Conquer the game world

Chapter 119 Alchemy
Ye Feng was excited as he thought about the effects of the pills on him. However, pills were not always available, and the Xuan Yuan Pills distributed by the Yan Luo Sect were no longer of much use to Ye Feng. If Ye Feng wanted to increase his strength, he would have to try new pills.

Therefore, Ye Feng thought of alchemy at this time. That's right, if he learned alchemy, he could make whatever he wanted. Moreover, his alchemy auxiliary skills would help his success rate. Therefore, Ye Feng was very confident in himself.

However, when it comes to alchemy, one needs various formulas and methods for refining pills. The pills Ye Feng makes in his own game system cannot be used to improve his strength, so Ye Feng now needs pill formulas. Without these, he simply cannot refine pills.

"I remember there seem to be several suitable methods for refining pills in the library," Ye Feng thought to himself. When Ye Feng was looking for the Spirit Restoration Purple Pill in the library, he only skimmed over most of the pill manuals, but he still remembered some of the contents. Although they were very vague, Ye Feng remembered that there were several pills that could improve his strength and were suitable for him.

With this in mind, Ye Feng decided to head to the library to study the methods of refining these pills in detail.

The old gatekeeper was still dutifully guarding the library. This day, as usual, he was bored. The task of guarding the library was very easy, so he usually found himself quite bored.

"Uncle-Master, it's been a long time." Ye Feng greeted the old man as he arrived at the entrance of the library.

"Hmm?" The old man was still dozing off when he was startled awake by a familiar voice. Suddenly, he looked closely and saw that the person who had come was Ye Feng.

After Ye Feng learned from the old man that there were no Rejuvenating Purple Pills in the outer sect, he stopped coming to the library because he felt it was pointless. Now, several months have passed, and when Ye Feng came back, he had become a prominent figure in the Yanluo Sect.

"Ye Feng! Haha, it's been a long time! You seem to have been very busy lately." The old man quickly laughed, naturally aware that Ye Feng had become the most talented disciple of the Yanluo Sect.

Now, when the old man sees Ye Feng again, he no longer dares to call Ye Feng "boy" as before. He knows that Ye Feng is such a talented disciple that he is unprecedented in the Yanluo Sect, if not the last. Although Ye Feng is only an ordinary disciple now, his future is limitless and his status will definitely be much higher than his own. So the old man naturally puts down his airs a lot.

"Yes, I've been very busy lately," Ye Feng said with a smile. "By the way, Uncle-Master, the reason I came here today is actually to borrow a few secret manuals on elixirs."

"Oh, I see. It's nothing." The old man laughed. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. As Junior Brother Ye Feng knows, I do have some knowledge of alchemy. Although I'm not good at cultivation, I can still say a few words about alchemy."

The old man was incredibly kind to Ye Feng. He even went so far as to inquire about the purpose of Ye Feng's alchemy, and then explained to Ye Feng some of the pills that Ye Feng could currently use, as well as things to be aware of when refining pills.

If the old man's previous conversation with Ye Feng was merely a casual chat because Ye Feng was interested in elixirs, then now the old man was actively seeking out Ye Feng to talk, as if afraid Ye Feng would ignore him, and he was willing to share everything he knew.

"Just kidding, this Ye Feng is a guy who will achieve great things in the future. If I do him a favor now, who knows, Ye Feng might become a high-ranking member of the Yanluo Sect in the future. If Ye Feng gives me a helping hand, my status will definitely rise sharply," the old man thought to himself.

However, after arriving at the library, Ye Feng focused solely on the pills. He only listened to the old man's recommendations and found those pills. As for the old man's flattering words, Ye Feng completely ignored them.

"I'll borrow this manual," Ye Feng said.

Ye Feng chose a recipe for the "Gathering Yuan Pill". Although Ye Feng could have read the recipe in the library, the old man was too annoying, so Ye Feng had to avoid him and borrow it instead. As for the other pills, Ye Feng was not in a hurry. After all, pill refining is very troublesome, and he had to do it one by one. Studying several recipes at once would not only be meaningless, but might also cause him to be distracted and not learn any of them.

Ye Feng understood the principle that "you can't bite off more than you can chew."

Back at his residence, Ye Feng spent some time studying the pill formula before going to the Yanluo Sect to purchase some materials for refining the Gathering Yuan Pill.

Inside the Yanluo Sect, there are all sorts of materials for sale, which can be exchanged using contribution points or purchased with purple gold coins. Although Ye Feng had completed a task and obtained some contribution points, those points were far from enough for Ye Feng, who planned to buy a lot of materials.

