Chapter 21: Alchemy and Crystal Refining
The armored man snorted very angrily, he was a little angry at Nan Yanqing's unreliability, but he didn't mean to continue to look for trouble, he had more important things to do, that is, to bring these three burning crystals back to the clan.
Just after the armored man left, Nan Yanqing finally felt a trace of exhaustion invading his body, and the wrinkles on his face, which were still a little proud, were instantly pulled together, looking very painful.
Nan Yanqing looked at Ye Mo, who was smiling and happy on the side, and suddenly felt a little angry in her heart, and raised her hand to Ye Mo is point: "I'll make you laugh, it's funny, isn't it!." ”
"Don't slap your face" Ye Mo held his head in his hands, trying to block his face, but he miscalculated, and Shizun's finger did not fall on his face.
After half a ring, Ye Mo took away the hands holding his head, carefully touched his body, and breathed a sigh of relief after finding that he didn't have a piece missing, just when he was about to thank his master for his grace.
Ye Mo found that the eyes of the master were so obscene, which made Ye Mo, who felt good about himself, instantly hit the bottom.
At this time, he finally felt that something was wrong, and when he reacted, he found that the paper talisman attached to his foot had lost its effect, and no matter how much he injected the flame power, the two paper talismans did not react in the slightest.
"Ah......h
Looking at Ye Mo, who had fallen into the Red Devil Forest, a sly smile appeared on the corner of Nan Yanqing's mouth, and while flying down, he was still talking about ginger or old spicy, and his expression was still full of emotion, which made people want to laugh at a glance.
Ye Mo was also punished by Shizun, and he still didn't believe it in his heart, Shizun really threw him down from a few tens of meters.
If it was before, he would have fallen to pieces, if he hadn't stepped into the third layer of the Yan Body Realm, and his body had been transformed by the heart lamp in his body, his body was much stronger than before, otherwise even if he was lucky enough to pick up a life and come back, he would have been crippled if he didn't die.
Ye Mo slowly opened his eyes, he was lying on the ground covered with countless red leaves, looking around.
Ye Mo felt that the environment here was a little strange, although the earth was fiery red when the sky looked down, there were still some flowers and plants growing in this forest.
Ye Mo looked at the flowers and plants, some of which he was familiar with and common outside, except that the edges of the leaves of each plant were fiery red, which would give people an illusion when looked at from a distance.
After half a ring, Ye Mo looked up at the sky, his eyes were a little shocked, he thought he was dead the moment he landed just now, but he could still hear his heart beating with a pop.
Just when Ye Mo was stunned, a familiar voice came into his ears.
"Do you want to do it again?" Nan Yanqing said solemnly while standing in front of Ye Mo with his hands behind his back.
"Master, it hurts, my waist is swollen. Ye Mo said as he got up from the ground.
Seeing Ye Mo muttering and complaining, Nan Yanqing's fox-like eyes saw through Ye Mo's mind at a glance, and looked at Ye Mo with a smile and said, "You slippery head, are you trying to deceive the master's Burning Crystal." ”
As soon as he heard Burning Crystal, Ye Mo suddenly came to his senses, and his eyes were extremely bright, but he still calmed down instantly and said, "Master, Burning Crystal is easy to use, but the disciple wants to learn and practice crystallography. ”
Nan Yanqing looked at Ye Mo with some relief and said, "Okay, I'm very happy that you can know which is more important." To tell you the truth, one of the reasons why I came to this Red Devil Forest is to avoid evil, but more importantly, because I want to teach you to practice crystallography here. ”
Ye Mo had already stood up, he was indeed pretending to be in pain before, it was covered by leaves scattered all year round, and the ground had already been covered with a very thick layer after years of accumulation, and people could feel a trace of elasticity from the earth when they stood on it, Ye Mo fell from the air, and there was no damage because of the existence of these leaves.
Hearing Shizun's words, Ye Mo looked at Nan Yanqing with some puzzlement.
"Because there is a natural Yan River here, it provides you with an excellent environment for practicing crystals while the flame is abundant.
If you can practice both and crystal, even if there are no evil people chasing you, I will take you here to live here for a year and a half. Nan Yanqing pointed to the Yan River where he could see some and said.
Ye Mo used the flame power in his body, and slightly felt the fluctuation of the flame power around him, in his opinion, the flame power here is indeed abundant, and the reason for the formation of this strangeness is the Yan River.
"Master, doesn't refining Burning Crystals require heart fire?" Ye Mo looked into the distance.
Nan Yanqing said unhurriedly: "Boy, although the heart fire is easy to use, it is not something you can have now, with your current cultivation, it is estimated that you can use the natural earth fire here." ”
Hearing the word earth fire, Ye Mo sighed in his heart, when he fell from the sky just now, he found that some yellow flames came out of the ground not far from here, and those earth fires seemed very unstable to him.
It wasn't that Ye Mo was afraid of the fire, but his mind was thinking about some questions, so he asked, "Master, isn't it possible to practice without fire?"
