Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 140 - 101: Bursting Qi Pill, Hundredfold Critical Strike, Pill Formation!

Chapter 140: Chapter 101: Bursting Qi Pill, Hundredfold Critical Strike, Pill Formation!

"I wonder if, when I truly control the flames to refine elixirs, it will be fraught with difficulties..."

With this thought, Qi Chuan swiped his hand across the Qiankun Bag at his waist, and with a flash of light, several Jade Boxes and a Jade Bottle appeared, floating before him.

Opening the first Jade Box revealed a vermilion Spirit Grass, three inches long, with seven or eight leaves, each leaf bearing brown patterns reminiscent of Snake Scales.

This was Snake Scale Grass, which Qi Chuan had exchanged from the Pill Pavilion. It was a Tier One Lower Grade Spirit Grass, and one of the auxiliary materials for the Bursting Qi Pill. It required high-temperature flames to extract the truly effective Spiritual Liquid within, without any impurities, demanding great precision in flame control from the Alchemist.

If the temperature was slightly high, it would burn the brown patterns on the Snake Scale Grass, and the ashes formed from the burning would be mixed into the Spiritual Liquid as impurities.

Staring at the Snake Scale Grass in the first Jade Box, Qi Chuan waved his hand, and the Snake Scale Grass flew up, being cast into the Black Peak Tripod through one of the fire openings.

Whoosh!

Upon landing inside the Black Peak Tripod, the porcelain-white Innate True Fire engulfed it completely.

Poof!

The next moment, the terrifying heat incinerated the whole Snake Scale Grass into ashes, which fell below the Pill Furnace, expelled from the lower outlet.

"Uh..."

Witnessing this scene, Qi Chuan was slightly stunned.

"It seems it’s indeed not a good thing for the flame’s temperature to be too high. Wouldn’t a regular Qi Refining Realm Alchemist refining this Snake Scale Grass with Earth Fire Power not burn it so quickly?"

Qi Chuan shook his head.

At that moment, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[You have attempted to perfectly extract the Spiritual Liquid from Snake Scale Grass for the first time, triggering a Hundredfold Critical Strike, and gaining a hundredfold harvest. Your technique for extracting Snake Scale Grass has reached perfection. Your skills in controlling the flame have increased slightly.]

Absorbing this information, Qi Chuan was amazed to find, as the text indicated, that he suddenly had full confidence in the extraction of Snake Scale Grass and believed his next attempt would certainly succeed, extracting the finest Snake Scale Grass Spiritual Liquid.

Moreover, his control over the flame of the Innate True Fire had also improved slightly.

It was worth noting that earlier, he hadn’t even made much effort to control the flame’s variations, yet his ability in this regard had still notably improved.

This was the astounding effect of the Hundredfold Critical Strike.

"Should I try again?"

Qi Chuan took out another Jade Box and cast a fresh Snake Scale Grass into the Black Peak Tripod.

This time, he used his Foundation Establishment Divine Sense to control the Innate True Fire within the Black Peak Tripod. Once the Snake Scale Grass landed inside, it was immediately engulfed.

However, this time, Qi Chuan controlled the flame’s temperature, lowering it significantly to reach the optimal temperature for extracting the Snake Scale Grass Spiritual Liquid.

Within the porcelain-white Innate True Fire, the vermilion leaves of the Snake Scale Grass slowly curled up, and the stem began to shrivel, indicating the moisture inside was evaporating at a steady pace.

A moment later, as it reached a certain point, the rate at which the leaves curled and the stem shriveled noticeably slowed. Then, a crack appeared on a leaf surface, from which a drop of vermilion liquid flowed out, suspending within the Pill Furnace.

Then, as if triggered by a chain reaction, cracks appeared at other leaves and stem points, oozing vermilion liquid.

Once all the vermilion liquid emerged, the withered grass body fell, incinerated to ashes by the fire along the way, expelled from the lower outlet of the Pill Furnace.

Within the Pill Furnace, numerous small droplets of Snake Scale Grass Spiritual Liquid gathered into one large vermilion droplet, and under the fiery burn, it reduced in size at a stable rate.

