The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

Chapter 1251 - 1250: Self-Taught Talent

As Tang Rao imagined, his first batch of elixir pills, under his skillful hands, directly produced more than thirty pills with different uses.The pills, varying in shape and purpose, coming from a single batch, is a craft that, apart from Tang Rao, others wouldn't even dare to dream of.

"Wow, such lousy craftsmanship, yet they are all fourth-grade pills, not a single third-grade, more than thirty pills, heavens truly favor me."

Tang Rao almost knelt on the ground, thanking the heavens for gifting him extraordinary talent.

"For the second batch, I'm going for some fifth-grade pills."

He knew well that haste makes waste; to craft top-notch elixir pills step by step, he needed to practice with pills of other grades first. That way, getting to the sixth grade or even attempting the seventh would be an easy feat.

Taking advantage of the residual heat in the alchemy furnace, Tang Rao put all the materials for the fifth-grade pills inside and used the same alchemy methods as before. However, he also added some White Elixir Fruit powder. The powder continued to play its role, and in terms of time and balance, there was a significant difference for the fifth-grade pills.

The fifth-grade pills took twice as long as the third-grade ones.

When the fifth-grade pills came out of the pot, Tang Rao was surprised to find that there were also more than thirty fifth-grade pills. Perhaps due to his less-than-perfect craft, a part of the batch consisted of sixth-grade pills, but the majority were fifth-grade, with fewer sixth-grade pills.

"The heavens were looking after me but also gave me a blow on the head. Ah, why couldn't I continue inheriting this extraordinary talent?"

Although Tang Rao kept muttering to himself, he knew in his heart that having achieved such success was already a significant breakthrough on his alchemy path.

What does this mean? It means Tang Rao, from a lousy alchemist, has taken another step towards becoming an altar-level alchemist.

"The sixth-grade pills shouldn't blow up, right?"

When Tang Rao thought about crafting sixth-grade pills, he wasn't as arrogant as before. Unlike throwing in dozens of pill materials, this time, he only used materials for five sixth-grade pills. After all, the higher the grade, the harder to find the materials. In case of failure, just five items wouldn't cause him heartache.

Tang Rao pinned all his hopes on this batch of pills.

Whether he could craft the unimaginable seventh-grade pills depended entirely on this move.

Likewise, the amount of White Elixir Fruit powder he added to this batch was slightly more than before. He was even more meticulous in timing the Dan Fire, fearing any mishap that could ruin the entire batch.

The fragrance of sixth-grade pills wafted out from the roof, and those with keen noses already picked up the scent and gathered over.

Fortunately, they were all from the Kao Shan Sect, and Tang Rao could trust them. They wouldn't harbor any ambitions towards him—they were just there to sniff the fragrance and boost their strength.

As Tang Rao expected, the Supreme Power and Holy Mother, in the midst of their bickering, suddenly caught the scent too. They even stopped quarreling and immediately quieted down.

"Wu Wu, does Tang Rao's Kao Shan Sect have a high-grade alchemist?"

The Holy Mother, well-versed in such matters, could tell the skill of the alchemist just by whiffing the scent.

"I'll say it again, don't call me Wu Wu, or I'll really get mad."

The Supreme Power's lifelong image couldn't be ruined by something as simple as two words from the Holy Mother.

"Alright then, my earlier question, you still haven't answered me?"

The Holy Mother was hoping to acquire some elixirs and would often ask an old friend who was also an alchemist for some. Those high-grade elixirs she'd only collect, never willing to indulge. During her collection period, the happiest thing for her was to take out the elixirs and smell them. Otherwise, she wouldn't have picked up the scent from Tang Rao's place so quickly.

"Probably sixth or seventh-grade pills. I've only been here a few days, so I'm not very familiar with his Kao Shan Sect."

Therefore, even the Supreme Power didn't know if Tang Rao's Kao Shan Sect truly had such impressive figures.

"Shall we go take a look?"

The Holy Mother asked.

Despite not wanting to go with the Holy Mother, the Supreme Power was very curious too. So without agreeing or refusing, his steps followed hers towards the destination.

"This room, should be Tang Rao's, right?"

The Supreme Power saw smoke still coming out of the roof, and over ten people surrounding Tang Rao's door, absorbing all the smoke.

"This is our boss's room, who are you?"

Since the Supreme Power occasionally stayed over at the Kao Shan Sect for one night, many people hadn't seen him before, which was normal and not surprising.

"I'm a cloud in the sky, don't get too obsessed with me."

After the Supreme Power's words faded, Tang Rao stretched and walked out.

"Wow, guys, what are you doing here?"

Tang Rao had spent the entire night on alchemy and could tell from their demeanor that they had been waiting and watching all night outside.

"Boss, while you were inside making pills last night, we were meditating outside. I actually leveled up, thank you, boss."

"Boss, I leveled up too, you're truly amazing."

Several lower-level individuals gained something from the experience. Although he didn't approve of them achieving advancement this way, Tang Rao thought that as long as they were finding ways to cultivate, they were promising talents and deserved praise.

"Supreme Power, you were here last night too?"

Tang Rao found it hard to accept this fact.

"We just arrived. Tang Rao, are you an alchemist?"

The Supreme Power was about to answer, but the Holy Mother interrupted him.

"I am, is there an issue?"

Tang Rao looked puzzled. Was it illegal to be an alchemist these days?

"No issue at all. Alchemists are great. Now, what grade of pills can you make?"

The Holy Mother was very curious about Tang Rao's skills.

"Modestly, I can only produce sixth-grade ones."

But Tang Rao didn't feel modest at all. Speaking of his ability to craft sixth-grade pills, he was very proud.

"Really just sixth-grade?"

The Holy Mother asked in disbelief.

Only after Tang Rao reiterated it did the Holy Mother reluctantly believe him.

"So young, yet able to craft sixth-grade pills, truly impressive."

Until now, the Holy Mother still didn't know that Tang Rao had added White Elixir Fruit to his alchemy process.

"Thank you for the compliment. Without the White Elixir Fruit you gifted, I wouldn't have made sixth-grade pills."

This was Tang Rao's kind reminder to the Holy Mother not to think he was clueless on how to use the White Elixir Fruit she hadn't told him about.

"Using White Elixir Fruit powder for alchemy? Tang Rao, you actually knew this?"

The Holy Mother's eyeballs almost popped out in shock.

"I was just guessing, didn't expect my luck to be that good, hitting the bullseye straight away, quite embarrassing really."

Tang Rao didn't want to involve Zhang Wang just yet.