The Internal Breath Flame has no temperature and cannot harm anyone, but it is the best essence for alchemy!
An Yiqing’s right hand ignited the Medicine Cauldron with the Internal Breath Flame while her left hand kept tossing in the herbs laid out on the ground one after another without even glancing at them. The movements appeared chaotic but were actually well-ordered; the timing, sequence, and intensity of the flame for each herb were all meticulously considered. This was something An Yiqing had realized when she was refining Condense Spirit before, and it laid a solid foundation for her future path in alchemy.
About a quarter of an hour later, An Yiqing had put all the prepared herbs into the cauldron, covered the lid of the Medicine Cauldron, spurred the Internal Breath Flame in her right hand, and began to refine with focused attention.
Alchemy requires a certain state of mind; with a confused heart, the control of the flame and timing will deviate. As the saying goes, a miss is as good as a mile; the slightest deviation could affect the medicinal properties of the finished product.
And the antidote for Qing Frost, especially for the antidote of Mutated Green Frost, is a superior medicine that simply cannot be refined with ordinary flames. If Shennong Shi had not taught her the method to extract the Internal Breath Flame, An Yiqing might spend her entire life unable to create the antidote for Qing Frost.
With so many instances of refining medicines under her belt, An Yiqing’s skill in handling the Internal Breath Flame grew increasingly proficient, her control of the heat became second nature, and her speed of preparing medicines also increased.
After a little over an hour, An Yiqing slowly retracted the Internal Breath Flame in her hand and gently lifted the lid of the Medicine Cauldron.
Looking down, she saw ten evenly sized red pills neatly arranged inside the cauldron. The pills had a faint fragrance, refreshing and pleasing to the senses.
It was a success—this was the antidote for Mutated Green Frost!
An Yiqing was delighted, her smile beaming as she carefully transferred the ten pills from the Medicine Cauldron into a Blue-and-White Porcelain Vase. With this, the poison afflicting her senior brother Ming Yuan could be cured. Moreover, her master would no longer have to worry that the leak of Qing Frost would cause calamity.
Although Ye Chenghong had tried hard to conceal everything, the shrewd An Yiqing could tell that her master and several of the Elders were hiding something from her. Even though she did not know what it was, having the antidote for Qing Frost allowed her to let go of a heavy burden in her heart.
After successfully creating the antidote for Qing Frost, An Yiqing felt much more at ease. She returned to her bamboo house and took out a book from the Earth Character Box.
On the book were written four bold characters—Shennong Nine Styles!
Ever since she stepped into the Mid-Level Innate Realm and opened the Earth Character Box, An Yiqing had put "Shennong Nine Styles" aside without delving into its understanding and cultivation.
There were two reasons for this: first, An Yiqing felt she was not yet strong enough. Second, she believed her state of mind was not mature enough. However, the twists and turns of the past few months, with Xuanjin Yu Jade being implicated and the An Family being assassinated, had significantly enhanced An Yiqing’s state of mind, making her more stable than before.
Therefore, at this moment, beginning to understand "Shennong Nine Styles," An Yiqing felt fairly confident.
Shennong Nine Styles, unlike ordinary methods and cultivation techniques, is a book that anyone can read and practice. However, the level of a person’s comprehension determines what they can learn from it.
Some people might see the vastness of the stars and the infinite universe when looking at Shennong Nine Styles, grasping the essence of heaven and earth and achieving unity with nature. But for those with lower talent, the book is nothing more than a dry collection of cultivation patterns, dull and uninteresting like tasteless food.