Wait a minute, where is my master?

Yu Yaoer stepped forward.

She walked around the three pill furnaces and then turned her head said,

"Sister Yunzhao, I'll use this one then."

As she spoke, she waved her hand gracefully and enveloped the furnace, which was carved with eight three-legged Golden Crows, in spiritual power.

Seeing that Little Yu had made up her mind, Xia Yunzhao responded with a word and then had the guards put away the other two furnaces.

After that, she retreated under the eaves next to the courtyard, watching Yu Yaoer's performance intently.

Taoist Jin Xu and Li Mi, leading Xu Qian, came over to her side, too.

In the center of the courtyard.

After carefully feeling every detail of the eight-holed furnace with her spiritual power, Yu Yaoer muttered softly to herself, "Hmm, it's been a long time since I've used a furnace of this grade for alchemy. It looks like I'll have to use all my strength."

Then, she shouted to Jin Xu under the eaves, "Young master, didn't you want to learn alchemy? When we were in Gusu City, I only taught you the basics of alchemy. I haven't taught you the high-level techniques yet, and then we had no furnace to use.

This time, Sister Yunzhao has this eight-holed furnace here, so you better watch closely."

Upon hearing this, Xia Yunzhao and Li Mi exchanged baffled looks with the Taoist; they understood the first part of her statement and the last as well.

But the middle part was unclear.

'What does she mean by no furnace to use? Couldn't Jin Xu afford a pill furnace with his wealth?'

Seeing them looking over, Jin Xu tactically coughed once and offered no explanation.

He said indifferently, "Alright Little Yu, you start quickly. Little White, come here quickly, stop messing around over there. Your sister Little Yu is doing alchemy, not cooking."

The Taoist called back his Husky, and Yu Yaoer formally began her intense alchemy.

Everyone saw her body stiffen, and the entire demeanor of the fish became serious and focused.

Then, with a flick of her wrist, a series of ingredients for making the Three Elements Rejuvenation Pill flew out from her storage artifact, wrapped in a fine stream of water in mid-air.

First, the Little Fish Demon used this stream of water, congealed from spiritual power, to carefully wash the various spiritual medicines three times. Then she recongealed the stream of water and enveloped the medicines in it.

Accompanied by a clanging sound, a surge of metal energy appeared. A wood-cutting knife, very familiar to Jin Xu, materialized in Yu Yaoer's hand.

She gripped the knife, her eyes sharp. She raised her hand and chopped toward those spiritual medicines in the stream of water.

Swish, swish, swish.

The blade moved like a fish swimming in water, extremely agile.

The pile of spiritual medicine was instantly divided into various forms.

Some were slivers, some chunks, and there were even small parallelogram pieces!

The medicinal power contained within the spiritual medicines also immediately dispersed, though since the medicines were wrapped by the water stream, there was no loss of medicinal power at the moment.

"What kind of alchemy technique is this!? Why cut open the spiritual medicines first?"

Li Mi's face showed confusion under the eaves, and Xia Yunzhao couldn't help voicing her own doubts softly.

However, the Taoist's face revealed nothing strange.

He even thought the process seemed somewhat familiar.

"I know! This is Sister Little Yu's unique method. It's really powerful!"

Little White's face bore an expression as if they didn't know, excitedly resolving everyone's questions.

Upon hearing it was Yu Yaoer's unique method, Xia Yunzhao did not pursue it further.

After all, the Nine Provinces Realm was so vast, and she only had a superficial understanding of alchemy. It was normal for there to be alchemy methods she hadn't seen.

In the courtyard, after the Little Fish Demon finished cutting the spiritual medicines, she carefully sorted them.

Those in filament form to this pile, the chunky ones to that pile.

After sorting the categories, she took out a strangely shaped crystal lamp from her storage bracelet and placed it at the base of the eight-hole pill furnace.

Next, Yu Yaoer stuffed a transparent pellet into her mouth, puffed up her cheeks, and blew fiercely at the lamp.

The twisted wick on top of the lamp instantly ignited.

"This is... the natural Qi of heaven and earth!? No wonder Little Yu didn't need the earth vein flame; she actually possesses such a unique treasure!"

Xia Yunzhao, being the Empress of Great Xia, indeed had much more experience than others in this aspect.

Upon seeing Yu Yaoer swallow the transparent bead and then breathe out to ignite the fire, she pondered for a moment and then identified this object by name.

"Sister Yunzhao is correct."

Yu Yaoer, with her cheeks puffed up, couldn't speak, so during a brief moment of respite, she formed a string of words using condensed water, displaying them in front of everyone.

"...Little Yu, focus on your alchemy, don't mind us."

Xia Yunzhao smoothed her forehead hair and gave a word of advice.

With a splash, the water scattered and splashed all over a curious Husky that had approached.

Leaving the minor incident under the eaves aside for now.

The obedient Yu Yaoer, after igniting the flame on the lamp, channeled her spiritual power into the eight-hole pill furnace, and under her control, the lid slowly opened.

The various shapes of spiritual medicine wrapped in water currents drifted into the pill furnace in sequence.

In the midst of this, Yu Yaoer, still with puffed cheeks, blew out a few more breaths of the natural Qi of heaven and earth.

After all the medicines had entered the pill furnace and three sticks of incense had passed, steam began to emerge above the pill furnace.

Upon witnessing this, Yu Yaoer took a sharp inhale through her nose, causing the flame on the lamp to immediately diminish.

She parted her crimson lips lightly, and the transparent bead she had placed in her mouth earlier was spat out again.

"Phew—just wait another hour, and I'll complete the last step; then the Three Elements Rejuvenation Pill will be ready."

Yu Yaoer exhaled deeply, raised her hand to wipe the nonexistent sweat beads on her forehead, and addressed those under the eaves.

"By the way, young master, did you remember this step in the alchemy process? Because the Three Elements Rejuvenation Pill is a medicinal pill with a mild nature, I used a unique method I developed for concocting it.

If some medicines are powerful and fierce, this method would not be suitable. Instead, one must use the explosive method."

Little Fish Demon seized the opportunity to speak and further explained to Jin Xu.

At this time, among those under the eaves–

Xia Yunzhao and Li Mi almost had question marks written all over their faces.

The Taoist thought for a moment and then calmly asked, "If I'm not mistaken, Little Yu, during the final solidifying of the pill, do you need to increase the heat to evaporate the water inside the furnace?"

"Oh yes. Young master, how did you know that?"

Little Fish Demon's pretty face was filled with surprise.

"It's because, in my previous life, making braised pork followed the same process! High heat to reduce the sauce—exactly!!!"

Jin Xu inwardly ranted.

Ever since Yu Yaoer started slicing and dicing the spiritual medicine, and especially when she frequently adjusted the fire, he felt it was familiar. When steam finally emerged from the pill furnace and the flame was lowered, he was certain.

This was just like the process of stewing meat!

"However, young master, you're not entirely correct. At the end, tree sap from the Che Liang Wood must be added. The main ingredient of the Three Elements Rejuvenation Pill must be added last and the amount must be precisely controlled. If too much is added, another principal medicine must be added to counterbalance it, otherwise the medicinal properties could easily become unbalanced.

That might cause the consumer to grow some strange organ or something."

Yu Yaoer, seeing her young master silent, continued to explain to Jin Xu.

"Sss, Little Fish Demon's alchemy technique is getting more down-to-earth.

This is just like the Cultivation World version of 'if it's too bland, add salt; if it's too salty, add sugar'!"