Feng Ming was very skillful in handling spiritual plants, which was something He Shu was very satisfied with. He didn’t even need to check the spiritual plants that Feng Ming had just processed. He just put them in the furnace.
He Shu sacrificed his own spiritual fire. It was a beast fire that he had subdued. It came from a relatively docile wood attribute beast. Something too explosive would cause the furnace to explode when used to refine medicine.
Of course, the best spiritual fire was of the wood attribute, but the price of such spiritual fire was often frighteningly high. The reason why He Shu was willing to invest in the Feng family was because the head of the Feng family took out such a beast fire. He Shu was moved by such sincerity.
The spiritual fire warmed the alchemy furnace to a certain level. He Shu placed the processed spiritual plants in order, habitually talking about the things that needed to be paid attention to when refining the body tempering pill. Feng Ming already knew these common sense things. What he wanted to observe this time was the use of soul power.
As He Shu released his soul power, he also explained the precautions to Feng Ming. It was in case Feng Ming’s soul sea mutated one day and really awakened his soul power.
He Shu used his soul power to manipulate the plants to fuse together. The first thing thrown in was the tianzhu huang, the main medicine of the body tempering pill.
After the tianzhu huang melted into a mass of liquid, the other auxiliary plants were thrown in one by one. After melting into a liquid or powder, he sent them into the liquid of the tianzhu huang for fusion.
This process was all guided by soul power. It needed to be neutralized by the input of vitality.
He Shu was in the qi gathering realm and could call upon the yuan power from his own body without any input from the outside world. However, alchemists in the body tempering realm and meridians opening realm needed to use external forces. In other words, borrowing yuan power from yuan crystals. It was another burden on soul power.
It was a very simple matter for a second-grade alchemist to refine this lowest level pill. After only half an hour, there was a roar from the alchemy furnace. The formed pills collided with each other or against the furnace wall, making a crackling sound.
He Shu put away the fire. He knew what the situation of the pills was without looking.
Feng Ming stretched out his head to take a look, and took out the pills from the furnace. The primary body tempering pill was light yellow, and a full furnace contained nine pills. He Shu made nine pills in one furnace, seven of which were top-grade and two were medium-grade. This was a very good result.
He Shu himself was very satisfied. The refining process went very smoothly. Of course, the wood attribute spiritual fire also helped a lot.
Feng Ming’s kind words continued, “Uncle He, your alchemy skills are like this—” He gave a thumbs up. “Even if it is the most basic body tempering pill, it is hard to find top-grade body tempering pills outside. Those sold outside are low-grade products. I am reluctant to sell it even when refining medium-grade pills.”
Taking the spiritual plants raw meant taking the plant together with the impurities in it. Refining it into a pill would reduce the impurities, but there would still be residues.
The lower the quality, the more impurities there would be. The higher quality ones would have fewer impurities. The best quality would have almost no impurities remaining.
Feng Ming had grown so old, but there were no alchemists outside who could refine the best quality pills, not even for these basic pills.
He Shu stroked his beard in a good mood, but he said modestly, “What are you saying? I haven’t refined this primary body tempering pill in a long time. I’m a bit unskilled, so my results are so-so.”
Feng Ming secretly rolled his eyes. If Uncle He’s lips were more controlled, then his words would be a bit more convincing.
Of course, he kept saying nice things. In the end, Feng Ming took away all the pills that He Shu had refined. They were useless for He Shu anyway. Only cultivators who had just entered the body tempering realm could use them.
Feng Ming returned to his special alchemy room. The storage bag he brought in contained hundreds of materials needed for refining the primary body tempering pill. He hadn’t yet learned how to make alchemy, but he had no shortage of alchemy furnaces and spiritual fires compared to an alchemy store. There were several alchemy furnaces alone.
Therefore, it wasn’t without reason that others viewed Feng Ming as wasting his fortune.
Compared with the apocalypse, his current life was extremely happy. He couldn’t wait to lie down for the rest of his life like this.
