Chương 77: A Cook Who Doesn't Want to Be an Alchemist Isn't a Good Great Emperor
Chen Xia didn't reply. Silently, he summoned the two flying swords back, and they hovered above the cave.
The big yellow dog sat cross-legged on the white jade futon, closed its eyes, and had no intention of moving.
After observing for so many years, Chen Xia had discovered a rather interesting thing.
The big yellow dog had an extraordinary fondness for things that could nourish the soul. For example, the Purifying Altar Nether Lotus from before, and this white jade futon. The big yellow dog loved them very much and would come to meditate on the white jade futon every once in a while.
Although Chen Xia didn't know exactly what kind of meditation the big yellow dog was doing, judging from its expression, it seemed to be enjoying it.
Perhaps this was spiritual pleasure.
Chen Xia didn't pay much attention. His half-lying body slowly stood up. He planned to take a stroll in the Heavenly Pavilion and look up some books on alchemy or alchemy formulas.
His current alchemy skills had reached a bottleneck. If he wanted to make further progress, he had to make improvements in other aspects.
For example, changing from cooking pills in an iron pan to refining pills in a proper alchemy furnace.
That is, replacing the iron pan with a real alchemy furnace.
Thinking of this, Chen Xia felt a bit reluctant. He was a rather nostalgic person, and suddenly changing the iron pan really made him reluctant.
After all, this iron pan had helped him cook quite a number of pills. Even if it didn't have much credit, it had put in the effort. Chen Xia really couldn't bring himself to abandon it after it had served him.
So he put the plan to change the iron pan at the end and instead focused on making changes in other aspects first.
For example, optimizing the alchemy formulas first, looking at the experiences of the predecessors' alchemy formulas, and learning from them.
In addition, he could also systematically study the knowledge of alchemy, which would also be of great benefit to his future alchemy practice.
It was written in the book that for an alchemist to refine pills, only three aspects mattered.
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The alchemy furnace, the alchemy formula, and the technique.
A skillful technique could make up for the deficiencies in the other two aspects and forcibly raise the grade of the pills.
As for the description of the techniques, there were five levels.
Beginner, proficient, perfect, and divinely crafted.
The last level wasn't recorded in the book. Only one sentence was used to roughly describe it.
"When the pills are successfully refined, the sky turns upside down, and the sun and moon lose their light."
It sounded quite powerful, but it was unknown whether it was true or not.
And the book also said that each alchemist's technique was different, and it depended on the effect when the pills were refined.
Even if you refined pills with your feet, as long as it could cause celestial anomalies when the pills were formed, then it was a perfect technique.
Conversely, even if your technique was very elaborate, your preparations were sufficient, and the process was fancy, but the pills you refined didn't even have a bit of luster, then you were at the beginner level.
The technique didn't depend on anything else but the effect of the refined pills.
So it wasn't really wrong for Chen Xia to use an iron pan to cook pills. As long as the effect of the pills he refined could reach the perfect level, then he was a master of the alchemy path.
Regarding the level division of alchemists, the book stated it very directly.
The pills in the world were divided into five types, which were actually not much different from the classification of magic weapons.
The lowest level was considered beginner-level elixir pills, which could slightly enhance strength, restore qi and blood, and stir up the origin, etc. They were suitable for cultivators at the Great Vehicle Realm and below.
The middle-level ones were Dao pills, which had a certain threshold. The main problem was that they were relatively difficult to obtain. One had to have a good relationship with an alchemist to have a stable source. They were suitable for cultivators at the Overturning Sea Realm and below.
The high-end ones were called precious pills. Pills at this level already had the heaven-defying effect of prolonging life and extending lifespan.
There was once a Quasi-Emperor powerhouse who, because he was a master of pills, directly refined a jar of immortal pills and ate them like candies, one a day. He also continuously improved the medicinal effects and eliminated the drug resistance of his body, and managed to outlast the Great Emperor powerhouses of his time.
This was the terrifying aspect of precious pills. With the strength of a Quasi-Emperor, he could outlast a Great Emperor.
