Amongst Cultivators, I Stand Above All

389 Mental Preparation

Dong Xi immediately flipped her hand and took out the herbs. Dong Xi said, “Here.”

“How should I refine it?” Ke Xin asked. “I’ve never concocted a Water Repelling Pill before. For tier 2 pills, I’ve only concocted a Wind Speed Pill before. The success rate isn’t very high, so you have to be mentally prepared.”

Ke Xin knew that Dong Xi was very strong. Usually, Dong Xi’s pill concoction was perfect. This had become the benchmark in the Alchemy Sect.

Ke Xin was afraid that if she did not refine it well, Dong Xi would be disappointed, so she said it in advance.

“Don’t worry about the success rate. It doesn’t matter even if all the pills are wasted,” said Dong Xi.

As she spoke, Dong Xi pointed to the jar at the side. Dong Xi said, “Look at how much I’ve wasted.”

After Dong Xi said this, Ke Xin no longer felt any psychological burden.

Dong Xi took out her previous experience and told Ke Xin everything she could use.

Ke Xin listened very seriously. Dong Xi had a unique understanding of pill concoction. After listening to a few words, she benefited greatly, unlike Ke Xin and the others, who were completely imitating others in pill concoction.

It was also Dong Xi’s first time seeing Ke Xin concoct pills. From the moment Ke Xin injected her spiritual energy, Dong Xi frowned.

She did not say anything and just quietly looked at Ke Xin’s ruined furnace.

Looking at Ke Xin’s dejected appearance, Dong Xi said, “If you give too much spiritual energy at the beginning, pill refinement is a continuous process. It’s impossible to succeed in a short time. If you inject too much spiritual energy in the early stages, you’ll be too weak in the later stages. When fusing, the various parts of the pill refinement will be uneven, and it’ll be easy for it to be wasted.”

“You’re right.” Ke Xin nodded.

Dong Xi smiled and said, “At the beginning, you should first use your spiritual energy to circle around the furnace. This is a hot furnace. This way, you can ensure that the medicinal herbs are heated more evenly in the furnace. Do you understand?”

Ke Xin understood. In the past, pill refinement was something she had to ponder over by herself. Although there was a Senior Sister explaining it in the Skill Teaching Hall, it was not as detailed as this. Perhaps… Senior Sister did not understand this either.

Later on, when Ke Xin entered the inner sect, she was still being let loose. Her Master had never seen her before, so no one would talk about these things.

“I’ll keep trying,” said Ke Xin.

This time, Ke Xin’s spiritual energy was much more stable than before. Ke Xin only had fire and wood dual spirit roots, so she would not be affected by other miscellaneous spiritual energies. At the same time, her spirit root values were not high, and the temperature of the flames was not high. She did not need to grasp the elemental balance here like Dong Xi.

Ke Xin focused on the pill furnace, paying attention to the changes inside. When it was about time, she immediately formed hand seals and cast them one by one.

After a while, there was no sound from the pill furnace, nor was there any strange smell. Could it be… she succeeded?

Ke Xin suppressed the excitement in her heart and immediately stood up to check. Dong Xi also stood up.

The two of them opened the pill furnace and were excited when they saw the three pills inside.

“You are indeed amazing. You succeeded in the second batch. Sister, your talent is not bad,” said Dong Xi.

Ke Xin suddenly became a little shy and said shyly, “Not really.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the room instantly fell silent.

Ke Xin raised her head and looked at Dong Xi. The two of them laughed at the same time.

After laughing for a long time, Dong Xi pushed Ke Xin to the praying mat from behind and let Ke Xin sit down.

“It’s not over yet. Continue refining,” said Dong Xi.

“How much do you want to refine?” Ke Xin asked in puzzlement.

Dong Xi raised his eyebrows. With his short hair, he looked like a young man.

“Of course, I’ll stop until you can perfectly concoct the pill,” said Dong Xi.

Ke Xin, “?? ”

“Perfect pill concoction?” Sister, do you think I’m like you? I have never refined a pill perfectly before. This is a tier 2 medicinal pill. I can’t, I can’t…”

Dong Xi stood beside Ke Xin and said, “You can!”

Ke Xin was stunned for a moment. Looking at Dong Xi, Ke Xin’s eyes were filled with unconfidence.

Dong Xi looked down at Ke Xin and said firmly, “Even if you couldn’t do it in the past, you can do it today.”

Dong Xi’s gaze seemed to contain a magical power, and Ke Xin slowly calmed down.

Ke Xin did not say anything. She followed Dong Xi’s instructions and used the spiritual energy to heat up the furnace.

Seeing Ke Xin’s actions, Dong Xi immediately took out two sets of medicinal herbs and handed them to her. Dong Xi threw the medicinal herbs in one by one. Dong Xi watched Ke Xin from the side, wondering if she was writing something on the paper.

The cauldron of pills succeeded once again. It was clearly better than before. This time, there were four pills. Although they were all low-grade, it still gave Ke Xin confidence. Ke Xin had a lot of room for improvement. Although it was a little difficult, as long as she refined more and became familiar with it, there was still a lot of hope. Ke Xin secretly cheered herself on.