Chapter 283: Return to Simplicity

ly, glanced at Xia Zhongwu who was firmly grasped in Jiang Yun's hand, and said to Jiang Yun: "That fellow Jiang Yun, I wonder if you can hand over Xia Zhongwu to us for disposal""Rest assured, my Xia...Guan Yiming and Xiao Zheng, in this final round of alchemy, surprisingly both chose to replace their cauldrons.

And both of them looked at Ginger Cloud and the stone pot in front of Ginger Cloud at the same time.

Xiao Zheng's face was etched with concern. Even though Jiang Yun had once refined a Heavenly Rank Fasting Pill using an iron pot, the Fasting Pill, strictly speaking, didn't even qualify as a genuine one.

While Tianjingdan is at least a second-rank, the difficulty levels differ greatly.

As for Guan Yiming, although there was no expression on his face, his eyes clearly held disdain and he didn't even look at Jiang Yun.

After all, the results of the first round of competition had already proven that his skill in alchemy surpassed both of them.

Besides, he had refined the Demon-subduing Pill hundreds of times while in seclusion, and its success rate was already quite remarkable, so he was confident of victory.

However, Jiang Yun was not in the mood to pay attention to these two people. Instead, he carefully looked at the medicinal herbs that Yaoshenzong had sent him.

After all, the quality and age of medicinal herbs vary greatly, and there are some differences in the refining process as well.

Therefore, even if he could refine Tianjing Dan with his eyes closed, he would still not take it lightly. He would still do all the necessary preparations.

Guan Yiming still started refining first, Xiao Zheng followed closely behind, and Jiang Yun came in third.

However, when flames appeared in Jiang Yun's hand, Elder Han's gaze instantly fixed on him.

While Guan Yiming and Xiao Zheng were also taken aback, they couldn't help but glance at Jiang Yun again.

Because Jiang Yun was in the inheritance land, others naturally couldn't sense the temperature. However, the three of them could clearly feel it.

The flames that Jiang Yun is unleashing now are far hotter than the spirit fire he used before.

Especially Elder Han, secretly thought in his heart, “This boy’s flame, how is it a bit like the snow clan’s lihuo But the snow clan being a demon clan, it's impossible to give lihuo to a human!”

"I never expected that this kid still had a hidden talent all along!"

"...but I wonder what kind of effect the pill you finally refine will have!"

Although Gingercloud had conjured flames in her hand, she didn't start burning the herbs. Instead, she threw the flames directly onto the stone cauldron, beginning to heat it up.

This is actually a step that alchemists often use, a furnace!

But now that Ginger Cloud is making it, it just feels weird. It's like a hot pot, you know

There was even a faint feeling that the next moment, Ginger Cloud would dump all the medicinal herbs in front of him into the pot all at once, and then take out a spatula...

On one side, she controlled the flames as they scorched the stone pot. On the other, Ginger Cloud had also taken the herbs, holding them in her hand, her entire body seemed to have become a sculpture, motionless.

At this sight, Elder Han, the Sect Master of Yaoshhenzong, and the five Heavenly Pharmacists all had their eyes suddenly light up!

While the other disciples didn't know what Jiang Yun was doing, they couldn't help but speak up and say: "What is this fellow Daoist Jiang Yun doing again"

"How come he's staring off into space again, just like he did during his first round of the competition"

How would they know that Jiang Yun wasn't daydreaming, but was trying to use his spiritual energy to activate the properties of these herbs as much as possible!

This is the special technique for stimulating medicinal properties that Ginger Cloud secretly learned from the Yaoshén Sect during the first round of competition.

To be honest, not only did the disciples not think of it, even Elder Han and the others didn't expect it. Not only did Jiang Yun master this technique, but he actually used it right now.

The stimulating effect allows the medicinal properties to dissipate faster and more efficiently during the burning and merging process. This saves time and minimizes waste, ultimately enhancing the potency of the final elixir.

Previously, in the first round of his competition, Jiang Yun did not dare to try and prematurely activate the medicinal properties because he was refining a brand new type of elixir.

But now, for the refining of Tianjingdan, he has absolute confidence, so he started to try and stimulate the medicinal properties of the herbs, thereby enhancing the efficacy of the final pill.

And, previously he had only mastered this skill, but now truly wielding it, combined with his divine sense, he unexpectedly discovered.

Wherever his spiritual energy went, his divine consciousness could clearly see every part inside the medicinal herbs, magnified infinitely!

He had reached a level of keen observation, so much so that he discovered many problems that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.

If time permitted, he would truly savor this subtle and unique state of being.

Meanwhile, both Guan Yiming and Xiao Zheng's furnaces were filled with the aroma of medicinal herbs, indicating that their progress was naturally slower than Jiang Yun's.

However, Ginger Cloud held time in his heart with a sense of control.

"When I was refining the Heavenly Essence Pill in the Snow Clan, because I hadn't yet mastered the technique of controlling fire, I could only rely on the high temperature released by the ground fire. This prolonged my pill refining time."

But now that fire is under my control, as long as I keep a careful balance, it will take no more than an hour to complete the final refinement.

When Jiang Yun had fully activated the medicinal properties of all the herbs, he finally began the official alchemy process.

By this time, many disciples of the Yaoshending Sect who hadn't paid much attention to him before found themselves focusing their gazes on him once again.

The reason for this was that Jiang Yun didn't use his spiritual energy anymore, but instead used his hands to carefully pick out the needed herbs one by one and put them into the stone pot in order.

Such an approach is naturally still a waste of time, but Ginger Cloud's actions are as smooth and flowing as water, giving people a pleasing and enjoyable feeling.

And looking at the stone pot and Ginger Cloud, who had never stopped for a moment, their figures bustling back and forth, it made some people's minds stir, vaguely thinking of something.

"Back to basics!"

The Elder's heart spoke softly, revealing the reason why these disciples were touched so deeply!

Returning to simplicity is not a skill or a feeling, but a state of being!

This realm, even most pharmacists can't imagine, let alone achieve.

Therefore, even though Elder Han said these four words, he himself found it hard to believe.

A young man who was only in his twenties had already faintly reached the state of returning to simplicity and truth in alchemy. This was simply too unbelievable.

However, he understood why Jiang Yun chose to use a stone cauldron to refine the pills. This not only conformed to the principle of returning to simplicity, but it was also Jiang Yun's most familiar method of alchemy.

That is indeed true!

At this moment, Jiang Yun's method of alchemy is the same as the one he used for sixteen years in Mangshan Mountain. It makes him feel like he's back in Mangshan once again.

Even able to feel, beside myself, Grandfather's ever-present, watchful gaze full of concern.

The intense heat of the fire quickly burned all the medicinal herbs into medicine, and because the efficacy of the herbs had been fully activated by Jiang Yun beforehand, even the impurities were extremely rare.

Next, it's time to merge!

But just at this moment, a bold idea suddenly popped into Jiang Yun's mind.

First release on the Traditional Chinese Novel Networkl graves, they are of some of my dearest kin!"Gingercloud silently walked up to each tomb, clasped his fist in a bow, and paid his deepest respects.Although I've never had any interaction with these b...