Li Zhiying returned to the apse of the Jade True Temple, waved his hand to disperse a large group of attendants and maids behind him, leaving only the most intimate Linglong and walked into the quiet room. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The ashram where Li Zhiying meditated was extremely wide, with three paintings of the supreme gods and sect masters of Taoism hanging on the front: Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun.

The three paintings are all out of the hands of the painting saint Wu Daozi, the painting is fine, and the fairy wind drawn by the three Tianzun of Taoism is ethereal, especially expressive.

It's just that in front of the portrait of Sanqing corresponds to a triangular gossip furnace, which is clumsy and heavy, and stands abruptly in the middle of the quiet room, and there are countless scattered books around it, some of which are scrolls, and more of which are books.

This era is progressing, with the development of papermaking, the Tang Dynasty paper books are almost popular, mostly based on scrolls, only ancient books can maintain the original flavor of the book.

The messy situation is at odds with the elegant atmosphere of the ashram.

Li Zhiying didn't care about it, and said to Linglong: "The Heavenly Master doesn't seem to be lying, he really doesn't know what happened that night. ”

Linglong said nervously with a tense face: "Even if that's the case, why should the princess care? The brimstone and cinnabar burned up, and it was strange and terrifying. ”

A dignified princess, bored and addicted to playing with fire, Linglong really doesn't know what to say. It's just that Li Zhiying insisted on going her own way, and Linglong's persuasion was useless, but became an accomplice. I've always been worried about the East Window incident, and I've been trembling to help hide everything, dreaming that Princess Playing Fire can change her evil and get out of the sea of suffering.

Li Zhiying ignored these words, held his chin in one hand and said, "What do you mean by hurting human life in the mouth of the medicine king?" Is the fire merciless? I'm afraid it's not only that, but the tripod in the Danfang is more than two hundred catties. The tripod is used for alchemy, and it is not afraid of fire. Even if it is thrown in the fire and roasted for three days and three nights, it will not be damaged in the slightest. But the tripod was directly split in half, and it was only burned by fire, how could it be done? ”

After a pause, she added, "You forgot? What did the surviving Dao Tong say? He said that he seemed to hear the sound of a cannonball, the sound was so loud that the earth shook the mountains, and he thought that the earth dragon had turned over! That night, the palace remembers clearly, and there was no earth dragon turning over at all. ”

Ignoring Linglong, he walked to the side and sat down, picked up an ancient book in his hand, and read it carefully, his eyes full of curiosity.

The fire in Yuzhenguan in the past gave the Tang princess great unease.

In order to overcome this uneasiness, Li Chiying deeply understood the reason, and unknowingly, the uneasiness turned into interest, and he studied tirelessly.

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Shanzhou Shence military camp.

To make and develop the sharp weapon of black powder, Pei Min is naturally extremely strict about the confidentiality measures, and he does not dare to be sloppy, so he directly vacates an area of "order and prohibition" in the Shence military camp to protect the research and development team of black powder with the military camp.

After Yuan Luqian found the local alchemy priests, Pei Min was not in a hurry to arrange for them to develop black powder, but first asked people to probe their details, confirm their character, and eliminate those characters who had tainted personalities and were not firm in their positions. lest they be tempted to control their own discipline in the future.

The alchemy alchemists from the capital were the same, and they were also screened by one party to confirm their temperament.

I don't know if I don't investigate, but when Pei Min found that Ye Fashan, the leader of the Daomen, gave him face very much, and the people who arranged it were all famous alchemy priests in Chang'an.

In fact, people in the world have a certain misunderstanding of alchemy alchemists, thinking that they are just a group of charlatans, or idiots who yearn to become immortals, for the dream of immortality, studying and taking poisonous golden stone pills, and promoting their early ascension to bliss.

In reality, this is not the case.

Of course, there is no shortage of people like Xu Fu in this world, who cheated and deceived in the name of immortality.

However, the purpose of the real alchemy alchemist is to refine the elixir that strengthens the body, can remove diseases, and prolong life.

Just like Sun Simiao, Sun Simiao is not only an alchemist despite his identity as a doctor, but also an alchemist, and there are many refining methods for pills in his book "A Thousand Golden Prescriptions", all of which are his lifelong experience in healing diseases.

As for the gold and stone things, they are indeed toxic, but after thousands of years of research, there has gradually been a set of theories to remove and weaken the gold and stone poison, which can eliminate the gold and stone poison and retain its medicinal properties.

Sun Simiao's "Danjing Inner Sulfur Yellow Method" is an alchemy technique of subduing fire and detoxifying according to the results of previous research.

Ye Fashan introduced Pei Min to those who really understood medical science and were really proficient in alchemy, and in terms of alchemy, they all had a certain status and identity in the Daomen.

In particular, Qingxuzi is even more famous, and he was a friend of Sun Simiao's Daomen in his early years, and the two discussed the art of alchemy together. In terms of medical skills, it may not be as good as the King of Medicine, but as soon as Yu Alchemy arrived, it was not inferior.

Pei Min naturally didn't know that during the Wu Zetian period in the past, Buddhism flourished. Buddhists, with the support of Wu Zetian, did not spare any effort to suppress Taoism.

Especially Wu Zetian's fake monk Xue Huaiyi, his favorite thing to do is to look for Taoist priests all over the street, and when he saw a Taoist priest, he grabbed him into the temple and forcibly shaved him. As a result, everyone in the Taoist Gate is in danger.

Li Longji ascended the throne, and Taoism flourished, but Taoism paid attention to quiet and inaction, was not good at religious fighting, and did not suppress Buddhism.

Only Ye Fashan fights with the Buddhists from time to time, which is a small fight after all.

And Pei Min was anti-Buddha, gave Buddhism a head-on blow, single-handedly suppressed Buddhism, and made Ye Fashan regard him as a confidant and a friend of Taoism, and gave him the greatest support.

Pei Min also thought that Ye Fashan thought about the relationship between several sides of the year and was enthusiastic to help.

"You are all famous alchemists in the Daomen, and I invite you to come here today to give full play to your strengths, of course, not to let you practice any elixir, but to hope that you will use saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal and other materials to research black powder that is more powerful than gunpowder!" Pei Min did not hide his intentions, and directly said his intentions.

The six Taoist priests looked at each other, and they all thought that they were looking for him to make alchemy.

It is not uncommon for this wealthy family to build Taoist temples at home and hire alchemists. This is also the source of funding for many of them, but where did they think that it would be to develop some black powder.

Qing Xuzi had the highest seniority in the group, and he was the first to stand up and say: "When I return to China, I only know alchemy, and I really don't know how to refine black powder." ”

Pei Min said with a straight face: "The formula Ben Shuai knows, you just need to develop the best ratio according to the formula." He knew that Taoism was compassionate and compassionate, paid attention to the rule of inaction, and was anti-war and war-weary. If they bluntly said that black powder was used to kill people militarily, they would inevitably reject it in their hearts, so they said: "Longyou is located in the Western Regions Trade Road Fortress, but there is Wusheling in the west and Longshan Mountain in the east, so that the people of Longyou will suffer deeply. However, if we want to open up mountains and build mountains, we will inevitably work hard and lose money. Ben Shuai hopes to develop black powder, which is 100 times more powerful than gunpowder, for the purpose of opening mountains and breaking stones, and using it to benefit all people. I hope that all the people who have attained the Tao can help the people of Longyou. ”