Chapter Fifty-One: What is Before Has a Before, What is After Has an After

  When Lin Fan arrived at the city master's mansion, apart from the middle-aged Confucian scholar who had been waiting, there were also more than a dozen people standing in the main hall, including the white-haired old man who had ridiculed Lin Fan yesterday.

  In the great hall, a dozen or so people were all famous doctors in Wangtian City. They had been helpless against the illness of the young master Qianjin for a long time. However, yesterday, a young man suddenly appeared at the young master's mansion, boasting that he could cure the young master's strange illness. As a result, all the famous doctors in Wangtian City with some reputation requested to watch together how the young man would cure the young master's illness.

  Looking at the lazy-looking young man, more than a dozen faces were filled with doubt, especially the white-haired old man, whose face was full of ridicule and didn't try to hide it at all.

  "Brother Lin, the six medicinal herbs you need and the dan furnace are all ready. I don't know when Brother Lin will start treating the young girl?" The middle-aged Confucian scholar seemed somewhat anxious, and Lin Fan hastily said as soon as he entered the main hall.

  "We can start right away, however, Lord City Master, I need a quiet place to refine the elixir. Remember, when I am refining the elixir, no one is allowed to disturb me."

  Nodding, the middle-aged Confucian scholar naturally had no problem at all, and immediately called over a few maids to take Lin Fan away. As he watched the young man gradually leave, the white-haired old man said in an urgent tone: "City Master, may we watch Lin Fan refine his elixir together?"

  "No, didn't you all just hear what Lin said? When refining the pill, no one is allowed to disturb him, otherwise the refinement will fail. What then?" The middle-aged Confucian scholar's words were already very cold, and even if more than a dozen people wanted to watch the young man refine the medicine, it was not good to say anything now. Who would be responsible if the refinement failed?

  "Old Tong, what kind of medical skill is this 'refining elixir' that Lin Fan mentioned? Why have I never heard of it?"

  Looking at the dozen or so people, all with puzzled faces, the white-haired old man was still feeling depressed in his heart. He thought to himself that as the number one divine doctor of Wangtian City, he had a deep understanding of ancient and modern times, and his medical skills were unmatched. Now, he didn't even know the art of alchemy, which was unheard of. This matter was like a slap in the face for him.

  "The art of refining elixirs, I've never heard of it before. As for whether such a medical technique exists in the world, it's too early to say. Let's wait until this person cures Miss's strange illness and then talk about it."

  In a quiet courtyard, a tripod furnace over one meter high slowly emitted three wisps of light smoke. Under the furnace was placed black rock, constantly burning the entire furnace. Although Lin Fan's refining of Tong Ling Dan and Xi Gan Dan had reached perfection, for the five new elixirs he had just obtained, this was his first time refining them, and even he himself didn't know the success rate.

  However, Lin Fan had already made up his mind that no matter what, he must refine the Qingling Dan as soon as possible. After all, the City Lord's Manor had not only found all six medicinal materials needed to refine the Qingling Dan, but each type of medicinal material had thirty or so plants, which meant that Lin Fan could try at least thirty or so times.

  He picked out six kinds of medicinal materials for refining the Qingling Dan from a large pile of herbs beside him, each one plant, and threw them directly into the alchemy furnace. Lin Fan then began to cast various hand seals towards the furnace.

  During the process of refining Qingling Dan, Lin Fan discovered that this time he obtained the refining method of five kinds of elixirs from the black small tower, which was more than twice as difficult as refining Tongling Dan and Ximeng Dan, even the gestures were doubled.

  He had just refined for half an hour, and Lin Fan had already failed eleven times. Refining the Qingling Dan required a total of twenty hand gestures, but each time he tried to refine it, he couldn't get past five hand gestures before ending in failure. This made Lin Fan feel extremely frustrated.

  At this rate, Lin Fan was well aware that the materials for refining the Qingling Dan would be depleted soon, and when that time came, even if he wanted to refine more pills, he would be powerless.

  Roughly estimated, the remaining medicinal materials are enough to refine Qingling Dan 23 times, which means he must succeed within 23 times, otherwise there will be no supply of medicinal materials, and it's impossible to open the furnace to refine the elixir again in a short period of time.

  The six medicinal materials were thrown into the crucible again, and after just a short refining process, a loud explosion occurred. The crucible, which was over one meter high, suddenly shattered into countless fragments, and the elixir inside was declared a failure.

  Looking at the dan furnace that had been shattered into countless pieces, Lin Fan knew that refining five kinds of pills would no longer be enough for ordinary dan furnaces, because ordinary dan furnaces could not withstand his refining gestures.

  Helplessly shaking his head, he refined the Twelve Times Clear Spirit Pill twelve times, but the Clear Spirit Pill still hadn't been successfully refined. The pill furnace had broken first, and there was no way to continue, so Lin Fan could only leave and return to the main hall once again.

  This time, Lin Fan refined the elixir for less than an hour from start to finish, but for a middle-aged Confucian scholar, it seemed like he had already passed through a century. He walked back and forth non-stop, his face filled with anxiety and worry.

