Chapter 798: Pill Veins
This is a cubic furnace, adorned with carvings of auspicious clouds and mythical beasts, finely crafted with exquisite engraving.
Lin Tian heard from the third elder that the crafting process of this Alchemy Furnace is very complex, with some rare metals added on top of a bronze base. It’s a creation from the Grand Dynasty period, about seven hundred years old now.
That’s seven hundred years, through countless generations of dynastic changes. The damage to this Alchemy Furnace is still minimal, it’s fair to say Lin Tian’s lucked out with this treasure.
The most commendable thing is, there are twelve Arrays inside the furnace, and they’re mostly undamaged.
Lin Tian used a steel frame to support the Alchemy Furnace, then placed a fire furnace underneath, starting to light the fire.
This process of lighting is also very particular. First, dry wood is stuffed into the fire furnace and lit, then Spiritual Qi is channeled.
The moment Spiritual Qi surged into the fire furnace, with a ’whoosh’, the flames intensified, the searing flames condensed into a stream within the Arrays of the fire furnace, erupting upwards from the furnace opening, only blooming again upon contact with the Alchemy Furnace.
Standing nearby, Lin Tian couldn’t feel a trace of the flame’s heat.
This is the effect of the fire furnace, able to lock the flame and temperature together. It might not show now, but compared to ordinary flames, the effects are worlds apart.
The next step is Alchemy.
Alchemy is a complex process, not just throwing all the herbs into the Alchemy Furnace indiscriminately.
Before this, Lin Tian had already treated all the herbs.
According to the recipe, some herbs need to be mashed, some sun-dried, some soaked, some roasted.
In this weather, other than sun-drying, the other steps are quite easy. As for the sun-dried herbs, they have to be roasted over the fire a bit. These are just auxiliary herbs, however, the handling steps for the Linglong Dice and Panli Flower cannot be skimped on!
This time, thirty-six kinds of herbs are used, and the quantity is not low.
At this moment, the water in the Alchemy Furnace has begun boiling. Lin Tian brought a ladder and placed the herbs in order, by sequence, time, and position.
Don’t underestimate these details. The Arrays are inscribed on different parts of the inner walls of the Alchemy Furnace.
Only by placing the specified herbs at the specified time into the correct Arrays can the medicinal effects be maximized.
This complexity shows just how precious a recipe is, a testament to the efforts of countless predecessors!
Except for two main herbs, the rest were placed into the Alchemy Furnace within three hours.
At this point, the scent of herbs in the entire room was overwhelming. It stank so much even Lin Tian couldn’t help but frown.
Yet he sat atop the ladder, guarding above the Alchemy Furnace. Watching as the second hand on his watch made thirty full circles, Lin Tian, wearing insulated gloves, lifted the burning red furnace lid and set it aside.
Woosh...
Inside the Alchemy Furnace now resembled an erupted volcano.
Scalding heat spewed forth; if not for Lin Tian’s protection with Spiritual Qi, his skin would likely have been scorched.
The temperature was blocked with Spiritual Qi. But the smell, even holding his breath, wafted into his nostrils, making him cough tears.
After a couple of coughs, Lin Tian picked up the golden silk wooden box placed beside him, carefully opened it and, with a silk glove, cautiously took out the Panli Flower inside.
Seeing this flower again, Lin Tian couldn’t help but admire its beauty.
The entire flower, from stem to petal, was purple, subtly curled, and most uniquely, its buds were colorful, like a fairy tale’s seven-colored flower.
But such a beautiful flower is extremely toxic. Just its scent can cause one to faint. To hold it, one must wear a silk glove to completely avoid the poison!
There’s an ancient phrase on the Celestial Dragon Continent: "Wherever there is deadly poison, within seven steps lies the antidote."
This saying has some truth. Around the Panli Flower, a colorful silkworm often grows, its silk also vividly purple and equally toxic.
These colorful silkworms coexist with Panli Flower symbiotically. However, catching these silkworms is challenging because those who tried ended up dead!
Back to the main point.
Back then, Lin Tian took the whole Linglong Dice, bearing twenty fruits.
Now the fruits have fully matured and Lin Tian has picked them. The saplings remained, potted by Lin Tian.
The fruits, all twenty of them, each completely white with tiny red specks, lay aside, resembling dice.
Casually grasping them, Lin Tian held exactly a dozen Linglong Dice fruits, throwing them accurately into the Array inside the Alchemy Furnace and immediately sealed the lid with lightning speed.
Then, the whole Alchemy Furnace hummed, shivering as if on the verge of explosion.
Lin Tian wasn’t concerned; he knew this was normal. Once the main herbs are added, Alchemy reaches its critical stage.
Leaping off the ladder, he remained by the fire furnace, ensuring the proper heat.
Time gently passed from day into night, when suddenly, the Alchemy Furnace before Lin Tian trembled more violently, even making the floor beneath shake.
Xu Ning’an and Yan Xinrou had been up earlier, not seeing anything unusual in this.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Lin Tian noticed something off about the Alchemy Furnace.
What was off?
Standing up, Lin Tian walked two circles around the furnace and finally saw flickering stars-like spots on its side wall.
Soon, those spots expanded, forming an irregular pattern.
Lin Tian’s heart raced, this is... Pill Veins!
Pills vary in quality. As far as Lin Tian knew, Pill Veins represent a very high quality.
To manifest Pill Veins, the pills must be of high quality, and the corresponding Array on the Alchemy Furnace must be intact.
These Arrays can not only display Pill Veins. Sometimes they can present the Alchemy process, giving hints like temperature adjustments.
The Pill Veins continued spreading, with their light spots sprawling across the Alchemy Furnace, even covering the flames emerging from the fire furnace.
The brighter the glow, the more ecstatic Lin Tian felt. With such quality pills, whether to awaken Liou Qingcheng or to open his Ren and Du Meridians, it would undoubtedly be a smooth endeavor!