I looked at the strange alchemy device in front of me in a daze, and now what happened in this alchemy room was completely beyond imagination and cognition.

Brother Dong stopped crying, but he was very unstable and sat outside the threshold in a daze, and Gan Jiu ignored him. In the room, only Zhao Lein and I were still fighting. We lit the firewood in the fire pit, the flames slowly rose, Gan Jiu asked Zhao Lein to agitate the bellows, the action can neither be big nor small, the speed can neither be fast nor slow, and must master a rhythm.

Zhao Zheng pulled a few times, and Gan Jiu nodded: "Xiao Zhao, you are very smart, just this speed, continue to maintain it." ”

Zhao Leng pulled the bellows for five minutes, and Gan Jiu asked me to continue pulling it for him. I quickly mastered the pace as well, and Gan Jiu was very happy and let us keep it up, rotating every ten minutes.

Gan Jiu brought a bucket of water from the well and put it next to the alchemy device, he chanted a mantra while circling around, touching the temperature of the top Yangcheng jar from time to time, feeling that it was hot, so he picked up the water scoop and poured it on, a puff of white smoke rose, and the temperature of the jar dropped.

After pulling for a while, I was sweating all over. Zhao Yi simply took off his shirt, replaced me shirtless, and continued to sweat like rain and pull the bellows.

Gan Jiu lit a long incense stick in the incense burner in the room, and the incense burned, and the smoke filled it. He told us that the first time this pill was refined was based on the time of ten incense sticks, and the furnace should be stopped and cooled after the ten incense sticks were burned. Continue refining every three hours, and then take eleven incense sticks as the standard, and then stop ...... In the end, it was burned until twenty incense sticks, and the incense was born.

Alchemy is lofty, but in fact, the whole process is very boring. Zhao Lein and I went back and forth to take shifts, pulling bellows to drum up the fire. And Gan Jiu chanted a curse to control the temperature of the jar and poured water on it at the right time.

Only then did I understand why the alchemy room and the entire courtyard had to be built in a closed cave Taoist temple. Alchemy's control of temperature is simply perfect, and any influencing factors must be taken into account, especially wind. Therefore, the alchemy room must not be ventilated in the open air, and Gan Jiu simply closed the door of the alchemy room, which is stuffy and hot, just like going deep into the underground coal mine.

I sweated all over my body and rained, and I didn't stop from start to finish, and I stood up after pulling the bellows, and got wet under my buttocks.

The process was so sin that I was drowsy, and I wanted to plant myself on the ground as many times as I wanted. Gan Jiu was always around us, and we could see that he was very attentive, the incantation in his mouth never stopped, and the gaze in his eyes was extremely fanatical. I have a gut feeling that if he really destroys his alchemy plan, he will kill us without mercy.

When the fifth incense stick was burned, I secretly complained bitterly, and it was only halfway through, how long did it take to boil. Suddenly, the door opened, and Brother Dong crawled in from outside, trembling and climbing up the alchemy device, muttering in his mouth: "Da Gang, Da Gang, I'm here to save you." ”

Gan Jiu was practicing the Fa, and the spells in his mouth kept stopping, and when he saw that Brother Dong was about to climb to the side of the furnace, his eyes were on fire, and he glanced at me who was squatting on the side and resting, meaning that I should pull Brother Dong out.

I wiped my sweat and grabbed Brother Dong, Brother Dong had a lot of strength, and cried and shouted while breaking free: "Da Gang, you died too unjustly." ”

My scalp was a little numb, and I hurriedly said, "Brother Dong, go out first." ”

Brother Dong turned over and grabbed my wrist tightly, his teeth chattering: "Rice, just now...... Just now I saw Dagang come back. ”

With his words, my scalp exploded in an instant, and goosebumps crawled all over my body in an instant. I trembled and said, "Brother Dong, you're tired, hurry up and rest." ”

Brother Dong trembled and said: "I'm not tired, I'm not dazzled, just now, just now, Da Gang was standing in the courtyard, he looked at me, at this room, his eyes were terrible." Let's go, let's go, there's ghosts here. ”

Gan Jiu stopped the spell and turned his head to look at Brother Dong: "Have you seen Dagang's spirit body?" ”

"See, just walk around the yard." Brother Dong said.

Gan Jiu laughed sharply, and from the laughter, he could tell that he was completely out of shape. He smiled sharply and sharply, sounding like a eunuch, and said slowly: "Good! There is induction! The elixir is successful, the gods and ghosts know themselves, do you know, this kind of elixir is refined by the soul of a person. As long as we continue to refine, Dagang's spirit body will automatically enter the furnace for refining, and when the time comes, it will condense into a pill, and I can take the pill and become an immortal. ”

Zhao Lean slowly stopped the bellows handle and glanced at me, our faces were all shocked, this Gan Jiu is purely a madman!

Gan Jiu glared at Zhao Le: "Don't stop!" Xiao Luo, you pull Xiao Dong out, don't let him make trouble. ”

I dragged Brother Dong out of the house and into the courtyard outside. Brother Dong is like a refugee, his eyes are dull, his hair is unkempt, the corners of his mouth are drooling, and his whole spirit is very poor. I carried him into the gazebo, and he lay on the table and fell asleep. I stood in the pavilion, looking around the courtyard left and right, and couldn't help but shiver.

Dagang's soul is floating here? Damn, there's something else to keep it all in. At this time, the fire lamp, the dark shadow dragged on, and the courtyard was filled with an indescribable cold atmosphere.

