In the room, as the flames roasted, the spirit patterns on the pill furnace gradually began to appear, glowing with a crimson hue.
Soon, the entire pill furnace was illuminated.
With this, Ye Jingcheng let out a long breath, the Yun Furnace was completed, and incredibly smoothly!
He raised his hand, and the Red Flame Fox withdrew its fire.
Beside him, the incense had only burned halfway, with threads of blue smoke drifting towards the ceiling and then disappearing.
"It's a third faster than the Earth Fire Room!" Ye Jingcheng calculated the time and couldn't help but feel a bit excited.
Unlike the Earth Fire Room's temperature, which required a cultivator to control using spirit techniques, now using the Red Flame Fox, only a thought transmitted by a soul contract was needed.
The Red Flame Fox had a better sensitivity to fire than he did.
Ye Jingcheng placed his hand on the spirit patterns atop the Red Flame Fox's head, feeling a warm sensation spreading to his palm.
The Red Flame Fox couldn't help but squint its eyes, letting out a gentle purr.
Then Ye Jingcheng began to infuse the treasure light of the Treasure Book.
Indeed, within this year, he discovered that the treasure light of the Treasure Book could also restore the spiritual power of spirit beasts.
Feeling the treasure light from Ye Jingcheng, the Red Flame Fox couldn't help but lie down, its eyelids drooping. Its entire body was as red as blazing fire, and at this moment, the spirit patterns on its forehead became even more distinct.
After about five breaths, Ye Jingcheng stopped infusing the treasure light.
Being just a small Yun Furnace, naturally, it couldn't be rewarded too much.
The Red Flame Fox chirped twice, evidently still craving more!
Ye Jingcheng patted the Red Flame Fox's head and then took out the spirit medicine for the Qi Blood Pill.
But after hesitating for a while, he replaced the spirit medicine with the Spirit Nourishing Pill and then began the refining process.
As if sensing that the Spirit Nourishing Pill was also its food, the Red Flame Fox breathed fire with increased skill and stability!
Soon, as a whiff of pill fragrance wafted out, ten Spirit Nourishing Pills appeared inside the furnace – a full batch!
Each pill shone brilliantly, round and full.
Ye Jingcheng took two out of the ten, directly placing them into the mouth of the Red Flame Fox as a reward.
Before eating the spirit pills, the Red Flame Fox licked Ye Jingcheng's hand with its tongue, and seeing Ye Jingcheng smile slightly, it began to contentedly munch on the Spirit Nourishing Pill.
Meanwhile, Ye Jingcheng began to summarize this instance of the Red Flame Fox making pills.
He found that with the Red Flame Fox, the success rate of making spirit pills was higher, and the quality of the elixirs was better.
"No wonder Foundation Establishment cultivators learn alchemy much faster than Qi Cultivators," Ye Jingcheng couldn't help but recall ancient records about the Spirit Platform Fire of Foundation Establishment cultivators.
He and the Red Flame Fox were in tune with each other's thoughts, somewhat similar to the Spirit Platform Fire.
The only thing to be cautious about is that the Red Flame Fox expends nearly half of its spiritual power to make a Tier One Lower-grade Spirit Nourishing Pill.
Fortunately, the Treasure Book can replenish it, and the Red Flame Fox can also restore its own spiritual power.
Ye Jingcheng then began to wipe down the pill furnace and Yun Furnace, this time carefully taking out the elixir for the Qi Blood Pill.
Yun Furnace, Melted Medicine!
The crimson flames made the room glow red; if not for the Spirit Separation Array's isolating effect, the room might have caught fire.
As the furnace spun at high speed, the Red Flame Fox's eyes drooped, and its fur no longer radiated as brilliantly as before.
"Xiaoyan, hold on a little longer!"
Ye Jingcheng encouraged.
Finally, as a streak of spiritual light spread within the pill furnace, Ye Jingcheng performed a spirit technique, causing the furnace to fly out and land in front of him.
The Red Flame Fox quickly withdrew its flames, chirping twice, its voice now somewhat hoarse, pacing eagerly around Ye Jingcheng and looking at him with anticipation.
However, Ye Jingcheng, at this moment, wasn't looking at the Red Flame Fox but was eagerly gazing at the Qi Blood Pill.