The top-level ones were Emperor pills. Pills of this kind were extremely rare. It was very likely that not a single one would appear in an entire era.
Because the effects of these Emperor pills were too heaven-defying, they were often true immortal pills that could allow a Great Emperor to live another life!
According to the records in the book, no Emperor pill had appeared in this era yet. There was also a line of small characters annotated at the back.
[If you can refine Emperor pills or have some clues, please contact me quickly. I'm on the seventh star of the Realm Domain. I'm waiting for you to come and explore.]
Chen Xia frowned and continued to flip through the pages. There was another annotation.
[For an alchemist, the alchemy furnace is like uniforms for uniform enthusiasts, feces for dogs, and toilets for dung beetles. The finer it is, the better. Do you want to have a customized alchemy furnace? Come and find me on the seventh star of the Realm Domain.]
Chen Xia's frown deepened. He always felt that this book wasn't very serious. He opened the pages he hadn't paid attention to before and took a look.
"How Pills Are Refined" —by Wang Yangzi.
Sure enough.
It was this old rascal again.
Chen Xia shook his head, planning to put this book at the bottom of the bookshelf so that other disciples wouldn't see it. Otherwise, it would mislead them.
"Eh, you also like reading Wang Yangzi's books?"
A surprised voice came from the side. It was a short and small old man with a mustache, holding the book "Alchemy: From Beginner to Burial" in his hand.
And it was the book that Chen Xia had hidden at the innermost part of the bookshelf before.
"Ha, just casually looking." Chen Xia put the book inside the bookshelf and replied.
"Then you really have good taste!" The short old man gave a thumbs up, looking energetic, and continued.
"Wang Yangzi is the alchemy master I admire the most. If I hadn't been tied up these past few hundred years, I would have gone to the Realm Domain to discuss the alchemy path with Wang Yangzi."
The little old man was getting quite excited as he spoke. He looked at Chen Xia and asked curiously again, "You're also an alchemist, right?"
Chen Xia thought for a while and said, "In a certain sense, I'm more like a cook."
After all, he used an iron pan.
The little old man was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "It's okay. As long as you have the heart, even a cook can become an alchemist."
"Okay." Chen Xia nodded. The atmosphere became a bit quiet.
The two of them just stared at each other with wide eyes.
"Are you from the human race?" The little old man suddenly asked again.
"Yes." Chen Xia nodded.
The little old man's expression immediately became excited. He nodded vigorously. "Good, good, good. People from the human race are quite rare nowadays. I remember the last time a human came to the Azure Sky Sword Sea was... well, a long time ago. What a pity..."
"What's a pity?" Chen Xia was a bit curious.
The little old man looked rather regretful. "It's a pity that they couldn't beat those Ancient Species and left halfway. But there's nothing that can be done about it. After all, the average talent of the human race among the ten thousand races is indeed a bit weak."
"However, there's one thing about the human race that other races can't compare to. The human race has the highest degree of compatibility with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth. This leads to the situation where although the average talent of the human race is weak, there will be extraordinary individuals whose upper limit can reach the level of a Great Emperor."
There was a Great Emperor from the human race in the Azure Sky Sword Sea.
The little old man put his hands behind his back, hunched over, and sighed again. "It's a pity that no such figure has emerged in the Azure Sky Sword Sea in the past few thousand years. Perhaps we'll have to wait until the next era for a Great Emperor from the human race to reappear."
After the little old man finished sighing, his eyes shifted to Chen Xia again, and he continued to ask, "You're also a disciple of the Azure Sky Sword Sea, right?"
"Yes." Chen Xia's reply was very brief. There wasn't much to say, really.
The little old man carefully examined Chen Xia for a couple of times. "The Azure Sky Sword Sea is a major sect in this star region, a real giant. So the disciples' talents must be extraordinary."
"Even if you can't beat those Ancient Species, don't be discouraged. I couldn't beat them back then either, but now I've become an elder."
"Cultivation isn't just about fighting. You can also practice alchemy."
"When you've achieved great success in the alchemy path, you can use pills to make others fight for us."
"This is the alchemy path!"
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