But after experiencing the apocalypse, he still had a sense of crisis.
Right now, his father was protecting him but he hoped to one day protect his father.
After knowing his father’s origins and that his other biological father had some type of scary background, Feng Ming’s sense of crisis became even stronger.
He had only seen how the primary body tempering pill was refined once, but Feng Ming took out the materials and started trying it himself. If He Shu saw such a scene, he wouldn’t know how to scold this bold ger.
He Shu never would’ve thought that after teaching it once, Feng Ming would dare to try it in private.
Feng Ming didn’t care. He never lacked materials. Even if he wasted dozens of hundreds of materials, both he and his father wouldn’t feel bad.
Of course, he was still very cautious when operating. After seeing the tianzhu huang successfully melt into a liquid in the alchemy furnace, Feng Ming started to put the other auxiliary medicines into the alchemy furnace. After adding the second auxiliary medicine and making it into a powder, he attempted to blend it into the main ingredient. However, there was a bang sound. The first attempt failed.
There was no frustration on Feng Ming’s face. Instead, he was very interested and continued trying.
The second attempt failed when the furnace exploded after the third auxiliary medicine was melted.
The third time, the furnace exploded when the fourth auxiliary medicine was melted.
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After the tenth attempt, Feng Ming successfully refined the last auxiliary medicine and carefully used his soul power to send it into the much larger medicine liquid mass in the center of the alchemy furnace.
Once it was integrated together, there was no furnace explosion. Feng Ming didn’t show any joy and still carefully controlled the liquid medicine in the alchemy furnace.
At this time, his face turned pale, and sweat broke out on his forehead. The soul power currently activated was too little. His soul power was about to run out.
Feng Ming gritted his teeth and persisted. He used his soul power in conjunction with the pill formula to start dividing pills.
The large mass of liquid medicine in the alchemy furnace started to separate and split into three. Three small groups of liquid medicine were separated.
Feng Ming continued to operate it and separate the small groups of liquid medicine. He kept dividing them in three. Gradually, nine small groups of liquid medicine appeared in the alchemy furnace. The pills were successfully divided.
As long as he completed the final step of making the pill, he could refine nine full pills in this attempt.
However, at this time, his soul power was completely exhausted. The pill furnace that was about to become pills exploded with a bang again.
Feng Ming sat in front of the alchemy furnace and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, his face pale.
The inside of the alchemy furnace had been blown into a mess, but Feng Ming was very happy. He was only one step away from success. The reason for this was that the amount of his soul power was slightly insufficient. If he worked harder, he would be able to succeed completely.
So even though the furnace exploded, he saw hope for success.
Without bothering to clean up the alchemy furnace, Feng Ming meditated on the spot and adjusted his breath. He tried to restore his soul power as soon as possible.
Half an hour later, Feng Ming opened his eyes. His face was rosy again, and his eyes were filled with joy. He looked at the messy alchemy furnace and said happily.
“Sure enough, it is right to refine a pill. After completely consuming and squeezing out my soul power, it actually caused the soul sea to move again. Now the soul power that can be hooked out has doubled based on the original basis.”
Great. Now he didn’t have to worry about not having enough soul power when refining alchemy. Feng Ming immediately cleaned up the furnace in front of him and started his eleventh attempt.
The eleventh attempt finally succeeded after half an hour. Feng Ming looked at the nine pills lying at the bottom of the furnace with a look of joy. It was indeed a full furnace.
He took out the pills and tested them one by one. The first refining was successful. He actually produced three middle-grade pills and six low-grade pills.
“Hehe, I am indeed a genius. If I show these results to Uncle He, Uncle He will probably suspect that I cheated by buying other pills. Hehe, I will be able to refine top-grade pills next time. If I try a few more times, even the best pills aren’t a problem.”
Feng Ming was really confident.
He stayed in the alchemy room that day, taking turns to hook out his soul power and use his soul power to refine pills. Once he got tired, he would rest for a while.
