Chapter 15: Dan Hui - Round 1

Under the arrangement of the Treasure Pavilion, Zhang Shen successfully joined the Li clan and became one of the scattered alchemists who signed a cooperation contract with the Li clan and temporarily worked for them.

The Li family, as the number one family among the fifty surnames, also has many alchemists who choose to cooperate with them.

At that banquet, in addition to the alchemist and the high-level leaders of the Li family, there was also a supporter of the Li family, the prince Yao Xing.

It can be regarded as letting Yao Xing and the alchemists get to know each other, after all, even if Yao Xing can't become the emperor, a prince can't run, and the alchemists who attended, according to the "convention", most of them will still choose the Li family to choose Yao Xing.

The prince Yao Xing is the seventh son of the old emperor Yao Zhen, and he is thirty-seven years old this year, and Zhang Shen was slightly taken aback when he saw him for the first time. Seeing that he looks loyal and majestic, he really doesn't look like he can become an emperor.

However, for the alchemist, choosing to cooperate with the Fifty Great Surnames, in addition to the material abundance and physical and spiritual enjoyment, is also to obtain some resources for the continued exploration of their own Dan Dao, so they don't care too much about how much benefit the supporting family can get from the change of throne.

Of course, out of professional ethics and everyone's desire to win, no one will be absent from the Dan Dao feast that has been rare in more than ten years, let alone hide anything to show weakness.

The alchemist is not an idiot who does not understand human feelings, the Li family and Yao Xing have enough face, and this small banquet can be regarded as a happy meeting for the guests and hosts, with a successful opening and a successful ending.

"Master Zhang, Xiao Wang is polite." Zhang Shen tried to keep a low profile, but Yao Xing took the initiative to come over, and he could only be vain.

Zhang Shen cut in the queue halfway, the other alchemists didn't know, and the vast majority of the Li clan didn't know either, but the top leaders of the Li clan and Yao Xing felt like a mirror in their hearts. Although I don't understand his intentions, it is definitely not easy to be able to have a relationship with the Treasure Pavilion!

"The prince is polite." Sensing the curiosity and unconvinced gaze that fell on him, Zhang Shen smiled helplessly.

Patiently chatting with Yao Xing for a few words, Zhang Shen's attention increased significantly, especially when the high-level leaders of the Li family also came over one after another, Zhang Shen helplessly found that he had become the focus of the living room, and his eyes fell on him. There are dissatisfactions, but more curiosity and doubts.

After the small banquet, the alchemists returned to their residences, and Zhang Shen also walked towards his small building.

"Brother Zhang, please stay." Just as Zhang Shen was about to step into the door with his front feet, someone shouted in his ears. Turning around, a young man with a round face was walking briskly towards him.

"Your Excellency is Li Wei and Brother Li?" Zhang Shen remembered him, he was also a member of the alchemists, he always smiled at the small banquet, and he could chat with almost every alchemist, and he was very popular.

Li Wei is in moderate shape, with a round face and a smile, his eyes narrowed into a slit: "Brother Zhang can remember me, little brother is really honored." ”

The two exchanged a few words, and Li Wei asked, "Where is Brother Zhang from, junior brother, I have also stayed in the Li clan for a while, and I haven't seen each other before." ”

"A native of Wenxian County. entered the Li family just because of a favor. After all, for those of us who are bent on pursuing the Dan Dao, where we are, who we work with, and what does it matter? Brother Li, you say yes. ”

"Haha, of course, of course. Seeing that Brother Zhang is also a little tired, I won't bother the little brother, and I will leave first. ”

"By the way, during the period before the Dan meeting began, there were small exchange meetings of our alchemists almost every day in Xiyuan, I wonder if Brother Zhang is interested, would you like to go with you?"

"Well, it's okay left and right, so let's go together."

Arching his hand towards Li Wei, Zhang Shen closed the door and returned to the small building where he temporarily lived.

He glanced at the fence, and seemed to be able to see through the barrier all the way to Livi.

"Ha, sure enough, it's here. The movements and feelings of the man behind the scenes are really sharp enough. ”

In the information collected by the Treasure Pavilion, it was mentioned that there were some scattered alchemists and high-level martial artists who had an inexplicable relationship with the mastermind behind the scenes, and this Li Wei was one of them.

According to the analysis of the Treasure Pavilion, the goal of the mastermind behind the scenes seems to be this change of throne, and because of this, Zhang Shen plans to wait and see from across the shore first, as long as those guys ask for something, they will definitely be exposed.

Zhang Shen is confident that when they are exposed to the sun, they will definitely not be able to escape from their palms!

"Let's let you stumble for a while."

Thinking like this, Zhang Shen withdrew his gaze, slowly went upstairs, and returned to the bedroom.

The exchange meeting in Li Wei's mouth is actually a small gathering of dozens of alchemists within the Li clan to exchange ideas and experiences, and there is one every two or three days, and everyone is very enthusiastic about participating.

For those of them who have not joined Kunlun for twelve days, this kind of opportunity to communicate with their peers is not rare but definitely not much, how can they not cherish it?

Inspiration is something that only flashes in the collision of thoughts.

