Chapter 478 - Improved Prescriptions
Subsequently, three types of medicinal ingredients floated around Gu Zuo.
The surface of the pill furnace swiftly flowed with a trace resplendence. Immediately following which, the furnace lid opened, and the ingredients were directly thrown inside. In the blink of an eye, they transformed into three balls of pure medicinal liquid.
After that, the fourth stalk of herbs soared up into the air, and was similarly tossed into the furnace.
All of the people paying attention to Gu Zuo seemed to hear a chorus of exquisite rhythms. It was as if they sensed an extremely strange and abstruse mystery. Locked in a drunken haze, everyone watched as those medicinal liquids continuously blended and shrank until they finally reached a half-solidified state.
Such pure medicine refining techniques and such mysterious medicine refining methods. The people present had only seen this when Pill King Han was refining medicinal pills in the beginning. No matter how famous the other pharmacists were, they couldn’t compare to Gu Zuo’s exhibition.
Some medicinal ingredients had to be dissolved immediately, while others could only be thrown in afterwards. What kind of changes needed to occur when each ingredient was heated, and what was the order in which the ingredients were placed inside? All of these were secrets contained within the pill prescription. As for the situation in the pill furnace, onlookers couldn’t pry into this without the pharmacist’s permission. Naturally, it was impossible to discover these changes — Even if they knew all of the required medicinal ingredients, they wouldn’t necessarily be capable of refining the same pill.
Between the flow of medicinal properties, the pill furnace also released a fine bouquet of pill fragrances. Amid these fragrances was a hot and spicy scent. It seemed to carry a broiling and violent medicinal power. This revealed that the medicinal pill’s final effect certainly wasn’t mild or gentle. In addition, one needed to bear a certain amount of risk.
However, it was precisely because of this that people could know that this pill definitely wasn’t lacking. Otherwise, it also wouldn’t give others a feeling of restlessness.
At this time, even more martial artists were paying attention to the medicinal pill that Gu Zuo was refining.
What he was refining was a profound-level medicinal pill. Among the marital artists present, the highest ranks were at the Royal Realm. This was likewise within the range that one would use profound-level pills.
Obviously, they were all attracted by this type of medicinal pill.
— In the end, what kind of pill was it? And why did it give them the desire to seize it for themselves?
Amid these thoughts, Gu Zuo was already performing another round of hand seals.
At the same time, the furnace let out the humming sounds of a pill cry. Shortly thereafter, three medicinal pills the size of dragon eye fruits suddenly shot out. The instant they transformed into three streaks of flowing light, they scattered in three different directions!
However, this was of no use.
Gu Zuo made a few more hand seals, and those three medicinal pills seemed to be pulled by some invisible force. They were quickly received, and fell into the hollow of Gu Zuo’s palm.
These three pills presented a fiery-red color, and appeared to be burning with raging flames. Within these flames were several golden lines, which made the pills look even more magnificent, gorgeous, and extraordinary.
The majority of medicinal pills were reserved and understated, but these three pills were very flamboyant.
Immediately following this, Gu Zuo individually placed the three pills into small bottles made of fire jade, and arranged the bottles in front of himself.
After these medicinal pills were received, the faces of many martial artists coincidentally revealed somewhat disappointed expressions&#k2026; They still didn’t know what the specific medicinal effects of this pill were. Without any careful observation, they could only give rough glances like this. It was basically impossible to distinguish anything.
Once Gu Zuo finished refining his medicinal pills, he turned his head to look at the other pharmacists.
Most of them were still busy, but there was a small number of pharmacists whose speeds were quite fast. At the present time, they were also in the middle of collecting their pills.
Though, the one Gu Zuo mainly watched was Xu Lingxiu.
He saw that Senior Sect Brother Xu was refining methodically with a calm expression on his face. That set of medicine refining hand seals was also quite exquisite, which was exactly the set he had given away using other means.
Beneath Xu Lingxiu’s pill furnace, what burned wasn’t a wondrous fire. However, it was superior to ordinary, first class fires. Even with further accumulation and nourishment, whenever this flame developed spirituality, it wasn’t known if it could become a wondrous fire of its own.
Gu Zuo concentrated his psychic power in his eyes, and fixedly observed the medicinal properties twisting above Xu Lingxiu’s pill furnace. The medicinal properties of different ingredients were entangled. From time to time, they fused or scattered, bringing about unusual changes. The ingredients inside the pill furnace were similarly undergoing drastic alterations.
From the medicinal properties, one could distinguish that the ingredients inside the pill furnace were relatively mild. It seemed to be a type of pill for recuperating the body... No, the medicinal properties of these ingredients could combine, but they weren’t able to perfectly fuse together. Through the mediation of another ingredient, the substance perfectly scattered apart. This wasn’t a medicinal pill. It was a type of medicinal powder!
Moreover, this powder was very unfamiliar. Gu Zuo had never seen it before.
— In other words, this was probably a prescription that Xu Lingxiu created himself?
If this was true, then it was was a huge accomplishment!
Gu Zuo’s heart faintly moved, and he examined even more carefully.
Up until Xu Lingxiu collected the medicinal powder, Gu Zuo never found a similar type of fine powder in his memories. At this moment, he finally determined that this medicinal powder really was something that Xu Lingxiu created on his own.
Subconsciously, Gu Zuo looked at Pill King Han.
Pill King Han’s line of sight just happened to glide across the powder collected by Xu Lingxiu. His gaze seemed to faintly flicker... He ought to have noted down Xu Lingxiu’s achievement.
