Chapter 32: Practicing the Art of Alchemy
Elder Mo Xie criticized Xiao Yu on the surface, but it was difficult to hide the waves in his heart in his cloudy eyes, and the elegant wrinkles on his jade-like face were all blooming.
There is no more gloom of yesterday.
"There are some simple pill refining methods in this jade tablet, you can try to practice!" he said after calming down, he took out a jade tablet, a bronze tripod and some low-level medicinal materials.
Xiao Yu took the jade piece with both hands and scanned it with his divine sense, and the information in the jade piece entered his mind like flowing water.
After mastering the refining method of one of the elixirs, he began to operate under the guidance of Elder Mo Xie.
First of all, preheat the medicine pod, then take out the medicinal materials, and put it into the pod under the control of spiritual power...
After getting ready, Xiao Yu showed a faint smile on his face, his palm stretched out, and wisps of flames also couldn't help but emerge, under the control of his soul, he approached the medicine tripod like a cloud.
As the temperature of the medicine pod rises, the elegant fragrance of spirit grass wafts inside, which is refreshing.
"Boom!"
Just as Xiao Yu was immersed in this wonderful feeling, there was a sudden muffled sound, and the medicine pod turned into fragments, followed by black smoke, filled with a pungent smell.
Xiao Yu was caught off guard, and he was also swept away by the black smoke and impact more than ten meters away, his face was pitch black, and only two eyes flashed with a silly light, looking at Elder Mo Xie.
"Stupid, just like you, how many tripods I have is not enough for you!" Elder Mo smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Xiao Guang's eyes widened when he heard this, and while wiping Xiao Yu's face, he shouted coldly: "Why are you stinky old man scolding my master again, isn't it just a broken medicine tripod?"
Xiao Yu glared at Xiaoguang and pulled her behind him.
Elder Mo glanced at Xiao Guang and didn't bother to pay attention to it, looked at Xiao Yu, and said, "Alchemy requires that the heat be mastered just right, and the temperature cannot be blindly raised. ”
"When the temperature should be high, you have to strengthen the flame intensity, when it should be low, you have to reduce the flame intensity, not the slightest difference, and when you perceive the fluctuation of the medicine pod, you must forcibly reduce the heat, so the soul must not relax at all, and the heart must be like water, and there are no distracting thoughts, so that the fire can be controlled to a single minute. ”
"The disciple understands, and the disciple starts again. Xiao Yu listened carefully, wiped the smoke on his face and said.
Elder Mo Xie nodded, picked up a wet branch and threw it at Xiao Yu, and said, "You don't need to refine the medicine first, just burn this branch with the Origin Fire, and set it on fire in a quarter of an hour, as long as it takes a quarter of an hour, not a second more than a second, and when you practice it, I will give you the medicine ding." ”
"Well, that's a good idea, so as not to be blown up again. Xiao Yu took the branch and said with a smile.
Snort!
Before the flames touched the branches, the bright green branches burned, and after a few breaths, they turned to ashes.
"Sure enough, it's easy to think about, it's hard to do!" Xiao Yu sighed with a wry smile, the control of the heat is not ordinarily difficult!
"Hey, your flame is already domineering, you have to suppress it with your soul at the beginning, you can't let it explode completely, if this is the girl, isn't it destroyed by you?"
"You practiced slowly and went to rest for the teacher. Elder Mo Xie added, yawned, and walked into the wooden house with a pout.
"Yes, Master. ”
After Elder Mo left, Xiao Yu regrouped, carefully controlled the flames, and approached the branches, but as soon as the flames came into contact with the branches, white smoke emitted, and then they burned.
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"The master is so stupid! It's like when you grill meat, sometimes you have to use it quickly, sometimes you have to use it slowly. Watching Xiao Yu fail again and again, Xiaoguang said.
"You little gluttonous cat, to put it lightly, this is much more delicate in the control of the flame than roasting. Xiao Yu glanced at him and said angrily.
Xiaoguang has three hobbies, fresh spirit fruits, sleeping and Xiao Yu's barbecue.
Xiao Yu likes to play outside since he was a child, and naturally he is inevitably hungry, so he hunts and roasts to eat, and over time, he has become a barbecue specialty, and the barbecue water is also a must in the entire spiritual courtyard.
"The little gluttonous cat is the little gluttonous cat, believe it or not, the little gluttonous cat will eat you one day, meow..."
"Don't make a fuss, go while playing, the master can't be distracted now. Xiao Yu smiled and said, "I'm playing with you at night." ”
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After repeating the practice again and again, Xiao Yu was already sweating profusely, and a pile of ashes had accumulated under his feet.
