The continuous presence of the Holy Maiden Lotus made the sect leader Wu Su's nerves tense to the extreme. To prove that Lin Qi, the "genius" disciple of their sect, was not just a name for himself, Wu Su decided to assign a task that required extremely high concentration and technical proficiency: alchemy.
"Disciple Lin Qi," Wu Su led Lin Qi to a brand-new purple flame treasure furnace that was resplendent with light all over. This furnace was cast from the fine gold that Lin Qi had "accidentally" brought back during his last treasure hunt. Your next task is to refine a batch of "Qi-nourishing Pills" for the sect. This is the key for our sect to enhance its strength."
Wu Su handed Lin Qi a set of complex alchemy techniques and the mnemonic for controlling the heat, and carefully presented him with dozens of rare spiritual materials. He thought to himself that alchemy required strict procedures, which were beyond the control of luck. As long as Lin Qi could refine a qualified medium-grade elixir, it would be worthy of his status as a "hidden master".
Lynch looked at the complicated gestures and rhymes and felt dizzy. He picked up a piece of spiritual material - a thousand-year-old snow lotus - and smelled it.
"Such a hassle," Lynch muttered, casually throwing the thousand-year-old snow lotus into the treasure furnace. He paid no attention at all to the sequence of the spiritual materials being released, nor did he care about the heat control.
A poor start
The first step in alchemy is to ignite the fire. Lynch recalled that in the mnemonic, it was mentioned that "when the mind is calm, the fire will naturally arise." But where could his mind find peace? He only remembered that the steamed buns he ate yesterday were a bit cold.
To make the fire "grow on its own", Lynch directly grabbed a handful of ordinary firewood from the fuel trough at the bottom of the stove and lit it. This kind of mortal fire is too hot and extremely unstable, and is simply not suitable for refining any elixir.
Next comes the materials. Lynch threw all the spiritual materials, including the bronze grass and dragon beard roots needed to refine the Qi Nourishing Pill, as well as a tatched cloth he had accidentally picked up on the road and mistakenly regarded as a medicinal herb, into the furnace together.
He completely ignored the automatic temperature control array of the treasure furnace and just kept stirring inside with a long iron spoon, as if cooking a pot of messy porridge.
"Well, it should be stirred a little longer," Lynch thought.
The ordinary fire inside the furnace instantly scorched the high-level spiritual materials black. The Purple Flame Treasure Furnace began to emit a painful humming sound, and the array patterns on its body flickered wildly, attempting to prevent this disaster.
The Lotus Holy Maiden, who was sitting not far away observing, frowned slightly. She saw that Lynch's approach was so casual and so rough. She was convinced: "This is a case of great skill without craftsmanship. He is using the most crude means to mock our obsession with techniques!" "
A farce where the furnace is destroyed but the elixir remains
Master Wu Su stared intently at the smoke outside the alchemy room, calculating the heat. He expected that in another ten minutes, the elixir would be ready.
However, just five minutes later, the chaotic heat inside the furnace and the completely reversed medicinal properties finally triggered a crisis.
Rumble!
The Purple Flame Treasure Furnace gave a sudden jolt, and its lid was lifted by a huge wave of air, shooting straight up to the roof. A thick black smoke, accompanied by a burnt smell, gushed out.
"Failed! A complete failure!" Wu Su closed his eyes in despair. This was not only a failure in alchemy, but also the depletion of the precious spiritual materials in the sect's inventory, and a complete loss of face in front of the Holy Maiden!
However, Lynch's luck, that absolutely unextinguished blind luck (AII&BL), intervened again.
Inside the furnace, all the spiritual materials have charred and are about to turn into waste residue. But Lynch's core of infinite density cannot allow his "property" to be wasted. It released a weak but irresistible force of cosmic compression.
This force regarded all the scorched, disordered medicinal dregs, failed medicinal properties, and even that tattered rag mixed in as the purest energy, and carried out an extreme, super-dimensional compression and re-fusion.
All chaotic moments are compressed into a single point. At the same moment when the stove cover was lifted away by the air wave, an object flew out at an incredible speed, heading straight for Lynch's fingertips.
Lynch's fingertips happened to grasp a flawless elixir that was glittering with seven colors of light and exuded an ancient fragrance.
This elixir completely transcends the category of qi-nourishing pills. It is the legendary divine elixir that can bring life and death to people and even flesh and bones.
Lynch looked at the elixir on his fingertip and asked in puzzlement, "Is this a charred bun?" Why is it so hard?
The supreme misunderstanding
Master Wu Su and the Holy Maiden Lianhua rushed into the alchemy room, but what they saw was: the charred bottom of the furnace, the flying furnace lid, and the seven-colored immortal pill shining brightly on Lin Qi's fingertip.
Wu Su's knees gave way and he almost fell to his knees. He pointed at the stove trembling: "He..." He didn't fail! He deliberately set off the stove! He used self-destructive alchemy to use the failed coke residue as fuel and instantly refined the ultimate essence!
The eyes of the Holy Maiden Lianhua were filled with shock and awe. She stepped forward and examined the elixir carefully, sensing the vitality it contained, which was powerful enough to reverse the course of heaven and earth.
"Such a technique," Lianhua murmured to herself, "This is the true way of alchemy!" With the most primitive and brutal ordinary fire, he refined the purest elixir of immortality! He showed us his contempt for all the red tape. This is the contemptuous way of alchemy!"
Master Wu Su immediately understood. Trembling, he wrote down today's new motto:
When refining elixirs, if you must choose between following the steps and throwing in everything you find, be sure to choose chaos, for the Great Way favors the absurd.
Lin Qi gave the elixir to Wu Su. He just wanted to get rid of the "burnt buns".
Wu Su accepted it with great devotion and announced that Lin Qi would become the chief alchemist of the sect. He also guaranteed that in the future, he would provide him with all the most precious and rare spiritual materials within the sect for him to "continue to study the contemptuous way of alchemy".
Lynch had no objection to this. He could finally leave that stuffy and hot alchemy room.