Fortunately, Ye Feng was not short of money. He hadn't spent much of the millions of purple gold coins he had robbed back then, so he could use them to buy materials.

Ye Feng purchased a large amount of materials, which cost him 500,000 purple gold coins. This was because Ye Feng considered that the probability of failure would be relatively high since it was his first time refining pills, so he bought a lot of materials.

If others saw this, they would probably curse Ye Feng to death. So many precious materials, and Ye Feng just bought them as if they were toys.

However, Ye Feng didn't care. The money was all free anyway, so he didn't feel any remorse even if he spent a lot. Carrying the purchased materials, Ye Feng arrived at the alchemy room of the Yanluo Sect. The Yanluo Sect had a special area for its disciples to refine pills. This area was divided into separate spaces. Because the flames in these spaces were powered by energy stones, it wasn't provided free of charge to the disciples; a certain fee was charged.

Because it costs money and alchemy is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, few disciples use it here on weekdays. However, the fee is nothing to Ye Feng. After paying the gatekeeper with purple gold coins, Ye Feng saw the gatekeeper put an energy stone into a formation at the entrance.

"Alright, Senior Brother Ye Feng, you can go in and use it now. Remember, this energy stone can only be used by Senior Brother Ye Feng for one day. After that, you'll have to pay again." The gatekeeper disciple said politely to Ye Feng. Ye Feng's reputation was good everywhere, and these disciples treated him with great courtesy wherever he went.

"Okay, sure." Ye Feng said, and walked into the alchemy room.

Inside the alchemy room, powered by energy stones, a flame erupted from the ground, and a stone wall half a person's height was built up near the flame.

Ye Feng stood a little closer to sense the flame and discovered that its temperature was very high, at least much higher than that of ordinary flames.

"That makes sense. Many of these medicinal herbs require high temperatures to process," Ye Feng thought to himself. The rocks piled next to the flames didn't heat up under these conditions, indicating they weren't ordinary stones; they were capable of insulating against heat and preventing heat loss.

Ye Feng took out the medicine cauldron and placed it on the stone wall. The medicine cauldron is of great help in refining medicine. A good medicine cauldron can save a lot of trouble in processing medicinal materials. Generally, alchemists will have their own medicine cauldron. Therefore, the Yanluo Sect does not prepare medicine cauldrons. Users prepare their own medicine cauldrons.

The medicine cauldron was placed on the flame to preheat. During this time, Ye Feng took out all kinds of medicinal materials he had purchased and carefully classified them. Each medicinal material required a different processing method, a different usage method, and a different temperature, so they had to be separated one by one.

Ye Feng could adjust the size of the flame according to his needs. After processing the materials, Ye Feng adjusted the temperature of the flame and prepared to start refining pills.

The first step is refining, using flames to remove unwanted impurities from the medicinal materials, leaving only the useful parts.

"This blue flower grass cannot be refined for too long, and the heat cannot be too high." Ye Feng began to refine various medicinal materials according to the method recorded in the pill formula.

The refining process wasn't without its challenges; a single mishap could ruin the herb. Fortunately, Ye Feng had purchased a large quantity of herbs, so this loss was negligible for him.

"The next step is to melt these medicinal herbs together." After refining the herbs, Ye Feng began preparing to melt them together.

The smelting step is the most difficult in alchemy, as different medicinal materials have different properties, making it extremely difficult to fuse them together.

"Alas, it failed." Ye Feng sighed. He had been careless just now, and one of the medicinal herbs had been overcooked, resulting in a burnt pill that was obviously unusable.

"Continue." Ye Feng was not discouraged at all and continued to refine pills. During this process, Ye Feng failed repeatedly and then started again.

The next day, Ye Feng came out of the alchemy room. At this time, there was no joy on Ye Feng's face. Instead, he was a little depressed.

Throughout the day of alchemy, Ye Feng failed repeatedly. The only time he succeeded, the resulting Gathering Yuan Pill was extremely ineffective, failing to achieve the effects recorded in the book.

This made Ye Feng very frustrated. Logically speaking, as long as one keeps practicing alchemy, one should be able to make some progress. However, he bought so many materials and used them all up, but he still didn't produce a single satisfactory pill. This result was unacceptable to Ye Feng.

"Could there be something wrong with my method?" Ye Feng carefully recalled the process of refining pills, and made sure that he had not made any mistakes. If that was the case, Ye Feng suspected that there was a problem with his refining method itself, otherwise why would he always fail?

"Let's go ask him." Ye Feng thought of the old man in the library. Although he was a little tired after a day of refining pills, he didn't care about resting and headed straight for the library.

(End of this chapter)