Although failure is repeated, failure is a stepping stone to success, and Xiao Yu's control of the fire has been greatly improved at this time.
"Master, let's have a good time, anyway, the old man is not here. Xiaoguang sat in the shade of a tree, holding his chin with one hand and fiddling with his long hair with the other.
"It's almost there, just a few minutes. ”
Xiao Yu replied in a low voice, his voice trembling a little, practicing the art of alchemy not only consumes great spiritual power, but is undoubtedly a great test for the spirit.
His hands were red and swollen like roasted pig's trotters.
"One minute left... Fifty seconds... Forty seconds... Thirty seconds..."Xiao Yu counted silently in his heart, and at the last moment, he became more and more cautious.
At this time, the flames were no longer the same as they were at the beginning, but under his delicate control, they appeared as wisps, like red threads.
The wet branches were completely dry, and wisps of green smoke made a crackling sound.
"Ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!"
"Poof!"
The last sound fell, and the branches instantly ignited bright flames, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Old man, old man, come out quickly, my master has succeeded!" Xiaoguang shouted excitedly into the wooden house.
"What's the shouting about? It's just a fluke to do it once, and it's still far from refining medicine and dissolving cold poison. Elder Mo staggered out of the wooden house with a yawn, glanced at Xiaoguang, and said.
Although he said so, there was a deep incredulity in his expression, looking at Xiao Yu who was tired, he took out a pill and let Xiao Yu take it.
"My master has already done a good job! He has been cultivating for less than a day!" Xiao Guang pouted, and suddenly stared at the jade bottle containing the pill in Elder Mo's hand, drooling, and said with a sweet smile: "What do you say? ”
"What a lovely girl, this kid is very good. Xiao Guang's attitude suddenly changed greatly, and Elder Mo Ye, who was called by the old man, was flattered, his old face turned rosy, he squinted his eyes and smiled kindly, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile.
Sensing Xiao Guang's gaze, he directly gave Xiao Guang the jade bottle, looked at Xiao Yu and continued: "I just thought of a very interesting set of cultivation methods for you. ”
This old and young made Xiao Yu cry and laugh, shook his head and said in confusion: "Cultivation method?"
"Yes, there are two phases to this practice. The first stage focuses on practicing your control of the Origin Fire form, which can be divided into two steps. ”
As he spoke, Elder Mo chopped down a big tree, and with a wave of his palm, he split the big tree into palm-thick planks.
Then he took out a wooden board at random, slapped it with one palm, and countless tiny sparks shot out, and the wooden board appeared with hair-like holes.
Elder Mo pointed to the wooden plank and demonstrated: "The first step is to thread the needle and lead, you stand five meters away, control the flames to pass back and forth through the fine holes of the wooden plank, and do not burn the wooden plank. ”
"Is this all right?"
Seeing Elder Mo controlling ten hair-like flames with the ten fingers of both hands at the same time, quickly shuttling between the thin holes of the wooden plank, Xiao Yu was suddenly dumbfounded.
The elder didn't care, and smiled, "This is just to exercise your control of the flame form, so I asked you to practice on the wooden board, and the second step is embroidery." ”
Xiao Yu was speechless, scratched his head, and said, "Embroidery, you can't think of a nice name, such as carving, painting..."
"Hee-hee, the embroidery is very good, help me sew clothes after I practice. Xiaoguang was stealing fun on the side.
"Why bother with that, it's not really for you to sew like a woman. The so-called embroidery is to control the flame to carve various patterns on the wooden board. ”
With a flick of Elder Mo's fingers, a small flame flew out, quickly moving across the plank under the control of his soul.
In the blink of an eye, a lotus flower pattern is depicted, the pattern is delicate and realistic, and if it is dyed, it is almost the same as the real thing.
Xiao Yu, who watched it, was amazed.
"The control of the Origin Fire is fundamentally the control of spiritual power, and cultivating in this way will not only allow you to quickly enter the stage of refining medicine, but will also be of great benefit to the exertion of spiritual potential.
The more finely controlled the spiritual power, the more powerful it is, and it can also reduce the consumption in actual combat. Elder Mo said seriously.
"The disciple understands. Xiao Yu nodded.
"Well, these two steps are proficient, and the second stage will begin, controlling the heat. Elder Mo took a sip of water and continued, "Actually, there is no difference between the second stage and the first stage, just replace the wooden plank with leaves, and when you become proficient in the second stage, you can dissolve the cold poison for that girl." ”
"It's not easy to do, but the disciple will do his best. Xiao Yu said with a resolute expression on his face, which moved Elder Mo.
"In that case, don't go down the mountain for the next month, just concentrate on cultivation here. ”