However, after the Divine Dragon materialized from the Divine Soul, Lin Xiao found it was blind. Then the incomplete dragon was transformed back to the form of the Divine Soul and disappeared into the Ocean of Conception. Hopelessly, Lin Xiao had no option but to let the Refining Divine Pithy Formula start running.
Hence he still managed a speedy progress.
The three chief seniors ensured a constant supply of medicinal materials and spiritual herbs that Lin Xiao needed. He and the two assistants were dedicated to pellet production, like perpetual motion machines.
As a matter of fact, the three chief seniors found Lin Xiao's behaviour fairly normal in the beginning. With time going by, they fell under the spell of his awe-inspiring techniques. What amazed them the most was, the running of cultivation methods sufficed to refresh Lin Xiao each time he felt exhausted.
Previously, they supposed it came down to the power of the cultivation methods. However, as soon as they found out it was merely the most fundamental one, they felt like passing out as if they had been hit on their foreheads by a furnace.
Although they knew nothing about alchemy techniques, it was conceivable that pellet production called for loads of energy. The more powerful the pellets were, the more energy their production processes would consume.
It was fairly easy for them to tell that Lin Xiao's cultivation was only at the second level of the Refining Divine Realm. Hence his ability to constantly juggle pellet production with three furnaces went beyond their cognition.
Even Shan Chengfeng, when he was at the same level as Lin Xiao, might not be able to do the same.
To be fair, not to mention the previous competence of Shan Chengfeng, even now he might not be able to go as far as Lin Xiao did.
It might not be a tough task for him to produce a furnace of pellets, but three furnaces is another story.
Given that cultivation is not the sole index for alchemical techniques, Shan Chengfeng still needed to improve his fire control mudras.
And it was from the jade-slip book that Lin Xiao obtained the Fire Control mudras for juggling three furnaces. Albeit not first-rate, it was completely beyond regular alchemists.
As they were no alchemists, they failed to get the wonder of Lin Xiao's techniques during the pellet production process. Otherwise, they would get overwhelmed by a heart attack, just like their patriarch.
Due to the same reason, after being blown away, they gradually came back to their senses and got accustomed with Lin Xiao's spectacular techniques.
Then it became a routine that the three chief seniors hunted for medicinal materials along with their disciples while Lin Xiao, Wu Gui and Wang Di kept on with their alchemy frenzy.