Chapter 17: The Wind Rises

This is the first time Zhang Shen has refined the elixir.

He took out a medicinal herb from the bamboo basket to refine the Hui Tiandan.

Hui Tian Dan is a huge amount of vitality concentrated, and its raw materials are mainly plants of the previous year, supplemented by several minerals that are also rich in wood gas.

The first step is to extract the medicinal properties and gases in the raw materials.

It should be noted that because Huitian Dan has a fixed pill formula, not all medicinal gases are useful, only a few specific medicinal properties need to be extracted, and the rest are impurities. If there are too many impurities, the effectiveness of the pill will inevitably be affected, and it may even become a poison pill.

Zhang Shen easily extracted the medicinal properties that could be used, and after confirming that there were no impurities, he put them aside and let them slowly "ferment".

He pinched off each of the herbs that had lost most of their medicinal properties and put them into a bowl-shaped porcelain bowl in front of him.

Picking up the medicine pestle on the side, it seems to be slow but actually extremely fast to grind these medicinal herbs into powder.

After all the herbs have been ground into a fine powder, add a little rootless water, stir, and mix into a paste.

This is in the production zuò "Dan Yin"! Or "Dancheng".

Wonderful alchemists were able to directly condense the medicinal properties into substantial pills, but Zhang Shen and these people obviously did not achieve that kind of Cheng dù, and they needed to use other things to undertake the medicinal properties of the fusion.

The raw materials that have been extracted from some of the medicinal properties are undoubtedly the first choice for Danyin.

After the herb powder and water are well mixed, it is time to shape. Zhang Shen didn't use his hands, his powerful spiritual power erupted, separated into a strand, turned into an invisible hand, pinched and rubbed, and in the blink of an eye, a round blue-black pill appeared.

Finally, the most critical step has arrived!

The medicinal properties and the pill are combined, integrated into one, and the refining of the pill is completed!

Zhang Shen held his breath and concentrated, and redoubled his caution to control the medicinal qi suspended in the corner of the case and slowly drifted towards the Dan Yin in the bowl.

The two come into contact as if two drops of water meet each other, merging with each other without hindrance.

In an instant, a strange rhythm that ordinary people can't hear is played!

In Zhang Shen's sight, the dark cyan brilliance suddenly flashed with the rhythm, and it was fleeting.

Failed!!

When I looked closely, I saw that the original blue-black pill had become extremely pure in color after the appearance of the radiant rhythm, but in less than a blink of an eye, dots of variegated pockmarks appeared.

Failed...... Zhang Shen frowned, and a trace of frustration and disappointment could not help but pass through his eyes.

Although the probability of failure in the first alchemy is very high, when it really fails, it is inevitable that there will be some unhappiness.

A wisp of spiritual power turned into a blade, brutally splitting the pill in half, revealing a cross-section, and variegated Dan patterns could actually be seen, which made Zhang Shen's brows furrow even tighter.

Zhang Shen gave up the idea of continuing alchemy, and put all his mind on this discarded elixir to analyze the reasons for the failure.

When he was in a daze with the waste pill, time passed little by little, and other alchemists were trying their best to refine the pill, although the failure rate was generally high, but the wisps of strange fragrance gradually filled the entire square.

The danxiang lingering between the mouth and nose intoxicated the guards and all ethnic groups, and the eyes that originally paid attention to Zhang Shen faded little by little with the passage of time.

Zhang Shen didn't care about this, and still studied the waste pill in front of him wholeheartedly.

"I see...... The medicinal properties cannot be simply mixed, and there is a special arrangement...... The same goes for Danyin...... It's not okay to just crumple it up......"

After a long time, Zhang Shen gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, and the light in his eyes flashed.

"Got it, try again over there!"

Throwing out the Dan Yin in the bowl that had been crushed to pieces, Zhang Shen took out a new ingredient from the bamboo basket.

Medicinal Extraction!

Wisps of medicinal qi were extracted from the raw materials, like swimming fish, swimming in the void in front of Zhang Shen.

"Dan Dao, the pursuit of the unity of heaven and man, this is also reflected in the art of all souls...... Dan, not an elixir, don't be bound by previous concepts...... Dan originates from the air flow of heaven and earth, even if it is integrated into the Dan and becomes an independent individual, it still has to maintain a certain communication with heaven and earth...... Only in this way will ...... not 'die'"

"Finally understood...... It turns out that the words in the classics say 'Dansheng Tips, breathing out the breath of heaven and earth' is what it means. ”

With a flash of inspiration, a thought, a clear mind, and the knowledge that has been forcibly memorized is like a spring, bubbling out, merging into the heart, incorporating into its own knowledge system, and understanding it in the heart. All kinds of feelings flow in my heart.

Zhang Shen's hands moved quickly, and each raw material was pulled off a little bit, thrown into the porcelain basin, and shattered in an instant.

As soon as the thought moved, the crystal rootless water flew into the porcelain basin, the two were fully mixed, and after a few rolls, a round Dan was formed.

At the same moment, the medicinal qi swam the fish and moved!

Like a moth to a fire, one by one the medicinal qi swam into the fish, crashing into the Dan Yin in the porcelain basin.

No vision!!

It's as if a drop of water falls into the sea, and there is not a single ripple, just like that, the perfect fusion.

Back to Tiandan, Dancheng!!

Zhang Shen picked up the freshly baked Huitian Pill and looked back and forth for a while, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, and a smile jumped on his face.

Hui Tian Dan is dark cyan in color, with a smooth surface, which seems to be able to absorb light, and at a glance, the gaze will sink into it.