Gu Zuo smiled, and turned to look at the other pharmacists. He analyzed the works of those pharmacists in the same way he observed the medicine refined by Xu Lingxiu.
The great majority had nothing new or novel, but a small portion would leave one’s eyes shining. These people would be Xu Lingxiu’s formidable opponents.
Time continued to pass. Finally, that maidservant called for everyone to stop.
If they hadn’t been able to refine a type of medicine by now, it only showed that they didn’t have a sufficient grasp of their prescription — One ought to know that only medicinal pills that reached the earth level or above required a large amount of time for each furnace. And below the earth level, a pill prescription would need to be incredibly complex to take a relatively long time.
At this moment, they were refining their own improved or self-created prescriptions. With their current experience, how difficult could it be? Of course, if they were exceptionally gifted and still couldn’t finish refining it, when it was time to give a narration, onlookers definitely wouldn’t be able to make sense of its marvels.
Among the numerous pharmacists, the few who hadn’t successfully refined anything were agitated due to that maidservant’s voice, and blew up their cauldrons and furnaces one after another. Their expressions shifted. Covering their faces with their robe sleeves, they retreated behind the long tables on the side.
They no longer had the face to discuss their failed prescriptions with the others.
The rest of the pharmacists were either holding bottles or boxes in their hands. Contained within them were the medicines they just refined. Under normal circumstances, it was necessary to use such methods to protect the medicine to ensure that the medicinal effects didn’t rapidly dissipate. And if someone wanted to preserve it for a long time, they had to pay even more attention to the container in question.
Pill King Han said: “Ladies and gentlemen, since you’ve already succeeded in your refinements, those who are confident can step forward to give their explanations first.”
After he finished speaking, he silently waited.
The crowd of pharmacists looked at each other in dismay.
The one who went first would naturally attract the most attention, but if they didn’t give a good explanation, it would be the easiest for them to become a laughing stock.
However, since the people here could achieve results, they all had some amount of confidence. Hence, the pharmacists who wanted to apprentice themselves became restless.
Among them, the one with the fastest reaction speed already stood up, cupped his hands in all directions, and paid his respects to Pill King Han: “Allow this one to throw out a brick and get jade thrown back.”
After that, he uncorked the medicine bottle in his hand, poured out a medicinal pill, and placed it in the hollow of his palm.
“This is called the Impurity Clearing Pill. It’s a golden-level pill that’s compatible with...”
He eloquently explained that this was a supplementary medicinal pill. If it was taken together with another pill below grade ten, it could immediately expel a certain amount of pill poison. This would reduce the impurities within the body brought about by the previous pill.
This Impurity Clearing Pill was classified as an improved pill prescription. One comparatively precious main ingredient was substituted by him using an additional two ingredients that were relatively easier to find. As for the combined price of these two ingredients, it was a little cheaper than that of the precious main ingredient.
— To put it simply, this reduced the manufacturing cost for refining a medicinal pill with the same effects.
Once this person was done talking, many pharmacists carefully savored the effect brought about by combining these two medicinal ingredients. Of course, because it was his own exclusive prescription, this person wouldn’t tell all the details of how they were combined or the specific circumstances when they were combined. Even pharmacists who knew the original prescription of the Impurity Clearing Pill only had a rough idea of the process. If they really wanted to refine this kind of Impurity Clearing Pill, it wasn’t known how many times they had to try before accomplishing it.
Gu Zuo secretly nodded his head: Sure enough, he has some ability. No wonder he dares to go first.
On the contrary, Gu Zuo quickly came up with several ideas, but he couldn’t be sure until he tried them.
However, this improvement was indeed useful. It wasn’t considered insubstantial either.
Having heard what was said, Pill King Han faintly nodded: “Not bad.”
As soon as he said this, the pharmacists present became even more excited. At once, another person reacted extremely quickly, and stood up to exhibit the prescription he researched.
This time around, what the pharmacist displayed was also an improved prescription. Likewise, it used another medicinal ingredient to replace a certain main ingredient, which ultimately achieved the same effect. But the price of the substituted ingredient was almost the same as that of the main ingredient being replaced, and the manufacturing cost wasn’t reduced. Fortunately, the main ingredient was more difficult to find than the substitution, so the improvement was considered successful and not insubstantial.
Pill King Han likewise gave a short compliment: “Not bad.”
Seeing that Pill King Han’s bearing was kindly and amiable, many pharmacists displayed their works one after another.
A large portion of the pharmacists made similar improvements. It was just that the improved pill prescriptions were different. However, while they didn’t explain all the secrets clearly, some of the provided ideas were useful to many other pharmacists.
Immediately following which, Xu Lingxiu opened his mouth: “A few days ago, because of a sudden epiphany in my heart, I developed a prescription by chance. However, this Xu’s foundations are lacking, so the prescription’s product rank is only at the human level.”
Once these words were uttered, the room suddenly fell silent.
He created his own medicinal prescription?
But right away, everyone clearly heard that the creation was a human-level prescription.
The human-level prescriptions were always the most numerous. They were also the simplest by comparison. The appearance of a new prescription wasn’t surprising at all, but...
When everyone got a clear look at Xu Lingxiu’s age and rank, they couldn’t help but pause.
— If this prescription was a complete original, this Pharmacist Xu deserved to be viewed in a new light.
Xu Lingxiu took out a wooden box and opened the lid, revealing the reddish-brown powder inside.
He stated: “This medicine is called the Bone Forging Powder. It’s mainly used by Bone Forging Realm martial artists to nurture their health and strengthen their bones. This will allow their physical bodies to obtain a stronger transformation...”
