The Against Heaven

Chapter 85: Concocting the King's Physical Pasta (1)

“Open...!” Grandfather Sheng shouted and called out to his Heavenly Cauldron. Suddenly, a huge cauldron stood in front of Li Han Tian and the others.

This giant cauldron must be big. It was as tall as two people, and it was twice the size of a large water container. This cauldron was in the form of a Favourable Beast, and the mouth of the cauldron was like a vast ocean, seemingly capable of swallowing three rivers.

During its appearance, strands of medicinal fragrance burst out from the body like blue smoke left behind. These fragrances, such as musk and cassia, were enough to let one know that the medicinal treasures within this cauldron were truly first class.

“You gave him the Grass of Eight Gems, Leaves of Six Asters, Violet Coral Branch ..” Li Han Tian smelled the scent. He registered the medicinal plants one by one then looked at Grandpa Sheng to say: “It looks like Grandpa Sheng is experienced in tempering ointment.”

There is an ancient saying between Alchemy Masters: Boil Physique Paste, the Life Medicine process, refine Fate Pill, and for ointments, tempering is the main method.

For Physical Pastes, the main method was to boil; life Medicines used processing as the key; the creation of Fate Pill came from refinement; the ointment came from tempering!

There are well established systems for the creation of Physique Pastes, Life Medicines, and Fate Pills. Only the ointment did not have a clear system for Alchemy Masters.

Grandfather Sheng was surprised, and he looked at Li Han Tian. Since it only smelled fragrances, yet he immediately knew the medicinal plants used to feed the Heavenly Cauldron and he also knew that he specialized in Gold Strength medicines… This could be considered an Alchemy Ancestor with a perfect understanding of medicinal herbs!

Grandfather Sheng astonishedly looked at Li Han Tian, and he asked: “You cultivate the Dao of alchemy?”

Li Han Tian shook his head. With a smile, he replied: “Dao alchemy, it's just my hobby.”

Finished speaking, he looked towards Grandpa Sheng's cauldron and said: “Fire of Origin has Yin properties, but within the gentleness, there is also firmness. This cauldron of yours is a natural type of Yin Origin Fire; however, you threw the Eight Gem Grass that had firmness within the gentleness. Coincidentally, this type of Origin Flame was the most suitable for boiling the beast marrow from the Iron Hell Bull. ”

Here, he glanced at Li Shuangyan who was standing beside him.

Without a doubt, Li Shuangyan had reported the true situation to the Nine Heavenly Gate Sect.

Li Han Tian's continuous words frightened Grandpa Sheng. Understanding the essence of medicine and comprehending the Heavenly Caldron like this, it would take hundreds or thousands of years to have some small achievements. Even more than a thousand years of learning does not necessarily have such an achievement!

“You really don't cultivate the Alchemy Dao?” Grandfather Sheng was suddenly amazed, and only Elder Sun and Li Shuangyan were calm. They were used to Li Han Tian's unfathomable abilities.

Li Han Tian nonchalantly replied: “It's just a small hobby; I've read some medicinal books.”

Grandpa Sheng fell silent. Just reading a few medicinal books, in order to immediately master the essence of alchemy and the Celestial Cauldron, other Alchemy Masters might as well hang themselves and commit suicide. This was basically impossible; even a genius would not have the ability to read a few scrolls and understand everything. It requires the accumulation of knowledge all the time!

However, this boy in front of him was only fourteen years old; where would he find the time to gather all the knowledge?

Grandfather Sheng was naturally unaware that the current alchemy system came from Li Han Tian and the Alchemy God that year. If he did not understand the essence of alchemy, then who in this world would understand?

“Start.”

Grandfather Sheng was confused in a daze while Li Han Tian was calm in his mind. This, to him, was not enough to reach the top.

Grandfather Sheng placed his palm on the Heavenly Cauldron, and nodded his head: “Early.”

His words had just come out when the bottom of the cauldron emitted waves and waves of fire. They were not very strong, but they also did not faint. These fire waves intertwined with each other, becoming a furnace; as if it could refine all existences.

Grandfather Sheng seriously shouted: “The Nine Longevity Turtles' corpse, the spine of the Windling Snake, the tail of the Blood Tiger, the brain of the Fire Scorpion, the eyes of the Fat Ghost .

Elder Sun willingly stood to the side as an assistant. Hearing Grandpa Sheng's voice, he immediately opened the treasure chest, and he threw the medicinal ingredients, one by one, into the Heavenly Cauldron; he also shouted: “The Nine Longevity Turtles' Cadaver, Longevity, one hundred and twenty thousand years; the spine of the Windling Serpent, one hundred and ten thousand years; the tail of the Blood Tiger, one hundred and ten thousand years.”.

Finally, all the supporting medicinal ingredients were put into the Origin Flame of the Heavenly Cauldron. At this moment, Grandfather Sheng activated Origin Flame. The Yin Origin Flame, with firmness within the gentleness, became increasingly stronger; all the ingredients melted into medicinal liquid, and began to boil!

At this moment, the fire furnace within the Heavenly Cauldron began to emit a special fragrance; a foul odor without smell, a sweet smell without a sweet taste. Odorless or sweet, this scent is very unique.

At this point, Grandpa Sheng loudly shouted: “Enter the animal marrow!”

Hearing these words, Elder Sun carefully took out a treasure box, and he opened it. Inside was a three-foot-long object like a bone; this was the main medicinal bone marrow for Physique Paste.

