"Fire!"
Lin Miao lit the wood under the alchemy furnace,
adding some coal to raise the temperature.
Gradually, the furnace became blazing hot.
Lin Miao followed the Blood Enhancing Pill recipe,
adding herbs in proportion.
Time passed.
Inside, the furnace glowed bright red.
The herbs melted into a sticky liquid.
At this point, the Qi Cultivator or Innate Warrior's role began.
Pill Refining requires controlling the furnace's heat and the pill's final condensation,
all needing careful, human control.
Innate Warriors can use their externalized Innate True Qi to regulate this,
and Qi Cultivators can use their spiritual power similarly.
Body Refinement and Acquired Warriors can only watch helplessly.
Though Acquired Warriors have Inner Power,
it cannot be externalized and thus cannot be used to refine pills.
Lin Miao extended his spiritual power into the furnace,
protecting the pill liquid,
even shielding it from excessive heat.
This is the control of heat—
when to heat and when to cool.
Mastering this timing distinguishes a good Pill Refining Master.
Time ticked by.
Lin Miao maintained his spiritual power,
but it was weak,
not yet reaching Qi Cultivation Level One.
If refining pills for Qi Cultivators,
he would have no chance.
But for Blood Enhancing Pills,
Lin Miao's spiritual power was just enough.
After just a quarter hour, a strange aroma wafted out.
"Finished?"
Lin Fei watched the furnace closely.
Phew...
Lin Miao retracted his spiritual power,
collapsed from exhaustion.
"Young Master, I'm... exhausted."
"My spiritual power is basically depleted and needs a full day to recover."
"So I can only make one Blood Enhancing Pill per day."
Lin Miao's voice trembled, obviously at his limit.
Lin Fei looked at him kindly, then focused on the furnace.
Could the pills really be made?
"Open!"
Lin Fei opened the furnace lid quickly,
which dropped to the ground.
A strong fragrance spread,
mixed slightly with a burnt smell.
Lin Fei peered inside-
everything inside was a black, sticky mess.
"Failed?"
Lin Fei sighed disappointedly.
Lin Miao got up and looked equally dejected.
"Young Master, I couldn't control the heat well, so this batch failed..."
Lin Miao lowered his head.
"Not necessarily a failure."
Lin Fei used a tool to sift through the black residue,
and surprisingly found three pills.
"Still made pills—three Blood Enhancing Pills."
Lin Fei smiled slightly.
"But I need to test them first."
He swallowed one pill directly.
His vast blood flow quickly absorbed the pill's effects.
Soon, a warm current spread throughout his body.
"Your Giant Whale Refinement Body Skill absorbed the Blood Enhancing Pill's medicinal power, increasing cultivation progress by 0.1%."
The system's voice echoed in his mind.
"Indeed, Blood Enhancing Pill!"
"But the effect on me is minimal."
"One pill only raises Giant Whale Refinement Body Skill progress by 0.1%."
"To reach Body Refinement's limit and birth Inner Power,
I'd need to take at least 1,000 Blood Enhancing Pills."
Lin Fei calculated the cost.
According to Nine Profound Sect prices,
each Blood Enhancing Pill costs 1,000 Contribution Points,
even at half price for inner disciples.
One thousand pills cost one million Contribution Points,
equivalent to one million taels of silver!
An astronomical sum.
How many tasks would it take to earn that many Contribution Points?
Thus, using Blood Enhancing Pills alone to cultivate Giant Whale Refinement Body Skill was extravagant.
Without the pills, Lin Fei would have to endure slow cultivation progress-
maybe only 1% in several days or a month.
That could mean years or even decades to birth Inner Power and become Acquired Warrior.
Such disciples were common in the inner sect-
spending many years moving from Body Refinement Level 9 to Acquired.
Lin Fei couldn't tolerate such slowness.
"This batch of materials for the pills cost no more than a hundred taels of silver."
"But still produced three pills."
"Even at this rate, 40,000 taels could produce 1,000 pills."
"Wow, what a huge profit margin!"
Lin Fei's eyes lit up.
Pill refining was indeed unimaginably lucrative.
Forty thousand taels worth of materials made a thousand pills,
yet the sect sold them for one million taels.
Of course, there's a big reason-
the Pill Refiners themselves!
Which Innate Warrior would waste time refining mere Blood Enhancing Pills daily?
Which Qi Cultivator would refine pills every day?
It would hinder their own cultivation.
Only Lin Fei, controlling Lin Miao,
could make Lin Miao prioritize pill refining over cultivation.
Lin Fei felt fortunate.
His choice to keep Lin Miao was clearly the right one.
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