Chapter 89: The Use of Ruby in Brushweaving
A month quickly passed ever since the incident with the Bloodwave Conclave.
Li Lang had been making decent progress in all his studies.
In alchemy, the success rate of his pill-refining has been steadily going up. It was only one in three tries, but it was unmistakably an improvement. As a result of all the refining he had done, his Qi sense had improved as well.
He was now able to monitor the situation in the furnace with more clarity. It allowed him to really observe the difference between his new techniques and his old methods. When he did personal practice, he didn’t forget to use his Qi sense to observe the inner workings of how his old technique worked.
Li Lang had dubbed his old technique the mass-production technique. From his observations, he found that the pill furnace was much more tame throughout the entire refining. That was because he had already processed the materials. They were already powdered or cut into uniform pieces. It was as if the material had been neutered.
This meant the reaction when the materials combined was more predictable. No interference was needed for the pill to form. However, the quality was sacrificed as a result.
His new traditional alchemy techniques did the opposite. He did not prep the materials ahead of time. Instead, he closely monitored how the materials were doing in real-time, and adjusted accordingly. This allowed him to produce pills of higher quality by making better use of the materials.
“Congratulations. You have succeeded in refining a Recovery Pill of good quality,” Zhao Longwei said with a grin. “Your success rate is decent as well. I would have you go take the apprentice alchemist exam with the guild now if you hadn’t done so already.”
“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Zhao,” Li Lang clasped his hand to his mentor.
“No problem. It is what I should do. Now then, you should try to refine another type of pill yourself this time. The techniques are all the same, but you will have to learn the characteristics of the new recipe yourself.”
“Understood. I will definitely take your teachings to heart.”
After asking a few questions to his mentor, Li Lang departed.