Chapter 42: Alchemy

On the boulder on the edge of the cliff, a figure sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, staring sharply at everything in front of him. I had been sitting like this for hours, and it was getting bright. When the first rays of sunlight rose on the horizon, the figure's eyes were fully open with determination.

After sitting for a few hours, not only did Nie Ying's cultivation perfectly fix himself in the realm of dispersing qi, but he also gained control over the true fire land, reaching a point where he was quite proficient. However, Nie Ying did not start refining the elixir.

When refining the pill, the severity of the heat is the top priority, and sometimes as long as the heat is slightly focused, this time the refining will be in vain, resulting in the abandonment of the previous efforts. Therefore, controlling the heat is something that alchemists must learn, but in order to control the heat well, what is needed is not only a matter of strength, but also experience and spiritual awareness.

Ancient books record that an excellent alchemist, for the mastery of the fire, does not use his eyes, but to feel the breath of the elixir, he can judge whether the elixir can be refined, how much fire is needed, and whether it is time to produce the pill.

Nie Ying had never been in contact with alchemy, and here, there was no experience to draw on, and for him, he had no foundation and confidence in such a big project. Moreover, the combination of medicinal materials is also an extremely important issue.

Thinking of these, Nie Ying couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness. After a few minutes of silence, throwing all the questions out of his head, Nie Ying took out the medicinal herbs from the ring, and unconsciously, his mind was slightly in a trance.

The ring is called the Qiankun Ring, which means that it can hold all things, and in the cultivation world, almost everyone has one. However, with the current conditions on the Water Blue Star, Qiankun is still quite luxurious. Now it seems that the ring has a rough feeling, but it was refined by his mother when Nie Ying was born, and he has been with him for more than 20 years.

"Mom, how are you doing now?

After a moment of hesitation, it seemed that Nie Ying got a huge boost, and without hesitation, his palm moved slightly, and a wisp of light red flame jumped up like an elf, and in front of him, a simple medicine tripod moved slightly, the flame blended into it, and a herb was quickly thrown into the flame.

The herb is called Luojing Cao, which is neutral and peaceful, so that when the herbs of different medicinal properties are fused, there will not be much resistance.

As soon as the herb entered the flame, before Nie Ying could control it, the flame fluttered upward, and in less than a second, the herb turned into pitch-black ashes, scattered in the corner of the medicine tripod, and then fell outside the tripod.

In this regard, Nie Ying was not discouraged, if he could control the flames so perfectly for the first time refining, then he was really a genius? But he was also a little surprised by the power of the flames.

Now it is just the realm of dispersed qi, if it breaks through the acquired day after tomorrow and reaches the innate realm, then what kind of power will it be to summon the earth true fire and use it against the enemy?

Put the herbs into the flames again, and it was a little better, but the ending was still the same, reduced to ashes. After more than ten times of repetition and perseverance, the herbs were burned in flames, and finally faded out of the dregs on the outside, and the juice contained in it slowly seeped out, gradually forming a solid form, and swirling in the palm of the hand.

A hint of joy flashed across his face, and he didn't bother to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, took out a glass vial, and put the refined solid form into it. Immediately after that, another herb is put into the flame very quickly.

With the experience of failing more than ten times before, this time, it was a lot of success, and only five herbs were wasted, and it was successfully refined into solid granules. However, the next refinement made Nie Ying a little dignified. The two flavors of auxiliary medicinal materials have been refined, and it is the turn of Chiyang Fruit.

The Red Yang Fruit Book belongs to Yang, and it has a certain resistance to flames, and there is only one such plant, even if it is divided into several parts, Nie Ying is not sure that it will be refined intact in a few times.

"It seems that it is already imperative?" Nie Ying said lightly, whether it is successful or not, this step must be taken, and it has been thought about too much, which makes the confidence even more confused.

The flame reappeared, and after using it for so long, after pranayama, the flame actually had a slight tendency to grow! I didn't dare to hesitate, and threw one of the four parts of the Chiyang Fruit into the flames briskly.

As expected, in the high temperature, the red yang fruit did not melt as quickly as the previous two herbs, and vaguely, there was actually a trace of the illusion of absorbing flames. Gritting his teeth, in the dantian, the few true qi gushed out, and in an instant, the flames were as if they had been filled with gasoline, and suddenly became more powerful.

In this way, the red yang fruit lasted less than a few seconds, and then quietly faded away from the outer layer of the fruit leaves, and a piece of liquid juice slowly flowed out, and gradually turned into solid granules under the flame baking.

"It's that simple?" Nie Ying was overjoyed in his heart, and when the Chiyang Fruit was completely refined, just as he was about to put the other two herbal essences into it, a sudden change occurred, it seemed that the flames were too violent, and as soon as the granularity condensed, it shattered violently and disappeared without a trace.

