Published: November 30, -0001
This thought flashed through Mu Lengfeng's mind, and he immediately felt something was off.
He knew that Xiao Ya wasn't that kind of person. During their time in the sect, Xiao Ya had never treated boys with any regard; how could she possibly be swayed by a man to come over?
Moreover, Xiao Ya's breakthrough to a Fourth Rank Alchemist was genuine; there was absolutely no doubt about it.
So, despite feeling speechless about Qin Chen's actions, Mu Lengfeng still focused his attention on him.
With Qin Chen's current Fifth Stage spiritual power, combined with his past life experience, refining a batch of sandalwood pills was effortless. While others needed to place each herb in the correct order, he didn't need to do that at all. Relying on his powerful spiritual power and past life experience, he quickly controlled the multiple herbs once they entered the alchemical furnace, refining them one by one while isolating the residues and throwing them out of the furnace.
Although the refining with true fire was slower than other flames, Qin Chen was refining them all together, so the speed was not lacking at all. Once the herbs were refined, their medicinal properties quickly combined within the furnace.
"He actually refined them successfully, and without any mistakes."
Mu Lengfeng's eyes widened in astonishment as he glanced at Xiao Ya beside him and exclaimed, "This Qin Chen is the most talented alchemist I've ever seen, bar none."
Xiao Ya smiled slightly, understanding Mu Lengfeng's meaning. Qin Chen threw various herbs into the furnace regardless of their ranks or order, which was not a conventional alchemical technique. Even for Mu Lengfeng, who had been a Fourth Rank Alchemist for many years, achieving that would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Moreover, not only were Qin Chen's methods unexpected, but his refining speed was also incredibly fast; in just a dozen breaths, he had refined all the herbs he had thrown into the furnace.
Mu Lengfeng was still in shock, seemingly unable to process it. He had to remember that Qin Chen was using true fire, while others used array fire or blood spirit fire, which might not be as fast as Qin Chen's.
"Brother, you haven't seen all of Chen Shao's impressive points yet."
Xiao Ya couldn't help but smile. During her time at the Alchemy Pavilion in the Great Qi Kingdom, how many times had she been stunned by Qin Chen? Now it was her brother's turn to be amazed, and she felt a sudden thrill and satisfaction in her heart.
Once all the herbs in the furnace were refined, Qin Chen threw the residues out and began to control the fusion of the medicinal properties inside.
He gestured a danjue, and streams of spiritual power rapidly entered the furnace, participating in the reaction of the elixir.
As soon as Mu Lengfeng saw Qin Chen's methods, he immediately realized he had misunderstood Qin Chen earlier. The entire process of Qin Chen refining was as smooth as flowing water, and he was completely at ease. Some of the techniques even left him baffled, rendering him utterly astounded.
Inside the furnace, various medicinal properties quickly fused together, and soon, a faint fragrance wafted out.
"So soon, it's become an elixir?"
Mu Lengfeng's eyes widened even further. The scent coming from the furnace indicated that the elixir was about to take shape, but how long had it been? Not even the time it takes to burn a stick of incense and a batch of Third Rank elixirs was about to take shape? What kind of joke was this?
Even if he wanted to refine a batch of sandalwood pills, it would take at least the time of one incense stick.
Qin Chen, who was in the midst of refining, was naturally unaware of Mu Lengfeng's thoughts. He pulled his hand, and the furnace lid shot up into the sky. In the blink of an eye, twelve elixirs shot up and quickly fell into the ready potion bottles beside him.
"Is it done?"
Almost the moment the elixirs entered the bottles, Mu Lengfeng rushed over, pouring the elixirs out.
The elixirs had just taken shape, still radiating heat, and a rich fragrance permeated Mu Lengfeng's nostrils. However, he seemed oblivious to it, staring blankly at the elixirs in his hands—twelve of them, and they were all high-quality elixirs. Such a result, even if it were him, might not be achievable.