Chapter 420: Introduction to Alchemy
Song Xiaocui had already recognized Fang Xiuqing's identity, and she brought tea to Fang Xiuqing herself.
"Lord Fang, if there is something, I will go upstairs to call Xiao Jiang!"
"Miss Xiaocui, don't bother, it's not too late for Brother Jiang to see him after the alchemy is finished. ”
Fang Xiuqing looked at the changes in the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion with a smile, and appreciated Jiang Feng even more in her heart.
The business in the store is still quite good, and there is an endless stream of customers coming and going. And with the abundant reserves of jade, Master Zhang specially brought a little apprentice to help him.
In this way, in addition to the shopkeeper Jiang Feng in the Yaoxiang Pavilion, there are also two shopkeepers like Song Xiaocui and Song Laokan, and then two young men Wang Dazhu and Cao Rang, as well as the jade carver Master Zhang and the little apprentice, plus Fang Zhongyong, who temporarily started and did not want to be paid, there are a total of eight people in the whole store, which seems to have been upgraded to a higher level, and the simple tent-like broken stall when Jiang Feng first came, only the three of them are very different.
Fang Xiuqing came to the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion for half an hour, and Jiang Feng finished refining the pill, stretching his waist and coming down from the upper floor. He didn't notice Fang Xiuqing, but when he was halfway downstairs, he began to tell Fang Zhongyong to let Fang Zhongyong go upstairs with him to try alchemy.
Fang Zhongyong hesitated, because he was afraid that his father would be impatient waiting here, and when he was about to say it, he unexpectedly saw his father waving his hand at him, signaling him not to speak.
Jiang Feng really didn't notice Fang Xiuqing, and went back upstairs directly after speaking. Fang Zhongyong has been here for several days, and he has been working very hard in the past few days, doing things very hard, and he has really read the book of Danshu several times.
Jiang Feng, a young man with such perseverance, will definitely give him the opportunity to link theory with practice, so that he can get started as soon as possible.
Fang Zhongyong had to go upstairs slowly, and when he climbed the stairs and turned to look at his father again, he saw a smile on his father's face.
The son can learn alchemy from Jiang Feng, don't care if he will become a prefecture-level Dan master or something in the future, those are not important, but there is one thing, as long as he learns with an open mind, it will be.
Fang Xiuqing hopes that his son will have a good learning attitude, and he will learn how to be a person with Jiang Feng, this is the point, if he wants to be a man in advance, the huge industry of the Fang family will be handed over to Fang Zhongyong for management in the future, and he will be relieved to get Jiang Feng's guidance.
This time, it was also Jiang Feng's whim, ready to teach Fang Zhongyong's most basic alchemy skills. Prior to this, although Fang Zhongyong had quite good results in cultivation, he didn't know anything about alchemy, Jiang Feng simply asked a few ordinary questions that could not be more ordinary, and Fang Zhongyong could not answer.
However, he was still very modest, after today's study, he had initially mastered the most basic alchemy knowledge, and now Jiang Feng tried to let him refine the simplest pill.
The simplest method of refining the elixir is similar to the boiling of medicinal materials, which is nothing more than purifying and processing all kinds of medicinal materials of this elixir, removing the residues and wastes in it, so that the active ingredients of the medicine can be left and exert the maximum efficiency.
Fang Zhong was never short of money, and he had already asked the people in the house to buy a relatively good Dan furnace for him. As for the flames, Fang Zhongyong didn't have beast fire for the time being, so he could only use ordinary flames.
Jiang Feng called Fang Zhongyong to the alchemy room upstairs, pointed to a place, and said, "Zhongyong, you try to operate it first, I'll see if you have a beginner in alchemy."
"Yes, master!" Fang Zhongyong didn't dare to mention his father's visit at all, but just sat cross-legged on a futon according to what Jiang Feng said.
He did have a storage ring, and as soon as he turned his hand, he first sacrificed the Dan furnace and placed it in front of him. This Dan furnace is more than a foot high, and the appearance is close, just looking at the appearance, it is a very good handicraft.
Jiang Feng deliberately scanned the Dan furnace with his eagle eye, and found that this Dan furnace was okay, at least there was no problem in refining ordinary pills.
The pill is placed next to the futon, along with the four simplest herbs.
Although it is the simplest pill, its practical value is much stronger than that of decoctions and pills.
Fang Zhongyong took out the flame first, let the Dan furnace preheat, and carefully picked up the Dan Fang to take a closer look.
The four common medicinal materials, the amount is also prepared, only need to be preheated and put them into the Dan furnace one by one, after Fang Zhongyong saw it, he was full of confidence for a while.
Jiang Feng retreated with his hands behind his back, carefully observing Fang Zhongyong. Since this cheap apprentice is willing to follow him to learn alchemy, no matter what his talent in alchemy is, he must also let him master the most basic pill refining, otherwise if it is passed out, it will seem that he is not qualified as a master.
Fang Zhongyong naturally didn't know what Jiang Feng thought, so he calmed down and followed the steps he had learned one by one.
After warming up for a while, Fang Zhongyong stretched out his hand to approach the Dan furnace, felt the temperature of the Dan furnace, and then nodded, feeling that the temperature of the Dan furnace was about the same.
With a flick of one hand, the lid of the furnace is opened, and with the other hand, he reaches out and takes a shot, grabs the first herb, and accurately puts it into the furnace.
The lid of the furnace was closed, and Fang Zhongyong began to carefully control the flames, feeling the optimal temperature required for this medicinal herb.
Living up to expectations, his first medicinal material was purified very well, and next, the second medicinal material was put in, because with the experience of purifying the first medicinal material, the second medicinal material was thrown into the Dan furnace, and the smoothness was better than the first medicinal material.
In less than five minutes, three kinds of medicinal materials were put into the Dan furnace one by one, and there was no improper operation in the middle, it seemed that Fang Zhongyong was similar to an old man who had refined the pill many times.
Jiang Feng had a smile on his face, Fang Zhongyong lowered his status and learned alchemy with him, with such a progress, it would not take him a few days to operate independently and refine the simplest pill.
But as soon as Jiang Feng's expression was relieved, Fang Zhongyong suddenly went wrong, and with a slight negligence, the flames caused the temperature to soar, and finally the fourth medicinal herb had just been put in, and he lost control of the Dan furnace.
"Bang Bang Bang"
There was a fierce sound like popping beans, and then I saw a puff of black smoke spilling from the top of the lid of the stove, curling up and emitting a pungent smell.
The first alchemy failed!
Fang Zhongyong lifted the lid of the furnace in frustration, and all the medicinal materials purified inside turned into black waste.
"You've done a great job, don't care. Jiang Feng comforted: "I was refining for the first time, and I didn't succeed in refining it, although alchemy requires a certain amount of talent, but more depends on accumulation, only by constantly summarizing experience, can we make great progress." ”
The apprentice wrote it down. Fang Zhongyong said firmly.
"You then refine it again, remember, the fire control temperature of the Dan furnace is the most important, once the temperature is out of control, the elixir will fail to be refined, and one more thing, what you are using now is not beast fire, if you have the opportunity, obtaining a beast fire is very helpful for the improvement of alchemy skills. ”
"Yes, I must find a way to get the beast fire!"