Cultivation begins with harvest.

Choosing the Crimson Fusion Pill was because, although this pill involved three main ingredients and had a long process, each step was not difficult. It was also the pill formula that Chen Guang had obtained the most of, and he was quite familiar with the theory.

The process may involve many steps, but the key is the quantity, not the variety.

Yin Fire Pill is also an option, but the processing of medicinal materials for Yin Fire Pill is more complicated and cannot be pre-processed. It must be completed during the pill refining process. While driving and answering questions within a time limit, Chen Guang was a little nervous, so he prepared to use Red Melting Pill as a backup.

There's a reason for choosing the Three Flames Furnace. The Three Flames Furnace is the introductory furnace recommended by the Crimson Heart Pill Scroll. As a furnace, the array inside the Three Flames Furnace is easy to refine. With the guidance of the Crimson Heart Pill Scroll, Chen Guang completed the refining in just over half an hour, which is incomparable to the Ice Essence Bottle.

These are some unique tips and tricks of the Crimson Heart Pill Scroll. Other cultivators would only awkwardly and waste the Three Flame Furnace's ability to contain multiple spiritual flames, but Chen Guang would not. In addition, the Crimson Heart Pill Scroll contains a detailed explanation of eighteen pill formulas, including the Crimson Fusion Pill. Combining the two, this can be considered an open-book exam.

After setting up the spirit-gathering array and noticing that the night was getting deeper, Chen Guang raised the Kui Flame. The azure flames spread out instantly, like a thin veil gently covering the entire area of ​​the Three Flames Furnace. Then, little by little, it squeezed into the furnace, layering on the inner wall in the same way, intertwining inside and out, and the temperature of the furnace steadily increased.

This is furnace conditioning. The three-flame furnace has excellent heat resistance and a very slow heating process. Only by using this method can the temperature be raised evenly.

This requires quite sophisticated fire control skills.

So far, I have acquired 224 copies of the Flame Control Technique. Although I am still not fully proficient, I have surpassed the Great Completion level of proficiency and can easily perform such exquisite control.

"Fiery Heart Grass, Fire Spirit Ginseng, Red Peony, Purple Moon Core, Toad Root..."

After glancing over the various medicinal herbs for the Crimson Fusion Pill, Chen Guangxian picked up the red peony, carefully separating each petal and placing them into the pill furnace. The red peony petals fell into the furnace like green leaves falling into a gentle stream, swirling continuously in the furnace as the flames burned. The petals were not ignited; instead, they became even firmer and more expansive under the heat of the flames.

Chen Guang calmly took out the Fiery Heart Grass, cut it into sections with the Jade-Cutting Blade, tied each section into a small knot, and precisely placed it on the petals of the alchemy furnace.

In an instant, as if stimulated by something, the petals tightly enveloped the Fiery Heart Grass, and wisps of Kui Flame involuntarily fell onto the petals. The entire petal began to burn slowly and steadily, and the medicinal power of the red peony and the Fiery Heart Grass began to be released and merged.

The Purple Moon Core, a long and tightly packed purple spiritual flower, was placed in another part of the alchemy furnace. As the Kui Flame burned, the entire flower began to wither, seeping out drop after drop of purple alcohol.

Cut off a section of Fire Spirit Ginseng and put it into the purple liquid. The Fire Spirit Ginseng was slowly refined, turning the purple liquid a deep crimson color, like blood streaks.

Toad root, bark shed from the Donghua Moonwood tree, tooth marrow powder from a fire-attribute monster...

One by one, the materials were placed into the alchemy furnace in an orderly manner, one material was processed at a time, and then another was added. At the same time, the furnace was divided into three distinct areas, which did not interfere with each other.

Under the exquisite control of the Kui Flame, it was actually being refined in three different areas, releasing its own spiritual energy. If other cultivators with alchemy experience saw this, they would definitely be astonished.

The temperature inside the alchemy furnace is not yet high enough to allow these medicinal herbs to release their medicinal properties, but Chen Guang has managed to do it. Although the process is slow, as the temperature of the furnace rises, the medicinal herbs are gradually refined.

To an outsider without close inspection, this would seem like a certain degree of multitasking. Only Chen Guang knew that it didn't count. Once each part was completed, he only needed to maintain the state of that area by keeping the Kui Flame evenly spread on the inner wall of the furnace. In other words, as long as the firepower was controlled, he didn't need to worry too much about the first part.

Therefore, what appears to be multitasking is actually just multitasking, and not simultaneously; one side only needs to maintain its consistent focus.

"Buzz!"

The patterns on the surface of the Three Flames Furnace seemed to come alive, and as the temperature rose, they began to twist and sway. Only then did the furnace reach a suitable temperature for alchemy.

Chen Guang, however, had already begun to slowly fuse three different groups of purified medicinal materials.