Regarding Ye Mo's question, Nan Yanqing did not object or approve, he also thought about this question for a long time, and it can be said that it has been with him for thousands of years.
When he practiced the Crystal Cultivation Technique to the peak of the Sixth Grade, he had tried to refine the Burning Crystal with other methods, even if it was a low-level Burning Crystal, but after failing again and again, the thoughts in his heart began to waver.
Later, he also visited other crystal practitioners he knew and asked them the same question, and everyone else thought his idea was ridiculous, and some even scolded him for being whimsical, and since then he has kept the question deep in his heart and has never been brought up by him again.
And today he heard the same question again, but he still didn't have an answer, and after half a ring, Nan Yanqing looked up at the sky and said, "Do you know that there was no crystal practice in this world originally, and there was only one alchemy technique in the original world that could not enter the crystallization of medicinal herbs.
The origin of alchemy was much earlier than the practice of crystallography, and the practice of crystallization that appeared later was just a product of an era of alchemy, but the real alchemy has long been forgotten by people in the long river of time.
I've only heard of it, but I haven't really experienced the glory of that era, and now there are two special groups in the lamp cultivation world, one of which is the crystal practitioner, and the second is very rare, and it is also inherited from the ancient alchemy, known as the talisman master. ”
"Alchemy and crystal training are very similar, the refining techniques are the same, at the beginning, they all take the corresponding herbs to match each other, find the formula they want, and then use the flame to refine and fuse, but the things refined in this way are neither elixir nor burning crystals, they can only be called medicine. ”
"Medicine can cure all kinds of diseases, but it lacks the effect of the pill to return to the soul against the sky, and there is no magic of burning the crystal to open the world, just like a shell. ”
"Fire is indispensable in refining elixirs or burning crystals, this is the rule of certain things, just like the five elements are born with perfection and endlessly. ”
"The alternation of yin and yang in heaven and earth, the interplay of light and darkness has created countless life forms in the vast firmament, the practice of crystallization inherits the body of alchemy, and the rune inherits the soul of alchemy, and any single existence cannot be perfected. ”
Ye Mo listened very carefully, he always had a feeling that what the master said was still echoing in his heart, it turned out that nothing did not exist alone, and there were many subtle connections that he did not understand.
He believed that what the master said was very likely to be true, and it was not a legend that could explain why the five elements were naturally perfect, and he also remembered some of the words that his grandfather had said to him in his spare time.
"I've heard a few things say before. Ye Mo looked at the master and said.
Nan Yanqing didn't think much about it, he felt that Ye Mo was extraordinary at the beginning, and at the moment he was a little curious about what the person said to Ye Mo, so he responded very casually: "Oh...... Let's hear it. ”
Those words were silent before, but as he understood more and more things, he gradually gained something, and it was natural for him to say those words at this moment.
"The man once said that there was a fire of thousands of years that melted the grass in the world into a main medicine, and the crystal of the medicine and the strange beast, born with a spirit, sprinkled on the earth after receiving the light of the stars, and then the world harvested every year, a prosperous one, and the descendants remembered its great good deeds, and honored it as the medicine saint. ”
"Medicine Saint"
Nan Yanqing gently read the name of the Medicine Saint in his mouth, so he didn't believe that there was really such a person, so he laughed and said, "Haha, according to what that person said, isn't the current crystal practice passed down by a guy who is called the Medicine Saint by later generations...... Even if there is a medicine saint, I don't know how many years ago, how could that person know, if you want me to say, it is better to call him a medicine immortal more realistic. ”
"I ...... Why are you so unreasonable, old man, I didn't say that. Ye Mo was so angry by Nan Yanqing's words that he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Maybe it's because those words were said by his grandfather, and he doesn't want anyone to touch the respect for his grandfather that is hidden deep in his heart.
Even if it is Nan Yanqing, who has saved his life, his grandfather has accompanied him for more than ten years, even if his life and death are unknown now, he knows that his grandfather has always lived in his heart.
Nan Yanqing looked at Ye Mo, who was a little depressed, and he suddenly stopped laughing and sighed.
These days, he has long forgotten that Ye Mo is still a child, so there is not much taboo to speak, but he didn't mean it after all, and he also guessed the reason for Ye Mo's low mood at this moment.
"Who is that man?"
"He's my grandfather"
Seeing Ye Mo's uncomfortable appearance, Nan Yanqing's heart also became a little sad, he knew that everyone had their own sad past, but he couldn't help Ye Mo, so he could only attract Ye Mo's attention on the grounds of practicing crystals, so he said: "Haven't you always wanted to learn to practice crystals? I'll pass you the medicine scriptures first." ”
Ye Mo hummed and nodded.
"You also heard what I said earlier, practicing crystals and alchemy techniques are similar, both need to be assisted by medicinal herbs, and if you want to learn to practice crystals well, you must master a large amount of medicinal herb knowledge.
It also includes the habits and usage of each herb, there can be no mistakes, some recipes are very different, but the refined things can be said to be a thousand miles away. ”