Chapter 693: Duan Tang and Bai Yiming’s Reaction (4)
The Internal Breath Flame has no temperature and cannot harm anyone, but it is the best essence for alchemy!
An Yiqing’s right hand ignited the Medicine Cauldron with the Internal Breath Flame while her left hand kept tossing in the herbs laid out on the ground one after another without even glancing at them. The movements appeared chaotic but were actually well-ordered; the timing, sequence, and intensity of the flame for each herb were all meticulously considered. This was something An Yiqing had realized when she was refining Condense Spirit before, and it laid a solid foundation for her future path in alchemy.
About a quarter of an hour later, An Yiqing had put all the prepared herbs into the cauldron, covered the lid of the Medicine Cauldron, spurred the Internal Breath Flame in her right hand, and began to refine with focused attention.
Alchemy requires a certain state of mind; with a confused heart, the control of the flame and timing will deviate. As the saying goes, a miss is as good as a mile; the slightest deviation could affect the medicinal properties of the finished product.
And the antidote for Qing Frost, especially for the antidote of Mutated Green Frost, is a superior medicine that simply cannot be refined with ordinary flames. If Shennong Shi had not taught her the method to extract the Internal Breath Flame, An Yiqing might spend her entire life unable to create the antidote for Qing Frost.
With so many instances of refining medicines under her belt, An Yiqing’s skill in handling the Internal Breath Flame grew increasingly proficient, her control of the heat became second nature, and her speed of preparing medicines also increased.
After a little over an hour, An Yiqing slowly retracted the Internal Breath Flame in her hand and gently lifted the lid of the Medicine Cauldron.
Looking down, she saw ten evenly sized red pills neatly arranged inside the cauldron. The pills had a faint fragrance, refreshing and pleasing to the senses.