The medicinal materials used to refine Qishen Pills are very special. Although they are a kind of fruit, they are produced at the roots, and the roots are very long. Problems can easily occur during the growth process, resulting in a lot of waste of medicinal materials.
Most of the discarded medicinal materials piled up now are Xuan Di fruits that were almost ripe but could not be planted for various reasons. Each fruit is connected to a root as big as a wrist, and the fruit is only as big as a child's fist. It looks like a wrinkled apple, slightly red, and exudes a faint spiritual energy.
Zhang Yanqing quickly sorted out two Xuandi fruits of good quality, threw them into the alchemy furnace, and began to refine them! Because these Xuandi fruits were of very poor quality, so if two were combined, the medicinal spirit would be more sufficient, but if there was no level, it would be difficult for ordinary alchemists to refine two together like this.
This was not difficult at all for Shen Xiang. Not to mention two portions combined, even ten or a hundred portions would be no problem for him.
Xuan Di Fruit is the only main ingredient for refining Qi Shen Dan. When piled up, these are connected to a piece of tree root. This tree root is very extraordinary. As long as it is connected to the Xuan Di Fruit, it can still absorb the spiritual energy and fairy energy from the outside world, which can prevent the Xuan Di Fruit from dying quickly.
"What a waste! They actually threw away this piece of root. This piece of root is as important as the Xuan Di Fruit!" Su Meiyao used her spiritual sense to see that when Zhang Yanqing was processing the medicinal materials, he separated the Xuan Di Fruit from the root and then threw away the root. This made her feel very sorry.
Shen Xiang picked up a piece of tree root and could clearly sense the strange spiritual energy contained in that piece of root. It was indeed a very important thing, but this tree root was also very strange. It was as hard as iron and contained many impurities.
"After the Xuan Di Fruit tree absorbs a large amount of spiritual energy, it is transported to the roots to allow the roots to grow. But when the roots grow very long, they will become as stiff as iron, and then produce the Xuan Di Fruit. The medicinal spiritual energy in the Xuan Di Fruit is transformed from this piece of root. So this piece of root contains the same peculiar medicinal spiritual energy as the Xuan Di Fruit! If you can melt this piece of root and separate the impurities from it! The quality of this Xuan Di Fruit will be as good as a normal one." Su Meiyao said.
"This is not difficult for me. I have refined an entire crystal vein and countless mountains. How can this be difficult?"
Shen Xiang directly threw the piece of tree root and the Xuan Di Fruit into the alchemy furnace. He only dealt with some of the garbage parts that could be removed.
"Does he know how to make pills? He even threw in the root of the Xuan Di Fruit. Is he refining a weapon or a pill? That root is harder to smelt than iron!"
"Although there is a lot of medicinal spirit in that root, it is very difficult to refine it to be extremely pure! Zhang Yanqing has the Heavenly Fire, but he didn't do that. His flame looks like just ordinary fire."
"Don't laugh at them. If you had thrown a piece of tree root like this in, the furnace would probably explode by now! Look at them, they are very stable, the fire is getting bigger and smaller, and the changes are fast but not chaotic. It's very regular." An old man stroked his long beard.
There were many people watching the competition at the entrance of Xiyi Pavilion, including quite a few alchemists, but not many of them could see a little bit of the trick. As long as they were alchemists with a high level of alchemy skills, they could see that Shen Xiang had a very solid foundation. Even Zhang Yanqing had to look at the man in front of him in a new light.
Based on sensing the changes in the fire in Shen Xiang's alchemy furnace, a small number of alchemists knew that this was the first time Shen Xiang had refined this kind of pill. They could also see that Shen Xiang was correcting his mistakes many times while practicing the alchemy method. If other alchemists were to do it, they would probably be in a mess the first time. But Shen Xiang did not do that. You have to know that he was refining the sturdy tree roots together.
Lin Xiyi and Fan Yakun knew Shen Xiang's abilities. They had all been defeated by Shen Xiang in alchemy. Shen Xiang had once won first place in the Holy Alchemy Realm, so they now believed in Shen Xiang very much. They were all looking forward to the surprises that Shen Xiang would bring them.
It is indeed not difficult to refine the Qi Shen Pill, but if it is refined together with the piece of tree root, it becomes a little difficult. For Shen Xiang, it is not difficult to refine the piece of tree root, but the difficulty lies in the time, because time is limited, there is only one day, and the other party is a very skilled and talented alchemist who refines this kind of pill. Shen Xiang guessed that Zhang Yanqing must have had many experiences in refining discarded medicinal materials before. Alchemists who can turn discarded medicinal materials into pills are very popular in any force, but there are not many such alchemists.
Sure enough, Zhang Yanqing quickly refined a furnace, but he only produced one pill. The final result was a competition of the number of pills refined. After Shen Xiang refined the tree roots, he was confident that he could refine two pills!
"The Heavenly Fire is indeed powerful, much more powerful than my Qiankun Fire!" Although Shen Xiang closed his eyes, the situation inside Zhang Yanqing's alchemy furnace appeared very clearly in his mind. As a spiritual cultivator, he could easily spy on it with his powerful divine power, not to mention that the opponent's alchemy furnace was just an ordinary one.
The stronger the flame, the faster the spiritual medicine will burn. Many high-level spiritual medicines are very "stubborn". Not only are the materials difficult to burn, but even the medicinal spirit energy inside is very "barbaric". If the flame is strong enough, the medicinal spirit energy will become much softer in the appropriate strong flame. Having a strong flame does not mean burning hard, but it means controlling the heat of the flame and suppressing the medicinal spirit energy according to the experience of the alchemist, otherwise it will lead to failure in alchemy.
"What's the big deal? His Heavenly Fire doesn't have much room to grow, and it's still a long way to go before it can become the Chaos Fire. But after your Qiankun Fire evolves into Qiankun Heavenly Fire, it will be close to the law. No matter how strong the Chaos Fire is, it is still within the law." Su Meiyao said.
Shen Xiang was multitasking. On one hand, he was practicing the dual refining method to refine his own furnace of Qi Shen Dan, and on the other hand, he was spying on the situation inside Zhang Yanqing's furnace, learning from Zhang Yanqing's alchemy techniques, learning from his strengths and making up for his weaknesses. This brought him great benefits.
Zhang Yanqing finished refining another furnace, and his speed was so fast that many old alchemists who were watching felt ashamed of themselves. Many people estimated that Zhang Yanqing might only need half a day to finish refining his pile of medicinal materials for the Qi Shen Pill, and then he could also refine Shen Xiang's medicinal materials!
Even so, Shen Xiang remained very calm, without the slightest sign of nervousness. Such a state of mind was quite admirable, but many people were not optimistic about him.
In a short moment, Zhang Yanqing had refined another furnace, and the speed was even faster than before, causing many alchemists to exclaim in disbelief. Now many people understood why Zhang Yanqing would be called the future Alchemy Saint!