During the purification process, Chu Qinghuang handled all the other medicinal herbs with ease. When it came to purifying the wood-type spiritual core, however, she grew slightly nervous. After all, wood-type spiritual cores were exceedingly rare, with only two existing in the entire Pill Hall. Controlling the heat carefully, Chu Qinghuang placed the wood-type spiritual core into the Tianyuan Cauldron. The moment the spiritual core entered, it encountered the high heat and began to shrink gradually. After nearly a quarter of an hour of refinement, the core finally turned into liquid.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Chu Qinghuang extracted the purified liquid from the Tianyuan Cauldron, and then added the other purified medicinal herbs into the cauldron one by one in the correct order for amalgamation. Once all the herbs were inside, she recalled the precautions noted in the manual of alchemy and began the amalgamation process with extreme care. The prolonged, intense concentration left a thin layer of sweat on Chu Qinghuang's forehead.
Time passed bit by bit, and the entire pill-fusion process lasted for a full hour. Feng Qingmu knew that Chu Qinghuang was learning to refine Sixth Stage medicinal pills. Sixth Stage pills differed from the preceding five stages in one major aspect: upon the initial refinement of a Sixth Stage pill, the moment the pill was successfully formed, it would draw down a heavenly lightning tribulation based on the quality of the pill. Regardless of how …
Chapter 459