Chapter 3122 — The Miraculous Pill Cauldron
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"Fine. Have it your way, Second Brother." Elder Xuan Chen was indifferent.
Elder Xuan Zhen wasted no time. He gathered his things and set off to find Tian Chan. The plan to open the Cloud-Tier Island was imminent, and he had to begin refining the first-tier resistance and defense pill at once. Otherwise, there would not be time enough.
Tian Chan was somewhat surprised by Elder Xuan Zhen's arrival. "Master, why have you come in person? If there was a matter, you could have simply summoned me, and I would have gone to you!"
"I have come to stay with you for a good while. There are matters in which I need your help!" Elder Xuan Zhen said. "It is like this: I am about to refine the first-tier resistance and defense pill for opening the Cloud-Tier Island plan, but I need someone at my side to assist. This kind of pill cannot be successfully refined by me alone—someone must take over from me midway!"
"Oh? Please tell me what you require, Master... But taking over from you midway, that—well, though I am also a third-grade alchemist, when it comes to controlling the temperature, if even a tiny error occurs midway, the whole batch will be ruined!" Tian Chan said, her expression grave after hearing him out.
"Heh heh, you need not worry about that. Your master has a divine artifact here, made specifically for refining this kind of pill!" Elder Xuan Zhen laughed heartily, speaking with evident pride.
"Oh? There is such a divine artifact?" Tian Chan was taken aback. "What is it?"
"This is it!" Elder Xuan Zhen drew a third-grade pill cauldron from the pouch at his waist. It was unlike other pill cauldrons, however: a row of thermometers was set into it, along with several stopwatches. Its appearance was utterly bizarre.
"What... is this thing? It looks so strange!" Tian Chan stared curiously at the third-grade pill cauldron in Elder Xuan Zhen's hands. "Is it sick? Why are so many thermometers stuck into it?"
"Pfft... cough, cough..." Elder Xuan Zhen, seeing Tian Chan's innocent expression, broke into a fit of coughing. He had meant to show off a little, but little did he expect that Tian Chan would not recognize its value! With no other choice, Elder Xuan Zhen explained it himself. "This divine artifact was remodeled for me years ago by a genius girl I happened to meet!"
"A genius girl? Remodeled? Then what use is it?" Tian Chan asked in astonishment.
"Tian Chan, look here—there is a stopwatch for keeping time, yes? And here on top is a thermometer, yes? And the thermometer has gradations, yes?" Elder Xuan Zhen pointed smugly at the devices on the cauldron.
"I see them. But what use are they?" Tian Chan was thoroughly puzzled.
"Heh heh, their use is considerable. The gradations on the thermometer here indicate the temperature required during the countdown time shown on the stopwatch below. I need only follow the stopwatch's time and condense pill fire at that temperature, and then I need not concern myself with anything else. I watch until the thermometer's temperature holds steady, wait for the stopwatch's countdown to end, and then the next stopwatch starts automatically. At that point, I again adjust the pill fire's temperature according to the reading on that stopwatch, hold it steady, wait for the countdown to end, and so on into the next stopwatch..." Elder Xuan Zhen explained.
"This... is it really that simple?" Tian Chan was rather surprised. "Does that not mean that, if one follows the instructions above strictly, the pill is guaranteed to form?"
"But of course!" Elder Xuan Zhen nodded. "Why else would I call it a divine artifact? It is extremely easy to use. So long as we can skillfully master the temperature of the pill fire, the pill will form smoothly! The success rate can reach one hundred percent!"
"Heavens, truly marvelous!" Tian Chan exclaimed. "But this seems quite complicated. Can it be used to refine other pills as well?"