Manzano Alchemist's mood became very good at this moment, and he said in his heart: It seems that the alchemy god Ellertamos blessed me, and he knew my situation in the divine domain, and finally sent someone to save me.

In order to express his gratitude to the god of alchemy, he even ignored the two of them, began to chant words in his mouth, folded his hands, prayed to the gods, and thanked the god of alchemy from the heart: "Oh, great, thank you to the almighty god Eletmos, your brilliance is everywhere, thank you for seeing my distress and bringing me two apprentices." ”

"This person is a fool, hey, Ilan, it seems that we have found the wrong person, let's hurry up." Agnes had doubts in her eyes as she wondered if she should leave here and apply elsewhere.

"Alright, I, let's go." It seems that this matter is yellow, Manzano's butler is a little delirious, presumably Manzano is not a clever alchemist, and he will have to discuss with the old man of the ring spirit afterwards to see if he can cancel this task and replace it with another one.

So, the two of them were about to turn around, carefully dodge their footsteps from the messy materials on the ground, and prepare to leave the alchemy tower, but surprisingly, at this time, Manzano, who had finished praying, did not do anything, and shouted at them: "Neither of you can leave!" All left for me. ”

"Ah, are you going to rob? Ilan, let's go quickly, this is really not a good place, we can't stay for a long time, let's go quickly. Agnes was taken aback, and her tone was weak, but she quickly regained the temper of the little overlord, got angry, and said fiercely.

"No, I'm the alchemist Manzano you found, oh, I'm announcing now that both of you have been admitted, and now, you can work for me." Manzano's tone is very tough, obviously there is almost no way to deal with people, he does not know how to treat employees well, and he is far from the word shrewd.

"Oh, accepted?" Ilan and Agnes couldn't help but be stunned, very surprised, and a little unclear, but after reacting, they looked at each other and smiled, and they were admitted, and asked in unison, "You say, you are Mr. Manzano, we were admitted?" ”

"Yes, I have accepted you, and now you are my assistants, so I will give you ten gold coins a day. That's it, if, you don't have an opinion, let's get to work, oh, first let's sort these things together, and then clean them up and put them in the corresponding storage rack for later use. Got it? Manzano was in a very anxious mood, and he didn't inspect them at all, after all, it was already a great thing to be able to have someone apply for the job, but he couldn't let these two people go, although he was young, alchemy may be very vegetable, but after all, he could be cultivated. He didn't know how to be polite at all, and immediately turned into a ruthless capitalist and began to direct the two little guys to do that.

"But, Mr. Manzano, ahem, may I ask, how shall we classify them? Well, we haven't done anything before. Nothing to understand. Ilan's voice was a little weak, his tone was extremely weak, and his voice was getting smaller and smaller, so small that he could barely hear it, and he was very afraid that Manzano would reject his application because of this.

"Nothing? Oh, how so, you guys, alchemy, haven't started yet? Ahem, I dare to apply for an alchemy assistant like this, ahem, this, this is a bit of a headache. Manzano felt like he had put on a big oolong, which was so funny, and the two little guys who didn't know anything came to apply, hehe, they were speechless.

Do you want to drive them away? That's not good, the next wave of people will come to apply, and I don't know when? Well, after this village, there will be no such shop. Alchemy assistants are so difficult to recruit, if you give up on them, you may be left with yourself in the entire alchemy tower for a long time. It seems that he has one more task, and he has to teach these two alchemy idiots every day, oh, yes, to keep them, even if he bothers a little more than he does it alone.

"Okay, this, how to say it, it's not a problem to not understand, it won't be a problem, I'll teach you this, you just need to learn it seriously, but you must ensure that you can't be lazy, so it's always okay, right?" Mr. Manzano, a quasi-alchemy master, was also defeated by these two strange people, and there was such a strange applicant, who didn't know anything, so he dared to apply for an alchemy assistant, the funniest thing was not this, but in the end, he was admitted by himself, oh my God, how could there be such an embarrassing thing? In the future, those old men of the Alchemy Tower won't laugh at him, but, no matter what, I don't need anyone else to dictate my Manzano affairs, well, that's it. After a series of complicated ideological battles, Manzano finally decided to leave the alchemical idiot duo behind.

