Seeing that nine elixirs were about to fully form, Chu Ning slightly disturbed one of them with his Divine Sense.
Imdiately, that elixir turned into a pile of waste residue.
However, the other eight elixirs completely solidified into their pill shape.
Chu Ning imdiately cast another spell.
"Gathering Spirit?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Cang couldn’t help but softly murmur.
Behind him, when Su Yuqing and the others heard this, a look of surprise appeared in their eyes again.
They naturally knew about Gathering Spirit.
However, so ordinary disciples did not understand this thod and were puzzled at the mont.
Especially those who were not disciples of the Alchemy Pavilion, they couldn’t help but start discussing.
"What is Steward Chu doing? Hasn’t the pill already ford?"
"Yes, is there sothing wrong with this Foundation Establishnt Pill?"
Their words naturally reached the ears of the Golden Core Elders.
Ling Cang seed to think this was a good opportunity to educate the younger disciples about alchemy, and his voice rang out in the arena, explaining:
"Gathering Spirit is an alchemy step between pill formation and extraction, with two effects. One is to lock the pill’s potency, allowing it to be stored longer.
The other is that it can enhance the efficacy of so specific elixirs after using the Gathering Spirit thod."
After Ling Cang’s voice sounded, the others no longer spoke and listened attentively.
"The Gathering Spirit thod was often used by ancient cultivators in alchemy, as there were fewer cultivators and abundant heavenly materials and earthly treasures at that ti.
They had plenty of elixirs, and so would not be consud in a short ti, so they would use the Gathering Spirit thod, often asured over centuries.
But for today’s cultivators, so urgently needed elixirs cannot be stored for more than a century."
From this, everyone roughly inferred that the Gathering Spirit thod is now used less frequently, and accordingly, fewer people master it.
At this point, Ling Cang paused slightly before continuing:
"As for increasing efficacy, only so specific elixirs can achieve this.
Because the enhancent effect is not particularly good, and if used improperly, it might waste the elixir that had initially ford into a pill.
Therefore, very few alchemists use the Gathering Spirit thod now."
As he spoke, Ling Cang’s eyes flickered slightly.
"However, for an elixir like the Foundation Establishnt Pill, using the Gathering Spirit thod is suitable.
Foundation Establishnt is exceptionally subtle, and sotis it’s just a hair’s breadth difference.
This seemingly insignificant efficacy boost might an the difference between success and failure for a cultivator."
Upon hearing Ling Cang’s words, everyone suddenly realized, and the Qi Refining disciples looked at Chu Ning with more eagerness.
They all wanted to see how many Foundation Establishnt Pills Chu Ning would produce this ti using the Gathering Spirit thod.
While Ling Cang was explaining the effects of the Gathering Spirit, Chu Ning couldn’t hear it because of the restriction.
The reasons he used the Gathering Spirit thod were indeed partly as Ling Cang described.
When Spiritual Qi rged into the Pill Furnace and combined with the Foundation Establishnt Pill, Chu Ning started the pill extraction process.
Just like when he extracted the Purple Gold Pill before, Chu Ning made a virtual palm strike, and several pills flew out of the Alchemy Furnace, floating in a row in the air.
And when everyone saw the number of pills, a cry louder than before erupted in the entire arena.
"Eight pills!"
"The Foundation Establishnt Pill formation rate has also reached 90%!"
"Our sect can finally have more Foundation Establishnt Pills!"
...
So Qi Refining disciples could hardly contain their joy at this mont.
And all the alchemists in the Alchemy Pavilion, whether at the Qi Refining Stage or Foundation Establishnt Stage, showed expressions of shock.
Foundation Establishnt Pills are difficult to refine!
This is known to everyone.
Otherwise, He Yanmao, as an Interdiate Middle Grade Alchemist, wouldn’t have said his success rate was not high despite many attempts.
But now Chu Ning had sohow managed to reach a 90% success rate with the Foundation Establishnt Pill!
This was beyond everyone’s expectations.
Even He Yanmao, who had obtained several furnaces of Foundation Establishnt Pills from Chu Ning during this period, showed a face full of surprise.
Based on the number of pills Chu Ning gave him, he always estimated Chu Ning’s success rate to be around 70% to 80%.
He had not expected that Chu Ning would directly produce eight Foundation Establishnt Pills this ti.
The pill formation rate reached 90%!
Yuan Rongzhang’s expression was not very pleasant at this mont.
