Chapter 623 - 603: Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, Arrogant Upon Success

’Refining the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill is no simple task. It’s a level harder than the Seven Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill. But with the help of my Pill Sense, I should be able to succeed if I just spend enough time on it.’

In the Earth Fire Institute, Yang Chan frowned slightly as he looked at the failed Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill.

He wasn’t too surprised by this outcome. He had studied the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill before and knew its refining difficulty was higher and the entire process more complex.

His attempt now only confirmed it—the refinement had failed.

And the Creation Body Tempering Pill he also wanted to refine was even more difficult.

’I should focus on the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill for now.’

Yang Chan thought to himself. He would conquer the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill first, then move on to other elixirs. One step at a time.

"The elixirs for the first two stages of a Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster’s cultivation are actually still within the scope of an Advanced Pharmacist. The refining difficulty is a bit higher, but it’s not a fundamental leap," Princess Lan Yue said, offering comfort after seeing Yang Chan’s failure.

"With Pharmacist Yang’s talent, which is far beyond that of an ordinary Pharmacist, you’ll surely succeed before long."

"It just takes a little time!"

Princess Lan Yue consoled him as she watched.

She had personally witnessed Pharmacist Yang Chan’s rise, from an Intermediate Pharmacist who was even less skilled than her to his current level as an Advanced Pharmacist.

And only she knew about it. He hadn’t revealed his promotion to anyone else, just as Yang Chan had never shown his full hand.

She noticed that he always held something back in everything he did, never revealing his full capabilities.

He was remarkably low-key. If it were anyone else, they would have made sure everyone knew they’d become an Advanced Pharmacist. Their whole attitude would change, and they’d become arrogant, or even worse.

As a Commandery Princess of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, she had certainly seen her fair share of such people.

Success always went to their heads.

That was the mentality of most people.

But Yang Chan was completely different.

He was clearly a martial arts genius. When she met him, he was already an Inner Master, and now she couldn’t even discern his level of cultivation. Yet he only ever displayed his External Refining Steel Cultivation, showing no desire to reveal his true talent as a Martial Arts genius.

It was the same with his alchemy. He had already been promoted to Advanced Pharmacist but was in no hurry to show it off.

His mindset was almost frightening. She knew Yang Chan was someone destined for great things.

A person who can endure what others cannot and remain unaffected by praise or blame is bound to be extraordinary.

The more time she spent with Yang Chan, the more certain she became of this.

"It’s fine. I’m just reviewing the reasons for the failure."

"You were watching just now. Did you notice any mistakes in my process?"

An outsider’s perspective is often clearer, so Yang Chan naturally wanted to hear Princess Lan Yue’s suggestions. Perhaps there was a detail he had overlooked.

He was good at taking advice—a habit he had cultivated.

People who listened to advice were less stubborn and more willing to think things through, rather than just obstinately sticking to their own path and becoming too single-minded.

"From what I saw, there didn’t seem to be many issues with Pharmacist Yang’s overall refining process. Of course, I’ve never refined a Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill myself, so I can’t really spot any problems with the procedure."

"However, I did feel something was a little off with your technique during the process. When you added the Liaoling Flower, the temperature control might have been a bit too fast, and also..."

Princess Lan Yue pointed out a few things, but not many.

She only mentioned the parts that felt clumsy to her; she couldn’t offer much more.

After all, Princess Lan Yue was only an Intermediate Pharmacist. She hadn’t even succeeded in refining the Seven Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill, let alone had time to study the more difficult Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill. Naturally, she wasn’t very familiar with its refining process.

The only reason she could point out anything at all was due to her extensive alchemy experience, which gave her that kind of feeling.

The more elixirs one refined, the stronger that "Pill Sense" became.

Han Bingyu had been refining elixirs with Yang Chan more and more frequently. She had also carefully observed him refine the Seven Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill many times and received some of his pointers, all of which deepened her understanding of Pill Sense.

While in the Cyan Yuan Sect, she could no longer refine elixirs as she pleased, and her materials were limited. But this environment, contrary to expectations, gave Princess Lan Yue a different kind of insight. Her abilities, which had been stuck at the Intermediate Pharmacist level for a long time, had improved significantly.

It was because of these improvements that Princess Lan Yue was able to offer her feelings on the matter. Before, she probably couldn’t have even pointed out those few details.

"Let me think it over again."

After listening, Yang Chan replayed the entire refining process in his mind and fell into deep thought.

He ran a simulation of the entire process in his mind.

The more advanced the elixir, the more precious the materials required. Several of the main ingredients for the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill were Top Level Spirit Medicines, which were not easy to collect.

If it weren’t for the substantial harvest he’d had in the Purple Void Secret Realm, plus some materials provided by the Sect, he would have felt the sting of this failed attempt.

As it stood, he was simply gaining experience from the failure.

Alchemy was like that. In the early stages, a certain number of failures were necessary for improvement, especially when attempting a new, higher-level elixir. The cost was naturally greater.

Of course, a greater cost also meant a more precious reward.

An elixir that could aid a Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster’s cultivation was naturally more valuable and could be exchanged for more Spiritual Materials. For Yang Chan, that meant a large amount of Potential Points.

He planned to consume it daily, making it a part of his Daily Potential Point Collection. In fact, it would be the highest-yielding elixir among all the ones he took, which was something he greatly anticipated.

For now, however, he just had to pay the price.

Yang Chan was willing to do so, but he wouldn’t just continue after a failure and senselessly waste too many Spirit Medicines.

Even though he had gained a lot in the Purple Void Secret Realm, Yang Chan wouldn’t be wasteful. His goal was the daily collection, not a one-time affair.

Wasting materials now would affect his Daily Potential Point Collection later. This was a long-term endeavor, not just a matter of one or two days.

Over the years, the numbers would add up to a significant amount.

Hearing this, Princess Lan Yue didn’t say anything more. She simply went back to refining the Five Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill. Thanks to her recent efforts, her Pill Formation Success Rate for the Five Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill had been steadily increasing, and the rate of producing top-quality pills had also risen considerably.

This obvious improvement made her very happy.

However, Princess Lan Yue’s goal was no longer the Five Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill, but the Seven Revolutions Nourishing Organ Pill. She also wanted to become an Advanced Pharmacist.

If Yang Chan hadn’t gone to the Purple Void Secret Realm, she might have improved even more. After all, she had to borrow his identity to have a legitimate reason to practice alchemy.

To be precise, in the eyes of others, she was just someone who helped Pharmacist Yang deliver materials and store elixirs, not the one refining them.

Furthermore, since she didn’t have the Thousand-Faced Treasure Weapon with her before, she could only stay in the Yuanqing Courtyard. Consequently, she hadn’t made much progress in her alchemy during that time. The only thing she could do was read the books on pharmacology that Yang Chan had left for her. It provided some new knowledge and was a gain of sorts, but it certainly wasn’t as fast as hands-on alchemy practice.