Chapter 506 - 360: Increasing the Intensity
Fang Yun left Dan Cloud Peak with five sets of auxiliary Spirit Medicines in hand.
He returned to the Alchemy Room in his cavern estate.
He soon began the process of Refining a pill, using the Four-Core Spirit Flower as the main Spirit Medicine.
For now, Fang Yun wasn’t in a rush to name the newly refined pill. He’d have to wait until the refining was complete to know the specifics.
If the pill wasn’t successfully refined and put to practical use, its effects would remain purely theoretical.
A full day passed.
Fang Yun finished refining the first batch of pills.
From the Alchemy Furnace’s Pill Output Port, six gray pills rolled out.
Not a single one was a success. All six were Wasted Pills.
’The Pill Formula still needs many details revised.’
Staring at the six gray pills, Fang Yun wasn’t surprised at all. His new Pill Formula was a modification of the one for the Spirit Ascension Pill, but he had changed so much that they were essentially two different medicines.
The fact that it produced pills at all meant his general direction was correct. The problem lay mainly in the details.
If he couldn’t even get the pills to form, it would mean even his general approach was flawed.
The issues with the details were mostly related to the degree of processing for the Spirit Medicines. Once these details were adjusted and adapted, the Spirit Medicines would be able to fuse together better.
After reviewing the Alchemy process and making many modifications to the details, Fang Yun proceeded to refine the second batch.
The reason he needed five sets of Spirit Medicines was to give himself room for trial and error.
Unlike the first batch...
When the second batch of pills emerged, there wasn’t a single Wasted Pill among them.
Looking at the quality of the pills, four were Middle Grade and two were Lower Grade.
’Some details still need to be adjusted...’
The difference between the first and second batches was vast. One reason was that this was only a Second Tier pill, not much more difficult to refine than a Spirit Ascension Pill. Of course, the biggest reason was his eight-star Alchemy Talent.
After making more adjustments to the details...
When the third batch of pills was refined, there was another significant change from the second.
This time, there were three Upper Grade and three Middle Grade, with no Lower Grade pills at all.
’It still needs modification.’
As the creator of the Pill Formula, if he couldn’t refine all six pills to Upper Grade, it meant the formula still had issues with its details.
Even if he managed to refine them all into Upper Grade pills, using only superior-quality Spirit Medicines wouldn’t guarantee the Pill Formula was completely flawless.
Therefore, for his fifth set of ingredients, Fang Yun used good-quality main and auxiliary Spirit Medicines.
The fourth batch yielded six Upper Grade pills.
Recalling the refining process, Fang Yun once again made some slight modifications to the details.
After the fifth batch was completed, it also produced six Upper Grade pills.
’Mm, the Pill Formula is completely flawless now.’
With the pills all refined, the next step was to have the Elders test their effects.
Elders from the early stage of Foundation Establishment all the way to the Peak of Foundation Establishment were needed for the trial.
...
"Did you hear the new announcement?"
"What announcement? I don’t think I’ve heard."
"Elder Fang Taishang is looking for us Foundation Establishment Elders to test a pill."
"Test a pill... I heard something about this. Elder Fan from the Spirit Field Institute mentioned that Elder Fang Taishang cultivated a mutated Spirit Medicine and might use it to refine a new pill. Oh, right, are there any requirements for testing it?"
"There are only requirements for one’s Realm. They need one person each from the early, middle, and late stages of Foundation Establishment, as well as the Peak."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let’s hurry over!"
「In less than half a day.」
The mid-level Elders of the sect had mostly heard the news.
Testing pills could sometimes be quite dangerous. The Alchemy Master who refined them might not even know what side effects their own creations could have.
For this pill-testing task, however, the Elders’ reactions were extremely enthusiastic.
Given Elder Fang Taishang’s Alchemy Talent and his current level of skill, they had immense trust in him.
Many Elders who came over discovered that another Elder of the same Realm had arrived faster, so they missed their chance to participate in the pill-testing task.
When the Elder at the Peak of Foundation Establishment finally arrived, the task of testing the pill’s effects began.
The four Elders who met with Fang Yun each received one Upper Grade pill.
If the pill had significant side effects, an Upper Grade pill would theoretically have fewer than a Lower Grade or Middle Grade one, making it safer to test.
"Have you all used an Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pill before?" Fang Yun asked before they formally consumed the pills.
"I have."
"Same here."
"I just used one half a month ago."
"Supreme Elder, I have not."
Among the four, the only one who hadn’t used one was the Elder at the Peak of Foundation Establishment. The one who had used one recently was the early-stage Foundation Establishment Elder.
When the Peak of Foundation Establishment Elder was in his own early stage, Fang Yun hadn’t even become a disciple of the sect yet. It was perfectly understandable that he’d never used an Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pill.
For this experiment, the results from the Peak of Foundation Establishment Elder would have the least impact, to the point of being almost unnecessary.
"It’s fine if you haven’t. After you refine and absorb the pill, just tell me how you feel. The three of you should focus on describing the differences compared to an Upper Grade Spirit Ascension Pill. The more feedback you can give on other aspects, the better."
The four of them nodded upon hearing this.
「Soon after, the experiment officially began.」
While the four were consuming, refining, and absorbing the pills, Fang Yun didn’t remain idle.
He returned to his cavern estate to cultivate.
This time could be put to good use.
If any problems arose while they were refining and absorbing the pills, the Elders would stop the process rather than foolishly continuing.
Fang Yun felt this was highly unlikely to happen. He was extremely confident in the pills he had refined.