Chapter 13 Alchemy Success, Opening the Alchemy Room
"Since it doesn't work here,"
"I'll try again in the System Space tonight, where the Spiritual Energy is rich. Maybe it will be possible."
With that thought, Lin Jing first cleaned the Three-legged Copper Furnace and put it away. Then he opened all the windows and doors to air out the smell in the room.
He himself took the Pill Scripture and went out to the yard to continue his studies.
It wasn't until the sun hung on the mountain top and the sky gradually darkened that Lin Jing lifted his head.
By that time, smoke was rising from many of the surrounding yards, and the fragrance of various meals began to spread.
A distinctive human touch imbued the Fang Market, where cultivators resided.
Indeed, cultivators also need to eat.
This place was home to low-level individuals of the Cultivation World, most of whom only had the Cultivation of the early or middle stages of Qi Refinement.
Not yet able to forgo food, they normally couldn't afford Fasting Pills and had to cook for themselves.
Moreover, most of the residents here, just like ordinary people, ate very common rice.
Because for them, Spirit Rice was simply too expensive.
Of course, there were a few who were in the Late Stage Qi Refining, with strong personal Cultivation and thus more Spirit Stones to their names, allowing them to afford Spirit Rice.
For example, Lin Jing's neighbor, the Ning fellow cultivator with a child, she was at the Late Stage Qi Refining.
Every mealtime, her home would always give off the aroma of steamed Spirit Rice.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Jing also prepared to start a fire and cook.
Previously, after selling Spirit Rice, in addition to what he sold to Shopkeeper Cheng, he still had a few hundred pounds left, enough for Lin Jing to eat until the Spirit Rice in the System Space was ripe again.
During this time, Lin Jing had been eating this kind of Spirit Rice.
He wasn't sure if it was his imagination, but Lin Jing felt that the Spirit Rice he grew himself was sweeter than the others out there.
Because of this, Lin Jing even purposely went out to buy some Medium Grade Spirit Rice to compare.
Indeed, it was true.
No wonder Shopkeeper Cheng had been so anxious back then to reserve the next year's Spirit Rice in advance.
Starting a fire, cooking, stir-frying, all in one go...
Then, in the last light of dusk, Lin Jing enjoyed his dinner.
After eating and tidying up, Lin Jing returned to his room to continue perusing the Pill Scripture.
As the night deepened, it soon reached the early hours of the next day.
"System Space time refreshed, time remaining for entry: 4 hours."
The System notification sounded again.
Lin Jing smiled.
"Enter the System Space."
Arriving in the System Space, Lin Jing familiarly summoned the panel and checked his information directly.
Lin Jing (23/90)
Spiritual Root: Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root (Low Grade)
Cultivation: Qi Refinement Second Layer (8%)
Cultivation Technique: Qingyuan Dao Method (Level 1), Qingyuan Sword Control Technique (Beginner), Controlling Fire Technique (Beginner)
Sub-Occupation: None
The Sub-Occupation column still showed none.
Time in the System Space was precious, so Lin Jing didn't dare to delay.
He took out the Three-legged Copper Furnace from the Storage Bag, then prepared the materials. Lin Jing took a deep breath to relax.
In Alchemy, mindset is the most important.
Once everything was ready, Lin Jing began to light the fire, then threw the various Spiritual Materials into the Pill Furnace and started refining...
"Bang"
As expected, the first furnace exploded again.
After some contemplation, Lin Jing continued.
The second furnace didn't explode, but the pills were of irregular shape and emitted no fragrance.
With a pinch, the irregular Elixir Crumbled, revealing it was all residues inside—clearly a failure.
However, this was already much better than the first attempt.
After two more experiments, he finally caught on to some tricks.
Refining pills in the System Space seemed to be much more effective than in the outside world; it appears that Spiritual Energy density is extremely important for Alchemy.
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This point was not mentioned in the Pill Scripture that Steward Li provided.
Immediately afterward, Lin Jing prepared the materials and began refining the fifth batch of elixir medicine.
He still cast the spirit materials into the furnace. This time Lin Jing inserted them in order, and as the flames rose, he hurriedly and carefully controlled the fire to avoid temperatures so high that they would cause an explosion.
Meanwhile, his divine sense frequently stretched out to check on the situation inside the pill furnace.
Everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
After an incense stick's worth of time, a faint fragrance wafted from the pill furnace.
"Success!"
A light flickered in Lin Jing's eyes as his heart thumped rapidly.
Taking a deep breath, Lin Jing hurriedly calmed his emotions.
To avoid wasting all his previous efforts at the last moment.
As time slowly passed, the fragrance from inside the pill furnace grew stronger and stronger.
Lin Jing was by now sweating profusely, carefully controlling the flames.
However, his eyes shone brightly, his spirit extremely excited.
"Ding"
"System prompt: Congratulations to the host for successfully refining a batch of elixir medicine, unlocking the sub-occupation: Alchemist."
"Elixir Medicine Refinement Success, Alchemy Proficiency +3"
"System prompt: As the host has successfully refined elixir medicine for the first time, you are rewarded with: 10 Harvest Points."
"System prompt: Sub-occupation Alchemist identity activated, Alchemy Room can now be opened."
"Opening the Alchemy Room requires 10 Harvest Points. Would the host like to open it?"
A series of system prompts left Lin Jing stunned.
"Alchemy Room? What is that?"
With the belief that anything provided by the System must be of high quality, Lin Jing did not hesitate and immediately chose to open the Alchemy Room.
"System, open the Alchemy Room."
"System prompt: Alchemy Room successfully opened. 10 Harvest Points deducted, remaining balance: 29 Harvest Points."
Immediately following that, a room sprang up next to the spirit field, growing out of the ground as if it were a plant - in just a short while, it had taken shape.
By then, the elixir medicine had already been refined. Lin Jing, unmindful of the System's miraculous abilities, quickly extinguished the fire.
After waiting a while for the temperature of the furnace to decrease, Lin Jing lifted the lid, and instantly, the fragrance spread out effusively.
He reached into the pill furnace to retrieve the elixir medicine. There were three pills in this batch, and Lin Jing inspected them closely.
The pills were not round or shiny, and even their shapes were somewhat irregular.
Clearly, these were three low-grade pills.
Yet, Lin Jing was still very happy.
Amidst his joy, Lin Jing looked up to see the Alchemy Room standing to one side.
Immediately feeling curious, he walked toward the Alchemy Room, wanting to see what it was like inside.
The Alchemy Room was not large, about the size of a normal house, with black bricks and green tiles, and shaped like a circle.
If it were a bit larger, it would resemble a circular palace.
Lin Jing pushed the door open and entered. Inside, a large Taiji Eight Trigrams diagram covered the entire floor of the Alchemy Room.
Beyond that, nothing else.
"Just this...?"
Looking at the empty Alchemy Room, Lin Jing truly did not know what to say.
"System, what functions does the Alchemy Room have?"
"The Alchemy Room panel has been opened for the host."
Alchemy Room: Level 1
Divine Sense Strength Increase: 10%
Alchemy Success Rate Increase: (Grade 1 10%)
Elixir Medicine Quality Enhancement: (Grade 1 10%)
Chance of Producing Flawless Elixir Medicine: (Grade 1 10%)
Upgrade Requirement: (29/100 Harvest Points)
Upon realizing it increases the chance of successful alchemy, Lin Jing couldn't contain his excitement.
"Does this mean I'm going to make a fortune in the future?"
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