Elder Dan approached, took a look at Zhu Yanyi’s pills, and nodded slightly. "Top-grade Yuanling Pills. Yanyi, have you learned alchemy?"
"No. When I came today, Senior Brother explained it to me, and then I made pills," Zhu Yanyi answered honestly.
Ouyang Tianyun spoke lazily from the side. "Elder Dan, stop talking. This girl was born to shock us. I just mentioned the key points of Yuanling Pills and let her watch me make them. She succeeded on her first try, producing seven pills. What you see now is already quite good."
Elder Dan’s eyes lit up. She looked at Zhu Yanyi with intense focus, as if she had discovered a treasure. This made Zhu Yanyi feel a bit shy. "Elder Dan, are you okay?"
"I’m fine. No, I have business." Elder Dan grabbed Zhu Yanyi’s hand. "Come, watch me make pills."
Zhu Yanyi felt like Elder Dan was recruiting a worker.
Her feeling was correct. Elder Dan made a batch of Yangshen Pills right in front of her. These pills were the same grade as Yuanling Pills, but used more complex herbs. Then, she asked Zhu Yanyi to make them.
Although Zhu Yanyi didn’t know what Elder Dan wanted, she naturally succeeded in making Yangshen Pills. One batch, one success.
Ouyang Tianyun continued, "See? I told you, this girl is not human."
Elder Dan laughed loudly, as if she had found a treasure. She said to Zhu Yanyi, "Since that’s the case, you will complete the task of making twenty portions of Yangshen Pills."
Zhu Yanyi did not refuse. She felt she was getting the hang of alchemy. Before, she couldn’t make pills because no one taught her. Although Azure Sovereign Qingdi’s recipes were good, they lacked basic alchemy instructions. So, Zhu Yanyi didn’t know the basic points of how to make pills.
Today, both Ouyang Tianyun and Elder Dan succeeded. This was because she saw the true basic points of alchemy. Most importantly, she had watched how Ouyang Tianyun and Elder Dan made pills and their techniques.
Yes, alchemy has specific techniques. For example, Ouyang Tianyun always placed her hand on the pill furnace, using her spiritual power to condense the pills. Elder Dan used finger spiritual arrays to condense them. These were their own methods. Zhu Yanyi felt that alchemy techniques were not fixed. Everyone should have their own method.
So, while making pills, she thought about what method she could use to improve the quality.
Pills are pills; the pill and the medicine are inseparable. The essence of the medicine could be purified purely because she had wood abilities. So, could she also use her wood abilities to condense the pills?
Thinking and doing was Zhu Yanyi’s style. When condensing the pills, Zhu Yanyi closed her eyes and slowly infused her wood abilities.
Soon, her wood abilities fed back the situation inside the furnace to her. Then, Zhu Yanyi began to use her wood abilities to slowly condense the pills. With a thought, she shaped each pill into the round carved form of a red spider lily. It looked especially beautiful. When she confirmed it was ready, she slowly withdrew her abilities and began to stabilize the pills.
Elder Dan noticed that the fragrance of this batch of pills was stronger. This meant the pills were better. She came over. When Zhu Yanyi opened the furnace lid, the pills flew out automatically. Zhu Yanyi opened a small porcelain bottle she had prepared, and the pills entered one by one.
"The pills enter the bottle on their own. This is a sign of top-grade pills. Let me see," Elder Dan shouted with joy in his eyes.
Zhu Yanyi handed the bottle to Elder Dan.
Elder Dan opened the bottle and smelled it. "The pill fragrance is pure. This means the herb extraction reached its limit."
Then, he poured out a pill. It was round like a bead, but shaped like a blooming red spider lily. It was enchanting with an indescribable charm. "It really is a top-grade Yangshen Pill. Yanyi, how did you do it?"
Pill refinement is divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade. Most alchemists mostly make mid-grade pills.
Ouyang Tianyun and Elder Dan could always make high-grade pills. They were already rare genius alchemists. In recent years, top-grade pills had become very rare. Who would have thought Zhu Yanyi could make top-grade pills?
Now, not only Elder Dan but also Ouyang Tianyun was curious. They both looked at Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi paused slightly. "Probably because I have wood abilities."
Zhu Yanyi did not hide anything. "My wood ability can also be called wood magic. It is different from others. My wood ability is growth-type.
I don’t need any instruments to treat patients because of this innate wood ability.
When I was making pills just now, I thought about the methods Senior Brother and Elder Dan used. I wondered if I should have my own method. So, I tried using my wood abilities. I found that my wood abilities can naturally condense pills.
As for the red spider lily shape, it’s because I like this flower, so it became this shape."
"Couldn’t you choose a better flower pattern? Lotus is also good. It is a Buddhist treasure flower. If not, peony or plum blossom would work. Why choose this flower of the Underworld?" Ouyang Tianyun frowned.
"I like it," Zhu Yanyi said. She couldn’t deny her bias. Because the red spider lily is the flower of the Underworld, and Yan Aohan is the Lord of the Underworld, she chose this pattern.
"What flower pattern matters? Being able to make round patterned pills means Yanyi can make top-grade pills. That’s enough," Elder Dan said excitedly.
"Yanyi, you should focus on making pills for a while. Pill grades are divided into low, mid, high, and top. Pills also have levels. There are nine levels in total. The Yuanling Pills and Yangshen Pills you made are Level Two pills."
After listening, Zhu Yanyi looked at Elder Dan and Ouyang Tianyun with a strange expression. "You are really bold. I haven’t even made pills before, and you ask me to make Level Two pills. What if I waste the materials?"
"Well, we didn’t really think about it. Besides, there are many herbs. Even if wasted, it doesn’t matter," Ouyang Tianyun smiled casually.
"In fact, you didn’t disappoint us. You made Level Two pills. That’s success."
Zhu Yanyi rolled her eyes. Who were they kidding? Clearly, Ouyang Tianyun and Elder Dan were the ones who were not human. It was like asking a child who couldn’t walk yet to run. She didn’t know what they were thinking. Did they really think she was a genius, a top student, or omnipotent?