Chapter 68, Alchemy
Ji Fengtian walked all the way inside, returned to Zhang Fang's courtyard, and began to meditate, although the rune paper was still well-known, but the alchemy was still... Forget it, Ji Fengtian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought that he was only a martial artist fifth-level cultivator now, and the power of the elements could not be released yet.
Seeing the wry smile on Ji Fengtian's face, Zhang Fang asked curiously, "Tian'er, what's wrong with you?"
"I wanted to learn the art of alchemy, but it suddenly occurred to me that my elemental power could not be released. Ji Fengtian said.
"You mean this, easy. Did you see the Dan furnace I put in the corner?" Zhang Fang asked.
"See, what's wrong?" Ji Fengtian asked puzzled.
"That's the Dan furnace I used a long time ago, you don't need the power of the elements to release it to use, it is engraved with a fire gathering array, you inject the power of the elements into the fire gathering circle, you can get the flame used in alchemy, similarly, if you want to reduce the heat of the flame, reduce the output of the elemental power. Why don't you try it first, and if you can, use this Dan furnace to refine it first. Zhang Fang said.
Ji Fengtian walked in front of the Dan furnace, looking at the one-person tall furnace body in front of him, as if it was a gourd-shaped furnace body, there was a circular notch on it, and the golden furnace body showed a dark gold color because of the long years of use.
At the bottom of the Dan furnace, there is a formation figure, through my own cognition of the art of the rune array, this is a fire gathering array, and the transformation efficiency should be about seventy percent. Trying to input elemental power into the fire gathering array, the raging fire that appeared in the Dan furnace instantaneously controlled the output of elemental power and sensed the changes in the flames.
"At the beginning of alchemy, the furnace should be heated first, and after the temperature of the furnace is raised, the medicinal materials will be put in, so that the medicinal materials will not be burned or destroyed. The speed of alchemy also includes the speed of the hot furnace, if the speed of the hot furnace is much slower than others, maybe after the alchemy of others is over, you have not yet refined half of it. Zhang Fang said.
Ji Fengtian thought about it and found that what Zhang Fang said was the same as the memory of the elixir inheritance left by the Emperor Taiqing. And the alchemy technique left by the Emperor Taiqing records several methods of hot furnace, try it now, maybe you can succeed.
I began to think about the simplest method of hot stove--- the countercurrent of fire. The spiritual power began to control the flames in the Dan furnace, so that the flames attached to the inner wall of the Dan furnace like water, increasing the output of elemental power, controlling the flames like a river flowing backwards, converging towards the top of the Dan furnace, covering the entire Dan furnace, and then flowing down at the intersection position, and by the time the flames reached the bottom, the temperature of the Dan furnace had already risen.
Retracting the power of the elements and wiping the sweat from his head, Ji Fengtian let out a long sigh of relief. Turning his head to look at Zhang Fang, just as he was about to speak, Ji Fengtian saw Zhang Fang's stunned expression, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Grandpa Zhang, how are you?"
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"Wake up and sleep..." Ji Fengtian said.
"This and this is simply a miracle. Zhang Fang exclaimed.
"Eh, Divine Skill, Grandpa Zhang, do you want to learn it?" asked Ji Fengtian.
"Forget it, the requirements for mental power and techniques are very strict, and if it weren't for the inheritance of memory, it would take many years to master this technique. Zhang Fang said.
"Grandpa Zhang, do you also know that the reverse current becomes a river?" Ji Fengtian couldn't help but look at Zhang Fang curiously, because it was recorded in the Taiqing Emperor's method of success, that this method had been lost for many years.
"The technique of turning into a river against the current has been lost for I don't know how many years, and I also read it once in my master's codex in the past, and the master once said that the way to form a river against the current is to cooperate with a strange technique to use it, such as a red tide sweeping the sky and going upstream. This method of hot furnace is one of the seven great hot furnace magic techniques. Zhang Fang stroked his beard and said reminiscingly.
"I see, but it's too elemental. Ji Fengtian said.
"That's because the conversion rate of this Gathering Fire Circle I drew is too low, so when transforming, you can't achieve perfect transformation, otherwise, you will be much easier. Zhang Fang said.
"Grandpa Zhang, this fire-gathering array was originally portrayed by you. That's easy, I know where I can change it, and although the conversion rate can't reach 100%, it's still no problem to convert to more than 90%. โ
"Oh, really?" asked Zhang Fang, looking at him with a strange look.