"Failed?" Nie Ying wiped his sweat, a little unclear. Thinking about this coherent movement, I was sure that there was nothing wrong with it, what went wrong?

"The resistance of each material to flame is different, so you must learn to control the flame temperature anywhere in the tripod as you like. Where low temperatures are required, the flame must be controlled and the resistance of the material must not be exceeded in any way. On the contrary, it is necessary to have a good grasp of the bottom line of the material, otherwise everything will be in vain. โ€

The words recorded in the book echoed in Nie Ying's mind again, and the sweating on his head could not stop his enthusiasm at this time, and after a moment of cultivation, in the medicine ding, the flames poured in rapidly, and the spiritual sense was put to the maximum at the same time, firmly controlling the size of the flames.

The second Chiyang Fruit was quickly thrown into the medicine pot, skillfully manipulating the flames to roast it, and after a while, it finally succeeded in extracting what was needed to prepare the cultivation pill from the medicinal materials.

This time, Nie Ying was not impatient, slowly suppressed the flames to a lukewarm state, and then threw the solid particles that had already been refined into the medicine pod. As the flames gradually increased, the three solid particles slowly fused under the churning of the flames.

The power of spiritual consciousness not only has to maintain the temperature of the flame land, but also allows different medicinal materials to exude medicinal properties in the flames, such a dual-purpose purpose, but it makes Nie Ying a little scrambling, several times, because of the change of the flame land, almost let this alchemy end without a problem. Fortunately, Nie Ying's spiritual sense was strong and he was able to get through it in the end.

Moreover, after several such incidents, Nie Ying is obviously good at controlling the fire and earth, although it cannot be said to be smooth, it is also a success. He took a deep breath, and there was already one of the few true qi in his body, all of which was poured into the fire.

Time was quickly lost, and the three medicinal essences were also effectively fused together under the control of Nie Ying's spiritual sense. In the spiritual feeling, it was like blood and water, from the initial resistance, to the current slowly approaching, and finally gathered together perfectly.

At this time, Nie Ying did not relax, he knew that this step was the most critical step. Refining elixir is not about refining, but about perfectly gathering different medicinal materials, and then fusing them, so that the medicinal properties can be completely integrated into each other, and the medicinal properties of the herbs can be brought into full play as much as possible.

At this time, in the medicine tripod, the red, white and black three different colors of medicinal materials, at this moment have undergone a huge change, with the red red red yang fruit as the main body, black and white two kinds of medicinal material particles, continuously fused into the red yang fruit, the color of the latter, become more deep, and now it has entered purple.

After a while, the color completely stayed in purple, and suddenly, a medicinal fragrance spread, and Nie Ying's face finally showed a smile of relief.

With a slight slap of one palm, the lid rose into the air and slowly fell to the ground, making a clanging sound. In a moment, in the medicine pod, three pills of the same color and size flew out of the medicine pod in an orderly manner under Nie Ying's control.

A vial in the ring quickly appeared, incorporating the pill into it, and then sealing it tightly, so far, Nie Ying's first alchemy came to a perfect end. Wiping a handful of sweat beads on his forehead, Nie Ying felt a lot of affection, and as soon as he relaxed down, the whole person involuntarily fell on the boulder.

After lying down for a while, Nie Ying sat up with difficulty, crossed his legs, and assumed a cultivation posture. Because he knew that under this kind of near-overdraft, cultivation would have a better effect.

Now, he doesn't care if this is the best place to cultivateใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚ Nearly an hour later, the empty land true qi consumed in the dantian because of alchemy gathered again at this time, and looking at that appearance, it seemed to be much stronger than before.

When I opened my eyes, the tiredness I felt in my body had long since disappeared and I didn't know where to run. It's just that it is such a tiring thing for alchemy, which is really unexpected by Nie Ying, no wonder in the family, the collection in the secret room is not barren, but the people in the family would rather take it directly, so that the medicinal effect is not great, and no one uses it for alchemy, not only because they are tired, but mainly because they can't afford to consume it.

"Under the limit, the cultivation of people is really not small!" Nie Ying smiled bitterly, everyone understands these truths, but few people dare to push themselves to the limit, and then cultivate, because the state is extremely unstable, and if there is a slight mistake, it will be a demon, and the gains outweigh the losses.

'Huh' exhaled heavily, and held up the vial containing the fruits of his hard work, looking at the three pills inside, although there were a lot of impurities in them, he still couldn't hide the pride on his face.

Standing up and moving, a sense of relief suddenly came to my heart.

"Next, it's time to find a place to try the effects of this pill!"