Drops of purple liquid tinged with blood fell onto the withered and shriveled petals, while clumps of powder swirled and rose under the heat, adhering to the moist, shriveled petals.

At a speed visible to the naked eye, a huge, slightly purplish, and five times the size of a normal pill appeared in the very center of the alchemy furnace, and remained unchanged thereafter.

"The next step is to divide the core."

This time, the Crimson Fusion Pill is different from the conventional method. It is necessary to cut open the pill blank and refine it again to form the real Crimson Fusion Pill. This is a pill refining method that has gradually declined and is no longer valued. It can be traced back to ancient times. Because it has the extra step of dividing the pill, it actually reduces the overall success rate. In the current pill refining techniques, the pill is formed in one go, and there is no longer this special product of pill blank.

A large amount of magical power surged into the alchemy furnace, marking the moment with the greatest consumption since the start of alchemy.

The magical power, like silk, wrapped around the Kui Flame and tinged with a blue color. With a gentle movement, the pill blank was divided into five pieces, each of similar size and each emitting the same level of spiritual energy.

Not daring to relax, he used a complex set of hand gestures to strike the Three Flames Furnace. With each strike, the Kui Flame surged more violently. After only two or three repetitions, the furnace was filled with Kui Flame. When Chen Guang stopped and returned his energy, five bright red Crimson Fusion Pills appeared on the top of the furnace lid. He lifted the lid and they fell into Chen Guang's hands.

"Excellent quality, not bad." He muttered to himself. This time, these were five Crimson Fusion Pills that truly belonged to him. Looking at the cumulative reward number corresponding to the Crimson Fusion Pills, which had increased by ten, the satisfaction in his heart was self-evident.

Chen Guang's gaze fell on the Three Flame Furnace again. The Three Flame Furnace was fully open, reaching the temperature required by conventional alchemy techniques. The technique he had just used was designed to heat up the Three Flame Furnace. For ordinary cultivators, mastering an alchemy method that had been phased out by the times was somewhat thankless and arduous. Since it had been phased out, it naturally had shortcomings that made it unsuitable for the times, or there were better alternatives.

It's not worth it to learn such an alchemy technique just for a Three-Flame Furnace.

However, for a cultivator who is preparing to work hard on alchemy, mastering another technique, even if it has no practical use, is still of considerable value.

After examining his remaining mana, he realized that refining the first batch of Crimson Fusion Pills had only consumed one-fifth of his mana. The Kui Flame was activated by spirit charcoal, and the mana he consumed the most afterward was in the pill-dividing process.

Once the furnace is heated and ready, the remaining refining process will require less mana, since there is a spirit-gathering array in the meditation area to quickly replenish mana.

There will only be more refining attempts.

This time, Chen Guang put in the toad root first, and only when he was processing the third medicinal material did he put in the first main ingredient, the Fire Spirit Ginseng.

Different alchemy techniques have different processes and sequences. Now that the temperature inside the furnace is higher, the gentle and delicate methods can no longer be used. It has to be fast. At the same time, although the materials used are the same, the medicinal materials have already undergone some pretreatment.

As each medicinal ingredient was added, it naturally divided into seven portions of liquid. Under the influence of high temperature, it quickly condensed into pills. Three of these portions became increasingly dull as the temperature rose, eventually turning into powder. They were then baked by the flames into charcoal and fell to the bottom of the furnace.

This batch of pills ultimately yielded four pills: three ordinary and one outstanding.

While cleaning the alchemy furnace, Chen Guang reflected on his actions and then opened another furnace of Crimson Fusion Pills.

The final product consists of two high-quality Crimson Melting Pills.

On average, the value of raw materials for one batch is only about 230 silver dollars, which is only slightly higher than the price of a single Crimson Fusion Pill. The alchemist's profit is indeed enormous.

Instead of continuing with the Crimson Fusion Pill, he began refining the Yin Fire Pill. This was the real test. The Crimson Fusion Pill had both the Crimson Heart Pill Scroll and the pill formula as teaching methods, which could no longer reflect Chen Guang's true skill level. The Crimson Heart Pill Scroll had already instilled the correct and incorrect demonstrations and reasons for each step into his mind. Although it was his first time refining pills, Chen Guang was frighteningly skilled.

The true success rate of an alchemist is calculated based on the materials for at least 10,000 pills. How many pills were produced? Furthermore, the number of types of pills must not be less than five. If one is proficient in one type, the success rate is extremely high, but the alchemy skill level is still questionable.

The Yin Fire Pill failed three times in a row before finally succeeding on the fourth attempt, but only produced three ordinary quality pills.

Looking up suddenly, I saw a dim light on the horizon and realized that it was already dawn.

He was so engrossed in his work that he didn't realize that he had been refining seven batches from night until almost dawn.

In an instant, Chen Guang understood that real alchemists weren't so lucrative as to expect gold to roll in the moment a small furnace was lit.