Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting from Fist Technique Deduction
Chapter 63 - 54 The Method of Pill Refining

Chapter 63: Chapter 54 The Method of Pill Refining

After parting with Zhu Lingshan, Lin Yuan resumed his cultivation, awaiting news from Shen Huaining.

For two consecutive days, Lin Yuan continuously refined Qi-Blood dispersal, beginning to accumulate medicinal power, preparing to deduce the Little Dragon Tiger Tongbei Fist.

Although there is currently no recipe for the Five Qi Pill, the Qi-Blood dispersal has some effect. Over time, it accumulates little by little, eventually yielding results.

"Whew! The Little Dragon Tiger Tongbei Fist is finally learned." In his small room, Lin Yuan took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, gradually calming the turbulent Qi-Blood within his body.

For the past two days, he had been persistently refining and consuming Qi-Blood dispersal, spending a long time on martial arts deduction. Effort paid off, and finally, he succeeded.

The little figure in the vine leaves, Lin Yuan observed, its operating route was precisely one of his Red Spirit State’s paths.

"As expected." Lin Yuan couldn’t help but reflect inwardly.

Even though he had learned the introductory stage of the Little Dragon Tiger Tongbei Fist, disregarding the martial arts moves, it had almost no improvement to his abilities.

"However, this is not a bad thing; the Eight-step Breaking Fist of the Red Spirit State is extremely powerful." Although it did not enhance his strength significantly, Lin Yuan was somewhat relieved.

This also indirectly indicates that after nine Chapters of deduction, the cultivation technique level of the Eight-step Breaking Fist is indeed comparable to other techniques.

After completing the refinement, Lin Yuan began to clean up his dwelling.

At this moment, the moon was at its zenith. Lin Yuan sat on the bed, gazing at the bright moon in the sky, his mind filled with thoughts.

"Why hasn’t Master Shen summoned me? Could something have gone wrong?"

Various thoughts kept surfacing in his mind, but these matters were beyond his control.

"No, I can’t wait any longer. Tomorrow I’ll go to Master Shen to see what’s going on." Lin Yuan frowned and immediately decided, "If the path of the alchemist doesn’t work, then I’ll find another way. How could a mere Five Qi Pill stop me?"

Early the next morning,

Lin Yuan, as usual, completed his routine tasks in the morning and headed towards Shen Huaining’s alchemy room.

Unexpectedly, Shen Huaining wasn’t there, so Lin Yuan had to wait in the main hall.

Luckily, he wasn’t kept waiting long. Accompanied by Ji Shengfang, Shen Huaining returned to Renxin Hall.

Shen Huaining’s brows furrowed, as if he was entangled with some concerns.

"Lin Yuan, you’re here?" Seeing Lin Yuan’s towering figure, Shen Huaining’s brow slightly eased.

"Hehe, Junior Brother Lin." Ji Shengfang chuckled.

"Greetings, Master Shen." Lin Yuan slightly cupped his hands and greeted Shen Huaining.

Then he nodded slightly towards Ji Shengfang as a gesture of acknowledgment.

Regarding Ji Shengfang, Lin Yuan naturally had no favorable opinion. This person was already on his list of those he must defeat, so there was no need for excessive courtesy.

However, Lin Yuan’s attitude ignited flames of anger in Ji Shengfang’s heart.

"This little chore boy, putting on such airs. Do you really think that by showing a bit of talent in front of Master Shen, you can take my place?" Ji Shengfang cursed inwardly.

Walking behind the two, Ji Shengfang looked at Lin Yuan’s back, unable to hide the vicious look in his eyes.

"Hmm, you came just in time. Let’s go to the pill room together." Shen Huaining sighed, his tone somewhat despondent.

"Oh, right!" Just as they left the main hall, Shen Huaining seemed to remember that the necessary alchemy materials were not prepared in the pharmacy, so he instructed, "Shengfang, go fetch the alchemy materials. After that, you and Lin Yuan can watch me refine the Five Qi Pill."

"Yes!" Ji Shengfang cupped his hands and turned around to fetch the materials.

Originally undecided, upon hearing that Lin Yuan would accompany Shen Huaining for the alchemy, murderous intent surged within Ji Shengfang like a fountain, continuously erupting.

"Damn it, tomorrow I shall ruin you." Ji Shengfang, filled with fury, kicked a potted plant nearby and cursed bitterly.

He had always considered the position of alchemy apprentice as his for the taking, yet now Lin Yuan had unexpectedly inserted himself into it.

Originally, he just planned to leave Lin Yuan aside, as it wouldn’t pose much of a threat. He could even make Lin Yuan take the blame, which seemed perfect.

But now Lin Yuan had crossed the threshold he set, directly gaining Master Shen’s trust and even about to take the position he had been scheming for so long. He could no longer tolerate it.

Initially needing some time to have the academy expel Lin Yuan, Ji Shengfang decided to act ahead of time, a plan suddenly rising in his mind.

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"Lin Yuan, the matter of advancing as an alchemist might require some extra time." After Ji Shengfang left, Shen Huaining explained the situation to Lin Yuan.

"Master Shen, what is the reason behind this?" Lin Yuan furrowed his brow, listening intently.