Inside, two red pills lay quietly.
"Success!"
Success on the first attempt!
Ye Jingcheng was quite excited, as although this Qi Blood Pill was similar in difficulty to the Body Tempering Pill, it was still worth celebrating.
Ye Jingcheng infused the treasure light again for the Red Flame Fox, which continued to chirp hoarsely.
Only after Ye Jingcheng offered three bowls of spring water did it become extremely satisfied, evidently having been somewhat parched from too much fire-breathing.
After summarizing a session, Ye Jingcheng began meditative cultivation to restore spiritual energy, with the Red Flame Fox lying beside him.
In the room, the person and the beast both glowed faintly red, appearing exceptionally harmonious.
The days of alchemy passed quickly, and after ten days, Ye Jingcheng raised his hand to open the furnace again, revealing seven Qi Blood Pills inside.
On average, he refined two furnaces per day. Not counting the first day's Spirit Nourishing Pills, he had refined nineteen furnaces, with four failures among them.
Ye Xinghe again gathered four people, sitting around a table.
Unlike the prior urgency, this time, Ye Xinghe would occasionally glance at Ye Jingcheng.
It seemed he harbored greater expectations for him, and Ye Jingcheng felt that maybe Ye Xinghe had already found other strategies to deal with the situation.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be this composed.
"From now until the full moon, there are two weeks left. Let's discuss our progress!" Ye Xinghe suggested.
"In ten days, I only opened the furnace eight times, producing twenty Qi Blood Pills!" Ye Jingyun spoke first.
The Qi Blood Pill was a Tier One Middle-grade Spirit Pill, and at this moment, he felt a significant improvement, but was still worried about reaching the one-month target.
Therefore, he hoped Ye Xinghe could prepare in multiple ways.
Ye Xinghe nodded, seemingly unsurprised.
"I opened the furnace eight times, crafting eight Tier One Lower-grade Spiritual Artifacts!" Ye Jingli also spoke slowly.
Ye Xinghe continued nodding, looking at Ye Jingcheng, and naturally, Ye Jingli and Ye Jingyun were also looking at Ye Jingcheng. They were all curious whether the beast fire could refine spirit pills!
"Uncle, I refined eighty Qi Blood Pills!" Ye Jingcheng replied, not underreporting.
Firstly, Qi Blood Pills also equated to contribution points and spirit stones, and with the family's crisis, if he held back and delayed family matters, his future wouldn't be favorable.
Having grown up in the Ye Family, he felt a strong sense of belonging.
"Good!" Ye Xinghe enthusiastically exclaimed.
After checking the pills Ye Jingcheng handed over three times and ensuring there were no substandard products among them, he gave Ye Jingcheng a thumbs-up in praise.
"Additionally, I will transmit your method to the family, letting them research the utilization of beast fire. Perhaps the family will end up with more alchemists who don't rely on earth fire!"
"If this method proves feasible, the family will reward you with more contribution points!" Ye Xinghe stated.
Next to him, Ye Xingyu reported that he had crafted nine Tier One Middle-grade Spiritual Artifacts over the ten days!
This too highly satisfied Ye Xinghe, who wasn't disappointed with the resources of one Earth Fire Room per person, the Qi Recovery Pills, and other family resources at their disposal.
At this rate, combined with other secret sources, he no longer feared that contract failure.
Next, Ye Xinghe again distributed tasks and materials to the four.
Ye Jingcheng was pleasantly surprised to find that the ancient book, pill formulas, and spirit medicines he had asked the family to find were included.
After the workload lightened, he could look for more, yet the Four Flavors Main Medicine puzzled him.
With the upcoming Taihang Market annual auction, maybe that would be the time to get it, as his Thirteenth Aunt advised.
Before leaving, as if noticing the fatigue among the three, Ye Xinghe suggested, "There's no need for you all to be so tense, especially you Jing Yun, Jingcheng, and Jingli. You can go explore the market, relax a bit!"
After all, since coming to the Taihang Market auction, there's no fear of failing the contract.
"And when you go to the market, you don't need to be so tense, especially Jingyun, Jingcheng, and Jingli. Take a walk, relax!" Ye Xinghe suggested as he seemingly noticed the fatigue in the three of them before he left!