Chapter 1386

Time passed in the alchemy room.

Gu Ding calmly put in all kinds of herbs. Sometimes when he encountered something he did not understand, the elders would ask him questions, and Gu Ding would answer them in detail. The whole process was like a teacher teaching his disciple how to refine pills.

As the pills continued to be refined, the five elders began to admire Gu Ding more and more. His explanations were not exaggerated nonsense, but genuine and genuine knowledge.

The first cauldron of pills came to an end amidst the questions and answers. At this time, the five elders finally quieted down. They did not have much expectation for this batch of pills because the five of them had interfered with Gu Ding too many times. Gu Ding had been multitasking throughout the entire refining process, so it would be abnormal if he succeeded.

Closing the furnace was a more critical step. On one hand, the pill had to be nurtured naturally. The fire could not be too hot, or the pill would explode. The fire could not be too hot, or the pill would not be able to nurture. Moreover, the timing of the pill was also critical. If the pill came out too early and came into contact with the outside air, it would explode due to the uneven temperature. If it came out too late, the pill would lose its potency, and its medicinal properties would be greatly reduced.

As for Gu Ding, he did something puzzling at the last stage of closing the furnace. Not only did he not reduce the output of the flame, but he even increased it.

Under normal circumstances, the closing stage would either reduce the flame or turn it off completely to allow the pill to complete its final nurture. However, they had never seen anyone increase the flame at the last moment.

The second elder was about to ask but was glared at by the first elder. Disturbing Gu Ding at such a critical moment could cause the refining to fail. No matter why Gu Ding suddenly increased the flame, it was not too late to ask after the pill was refined.

Gu Ding, on the other hand, turned off the flame after increasing it for twenty-five seconds.

A strong medicinal fragrance began to spread throughout the entire alchemy room. This medicinal fragrance was at its strongest when the pill was nurtured.

Gu Ding put his hands behind his back and stared at the furnace motionlessly, as if he had turned into a statue.

The five elders also stared at the cauldron, not even daring to breathe loudly.

About fifteen minutes later, Gu Ding's figure floated in the air. He reached out and opened the lid of the furnace. He frowned slightly when he saw the pill in the furnace.

"Failed?!"

The five of them were too low to see what was going on inside the furnace. They could only see Gu Ding's expression. However, looking at Gu Ding's expression, he did not seem happy.

"After all, it's his first attempt. It's normal to fail." For some reason, the Grand Elder felt relieved. "For this pill recipe, the highest success rate we can achieve is 20%."

"That's right. It would be too heaven-defying if he succeeded in the first cauldron." The Second Grand Elder nodded.

The three elders were about to say something when they saw Gu Ding stretch out his hand and several golden spheres entered Gu Ding's palm.

"You did it?!" Third Elder exclaimed. His exclamation made the others look toward Gu Ding's hand.

In Gu Ding's palm were five gold-colored finished elixirs.

"You really succeeded? But why does our little friend Gu Ding seem unhappy? "Second Elder was puzzled.

"Logically speaking, with the amount of medicinal ingredients you've prepared, you should be able to refine a maximum of nine pills. However, you've only produced five pills this time. Moreover, the quality of the pills isn't high, only good quality. There must be a problem with how I handled the medicinal ingredients that I'm not familiar with. "Gu Ding's brows were still slightly furrowed as if he was recalling the refining process just now.

The five elders gathered around and began to observe the pills in Gu Ding's hand up close.

The grading of pills was simpler than that of medicine. From low to high, they were: Bad, Normal, Good, Excellent, and Perfect. There were five grades in total. Of course, in addition to these five grades, there was also a special grade called Elixir King. However, very few people could refine pills of this grade. Even though there were many genius alchemists in the entire Chaotic Universe, those who could refine Elixir King could be counted on one hand. Moreover, even if someone could refine Elixir King, they might only be able to do it once or twice in their lifetime.

Gu Ding's first time refining Dragon Divine Pills was of good quality. Moreover, he had produced five pills in one go. This was already quite a shocking result. For a new pill recipe like this, it was not easy for someone to refine a qualified product on their first try.

"Take it for research. This quality is far from enough." Gu Ding hoped to be able to refine a perfect quality Dragon Divine Pill for Mi Ke to consume. He was worried that if it was not perfect quality, the effect would not be good enough.

There were exactly five Dragon Divine Pills, one for each of the five elders. After getting the pills, the five of them retreated to the wall and observed the pills.

Gu Ding turned on the fire again, heated up the pill furnace, and began refining the second batch of pills.

This time, the five elders did not say anything to disturb him. They put away the Dragon Divine Pills in their hands and quietly watched Gu Ding's entire refining process.

The refining process was extremely smooth. Gu Ding readjusted the time he invested in the unfamiliar herbs. However, the results of this refining were worse than the first time. There were only three pills, and they were only of normal quality.

Gu Ding was very dissatisfied with this result. Then, he started refining the third batch of pills.

After that, Gu Ding made adjustments one batch at a time. The quality and quantity of the pills finally began to improve.

On the thirty-first batch of pills, there were nine pills, and all of them were of excellent quality.

Seeing such a batch of pills, the eyes of the five elders lit up.

They watched Gu Ding refine thirty-one batches of pills, which took a total of two days. During this period, Gu Ding only managed to refine a defective pill once. The rest of the pills were all successfully refined into finished products.

The five elders were dumbfounded by this rate of success.

After the thirty-first batch of pills, Gu Ding stopped refining the pills for a while. He stared at the nine excellent quality pills and probed them with his Spirit for a long time before putting them away and starting a new round of refining.

On the thirty-second batch of pills, Gu Ding made slight adjustments again. This time, there were eight excellent quality pills, and one perfect quality pill!

The perfect quality golden pills had small stars on them, as if they were decorations embedded in the pills.

Seeing the perfect quality pills come out of the furnace, the five elders were completely stunned …

"Is this guy really human?" The first elder could not help but sigh.

"A new pill formula, and he refined a perfect quality pill on the thirty-second try … If it were us, it would be good if we could successfully refine a normal quality finished pill on the thirty-second try." The second elder was a little dazed.

"Looking at him, I feel like I've lived all my life like a dog …" The third elder could not help but curse at himself.

However, there was still no joy on Gu Ding's face. Instead, he continued refining the next batch of pills …