The Undying Immortal System

Why was I so blasé about my bet with Gougou? Even if I could make Perfect Rank 1 pills relatively easily, making a dozen in a single night as only a Martial Disciple 2 would be challenging, wouldn’t it? Normally, maybe, but I had a secret ace. Spirit Fire Seed Mastery.

After purchasing mastery over the Cold Mountain Fire, I gained insights and ideas I hadn’t even imagined before. One of the first things I did with it was infuse my body with the spirit flame to mimic the way most people used spirit fires. It would be completely dormant most of the time, and I would never consider using it when concocting pills privately, but if someone examined me, or I needed to perform some public alchemy, it was waiting there for others to see.

I also learned that, since it was a Yellow rank spirit fire, it would have limited effects on concocting a pill above the Grandmaster level. Ruler tier pills needed Profound rank spirit fires. However, if I could reach six-star earth and water affinity, and I pumped in enough fire qi, the Cold Mountain Fire would be good enough for any Rank 4, Lord-level, pill. The affinities were a small problem, but it was fixable. To become a Pill King, I needed to look into getting a more powerful fire seed.

Roadblocks kept appearing in my quest for a spatial fire seed, and a Profound seed for alchemy purposes was just one more, but the seed I wanted being held by a Formation Emperor let me be confident that it would all be worth it in the end.

In the evening, there was no one on staff on the workshop floor, but members were still allowed to use the workshops. I picked an open room at random and went inside.

The cauldrons provided by the Pavilion were all top-notch. They were a step above what I had in the sect, and I even noticed formation markings on them, but I didn’t know what that was for. I had never used formations in alchemy before, so I left them alone.

Taking the first set of ingredients, I chucked them all into the cauldron without a care. I didn’t need to start a fire or heat it up. I didn’t really even need the cauldron. I just needed something to help contain the medicinal energy as I worked.

I blasted out a wave of spirit fire, and in a second all the exposed toxins were gone on all three ingredients. Then, I used my wood affinity to peel open the medicinal energy, careful not to damage its structure, and expose the final bits of toxic energy. After a small wisp of fire qi, the herbs were completely cleansed.

Before combining them, I spent a little time examining each herb. My qi vision had improved since the last time I studied low-level herbs, and I wanted to see if I could find anything new. I noticed small areas where the medicinal energy’s structure was not quite right. I hadn’t tried it before, but I reached out with my wood affinity and attempted to massage those areas back into perfect form. It didn’t work quite right, but the energy seemed to be slightly better. This experiment gave me a new avenue to look into for improving my Rank 1 alchemy, which was very gratifying.