"Okay, of course, we will do a good job according to your teachings, and do every job seriously, and you will be satisfied." Yilan hurriedly replied, this opportunity is very rare, after all, you can't offend the boss. Yilan admires the old man of the Ring Spirit very much, even the two super rookies who can count this and don't know anything have actually become a well-known alchemy assistant, hehe, I will wake up laughing when I dream, is my luck so good? Hehe, shouldn't you go to the casino to try your luck?

"Ahem, don't be in a hurry, just take your time at work, okay, first of all, let's deal with these herbs first, the herbs are easy to deteriorate, and thus lose their medicinal properties, so when dealing with alchemy materials, it is best to start with them." Manzano was very anxious, but this forced him to patiently explain and demonstrate to the two little by little. Alas, how did he fall to such a point that he was a quasi-alchemy master, and he actually wanted to give these two rookies alchemy enlightenment, did he create too many sins in his previous life, and our genius alchemist also muttered in his heart.

Manzano led Elan and Agnes to process some important herbs, cleaning them up first, removing the useless parts and removing the poor ones.

"Medicinal herbs occupy a pivotal position in alchemy, and on the basis of selecting high-quality medicinal materials, they should be cleaned, infiltrated, cut, selected, concocted, and dried in appropriate techniques, processed into intermediate or semi-finished products with certain quality specifications, and then stored in special containers for emergency use." Manzano was very familiar with the handling of alchemical materials, after all, he started as a skilled alchemy apprentice.

"Now what we have to do is to select these high-quality herbs, clean them a little and then infiltrate, this step, we also call it the purification of materials, well, this step is still relatively simple, but it is also very important, we can't despise it because of simplicity, because the cleaning solution, sometimes you can use clean water, of course, you should use running water for washing, in addition, the used water should not be used to wash other medicinal materials, different medicinal materials should not be washed together; Sometimes, special herbs also need to be cleaned with specific medicinal liquids, these need to be paid attention to, about the specific liquid configuration, I will talk about them one by one in the future work, you two must keep in mind, this must not be wrong, because every step of alchemy is very rigorous, one wrong step, may be a bottle of precious medicine will be in vain, Glasgow Levin Grand Master, once said a sentence, our alchemist's wise saying, that is, 'the slightest difference, a thousand miles of error'. Ahem, let's get on with our work. At this time, Manzano changed his previous style, and actually explained the basic principles of alchemy in great detail, quite a bit of a good teacher's demeanor.

The three of them carefully selected the herbs together, then cleaned them, and soaked them in different medicinal liquids, while Mentor Manzano explained it from time to time, and the atmosphere became extremely harmonious, if it were other alchemists, they would definitely be stunned when they saw this scene, is this still the terrifying alchemist Manzano with super talent and a super smelly temper?

"There are many alchemical materials, including plants, animals, minerals and some mysterious substances. Among them, plants and animals are mostly all or part of the organs, secretions, etc., which are usually mixed with various impurities; Mineral materials are mostly natural ores or animal fossils, and there are often sediments and other substances in them. Well, in fact, their treatment is similar to that of medicinal herbs, which also includes the process of purification, cutting, processing, and drying. "The three of them worked for more than an hour, finished processing all the herbs, and began to move towards animal materials and ore materials, Manzano's explanation was still physical, exemplary, detailed and rigorous, therefore, Ilan and Agnes learned very quickly, although the movements were a little stiff, but I believe that as long as they do more, their proficiency will always improve, and the other two of them have excellent understanding, which makes Manzano's heart sweet, I feel that this time I should pick up the treasure to earn, it is really possible to cultivate two good alchemists.

