274: Chapter 228 274: Chapter 228 Jiang Tang followed Lin Dandan’s steps and arrived at her family’s Alchemy Hall.
Here, they had the necessary flames for Alchemy, and there were Alchemists refining pills in front of the Alchemy Furnaces.
On the other side of the Pill Furnace were a lot of discarded residues from failed practices, emitting an unpleasant smell, just like burnt food.
The burnt odor was quite awful.
Lin Dandan led a group of people into the Alchemy Hall.
Inside the hall, those who were refining pills seemed not to notice their entrance.
The Alchemists were so focused on their work that it seemed like a moment’s distraction might ruin the pills they were refining.
Hua Xian’er surveyed the Lin Family’s Alchemy Hall.
Of course, it couldn’t compare to her own family’s setup—after all, her family had a Medicine Sect heritage, which meant they could learn Alchemy faster and better than those less professional.
She checked around and found that there were nine Alchemy Furnaces, each with an Alchemist at work.
So many people were practicing Alchemy here, yet there was no Spirit Gathering Array to be found.
The air in the room was somewhat polluted—perhaps because of the accumulated waste residue.
Her attractive eyebrows knitted in disapproval.
Could good Pills really be refined in such an environment?
Hua Xian’er glanced at Lin Dandan and whispered in her ear,
“Is this your Alchemy Hall?
Can one really refine pills in such a place?
Isn’t this wasting resources?
Your family cultivates so much Spirit Grass and either uses it or purchases it.
Are they not worth anything?”
Lin Dandan was not angered by Hua Xian’er’s words.
Having not visited the Alchemy Hall before, she realized that seeing the waste produced by the nine people refining pills did indeed seem like a tremendous waste of resources, as Hua Xian’er put it.
It was almost as if they were using their cultivated Spirit Grass merely to practice, but even practice should not be done in such a wasteful manner—it squandered the labor of those who tended the plants.
Lin Dandan did not answer Hua Xian’er’s words.
She knew nothing about Alchemy and if she could change the situation, it would not be like this.
Perhaps senior members of her family had also thought about this issue.
Talking was easy, but in their family, there were only a few who learned Alchemy skills; their Alchemists were not inheritors of a tradition but were cultivated through sheer accumulation, which inevitably led to more waste—a regrettable reality.
With Jiang Tang, a professional here, and Hua Xian’er, who had only a superficial knowledge, it wasn’t possible to ask for her help.
After all, would someone from another family exert themselves for the benefit of the Lin Family?
It was different with Jiang Tang.
He had even given guidance to professional Medicine Sect Alchemists.
So for their unprofessional Alchemy Hall, it was naturally imperative to seek help from this master to solve their problems.
“Jiang Tang, could you help improve the environment here?
Where exactly is the problem?” Lin Dandan asked.
Having already observed the hall’s condition, Jiang Tang noted that they had a specific type of fire essential for Alchemy, just as the Artifact Refining Hall needed a similar fire to forge artifacts.
Not everyone had access to fire seeds like him.
Even if they used Fire Spirit Talismans instead of fire seeds, the effect might still not be as good as that of fire seeds.
The poor air quality here primarily resulted from not removing the waste after refining, affecting the air and, consequently, the quality of the Pills an Alchemist could produce.
Especially when an Alchemist’s cultivation was not high, they would need external forces to augment Spiritual Energy.
Jiang Tang noticed the Alchemists’ Cultivation was at the Golden Core Stage, and they might be specialized in pill making, having less time to cultivate than others.
This impacted a person’s ability, as the higher one’s Cultivation, the better the Pills they produced; with abundant Spiritual Energy and guided by strong spiritual power, the creation of Pills was crucial.
“Lin Dandan, improving the air here is easy.
Just collect these waste residues, then readjust the Spirit Vein here,” Jiang Tang suggested.
Upon hearing Jiang Tang’s solution, Lin Dandan nodded and asked, “Could you possibly guide them in improving their Alchemy Skill?”
“Of course!
Actually, the environment here is quite good.
Back when I was learning Alchemy by myself, I had to grow my own Spirit Grass—I didn’t have nearly as much to waste,” Jiang Tang said with self-deprecating laughter.
Lin Dandan had heard that Jiang Tang came from a common background and had a rough first three years, gaining his current standing purely by chance.
Such a person truly defied the odds.
After considering Jiang Tang’s advice, Lin Dandan waved her hands, casting a Spell, and gathered all the waste residue into a Storage Bag.
The Alchemists, who were refining pills, seemed like they wanted to look up but were afraid that any distraction might ruin the Pills they were working on, so they ignored Lin Dandan.
“Lin Dandan, may I take care of this waste residue?” Jiang Tang asked.
He felt certain that these residues would be useful to him, thinking of the Demonic Beasts in the Hell Palace and what they might survive on.
Now that he had control over the Hell Palace, he considered that maybe one day, the creatures inside could serve him.
“Why would an exceptional Alchemist like you want this waste material?” Hua Xian’er asked.
“Does your family have a use for it?”
“We usually dispose of it, using it as fertilizer for the Spirit Grass in the fields.”
“That’s a bit of a waste—it could be used to feed pets.”
“There’s so much waste produced here every day; it’s far too much to feed pets.
Besides, not everyone has their own pet,” Lin Dandan explained.
In their community, not having pets was common because they did not form contracts with Demonic Beasts.
“Oh, actually, pets can enhance one’s combat power.
Sometimes, having a pet is like having an extra Avatar,” Jiang Tang remarked.
“Our family has a rule against raising pets.
Maybe it’s because pets have been a liability in the past, or maybe they’ve been rebellious.”