Although the medicine that Qin Daoming had concocted had basically reached the standard required for refining the Qi Gathering Pill.

But at this time, Qin Daoming did not start the next step of refining, but continued to practice his own method of concoction.

In another two days, Qin Daoming's proficiency in medicine dispensing has increased significantly, temporarily reaching a bottleneck. That's when I started to sort out my thoughts. Embark on the next step of refining the Qi Gathering Pill.

Qin Daoming began the second step of alchemy, collecting medicines.

Collecting medicine, in alchemy, many alchemists are also called medicine.

Danshu Youyun: "After the drug adjustment is completed, the medicine production is coming, and this is when the medicine is collected and returned to the furnace." When it is taken with gas, it is returned to the furnace. ”

Different Danfangs, the order of entering the medicine, and the environment of the medicine are different.

For example, Qin Daoming's current refining of the Qi Gathering Pill, the order of entering the medicine, that is, the process of collecting the medicine, should be: "Warm the furnace with fire, slightly heat, and collect rootless water to enter; use fire to contain water, the water will boil, and collect ebony charcoal into the furnace; melt the water with toner, turn it over for three points, and enter the military pill; and turn the pill into a pulp, and start to pick two honeysuckles that are more than 30 years old, and reach the ...... of sealing the furnace."

Collecting medicine is also one of the important basic skills of alchemists. It is also one of the difficulties to test the alchemist, and there are many difficulties in the process of collecting medicine, among which the most difficult place lies in the word "fire".

The heat refers to the size and length of time used in the process of collecting medicines, according to the size and duration of the alchemy materials according to the old, tender, hard, soft, thick and thin size of the alchemy materials and the production requirements of the elixir. If the fire is not enough, the medicinal properties cannot be refined, and the elixir cannot be formed; if the fire is excessive, the alchemy material will be destroyed, and there will be scorch, and there will be waste pills, or even poison pills.

There is a cloud in the ancient Dan scripture: "The mercury and lead Dan stove can be eliminated peacefully, and the heat is the most difficult to adjust." ”

Many alchemy apprentices are falling in the heat of this pass, the ancient monk wrote the poem "Under the Temple of Heaven Peak Gift Du Lushi", the poem said: "The river car should be refined for nine turns, and the fire is good for three years", that is, the alchemy apprentice must practice for three or two years, and the word fire can be slightly eye-catching.

For alchemists, the key to mastering the heat is to control the true fire, control the intensity of the true fire, the time it burns, and so on. Because Qi refining cultivators do not have true fire, they can only use fire-based spiritual energy to generate flames instead of true fire, which is undoubtedly much more difficult. Ordinary Qi Refining Cultivators only have Divine Thoughts, and Divine Thoughts cannot feel the intensity of the flames out of their bodies, which undoubtedly makes it much more difficult to control the fire.

According to the record of "Basic Alchemy", Qin Daoming began to warm the furnace, and at this time, Qin Daoming found that the aura of his transformed body actually had an advantage when refining the pill.

Other Qi refining period cultivators, when warming the furnace, the easy mistake is to overheat, because the flame generated by the aura is easy to increase the intensity, and it is really not easy to control the intensity, but Qin Daoming's flame furnace triggered by the aura is just right.

Other monks, the step of warming the stove, do not want to practice and familiarize themselves with it for three or five days.

After completing the furnace, Qin Daoming didn't think much about it, and directly entered the second step of Qi Gathering Pill medicine collection, containing water. That is, to boil rootless water to the point that it will not be able to boil.

Qin Daoming increased the fire and began to boil water, the reason why this process is called Yunshui, not called boiling water, its trick is precisely in a Yunzi, Yun, accumulation, containment, Tibet, gathering, the grasp of the fire is tepid, Qin Daoming urged the aura to quickly complete the second step of Yunshui.

After walking two steps in a row to collect medicine, Qin Daoming did not encounter the slightest difficulty.

On the one hand, it is naturally because the aura is just right and the effect is extraordinary, but it is also related to the systematic education that Qin Daoming received as a child.

Under the impetus of the aura, the ebony charcoal was thrown into the alchemy furnace.

In the process of collecting medicine, there are often times when one is lost sight, that is, when the medicine is collected, the flame driven by the aura is very unstable, either too fierce, or simply extinguished, and it is difficult to guarantee the fire.

Qin Daoming is dual-minded, controlling the heat in the furnace while taking medicine, which is natural and not chaotic, and it is logical.

When the toner is poured into the water, the heat should be increased and the boiling water should be turned over.

Qin Daoming urged the aura, the fire was fully opened, and in the alchemy furnace, the ebony toner turned over.

It's not difficult at all.

