"Councilman, can't you even handle this little bit of frustration?" Heavenly Furnace raised an eyebrow: "Such minimal consumption, I'll compensate him later. Are you really afraid I can't afford it? Tell him to get lost and not bother me."

"I'll relay the message to him."

Plowsmith nodded and stood up, not lingering: "Next time, give me a heads up if there's anything."

Heavenly Furnace smiled indifferently, picking up a teacup: "If you have any objections, you can take the title of Heavenly Furnace. Then you won't have to be troubled like this."

Plowsmith paused for a moment, seemingly in thought.

Soon, he shook his head: "Forget it, too much trouble."

Heavenly Furnace was curious, "Just troublesome, not impossible?"

Plowsmith didn't say anything.

"Youth is wonderful." Heavenly Furnace said, "You are welcome anytime."

No response.

Plowsmith's figure had already vanished.

At some point, he had left.

"Young people these days."

Heavenly Furnace shook his head, sighed, drank his tea, and after putting down the teacup, reached out, pulling forward—

Snap!

The figure that had already departed suddenly reappeared inside the Tower of Transformation.

[?]

Plowsmith turned back puzzled, utterly confused.

He didn't understand, what are you doing?

Heavenly Furnace still smiled, repeating: "I just said, you are welcome anytime."

"..."

Plowsmith's eye twitched slightly, and after a long time, he sighed helplessly and responded: "Alright."

"Hmm."

Heavenly Furnace, satisfied, released his grip, smiling in farewell: "Alright, take care."

Plowsmith wanted to say something but stopped, finally flicked his sleeves and disappeared.

Amidst the crackling sound of the burning furnace, Heavenly Furnace pinched his chin and began to think.

If he were to pull him back again right now...

What would he say?

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"A little more inspiration, a bit more wisdom, and a wider perspective..."

In the newly reconstructed massive workshop, it was no longer clean and spacious like it used to be, with materials piled up like mountains. It was a combination of a high-tech laboratory and the mythical witch's hut.

All the new steel instruments were pushed aside, and in the original spot of the melting furnace, a somewhat rustic stove was placed, with a large cauldron bubbling over the flames.

Yet, from the fire bricks to the wood and even the old pot that seemed to have been used for years, all were expensive luxuries listed in the association's sales catalog, which Ji Jue had never dared to even glance at for fear of hurting his eyes.

Nowadays, as modern alchemy progresses, much of the old and immutable ancient alchemy has been gradually replaced, but the more ancient original alchemy still holds a place.

It has even become a kind of luxurious and expensive secret tradition, unseen in ordinary workshops.

No matter how alchemy develops, there are still many unresolved principles and mysteries.

It's like watching graduate students singing and dancing around instruments or seeing programmers burning incense and bowing to servers. You may not understand or agree, but when it's your turn, you better follow suit.

And don't ask why.

In matters reliant on technology and theories that cannot be explained, one still depends on metaphysics and the favor of luck.

And Ji Jue happens to know a bit.

Although not profound enough to be called a secret tradition, fluid alchemy still retains its heritage and ancient rituals.

At this moment, what was boiling in the large cauldron was a splendid silver light.

Four-fifths pure mercury as the base, one-tenth pure sulfur gradually dissolving uniformly, and during the process, adding Pardon Salt step by step to catalyze the reaction.

Mercury, sulfur, and salt.

In the origins of alchemy, besides the flame, the most important were these substances known as the 'Three Prime Materials.'

Because all three can combine with spiritual essence, and their affinity is excellent, even the coarsest materials possess far superior qualities.

Purely from the perspective of spiritual essence affinity, sulfur and salt can also be used as common materials and carriers for fluid alchemy, but these two are not very fluid...

At this moment, what was being refined in the cauldron was the Supreme Extraction·Wise Man's Stone, revered by many alchemists during the early period of alchemy!

In the primitive era, it was called the Miracle Medicine, a universal material. Adding even a bit of the Wise Stone to any creation would greatly enhance the spirituality and integrity of the creation itself.

It sounds impressive, but with the development of the times, it has become less rare.

With the discoveries of modern alchemy, besides referring to exquisite alchemical results, the original principles of the Wise Stone have actually already been elucidated.

In essence, it is nothing more than an extremely pure crystal of spiritual essence.

Theoretically, it is an absolute entity that has no interference at all, has never been subjected to any postnatal pollution or changes, pure to the extreme spiritual crystal.

But in reality and practice, the word 'absolute' means unattainable.

Spiritual essence cannot be born or vanish out of thin air; it only flows from the soul, functions, dissipates, and returns to the cycle of the present world.

And from the moment it is born from the soul, it is destined to be interfered with and transformed by the soul itself, perhaps forming many special qualitative changes, endowed with more variations.

It's like you can't create blood with no DNA information at all.

You can only use raw materials to strip away as much postnatal interference and pollution as possible, and after repeated purification, from this base, re-manifest the spiritual essence, infinitely approaching the 'absolute' itself.

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