My sister is the daughter of destiny

In Lu Ningfeng's understanding, alchemy should be optimized in steps.

For example, when extracting medicinal materials, many pill recipes involve more than a dozen or even dozens of medicinal materials.

Alchemists with high cultivation levels might be able to refine multiple medicinal materials at the same time by relying on their strong enough spiritual power and fire control ability, but alchemists of low levels ultimately make up the majority.

Moreover, the pill recipes to be optimized this time are all seventh to ninth grade pills, which are exactly the pills that can be refined by alchemists of a low level.

As for those above the Dao level, that will be the future research direction.

If an alchemist has already prepared the extracts of medicinal materials needed for the recipe when he starts to refine the pill, will his pill-refining speed be improved?

This is the stage of extracting medicinal materials. After the extraction is completed, it is necessary to prepare them according to the dosage recorded in the pill recipe.

So if someone prepares the medicinal extracts according to the recipe in advance, and the next alchemist puts them into the furnace for refining, will the speed be improved?

Similarly, there are people responsible for the condensation and collection techniques of pill refining.

Division of labor and cooperation, this is what Lu Ningfeng thought of.

Of course, this is just a concept. Whether it can be realized, what factors may have an impact, etc., all need to be further studied.

When Lu Ningfeng and Liuzi walked into the alchemy room with a large amount of elixirs, Xiaoxue and Mengyao and several other wind chime maids were already waiting there.

Now that the elixir was in place, the women began to try to refine the elixir step by step.

"Meng Ling, Meng Xi, your team of eleven people are responsible for refining the eleven spiritual medicines for the Fu Ling Pill. Meng Li, you are responsible for the overall configuration of the spiritual medicine extracts," Meng Yao said softly, directing the Feng Ling sisters in an orderly manner.

"Yes."

The twelve wind chime maids responded in unison, their voices clear and pleasant.

They were very excited at the moment. After all, they were showing their talents in front of the Young Master and Young Mistress, so they had to work hard.

Meng Yao then looked at Xiao Xue again, "Young Master... Xiao Xue will be responsible for the last step of condensing the pill and collecting it, and I will be responsible for refining it into a pill, how do you think?"

"Let Sister Mengyao arrange it," Xiaoxue smiled slightly and had no objection to Mengyao's arrangement.

Obviously, among all the steps in alchemy, the refining step is the most complicated. It is the safest choice to let Meng Yao, a true Taoist alchemy master, be responsible for it.

The seventh-grade elixir, the Fu Ling Pill, only requires eleven medicinal ingredients, only three of which are of spiritual medicine level. It is the relatively easiest elixir to refine among the seventh-grade elixirs.

Meng Ling and the other eleven maids walked to a small alchemy furnace and sat cross-legged.

Liuzi and Su Hong distributed the medicinal ingredients for the Fuling Pill together, ten portions per person.

Then they started to light the fire, and each put a portion of elixir into the furnace to start refining it.

The efficiency of alchemists in refining pills is determined by the combination of spiritual fire, earth fire, and charcoal fire. Naturally, the Lu family also has special earth fire for refining pills.

After the medicinal materials were extracted, portions of medicinal extracts were placed in different jade bottles and sent to Mengli.

Mengli mobilized the power of her soul and drew out eleven portions of medicinal extracts from the jade bottles. According to the recipe of the elixir, she mixed the various medicinal extracts or took them out separately to form four mixtures, which were then put back into the four jade bottles.

The next step should be to send it to Mengyao so that she can refine it.

However, after Mengli finished preparing the medicine, she sighed slightly, stood up and looked at Lu Ningfeng, and said with a hint of apology: "Master, I failed."

Although everyone was mentally prepared for failure, they were still a little surprised. They failed at the second stage?

Mengli explained the reason, and it turned out that it was caused by a slight deficiency in the prepared extract.

The abilities of different alchemists in refining medicinal materials naturally vary. High-level alchemists can refine the medicinal materials more thoroughly, resulting in less waste, and naturally more medicinal liquid can be refined.

The medicinal material distribution of mature elixirs has been modified and verified over a long period of time, and the quantity of each medicinal material should be just right.

However, since these medicinal liquids are extracted by different alchemists, the proportion of the final medicinal liquid ingredients will not match the pill recipe.

If the medicinal materials are extracted by the same person, since the extraction efficiency is the same, the proportion of the medicinal liquid ingredients will meet the requirements. At most, the number of pills produced will be affected, or there will be a slight difference in the medicinal efficacy.

Mengli is a ninth-grade alchemist, so her judgment is naturally enough to convince everyone.

"Sorry, Master..."

Several little wind-bell girls with lower alchemy skills looked at Lu Ningfeng with some guilt, as if they were about to cry.

Originally they were all full of enthusiasm and wanted to perform well in front of the young master, but they never expected to fail the first time.

"It's okay. Mistakes are the basis of experimentation and only progress can be made," Lu Ningfeng said with a gentle smile, trying to comfort the girls.