My heart was pounding, I always felt that something was going to happen, but I couldn't say it, and my chest was like a big rock.

I deliberately lingered outside for a while before entering the alchemy room. Zhao Leavor pulled the bellows and almost collapsed, and when he saw me coming, he threw it down directly, stepped aside and picked up the bottle of water and drank it in a big gulp.

I sat in his place and continued to pull, and I don't know how long it took, but I only heard Gan Jiu say: "That's all for today." ”

The tenth long incense stick in the incense burner burned out, and Zhao Leprosy and I lay directly in the mud, our fingers didn't bother to move, and our shoulders hurt from drilling.

There is a three-hour stop in between, a maximum of six hours of rest, followed by the next set, and the cycle repeats, estimated to be enough for seven days. When the time comes, I don't have to do it, I can die of exhaustion myself.

Zhao Leyi and I took the half-dead Brother Dong back to the firewood cage, and Gan Jiu locked the cage door and left. Seeing his figure disappear, I scolded Brother Dong: "Are you kid pretending, pretending to be crazy and stupid to avoid labor, damn, I will pretend to be stupid tomorrow and I won't work." ”

Brother Dong was already close to dementia and didn't react at all.

Zhao Le, who was in the dark, suddenly spoke: "Daozi, have you ever thought about what to do if the alchemy fails after seven days?" ”

"Keep refining." I said with a wink.

Zhao Lean asked, "Do you think Dagang's corpse can be maintained until the next furnace?" ”

I was so stupid that I never thought about it, and I asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"If this furnace fails, Gan Jiu will definitely prepare for the next furnace non-stop. At that time, suppose that Dagang's corpse is wasted and a new corpse is needed, what do you think Gan Jiu will do? Zhao said.

I was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "I'll kill one more person." ”

"There are three of us. You, me, Brother Dong, who do you think is likely to die? Zhao Leng asked word by word.

"For Gan Jiu, the one who has the least value." I looked at Brother Dong in the dark and said.

Zhao Lean said: "Do you still want to be as crazy and stupid as Brother Dong?" ”

I took a deep breath, buried my face in the palm of my hand, and raised my head for a while: "Zhao Le, you really fucking killed me, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have run to this hellish place." ”

Zhao Yi sneered: "It's still a fart to say this now." ”

I leaned against the wall, stared blankly at the darkness in front of me, and said slowly, "I realized how stupid I used to be when I got here." Such a good life, such a good friend, I didn't cherish it. If God can let me go back to my old life, I will cherish this qiē. ”

"Coward! Coward! Is this going to collapse? Zhao said coldly.

I wasn't in the mood to worry about that, so I fell asleep in a daze. When I was sleeping, I saw the light shaking, I covered the light with my hand, and barely saw Gan Jiu walking in with a flashlight, he said: "Xiao Luo Xiaozhao, the second stage of alchemy has begun, don't sleep, work." ”

He took a look at Brother Dong who was lying on the ground again, and could see that Gan Jiu's expression was very gloomy, he didn't say anything, let Brother Dong lie down, opened the cage door and let us out.

We followed him into the alchemy room with our heads down, lit the fire, and began to pull the bellows.

Saying that seven days is really seven days, no discount at all, in the past seven days, Zhao Leprosy and I have really died, how many times I almost collapsed, I don't know what faith I have insisted on, many times I have been on the verge of the limit and died again, gritting my teeth to resist every limit. It's purgatory more than purgatory.

Sometimes Gan Jiu would stuff us with two pills on top of one pill. Not to mention, these pills did play a big role, and in the past seven days, I feel that my body is getting stronger and stronger, and my wounds are healing better and better.

At the beginning, the time of pulling the bellows ten incense sticks couldn't hold it at all, until the seventh day pulled eighteen incense sticks, and there was still strength in the body.

Gan Jiu encouraged us: "Persist in persevering, the last two incense sticks, the incense will be completed, if this furnace becomes a pill, we will all be liberated." ”

After coming into contact these days, I don't think Gan Jiu is a bad person. He is a man of faith, and his faith is liberation and immortality. As long as this principle is not violated, it is easy to say anything else, but once he touches this high-voltage line, he can kill people without blinking.

I believe what he said, as long as this furnace becomes a pill and he takes medicine to become an immortal, we will all be liberated. After spending half a month in the mountains, I desperately longed for the outside world and wanted to return to my own life. I'm going to find a solution, get along with him, and hopefully be friends.

Nineteen incense sticks burned out, and Gan Jiu inserted the last incense. It can be seen that he is extremely nervous, and he is a little excited, who has always been calm.

He began to chant in circles around the stove, and Zhao Leprosy and I alternately pulled the bellows, and when the incense burned to half of it, suddenly there was a strange sound in the clay pot, like water boiling, gurgling, and then there was a particularly strange sound.

The sound is indescribable, similar to the sound of fingernails scratching stones. Gan Jiu's low incantation sound, lined with this strange sound of scratching his nails, made the atmosphere of the entire secret room terrifyingly suffocating. The pit is just clawed.

Zhao Lein was pulling the bellows, he also heard a strange sound, and slowly stopped, looking shocked.

"Go on!" Gan Jiu suddenly shouted: "Don't stop!" ”

The last stick of incense burned slowly, slowly burning to the bottom, leaving only a small section, which was about to be extinguished. Gan Jiu stopped the spell, and we all looked at the alchemy device calmly, and we didn't dare to breathe.

We are all looking forward to the moment when Dancheng comes.