Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Purple Gold Quality

’A Second-Grade Blazing Pill.’

Jiang Chen was meticulous, perfecting every detail.

He couldn’t afford to be careless.

The refining of the Blazing Pill had reached its most critical moment.

HUM...

Then, a moment later, Jiang Chen’s Pill Furnace shuddered.

A strange sound echoed from within the Pill Furnace.

Simultaneously, a sharp, pungent odor filled the entire room.

Jiang Chen was overjoyed.

"Success!"

He hurriedly beckoned toward the Pill Furnace.

Ignoring the acrid, sulfurous smell.

In an instant, five elixirs shimmering with a dark brown luster emerged, fresh from the furnace.

These were the Blazing Pills he had refined—precious elixirs capable of killing a Martial Master Level expert in a single blast.

The Blazing Pills were dark brown because they weren’t conventional elixirs; their quality couldn’t be judged by the standard system.

In truth, elixirs came in many colors beyond the standard Black Iron, Silver, Gold, and Purple Gold.

Their colors varied depending on their function and effect.

Of course, the vast majority still adhered to the standard color classifications.

A thousand years ago, Jiang Chen wouldn’t have given a low-level elixir like this Second-Grade Blazing Pill a second glance. But times had changed. After all, he was far too weak now.

The Blazing Pills would come in handy.

For now, they were one of his trump cards.

He happily tossed the Blazing Pills into his Qiankun Bag for safekeeping.

But Jiang Chen had no intention of stopping yet.

His eyes narrowed slightly.

He contemplated his recent forays into alchemy.

’It’s time for another breakthrough.’

’Today, I have to refine a Purple Gold Quality Elixir.’

Since his rebirth, Jiang Chen had never managed to refine a Purple Gold Quality Elixir. The best he could manage was Gold Quality.

Lately, however, he felt he had improved significantly. He had a premonition that he would soon be able to refine a Purple Gold Quality Elixir.

If he could just refine a Purple Gold Quality Elixir, it would mean his Alchemy Skill was once again approaching the peak he had achieved a thousand years ago.

A thousand years ago, with his abilities, refining Purple Gold Quality Elixirs had been no problem for Jiang Chen at all.

Whether it was a First-Grade or a Ninth-Grade Elixir, he had pushed it to the absolute limit, always refining it to Purple Gold Quality.

As for whether a quality existed beyond Purple Gold... well, Jiang Chen had never managed to break through to it, right up until the moment that bizarre Pill Furnace blew him to smithereens.

’In this life, I will reach the peak again and shatter that unshakable legend.’

’I will refine an elixir of a quality higher than Purple Gold.’

He swore a fierce oath in his heart, his expression one of grim determination, as if he would never rest until he had refined a higher-quality elixir.

Then, without further delay, Jiang Chen mulled it over for a moment.

’I’ll refine a batch of Solid Nourishing Essence Pills.’

The Solid Nourishing Essence Pill was a Second-Grade Elixir.

When consumed by a Martial Artist below the Martial Master realm, it would grant a definite boost to their Cultivation.

An elixir like this would be highly sought after the moment it appeared.

Especially since the ones he refined would be of Gold Quality or higher.

He knew it would absolutely cause a stir in Hanwu City.

After a moment’s hesitation, Jiang Chen decided to act.

He had already collected several sets of ingredients for the Solid Nourishing Essence Pill over the past few days.

Today was the day to show what he could really do.

This would also be the first time since his rebirth that he had refined an elixir specifically for a Martial Artist’s breakthrough.

And today, he was determined to break through to Purple Gold Quality.

’This is my first time attempting to refine a Purple Gold Quality Elixir since my rebirth.’

’I have to succeed on the first try.’

Jiang Chen clenched his jaw.

And with that, he began the refining process.

He was still using the simplest of braziers.

In truth, Jiang Chen had the ability to absorb some of the Heaven and Earth’s Strange Fires to use for his alchemy.

But he couldn’t find any such Strange Fires at the moment, so he had to settle for an ordinary flame.