Qin Daoming thought with some doubts at this time, in this process of collecting medicine, he had read three alchemy experiences, and it seemed that it was very difficult, but it didn't seem to be difficult at all for Mao to be here?

Could it be that my mastery of this heat is that I feel good about myself, but I am not actually up to the requirements?

Puzzled for a moment, Qin Daoming felt that it might be difficult to know the heat in the game, and it was likely that his grasp of the heat was not as good as he imagined, but at this point, Qin Daoming didn't have time to hesitate more, he was horizontal in his heart, step by step, as long as he didn't find a problem, he would boldly move forward, and if there was a problem, let's look back.

The toner is turned over for three points, and the marching pill is put in.

The marching pill is a secular pill, which is refined with secular mortal medicine, and its medicinal properties are very important if they want to be well preserved in the alchemy furnace. The fire was weak, the marching pill was difficult to dissolve, the fire was strong, and the medicinal effect was damaged, at this time, Qin Daoming found that it was difficult to grasp the fire.

After entering the medicine collection, Qin Daoming encountered difficulties for the first time.

Because of the lack of preparation, Qin Daoming urged the spiritual fire too much, and the result was that the marching pill was directly destroyed in an instant.

Qin Daoming collected medicine for the first time and declared it a failure. If the medicine collection fails, the alchemy materials invested in front will be wasted, which is also an inevitable consumption for the alchemist, Qin Daoming has prepared early, and the refining materials of the Qi Gathering Pill are fully prepared, and they are not consumed.

Sitting in front of the alchemy furnace, Qin Daoming carefully thought about the reason for his failure this time, and examined himself against the process.

Qin Daoming found that because he relied too much on the strength of the flame that the transformed body of the Colorful Immortal Lotus urged by itself, such a mistake would occur, and practice proved that the transformed body of the Colorful Immortal Lotus could roughly adjust the aura to urge the flame, but this kind of flame was not omnipotent, and he also needed to fine-tune it as needed on this basis.

After summing up, Qin Daoming began to try to collect medicine for the second time.

This time, the intensity of the flame induced by the aura was not enough, and the marching pill was not good, and it failed.

Again, fail, again, fail......

Alchemy is really not practiced in a day, no matter how good your conditions are, no matter how good your talent is, it is difficult to achieve success without unremitting efforts.

Although he learned faster than most alchemy apprentices, Qin Daoming finally experienced the boredom and helplessness of repeated practice as alchemy apprentices.

Qin Daoming thought for a while, and felt that it was better to go to the second brother to learn from the experience, and it was not good to blindly work behind closed doors.

Qin Daoming got up and walked from the door, pushed the door and walked out. Squinted his eyes slightly, and after slightly adapting to the hot sunlight, he carefully closed the door behind him, and leisurely walked along the gravel path towards the Changle Palace where the second brother was.

The gravel path is lined with verdant willow trees, and the lush green color is refreshing.

Turning the corner, a girl's cry came from another path.

Qin Daoming followed the girl's cry, and wondered in his heart how someone could still cry in this Changle Palace.

When I walked in, I saw that the person who was crying was the second brother's personal maid Ning Shuang, and the crying was still extremely sad.

Qin Daoming was furious: "Sister Shuang'er has taken good care of him since he was a child, and this is the personal maid of the second brother he respects the most, bullying her, isn't that a slap in the face of the second brother." "It's not going to work, and I'm going to have to make it clear.

"Sister Shuang'er is crying so much about something, tell my brother, and my brother will be angry with you. ”

"It's the fourth son, I'm here to find the young master, he went out today, and he can only come back in the evening. ”

"Sister Shuang'er, don't divert the topic, I didn't ask my second brother, I asked why you are crying here, and you are crying so sadly. ”

"Fourth young master, don't ask, okay, the young master gave me a gag order, and only me, the young master, and Mrs. know about this matter in Changle Palace. ”

"Then what are you crying so sad, Sister Shuang'er, you have taken care of me since I was a child, you tell me, I won't leak out, maybe I will come up with some good solution." ”

"Can the Fourth Young Master really come up with a solution?" Ning Shuang asked hesitantly.

"Let's talk about it first, I can't think of it, I can go back and ask my mother for help, anyway, I don't want to see Sister Shuang'er sad. ”

"Forget it, I'm afraid that I said that the young master is unhappy, and the young master told me that this matter must not be leaked, I'm really sorry for the fourth young master, don't let Shuang'er be embarrassed, if you want to know, just ask Madame, Madame is also worried about this matter, and I don't think about it." ”

"Then Sister Shuang'er will take me to see my aunt, I will ask in person what makes Sister Shuang'er cry so sadly and makes the lady of the dignified head of the house worried, and I don't think about tea and dinner. ”

Changle Palace, there is no splendid building, let alone extravagant architecture, simplicity with a bit of heaviness.

