My Master Knows It All

708: Chapter 217_6 708: Chapter 217_6 Cao Zhen began to lecture many disciples on how to refine pills, and he was personally responsible for ten pill furnaces.

While Cao Zhen was performing alchemy, he also notified all disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect to come and attend the lecture.

The Sect Leader was about to begin teaching.

His previous discussions with others had led to many having moments of enlightenment.

Yet, among the disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect, there were not as many who had experienced such enlightenment.

Now, he was ready to lecture, inviting disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect who pursued the Dao of Calligraphy, the Dao of Musical Rhythm, the Dao of Military Law, and so on, to come and listen in batches.

At that time, the number of disciples who would experience enlightenment would be counted as they came.

Inside the Five-Element Pill Ground.

One disciple after another listened to the Sect Leader’s narration, some scratching their heads, others exhibiting deep contemplation…

Meanwhile, the disciples who were refining pills were completely focused on the pill furnaces before them.

They were already careful enough, but even so, the Sect Master would occasionally pick up some herbs and throw them into their pill furnaces, seemingly at random.

They had never seen anyone refine pills in this way before.

Isn’t alchemy supposed to require full concentration on a single pill furnace?

But the Sect Leader was directly in charge of ten furnaces.

Besides, the Sect Leader wasn’t just refining his own ten furnaces; he paid attention to the pill furnaces of the several hundred alchemists present, except for Yi Sheng and Gai Su’e, the Elder of the Five-Element Pill Ground.

He tended to each person’s pill furnace.

Furthermore, whenever he detected a problem, the Sect Leader would immediately add some herbs into a particular pill furnace or even adjust the temperature of the flame.

Even more frightening was that Peak Master Cao, when adding herbs to each pill furnace, differed in the timing, the amount of herbs, and even the types of herbs.

If the person before them wasn’t their Sect Leader, wasn’t a reincarnated being of great ability, they would have already started to doubt, for who ever refined pills in this way?

Even now, they wondered, with the Sect Leader so distracted, dividing his attention between refining his own pills, managing so many people’s furnaces, and even lecturing, could the pills be successfully refined?

In the midst of many doubts, Cao Zhen suddenly raised his hand and cast a series of hand seals toward the pill furnace before him.

“Is he starting the pill decoction method?”

“Has the Sect Leader’s pills already taken shape?”

“Using the same alchemy method, our pills are far from taking shape, yet Peak Master Cao is about to perform pill decoction?”

Many eyes turned towards Cao Zhen.

They soon realized that they had neither seen nor heard of the Sect Leader’s pill decoction method before.

Soon, round pills emitting seven-colored radiance flew out of the pill furnace, forming a straight line in the air and landing in a jade bottle beside it.

Seven-colored radiance?

Best quality!

Instantly, the Disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect who were attending the lecture were taken aback, sitting up straight all of a sudden, and some even stood up in surprise, their faces filled with astonishment as they looked over.

Best quality, all of them were best quality pills!

In this alchemy furnace, the Sect Leader altogether drew out forty-nine pills.

And each one was of the best quality!

This was best quality, after all.

Even if they weren’t alchemists, they knew that although there were gaps between mid-grade pills and high-grade pills, and between low-grade pills and mid-grade pills, those gaps weren’t especially big.

But the gap between best quality pills and high-grade pills, that was just too large!

Now, the Sect Leader had refined a batch of pills where all were of the best quality, a situation they were seeing for the first time and hearing of for the second time.

The first time they heard of it, it was Peak Master Cao.

They had heard that Peak Master Cao went to Thousand Caves Door to debate alchemy, and the pills he refined were all of the best quality!

Soon, Cao Zhen began to draw pills from the second pill furnace, and this batch, too, yielded forty-nine pills, all of best quality!

Not just the second furnace, but for ten furnaces of pills, Cao Zhen drew out forty-nine pills from each one, with every single pill being of the best quality!

All around, the disciples were completely astounded.

They had heard that the Sect Leader was skilled in alchemy and had also heard legends about the Sect Leader’s alchemy.

But no matter how much they had heard, nothing could compare to the shock of seeing it with their own eyes!

Moreover, the Sect Leader seemed to be refining the pills so casually.

The Sect Leader was multitasking, observing their alchemy while simultaneously teaching a lesson.

Suddenly, the disciples who were listening to the lesson also began to exclaim in astonishment.

“Look at Senior Sister Yi Sheng, she’s about to draw the pills!”

“Is Senior Sister also that fast?”

Yi Sheng was an extremely late starter and could be said to be among the last batch of disciples to join the various peaks of the Hundred Peaks Sect.

Normally, when others saw her, they would address her as Junior Sister.

Initially, she was also called Junior Sister.

But now, she had attained the state of Nine Abnormal Phenomenon Golden Pills, and apart from those with Ten Different Phenomena of Golden Elixir Great Perfection or those who had completed pill fusion among her peers, who would feel comfortable calling Yi Sheng Junior Sister?

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Yi Sheng quickly completed the pill drawing process.

“Seventy-seven, forty-nine pills.

Senior Sister Yi Sheng has also drawn out forty-nine pills, and all are of the best quality!”

“Has Senior Sister’s alchemy skills reached such a high level?”

“This…

this is the Pill King!”

Amidst the exclamations, Cao Zhen gave Yi Sheng a slight nod, and contentedly said, “Very good, you’ve refined such a batch of pills and are familiar with the process now.

You also help oversee their pill refinement.

Soon, when their pills are ready, I will be too busy to handle all of it alone, so you can help me out.

Additionally, if you see anyone having problems in their alchemy, help correct them and rescue their efforts.”

“Yes, Master!” Yi Sheng promptly nodded and soon everyone finally realized just how big the gap was between them and Yi Sheng, and they also finally understood that apart from the Sect Leader, Yi Sheng could also add various ingredients into their alchemy furnaces at any time to help them refine their pills.

Although Cao Zhen had explained to everyone how to refine pills, he had not taught them the critical final step of completing the pills, nor the pill decantation method.

The final steps of completing the pills and drawing them had to be done by him and Yi Sheng.

Since the other pills were not refined by him and Yi Sheng, after completion there were rarely any that were of the best quality.

That was an unavoidable circumstance; to refine pills for so many disciples of the Hundred Peaks Sect, just him and Yi Sheng—even if they were to be joined by Gai Su’e who hadn’t fallen into sleep because she hadn’t yet reached the Earth Immortal Realm—they would still be a trio, and who knew how long the refinement would take.

They could only have everyone help with the pill refinement together.

As for the lower quality of the pills, they would just have to find a way to distribute them as fairly as possible.