Chapter 239: Shortage

The effect of the Fire Control Pendant is so powerful.

Lin Mu's fire control skills were only at the level of three-leaf fire lotus before, but now he has made a breakthrough to the level of four-leaf fire lotus.

Shitou was surprised. He didn't expect that the Fire Control Pendant could be so powerful.

The 100,000 low-grade spirit stones he spent before were not in vain. The Fire Control Pendant was worth it.

Lin Mu smiled, and as soon as he withdrew his spiritual power, the four-leaf fire lotus at the bottom of the furnace suddenly dissipated.

This wooden house is not like the alchemy room. If you are not careful, you can ignite the whole house.

Lin Mu would naturally not do anything to play with fire and burn himself. He put away the purple incense burner and turned to Shitou and said, "Let's go out to make the elixir."

Shitou smiled and nodded, followed Lin Mu and walked out of the wooden house.

When he came outside, Lin Mu took out 4,000 portions of materials and gave them to Shitou, leaving 5,000 portions for himself.

The two then took out the alchemy furnace and started to refine.

Lin Mu patted his storage bag, took out a batch of materials, and threw them into the purple incense furnace. He closed the furnace lid, made hand gestures, and performed the "Red Fire Art". A ball of pale white flame suddenly appeared and turned into a four-leaf fire lotus at the bottom of the furnace, and the flame floated quietly.

This was not the first time that Lin Mu had refined a third-grade elixir. He had refined a third-grade foundation-building elixir before, and now he was familiar with it and could easily get started.

But even so, he did not dare to be careless at all, and carefully controlled the temperature for fear of accidents.

Alchemy is already quite demanding, and refining a third-grade elixir is even more difficult.

Shitou also took out a bronze furnace next to him, threw in a batch of materials, and started refining as well.

His fire control skills had just reached the level of a three-leaf fire lotus, and he immediately felt the benefits of this breakthrough.

He became more and more sensitive to flames, and he could clearly perceive every flicker of the flame.

In this way, he became more and more adept at refining pills, as if assisted by God. He made minor adjustments from time to time according to the situation in the furnace.

His hands were like weaving a thread, and the three-leaf fire lotus floated slightly at the bottom of the furnace. The spiritual medicine in the furnace was constantly changing its shape under the scorching flames. Every bit of medicinal power was controlled by Shitou, slowly converging and gathering in one place. The liquid medicine in the furnace also gradually changed from liquid to solid, and a furnace of pills was almost formed.

Suddenly!

Shitou suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his neck. He took a break from his busy schedule and scratched it with his right hand.

It didn't matter that he scratched it. The three-leaf fire lotus at the bottom of the furnace suddenly shook violently and swayed unsteadily.

Chi!

A puff of green smoke suddenly emerged from the furnace, and a burnt smell spread all around.

The first time he refined the pill, he failed.

Shitou shook his head. Fortunately, he was used to it. The materials destroyed in his hands were not much different. One more or one less would not be much. He opened the furnace cover neatly, poured out the residue in the furnace, and wiped the bottom of the furnace skillfully. The bronze furnace was clean as new again.

Shitou took out another batch of materials and threw them into the furnace. He calmed down and started to refine again.

Lin Mu had also noticed the situation on Shitou's side, but he did not look around and still focused on taking care of the pills in his furnace.

He used his spiritual sense to check the situation in the furnace from time to time and kept changing the temperature. The four-leaf fire lotus at the bottom of the furnace kept beating. It seemed violent, but everything was under Lin Mu's control. He was confident.

Time passed by little by little, and the pills in the furnace gradually solidified into pills.

Soon, a strong medicinal fragrance floated out of the purple incense furnace, refreshing and intoxicating.

Lin Mu smiled and slapped the furnace cover suddenly, and three green pills flew out of the furnace.

It was Shuiyun Pill!

Lin Mu took out a small white bottle calmly, opened the bottle stopper, and three green pills drew a beautiful arc, followed the bottle mouth, and fell into the bottle one by one. Lin Mu smiled, covered the bottle stopper, and put the small white bottle into the storage bag.

The first batch of pills was successfully refined!

It took three hours to refine a third-grade pill.

It can be seen that the difficulty of refining a third-grade pill is indeed far greater than the second-grade Guiling Pill.

Lin Mu's fire control skills have now reached the level of a four-leaf fire lotus, and it also takes three hours to refine Shuiyun Pill.

Needless to say, Shitou, his fire control is only at the level of a three-leaf fire lotus, so it takes longer and the difficulty is greater.

You must always be serious when refining pills. If you are a little careless, all your previous efforts will be wasted and a batch of pills will be scrapped.

If you want to stay focused for three or four hours, it requires a lot of perseverance.

Shitou hadn't made pills for a long time, and the first batch of pills failed because of his restlessness.

Lin Mu breathed a sigh of relief, then took out another batch of materials and started to refine again.

Two hours later, he suddenly felt his spiritual power unstable, and the four-leaf fire lotus at the bottom of the furnace trembled suddenly.

Chi!

Green smoke filled the air, and a smell of burning came to his face.

Lin Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head. The four-leaf fire lotus at the bottom of the furnace just trembled, and all the hard work of the previous two hours was wasted.

This is how alchemy works. At his current level, if he is a little careless, he will inevitably fail.

Now he is only refining a third-grade pill. If he is refining a fourth-grade pill, it will be more difficult. Even if he is not careless, he will probably fail.

If he wants to reach an amazing height in alchemy, he still has a long way to go.

After Lin Mu cleaned up the residue in the furnace, he took out another batch of materials and started to refine.