This Huitian Pill has no incense, no vision, and is unpretentious, and it is not comparable to other alchemists.

However, only a true Dan Dao master understands that this kind of blandness is the best elixir that perfectly presents every penny of medicinal properties!

The refining of the Huitian Pill made Zhang Shen understand the key to the refining of the pill, and he drew inferences from one case to another, and soon understood the refining method of the other two pills.

After calculating the remaining time, and seeing that most of the alchemists around him had completed more than two-thirds of the time, Zhang Shen began to catch up.

One, two......

None of them failed!

Every pill is so unpretentious.

This weirdness finally attracted the attention of those who care.

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When the gong sounded again, it was announced that the second round of Dan would be over.

When the alchemist appeared, Zhang Shen glanced at the entire square, and was surprised to find that the success rate of most people was very low, thirty materials, and finally only three or five were successfully refined......

looked at the twenty-nine round pills of blue, red and white on his case, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Maybe you are a little too excited, too detached from the masses?" ”

The afternoon Dan meeting lasted for several hours, and by the end of the day, the sky was already in the glory of the sunset.

In addition to a few alchemists who have extraordinary attainments in the Dan Dao "Ten Thousand Souls", the others are all representatives of the fifty surnames and the royal family.

First of all, they directly excluded Cheng Dan below ten pills, and at this time, the number of people was reduced by nearly four-fifths, and only about two dozen remained. Of course, all the refined pills would be carefully sealed and let the fifty surnames snatch and buy them.

Everyone quickly noticed the elixir refined by Zhang Shen.

I'm going, so much? They were taken aback.

Hey, is this thing really an elixir, why is there no trace of danxiang? To be qualified to come here, they all take medicine often, and they also have a lot of knowledge about pills, so they exclaimed.

It looks smooth and full, but it feels too fake...... Looking left and right, these round things are a little unreal. There's no way, they've lived for so many years, and they've never heard of anyone whose success rate can reach nearly 100%, which is really incredible.

"Everyone, let's take a look." The alchemist Huo Lun, who served as the judge, squeezed over with difficulty, twisted up a blood spirit pill that was as bright as fire and the color was so clear that it was almost transparent, first using conventional means to investigate, and then using the alchemist's special method of testing the pill with "qi".

A trace of heaven and earth qi entered and exited regularly, as if this pill was breathing.

The expressions of several Dan Dao masters changed little by little, and their eyes intertwined, and they all saw doubts and ...... in each other's eyes Agitated!

Extremely excited!

Is...... That one?

Well, you can't be wrong, nine times out of ten.

It's exactly the same as it says in the books!

Dan Shengjiao, breathe in the breath of heaven and earth...... Unexpectedly, only the records in the classics were actually seen with my own eyes!

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Huo Lun and the others' excited expressions couldn't hide the old foxes of the fifty surnames and the royal family, and they simply cut one of the three soybean-sized pills to verify what they thought.

The blue, red, and white light suddenly exploded!

The rich vitality, the strong blood, the condensed light spirit, accompanied by the alluring and incomparably strange fragrance, come to the face!

All the pills in the room were induced, and they all emitted light, exuding a more intense danxiang, and for a while, the originally spacious room was filled with three-color light, and every corner was not filled!

The sudden change made everyone stunned, and then, the light in their eyes exploded!

One after another, the scorching gaze stared at the three white jade bottles that contained the remaining twenty-six pills, if it weren't for the scruples, they would have to start grabbing it!

A faint smell of gunpowder rose quietly.

Huo Lun saw that the scene was showing signs of getting out of control, and coughed lightly: "Cough, everyone, the evaluation is not over yet, don't worry." For the specific distribution, you still have to meet the patriarch before talking. ”

"As for these three bottles of pills, according to the usual practice, we still keep them temporarily to avoid accidents."

The other alchemists were stunned for a moment, then smiled and threw an appreciative look at Huo Lun.

Good! Although the probability of getting it is not high, it is still possible to hurry up and study it......

How could the representatives of the fifty surnames and the royal family not know what the idea of Huo Lun and the others was fighting, but this sudden situation made them a little at a loss and robbed them? With these old and weak, it is really a fight for life, and it is not cost-effective.

"Well, then follow Master Huolun's suggestion." Mo Mingpi tugged at the corners of his mouth with a smile, "The Dan Club evaluation is not over yet, let's confirm the list of alchemists who participated in the final round first." ”

Those who are qualified to appear here are all "old-timers", and their concentration is naturally not bad, so they forcibly suppressed the urgent thoughts in their hearts, and checked all the pills refined by more than 20 people according to the process, and confirmed the final list.

Of course, it would be more normal if they glanced somewhere a few times from time to time.

In the third round of the Dan Meeting, a few of the best alchemists in the second round were selected, and the medicinal materials provided by the royal family and the fifty major surnames were openly supplied for them to refine the elixir that could prolong life or restore the health of the old emperor.

This is a win-win situation, and the significance of the royal family and the fifty surnames naturally does not need to be repeated, and it is also a rare opportunity for alchemists.

The more precious the medicinal materials, minerals, and exotic beasts, the more difficult it is to obtain, how much can the alchemist collect by himself?

Participating in the Dan meeting and advancing to the third round means that there are many "wronged leaders" who can provide almost all the precious raw materials they want, so if you don't take this opportunity to "squander" and refine all the pills that you wanted to refine before but suffered from the lack of raw materials, you are sorry for yourself!

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Late at night, inside a huge building shaped like a temple.

A pair of eyes opened quietly.