Mountain Ghost Chapter 22: The Secret (2)
The eyes are a piece of fluorescent yellow, like stars swaying on the ground, the first time Yun Ximian looked at it was also frightened, and thought that the stars in the sky had fallen, but if you look closely, it is just a reflection on the surface of the lake.
With a flash of surprise in his eyes, Yun Ximian blinked, turned his head to look at Yan Shijiu, and asked, "...... is this?"
Yan Jiu pursed his lips and smiled: "This is what I stumbled upon when I was repairing the enchantment, this lake is full of fireflies, and it can only be seen at night."
It is a transparent and colorless flower that only glows yellow at night, and generally lives in low-tide places.
Such a large piece of footgrass looks really spectacular.
Yun Ximian thought, squatted down and stretched out his hand to gently scoop it in the water, and there was a little more spark in his hand.
Yan Shijiu looked at the faint light shining on Yun Ximian's smiling face, and there was more indescribable affection on his already gentle face, and he was stunned for a while.
This thing is really fun, and it deserves to be called a must-have item for bubble girls! Yun Ximian smiled lightly, the Lu Firefly in her hand also swung her body with her movements, Yun Ximian touched the little guy funny, and then put the Lu Firefly back into the water.
Lu Firefly seemed to like Yun Ximian very much, and held her hand.
"You're pretty clingy, would you like to come with me?" Yun Ximian couldn't help but smile when he looked at the humanized action of Lu Firefly.
Lu Firefly Grass absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, and it does become a little faster than other plants, but when it becomes a essence, it is just a grass, and it has no attack power.
Lu Firefly jumped happily in Yun Ximian's hand, Yun Ximian smiled and fiddled with its small leaves, and after obtaining its consent, Yun Ximian put it into the ruins.
There is a small world in the ruins, and there is a spiritual spring in it, which is the source of restoring spiritual power, and Yun Ximian should like it when he thinks about it.
"Has Uncle Shi ever seen the starry sky?" Yan Shijiu took his eyes off Yun Ximian's smiling face and looked at the dotted lake.
"Starry sky? Of course I have seen it. Yun Ximian came back from communicating with Lu Fireflies, and heard Yan Nineteen's words.
"The only time I saw the stars was on the day my mother died." Yan Nineteen said lightly.
Yun Ximian was stunned for a moment, and said in a panic: "I'm sorry......"
"It's okay, it's all in the past...... It's that I delayed my uncle's time today, and I can't help it. Yan Shijiu smiled slightly, not too sad about what happened just now.
"It's nineteen who has a heart, and I've been busy lately, so I don't have much time to rest." Yun Ximian winked at him playfully, this should be regarded as an unexpected surprise.
"Uncle Shi didn't say that I don't care about my business......" Yan Shijiu's good impression of Yun Ximian has risen sharply, and few people in Yun Ximian's position are still so close to the people.
"Okay, it's not too early, nineteen, you can go back and rest." Yun Ximian thought about things, so he naturally wanted to go back quickly, Yan Shijiu agreed, and the two walked back together.
Yun Ximian found some wood in the garden and moved it back to the room, and made a rectangular lantern frame, which was so strong that it was not possible to link it with spiritual power.
Yun Ximian took the lantern and looked at it, put a spiritual stone at the bottom of the lantern, and used spiritual power to cover a curtain around the lantern, because spiritual power is colorless, and it can't be seen with the naked eye, and Yun Ximian just saw a bunch of air.
"It seems to be a bit monotonous...... Yun Ximian took the lantern and looked left and right, and finally had a flash of inspiration, and engraved the pattern on the teapot on the table on the lantern according to the pattern, although the carving was not very good-looking, twisted and crooked.
"I'm looking for it, it should be here......" Yun Ximian searched for a long time in the storage bag where the herbs were placed, and finally found the herbs she wanted.
The herb is emerald in color, with only three leaves on one stem, and the rounded tips of the leaves look very pleasing.
Alchemy grass, a second-order medicinal herb, is gold after its liquid is solidified, and it is generally used as tools in the immortal cultivation level, such as tea sets, accessories, etc., and occasionally it is refined into a spicy-eyed "golden sword", which is not a strange thing.
Yun Ximian melted the alchemy grass, and the refined liquid was injected into the groove she carved, and the liquid immediately solidified when it encountered the air, and the originally simple lantern immediately became atmospheric.
Yun Ximian nodded with satisfaction, and took out four golden tassels to hang on the four corners, and was gently blown by the wind, and the tassels danced happily.
Yun Ximian closed her eyes, grabbed the fireflies that were bouncing freely in her ruins, and stuffed them into the lantern she had just made.
Lu Firefly struggled for a while, and then found that the aura in it was no worse than in the ruins, so it was happy again, and the leaves emitted a pale yellow light, picking it here for a while, and drilling it there for a while.
"You can't hold living creatures in the ruins, I'm afraid you won't feel comfortable staying inside, so stay here, okay?" Yun Ximian stretched out his finger and poked Lu Firefly's small body, Lu Firefly twisted, and it was agreed.
