lin Zhao took a deep breath, "Teacher, I'll continue..."

Grandma Honghu sneered as she watched her disciple clumsily continue refining the material.

"Based on your wood elemental spiritual power and understanding of this medicinal herb, you can determine its optimal temperature and control it with your divine soul to maintain it at the most suitable level. Your spiritual energy perception and divine soul control abilities at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage are far superior to those at the Qi Refining stage. In theory..."

Watching the medicinal herbs burn to nothingness in Lin Zhao's hands, Granny Honghu sighed, "Never mind, no rush, take your time."

Alchemy is something that can't be rushed.

Especially since the Lin family is still a beginner.

After trying for a full day and night, Lin Zhao finally found a trick and managed to refine a pool of medicinal liquid with a slightly burnt smell.

"Teacher, can this be used for elixir fusion?"

Looking at the strange color of the medicinal liquid in the cauldron, which should have been emerald green, Granny Honghu gave Lin Zhao a thumbs up and joked, "Not bad! If you can refine the other medicinal herbs and fuse them into a pill, you can become a deadly poison master."

Lin Zhao: "..."

She retrieved the medicine cauldron that was floating in the air with spiritual energy, looked at the spiritual liquid inside, and scratched her head: "I really want to know what to do."

Grandma Honghu nodded, "Give it a try?"

Under Granny Honghu's serious expression, this time, although the medicinal liquid Lin Zhao refined was not emerald green, it at least turned a normal green.

"That's enough. Now, let's extract the other medicinal herbs."

Lin Zhao let out a breath, never expecting that the first hurdle of just a small first-grade pill would torment him for so long.

However, the extraction of medicinal herbs is always difficult at the beginning. With practice, Lin Zhao became more and more familiar with the process of refining medicinal herbs.

Once the medicinal properties began to blend, Lin Zhao started to panic again.

She hadn't expected that these seemingly mild medicinal liquids would cancel each other out like ice and fire colliding when they came into contact.

Grandma Honghu said, "First-grade pills cannot be aided by any pill seals, so now you must rely entirely on your divine soul perception and control. Use your wood element affinity to connect with them, and then control the attributes that can be connected to them to amplify them and complete the fusion."

Grandma Honghu explained it simply: Lin Zhao had ruined the Seven Cauldrons Elixir on his own, and only under Grandma Honghu's guidance did he find out how to use his divine soul to detect and control the fusion of the medicinal materials.

This was truly a wondrous state. The divine soul controlled the medicinal liquid within the cauldron, and the wood attribute, which was rarely used in normal times, was now revitalized. The gentle spiritual energy provided by the wood attribute spiritual root enveloped the medicinal liquid, allowing it to experience a suitable temperature while preventing the medicinal properties from dissipating. Instead, as they continued to blend, they emitted a rich medicinal fragrance.

Seeing the faint green light naturally emanating from Lin Zhao's body, Granny Honghu nodded in satisfaction.

Although he had only been free from the illusion for less than a month, he was able to enter a state of enlightenment before his first attempt at forming a pill. This would be of great help to Lin Zhao's future development as an alchemist.

Ultimately, you need insight to succeed at anything.

Lin Zhao's ability to enter a state of enlightenment demonstrates her remarkable comprehension in this field.

This was exactly what Granny Honghu had expected; her disciple's personality was indeed well-suited to be an alchemist.

After setting up an undisturbed array around him, Lin Zhao successfully completed his first pill-forming process, which took a full three days because he entered a state of enlightenment.

When she opened her eyes and saw the Grade One Qi-Replenishing Pill lying in the alchemy furnace, she frowned.

The pill had a faint silver glow flowing around it. Even though Lin Zhao only had a basic understanding of alchemy, he knew that this was just the glow surrounding a medium-quality pill.

Inferior-quality pills have no luster, medium-quality pills have a silver luster, superior-quality pills have a golden luster, and the perfect-quality pills are the ones she has been taking. They are surrounded by a milky-white luster, and when that milky-white luster flows, you can faintly see some gold. It is said that the best perfect-quality pills are surrounded by a platinum-gold luster.

The fact that his first attempt at pill formation was only of medium quality was a significant blow to Lin Zhao.

This medium-quality Grade 1 Qi-replenishing pill is suitable for disciples in the Qi Refining stage to quickly restore their spiritual energy, but it can also cause pill poisoning to accumulate in Qi Refining disciples.

Unless this disciple reaches the Golden Core stage, this poison will accompany him for life.

Grandma Honghu naturally saw the faint silvery glow, but she wasn't surprised. Instead, she asked Lin Zhao, "How many are there?"

Lin Zhao had only been paying attention to the quality and hadn't noticed the quantity. After glancing at it, he said, "Five."

A single batch of pills can produce a maximum of seven pills at once, but this is only achievable by a few master-level alchemists. Many alchemists are lucky to produce three or four pills at a time.

As for some high-grade pills, because of their potent medicinal properties, only one pill can often be produced from a single batch. Therefore, Lin Zhao was quite satisfied with the result of five pills this time.

Seeing the dissatisfaction on her disciple's face, Granny Honghu smiled and said, "You're not satisfied with just a medium quality?"

Lin Zhao sighed, wiped the dust off his face, and didn't make excuses for himself: "I've always asked my teacher for perfect quality, so I guess I'm used to it."

"Do you know what quality I initially achieved when I was refining medicine?"

Lin Zhao estimated, "It won't be below average, will it?"

"I've produced a ruined pill." Granny Honghu sighed. "Although I successfully blended the medicinal properties, I didn't control the wood elemental energy well when it was finally finished. The medicinal properties overflowed, and the spiritual fire burned the half-formed pill to ruins."

Speaking of the past, Granny Honghu said, "In the art of alchemy, a slight error can lead to a huge difference. Every step must be taken with utmost care. The fact that you were able to refine a medium-quality alchemy on your first successful fusion already shows that you have above-average talent. Of course, you can't compare to those top-tier prodigies. But you have your strengths."

Lin Zhao asked, "What?"

"You're really going all out!" Granny Honghu accepted the five pills. "This first batch of pills will be accepted by your master. Since you're not satisfied with the first batch you've made, keep making them until you are!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhao wiped the sweat from his face and resumed his long and tedious journey of alchemy.

Amidst all this hard work, a crowd gathered outside the door.

The Second Elder and the old man behind him smiled wryly, "Elder Cheng, please don't be offended. The patriarch should be out soon."

The old man was a sixth-grade alchemist invited by the Second Elder. He had been satisfied with everything about the Lin family these past few days, but what he was most satisfied with was that, according to the Second Elder, the person who invited him was Lin Zhao, the current head of the Lin family.

Lin Zhao is backed by the South China Sea Academy, which received the most resources after the Continental Grand Competition and is currently the three most promising academies!

To be honest, with his skills, he would be an honored guest in any aristocratic family, but being able to establish a relationship with the Three Venerables is something that countless sixth-grade alchemists would beg for.

Therefore, let alone asking him to wait a few more days, as long as Lin Zhao is willing to wait for several more months, it wouldn't be a problem.

He was just a little unhappy, after all, he wasn't interested in the Lin family patriarch who was only at the Golden Core stage, but rather in the South China Sea Academy.

But before he could show his displeasure, news came from the Lin family's servants.

"Elder Bai from the South China Sea Academy has arrived!"

Elder Cheng immediately suppressed his displeasure, which he had not yet revealed, and waved his hand magnanimously: "It's no trouble at all, Patriarch, please go ahead with your business. It's no problem for me to wait a few more days!"