Xiaocao did not answer Lin Yao's question, but expressed her will entirely through her actions. She abandoned the plan to burn the medicinal herbs at will, and systematically selected the ingredients for the "Baiyundan" formula in proportion, throwing them into the cauldron in large bundles. Then, she had one of her tentacles always hover above the cauldron to observe the situation, as if she were watching a play.
As more medicinal herbs were thrown into the cauldron, Lin Yao sensed a difference. The medical true energy consumed by the hand seals increased. In other words, with something in the cauldron, the speed at which he consumed true energy to maintain the hand seals increased significantly. This increase was further amplified by Xiao Cao's movements, gradually reaching a point where he could feel the rapid loss of true energy without consciously paying attention.
"Little Grass, wait a minute, don't throw it so fast, my inner energy is running low."
Lin Yao finally begged for mercy. If he didn't speak, Xiao Cao would throw all the medicinal herbs related to "Baiyun Dan" in the entire basement into this giant cauldron that was over two meters tall. Even without using electric incineration, it was already astonishing just to fill the cauldron with the herbs needed, not to mention the effort and trouble of printing incantations to refine the pill.
"Oh, okay, I won't throw it away."
Xiao Cao immediately stopped, secretly praising herself. Later on, she would first adjust the ingredients of "White Cloud Pill" according to the proportions, and then throw them into the cauldron all at once, so as not to have to spend time recording how much of each ingredient was thrown and how much of the other ingredients were thrown. At this moment, she felt that she was too smart.
The amount of free medicinal liquid inside the cauldron was increasing, and its composition was also very complex. Lin Yao accelerated the speed of his hand seals, and similar medicinal liquids slowly gathered inside the cauldron. However, the speed was frighteningly slow, which made Lin Yao quite anxious. At this moment, he had already consumed almost half of his medical true energy. It was all because Xiao Cao recklessly threw medicinal herbs around as if they were free.
As Lin Yao rapidly formed hand seals, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered, even exceeding the absorption speed of the cauldron for the first time, and accumulated around the cauldron.
Just as Lin Yao was confidently completing all the complex operations and using the pseudo-elixir fire to control the electric light to refine the ingredients in the medicinal materials, a sudden feeling of weakness and palpitation came over him, and his true energy was exhausted!
"Ah~~, oh..."
Lin Yao's two exclamations came one after another. Xiao Cao quickly took action, directly converting the remaining "Creation Pill" into pill energy and injecting it into Lin Yao's body. Within Lin Yao's healing pill, it was quickly converted into medical true energy, thus replenishing his consumption.
Molten Elixir!
Lin Yao controlled the electric light to push all the ingredients toward the center of the cauldron's interior space. If these ingredients could fuse together under Lin Yao's control, it would mean that the alchemy could be successful, because this was the most crucial and also the most prone to problems in the entire alchemy process.
Before Lin Yao could even be surprised, he saw the ingredients easily melt together, as if they were just several different colored pigments poured into the same container and naturally mixed together, without any sense of obstruction. This was the first time Lin Yao had ever experienced this in his countless attempts at alchemy.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and collect the pill!"
Xiao Cao was relieved to see that all the steps had been completed in an orderly manner. Although so many medicinal herbs had only produced such a small amount of elixir, the process was flawless, so it could be considered a success. Even the elixir-melting step was completed perfectly.
Although the efficiency of raw material utilization in alchemy is now so low that it's almost tragic, it's still manageable. At most, it only increases the cost of the pills by tens or hundreds of times. We can use them sparingly in the future, and we won't give them to just anyone. That's fine. So Xiaocao started to get excited. But she saw that Lin Yao's hands stopped moving. The fused liquid pills were just floating in the inner space of the cauldron, surrounded by electric light. Xiaocao was worried that the liquid pills would be steamed and baked away by the electric light, so she immediately reminded Lin Yao.
"oh……"
Lin Yao responded blankly, instinctively beginning the Dan-gathering seal, his hands once again creating afterimages.
"ah!"
Ah~~~
Two voices rang in Lin Yao's mind at the same time: the first was Xiao Cao's short exclamation, and the second was Lin Yao's own surprise, which was drawn out.