Soon, the vermilion droplet shrank to a certain size, no longer diminishing, turning brilliantly crystalline and translucent. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"It’s done!"

Seeing this, Qi Chuan’s eyes sparkled, knowing that the Snake Scale Grass Spiritual Liquid had been perfectly extracted.

Immediately, Qi Chuan gestured, and the vermilion crystalline liquid emerged from a fire opening above, dropping into a pre-prepared Jade Bottle.

"Next, it’s... the Cyan Fruit!"

Having successfully extracted the Spiritual Liquid for the first time, Qi Chuan persevered, gestured to open the second Jade Box, and a fist-sized cyan-green oval fruit promptly flew into the Black Peak Tripod through the fire opening.

Qi Chuan then replicated his method, extracting the Cyan Fruit Spiritual Liquid.

This Cyan Fruit was also a Tier One Lower Grade Spirit Fruit.

Given Qi Chuan’s current control over the flame, which had reached a certain degree, his first extraction did not end up like the earlier destruction of the Snake Scale Grass.

However, it wasn’t successful either. The temperature was slightly lower than required, and the extracted liquid’s purity fell short of the needs for Alchemy.

[Attempting to perfectly extract the Spiritual Liquid from Cyan Fruit for the first time triggered a Hundredfold Critical Strike, granting a hundredfold harvest. Your technique for extracting Cyan Fruit has reached perfection. Your flame control skills improved slightly.]

Despite this, a line of text emerged before him, triggering another Hundredfold Critical Strike.

His mind was filled with a wealth of comprehension experiences, achieving perfection in Cyan Fruit extraction technique and further refining his flame control.

"Another Hundredfold Critical Strike..."

Qi Chuan was genuinely surprised.

This time, however, he deemed the improvement in Cyan Fruit extraction technique secondary.

The key was the further enhancement in flame control!

By now, combined with previous enhancements in flame control, although he had only extracted a few types of Spirit Herbs, his flame control capabilities had significantly improved.

"If I continue refining like this, my control over the flame will quickly strengthen, and since Alchemy is closely linked to flame control, my Alchemy skills should enhance swiftly."

Qi Chuan thought silently to himself.

Immediately, he continued utilizing the Hundredfold Critical Strike to extract other Spirit Materials.

This Bursting Qi Pill was just a Tier One Lower Grade Elixir, requiring only six types of Tier One Lower Grade Spirit Herbs and Elixirs, all with similar difficulty in extraction.

During the extraction process, Qi Chuan also faced failures; different Spirit Herbs cannot share the same extraction experience.

Yet, the proverb "by studying the weaknesses of others, one can improve oneself" shined through—his failure rate and degree of failure steadily decreased.

Surprisingly, upon extracting the fifth type of Spirit Herb, the Purple Light Mushroom, he succeeded on his first attempt, although the purity of the Purple Light Mushroom powder he extracted was not high, providing limited assistance in crafting a successful Bursting Qi Pill.

In this manner, it wasn’t long before six differently colored Spiritual Liquids and powders floated before Qi Chuan, fully extracted, either in perfect condition or of superior purity.

As for those with poor purity, Qi Chuan had indeed extracted some but refrained from using them for Alchemy out of concern for their effect on pill formation.

"Next is the Pill Formation!"

Qi Chuan’s gaze sharpened, waving his hand as six distinct colored Spiritual Liquids and powders flowed into the Black Peak Tripod through the four fire openings.

Roar!

Within the tripod, the porcelain-white Innate True Fire steadily rose, devouring the six Spirit Materials while maintaining an optimal temperature.

Simultaneously, Qi Chuan conjured spells with his hands, beams of Mana light flying from his fingers into the tripod.

These were Alchemy Techniques inherited from the Celestial Pill Elder.

Thus, within the tripod, the six Spirit Materials began merging in sequence.

This process required extreme caution, much more challenging than the previous six extractions, as even a slight misstep would incinerate the six Spirit Materials, ending in total failure.

Therefore, Qi Chuan kept a focused gaze, fully attentive to the tripod’s contents.