Chapter 166: Unwritten Rules
Of these six bags, one bag was left on it, which Xiao Yao picked out and couldn't use.
"This herb is good for drying, but you can use the fire to force the moisture out." Bai Jing set up the fire on the medicine stove and threw all the herbs into it, but he didn't pay any attention to it.
Xiao Yao watched from the side.
"Is it okay to just throw it in like that?" If refining medicine is so simple, how can those strong men not know how to refine medicine.
"If you look at it, you'll understand it when you see more." Bai Jing didn't say exactly what it was, but let Xiao Yao understand the mystery by himself.
It turned out that after this medicinal material entered the medicine furnace, it was not to be used, but to force out all the water inside.
After forcing it out, all that was left was something dry, Bai Jing threw some white particles into it, and then the medicine furnace was divided into two layers, the lower layer was filled with dried medicinal herbs, and the top was those white particles.
The fire was still burning, Bai Jing stretched out his hand to make a gesture of holding the medicine stove, and at a distance from the medicine stove, a white light slowly appeared in his hand, and this white light entered the medicine furnace, Bai Jing withdrew his hand.
"Before, when the little brother was refining medicine, he didn't have these white lights." Xiao Yao asked curiously.
"This is to speed up the refining, you fan the wind slowly, and wait until the lid of this medicine furnace is opened, and this elixir can be refined." Bai Jing sat on the side, also looking at the medicine stove, but more of a bustle.
Xiao Yao remembered that the last time he just threw the medicinal herbs into it, and then let her fan it slowly, but that time it took a long time to refine the medicine, and this time it didn't seem like it would take long.
"Why is that?" Xiao Yao asked curiously, why can it be refined like this? It seemed very simple, but she guessed it wouldn't be that simple.
"This alchemy is actually very simple, but it can only be done by careful people, and there is nothing to learn, as long as there is a way to find these small white particles." Bai Jing spread out his hand, and there were some white particles in his palm.
These particles are white at first glance and more like transparent colors on closer inspection.
"What are these? Xiao Yao has never seen it. Xiao Yao wondered, she picked one up and looked at it, this thing is not hard to pinch, it feels like it can be crushed at any time.
"This is a kind of thing hidden in the stone, the main function is to absorb the essence of the herbs, as long as you use this thing, you can absorb all the things that can be used in the herbs, this method is taught to me by the master, a unique alchemy method." Bai Jing put the thing in Xiao Yao's hand, "Here you go, next time you try it yourself." ”
"Exclusive? So how did everyone else do alchemy? Xiao Yao asked curiously, since this method is unique, then others must not use this method to alchemy.
"I've seen that this herb is dried, and then boiled in a certain proportion, and the herbs that are about to be boiled are picked out regularly, and then the medicinal soup is boiled all the time, and at the end there will be a layer of brown things stuck to the medicine stove, and then these things will be scraped off, which is the elixir." Bai Jing recalled a kind of alchemy method he had seen, but this kind of alchemy needed more details to pay attention to, and when he saw it at the time, he felt that he would definitely not, but fortunately he met Hua Chen later, and the kind she gave him was extremely simple.
"I see, I see." Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, and the movements in his hands have not been forgotten, and he has been fanning the fan.
The round moon hung in the sky, making the entire inn very bright, even if there were no lanterns.
The medicine furnace should always be filled with firewood, because there are many herbs that need to be refined, so it needs to be guarded until the essence of the herbs has been absorbed.
Xiao Yao fanned the wind, and Bai Jing cultivated on the side, so there was a feeling of quiet years.
The firewood of this medicine stove burned very vigorously, Xiao Yao's face was red, she looked at Bai Jing beside her, and only felt that he was really good-looking, his face was like a crown of jade, and his temperament was super vulgar, and he had never bought anyone who looked better than him.
"Little brother, how good it would be that we could be like this all the time." Xiao Yao hugged his arms and pillowed on his thighs, fanned the wind and looked at the medicine stove, and said in a low voice, these words were swallowed by the breeze and did not enter Bai Jing's ears.
The night passed quietly, and Xiao Yao fell asleep on his lap unconsciously. Bai Jing felt that the people around him were asleep, he opened his eyes, put out the fire, opened the medicine furnace, saw some formed pills, and put them into the porcelain bottle one by one, threw away the medicinal materials in the medicine furnace, moved the medicine stove to the side, and looked at Xiao Yao on the side.
This little girl slept really deeply, the fan in her hand was still tightly held, and she seemed to remember the fan, but she was no longer sleepwalking somewhere. Gently picking up the people around him, Bai Jing jumped and flew to the second floor and landed in the house.