"I will test all the medicines in advance and prepare them according to the smallest portion," Mengli comforted her softly. She was one of the eldest sisters among the Wind Chime maids and had a high level of cultivation.

"That's not necessary. Sister Mengli can just prepare the recipe of the Fuling Pill according to the ratio she is most familiar with. Then Mengling and the others can extract multiple medicinal materials at the same time," Lu Ningfeng said with a smile.

Hearing this, the girls' eyes lit up and they all said in surprise, "Young Master is wise."

After all, these women are the most orthodox alchemists, so it is normal that they do not understand the factory assembly line production model.

Since it is a fixed ratio, as long as the total amount of medicinal extract is high enough, Mengli can prepare it according to the ratio she is most familiar with.

The eleven wind chime maids began a new round of extracting medicinal materials. This time they extracted two portions of spiritual liquid at the same time, put them into jade bottles and asked Mengli to prepare them according to the amount she was most familiar with.

As expected, there was no problem this time. Four bottles of qualified mixed medicine were delivered to Meng Yao. Without hesitation, she lit the furnace and began to refine it.

However, just when everyone thought that there shouldn't be any problems with the refining process being performed by Meng Yao, a Taoist alchemy master, a problem still arose.

The four kinds of medicinal liquids were put into the furnace one by one. After the last portion of medicinal liquid was put into the furnace, a series of muffled sounds suddenly came from the furnace, and then a breath of flames burst out from the furnace.

Fortunately, Meng Yao had a high level of cultivation, and was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and she suppressed the explosion with her spiritual power.

But this was enough to shock everyone.

The furnace actually... exploded?

Even Mengyao was a little confused.

It shouldn’t be that serious. It’s just a seventh-grade elixir. How could a Taoist alchemy master actually explode his furnace?

Lu Ningfeng and Xiaoxue hurriedly walked over and began to investigate the cause of the furnace explosion with Mengyao.

But after such a search, I found nothing and had no choice but to start over again.

This time, Xiaoxue tried to refine it, but still failed and the furnace exploded.

Now everyone was a little confused.

The Quasi-Dao-level Alchemist and Dao-level Alchemist both failed, so do we have to look for a Saint Alchemist? This is only a seventh-level elixir.

"No, something is wrong."

At this moment, Mengyao, who had been watching Xiaoxue's refining intently beside her, suddenly spoke softly.

"Let's do it again. This time, Mengli, you will prepare the liquid medicine and then you can continue to refine it."

"Okay, Sister Yao."

Mengli nodded.

Lu Ningfeng stood quietly by the side without disturbing them, watching the girls start a new round of refining.

He had been observing carefully just now, and the power of his soul had penetrated even deeper into the alchemy furnace. Relying on the fact that his soul and Xiaoxue's soul did not conflict with each other, his observations were more detailed than Mengyao's and he spotted some possible problems.

However, he only had theoretical knowledge of alchemy after all. Since Meng Yao had made some discoveries, he would try her idea first.

After the medicinal materials were extracted, Mengli prepared four kinds of medicinal liquids according to the dosages she was familiar with, and then put them into the furnace to start refining.

As expected, another accident happened and the furnace exploded again. However, this time the explosion was weaker than the previous two times.

After this furnace explosion, Lu Ningfeng confirmed the problem he had discovered.

"It's a conflict of spiritual power. The medicinal liquids you extracted have all come into contact with your spiritual power, so they will be somewhat contaminated. It won't have any effect when it's being prepared, but when it's put into the furnace for refining, a delicate operation, the slightest influence will lead to uncontrollable results!"

Before Lu Ningfeng could speak, Meng Yao had already made the final decision in a clear, pleasant and powerful voice.

Lu Ningfeng nodded slightly. This was exactly what he discovered.

Then the women started a new round of alchemy without much hesitation.

This time, before refining, Meng Yao carefully used her spiritual power to filter the liquid medicine, removing other attributes of spiritual power from the liquid medicine, and then put the liquid medicine into the furnace to start refining.

As expected, the furnace exploded no more times, and the girls all smiled upon seeing this.

After the refining was completed, Xiaoxue was in charge of the pill-condensing and collecting stage. During the pill-condensing process, a problem occurred. That was because the refined medicinal liquid was put from Mengyao's pill furnace into Xiaoxue's pill furnace. Due to the temperature difference, the pill-condensing failed and a pile of coal balls were condensed.

After another round of comparison and confirmation of the optimal temperature, the first batch of elixirs was finally successfully produced in the evening.

Although it is just an ordinary seventh-grade elixir, and the quality of the elixir is average.

But at least this shows that this method works.

Next, as long as we research the most suitable solutions for the problems encountered in each link according to different pill recipes, these pills can be mass-produced!

"We succeeded! The young master's idea is feasible!"

"Master is really amazing, hehe!"

"Yes, yes, the young master is the best."

The girls in the refining group all smiled with joy and praised Lu Ningfeng highly.

Lu Ningfeng smiled slightly and said, "It's the joint efforts of everyone. I just provided an idea and everyone did it. You are awesome."

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