Chapter 1236: Poor Concentration
As early as when he was in the Ghost Valley, Qingyang had obtained the recipe for the Lingming Heshou Pill and understood the key points and difficulties in it thoroughly. After arriving at the Black Water Pond, during the more than two months of waiting for the Nine-Child Ghost Lotus to mature, Qingyang did nothing else but put all his thoughts on the preparation of the Lingming Heshou Pill. Therefore, he had gone through the entire pill refining process countless times in his mind and had already mastered it by heart, with almost no doubts.
With Qingyang's current level of senior pill king, this low-level golden pill level pill is not difficult for him at all. Not to mention the number, the 40% pill success rate is still no problem. Of course, this is in the case of one pill at a time. If it is refined in batches, the success rate is hard to say.
However, Qingyang did not hesitate. After adjusting his state, he first used the fire-driving gourd to heat the purple cloud overnight. Seeing that the temperature was almost right, he took out ten materials from a storage talisman and threw them into the pill furnace. He refined it without changing his face or heartbeat.
Although there are more materials in the furnace, the processing methods and steps are the same as before, except that more materials are more troublesome to process, and more energy and divine thoughts are needed to pay attention to the changes in the furnace at any time.
To put it bluntly, in addition to the divine thoughts and energy required for batch refining, it is more of a test of the alchemist's psychological endurance. The ability to handle multiple materials at the same time is different from that of one material. If you can remain calm, batch refining will not be affected too much. If the psychological quality is not up to standard, a small mistake may cause a chain reaction. At that time, let alone a 20% or 30% success rate, I am afraid that not a single pill will be refined.
Qingyang is naturally not afraid of this problem. There is a saying that people with great skills are bold. His superb alchemy skills gave him absolute confidence. Coupled with his superb talent in alchemy, Qingyang was still as skilled and free as before even if he operated ten materials at the same time this time.
Let's not talk about how Qingyang operated. While refining the pill, Guixia Zhenren beside him also paid some attention to Qingyang. Although she knew that with the background and power of her family, Qingyang would not dare to make any trouble in refining the pill, this matter was related to the future fate of the entire family and her own future. It was impossible not to pay attention.
When she saw Qingyang actually threw ten materials into the pill furnace at the same time, Guixia Zhenren was also shocked. What was he doing? Are you kidding the fate of your family? Why didn't she see in advance that Qingyang Ji was such a reckless person? The ancestor only prepared ten materials for the Lingming Heshou Pill. If he failed, wouldn't all the previous efforts be wasted?
Guixia Zhenren wanted to speak out to stop him, but the materials had already been added to the pill furnace by Qingyang. It was too late to stop him at this time, and he could only disrupt Qingyang's rhythm of refining the pill. Fortunately, Qingyang's alchemy skills were reliable, and he operated in an orderly manner. There were no mistakes in the process of refining, so Guixia Zhenren was slightly relieved.
However, due to the impact of this incident, Guixia Zhenren had to pay attention to Qingyang's situation while refining the pill, fearing that Qingyang's mistakes would affect the task.
Guixia Zhenren's alchemy skills were somewhat lacking, and he had to pay attention to Qingyang. Under such a worry, his performance was even lower. He made a mistake just halfway through the first batch of materials, and the result was naturally a failure. Guixia Zhenren looked at Qingyang in annoyance, then cleaned the furnace, took out the second batch of materials and started refining.
The two were refining pills on the same reef, less than two feet away. Guixia Zhenren had been observing Qingyang's operation. Qingyang of course also paid attention to Guixia Zhenren's situation at any time. When he saw Guixia Zhenren making mistakes in refining pills, Qingyang also laughed secretly. He, the owner of the batch refining method, had not had any problems, but had affected a spectator.
Qingyang is indeed a senior elixir king who has been famous for many years. This little episode did not affect him at all. He has been operating in an orderly manner according to the recipe of Lingming Heshou Pill. Although the number of materials in the pill furnace is ten times more than usual, and the operation difficulty is much greater than usual, everything goes smoothly under Qingyang's superb alchemy skills and rich experience.
Seeing that it was time to add lotus roots, Qingyang's expression did not change. He controlled the pill furnace with one hand and took the lotus root of the Nine Sons Ghost Lotus with the other hand. He processed it a little, then cut it into several pieces and threw it into the pill furnace. The series of operations were extremely smooth, without any jerky.
The real person Guixia next to him was frightened. There was only one lotus root of the Nine Sons Ghost Lotus. If there was a slight mistake, the Lingming Heshou Pill could not be refined. Such an important thing, anyone must be careful when handling it, but looking at Qingyang's operation, it was simple and casual, just like holding an inconspicuous weed, without any attention, which made the real person Guixia worry.
However, it was also because of this that Master Guixia had a deeper understanding of Qingyang's alchemy skills. He was able to treat each material as if it were heavy, and to treat precious materials as if they were light. This was the quality that a qualified alchemist should have. From this point of view, Qingyang's mentality in alchemy was much better than hers. Looking at Qingyang's series of smooth operations and a series of superb techniques, Master Guixia discovered that Qingyang's alchemy skills might be higher than she had imagined.
After dealing with Qingyang for such a long time, except for the time when Qingyang helped her refine the Nether Pill, Guixia Zhenren had never seen what Qingyang looked like when he refined the spirit pill. Although Youmu Zhenjun had tried Qingyang's alchemy in the Ghost Valley, he only provided some materials for Qingyang to try, and did not witness it with his own eyes. Moreover, Qingyang was reserved when refining at that time, so Guixia Zhenren always thought that Qingyang's alchemy was very ordinary. But now she saw it, she realized that she was wrong. Qingyang's current alchemy quality is completely at the level of a master, and Guixia Zhenren is ashamed of herself. In this way, Qingyang's batch refining is really possible to succeed.
Unconsciously, she was thinking too far away. While refining the elixir, Master Guixia was always thinking about other people's affairs. It seemed no surprise that problems would arise. Sure enough, not long after, the second elixir refined by Master Guixia ended in failure. Looking at the wasted materials in the furnace, Master Guixia didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, she finally realized that her emotions seemed to be a little wrong. The most taboo thing when refining the elixir is distraction. Her concentration is still too poor.