Zhang Shen was idle left and right, participated in every meeting, and soon conquered everyone with his knowledge, and became the object of all alchemists.

Of course, he also gained a lot from arguing and communicating with others.

Time passes quietly.

Dan will begin.

In front of the palace, there is an extremely large and flat square, the size of three football fields, which is the location of the Danhui.

Between the square and the main hall of the palace, there are two stairs at each end. Between the steps at both ends, there is also a ribbon-like platform.

On the platform, there are the high-level people of the fifty surnames and some other top-level figures of the Qing dynasty in the royal family.

Further up, in front of the main hall, the old emperor Yao Zhen was dressed in a dragon robe, sitting on a dragon couch, surrounded by his wife and concubines and children on both sides, his face was full of majesty, and there was no trace of love in his deep eyes.

Between the two groups of men, the sturdy Praetorian guards were clad in armor and fierce, keeping out any factors that might be unfavorable to the emperor.

Look at the square again.

On the originally empty square, hundreds of desks are placed at the moment. In the space between the cases and the cases, there are all kinds of messy medicinal materials, all of which are common herbs, but there are so many kinds that the medicine farmers who have collected herbs all their lives will not be able to recognize them all.

In the spotlight, under the guidance of the guards, one by one slowly stepped into the square in the gradually brighter sunlight.

It is the alchemist who participated in this Dan meeting!

In this Dan meeting, the participants were close to 1,000, and there were high and low levels in the cultivation of the Dan Dao, especially the "Art of Ten Thousand Souls", so it was natural to choose and compete.

The layout of the square is the first round of the Dan meeting.

Extract the "medicinal gas" and refine it into a crude embryo of the elixir!

Zhang Shen, under the guidance of a guard, came to a desk.

"Master, the herbs in this place belong to you." The guard pointed to a pile of miscellaneous herbs in front of the desk, and reconfirmed the rules and requirements of the first round.

"You need to extract all the 'medicinal qi' in all the herbs within the specified time and condense them into a crude embryo of the pill, which can be regarded as the first round of screening."

"Got it." Zhang Shen nodded.

The guards didn't leave, but stood aside to prevent some alchemists who were not good enough from taking risks and cheating.

It's embarrassing to say, but no matter what kind of world or group you are in, there are always some people who are not capable enough but always want to take advantage of the opportunistic garbage.

Zhang Shen looked at the pile of herbs in front of him, frowning slightly.

The herbs distributed to each alchemist were "carefully prepared", with little difference in quantity, type, and weight, and they were all mixed together very carefully, so that at first glance they looked like a pile of weeds.

What Zhang Shen has to do is to extract the "medicinal gas" of the same medicinal material and refine it into a crude embryo of the elixir.

The assessment criteria for this round are, first, whether the task has been completed within the specified time; Second, whether the medicinal properties in the crude embryo are pure enough, and whether there is any doping with other medicinal materials.

The gong sounds, and the first round of screening will begin!

About one-sixth of the alchemists rushed to the pile of herbs with quick movements, quickly sorting them into categories;

The remaining two-thirds began to use alchemy, controlling the air flow of heaven and earth, turning into an invisible hand, and classifying the herbs in front of them;

The last part, which is not classified at all, directly uses alchemy to extract the medicinal properties in the medicinal materials, and each becomes a pill!

Zhang Shen undoubtedly belongs to the third category.

Zhang Shen began alchemy.

The first step is perception.

No matter how simple it was, the spiritual power was separated from the body, radiating and spreading, and the next moment, the distribution and flow of the heaven and earth qi on the square all entered Zhang Shen's mind, which was extremely clear.

The second step is air bleed.

To extract the medicinal properties of herbs, the qi of the five elements can be used. However, the most suitable for this situation at the moment are the qi of wood and water.

More than four-fifths of the alchemists in the third category chose the above two kinds of qi, after all, the herbs themselves have the genus of yin and yang and the five elements, and there are so many of them, and the use of wood qi and water qi not only avoids harming the herbs themselves, but also is not easy to confuse.

In order to show off the operation, Zhang made a decisive choice-

All five elements together!

These low-level herbs are all belonging to the Five Elements, and as soon as Zhang Mou's thought moved, dozens or hundreds of Five Elements Qi were ready to be prepared.

The third step is the cycle.

Before, Zhang Mou pulled the Qi of the Five Elements in unison, and was seen by many alchemists, and now they are all thinking about watching his jokes and seeing how he completes the cycle of the chaotic Five Elements Qi separately.

Zhang Shen showed his high-profile appearance, and his spiritual power was quickly guided, only to see that the hundreds of strands of the five elements of qi were actually connected obediently in the order of the five elements, completing the cycle!

The surging qi of heaven and earth calmed down in an instant, and the cycle was completed.

The fourth step is to melt the mind.

Zhang Shen divided his spiritual power into five strands, and threw them into the five elements of qi circulating into a circle, and suddenly felt that he was one with it, and as long as he moved his thoughts, he could perfectly control every movement of it.

The fifth step is refining.

The most important thing came, Zhang Shen's expression was solemn, and his mind turned at will, and the five elements circulating air flow after melting his thoughts burst down, enveloping the pile of herbs.

Medicinal properties, extraction!!