Chapter 3: The Art of Alchemy

Zhou Lin walked through a lot of fields, and made many detours in the woods, and came to a thatched hut. The house is not big, but the strange thing is that there is only one hut in a huge piece of land, but there is something strange, standing in front of the door, Zhou Lin tidied up his clothes. I knocked on the door three times and pushed in.

The light in the room was dim, and there was a strange smell that was a little choking, and I saw a dark and thin figure sitting by a stove, smoking a cigarette, as if he was looking down and contemplating something, but there was occasionally a lonely light in his eyes.

As if for fear of disturbing the old man, Zhou Lin walked up to the old man lightly and said softly, "Elder Song, is my pill ready?"

"Well, it turned out to be Zhou Lin, come! This is your pill this month, and your cultivation seems to be about to break through, not bad!" When the old man saw Zhou Lin, he seemed to be in a good mood.

"Hehe, thanks to the blessing of your elixir, it's really about to break through recently!" Zhou Lin took the pill and replied with a smile.

There is no risk in the breakthrough of the cultivation of the qi replenishment layer, as long as there is enough pill support, or the talent is good enough, the cultivation is indeed very fast, so Zhou Lin has also been disdained by many of his peers, after all, his talent is not the best, but because of the pill, his cultivation has always been a little higher than his peers.

"Elder Song, what my grandfather told you last time, that ······" Zhou Lin asked suddenly.

"Well, I have promised your grandfather that I will start teaching you alchemy in the future, and I have finally repaid the favor I owe to your grandfather, but I am only responsible for teaching, whether you can do alchemy in the future is your own business!"

"Yes! Song Lao, if I didn't have this talent myself, I would definitely give up. Zhou Lin said with surprise on his face.

"Well, it's good that you have this awareness, but not everyone has the talent for alchemy, don't get your hopes up!

"Yes, Song Lao, then I'll go first!" Zhou Lin slowly retreated outside the door.

After walking out of the door, Zhou Lin always felt extremely comfortable, the weather was exceptionally sunny, after all, Zhouzhuang is so big that there is only one alchemist, and there are not many people in the village who can really see this Song Lao, even if they do, at most the juniors will see once a month when they receive the pill, according to Zhou Lin's grandfather, this Song Lao is not a member of Zhou Lin's family, he came in from the outside, I heard that he was seriously injured when he came, and he stayed here when the injury was healed, and he has been in the tribe for many years, and he has never gone out, because he is an alchemist who is very scarce, Let the elders who have always been very xenophobic and never let outsiders enter Zhouzhuang also decided to let him stay, Song Lao has been refining pills for the younger generations in the clan for so many years, and he has always been very low-key and respected.

In the Mengtian Continent, alchemists are definitely a very scarce profession, ranging from one to nine grades, but regardless of the level, they are all very sought-after, after all, cultivators of different levels need pills, and often the higher the level of alchemists, they are also very strong cultivators, so most alchemists are arrogant people, after all, it is always others who ask for alchemists, but alchemists are unmoved.

However, what is even more curious is that this Song Lao is actually a second-grade alchemist, and his cultivation is also the pinnacle of the qi layer, although because he has been seriously injured before, it is impossible to break through again, but it is already a good cultivation, the second-grade alchemist is to refine at least three second-grade alchemists, you know, even if there are nearly one million people in Wangyuan City, there are only two second-grade alchemists, and they are basically only refining pills for the city lord Zhao Chu's family or the descendants of the city lord, even if the city lord Zhao Chu sees these two alchemists, he treats each other politely and does not dare to be condescending。

In addition, Zhou Lin has been fond of alchemy since he was a child, and he has always admired this mysterious Song Lao since he was a child. This time, it was not easy for grandpa to let Song Lao teach alchemy in the future at the cost of returning a favor, so he naturally had to seize the opportunity.

Early the next morning, Zhou Lin ran to the door of Song Lao's house, knocked on the door three times, and pushed it in directly, which is also a rule set by Song Lao very early, to enter his house, you only need to knock on the door three times, no need to report, you can come in after knocking, it can be said that there is no alchemist shelf.

"Well, it's early! I'll give you an hour to pick these herbs from my backyard. After speaking, he threw a scroll of jade slips over.

"Yes!"

Zhou Lin took the jade slip, walked to the backyard, pushed open the backyard door, Zhou Lin finally knew why Song Lao was so small and a house occupied such a large area, it turned out that Song Lao's backyard was full of all kinds of herbs, fortunately, I went out last time to get a lot of herbal medicine and other books, and I had studied it carefully before, otherwise I really didn't know how to start.

"This is the Sky Star Grass, this is the Falling Star Grass, although they are very similar, but the effects and effects are different. Hehe, it's still a bit difficult to stump me!"

"This is wind-eroded rock, I didn't expect Songlao's backyard to have it, this is a good thing. ”

"This four-leaf spiral flower should have been hot for thirty years, and it can have a good effect when used to treat internal injuries!"

An hour later······

"Yes, in just one hour, you have picked so much according to my request, it seems that you have not lost any effort, and it is not in vain that your grandfather has worked hard for you, and the time of the picking herbs is just right. It seems that you have barely passed the step of identifying herbs, but it is not enough to just identify herbs, you have now replenished the fourth layer of qi. Come, ignite the Dan furnace with your Yuan Force!"

"Yes!" Zhou Lin replied.

Then Zhou Lin condensed the Yuan Force of his whole body into his right hand, and then his right hand shook, only to see a red light shoot on the firewood under the Dan furnace, and in an instant, the Dan furnace was burned by the fiery red light.

"That's wrong! You use such a strong fire at the beginning, it will affect the medicinal properties of the herbs, the vitality you need at the beginning is just refining the herbs, you don't need such a strong fire at all, only in the final stage of condensation, you need a strong fire to make it solidify, come! Look at me!"

I saw that Song Lao's right hand shook, and the flame under the Dan furnace became smaller, and then, the Dan furnace grabbed a handful of herbs from the herbs that Zhou Lin had just picked and threw them into the furnace.

"Today I teach you to refine, it is a product of the pill Guiyuan Dan, this medicine is mainly suitable for cultivators like you to replenish the qi layer, the medicinal properties are not too strong, mainly from Guiyuan Grass as the main medicine, Qi Yuezhu as the side medicine, plus a small amount of Dream Yuan Fruit to adjust the medicinal properties and refined. ”

"Among them, the dream fruit must be thoroughly refined, because this medicine has a lot of toxicity, although taking it directly can have the effect of instantly refreshing and replenishing the yuan, but if the qi replenishing layer is taken directly, it is not a small risk, only if it is completely refined, and the toxicity of this medicine is completely volatilized, you can rest assured that Ning Dan!"