"Of course, I'll tell you where you need to fix it. Ji Fengtian said, and then pointed to a rune with Zhang Fang and the two of them said while gesturing.
The two talked for more than half an hour, and Ji Fengtian stopped. Looking at Zhang's tightly locked brows, Ji Fengtian didn't speak, standing next to him and waiting patiently. Suddenly, Zhang Fang moved, stretched out his hand to erase a few symbols on the Dan furnace, and then took out a brush dipped in the blood of the demon beast essence and carefully carved it on the Dan furnace.
An hour later, Zhang Fang looked at the pattern on the Dan furnace and said, "Give it a try this time." โ
Ji Fengtian closed his eyes, put his hands on them, slowly operated the power of the elements, and used his spiritual power to feel the transformation inside, after a while, Ji Fengtian opened his eyes under Zhang Fang's expectant gaze, thought for a while and said, "About ninety-five percent." โ
"Hey~ What kind of inheritance have you gotten, I'm really curious now. Zhang Fang said.
"I don't know what the inheritance is, but I feel very complicated, if you want to know something, I can tell you..." Ji Fengtian said.
"Okay, if there's anything I don't know, I'll ask you. Zhang Fang said with a smile.
"Grandpa Zhang, do you have any basic medicinal materials there, I want to try to refine some simple pills. Ji Fengtian said.
"Okay, I still have a lot of basic medicinal materials here, you can take them. Zhang Fang pointed to the cabinet next to him and said.
After Ji Fengtian opened the cabinet, he took out a rehmannia root, put it aside, and took out some snake gall fruits, as well as jade flowers and put them beside him. Sitting cross-legged in front of the Dan furnace, he entered a meditative state, and began to simulate refining the Qi and Blood Pill over and over again in his mind.
Finally, the spirit and spirit returned to their peak state, Ji Fengtian stood up, walked to the front of the Dan furnace, and input the elemental power into the fire gathering array, and the reverse current of fire was unleashed, and soon the temperature of the entire Dan furnace was burned to an extremely high level.
Casually threw the jade flower into the alchemy furnace, felt the jade flower gradually dry up in the fire, disintegrated, and became a pile of crystal clear green granular powder, controlled the jade flower powder to a corner, threw the snake gall fruit into it, concentrated his mental power, controlled the temperature of the flame to decrease, and slowly roasted the snake gall fruit.
"Bang!" A muffled sound came from the Dan furnace, and Ji Fengtian's face instantly changed color.
"Hehe, don't be discouraged, no one can succeed in the first alchemy. It's good to test a few more times, the pill needs precise control, the slightest hint of flame to control the food, it will make the herb scrapped, even if there is only a trace of mistakes, it will affect the color of the pill when it becomes a pill. Zhang Fang said.
"Could it be that the same pill is still divided into colors?" Ji Fengtian couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Of course, the final efficacy of the same pill has a great relationship with the quality of the pill, and the effect after taking it is also different, the effect of ordinary pills is much worse than the best pills, and the inferior ones are much worse than ordinary pills, and those that do not become pills may be useless, or they may --- poison people. Zhang Fang said.
"So there is such a saying. Ji Fengtian touched his chin and said.
"Keep working hard, your theoretical knowledge is very rich, but it's not enough to practice, if the success rate of your alchemy reaches about eighty percent, you can continue to try to refine the next pill. Alchemists are very profitable, but before they succeed, they still burn very money. Zhang Fang said.
"Okay, don't bother you, I still have to prepare the medicinal liquid used by your little brother for body forging. Zhang Fang shook his head, walked back to his workbench, and began to tinker with his bottles and cans.
Ji Fengtian began to sit on the ground again and meditate with his eyes closed, continuing to simulate the refining of Qi and Blood Pill in his mind, carefully thinking about where he had made a mistake just now. The order in which the herbs were placed was correct, and there was no mistake in the control, why on earth was this.
Ji Fengtian was puzzled, so he stood up, once again entered the power of the elements, controlled the flames in the Dan furnace, and put the medicinal herbs into it. The spiritual power carefully sensed the changes of the medicinal materials in the flames, and this time, after putting in the snake gall fruit, the previous explosion did not appear, and continued to put the rehmannia root into the alchemy furnace, and the rehmannia root quickly turned into a milky white liquid in the flames.
The spiritual power carefully controlled the gathering of several purified materials, first the rehmannia root, then the snake gall fruit, and finally the jade flower, several items fully gathered together, fused perfectly, and then controlled the entire pill to begin to split.
