And our protagonist, throughout this year, had completed the modification of four first-order pill recipes, transforming them into Water Refining pill formulas.
Thanks to his growing experience, Li Zhirui had already begun to attempt modifying a second-order pill recipe, the Hundred Herbs Pill, though he found the difficulty to be much greater than he had imagined, and he was still at the stage of slowly exploring while referring to two Consolidating Yuan Pill recipes.
Why choose the Hundred Herbs Pill as the first to try? Because the pill is profound – it could be refined using just fifty types of first-order Spiritual Medicines, and none of these fifty types were considered precious! This could save Li Zhirui some Spirit Stones.
Moreover, after gaining a deeper understanding, Li Zhirui developed a sense of admiration and reverence for the predecessor who had created the Hundred Herbs Pill.
