Chapter 13: Successful Alchemy, Opening the Alchemy Room

"Since it won't work here."

"I'll wait until tonight and try in the System Space, where the spiritual energy is dense, maybe that will do the trick."

With that in mind, Lin Jing first cleaned the Three-legged Copper Furnace, packed it away, and then opened both the windows and the door to air out the scent from the room.

He himself took an elixir book and went out into the courtyard to continue his research.

It wasn't until the sun hung over the mountain and the sky gradually darkened that Lin Jing lifted his head.

By that time, smoke was rising from many courtyards nearby, and the fragrance of various dishes also began to waft through the air.

A sense of worldly liveliness unique to mortals permeated this cultivator-inhabited Fang Market.

Indeed, cultivators also need to eat.

This place was inhabited by the lower echelons of the cultivation world, mostly those at the early and middle stages of Qi Refinement.

They were not yet capable of fasting and could hardly afford Fasting Pills, so they had to cook their own meals.

Moreover, most people here, just like mortals, ate very ordinary rice.

For them, Spirit Rice was far too expensive.

Of course, there were a very few who were in the Late Stage Qi Refining, with stronger cultivation and hence more Spirit Stones to their names, and could afford Spirit Rice.

For example, Lin Jing's neighbor, Ning Daoyou with her child, was at the Late Stage Qi Refining.

When meal times came around, the aroma of steamed Spirit Rice always emerged from her house.

Seeing that the day had turned dark, Lin Jing also prepared to start a fire and cook.

Previously, with the Spirit Rice he had sold, aside from what he sold to Shopkeeper Cheng, he still had a few hundred jin left, enough to last him until the Spirit Rice in the System Space matured again.

For this period, Lin Jing had been eating this kind of Spirit Rice.

Whether it was his imagination or not, Lin Jing felt that the Spirit Rice he grown was somewhat sweeter than other Spirit Rice out there.

For this reason, he had specifically purchased some Medium Grade Spirit Rice for comparison.

And indeed, it was the case.

No wonder Shopkeeper Cheng had been so anxious back then, desperate to reserve the next year's supply of Spirit Rice.

Starting a fire, cooking rice, stir-frying dishes, all done in one go...

Then, by the last light of dusk, Lin Jing sat down to enjoy his dinner.

After eating and tidying up, Lin Jing returned to the room and continued perusing elixir books.

Night deepened, and soon it was the wee hours of the next day.

"System Space time refresh, time remaining to enter: 4 hours."

The system prompt sounded again.

A smile crossed Lin Jing's face.

"Enter the System Space."

Once in the System Space, Lin Jing called up the familiar panel and directly checked his own information.

Lin Jing (23/90)

Spiritual Root: Five Elements Mixed Spirit Root (Low Grade)

Cultivation: Qi Refinement Second Layer (8%)

Cultivation Technique: Qingyuan Dao Method (Level One), Qingyuan Sword Control Technique (Entry Level), Controlling Fire Technique (Entry Level)

Secondary Profession: None

The Secondary Profession column still displayed none.

Time was precious inside the System Space, so Lin Jing dared not waste a moment.

He took out the Three-legged Copper Furnace from the Storage Bag, then prepared the materials, and Lin Jingshen took a deep breath to relax.

In alchemy, the most important thing is the state of mind.

Once everything was ready, Lin Jing began to ignite the fire, added various spiritual materials into the Pill Furnace, and started alchemy...

"Boom"

As expected, the first furnace blew up.

After contemplating for a moment, Lin Jing continued.

The second furnace did not explode but produced elixirs of irregular shapes without any fragrance.

Lin Jing pinched one with his hand, and the irregular elixir crumbled immediately, revealing it was full of dregs, clearly a failed product.

However, this was still a great improvement over the first attempt.

After a couple more trials, he finally stumbled upon some tricks of the trade.

Alchemy in the System Space was indeed much more successful than in the outside world; it seems that the density of spiritual energy is extremely important for alchemy.

This point was not mentioned in the alchemy book given by Manager Li.

Immediately after, Lin Jing prepared the materials and started crafting the fifth batch of elixir medicine.

He still deposited the spiritual materials into the furnace in the correct order, and when the flames rose, he quickly and carefully controlled them to avoid an excessively high temperature that could cause an explosion.

Meanwhile, his Divine Sense frequently reached out to check the situation inside the pill furnace.

Everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

After a stick of incense burned down, a faint aroma wafted out from the pill furnace.

"Success!"

Lin Jing's eyes sparkled and his heart thumped rapidly.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Jing hurriedly calmed his emotions.

So as not to throw all his efforts away at the last moment.

As time slowly passed, the aroma from inside the pill furnace grew stronger and stronger.

By now, Lin Jing's forehead was covered in sweat as he carefully controlled the flames.

However, his eyes shone brightly, and he appeared extremely excited.

"Ding"

"System notification: Congratulations to the host for successfully crafting a batch of elixir medicine and unlocking the secondary profession: Alchemist."

"Elixir crafting success, Alchemy proficiency +3"

"System notification: As this is the host's first successful elixir crafting, you are rewarded with 10 Harvest Points."

"System notification: Secondary profession Alchemist identity activated, Alchemy Room now available to open."

"Opening the Alchemy Room requires 10 Harvest Points, does the host wish to proceed?"

A series of system notifications left Lin Jing stunned.

"Alchemy Room? What is this?"

Trusting the system to produce only the best, Lin Jing did not hesitate and chose to open the Alchemy Room immediately.

"System, open the Alchemy Room."

"System notification: Alchemy Room opening successful, 10 Harvest Points deducted, remaining balance: 29 Harvest Points."

Next, a small room sprouted next to the Spirit Field as if growing out of the ground, taking no more than moments to take shape.

Now that the elixir medicine was ready, Lin Jing had no time to marvel at the system's miraculous work and quickly extinguished the fire.

After waiting for a short while for the temperature of the furnace to drop slightly, Lin Jing lifted the lid and was immediately greeted by a burst of fragrance that spread throughout the area.

He reached into the pill furnace and took out the elixir medicine. There were three pills in this batch, and Lin Jing examined them closely in front of his eyes.

The elixir pills were not smooth and shiny, and even their shapes varied somewhat.

Clearly, these were three low-grade elixir medicines.

But, Lin Jing was still very happy.

In his elation, Lin Jing looked up and saw the Alchemy Room standing proudly to the side.

Immediately intrigued, he walked toward the Alchemy Room to see what it looked like inside.

The Alchemy Room wasn't big, about the size of a single room, with black bricks and green tiles in a circular shape.

If it were a bit larger, it would resemble a round palace.

Lin Jing pushed open the door and walked into the Alchemy Room. Inside, a huge Tai Chi and Eight Trigrams symbol covered the entire floor of the room.

There was nothing else.

"Is this it...?"

Looking at the empty Alchemy Room, Lin Jing didn't really know what to say.

"System, what functions does the Alchemy Room have?"

"The Alchemy Room panel has been opened for the host."

Alchemy Room: Level 1

Divine Sense strength increase: 10%

Elixir crafting success rate increase: (Tier 1 10%)

Elixir quality improvement: (Tier 1 10%)

Chance of producing Pure Elixir Medicine: (Tier 1 10%)

Required for upgrade: (29/100 Harvest Points)

That it actually increased the chances of successful elixir crafting, Lin Jing couldn't contain his excitement.

"I'm going to make a fortune in the future."