Chapter 98: Chapter 92: Refining Jade Marrow Pill (Third Update) 1
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The three pill rooms were spacious, with the one in the center being the largest.
The various facilities within stood complete.
There was something especially precious in this pill room, apart from Luo Chen itself, which was highly valued by the Pill Hall.
Xuanyun Tripod, Medium Grade of the First Order.
Its reported price was one of the highest within the medium-grade magic tools, even more expensive than some of the less useful medium-grade defense magic tools.
At the moment there was no one else in the large pill room.
Even Mi Li was stopped outside.
Luo Chen himself stoked the fire, lit the furnace, and continuously put in the herbs that Mi Shuhua had prepared beforehand into the pill tripod.
Common ginseng and polygonum multiflorum were indispensable auxiliary materials.
Even for the Qi Nurturing Pill, this kind of auxiliary material was needed, because it could provide the most basic energy to the cultivators.
Besides this, there were comparatively expensive auxiliary materials like Blue Citrus Grass and Snow Orchid. They could enhance the effectiveness of main ingredients, excite the potency of the main ingredient, or suppress certain unnecessary medicinal natures.
After these auxiliary materials were added to the tripod, Luo Chen stared intently at the pill tripod.
The Spirit Vision Technique had already been cast upon his eyes.
His Spirit Vision Technique was now only a step away from reaching the Grandmaster level.
Using it, even if Luo Chen were at the Ninth Level Qi Refinement Cultivator’s realm, he could see through anything with a single glance.
Ordinary Qi Refinement Cultivators could never achieve this level of mastery with such a technique, as they couldn’t compare to Luo Chen.
Occasionally, Luo Chen would wonder whether, if his Spirit Vision Technique advanced to the Grandmaster level, could he see through the disguise of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?
“The medicinal nature of the auxiliary materials has basically been released.”
“It’s time to add the main material!”
Luo Chen took a bamboo box from the rack next to him.
Inside the opened bamboo box, a palm-sized piece of Han Jade shone brightly. Wan Jade, a First Order Spirit Jade, was mainly produced in areas of rivers, lakes, and seas, as well as some places with heavy Yin Qi.
This jade had a wide range of uses, including for sealing some elixirs in jade boxes, or for making jade slates with water attributes.
The marrow within the jade could even be used for Body Refinement.
It was said that this kind of jade was extremely popular in the mortal world, it was either used to build the core material of ice cellars, or, in large quantities, to cast tombs.
The price was somewhat high.
A palm-sized piece of Han Jade would cost one spirit stone.
If sold, you could directly get ten jin of spirit rice.
The mam material of the Jade Marrow Pill was indeed the marrow in this Wan Jade.
It directly accounted for one-fifth of the cost of a stove.
According to Luo Chen’s estimation, the material cost for a furnace of Jade Marrow Pills was about five spirit stones.
Not expensive, but not cheap either.
It cost about the same as an Allure Pill.
The cost of the Allure pills shouldn’t have been that high. It was mainly due to one primary ingredient, which was from the North Sea in the foreign realm, resulting in an exorbitant cost.
At present, the Jade Marrow Pill’s production cost was set, Luo Chen was still unclear on the quantity of pills that could be produced in a furnace.
As long as it’s more than the Allure Pill, there’s definitely a profit!
After all, one was an aphrodisiac and the other was an elixir that was beneficial to the cultivation practice.
These two markets are simply incomparable.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, Luo Chen didn’t dare to relax his actions.
The Wan Jade was suspended in mid-air over the pill tripod; Luo Chen’s spiritual power output was continuous.
The Spirit Power released was not great, it was only one-tenth of that of the Fireball Technique.
However, this force needed to be retained well and remain particularly stable. It needed to be maintained for a long period of time, which could be physically draining. 7
After the spiritual power was output, it needed to be manipulated and squeezed using a specialized technique.
This technique was something Luo Chen had learned from studying the “Qingyuan Pill Explanation.” It was called the Breaking Jade Hand and was specifically used for handling jade-like materials.
Under this Breaking Jade Hand technique, the jade shell of the Wan Jade began to form cracks.
Then, droplets of crystal-clear liquid, like bone marrow, started to seep out.
This was the Wan Jade’s marrow!
Originally, it should have been solid, but under the kneading of the spiritual power, it turned into a semi-solid, semi-liquid form.
Once these jade marrows enter the pill tripod, they would become completely liquid under high temperatures.
Extracting jade marrow cost Luo Chen a lot of effort.
It took a full half-hour to complete this task.
The two most difficult stages are completed.”
“Now it’s onto the next challenge.”
Having jade as the main ingredient signifies this pill is not a medicinal pill, but
a mineral pill!
In the Immortal Cultivation World, elixirs make up the absolute majority.
There are also many kinds within elixirs.
They are specifically classified based on different main ingredients and effects.
If herbs are the main ingredient, then it’s a medicinal pill.
If a demon beast’s inner pill is the main ingredient, then it’s a beast pill.
If a mineral is the main ingredient, then it’s a mineral pill, also known as a gold stone pill.
It is said that there are also soul pills with souls as the main ingredient, Qi pills with “Qi” as the main ingredient, and strange pills with wonders of heaven and earth as the main ingredient.
There are even rumors that the great Daoists are able to refine Dao pills by using the elusive principles of the Great Dao Path as the main ingredient!
Once one swallows a Dao pill, they can anticipate the Great Dao Path and from then on, life will be determined by oneself rather than fate.
As for such elusive matters, Luo Chen was not interested.
Now, at best, he had only come into contact with medicinal pills and mineral pills.
The current Jade Marrow Pill is a kind of mineral pill.
When refining a mineral pill, one would always encounter a problem to a greater or lesser extent.
That problem was how to perfectly integrate it with the herbs while also eliminating the impurities in the mineral.
If the impurities are not removed sufficiently, then the mineral pill will have residual toxins from the stone.
If the integration is not good enough, then the resulting pill will be very unstable and easy to mineralize!
So, what is the result of mineralization?
Soon, Luo Chen saw it himself.
Not only him, but Mi Shuhua and others saw it too..