Chapter 26: My Extraordinary Pill Furnace
After peacefully attending the last lesson of the day, Song Shuhang stored his textbook then stood up and put his hand on his lower back as he stretched his back.
At his side, the female student who had great curves once again parted reluctantly from him. At the same time, the thought of confessing to Shuhang rose once again at the very least, for the length of this summer, she wanted to be Song Shuhangs girlfriend to enjoy his human air conditioner-like body.
Shuhang felt chills from this girls reluctant gaze, it was very awkward.
Then, with impeccable timing, Tubo and two more of Shuhangs roommates walked over.
Motherfucker, its so hot that I nearly shed another layer of skin. Tubo used the textbook as a fan to keep himself cool. Beads of sweat continuously slid down his forehead. Oh yeah, Shuhang, do you want to hang out this afternoon?
You still have the mood to go out and play in this sweltering heat? Shuhang joked. The sun was unforgiving today, and it definitely wasnt the kind of weather that was suitable for one to go out to have fun.
Hehe, this fella Yangde recently developed a computer program and sold it for a decent sum of money. So he wanted to rent a 3-room flat close to the school so that no one could disturb him.
Were trying to help him a good place, and if we do find it, it could possibly become our second base of operations and at the same time, we could freeload off of him tonight. Tubo laughed.
Shuhang raised his thumb up towards his dark and skinny roommate, Yangde, you really have good prospects, youre both good at tinkering with things, but youre much stronger than Tubo. Youre able to earn money, while Tubo only knows how to spend money!
Tubo: ...
Yangde laughed, exposing his two white rows of teeth. Despite his young age, he already had the stoic temperament of a programmer, and wasnt very good at talking. This was due to the fact that programmers often used keyboards to communicate more frequently than they used their mouths to speak.
Im busy this afternoon because I got to deal with the two boxes that I received today. Call me when you find a flat, and Ill come over immediately! Song Shuhang replied quickly. It was perfect that his roommates were planning to go out, this would allow him to try concocting in peace.
You brat, you dont want to contribute yet you want freeload huh! Tubo coldly accused him. Im telling you, theres no way for that to happen! However, theres a window, introduce your beautiful sister to us!
Get lost. Song Shuhang said. Theres no way for that to happen! However, theres room for negotiation, treat me to supper tonight then!
Song Shuhang didnt have much, but he did have a few beautiful sisters. As for the woman named Soft Feather that Tubo was thinking of, unfortunately, she wasnt his sister.
Tubos eyes immediately glittered as he showed an expression of making a profitable trade, Deal!
Do we actually know Shuhangs beautiful sister? Yangde felt suspicious about this. There was a sister who we met called Zhao Yaya when she sent Shuhang to Jiangnan University. Could it be that Tubo wants to pursue Shuhangs older female cousin?
The difficulty seemed to be pretty high as Elder Sister Zhaos Ballbusting Kick looked like one that would leave him infertile.
He thought of that day, the day when Elder Sister Zhao had sent Shuhang to school and encountered a few delinquent youths who didnt know better.
Besides Tubo, Yangde and company all witnessed how strong Elder Sister Zhao was. Her two long legs casually kicked, each hit struck the family jewels. Elder Sister Zhao had definitely had that practiced. Moreover the skill Ballbusting Kick was surely put to use often. The few delinquents quickly fell to the ground, crying out loud while covering their balls. As witnesses, they felt as if their balls would hurt just from spectating the scene.
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After lunch, the three roommates left the dorm to go out, leaving Song Shuhang alone.
Hu. He took a deep breath and the pearl hanging around his neck calmed him down. This was a good situation to begin his project.
Opening one of the small cases containing the herbs, Song Shuhang referred to the recipe of the Tempering Body Pill that was created by the Medicine Master.
Inside the case there were four layers, each layer containing over ten kinds of herbs.
Ginseng, Goji Berry, Actinolite, Ladies Fragrance.... Shuhang managed to identify over thirty herbs that could be found on the internet.
