The Strongest Prodigy Doctor

Chapter 845 - 945: Choosing an Alchemy Furnace

"Yeah, a true dragon is really overbearing, way more overbearing than a Phoenix. A Phoenix at most just doesn't want to leave you, so it'll simply dodge you. But a true dragon will just kill you outright, snuff the trouble out in the bud!" Bai Feng said with a smile."Alright, we're here!"

While the two were chatting, they had already arrived at the Artifact Refining Room. Bai Feng went straight to find the Elder in charge, collected some materials, then chose an independent Artifact Refining Room and had Ye Tianfan follow him inside.

Only when Ye Tianfan entered did he realize that this Artifact Refining Room seemed to have almost nothing in it. It was completely empty, with only a single Artifact Refining Tripod in the center of the room, and a meditation cushion placed in front of the tripod.

Seeing this scene, Ye Tianfan immediately felt this was way better than the Medical Cultivators who did Alchemy. Artifact Cultivators really were different; they were rich—he even got a private room.

"What kind of Alchemy Furnace do you want? Single-head? Or double-head? We've got triple-head too." Bai Feng asked.

"Single-head? Double-head? Triple-head?" Ye Tianfan was a bit at a loss when he heard this. What the heck was all this? What single-head, double-head stuff?

Seeing Ye Tianfan's expression, Bai Feng couldn't help saying speechlessly, "You can't seriously not know what a single-head Alchemy Furnace and a double-head Alchemy Furnace are, right?"

Looking at Bai Feng's "you should totally know this" face, Ye Tianfan flushed a little and said, "Um, I really don't know. What's wrong? Are there big differences between them?"

"The differences are huge!" Bai Feng said, exasperated. "Let me explain the differences between these Alchemy Furnaces for you."

"A single-head Alchemy Furnace, as the name suggests, is a big-headed Alchemy Furnace. The whole furnace is basically one big belly, and that belly space is just a single chamber. The alchemy flame burns directly on the herbs.

As for the double-head Alchemy Furnace, as the name suggests, it has two heads. The entire furnace has two bellies, one large, one small. When you were practicing on the Imperial Physician Peak, you should have been using a double-head Alchemy Furnace. The upper and lower bellies are separated spaces. The alchemy flame goes through the middle partition layer to decoct the herbs! But there are several holes in that partition, also for heating the medicine, it's just that the flame density can't compare to a single-head furnace's direct burn!

The triple-head Alchemy Furnace has three heads. The entire furnace has three bellies: one large, one medium, one small, arranged from small to large, from top to bottom. There's no barrier between the medium belly and the large belly, but there is a partition between the medium belly and the small belly. The alchemy method is similar to the double-head furnace; it's all decocting." Bai Feng said.

Hearing that even Alchemy Furnaces had so much to them, Ye Tianfan asked, "Then what are the strengths and weaknesses of these three types of Alchemy Furnaces?"

Bai Feng answered, "Let's start with the single-head Alchemy Furnace. The single-head furnace lets the alchemy flame burn directly on the herbs. That puts very high demands on Divine Sense wrapping, because at the end of the day, herbs are still herbs—get burned once and they dry out, twice and they catch fire. So the requirement on Divine Sense is very high; it's not very friendly to beginners, since it needs advanced technique. But it's also the easiest type to refine, consumes the fewest materials, and has very high cost-effectiveness!

The double-head Alchemy Furnace is probably the one you used before. Its usage requirements are much lower than the single-head furnace, because the flame doesn't directly scorch the herbs. The precision requirement shifts from the herbs to the flame, but controlling flame is far simpler than wrapping herbs. However, refining a double-head furnace is more troublesome than a single-head one, and it needs more materials. Also, because the lower chamber is small, it can't be used as a single-head furnace. The demands on the Artifact Refiner are also higher. Let's call it medium cost-effectiveness!

The triple-head Alchemy Furnace combines the single-head and double-head types. You can refine pills in the medium and large bellies, and also in the small belly. Its cost-effectiveness is very low, and the requirements on the flame are even lower. As long as you put enough fire-attributed Spiritual Power into the large belly, then when you control the flame in the medium belly, you don't need to worry about how much fire-attributed Spiritual Power there is. As long as you control the flame well in the medium belly, the herbs in the small belly won't be affected by the flame!

But although the triple-head Alchemy Furnace is a Divine Artifact for beginners, it's troublesome to refine, slows people's progress, and needs more materials. Overall, it has the lowest cost-effectiveness!"

After hearing Bai Feng's explanation, Ye Tianfan immediately took a fancy to the triple-head Alchemy Furnace. Because Bai Feng had said the triple-head furnace combined the single-head and double-head furnaces, that meant he could use it as a double-head when he wanted, and as a single-head when he wanted.

As for the problem Bai Feng mentioned about slow progress, that was even less of an issue. Once he got familiar with the process, he would naturally switch to the more precision-demanding single-head mode, and at that point he could just refine pills in the large belly of the triple-head furnace. After all, what he lacked was only experience; as for precision, he was actually quite strong!

Moreover, precision micro-control is something you have to practice a lot, and the one thing he had the most of was practice time. His Spiritual Power was abundant, his Spiritual Power reserves were ample, far surpassing those newbies many times over!

So Ye Tianfan said directly to Bai Feng, "I want the triple-head Alchemy Furnace. Since it can兼顾 the single-head and double-head furnaces, then I don't need two furnaces."

Bai Feng was a bit surprised at this. Based on his understanding of Ye Tianfan, even if Ye Tianfan didn't choose a single-head furnace, he should at least choose a double-head one. Why did he pick a triple-head furnace? Could it be that alchemy was just something he used to warm up his hands, and he wasn't aiming for peak precision?

Seeing Bai Feng's expression, Ye Tianfan knew he had probably misunderstood, so he explained, "I want the triple-head Alchemy Furnace precisely because it兼顾s the double-head and single-head furnaces. I'll use the small belly to familiarize myself with the alchemy process first, and after I'm fully familiar with the whole process, I'll switch to the large belly for precision alchemy. That way, my alchemy skills can improve rapidly."

After hearing Ye Tianfan's words, Bai Feng nodded, thinking to himself, this is the Ye Tianfan in my heart. Your standards for yourself are as high as ever.

As for whether Ye Tianfan was just talking big and would end up only ever using the small belly, Bai Feng scoffed at that idea. If Ye Tianfan were that kind of person, he wouldn't have reached Qian Yuan fourth layer in just five years!