An elixir refined with one of Heaven and Earth’s Strange Fires would have its quality raised by an entire grade in his hands.

But since he didn’t have one now, there was nothing to be done about it.

He controlled the Pill Furnace, making it float and rotate slowly above the brazier.

’Everything’s going smoothly.’

’It has completely reached Gold Quality. All that’s left is the breakthrough.’

After some time, this batch of elixirs reached its most critical stage.

It was now a perfect Gold Quality. He wanted to push it one step further, to make the purple-gold color appear.

Even if just a wisp of purple-gold light appeared, it would still be considered Purple Gold Quality.

And thus, it would become a Purple Gold Quality Elixir.

Purple Gold Quality Elixirs were already extremely rare in this world.

At this thought, Jiang Chen focused his entire being on the task.

Refining elixirs was an immense drain on one’s Spiritual Power.

After some time, fine beads of sweat had formed on Jiang Chen’s forehead.

His face had also grown slightly pale.

Clearly, continuing the purification process after reaching Gold Quality increased the difficulty immensely.

For a Black Iron Quality Elixir, the purity was below ten percent.

This meant that impurities made up over ninety percent of the pill, while the effective ingredients were naturally quite low in concentration. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

A Silver Quality Elixir, then, had a purity between ten and fifty percent.

At this stage, most of the impurities were gone, and such an elixir was already very effective for a Martial Cultivator.

A single Silver Quality Elixir was at least ten times more effective than a Black Iron one.

Even a small difference in purity resulted in a completely different effect.

As for Gold Quality Elixirs, their purity was already between fifty and eighty percent.

Actual impurities only made up a small portion.

However, impurities still remained.

Yet, the medicinal effect of a Gold Quality Elixir was countless times greater than that of a Silver Quality one.

The effects weren’t even in the same league.

To say nothing of Purple Gold Quality, which had a purity of over eighty percent.

The highest-grade Purple Gold Quality Elixirs had a purity that infinitely approached one hundred percent.

However, Jiang Chen knew that achieving one hundred percent purity seemed to be impossible.

He had striven for countless years, only to discover in the end that the highest purity he could achieve for a Purple Gold Quality Elixir was no more than ninety percent.

That’s right. Even a Purple Gold Quality Elixir still contained ten percent impurities.

To break through to an even higher level of purity was more difficult than ascending to the heavens.

SWOOSH!

Suddenly, a streak of purple-gold light erupted from within the golden glow.

Jiang Chen’s spirits soared.

’Success. A Purple Gold Quality Elixir.’

And it was a batch of Second-grade Foundation Strengthening Pills, no less.

Even after seeing the purple-gold light, Jiang Chen didn’t relax. He continued to refine away the impurities.

The more intense the purple-gold light, the purer the elixir, and the greater the benefits for a Martial Cultivator.

Finally, Jiang Chen stopped.

He could no longer drive out any more impurities.

If he tried to refine them any further, the pills would explode.

He had no choice but to stop.

"Retrieve!"

With his soft cry,

ten Foundation Strengthening Pills shot out from the Pill Furnace, each one a golden orb containing a wisp of purple-gold light.

They landed in his hand.

Jiang Chen looked at them and frowned.

Clearly, he was still somewhat dissatisfied.

’It’s a shame. My Alchemy Skill still can’t return to its peak state so quickly,’

he muttered to himself.

If any other Alchemist were to hear Jiang Chen’s words, they would probably want to beat him to death.

He had already refined a Purple Gold Quality Elixir and still felt it wasn’t good enough.

After all, an average Alchemist would be thanking their lucky stars just to refine a Silver Quality Elixir.

Let alone Gold Quality, to say nothing of Purple Gold.

The comparison was infuriating.

Now that he had refined the Foundation Strengthening Pills, Jiang Chen had no intention of consuming them himself.

He knew that with his abilities, he didn’t need to rely on elixirs at all.

’Purple Gold Quality... and this has only just barely reached that level.’

He shook his head and stood up.

A glint appeared in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

’It’s time I went for a walk.’

He walked out of the room.

His figure was tall and proud.