Morning Dew Mysterious Grass, and following that is the Fresh Overlord Branch, the Nine-Yang Scarlet Flame Bamboo and other items couldnt be found on the internet. Even if he did find something, it was either an equipment or a material in a game.
One of the good traits about Soft Feather was her attentiveness to detail. Shuhang realized that the small cases already had everything arranged neatly in a sequence following the recipe, herbs in the recipe from start to end were placed in the order of left to right.
Even the dosage for each herb had been meticulously measured.
An attentive and gentle lady is definitely the best. Shuhang heaved a sigh of relief. With this, I dont need to consult the Nine Province (1) Group.
The herbs for refining the Body Tempering Pill required one to follow the recipe and periodically insert the herbs in a specific sequence into the cauldron. If the order is messed up, it would fail immediately. If Soft Feather had not arranged the herbs and left it all a mess, Song Shuhang would have a headache.
Follow the proportion of the recipe and put them one by one into the pill furnace, boil it for approximately five minutes, insert the next herb, then boil for approximately five minutes, insert next herb and repeat. Pay attention to the fires temperature! By using this process, the medicinal liquid would turn into a paste. A successfully completed Body Tempering Liquid should be black in colour, transparent, and with a strong smell. These were Medicine Masters original words.
Reading the instructions, this seemed really simple, and sounded like if one was really careful, anybody could do this.
That was true. The Body Tempering Liquid was merely the lowest of lowest-grade pills, it couldnt even be considered as pill medicine or dregs of a concoction. Refined pills did not require the consumption of true qi, spiritual qi. It also did not need special Earth Flames, Heavenly Flames or Pill Flames.
Even an ordinary person would be able to refine this pill if they paid close attention!
However, it wouldnt be that easy to succeed at concocting.
There was heat control, and the words approximately five minutes, which meant that the time may not necessarily be fixed five minutes. It was partially dependent on the refiners experience and adjustment according to the type of herb.
Furthermore, the Body Tempering Liquid required forty-five types of herbs, which meant that it would take almost four hours, required a lot of concentration, and one couldnt even relax for a moment. If an ordinary person wanted to refine this Body Tempering Liquid, they would require an incredible amount of willpower and experience.
Song Shuhang opened the hot pot and inserted the slices of ginseng.
Come to think of it, the pill recipe didnt mention whether water needed to be added... Song Shuhang scratched his head.
I have to add it, right? If I dont add it, within 5 minutes, there will be no need to mention the ginseng slices, even the bottom of the pot would be scorched... right?
But how much water do I need to add?
Should I enter the chat group to ask? Song Shuhang whipped out his phone, but put it down after calmly thinking it through.
This was his first time refining the Body Tempering Pill, so he was bound to have many problems in the process. But he couldnt possibly go and ask the chat group every time he encountered a problem, right?
The cultivators in the chat group werent online all the time, if he went to the chat group to ask for help every time he encountered a problem, and ended up taking over 5 minutes for an issue, the concoction would end up in a failure. Looking at it this way, even the 32 sets of herbs he had wouldnt be enough for him to waste.
So he decided embrace the mentality of definite failure and follow the Medicine Masters recipe once. If there were any issues in the concoction process he would make a list of them all, and ask them in the chat group in one go.
Lets add a ladle of water then. He scooped a ladle of water and added it into the cauldron, and turned on the induction cooker.
Using the induction cooker... was also because he had no other choice.
Because the schools dormitory didnt have a fire alarm installed, to prevent the risk of fire, all sources of fire were prohibited. Having an induction cooker could already be considered pretty good.
Besides, it just needed to be boiled, boiling using fire and boiling using electricity shouldnt make a difference, right?
Then, he pressed the function for stewing soup. The induction cooker provided by the dormitory had four preset functions, there was fry, roast, stew, and saute. There was also the function to manually adjust the heat.
If cultivating really existed, then I would definitely be the first person to use a induction cooker to refine pills. Song Shuhang thought as he mocked himself.