He continuously used it until he was too hungry to bear it. As a result, the soul power he could activate had increased again. The result was gratifying.
His stomach growled. Feng Ming had only eaten some dry food in the alchemy room at noon. At this moment, he urgently needed delicious food to appease his stomach.
Yang Xin was still guarding outside. He trained outside when Feng Ming didn’t come out. He was also in the meridians opening realm, but he didn’t have a physical problem like Feng Ming. Therefore, his cultivation grew steadily.
Yang Xin looked anxious. Once he saw Feng Ming finally coming out, he hurriedly said, “Young Master, something happened. Something big happened.”
Feng Ming was still immersed in his cultivation. He asked casually, “What big thing can happen?”
Yang Xin stomped his feet. “Young Master, it has been spread outside that there is a marriage between the Bai family and Feng family of Gaoyang County. Now that Young Master Bai is abolished, this marriage will fall on you. Young Master, isn’t this too much? In addition, how did our family get connected with an aristocratic family of Gaoyang County?”
Oops. Feng Ming hit his forehead. The team from Gaoyang County arrived so quickly. He was so busy in the alchemy room that he didn’t have time to think about this thing.
Feng Ming said calmly, “What is the rush? Isn’t it just a marriage? Don’t worry, I heard my father mention this matter in the morning. With my father here, I definitely won’t suffer many losses. My father won’t marry me off casually.”
He approached Yang Xin and told him in a low voice, “Father said that if they want this engagement to continue, they have to let Bai Qiaomo enter this family.”
“Huh?” Yang Xin forgot what he was going to say for a while.
Feng Ming waved his hand and asked while walking out, “Where are the people from Gaoyang County? Where is my father?”
Yang Xin chased after him. “Everyone from Gaoyang County is staying at the city lord’s mansion. The master also went to the city lord’s mansion. This subordinate heard that the people of the Bai family have also gone there.”
Feng Ming raised an eyebrow. “Yes, Father must’ve gone to negotiate. Don’t worry, our family will have one more person.”
Yang Xin felt that this result was better than marrying off his young master. It was better, but he still felt sorry for his young master. “Even if he enters, Young Master Bai is still a useless person. No matter how you look at this marriage, you will suffer a loss, Young Master. What type of person can’t the Young Master marry?”
Feng Ming turned his head and asked him, “Are those people willing to enter the family? No, they just want to marry me and obtain the entire Feng family, including my father.”
Yang Xin thought about it. “Then we can slowly find it. The master is here. There must be a man willing to marry into the family.”
Feng Ming sighed. “Don’t you know how strong the family from Gaoyang County is? Do you think my father can object? Okay, things aren’t as bad as you think. Just wait until we finish dealing with the people of Gaoyang County.”
Yang Xin also knew this. He just didn’t want his young master to endure hardships. He had just turned around when he remembered another thing. “Young Master, it must’ve spread outside. Many young masters have come to see you. The young masters of the Bai family, Ding family, Sheng family, and Song family have all come here.”
Needless to say, the arrival of this wave of people from Gaoyang County and their purpose soon spread in Qingyun City. In particular, these families must be the first to know the inside story of this marriage contract.
The young masters of those families had been working hard for a long time. Once it was meaningless, they weren’t willing to accept it. They probably wanted to test his tone.
Feng Ming sneered. Coming to test him? These people were actually protesting with their families. What was the point of trying to get him?
Then he signed again. It didn’t matter whether they were a real couple or if it was just for show. From now on, he would be someone with a family. After living two lifetimes, he was going to get married for the first time.
It wasn’t known if his father said something, but while walking through the mansion, Feng Ming noticed that the defense of the mansion had been upgraded by several levels. There were a lot more people hiding in the darkness.
In fact, Feng Ming was quite willing to go to Fengyu Tower to listen to what people in the city were saying about this matter and Feng Ming himself.
It was a pity that he also knew that as soon as he showed up, he would definitely become the target of other people’s attention.
He just wanted to eat melons. He didn’t want others to eat his melons.