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The entire six pills were split, lowering the temperature of the flames, and roasting the six pills until the pills were completely condensed, and the elemental power was not converged.
With a bang, the sound of the pill hitting the alchemy furnace sounded, and he spit out six pills from the dragon's mouth, took a porcelain bottle, and caught the six pills.
"Huh, you've made it, show me. After Zhang Fang heard the sound of the pill hitting the Dan furnace, he knew that Ji Fengtian had succeeded in refining.
Ji Fengtian stretched out his hand and handed the porcelain bottle to Zhang Fang, Zhang Fang poured out a red pill, put it on his nose and smelled it, then checked the weight of the pill with his hand, looked at the lines on it, and said with a smile: "First of all, congratulations, you have refined a pill, your spiritual power should be close to me." โ
What Zhang Fang didn't know was that Ji Fengtian's spiritual power had already surpassed him, but he didn't know how to use it now.
"What's next?" Ji Fengtian asked.
"The latter is that the condition of your elixir is not very good, and it can only be regarded as a defective product. Zhang Fang said.
"Can it only be regarded as a defective product?" Ji Fengtian said with a wry smile.
"What is the effect of your pill?" Zhang Fang asked.
"It can increase the strength of a thousand catties of flesh in a short period of time. Ji Fengtian said.
"A thousand catties? It is equivalent to the cultivation of the martial arts realm of almost one layer, which is enough to defy the sky. Zhang Fang said with a smile.
"Let's eat it and see. He took out a pill and handed it to Ji Fengtian, and threw one in his mouth.
After Ji Fengtian threw the pill in his hand into his mouth, he felt that the strength of his body was slowly increasing. After knowing that his physical strength had increased by five hundred gold, Ji Fengtian felt that his physical strength had stopped growing.
Ji Fengtian said with a wry smile: "Sure enough, it is a defective product... โ
"Don't be discouraged, you will refine the finished pill for the second time, I believe you will make greater progress in the future, come on, the more meticulous the use of spiritual power, the better the effect of alchemy." Zhang Fang patted Ji Fengtian on the shoulder and said.
In the next few days, Ji Fengtian has been trying to refine the elixir, whether it is a first-grade or a second-grade pill, Ji Fengtian is trying to refine it, and even refining the second-grade pill, which made Zhang Fang also taken aback, and at the same time sighed that Ji Fengtian had a good inheritance.
"Young Master, the general invites you and Master Zhang to go to the front. A maid came and called.
"Well, I see, let's go over here. Ji Fengtian responded, got up and looked at Zhang Fang and said, "Grandpa Zhang, today is a good day for revenge, let's go and see how Dongfang Ding is going to deal with that matter." โ
"Hehe, sure enough, there's your kid. Zhang Fang said with a strange smile.
"But I think this time it may be just Dongfang Ming himself who came, and Dongfang Ding didn't come, as for the horse chestnut, if Dongfang Ding doesn't come, we won't accept it until he comes. Ji Fengtian said.
"Wouldn't that be too much?" Zhang Fang asked.
"What is too much. The two were walking outside, and Zhuge Qingming and Dongfang Saitama walked in.
Ji Fengtian said: "It should be Dongfang Ding who has come to apologize." โ
"What? Dongfang Ding is here? Hmph! I'm going to go check it out too, and let that old thing know that we're not easy to mess with. Zhuge Qingming said angrily.
"I'm going to check it out, too. Dongfang Saiyu echoed, there is no other reason, Dongfang Saiyu also wants to see Dongfang Ding eat deflated, because Dongfang Ding is a bullish look in the palace, Dongfang Saiyu once asked him to refine the pill for himself, who wants Dongfang Ding to refuse, he is good to say, and he didn't see him loose, even if his father and emperor went, Dongfang Ding also put on the uncle's shelf.
"Well, isn't he from your Dongfang family?" Ji Fengtian asked puzzled.
"Yes, however, our Dongfang family is divided into several factions, and Dongfang Ding is a branch of the people. Dongfang Saitama said.
"Alright, let's go. Ji Fengtian said, and then took the lead to walk outside, and the four of them slowly and leisurely walked towards the front in the Ji Mansion.
"I've seen Your Majesty!" After everyone entered the main hall, they saw Dongfang Ming sitting on the first seat, and after seeing each other, everyone found their respective positions and sat down.
