Published at 12th of December 2019 07:18:41 PM
Chapter 44.1
Chapter 44 . 1: Who Dares to Snatch MY Disciple?
Duanmu Xi saw that there were four small jade bottles placed neatly beside the pile of herbs and there was also a piece of parchment beside the jade bottles .
Picking up the piece of parchment, Duanmu Xi looked it over carefully and saw that the steps to refine the Pure Solace Dew was written on it .
The instructions written on the parchment were very simple and Duanmu Xi quickly summarized alchemy down into two parts, which were purification and fusion .
After reading through the sequence of steps written on the parchment for the refinement, Duanmu Xi then began to refine medicine for the first time in her life .
She did not rush into refinement straight away but went on to inspect the medicine cauldron in front of her first .
The medicine cauldron was not that large and it seemed to be ancient bronze in colour as a whole . There were only two small ear handles on it and was a tripod with three legs below holding it up . There was a square shaped hole on the cauldron cover which should be the place to put in the herbs .
The grey robed old man saw that the men had already started with their refinement and only Duanmu Xi was still slowly inspecting her medicine cauldron, seemingly in no hurry where he then nodded approvingly .
[The little lass is so levelheaded and steady at such a young age . Such a talented sprout for Alchemy . ]
[The greatest taboo to avoid in alchemy was impatience and haste . One must always maintain peace and calm in their hearts . ]
After Duanmu Xi finished inspecting her medicine cauldron, she summoned up the fire spirit power within her body to ignite the flame inside the medicine cauldron .
Remembering the strength of the flame needed for the process, Duanmu Xi picked out a light purple Thousand Amethyst Leaf and tossed it in through the square shaped hole .
When the Thousand Amethyst Leaf met the flames inside the medicine cauldron, it immediately burnt into ashes .
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Duanmu Xi’s brows creased up slightly . It looks like the flames were too strong .
Duanmu Xi immediately gathered her consciousness to suppress the flames in the medicine cauldron, before she then tossed another Thousand Amethyst Leaf in .
Although the leaf lasted a few seconds longer this time, but the Thousand Amethyst Leaf was still burnt into ashes in the end .
Duanmu Xi continued to suppress the flames in the medicine cauldron and after repeating it for three or four times, she discovered that no matter how hard she tried to control the fire, the Thousand Amethyst Leaf would still ended up crumbling into ashes .
Duanmu Xi knitted her brows and stopped everything she was doing, turning to observe how the other two people were doing .
Very soon, she discovered that they were caught in the same situation as her, repeatedly tossing in a Thousand Amethyst Leaf into the medicine cauldron but it was clear to see that it was all in vain .
Duanmu Xi picked up the medicine formula once more and read its contents .
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[She had not missed any steps, so where had she gone wrong?]
Duanmu Xi then thought back about the two previous tests they had gone through today .
[Could it have something to do with the Wood Spirit?]
[If being a dual element wielder of the wood and fire spirit was a prerequisite condition of becoming a cultivator of medicine, then the wood element foundation must surely hold a critical function in the medicine refining process . ]
[And she had not summoned up any wood spirit power just now . ]
Having thought it through, Duanmu Xi immediately started to test her theory out .
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She threw in the Thousand Amethyst Leaf once more but she added a little wood spirit power into it this time . The red flames with a purplish tinge then came to be imbued with a sliver of green .
After that, she repeated the process while adjusting the strength of the fire several times and it was only after destroying more than ten of the Thousand Amethyst Leaves that she finally succeeded in refining it into a light purple powder .
Duanmu Xi quickly stored it properly in a jade bottle before her, and then placed it safely out of the way to the side .
When the grey robed old man saw that Duanmu Xi had succeeded in extracting the Thousand Amethyst Leaf’s essence, his eyes flashed with another approving glint .
[The lass does not only possessed great mental strength, she is also highly perceptive as well . ]
[After these tests are done, he must go make her his disciple . He strongly believes what the lass can achieve would definitely not be inferior to what he has now . ]
When the other two men saw that Duanmu Xi had succeeded in refining the Thousand Amethyst Leaf, they both paused in the things they were doing to carefully watch what she was doing, thinking that they’ll be able to find out the secret of refinement by watching her every action .