"What! That newcomer started trying to refine pills? It must be fake news!"
"It's absolutely true! I just saw it with my own eyes!"
"It's only been a few days? Impossible!"
"…"
The Medicine Tower had been calm for a long time, but a commotion was suddenly stirred up.
The reason was very simple. Zhou Feng, who had just entered the Medicine Tower for a few days, was trying to refine pills!
This was simply inconceivable!
Pill refinement! As an extremely powerful skill, it wasn't something that could be attempted with just a casual bout of study.
Each of these apprentices had been studying in the Medicine Tower for at least two to three years.
In their first year, they would familiarize themselves with various medicinal ingredients. In the second year, they would familiarize themselves with pill formulas. Lastly, they studied and practiced pill refinement techniques in the third year.
Even with these few years of accumulation, the number of people who were able to obtain Pill Master Yuan's permission to attempt pill refinement could be counted on one hand.
However, how long had Zhou Feng been in the Medicine Tower? It seemed to be less than seven days!
How could he be able to open the cauldron to refine pills? This was unfair!
These apprentices had been able to enter the Medicine Tower because they more or less had some background. They might not dare to be angry at Pill Master Yuan, but they dared to be angry at Zhou Feng.
Actually, Zhou Feng himself was also very strange. He had only been in the Medicine Tower for a few days, so how could he attempt to use the cauldron to refine pills?
One had to know that he did not even understand the names of many medicinal ingredients.
"Junior Brother Zhou! Get ready to begin!"
Senior Brother Mo was standing at the side and started to guide Zhou Feng in refining pills.
The cauldron in front of Zhou Feng was huge. Its entire body was made of bronze, and each side had a hole that let out the wind.
From the traces of the vicissitudes of life, it should have been used for a long time.
"Ignite the fire!" Senior Brother Mo reminded him expressionlessly.
Zhou Feng collected his thoughts, and his hands formed the seal to ignite the fire. A ball of fire appeared out of thin air.
Although Zhou Feng couldn't even recognize some of the medicinal ingredients' names, he was familiar with the Tri-Blaze Pill Refinement Technique.
"Refine the essence!"
Following Senior Brother Mo's reminder, Zhou Feng calmly placed the hemostasis vines, gold and silver grass, and other medicinal ingredients into the cauldron.
By borrowing the strength of the spirit fire, he forced out the medicinal essence of these ingredients. Then, he used the flexibility of the spirit fire to fuse these essences together.
This was the simplest pill refinement method.
Senior Brother Mo watched as Zhou Feng threw several ingredients into the cauldron at the same time. He frowned and thought for a moment but did not open his mouth to give a hint.
Normally, the refinement of medicinal essence was done separately and one at a time. If it was done simultaneously, a single mistake would cause the medicinal essence to be completely burned.
One had to know that using the Tri-Blaze Pill Refinement Technique's ignition seal would draw fierce spirit flames. These low-grade medicinal ingredients would be completely burned if one didn't control them properly.
'This isn't as difficult as I imagined!'
Zhou Feng didn't pay attention to what Senior Brother Mo was thinking behind the scenes. He was completely focused on refining pills right now.
Moreover, he discovered that refining pills was not as difficult as he had imagined.
Relying on his extremely high perception, Zhou Feng was able to perceive the state of the ingredients in the cauldron.
He only needed to feel that the ingredients were about to be scorched and stop.
What was worth mentioning was that his perception had increased after this period.
The passive Master Hunter had already been superimposed to the 20th level. In other words, he had directly increased his perception to 20 points.
Because of these 20 points of perception, he found it effortless to refine the medicinal essence.
Not long after, the impurities of these ingredients were all burned dry, leaving only the medicinal essence.
When Senior Brother Mo saw this, a trace of disbelief flashed through his eyes, and then he reminded him, "Condense the pill seal!"
There was only the medicinal essence left in the cauldron. Now, Zhou Feng could start condensing the pill.
Zhou Feng immediately cast the pill condensing seal, and a large amount of Spiritual Qi, along with his soul power, was continuously sent out.
The medicinal essence began to fuse, and the fire outside the cauldron also slowly decreased.
"It's almost done!"
Zhou Feng felt that it was almost done, so he extinguished the fire and collected the final product.
A faint medicinal fragrance came from the cauldron.
"It's done? It's done on the first try!?"
After smelling the medicinal fragrance, Senior Brother Mo's face couldn't hold it in any longer, and a trace of jealousy welled up in his heart.
'Why!? Is there such a huge difference between people?' Senior Brother Mo roared in his heart, 'The heavens are too unfair!'
In order to become a Pill Master, he only slept a few hours a day and worked hard day and night.
Moreover, he wagged his tail and begged for mercy in front of that old fellow, carefully serving him.
That old fellow didn't even look him in the eye from the beginning to the end. In the end, he used all his strength to become his official disciple barely.
But this Zhou Feng in front of him… How long had it been since he came in contact with the pill refining method? Not only did that old fellow look at Zhou Feng in a different light, but he even succeeded in refining pills on his first try!
This flame of jealousy was like a spark that set fire to the prairie, constantly burning Senior Brother Mo's mind.
It was like if you studied hard and didn't dare to slack off day and night, you would only get 60 points in the end.
However, there was one person who played every day and didn't even study for a few days. In the end, he got 100 points. This kind of difference really made it hard for people to calm down.
At that moment, Senior Brother Mo's state of mind crumbled!
'This is the Hemostasis Pill? It doesn't look like much!'
Zhou Feng looked at the few Hemostasis Pills in front of him. He was not too satisfied because he was still not familiar with them. There were still some scorch marks on the surface of the Hemostasis Pill.
Although it was successfully refined, the quality was not very good.
However, he was also quite content. He was able to succeed on his first pill refinement. Although it was the lowest grade of the Hemostasis Pill, it greatly excited him.
'Looks like I have talent in pill refinement!'
As Zhou Feng was lamenting that his talent in pill refinement was not bad, he suddenly felt a malicious intent locking on him from behind.
'This is?'
He immediately turned around and glanced at Senior Brother Mo behind him.
Senior Brother Mo did not seem to expect him to turn around suddenly. The expression on his face had not recovered, so he appeared extremely stiff.
"Haha! Junior Brother Zhou is indeed worthy of being someone that Master values highly. You succeeded in refining pills on your first try!"
Senior Brother Mo laughed and forcefully erased his jealous expression.
Zhou Feng gave a smile and said, "I didn't expect it either! It's probably just good luck!"
But in his heart, he already regarded Senior Brother Mo as an enemy. That malice just now was already hinting that he wanted to take his life!
It seemed like the tall tree had attracted the wind.
As if sensing a change in his attitude, Senior Brother Mo decided to leave. "I'll report this matter to Master! Junior Brother, you can continue to familiarize yourself here!"
Following that, news of Zhou Feng's first successful pill refinement spread throughout the entire Medicine Tower.
This was because this was the first time in the history of the Medicine Tower that a person had succeeded on their first pill refinement attempt!
"He succeeded on his first try? That can't be!"
"This should be true! Could it be that a new Pill Master is going to appear in our Medicine Tower?"
"This, this, this…"
Many apprentices were shocked. What kind of talent was this? To succeed on his first pill refinement, didn't this mean that Zhou Feng had a very high chance of becoming a Pill Master!?
The status of a Pill Master didn't need to be mentioned.
These people had been cursing and jealous of Zhou Feng earlier.. Yet, the first thought in their minds was how to rope in Zhou Feng after this piece of news.