"Hehe, I came today to apologize to you on behalf of Master Ding Dan. Dongfang Ming said.
"Your Majesty is too polite, this matter was done by Dongfang Ding, and we can't bear Your Majesty's personal thanks. Ji Fengtian stood up and returned Dongfang Ming's apology.
"Your Majesty, in fact, we think that Ding Danshi is not wrong, think about it, he is a member of the royal family, and he is also an alchemist, and he also refines the pill to increase cultivation, he wants to treat us, how to us, we are promoted to fight the small people, and we dare not worry about him. Zhuge Qingming said.
"This..." Dongfang Ming is a personal essence, how could he not understand Zhuge Qingming's words, this irony is too poisonous.
"Hehe, in that case, I will forgive the Ding Dan Master as a few people, this is the Seven Leaf Flower that the Ding Dan Master Tuo Zhen brought to you. Dongfang Ming saw the attitude of several people, and simply said shamelessly.
"Your Majesty, we can't collect this horse chestnut flower. Ji Fengtian said.
"Why is that?" Dongfang Ming asked.
"Your Majesty, you think, this is Dongfang Ding, no, no, no, it's something of Ding Danshi, we don't dare to ask for it, if Ding Danshi wants to settle this account with me one day, I'm afraid we won't be able to deal with it. Zhuge Qingming said.
"Hehehe, it's okay. In that case, I won't talk about it. Dongfang knew that Zhuge Qingming was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so he simply didn't talk about it.
"Hehe, since Your Majesty won't talk about this matter, we will leave first, and we will have to make sandbags later. Zhuge Qingming said.
"Don't worry, I still have something I want to tell Zhang Danshi. Dongfang Ming looked at Zhang Fang and said.
"If Your Majesty has anything to say, just give it a direct command. Zhang Fang said politely.
"Oh, that's the case, I heard that you have refined an elixir that has no side effects and unconditionally adds a layer of cultivation, isn't it?" Dongfang Ming asked.
"That's true. Zhang Fang said.
Everyone was in their hearts, knowing that Dongfang Ming was going to turn to the topic, and when the drama came, they turned their eyes to Dongfang Ming to see what he wanted to do.
"That's simple, I want to buy the Xuandan's Dan recipe from you, and when the time comes, it will be made public to the world, so that the people of the whole country can quickly improve their cultivation. "Dongfang Ming saw that everyone didn't want to forgive Dongfang Ding, so naturally he didn't mention Dongfang Ding, you want to pretend to be stupid, I will play with you, you two little foxes wait, see who has the last laugh.
โใใใ Zhang Fang heard Dongfang Ming's words, and he didn't know how to answer, His Majesty wants to buy something from you now, how can you refuse? Although the status of an alchemist is high, and his cultivation is also high, his backstage is not hard, and he can't go toe-to-toe with the royal family.
"Your Majesty, this estimate Zhang Danshi doesn't know how to explain it to you, because he is afraid that you will think that he doesn't want to give it to you. Ji Fengtian said.
"Oh, what's going on?" Dongfang Ming said in surprise, and in his heart was slanderous, Ji Fengtian answered, it seems that this time things can't be bought, Dongfang Ding, Dongfang Ding, I can't ask about this, the people outside scold you, you think for yourself, anyway, I have done my best, who let you usually offend everyone.
"That's right, we used to have an agreement with Zhang Danshi, and our Ji family has unconditional priority to buy all the Dan recipes he refines, so now that the Dan recipes are in our hands, Zhang Danshi can't leak any Dan recipes, otherwise it will be a violation of the agreement between us. Ji Fengtian said without blushing and without a heartbeat.
"Oh, I see, in that case, is Prince Zhenyue willing to sell Danfang to the state?" Dongfang Ming asked with a smile.
"No, Your Majesty, we will rely on these pills to eat. If we don't have these pills, how can we live in the future?" Ji Fengtian said.
"I can pay a high price to ensure that you are satisfied!" Dongfang Ming said.
"Really?" asked Ji Fengtian.
"A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase. Dongfang Ming said.
"Your Majesty is refreshing, handsome, wise and martial, heroic, diligent and loving the people, taking pictures for the people... Ji Fengtian began to pat Dongfang Ming's ass.
"Hehe, Feng Tianxian's nephew has won the prize, let's make a price. Dongfang Ming said with a smile, it is estimated that there is a drama, and the previous disappointment in his heart disappears, and the flame of hope is rekindled.