Elder Sun threw the beast marrow into the medicinal herb. At first, the beast marrow seemed very ordinary, but as soon as the outer skin of his bones melted, blood essence finally began to flow out.

The beast Marrow was the most important part of the spine of a Heavenly Beast. It contained all of the beast's essence. Even when the beast died, all of its body essence remained in this marrow.

Even though the Iron Hell Bull was dead, as its essence flowed out, others could still see the will of the Iron Hell Bull. No matter what kind of animal marrow it was, they were unwilling to be refined.

However, once inside the Heavenly Cauldron, even if it was unwilling, it could not escape the fate of refining.

Although the will of the Iron Hell Bull raged with an unstoppable presence as if it wanted to trample the Origin Flame; however, at this moment, the aura of a Favourable Beast exploded. One could see a Favourable Beast channeling the universal laws of the world; the entire Heavenly Cauldron became extremely terrifying, like a master who woke up.

With the explosive power of the Heavenly Caldron, it managed to suppress the fast-moving Iron Hell Bull. In the end, the essence of the bull, along with the melted medicines, were combined into one.

The Heavenly Cauldron was not a lifeless item. One could say that it was created by heaven and earth. Inside the cauldron, it was his own world, capable of suppressing all spirit medicines.

Of course, the Heavenly Caldron also had its own rank. The power of the Alchemy Master is directly related to the – Heavenly Caldron the stronger the Alchemy Master, the stronger the cauldron is.

The moment an Alchemy Master obtained the Heavenly Caldron, it would be the moment when he was at his weakest rank. After that, the Alchemy Master would continue to give him sparks and medicinal herbs, and they would also make Fate Pills and Physique Pastes nonstop, so that the Heavenly Cauldron became stronger. This process was considered a fusion between the Heavenly Caldron and the Alchemy Master.

Of course, there were some Alchemy Masters who had inherited the Heavenly Caldron from their predecessors. However, this process of inheritance is very difficult. Especially when the rank of the Heavenly Caldron was high, the integration process became almost impossible for an Alchemy Master.

In the end, the medicinal pillar became a medicinal paste. This paste is thick and scaly. Inside the crimson red color was a hint of purple color, emitting a special medicinal fragrance. Observing this type of medicinal paste was enough for others to like it.

However, the medicinal paste was not finished. At this moment, Grandpa Sheng changed his medicinal spell, and he activated the Heavenly Caldron. Inside the cauldron, there appeared a smell that was not from the medicinal paste, but from the medicinal treasures of the cauldron.

The medicinal treasure absorbed and released the paste essence, and fused together with the Origin Flame. At this moment, the Origin Flame seemed to be alive as it licked the Physical Pasta. The entire cauldron slowly spun around in a circle, causing the flame to grind the paste and make the condensed paste become much smaller.

This was the effect of the Heavenly Cauldron medicinal treasure. Whether it was the boiling of the Physical Pasta or the refining of the Destiny Pill, just relying on the medicinal properties of the ingredient was not enough. Even the Origin Flame was unable to harmoniously combine all the different properties. At this time, the strong medicinal properties of the medicinal treasures are needed to balance the — ingredients in conjunction with Fire Origin — to achieve the harmonization of the paste.

When it came to Physique Paste, the higher the number of refinements, the closer the fusion was to perfection. This process, other than the strength of an Alchemy Master, was also determined by the medicinal treasures of the Heavenly Caldron.

This process was no longer possible after the fourth refinement. At this moment, the Physical Pasta became extremely soft and delicate, like the fat of a dragon. Even someone who does not know the secret of art knows that this is a good thing.

“Unfortunately, the years of animal marrow are not enough, I can only fix it four and a half times.”

Grandfather Sheng, seeing this process, could only sigh and wail.

“Great, worthy of being a grandmaster of eight refinements!” Looking at the Physical Pasta within the cauldron, Elder Sun could not help but exclaim: “If it was me, and the years of animal marrow were insufficient, the, then I worry I won't even be able to maintain the fourth purification, the medicinal effect will be greatly reduced!”

Elder Sun's Physical Pasta refinement ability was stable at five refinements while Grandpa Sheng was at eight refinements. In principle, using Grandpa Sheng's abilities, five refinements would not be a problem. Unfortunately, the main driving material of — animal marrow, is not yet old enough, and he can only do four and a half refinements!

There were also rankings for Physical Pastes, from low to high: Houtian Physique Pastes, Xiantian Physique Pastes, King Physique Pastes, Saint Physique Pastes, and Immortal Physique Pastes.

Not only was there a rank for this Physical paste, but the number of refinements also affected its medicinal strength.

The Houtian Physique Paste only required one refinement. Even a novice Alchemy Master could refine this rank. The Xiantian Physique Paste required two to three refinements, the King Physique Paste required four refinements to six refinements. Saint Physique Pasta required seven to nine refinements, whereas Immortal Physique Pasta had to be made with nine refinements!

Currently, Li Han Tian's Physique Paste was King level. At the time the sect was searching for an Alchemy Master for Li Han Tian, only two options were available: Elder Sun and Cao Xiong. Cao Xiong's abilities were higher than Elder Sun's one-step, and he was stable at six refinements. In theory, both of them had the qualifications to refine the King Physique Paste.

However, in reality, the Iron Hell Bulls marrow years were not enough to be the main driving force for this King Physique Pasta. Both Cao Xiong and Elder Sun would not be able to refine it four times, and it would have a direct impact on the effects of the Physical Pasta.

Note:

Physique Paste: Physical Pasta

Fate Pill: The Pill of Destiny

Life Medicine: The Medicine of Life