  Seeing the young man return, the middle-aged Confucian scholar asked somewhat anxiously: "Lin brother, how is the alchemy going?"

  Lin Fan shook his head and truthfully said, "The pill refinement failed. The pill furnace couldn't withstand the high temperature refining and turned into countless fragments. To refine pills again, I must find a new pill furnace."

  "Please be assured, brother Lin, I will immediately have someone purchase a new dan furnace."

  "Lord of the castle, this time the refining of Qingling Dan is too troublesome, so the required dan furnace must also be a high-quality one among the high-quality ones. Otherwise, even ten or eight would be useless, just wasting some medicinal materials."

  As for the use of Dan furnace in Dongxuan Continent, Lin Fan was speechless. Because in Dongxuan Continent, families with a slightly better background would buy a Dan furnace and place it in the living room or study, put some fragrant grass inside and slowly burn it with fire, so that the fragrance would slowly drift out from the Dan furnace.

  "This point Lin brother can rest assured, I'll have someone find a top-grade dan furnace right now."

  "In that case, I'll take my leave first. I'll come back after the Lord finds a top-grade pill furnace," After saying this, Lin Fan didn't even wait for others to ask anything and quickly left the main hall.

  "This old man is spouting nonsense. He actually doesn't know anything about alchemy, he just wants to deceive the lord of the city into giving him recognition."

  "It's hard to say, you guys send someone to keep a close eye on him, don't let him leave Wangtian City for a single step."

  Leaving the City Master's mansion, Lin Fan didn't return to the guest house, but instead headed towards a civilian residence. He knocked on the door, and soon Xiao Bai appeared in front of him, looking slightly surprised on her beautiful face. "You're not busy? Why do you have time to come here now?"

  "Things aren't going too well, so I came to chat with you guys, what's up? Not welcome?"

  "Oh, how dare we not welcome Master Lin, please come in", although Xiao Bai's appearance wasn't particularly stunning, she was still a beauty, especially with her slender waist and charming expression, any man would likely be captivated by the sight of her under her pomegranate skirt.

  One hand grasped Lin Fan's right arm, and Xiao Bai seemed very intimate, walking with a twist and turn, as if her entire buttocks were about to twist off. It had to be said that Xiao Bai was well-proportioned, with the right curves in all the right places.

  Inside the house, only Dahbai was sitting under the sunlight, sunbathing, with a cup of tea beside him, humming a tune. Even Lin Fan couldn't help but feel a little envious of Dahbai's life now.

  "Lin brothers have arrived, come and sit down", Da Bai is generous and straightforward. Lin Fan has now become a member of the Green Fire Mercenary Group, so the three siblings of the White family do not treat him as an outsider at all. This can be seen from the way Da Bai addresses Lin Fan.

  "Bai Dage's life is truly comfortable to the extreme, I'm really envious."

  "Lin brothers don't bother me anymore, this time you come to find me won't just be admiring me, what's the matter just say it, as long as brother I can help you will definitely not refuse".

  "Since Second Master Bai has said so, I'll say it too. I need a dan furnace, a top-notch one, with quality that's absolutely superior, no matter how much money it costs." Before even leaving the City Lord's Manor, Lin Fan had already made up his mind: regardless of whether or not he could find a top-notch dan furnace in the manor, he would have to find an excellent one as soon as possible; otherwise, refining pills would be impossible.

  "No problem with the Dan furnace, wait for me and I'll go out to help you find it", without any hesitation, Da Bai was very enthusiastic, then Da Bai took off a ring from his left middle finger and said: "Brother, I forgot to give you a gift when we first met, I'm really sorry about that. To show my apology, this space ring is for you".

  "Big brother, you're so unfair! I've asked you for this space ring many times and you never gave it to me. Now you're giving it to Lin brother? Waaah, big brother is so biased!"

  His face suddenly turned a bit awkward when his sister said that, then seemed to think of something and said: "The giant sword on Lin brother's back weighs at least several tens of thousands of pounds, if we have the space ring, in the future he won't need to carry this giant sword around every day, it's tiring and eye-catching".

  As for the black giant sword behind him, Lin Fan was indeed a bit helpless. Carrying the black giant sword was really too eye-catching, and wherever he went, people stared at him to death. Those who understood knew that he was practicing his skills, while those who didn't thought he was crazy. In any case, the black giant sword was a treasure passed down from Lin's ancestors, with an extraordinary power that was unmatched. Lin Fan simply couldn't get rid of it.

  But listening to Da Bai's meaning, it seems that his own giant sword can be put into the ring, is this possible? It seemed to have seen the doubts in his heart, Xiao Bai said with some small grievance: "Lin brothers, my big brother's ring is not an ordinary ring, this ring is a space ring, which can put some things back inside".

  It was indeed the case, Lin Fan took over the ring in Da Bai's hand, looking left and right, he couldn't imagine that a small ring could put down the black giant sword behind him, it was truly unbelievable. However, Lin Fan knew very clearly in his heart that the White siblings would not deceive him.