Genius Doctor's Fifth Young Miss novel Chapter 51

: Pill Refining, Round One

After settling Mo Sha's issue, Sima You Yue was in a good mood.

"Little Spirit, I remember you telling me before that you had a master who was an Alchemist, right?" Sima You Yue hugged Little Spirit as she asked.

"That's right, a very long time ago, why?" Little Spirit asked

"I want to learn how to refine pills, do you know where the books on pill refining are?" Sima You Yue asked.

"You want to learn how to refine pills? Then would I have many pills to eat in the future?" The moment Little Spirit heard what Sima You Yue said, its eyes started to shine.

"Do you really like to eat pills?" Sima You Yue asked.

"I do!" Little Spirit nodded his head, saying, "I've already eaten all the pills that my previous master had left for me, that's why there are no pills inside the Spirit Pearl."

Eh-

Sima You Yue had her suspicions long ago. Since there was an owner who used to be an Alchemist, it was strange that the Spirit Pearl didn't even have a single pill! So it was this guy who that had eaten them all!

"Master, I'll take you to go look for the books." Little Spirit said as he pulled Sima You Yue and they disappeared. In the blink of an eye, they appeared inside a house.

"Master, all the books in here about books on pill refinement, this is the collection that belongs to the previous Master. I've heard him say before that there are many books that belong to the ancient times! There are also many methods of pill refinement that have gone extinct." Little Spirit said at it pointed towards the house full of books.

Sima You Yue took a look at the books inside the room. There were piles of it that filled a room. No need to mention ten thousand, there were hundreds and thousands of them.

"There are so many books, do you know which ones are for beginners?" Sima You Yue asked.

Little Spirit shook his head. He had never read these books before, how would he know.

'Oh, right!" Little Spirit thought of something and suddenly disappeared from within the house. When he had reappeared, his was holding on to a pill furnace.

"Master, this is the pill furnace that the previous Master left behind. After reading these books, you can use this pill furnace. If you need any pill ingredients, you can find them everywhere in the ground outside. The previous master had gathered so many different kinds and I've preserved them all."

It was the first time that Little Spirit had been so warm towards her. Sima You Yue's mouth pulled into a smile. This guy appeared to love anything related to pills.

After taking a look at the bookshelves, which filled the whole house, she decided to first look for the books that catered to the beginner before doing anything else.

So she spent the remaining time to look over the books in the house once over, taking out all the books that were suitable for a beginner. After that, she took them to the table and began to read earnestly.

Actually, the method of pill refining was actually not difficult. It was basically divided into 3 steps, purifying, fusing and binding. However, these 3 steps stumped thousands upon thousands of Spirit Masters.

Purifying- this was done by purifying the essence of the pill ingredients. One needed attentiveness and patience in order to do this.

Fusing sounded easy. It was done by fusing the purified essences of the pills together. This step may seem easy, however, each pill had its own fusion sequence. One had to pay particular attention to what ingredient went in at what time. It was not like you could just pour all the ingredients together.

Furthermore, if one could not master it well, there was a chance that it might even explode. Besides wasting pill ingredients, it was also dangerous for the Alchemist.

The third step was the most important step of all, Binding.

If the previous two steps were successful, but the binding stage was not, the final product would only be medicine, at best. Although medicine had its uses, when compared to a pill, the difference was like a hundred thousand times.

Furthermore, binding required one to wait until all the essences had pretty much fused together before pouring one's Spirit energy into the pill furnace, turning the medicine into a pill. This step really tested a person's mental strength. If one did not control it well, all the efforts that had been put in earlier would be completely wasted.

As a result, although pill refinement looked easy, those who could really become Alchemists were few and far between.

Not to mention the fact that pill refinement still needed two very important elements- pill furnace and fire.