The machine is large, at least two meters high, in the shape of a scorpion, with eight legs used as a fulcrum for support, and the tail is connected to a natural gas pipeline, and the body part of the scorpion is designed with three workbenches, which means that it can be operated by three people.

"This scorpion-like machine is powered by natural gas. However, the inside of the machine is very cumbersome, and it can apply pressure layer by layer to the fire generated by natural gas, and then turn it into a very high temperature gas, which can melt the medicinal materials in an instant, so that it becomes a liquid, and then the machine will filter out the liquid medicine, leaving only the purest essence in it, and finally after human hand fusion and drying, it can become the appearance of the elixir. Huo Qingrou looked at the strange-looking machine, and did not hide his appreciation, "I heard that there are only three of these machines in the Xu family, and it took Xu Zhenhai three years to build them by asking the top scientists in Germany." ”

Li Changjing suddenly realized that the process of this machine was similar to the way he refined medicine, first melting the medicinal materials, then extracting the essence, and finally fusing and drying them, it could be turned into an elixir. In ancient times, some Taoist priests used the Ding Furnace to refine medicine, which was also a similar principle.

Of course, Li Changjing has a cluster of magical flames in his body, which can directly extract the essence of medicinal materials, which is both simple and convenient, far from being comparable to this kind of bulky and cumbersome machine.

"Mr. Li, these three people are specially here to assist you in refining medicine." Huo Qinggently pointed to the three people standing next to the machine, Li Changjing looked over one by one, and found that it was two men and one woman, the two men were about thirty years old, with wooden expressions and unrestrained smiles, but from the long and calm breath, as well as the sturdy body, it could be known that they must be powerful cultivators.

As for the woman, she is actually a 14 or 5-year-old girl, with red lips and white teeth, fair skin, and a big thick braid, looking very cute and lively, especially a girl of her age, who is in adolescence, although she is not tall, only less than one meter six, but full of the sunshine and vitality of young people.

"This kid is my sister." Huo gently introduced: "Of course it's not biological, but my uncle's child, who has been smart and clever since he was a child, and I don't know when he started, he is very interested in cultivation. ”

"Hello Mr. Li, my name is Huo Qinglan." The girl with thick braids jumped up and walked up, looking at Li Changjing very curiously, with a look of admiration, "I have heard of your name a long time ago, the third sister always mentions you in front of me, saying that you are a genius, you have countless skills, and you know everything." ”

Li Changjing couldn't laugh or cry, "I'm just an ordinary person, and your sister is too exaggerated to." ”

The other two men also came over to introduce themselves at this time, one was named Zhang Meng, and the other was Lin Tai, although they were cultivators, they were very respectful to Li Changjing, and they were obviously specially ordered by Huo Qingrou.

After a few people got to know each other briefly, Huo Qinggently said goodbye and left, and Li Changjing stayed, spending an afternoon to fully familiarize himself with the functions of the machine.

I have to say that the wisdom of human beings is really endless, this machine looks cumbersome, but it is very convenient to operate, you only need to put the medicinal materials in, melt them out, and then filter and extract, and finally artificially control the drying.

After careful consideration, Li Changjing decided to hand over the work of melting the medicinal materials to Zhang Meng, Lin Tai was responsible for extracting the medicinal liquid, and the final Chengdan process was handed over to Huo Qinglan.

Don't look at this girl's young age, but she is really very smart, as long as Li Changjing says something, she will understand it as soon as she hears it, and she will see it at a glance, and her memory is super strong, there are hundreds of ingredients in the seven kinds of pills, she remembers it clearly, the only thing that still needs to be honed is the amount of medicine put when it is fused, and it cannot be put very accurately, so that the medicinal properties of the pills refined are unbalanced, and it will not be able to achieve the best quality.

However, Li Changjing was not worried, with Huo Qinglan's learning ability, he believed that it would not take long to control the dosage, and when the time came, the refining medicine would be handed over to the three of them, and he would no longer have to work so hard.

So, in the next week, Li Changjing ran here as soon as he was free, and taught his experience and insights in refining medicine to Huo Qinglan by hand, the girl learned very fast, and became more and more familiar with the process of Cheng Dan, and she could already refine some high-quality pills, although it was not as good as Li Changjing's quality, but it was much better than the one produced by Nantianmen next door.

Since this week, as expected, the business of the pharmacy has flourished again, but the shop next door has few patrons, and there are not many customers at the end of the day, which is very bleak.

This made Li Changjing breathe a long sigh of relief.

After another three days, Li Changjing no longer needed to go to the workshop, because Huo Qinglan could already refine the pills by herself and send them to the shop in a steady stream. The 20% that was given out was considered the salary for Huo Qinglan and the others.

Huo Qingrou saw that Li Changjing was so generous, and said jokingly: "Otherwise, Mr. Li will simply sign a long-term cooperative relationship with my Huo family, Mr. Li will claim to the outside world that it is my Huo family, and he will only work for my Huo family in the future, then all the income from the shop can go to you, and as for my sister Huo Qinglan's salary, I will also help pay it." ”

Li Changjing didn't want to think about it, and directly refused.

Huo Qingrou was not reluctant, and continued to ask: "I don't know what method Mr. Li used to cure my illness before?" If it is a medicine, then my Huo family is willing to pay a high price and buy the prescription. ”

Li Changjing still refused, and he didn't even give room for negotiation.

Before going out at that time, Li Changjing also glanced back and found that Huo Qingrou's gaze was a little cold, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

In the evening, Liu Qingtan went to buy medicinal herbs and came back, found him again, and said to him in a tentative tone: "What method did you use to treat Miss's illness before?" ”

Li Changjing glanced at her, "Huo Qingrou asked you to ask?" ”

Liu Qingtan nodded, and said softly: "You also know that the reason why Miss has that kind of illness should be artificial, since this kind of thing happens for the first time, it is possible to happen a second time, Miss really wants to know the secret recipe of your medicine, just in case." ”

Li Changjing thought about it for a while, and then said very seriously: "Actually, I don't have a prescription for that kind of medicine myself, and the only two finished products on my body have been given to Miss Jia and Lin Duoduo respectively." ”

Liu Qingtan asked: "Then do you know what kind of medicinal materials are used to make that medicine?" ”

Li Changjing shook his head and said: "I only know that if I want to make that kind of medicine, the medicinal materials required are very strange and uncommon, if there is no real prescription, it is estimated that no one in the world can refine it." ”

After Liu Qingtan listened, he looked a little lost and didn't ask any further.

And just like that, another three days passed.

It's close to mid-November, early winter.

That afternoon, Li Changjing had just come to the shop from the courtyard, and a bad news that caught him off guard was like a thunderbolt from the sky.

Huo Qingrou sent a team of lawyers over, took the initiative to terminate the contract with him, and withdrew the investment in the shop and recovered the rent of the shop, and limited Li Changjing to return half of the cost of renovating the store within three days, totaling 500,000 yuan.