The four-leaf fire lotus floated gently at the bottom of the furnace, with a relaxed rhythm. Under Lin Mu's control, it conformed to a wonderful rhythm.

The four-leaf fire lotus was so beautiful, but Lin Mu was not at ease at all.

He was walking on thin ice, becoming more and more cautious, fearing that he would lose all his previous efforts due to a small mistake.

It was not easy to grow third-grade spiritual medicine. Every scrapped furnace was a major loss. He had to try his best to ensure the success rate.

His current alchemy level has reached a certain height. If he wants to make further progress, he needs more than just practice, but also perception.

At the beginning, he relied on his willpower to forcibly improve his fire control skills to the level of the three-leaf fire lotus. Although he benefited a lot, he also suffered a lot. Compared with him at the beginning, Shitou was much more relaxed. A fire control pendant was worth all his hard work.

The fire control pendant improves the fire control skills by increasing the cultivator's perception of the fire spirit power.

This kind of increase is ultimately limited, even if the fire control pendant is a top-grade magic weapon.

If one wants to truly master the fire control skills, the cultivator must undoubtedly pay more attention to his own understanding of the fire spirit power.

The person with the highest attainment in fire control that Lin Mu has seen so far is the Ice Fairy. She can control fire to the level of seven-leaf fire lotus without any external assistance.

Seven-leaf fire lotus!

Lin Mu has only reached the level of four-leaf fire lotus with the help of the Fire Control Pendant. The gap between them is like a chasm!

Fortunately, Lin Mu has now found the direction to move forward. He is no longer like a lone boat in the vast ocean, not knowing where to go.

Now he has begun to deliberately slow down the refining speed and comprehend the fire spirit power. Although the effect is very small at the moment and it also affects the efficiency of alchemy, in the long run, it is undoubtedly more beneficial than harmful.

While Lin Mu was slowly comprehending, a refreshing medicinal fragrance suddenly floated from the side.

After refining for nearly four hours, Shitou also successfully refined a furnace.

The two of them took turns like this, throwing materials into the furnace one by one. Sometimes there was a smell of burning, and sometimes there was a refreshing aroma of medicine. One day passed in a flash.

The intoxicating aroma of medicine filled the island in the middle of the lake, and Lin Mu successfully refined another furnace.

Shitou put the pills in the furnace into a small white bottle and stopped refining.

Lin Mu took out the pills he had refined in one day. There was no need to count them. The number was clear at a glance and could be counted on one's fingers.

Six bottles!

This was the result of his hard work for a day.

Ten materials were used to refine six bottles.

The success rate barely reached 60%!

Lin Mu turned and looked at Shitou, smiling and asked: "How many bottles did Shitou refine?"

Shitou slapped the storage bag, and several white bottles flew out of it.

Under Shitou's control, the white bottles were lined up in front of him.

Shitou looked down and blushed and said: "Four bottles!"

After a day of hard work, he only refined four bottles of third-grade pills.

Shitou remembered that when he was refining Guiling Pill, he once refined 20 bottles a day!

Comparing the two, there is a world of difference.

Lin Mu smiled and said, "It's not bad. This is your first time to refine a third-grade pill. Your fire control skills have just reached the level of a three-leaf fire lotus. You still need to adapt, so the speed is naturally slower. Don't be discouraged. Practice makes perfect. If you refine for a period of time, your level will definitely improve."

Shitou nodded secretly, but then said, "I spent nine parts of materials, but only refined four bottles of pills. The success rate is only more than 40%, which is really unacceptable."

Lin Mu smiled and comforted, "You can't see anything on the first day. After two months, your level will be stable. Then we can talk about the success rate. Now work hard to comprehend and improve your fire control level. It doesn't matter even if the refining speed is slow."

In terms of alchemy, Lin Mu did not give Shitou too much guidance. Everything was let Shitou practice and comprehend by himself.

It is the same now. Lin Mu can only remind him at most, but will not force his own understanding.

Everyone has different ways of refining pills, and different perceptions. If you understand, you understand. If you don't understand, you don't understand. There is no point in saying more.

Lin Mu smiled and said, "Take a break and continue refining."

Shitou smiled and nodded.

Now that the lake island has fallen firmly into Lin Mu's hands, with the protection of Qianyu Sword Sect, Lin Mu no longer needs to worry about being harassed by others, and he no longer needs to work hard and leave no room for refining pills as before. It seems to be very hard, but it actually hurts the body greatly, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Combining work and rest is the most ideal way.

While the two were resting, Gu Chen came up with a sad face and muttered, "Master!"

Lin Mu glanced at the forty-nine disciples gathered behind him and asked Gu Chen with a smile, "What's the matter?"

Gu Chen was still shy at first, but under Lin Mu's smile, he soon couldn't resist and said, holding his stomach, "We haven't eaten for ten days. We are so hungry!"

Hungry?

Lin Mu was stunned in place, and then reacted.

Although Qi Refining cultivators do not need to eat three times a day like ordinary people, they still need to eat.

Since leaving Qianyu Sword Sect, these fifty disciples have not eaten for nearly ten days.

Lin Mu smiled bitterly. He had long since stopped eating and had almost forgotten about it.

Looking at Gu Chen, who was already dizzy with hunger, Lin Mu could not help but show a trace of apology on his face.

When these fifty disciples first arrived on the island, they were busy building houses, helping him collect spiritual herbs, and cultivating spiritual fields.

Lin Mu forgot that they had not had a drop of water for nearly ten days, and he couldn't help but blame himself.

He was about to say: "I will go and cook for you now."

The words came to his lips, but he couldn't say them.

He suddenly remembered that there was no grain on the island in the middle of the lake now!