Put Xiao Yao on the bed and cover the quilt, Bai Jing went back to the bed where he slept and meditated.
And so the night passed.
Early the next morning, Bai Jing heard a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, he saw that several strong men had thrown a large pile of herbs into the room, as many as seven or eight bags.
"Where's the little girl who talked to us last night?" A strong man in his thirties looked at Bai Jing and asked.
"She's still sleeping, this is your elixir." Bai Jing threw a bag over, and inside the bag was the pill he had refined last night.
These people opened it and saw that it was indeed the elixir they wanted, and there were five bottles of it, and several people quickly put it away with a smile.
"Next time you have this kind of good thing, you will come to us, we will live in Lane 12, as long as you say find six worms, you can find us."
"Okay." Bai Jing agreed and closed the door.
After closing the door, Bai Jing looked at the herbs picked by these people, these herbs ranged from common to uncommon, there were cures and poisons, but they all had their own uses.
"Little brother, are those people here?" Xiao Yao rubbed his eyes and turned the screen to come out, but he didn't see the herbs, but when he heard the movement, he was woken up.
"Wow, we got so many herbs without spending a penny, and this competition is promising." Xiao Yao saw so many herbs placed in front of him, he only felt very happy, and jumped up happily directly.
Bai Jing shook his head, there were poisons in this, and there were all kinds of other herbs that he didn't know, if he used these to refine the pills, he didn't know what would be refined, he didn't think that this kind of thing could refine anything.
On the tenth day of August, the alchemy competition, the contestants participated with their own brands, 10,000 contestants were in Jiying Square, everyone held their own medicine furnace to alchemy, the time is not limited, the medicinal materials and anything are not limited, even if you have refined half of the pills before, you can use them to refine, as long as you can refine a good pill, you can win.
There are too many things that can be played here, but the people in charge of the selection don't care about these, they just want good pills, this alchemy competition is just a threshold, mainly to select talented people.
Bai Jing and Xiao Yao used a carriage to bring the herbs and the medicine stove, and then put the carriage outside, they came late, only there was an open space in the far corner, and they put it there.
Seeing the people in the dark, Xiao Yao understood why Bai Jing didn't want to participate in such a competition before, this is simply a big wave of gold panning, it must be extremely difficult to win from so many people.
"This time you come to alchemy, anyway, we have time, and you have seen how I did alchemy before." Bai Jing sat aside, found a wooden pier, and sat down like this, looking at his appearance, he didn't mean to help at all.
Ordinary little girls' families will naturally retreat, but Xiao Yao has been able to support herself since she was a child, and things like burning fires and chopping wood are not a problem at all, so when Bai Jing asked her to give it a try, Xiao Yao was also moved.
First all the herbs are dried, then a second layer of iron is put on it, and then the white stuff is put on it, and then it is slowly fanned over low heat.
An hour later, Xiao Yao sat in front of the medicine stove and fanned the wind.
In the blink of an eye, at night, the big guys were still busy, and there were more than a dozen people in this area, all of whom helped each other to refine good pills.
Only the corner is a little special, there are only two people, one of whom is a little girl.
It stands to reason that Bai Jing's side is so remote, no one will notice it, but there is one person who noticed, this person is next to Bai Jing, he came with the family members, but he has been idle, his eyes have been looking east and west, this is all at night, he observed that there are really two people over there for a long time, and they are not in a hurry, and they don't see these two people move. But it seems that it is indeed refining the elixir.
It's just that no conversation is allowed here, otherwise he would have walked over and asked.
Although there is no time limit for this alchemy, it can't be practiced for one hundred and eighty years, and by that time, the alchemy competition will not be held once, let alone held for the second time.
So everyone has an unwritten rule in their hearts, that is, it cannot exceed three days.
During these three days, someone will hand it in after refining the pill, if it is good, it will be kept for selection, and if it is not good, it will be returned to the person who made the alchemy, so that the other party can work hard next time.
"Little brother, when will this elixir be refined?" Xiao Yao made an automatic fan of the fan, she went to sleep at night, and sat in a daze during the day, and on the third day, she couldn't wait, the child's temperament is like this, at the beginning, I thought it was fun, and I wanted to see the results as soon as possible, but this is the third day, no matter what, it should be good.
Bai Jing heard Xiao Yao's urging and closed his eyes to feel the changes in the medicine furnace, and after feeling it for a while, he shook his head.
"I'm afraid I'll have to wait until the evening."