Chapter 651 - 645: Refining Spirit Medicine!

The Dragon Saliva Fruit emitted a faint green glow, and an extremely vigorous life force erupted from its body. This energy immediately seeped out of the Pill Furnace, affecting even the Spirit Medicines in the furnaces of the Alchemists around Shen Haoran. For a moment, they found themselves completely unable to continue their refinement!

Shen Haoran was not the least bit surprised by this. These three Dragon Saliva Fruits had absorbed Dragon Qi from within the Dragon Pearl—the purest kind of Dragon Qi. In fact, these Dragon Saliva Fruits could almost be considered half-Saint Grade Spirit Medicines. It would have been stranger if they were easy to refine.

Unhurried, Shen Haoran slowly raised the temperature of the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian. As the temperature climbed, the green glow from the Dragon Saliva Fruits intensified, nearly eclipsing the dark flames inside the Pill Furnace. The Spirit Medicines being refined in the furnaces of the surrounding Alchemists not only stalled, but the life force within them actually grew stronger, showing faint signs of regenerating. This left the other Alchemists speechless.

Under the terrifying heat of the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian, the Dragon Saliva Fruits eventually gave way, despite being protected by ample Dragon Qi. After half a day, the green light erupting from them grew weaker and weaker until it finally dissipated. Once that protective layer vanished, the surrounding Fire Spirit Black Obsidian surged forward, engulfing the Dragon Saliva Fruits and beginning its frantic refinement.

As the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian continued its frantic refinement, faint dragon silhouettes emerged. This seemed to be the Dragon Saliva Fruits’ final act of resistance. However, the moment these silhouettes appeared, they were devoured by Shen Haoran’s Spiritual Thought. Since the Dragon Pearl resided within his Primordial Small World, this residual Dragon Qi was powerless to cause any trouble for him.

With their final defense broken, the Dragon Saliva Fruits became lambs to the slaughter, left at the mercy of the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian’s refinement. After two more days, Shen Haoran finally refined them into a mass of exceptionally pure, jade-green medicinal liquid.

WHOOSH... Shen Haoran gazed at the jade-green Essence of Spiritual Medicine and let out a long sigh of relief. ’Refining a Top Grade Spiritual Medicine is no easy task.’ He could feel it from this mass of jade-green essence; the Energy it contained was more potent than that of the fifty other Spirit Medicines he had refined earlier, combined.

Shen Haoran did not rest. While refining a Top Grade Spiritual Medicine was certainly difficult, it hadn’t completely exhausted him. He set the Essence of Spiritual Medicine from the Dragon Saliva Fruits aside, and then with another sweep of his Spiritual Thought, he tossed the Red Spirit Root into the Pill Furnace and began its frantic refinement.

The Red Spirit Root was also a Top Grade Spiritual Medicine, but its resistance was weaker compared to the Dragon Saliva Fruits, which had been nourished by the Dragon Qi from the Dragon Pearl. Even so, it still took Shen Haoran two full days to refine it into a mass of crimson Essence of Spiritual Medicine.

After successfully refining the Red Spirit Root, Shen Haoran finally stopped to rest. Having refined two Top Grade Spirit Medicines in a row, even he was finding it hard to keep going. He tossed the crimson Essence of Spiritual Medicine aside, and though it seemed like a casual motion, it caused the other essences to tremble. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the various Essences of Spiritual Medicine were constantly emitting their own Energy, which then began to intertwine.

While refining the Spirit Medicines, Shen Haoran also had to let them "familiarize" with one another to make the final fusion easier. This was why the process consumed so much of his Spiritual Thought. However, this technique could greatly reduce losses during the fusion of different Spirit Medicines and also significantly shorten the overall Alchemy time. It was a unique method created by Elder Yan, and not just anyone could learn it. After all, it placed immense demands on both the power and control of one’s Spiritual Thought.

After resting for half a day, Shen Haoran turned his gaze to the final Spirit Medicine: the Ice-Skin Jade Vine. It was an arm-shaped Spirit Medicine that looked as if it were made of ice crystals. Even without touching it, Shen Haoran could feel the intense cold radiating from it.

With a wave of his hand, Shen Haoran tossed it directly into the Alchemy Furnace. Instantly, the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian flared up, engulfing the Ice-Skin Jade Vine to begin its refinement. However, faced with the terrifying heat, the Ice-Skin Jade Vine activated its self-defense mechanism. A white light flashed as an icy chill erupted, instantly dropping the temperature inside the Pill Furnace.

If one were to ask what kind of Spirit Medicines are the most difficult to refine, the answer would undoubtedly be those of the Ice and Water Attributes. Such Spirit Medicines possess a natural, powerful resistance to fire. Although the Ice-Skin Jade Vine might be half a grade lower than the Dragon Saliva Fruit, refining it would require much, much more effort.

Affected by the sudden eruption of cold qi, the temperature inside the Pill Furnace became unstable. The Essences of Spiritual Medicine floating above began to tremble violently, looking as if they might be destroyed at any moment.

Fortunately, Shen Haoran reacted quickly. He immediately enveloped the floating Essences of Spiritual Medicine with the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian, shielding them from the invading cold and saving them from destruction.

Gazing at the self-protecting Ice-Skin Jade Vine, Shen Haoran willed it, and the surrounding Fire Spirit Black Obsidian swarmed forward. It transformed into countless Fire Dragons that charged at the vine. A searing heat erupted again, instantly dispersing the cold. Although the chill from the Ice-Skin Jade Vine was powerful, it was nothing compared to the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian. ’If there’s anything in this world that can rival the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian, it would have to be the Water Spirit Wisdom.’

As the Fire Spirit Black Obsidian frantically devoured it, the cold qi from the Ice-Skin Jade Vine gradually weakened. Two days later, its self-defense was finally crushed. The dark flames instantly climbed onto the vine and began to burn it furiously. Crystalline droplets, as brilliant as Diamonds, began to drip from the Ice-Skin Jade Vine. This was its essence.

After another two days, Shen Haoran finally finished refining the Ice-Skin Jade Vine. With that, all the Spirit Medicines required for the Great Field Creation Pill had been successfully refined.

Gazing at the fifty-three different Essences of Spiritual Medicine inside the Pill Furnace, Shen Haoran took a deep breath. The next step was fusing them into a Finished Pill. This was the most critical part of Refining an Elixir. Different Spirit Medicines naturally repelled one another, and fusing them required finding their exact point of balance. Fortunately, this was not a difficult task for Shen Haoran. In less than a day, he successfully fused all fifty-three essences, and a rough, uneven elixir appeared inside the Pill Furnace.

’The final step: Spirit Infusion!’ An unprecedented gravity filled Shen Haoran’s eyes. ’This is my first time refining a Seventh Grade Elixir, and my first time performing Spirit Infusion. Whether it succeeds... all depends on my luck now...’