"Others' First-grade Flame Explosion Pills can at most kill enemies at the Swordsman level. The ones I craft can even blast a Sword Master to death."
Chu Feng has absolute confidence in his own alchemy skills.
The initial steps of crafting the Flame Burst Pill are no different from those used in crafting the Blood Burning Elixir. However, after the pill forms, Fire Alchemy Symbols need to be engraved on the Elixir Pills, requiring a second refinement.
Under Chu Feng's Alchemy Venerate level skills, the ingredients in the Pill Furnace were quickly crafted into Blood Burning Elixirs.
There were three pills, each three times the size of a normal Blood Burning Elixir.
And they appeared much more compact.
"Not bad, next, I need to engrave the Fire Alchemy Symbols on the Elixir Pills."
"If this were my previous life, I could only use fresh blood to engrave them. This time, there's no need for such trouble, directly controlling the Nine Yang Strange Fire to engrave them will yield even better results."
Chu Feng focused and controlled the Nine Yang Strange Fire, which materialized at his fingertips, forming a thread of fire.
He then carefully engraved the Fire Alchemy Symbols on the three Elixir Pills within the Pill Furnace.
There are nine kinds of Alchemy Symbols, with the most common and simplest being the Five Alchemy Elements' Symbols, which include metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The remaining four advanced ones are wind, thunder, taiyin, and sun symbols.
In his past life, Chu Feng had mastered eight alchemy symbols, only missing the last Sun Alchemy Symbol.
Chu Feng, controlling the fire thread formed by the Nine Yang Strange Fire, engraved mysterious patterns on the surface of the Elixir Pills. They combined to form a complete rune.
Just at the moment the Fire Rune was completed, the whole Elixir Pill tremulously vibrated, emitting a sound resembling the buzzing of a bee's wings.
A miraculous scene occurred: the Strange Fire beneath the Pill Furnace was attracted, continuously surging upward as though wanting to converge into the Elixir Pill.
"Having this Strange Fire is just awesome!"
Chu Feng revealed a joyful smile. If it were his past life, he could only use his own fresh blood to engrave the symbols. Not only was it painful and heavy on essence blood depletion, but it was also likely to result in mistakes.
Now, using Alchemy Fire for engraving is precise, simple, efficient, and doesn't require a drop of his own essence blood.
It really is very good.
In about half an hour, three Blood Burning Elixirs were fully engraved with Fire Alchemy Symbols. They continuously vibrated, causing the Earth Fire below the Pill Furnace to become even more active.
Chu Feng put the lid on the furnace and carefully controlled the Earth Fire to perform a second refinement.
This process must be conducted slowly; rushing it would likely cause the furnace to explode, and it's not uncommon to end up blowing oneself up too.
In the Alchemy Room next to Chu Feng's, a dignified elderly man with white eyebrows and hair, who seemed quite old but had a rosy complexion and spirited eyes, was controlling Earth Fire for Alchemy.
If Xie Bing and Alchemy Master Niu saw this elder, they would definitely greet him respectfully.
Because he is the Dean of the Alchemy Academy—Ge Wanfu.
Even in the Royal Capital, he is quite famous.
Just when Chu Feng finished engraving the first Fire Rune, the elder sensed something unusual. By the time Chu Feng had engraved all three Elixir Pills with Fire Runes, the disturbance was significant. The nearby Alchemy Room was affected too.
Ge Wanfu's controlled Earth Fire, like a bull in rut suddenly smelling a female nearby, started rushing towards the direction of Chu Feng's Alchemy Room.
This caused Ge Wanfu quite a bit of trouble, unable to suppress it. Several times, it nearly resulted in a failure of his alchemy.
"Who's alchemizing next door? What's causing such a commotion?"
Ge Wanfu speculated curiously, wondering which teacher from the academy it could be. So powerful that they could even cause the Earth Fire in his Alchemy Room to behave aberrantly.
If it weren't for the crucial elixir Ge Wanfu was concocting, he would definitely have personally checked to see what was happening in the adjacent Alchemy Room.
Such a huge commotion was indeed surprising.
This situation lasted for about two hours before it slowly returned to normal.
Chu Feng also deeply exhaled a breath of turbid air and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve. Even separated by the Pill Furnace, he could feel waves of extremely dangerous aura emanating.
Concocting Flame Burst Pills is very dangerous. If possible, Chu Feng would definitely make thorough preparations.
But now, he was starting from scratch and didn't even have a set of the simplest armor.
If there were truly an explosion, he would either die or be severely injured.
The only thing he could do was to be as careful as possible and minimize the risk.
Fortunately, the heavens looked after him, allowing him to succeed without mishap.
Lifting the lid of the furnace, Chu Feng joyously inspected the three Flame Burst Pills. They had turned scarlet, and one could vaguely see Fire Runes appearing on the surface of the pills.
Reaching this step generally meant success was achieved. However, to fully complete them, one last step was required.
That was to seal the Elixir.
For ordinary elixirs, sealing simply involved wax. The elixirs were sealed with wax to prevent the medicinal properties from escaping.
Sealing Talismanic Elixirs, however, was completely different.
Just as drawing a talisman requires finishing a curse, after a Talismanic Elixir is concocted, it's essential to seal the crucial Fire Rune.
Chu Feng performed a spell gesture, and the Nine Yang Strange Fire appeared once again at his fingertips. He split a thread of it, dropping it onto one of the Talismanic Elixirs. The fire squirmed like an earthworm, then sealed the Fire Rune on the pill.
After Chu Feng had sealed all three Flame Burst Pills according to the ritual, the major achievement was then considered complete.
Now, to detonate them would be much harder. That dangerous aura also became much weaker.
"Very good, with these three Flame Burst Pills, I can easily kill an enemy who is at the Sword Master Level 1," Chu Feng felt very satisfied, started them up, and packed them separately.
He decided to sell two of the pills and keep one for himself.
After opening the door of the Alchemy Room, Chu Feng walked out. By then, the class had already ended.
"Chu Feng, how did it go, was the concoction successful?" Liu Ping greeted him with a smirk that didn't reach his eyes.
Clearly, this guy had been waiting for Chu Feng on purpose.
"Alas, even the Luck Goddess can't look after me every time! I failed!"
"But I've still gained a lot, and with a few more tries, I believe success will eventually come."
Of course, Chu Feng wouldn't tell Liu Ping the truth.
Hearing about Chu Feng's failure brought a slight smile to Liu Ping's face as he feigned sympathy, "Chu Feng, you and I grew up together, and today in the Alchemy class, you really set a remarkable standard. How about going for a drink together?"
"Not going, my Senior Brother is very strict with me, he'll definitely scold me again!" Chu Feng, unsure about Liu Ping's intentions, quickly refused.
"Come on! Your Senior Brother won't mind, I'll speak on your behalf, you won't get into trouble! Aren't you always wanting to know what exactly happened at Sword King Mansion?"
"I just happened to learn some tidbits, and I'll tell you all about it then."
Liu Ping smiled warmly, indisputably pulling Chu Feng along.
However, deep in his eyes, there lay a chilling Killing Intent. Chu Feng had stolen his thunder, intensifying his murderous intent towards him.