"Judging from your visit, I thought it might be about this," Shen Huaining smiled, "Originally, the advancement needed a Pill Master to preside over it, along with other new alchemists from different alchemy halls for the assessment."

"But a few days ago, all the alchemists in the academy were summoned to refine some pills," Shen Huaining said helplessly. "Without a Pill Master, the assessment naturally can’t proceed."

"All the Pill Masters went?" A thought crossed Lin Yuan’s mind.

Although he didn’t know what pills they were refining, it was undoubtedly something extraordinary.

"Yes, I’m not entirely sure. Anyway, nearly all the active Pill Masters were involved," Shen Huaining was also helpless about this, "You’ll have to wait a bit for your assessment."

"But it’s just as well. Since there’s nothing up recently, you could accompany me in refining the Five Qi Pill," Shen Huaining continued, "Since you’ve already entered the basics of alchemy, you’ll naturally learn to refine the Five Qi Pill later on."

"Five Qi Pill." Lin Yuan’s face remained calm, but his heart was in turmoil.

This was the Five Qi Pill recipe he had long dreamed of, and now he had a chance to learn it from Shen Huaining himself.

"Sigh. I’ve been thinking about this pill for several years, and it’s still not working out." As he spoke, Shen Huaining looked downcast, as if he had aged several years.

"Alchemy requires patience, and with your profound skills, Master Shen, success will come when the time is right," Lin Yuan said a few comforting words.

But thinking about how both the Qi-Blood dispersal and the Five Qi Pill were learned from Shen Huaining, Lin Yuan felt a bit guilty.

"If successful in deduction one day, I must repay Master Shen," Lin Yuan silently vowed in his heart.

Simultaneously, he was very much looking forward to the upcoming refinement of the Five Qi Pill.

Similar to the initial Qi-Blood dispersal, given his current level, he urgently needed the Five Qi Pill recipe. Many cultivation techniques required the Five Qi Pill for deduction.

But without a recipe, now that he had the chance to learn it, he naturally couldn’t pass it up.

"I appreciate your kind words, let’s go and take a look." Without waiting for Lin Yuan to ponder further, Shen Huaining led Lin Yuan towards the pill room.

"Lin Yuan, Shengfang, come over here."

"The ’Five Qi’ in the Five Qi Pill refers to the Qi of the five organs within the human body, namely the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, and spleen. It’s refined primarily using spiritual materials with the five elemental attributes: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth," Shen Huaining explained as he worked, having already ignited the alchemy furnace.

He was using a small alchemy cauldron, not the larger one used for refining Qi-Blood dispersal.

"This cauldron’s quality is on par with my Cloud Sheep Cauldron," Lin Yuan silently assessed in his mind.

Watching as Shen Huaining carefully took out a palm-sized pill cauldron, placing it above the furnace.

"Five Arborvitae Seeds, Snow Peony, Cloud Astragalus, Pine Resin, and Ink Lotus Seeds belong to the five elements. After crushing them, they must be purified one by one."

As Shen Huaining continued with the alchemy process, he explained each step to the two of them.

Occasionally adding various medicinal ingredients to the pill cauldron, a refreshing aroma of herbs wafted out, making one eager to take a deep breath.

After about an hour,

"The final step is to combine the secondary ingredient, Ink Black Gel, with different properties to form the pill." At this point, Shen Huaining’s face was flushed, his speech a bit labored, indicative of the exhaustion from an hour of intense alchemy.

Hiss!

A wisp of black smoke emerged from the pill furnace, a burnt odor emanating from the cauldron.

"Alas! Still lacking in heat," Shen Huaining couldn’t help but sigh, his face full of despair.

He had failed countless times at the pill fusion step.

Despite repeated failures, his unwillingness always pushed him to stand up again, making reattempt after reattempt unyieldingly.

"Alright. That’s enough refining for today." Following another failure, Shen Huaining lost interest and dismissed Lin Yuan and the others.

Lin Yuan’s small room.

Sitting at the dining table, Lin Yuan’s mind repeatedly recalled Shen Huaining’s alchemical methods.

"Master Shen’s smelting technique is similar to Qi-Blood dispersal smelting technique." With Shen Huaining’s failure, Lin Yuan felt somewhat regretful.

In reality, after nine Chapters of deduction, his alchemy skills had surpassed Shen Huaining’s, able to discern the flaw.

"Five Qi Pill and Qi-Blood dispersal have different medicinal properties. Qi-Blood dispersal only requires maintaining the medicinal properties within the medicinal dispersal. In contrast, the Five Qi Pill targets a different direction, needing to balance the five primary medicines; using Qi-Blood dispersal method here leads to inevitable failure." Lin Yuan had clearly understood the reason for Shen Huaining’s failure.

"But how to solve this problem?" Lin Yuan asked himself, "The preceding steps in the Five Qi Pill refinement seemed fine, ones I could also perform, potentially better than Shen Huaining. But this step, I too can’t resolve."

Lin Yuan furrowed his brow, anxiously pondering this step.

"Perhaps this is the difference between a Pill Master and a Pharmacist."

"It seems that even the Pill Masters in the academy won’t allow teaching that jeopardizes their edge."

After a long while, Lin Yuan shook his head slightly, "Fortunately, I have nine Chapters."

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