Nine Realms Sword Emperor
Chapter 61 - 61 61 Underground Spiritual Milk

61: Chapter 61: Underground Spiritual Milk 61: Chapter 61: Underground Spiritual Milk The spiritual milk beneath the earth had now thoroughly fused with the rocks.

Chu Fengmian felt as though he was facing a treasure chest brimming with riches, yet had no key to unlock it.

If he couldn’t extract the spiritual milk from beneath the earth, Chu Fengmian certainly couldn’t swallow the entire rock.

“No need.”

A confident smile appeared at the corner of Chu Fengmian’s mouth.

Extracting the spiritual milk from beneath the earth was not something that could confound him.

“Oh?”

Xing Xuan was slightly surprised at Chu Fengmian’s response, but he did not continue to speak; instead, he quietly observed Chu Fengmian.

He was indeed curious to see by what means Chu Fengmian planned to extract this spiritual milk.

Chu Fengmian picked up the milky-white rock and walked towards the very center of the secret chamber.

At the heart of the secret chamber was a gigantic alchemy furnace.

Based on the marks around, it should be the place where Xuan Jingtai used to craft pills.

“Alchemy?”

Xing Xuan, watching Chu Fengmian’s actions, also understood what Chu Fengmian intended to do.

However, he was extremely astonished; with Chu Fengmian’s young age, he was actually skilled in alchemy?

Alchemy was not an easy task; looking across the entire Martial Arts Kingdom, the number of alchemists didn’t exceed a hundred.

Most of them could only craft middle and lower grade yellow-level spiritual medicines.

Those who could craft top-grade yellow-level spiritual medicines were no more than ten in number.

And those truly worthy of the title ‘senior alchemist,’ capable of crafting profound-level spiritual medicines, counted no more than a handful.

In the Martial Arts Kingdom, with a population of hundreds of millions, there were only about a hundred alchemists, which was truly one in a million, rarer than martial arts geniuses.

With such a young age, Chu Fengmian had already cultivated in martial arts, which was difficult enough, but he was also versed in alchemy?

Xing Xuan’s thoughts were of no concern to Chu Fengmian; he walked over to the alchemy furnace and sat down.

Chu Fengmian moved his hands, and a surge of spiritual power poured into the alchemy furnace.

A flame ignited within it.

“A mid-grade profound level alchemy furnace, though not much to look at, will have to suffice for now,” Chu Fengmian said, his mouth twitching in slight distaste.

However, times had changed, and he couldn’t find a better pill furnace, so he had no choice but to make do with it.

One of Chu Fengmian’s hands constantly rested on an array on the alchemy furnace.

In truth, the most crucial aspect of crafting spiritual medicines was flame control.

Yet, only martial artists above the Spirit Sea realm could utilize the technique of flame control.

However, most alchemists were not deeply devoted to the path of martial arts, and naturally, they could not reach the Spirit Sea realm.

Therefore, when constructing alchemy furnaces later on, an array for controlling flames would be inscribed onto the furnaces.

This would serve as a surrogate for the technique of controlling flames.

When crafting spiritual medicines, one hand must always be placed here in order to control the flames.

The flame’s temperature is key in crafting spiritual medicines and is the most important factor for every alchemist.

If the flame’s temperature is too low, it can’t fully melt the spiritual medicine, and the crafting will fail.

If the temperature is too high, the flame will burn and destroy the medicine, causing it to be completely ruined.

Thus, the knowledge of controlling flames was extremely important.

Chu Fengmian sat on the side, continuously adjusting the flames.

The flame within the Alchemy Furnace fluctuated, now larger, now smaller.

This was Chu Fengmian getting familiar with it.

He had not refined pills for a long time, so naturally, he needed to reacquaint himself with the process.

After five minutes, Chu Fengmian finally opened his eyes, which were filled with unmatched confidence.

“Go!”

With a light shout from Chu Fengmian, he threw the milky-white rock completely into the Alchemy Furnace.

Upon entering the Pill Furnace, the milky-white rock was enveloped by three layers of flame.

The three layers of flame encircled the milky-white rock, refining the spiritual essence within it in different directions.

“Triple Control Fire Technique?

This young fellow actually knows this technique that only Alchemy Masters understand?”

Xing Xuan, within his mind, watched Chu Fengmian’s actions and was also taken aback.

When assessing an alchemist, the most important standard is controlling the flames.

For some high-grade pills, just the materials themselves could include hundreds of ingredients.

If refined with a single layer of flame, the materials wouldn’t be completely melted before some would already be ruined.

Therefore, at that time, one must use the Double or even Triple Control Fire Technique.

To multitask with two or even three things at once is an extremely difficult feat.

Especially the Control Fire Technique, which requires undivided attention.

A momentary lapse and a rise in temperature could lead to the ruin of the pills.

Being able to control two layers of flame already makes one an outstanding alchemist, and within the entire Martial Victory State, it might be hard to find an alchemist capable of controlling two layers.

An alchemist who can control three layers of flame is extremely rare in the entire Nine Domains, where every one of them is a long-established Alchemy Grandmaster, all over a hundred years old.

Yet here was Chu Fengmian, not even twenty years old, and he already knew Triple Control Fire Technique.

Xing Xuan even began to suspect that the memories he had received were false.

When had such a terrifying prodigy emerged in the Nine Domains?

But what Xing Xuan could never have imagined was that, in Chu Fengmian’s youthful body of fewer than twenty years, he had experienced a span of hundreds of years.

As a disciple of the Sword Dao Master, Chu Fengmian initially wanted to practice Martial Arts, but every attempt ended in failure.

In his despondency, he had tried other paths, and on the path of Alchemy, his talents were incredibly profound.

Once, he had been able to refine Heavenly Grade Spiritual Medicine, but that was with the aid of the Sword Dao Master’s Pill Furnace.

Even now, merely extracting the spiritual essence from the rock was not a problem for Chu Fengmian.

“Subterranean Spiritual Essence, come forth!”

Chu Fengmian observed the situation inside the Alchemy Furnace, noting the milky-white rock that was now glowing red-hot.

The Spiritual Power within was also becoming more concentrated.

Chu Fengmian knew this was the appearance of the Subterranean Spiritual Essence beginning to solidify.

The Subterranean Spiritual Essence was the most refined Spiritual Power coalesced in the world, not something that could be destroyed by flames.

Therefore, what Chu Fengmian was doing was to gather all the Subterranean Spiritual Essence from that milky-white rock, then shatter it in one go, extracting the essence in its entirety.

“Now is the time!”

Chu Fengmian’s gaze became serious, his determination firm.

Another flame surged forth in an instant.

“Four Symbols Fire!”

This fourth layer of flame formed an Array within the Pill Furnace, and the milky-white rock burst into pieces with a loud bang.

As the milky-white rock shattered, a drop of Subterranean Spiritual Essence was completely separated out, and Chu Fengmian opened the Pill Furnace, catching it in his hand.

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