Chu Ning had not yet refined the remaining two types of elixirs, but Yuan Rongzhang already had a vague feeling of unease.
Just with this Foundation Establishnt Pill, Chu Ning’s status within the Alchemy Pavilion wouldn’t be low.
After all, so many people need the Foundation Establishnt Pill to break through their realms.
"But he definitely can’t refine the Jiuhua Essence Condensing Pill!"
Yuan Rongzhang forced himself to suppress that uneasy feeling, comforting himself.
Only then did he feel a bit better.
He took a deep breath, not showing much of an unusual expression.
Yuan Rongzhang understood Ling Cang’s character very well, knowing that this Golden Core Elder was extrely principled and rule-abiding.
If Chu Ning failed in even one aspect today, Yuan Rongzhang was certain Ling Cang would never allow Chu Ning to beco this steward.
Amidst the fervent gazes of the crowd, Chu Ning calmly placed the Foundation Establishnt Pills next to the Purple Gold Pills.
He began refining the next elixir, the Six Spirits Pill.
In comparison, this interdiate middle-grade elixir for Foundation Establishnt Cultivators was not as famous as the Foundation Establishnt Pill within the Jiuhua Sect.
So naturally, when Chu Ning refined this pill, it didn’t receive as much attention.
Many people were still discussing the Foundation Establishnt Pills Chu Ning had just refined.
However, when Chu Ning produced four Six Spirits Pills,
Su Yuqing’s gaze flickered with a trace of surprise.
This pill was her specialty, with dium difficulty among interdiate middle-grade elixirs.
But Chu Ning achieving a pill formation success rate exceeding 50% still surprised her greatly.
If Chu Ning had focused on this one elixir for half a year, it would be understandable.
But Chu Ning had also been studying the refining of Purple Gold Pills and Foundation Establishnt Pills during these six months.
Increasing the success rates for those two pills to 90%, and still achieving nearly 60% for the Six Spirits Pill,
This truly surprised Su Yuqing.
"The real difficulty of this pill is in extraction and the application of Divine Sense. It seems this Junior Brother Chu’s Divine Sense is probably quite strong."
Su Yuqing thought to himself.
He didn’t know that Chu Ning was actually holding back.
Because the Six Spirits Pill requires precise use of Divine Sense, if Chu Ning wanted, he could refine seven pills.
He regretted that two pills were wasted.
After all, he could use this elixir himself.
And as Chu Ning finished refining the Six Spirits Pill, he, like before, placed them neatly and began purifying the furnace.
In the arena, everyone was now even more surprised and amazed.
"He has consecutively refined three types of elixirs, all with high success rates. Could he truly refine all four?"
"Steward Chu is purifying the furnace again. Is he really going to refine the Jiuhua Essence Condensing Pill?"
"Moreover, doesn’t he need to rest to recover his Magical Power and Divine Sense?"
...
Even Ling Cang, Gong Yuyuan, and several other Golden Core Elders showed more respect in their gaze towards Chu Ning.
While Yuan Rongzhang, Geng Wansheng, and others had expressions of doubt in their eyes.
The late-stage Golden Core Elder, Yuan Zhuo, couldn’t help but cast an inquisitive glance at Yuan Rongzhang.
Though he was a Golden Core Elder, he wasn’t skilled in alchemy and didn’t really understand alchemy techniques like Yuan Rongzhang did.
Yuan Rongzhang showed a hint of hesitance, but his eyes still held a bit of skepticism.
However, when he saw the ingredients Chu Ning brought out, his expression changed slightly.
"Wind Spirit Fruit, Nine Dragon Ganoderma... Is he really going to refine the Jiuhua Essence Condensing Pill?"
Upon seeing this, Yuan Rongzhang couldn’t help but stare fixedly at Chu Ning, his eyes unmoving.
The others were similar, as most in the Jiuhua Sect had heard of the Jiuhua Essence Condensing Pill.
However, very few had actually seen it being refined.
It’s known to be extrely difficult to refine, the most challenging among the Jiuhua Sect’s interdiate middle-grade elixirs.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, after taking out the spirit dicine, Chu Ning did not rush to put it into the Pill Furnace.
Instead, he quickly ford several spells with his hands and applied them to the furnace.
"How is this possible?"
Seeing Chu Ning skillfully casting spells, Yuan Rongzhang, who had been seated, suddenly stood up in surprise.
Chu Ning was currently performing the Jiuhua Essence Condensing Pill Fire Control Technique, an art Yuan Rongzhang was familiar with!
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