Chapter 377: Qingya Pill Workshop

"Master, if you don't mind that I am slow, please take me as your Disciple!" The youth looked into Qin Ming's eyes and suddenly knelt down.

Qin Ming smiled and said, "Are you not afraid that I am deceiving you?"

"I am not afraid," the youth said. "I do not think I am worth 3,300 High-Grade Spirit Stones. You were willing to give me these Spirit Stones and trust me; how could I not trust you?"

"Very well," Qin Ming said. "Meeting you by chance can be considered fate. I will take you on as my first Alchemy Disciple."

"Yes, Master." The youth stood up happily.

"What is your name?" Qin Ming asked.

"This Disciple is named Sima Shuo," the youth said.

Qin Ming nodded and said, "Sima Shuo, bring your Pill Furnace; I will first teach you how to refine the most basic qi refining pill. By the way, I do not have the spirit plants for the qi refining pill, so bring a portion of those as well."

"Very well." The youth ran into the room and quickly returned with a Pill Furnace and a portion of spirit plants for the qi refining pill.

"Watch closely!" Qin Ming placed his palm upon the Pill Furnace, and a raging fire instantly rose within it.

"This is called warming the furnace. You must have learned this before. When you become very skilled, you will be able to be like Master and use a large flame to warm the furnace, but for now, you had better use a small flame and warm it slowly!"

Qin Ming slowed his movements as much as possible, placing the spirit plants in one by one, while the youth carefully observed the changes occurring to the spirit plants inside the Pill Furnace.

"When condensing the Medicinal Pill, you must wrap it with your Mental Energy. You must ensure that your Mental Energy is instantly transmitted to every single liquid droplet—condense!" One by one, the Medicinal Pills condensed and took form.

"Open the Pill Furnace," Qin Ming said. Once a Medicinal Pill is successfully refined, it sinks directly to the bottom of the Pill Furnace; it cannot be seen from the outside, and one can only see it clearly by opening the Pill Furnace.

"Yes." The youth happily opened the lid of the Pill Furnace. Because the Pill Furnace was quite small, the youth could only reach one hand inside to retrieve the Medicinal Pills.

He felt around and grasped a large handful of Medicinal Pills, his heart filled with joy: "It seems this Master is very capable; he refined the qi refining pill successfully so quickly."

"Master, it was a success! There are nine patterns on these pills," the youth said happily.

In an instant, the youth realized: nine patterns—wasn't that a perfect elixir?

Had Master just refined a perfect elixir?

Master had used an unfamiliar Pill Furnace, and he had been teaching him while refining the pills; he hadn't been fully concentrating on the Alchemy at all.

The youth counted the number of pills again.

Heavens! There were ten Medicinal Pills in total.

Ten pills with nine patterns—this had reached the legendary Great Perfection of Alchemy.

Great Perfection of Alchemy; this legend was actually true. He had always thought that no one could achieve such a level, believing it to be merely a legend. He never expected that the Master he had just apprenticed under could actually use an unfamiliar Pill Furnace and, while teaching him, refine pills to the Great Perfection level.

Qin Ming smiled and said, "This is quite normal; you will be able to do it as well in the future."

From his current observations, the youth's character seemed decent. However, time reveals a person's heart, and Qin Ming could not trust him so easily; he still needed time to observe him.

Therefore, Qin Ming concealed his true skill and did not refine twenty pills in a single furnace.

If word got out that he could refine twenty Medicinal Pills in a single furnace, it would surely cause trouble, and Qin Ming did not like trouble.

"I can do it too?" the youth asked, pointing to himself.

Qin Ming nodded and said, "The first rule of joining my sect is that you are not allowed to refine higher-tier Medicinal Pills until you can achieve Great Perfection."

"Yes!" Sima Shuo bowed and said.

…

A few days later, with Qin Ming not afraid of wasting Spirit Stones and under Sima Shuo's management, the renovation of the Medicinal Pill shop was completed in a flurry of activity.

"Master, what shall we name our shop?" Sima Shuo asked.

Qin Ming thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it Qingya Pill Workshop."

"Very well." Sima Shuo found someone to prepare the shop's signboard, and it was soon hung up. And thus, Qingya Pill Workshop quietly began its business.