"Since you have recognized me as your master, then I will give you a name...... How about calling Hotaru? Yun Ximian asked.
Lu Firefly: (゚д゚) What the hell is this name, don't you!
Seeing Lu Firefly jumping up and down excitedly, Yun Ximian nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, yes, I know that you like this name, so I will call you Xiaoyi in the future!"
Fireflies: "......"
Is it too late to change owners?
After teasing Xiaoying for a while, Yun Ximian hung the lantern on the table, reluctantly applied some medicine to the wound on his shoulder, and took out the original owner's "Alchemy Secrets" and read it.
This "Alchemy Secrets" is a summary of the basic knowledge of alchemy in this world, including some of the most basic herb refining, which are generally refined in the first and second order of pills, which are very easy to get started compared to novices.
In addition to this "Alchemy Secrets", there are also many alchemy solitary books collected by the original owner and the "Cloud Grass Record" recorded by her own practice, Yun Ximian is now refining a kind of elixir that appears in both "The Secret of Alchemy" and "Cloud Grass Record" - Golden Cicada.
The golden cicada, also known as the so-called fake death medicine, enters a state of suspended animation after taking the medicine, and if the body is well protected, the person will wake up after seven days.
To say that this medicine is difficult to refine, it is just a sixth-order pill, and a person like Yun Ximian with his own alchemy buff aura will practice it a few more times, but the only problem is in the materials and operation order of this medicine.
"The materials are not a problem...... Yun Ximian rummaged through the storage bags, there were several kinds of herbs that were difficult to find in the storage bags, because they were refined by the original owner before, so there were leftover materials.
"But the order of operation, why is it different in the two books?" Yun Ximian glanced at "The Secret of Alchemy" and then at "Cloud Grass Record", and found that there was a step that was actually different?
And next to "Cloud Grass Record", a sentence is also marked - "The success rate of the operation sequence of the golden cicada in "The Secret of Alchemy" is 20%, and 56% after improvement, which needs to be strengthened...... while deliberately marking out the place in a different order.
Cicada pupae and phosphofubiscus. Yun Ximian knew that these two were the main materials of the golden cicada, and on the "Alchemy Secret", 30 cicada pupae were first put in, melted over medium heat, and then two strains of phosphofubiscus were added; On the "Cloud Grass Record", it is just the opposite, first add phosphofubiscus, melt the fire, and then add the cicada chrysalis in three parts......
"Sixth-order elixir...... Yun Ximian had a little headache, for a genius like the original owner, it was a bit tricky elixir, she would definitely spend more time, anyway, she didn't expect to be able to make it intact for the first time.
"All in all, let's try it first! It's a big deal to fry the pot, and it's not that it hasn't been fried! Yun Ximian looked a little like she was on the guillotine, thinking that when she was studying medicine, there were explosions in the laboratory from time to time, they were used to it, as long as the person did not die, they could get up and continue to do it!
Yun Ximian took a deep breath, took out the bronze tripod and materials from the ruins, and added the materials according to the "Cloud Grass Record" to control the heat and dissolve......
The heat during alchemy is also very important, and an explosion that will not be "bang" will be very important, so Yun Ximian operated very carefully, and looked at the bronze tripod without blinking.
Melt the phosphofubiscus over high heat and add the cicada pupae in three parts...... Yun Ximian meditated silently in his heart, the movements of his hands did not stop for a moment, and he didn't even pay attention to the sweat on his forehead, and immersed himself in alchemy.
"Poof."
The bronze tripod made a small sound of extinguishing the flame, and the light of the pattern on the tripod gradually dimmed until it disappeared, Yun Ximian let out a breath and withdrew the Danhuo.
"Click." Opening the lid, Yun Ximian looked inside, a pile of coal......
Yun Ximian: "......"
Well, I know I'm very vegetable_(:з"∠)_
Yun Ximian patted his forehead and said, "Don't be discouraged, you won't just fail this time anyway......" It was obviously a word of comfort to himself, why did it sound so sad (sniffing)
Yun Ximian rubbed his face, cheered up to clean up the bronze tripod, and started the second wave of alchemy.
The second wave of alchemy - failure.
The third wave of alchemy - failure.
The fourth wave of alchemy - failure.
……
The seventh wave of alchemy - failure.
"Sure enough, I just don't have the heroine's life......" Yun Ximian looked at the empty bag of materials without tears, and finally gave up the idea of alchemy cicadas.
Xiao Hotaru poked her head out of the lantern and patted Yun Ximian's head comfortingly, Yun Ximian smiled at it: "Thank you, but I'm fine, anyway, the days will be long......"
That's right, the days to come will be long. Thinking of this, Yun Ximian sighed softly.
"What are you thinking about, wasting my mood." Yun Ximian, the optimist, quickly recovered and took out other materials from the storage bag to refine supplies.
Most of the supplies are first, second, and third order blood replenishment, Yun Ximian can be said to be easy to refine, and occasionally has hands to play rock-paper-scissors with Xiao Hotaru, although Xiao Hotaru can only produce cloth......