Chapter 13 - Refining Pills

Chapter 13 - Refining Pills

Li Huowang stared at the furnace in front of him carefully. Beside it there were three incense sticks that were used to record the passage of time.

Without a clock, Li Huowang could only use such crude methods to calculate time.

When the final incense stick had burnt out, he immediately doused the flame and opened the furnace. A strange herbal smell wafted out from the inside.

Li Huowang was ecstatic! He did it! The pills were rolling around in a sieve. After using the sieve to separate out the waste product, he placed the irregularly-sized black pills into a box to inspect them.

These were the Blood Nourishing Pills that Dan Yangzi had taught him the recipe of. It was a simple pill used to coagulate blood.

One must not consume more than 50g of it or they risk having all of the blood within their body coagulating.

It sounded like a dangerous drug, in that it would do more harm than good, but due to how simple refining it was, Dan Yangzi chose this recipe to let Li Huowang practice refining pills.

After counting it, Li Huowang had refined 13 large pills and 26 smaller pills.

But this was not all he had obtained through this practice. He had also gained some basic knowledge about pill refinement by practicing how to refine the Blood Nourishing Pills.

Refining pills was much harder than he had expected. Not only did he have to take into account the age of the herbs, he also had to know the direction in which the herb had grown.

If a single mistake was made, the success rate of the refining process and the potency of the pills would plummet drastically. The pile of black waste beside the furnace was evidence of this.

After inspecting the pills, he took out a piece of bamboo and kept the pills inside. He took a deep breath, wore his robes, and walked out.

It’s almost going to be 11 pm soon.

When Li Huowang opened the door to the Preparation Room, everyone inside immediately stood up and stared at him fearfully. Emerging from n0v@lbin☆, this material harbors clandestine details.

In their eyes, Li Huowang was the embodiment of the grim reaper.

Thankfully everything went according to plan. It seemed that Bai Lingmiao was saved.

Dan Yangzi waved his arm and Bai Lingmiao flew out from the stone urn, landing heavily on the floor.

She hit the floor hard. She covered her bruised knees and could barely stand. Since Li Huowang couldn’t help her in front of Dan Yangzi, he stood still on the side.

“Xuan Yang, take this guiding drug ingredient back.”

Li Huowang silently sighed in relief upon hearing it. “Yes, Master.”

When Bai Lingmiao walked back to Li Huowang’s side, he saw that her head had split open and blood was flowing down her cheek.

However, despite her injuries, she was very grateful toward Li Huowang. Compared to death, such injuries were nothing.

Thankfully we were able to fool him this time around. It should take quite some time for Bai Lingmiao to get chosen again.

Li Huowang escorted her toward the exit.

“Xuan Yang, since she cannot be used, go and bring another. I remember that there is another one with albinism. Quickly go and return; we can’t miss the time.”

Li Huowang’s body shook slightly out of surprise but he immediately turned and bowed. “Yes, Master.”

Li Huowang didn’t remember anything about when he returned to the Preparation Room. He just approached a boy with albinism and dragged him out of the room.

The boy screamed and cried, even begging for mercy while kneeling down on the floor. But there was nothing that Li Huowang could do. He could only drag him back to the Pill Room.

After delivering the boy, Li Huowang was just about to leave when Dan Yangzi called for him. “Didn’t you want to learn the Dao of Pills? Come and take a look. It’s not everyday that you would have the chance to observe the refinement of such a complex and rare pill.”

Li Huowang stayed and observed the entire refinement process, adding in the secondary ingredients and fanning the flames as requested by Dan Yangzi.

When the flames finally went out, the furnace was opened. Seven black pills appeared in front of Dan Yangzi, organized neatly in a row.

“Not bad. Looks like you have some talent in pill refinement. The other disciples are not as inquisitive as you are. Come, this is your reward.” Dan Yangzi took one of the pills and handed it to Li Huowang.

“Thank you for the pill, Master!” Li Huowang bowed toward Dan Yangzi as he extended both his hands to receive the pill.