The pill-collecting seal technique malfunctioned, and the cauldron suddenly erupted with a huge amount of spiritual energy, which instantly rushed into the suspended pill liquid. The density and amount of that spiritual energy surprised Lin Yao greatly, which is why he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise with his mind.
Xiao Cao directly sensed the change in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which caused a great explosion. Then, the liquid in the cauldron instantly formed two dazzling balls. When she could see clearly again, there were countless pills floating inside the cauldron. It felt like magic. It was not like before, where you had to knead the pills or use the last hand seal of the pill-collecting technique to make the pills naturally form round individuals when they spewed out of the cauldron.
The key factor that frightened Xiaocao was the formation of the elixir in a static state, because it was quite subversive to tradition, even though this tradition was limited to only her and Lin Yao.
Xiao Cao couldn't sense what was happening inside the cauldron like Lin Yao, so she found it strange. Lin Yao, on the other hand, was only surprised and delighted. He later learned that the reason for the rapid formation of the pill was the mysterious array structure inside the cauldron, which instantly released the absorbed spiritual energy of heaven and earth and other things, thus turning the liquid into a finished pill immediately. The whole process was peaceful and stable, except that it required a huge amount of true energy and electric energy.
"Collect the pills, Yao Yao!"
Xiao Cao was puzzled again, thinking that Lin Yao was acting silly and stupid all day. "Although these pills are now the size of sesame seeds, don't worry, I'm here. I won't miss any pills. I'll save them all for you."
At this point, Xiaocao suddenly realized that it was not good that the pseudo-elixir fire had turned into lightning. Not only was the cost of refining pills incredibly high, but the pills produced were also obviously too small and insignificant, the size of sesame seeds. How could anyone present them to others? If I gave you fifty pills of a certain kind, but they were actually the same size as a single pill in the past, it would be too shabby.
"oh……"
Lin Yao responded blankly again and cast the final pill-collecting seal.
With a loud bang, as if a massive explosion had occurred, countless pills burst out of the cauldron, causing the cauldron itself to vibrate and creating a sonic wave throughout the basement.
Ah~~~
The little grass exclaimed again, "How is this possible?! It's clearly a small sesame seed, how did it get so big?"
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Chapter 436 Preparation
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"Elder, immediately transport all the prepared medicinal herbs to Beijing. We need to make proper preparations."
Lin Yao's face was sullen, but everyone could see the smugness and joy in his eyes. Although he spoke these words calmly, Elder Yi Potian, who already knew his background, was overjoyed.
Since his confrontation with Jiang Liu, Lin Yao has not refined any pills. Although it is unknown where he got so many pills from, even the most abundant pills cannot withstand depletion. The principle of "sitting and eating away one's fortune" is something that every scion of a noble family must deeply understand, let alone him, the eldest elder of the Yi family.
No matter how many pills Lin Yao has, they will eventually run out. Just look at how generous Lin Yao was with the pills at the beginning, but in the end he handed them all over to himself and Yi Zuojun for safekeeping. Even Lin Yao himself has to ask himself and Zuojun for the pills he wants to take. This clearly shows the current predicament of the entire Yi family.
It is said that all the super gene warriors in the world today are "poisonous people" created by Jiang Liu. Elder Yi Potian is very worried, but there is nothing he can do. The few "Creation Pills" and other precious pills that he has can only be left to Lin Yao. No one else is allowed to take them, because Lin Yao is the savior of the entire Yi family, the entire country, and even humanity. Only Lin Yao can deal with Jiang Liu's incomprehensible viral, bacterial, and toxin attack characteristics.
After Lin Yao recovered his strength and successfully advanced to an unknown realm, Elder Yi Potian felt there was hope, because Lin Yao could refine pills again. With a vast array of pills, Lin Yao was the most terrifying person; he could make his own people invincible, or poison and kill his enemies.
But Lin Yao disappeared that night and returned at noon today. The quick-witted Yi Zuojun deliberately brought up the matter of alchemy in a flattering manner, but unexpectedly it made Lin Yao look unhappy. In fact, the feeling of depression and melancholy was palpable. The Grand Elder was immediately very disappointed, thinking that there must have been a problem with the alchemy. Otherwise, Lin Yao, who was not very deep to begin with, would never have looked so dejected and dejected after breaking through his realm.