Walking along the corridor, Qin Daoming could see that the paint on many railings had faded, and some floors had obviously been repaired many times.

At the beginning, Wang Jing was ordered by Qin Hao to preside over the construction of Changle Palace, and once said to Qin Hao: If it is not magnificent, it is not powerful.

At that time, the Changle Palace was magnificent, showing the power of the Heavenly Dao Sect to the people of the world.

However, times have changed.

Ziguang Zhenren is a well-known thrifty head, at the beginning, Ziguang wanted to repair a pavilion, asked a craftsman to estimate the cost, and found that it would cost 10,000 medium-grade spirit stones, this thrifty head decided not to repair.

Qin Daoming's father, when he is in charge, although he is not as good as Ziguang Zhenren in terms of diligence and thrift, he prefers to use the money to build the army.

Unconsciously, Qin Daoming and Ning Shuang came to the door of Mrs. Su's room.

Ning Shuang went to the door to report first, and Qin Daoming stood outside alone and waited. After a while, Ning Shuang opened the door and said to Qin Daoming: "Madame just fell asleep, please go in first and wait, Fourth Young Master." ”

As soon as he entered the door, Qin Daoming smelled the burning smell of soothing sandalwood.

Seeing Qin Daoming come in, a few maids who had been standing in the room made a gesture to salute and greet Mrs. Su.

Qin Daoming hurriedly put his finger to his lips to stop their movements.

Step by step, he gently walked to the front of Mrs. Su's sleep, squatted down, took a puff fan from the maid next to him, and gently fanned Mrs. Su who was lying on the couch asleep.

Qin Daoming has special respect for Mrs. Su, because her mother's family is from the people, and her mother's family has no power, and she is not less taken care of by Mrs. Su in this back house.

Qin Daoming remembered the last time he saw Mrs. Su at the banquet, when she was still radiant, but now she was lying weakly on the floor.

Just thinking about these things, she only heard a mutter, and Mrs. Su, who was lying on the couch, woke up slowly, and a pair of black eyes that were already red and swollen from sadness stared at Qin Daoming.

Qin Daoming was a random clever, leaned down, and said, "Hello aunt!"

Mrs. Su let out a long breath, her eyes staring at Qin Daoming, and then her eyes moved to the pu fan in Qin Daoming's hand, and she suddenly felt some comfort in her heart.

So, he said softly: "I'm all right......"

"Aunt doesn't know what's going on, let Sister Shuang'er secretly cry outside, make your body become like this......" Qin Daoming said softly.

"I can't tell you about the good boy, I'm afraid that your second brother will hate me for the rest of my life, but you can ask your second brother in person. Mrs. Su said softly.

"Then I will say goodbye to my aunt, aunt have a good rest, and I will go to the second brother's room to wait for him. Qin Daoming confessed.

Looking at Qin Daoming's distant figure, Mrs. Su suddenly sighed slowly: "What a good boy...... Unfortunately, I don't have the blessing to do that......"

However, the maid standing beside Mrs. Su suddenly said: "Madam, the slave maid looks at this fourth young master is a filial child, if Madame has a heart, you might as well test one or two, in case you can go to the Phantom Moon Forest for the second young master, Madame will not be lonely in the future......"

It's just that the maid's words still touched the nerves in her heart in the end.

If you let Ming'er go......

Once this thought took root in my heart, it immediately grew like a vine.

Although she knew that with her son going to the Phantom Moon Forest, no matter what she did, she was just drinking to quench her thirst.

But just like a drowning person, even if it is just a straw in front of him, he must hold on to it desperately.

But thinking about her son's behavior, she still stopped telling Ming'er that she was afraid that her son would hate her for the rest of her life, because she was afraid because she knew her son.

Qin Daoming and Ning Shuang waited for Qin Long to come back in Qin Long's room, and Qin Long came back in the evening. Before Qin Long could speak first, Qin Daoming preemptively told Qin Long what he had seen and heard today.

Qin Long sighed, glanced at Shuang'er complainingly, and said, "Shuang'er, you go out first, I have something to say to the fourth brother alone, go out and take the door." ”

"Okay young master, I'll go out. Shuang'er said aggrievedly.

"Fourth brother, since you want to know, I won't hide it from you, but you must not spread the word, including your mother. ”

"Second brother, don't worry, I definitely won't say it to anyone. ”

So he told him about Ziguang Zhenren, and after listening to it, Qin Daoming didn't recover from the shock for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he held the second brother's hand and said, "How can you go if the second brother is so dangerous, let me go for you, even if I die in the Phantom Moon Forest, I am willing." ”

"Fourth brother, I have to go, I go to boost morale, in order to be able to live in the third army, fourth brother, after I leave, you have to see my mother for me, I am most sorry for her. ”