"Of course, for different types of alchemy materials, the pretreatment methods used are also different, mainly including the following: first, the removal of non-alchemical parts, through guò to remove stems, roots, branches, rough skin, shells, hair, cores and other methods to remove the parts that are not used for alchemy; The second is the removal of impurities, that is, net selection, which is conducive to the accurate measurement and cutting of alchemy materials, so as to make alchemy experiments easier to achieve excellence and effectively improve the success rate of alchemy. There are many techniques for net separation operations, such as picking, winnowing, screening, shearing, scraping, rejection, brushing, grinding, etc., these techniques need to be done well after long-term exercise, and to know these techniques well, it often takes several years or even decades, only in this way can the alchemy materials meet the quality standards of net selection. Therefore, the emergence of a good assistant can often make one alchemy master after another, break their heads and dig their faces, and they must also compete for it, which is the reason. ”

"After cleaning, it is infiltrated, and the herbs that need to be infiltrated are dù according to their size, thickness, softness and hardness, respectively, by drenching, choking, soaking, moistening and other methods; When infiltrating, it is necessary to control the amount of water and time used to infiltrate the herbs, so that the herbs are permeable, and there shall be no deterioration phenomena such as herbs hurting water, mildew, and peculiar smells. After all the herbs were cleaned, and then the herbs were infiltrated, Manzano patiently explained every detail, and carried out the good teacher to the end, and the two apprentices also learned with relish and felt that they benefited a lot.

"Let's talk about cutting, that is, the alchemy materials are sliced with a unique knife, and the medicinal materials after net selection are sliced, of course, according to the requirements of the alchemy formula, they need to be cut into various shapes and shapes with different thicknesses, which needs to be based on the specific alchemy formula, oh, some materials also need to be ground in a mortar and made into powder, so as to better exert its medicinal properties."

"Cutting, in fact, includes the infiltration and cutting of alchemical materials. Before cutting, alchemy materials must be softened by foaming and other softening treatments to make them moderately soft and hard, which is convenient for cutting or grinding, and the purpose of cutting is to facilitate the extraction of the corresponding amount, or to be more conducive to further processing and blending. The cutting process requirements, according to different materials and their properties, respectively, the use of cutting, pounds, planing, filing, splitting and other cutting methods; Then, according to the requirements of the formula, the material is cut into slices, segments, shreds, blocks, etc., so as to meet the standards of the concocted products. ”

"After some materials are cut, they can be preserved, but some alchemy materials still need to be processed, which refers to the necessary processing process of alchemy materials before they are applied or made into various alchemical products. The process means mainly include steaming, frying, broiling, calcining and other techniques. Its purpose is mainly to eliminate or reduce the toxic side effects of the drug, or to stimulate the drug power, so that its effect is better, and to ensure the safety of alchemy experiments. Of course, this process is not necessary, some materials can be concocted, some must be concocted, and some cannot be concocted at all. A qiē should be used flexibly according to its needs. After all, materials are dead, people are alive, and living people can't be suffocated by urine, can they? Saying this, Manzano's face immediately turned red, hehe, he actually forgot that there was a female apprentice, so he had to play a round by himself in embarrassment: "Alas, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue, be civilized, don't swear." Hehe. ”

"The last step is drying, that is, the cut alchemy materials are dried in time to avoid mildew and deterioration, according to the nature of the material and the requirements of the formula, different drying methods and drying equipment should be selected, and it is generally not suitable for open air drying; Unless otherwise specified, the drying temperature should not exceed 80 °C, and the content of volatile substances should not exceed 60 °C. By the way, you must pay attention to the humidity and temperature of each material, you can't make a mistake, a little bit, there may be unpredictable consequences, it may be a good thing, but it is more likely to be a bad thing, this kind of thing, I have experienced a lot, haha. "Manzano has a lot of smiles today, his smile in one day is almost catching up with the smile of the previous thirty or forty years, and he feels much younger with two children.

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The two of Manzano, who were in an excellent mood, were full of energy, and it took a day to put the messy materials in the entire alchemy tower in order, looking at the new alchemy tower, looking at each other's black appearance and clothes, the three of them couldn't help but feel happy, and burst into a hearty laugh, laughter enveloped the entire alchemy tower, so that this ancient alchemy tower was also rejuvenated, and it looked majestic and tall.

Invisibly, it seems that something is going to happen or change, or maybe the wheel of fate is about to shift, in short, everything is silent. Of course, it is possible that nothing will happen or change, and the world is unpredictable, who can say clearly?