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The cauldron fire blazed fiercely, the True Fire intense and scorching.
The flames melted the lead inside the pill furnace, while Xu Xuan stared fixedly at the fire, motionless.
This was not alchemy, but material refinement.
Since obtaining the alchemy methods from Dragon Tiger Mountain, Xu Xuan had discovered that elixirs could be refined in stages.
For instance, the lead in the elixirs could be refined in advance into purple lead and stored, while gold could be pre-refined into Gold Sprouts.
The advantage of doing this was that no matter what elixir was being crafted, half the work was already done beforehand.
After refining the elixirs, Xu Xuan picked up a charred stick and began examining it.
Dragon Tiger Mountain had a spell known as the Talisman Card.
Talisman Cards were equivalent to talisman paper that could be used multiple times and required Thunderstruck Wood, which they did have in ample supply from Prince Ji's treasury.
