In the Elixir Peak, the Medicine Garden is undoubtedly one of the most important places. There are dozens of disciples with internal strength above the eighth layer stationed here at any time.

When they came to the medicine garden, they were immediately greeted by a blue-robed disciple.

This person's gaze turned on their body, and he immediately said in a condensed voice: "Senior He, please stay." ”

He Wude smiled slightly and said, "Yiming, take out the master's token." ”

He Yiming flipped his wrist and threw the token given by the medicine man.

The blue-robed disciple who had reached the ninth layer of internal strength took it, and after a closer look, his face suddenly showed an extremely respectful look, he bowed deeply, and said, "It turned out to be the order of the ancestral master, two of you, please." ”

He half-bowed, gave way of the way, and respectfully invited them in.

Although He Wude has been re-incorporated by the Medicine Dao people, and has recognized He Yiming's status as an elder. But after all, this matter has not spread yet, otherwise they would not need any tokens at all to enter the medicine garden.

When He Yiming came to the medicine garden, the scenery he saw made his eyes shine.

The medicine garden is weaving, the embankment grass is paved, the warbler is crying, and the butterflies are busy. The scenery was very gorgeous, very different from what he had previously thought.

He Wude, beside him, let out a long sigh and said, "I haven't stepped into this place for more than forty years, and there seems to be no change, as if it was just a blink of an eye, it's really like an arrow." ”

He had lived on the Elixir Peak for forty years, and his familiarity with this medicine garden was no different from that of his own home.

Many of the rare plants in the medicine garden are thousands of years old, if not thousands of years. For these plants, the few decades that He Wude had left the Elixir Peak were almost a blink of an eye. When He Wude entered the medicine garden, he did not show the slightest sense of strangeness, but was full of emotion.

He Yiming's eyes turned, and there were more than ten people walking cautiously in the medicine garden, although He Yiming didn't understand what they were doing, but he knew that they were the disciples who were responsible for taking care of these precious plants in the garden.

Among these people, most of them were Elixir Peak disciples between the ages of thirty and fifty, but there were also a few of them who were similar in age to He Wude.

Their entry immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the two old men even greeted He Wude. When they knew that He Wude had officially returned to the door wall, they all smiled and congratulated again and again.

When these people knew that He Wude and the others came to the medicine garden on the order of the medicine Taoist and came here to learn about the flowers and herbs, they all showed surprise, but they were just puzzled by this. But no one doubted anything.

He Wude did not tell the fact that He Yiming was about to become an innate elder of the Hengshan lineage. After all, He Yiming is his grandson, and if it comes out of his mouth, it will inevitably leave a bad impression. Anyway, He Wujin is also a person in the know, and in a few days, it is estimated that the entire elixir peak will be known to everyone.

Under the leadership of the old man, He Yiming began to study in the medicine garden.

The token given by the medicine Taoist is itself an elder who represents the identity of the Hengshan lineage, and with this token in hand, the entire Hengshan is absolutely unimpeded. However, He Yiming's current interest is all focused on alchemy, so he spends his days either in the medicine garden or in the library of the medicine daoist.

The various rare medicinal materials in the medicine garden opened his eyes, and he learned a lot of practical content on how to cultivate medicinal materials and what should be paid attention to for each rare medicine.

Under the special guidance of He Wude, he even took matters into his own hands to carry out the cultivation process of deworming, inoculating and so on on several special medicinal materials.

In addition, there are countless books in the library. However, what makes He Yiming feel strange is that the books in the collection here are all related to medical skills. He immediately understood. The collection of books on martial arts in the Yokoyama lineage is not above the elixir peak.

There are also several disciples in the library who are responsible for cleaning and guarding, and every time they see He Yiming, their faces are full of respect and deference, even if they see the medicine man, it is nothing more than that.

It wasn't until this moment that He Yiming understood why the Medicine Dao people wanted He Wude to teach him these most basic lessons.

Because his identity had been publicized in He Wuji's mouth at this time, the disciples of the Elixir Peak who were responsible for guarding and taking care of him in the medicine garden suddenly had a 180-degree change in their attitudes towards him.

In front of him, everyone began to become submissive and respectful. Under this attitude, even if He Yiming wanted to ask for something, he would feel very awkward. There is only one old man He Wude, no matter how his identity changes, he has the same attitude towards him.

It is only in this situation that he will be able to learn some real knowledge smoothly.

After a whole month like this, He Yiming finally memorized countless knowledge about medicinal materials.

The more he learned, the more he discovered the breadth and depth of this knowledge. In comparison, it is hardly under the path of martial arts.

At this point, he thought of Xie Zhien of Xie Mansion, and he was secretly vigilant in his heart. As for alchemy, he certainly had to learn some, but he couldn't devote all his energy to it. If the practice of martial arts is delayed because of this, then Xie Zhien's experience is in front of him.

On this day, he and Yuan Lixun finished cultivating together. Today's Yuan Lixun is also stained with his light, and he was given an energetic golden pill by the medicine man. When cultivating internal strength, it can be said that he has made such progress, and he is not even below He Yiming's cultivation speed back then.

He Yiming was naturally very satisfied with her cultivation. After practicing, he left the room and, as usual, walked towards the top of the mountain.

However, as soon as he left the courtyard, he saw He Wude walking out of his room and beckoning, "Yiming, follow me to the Alchemy Cave Mansion." ”

He Yiming was surprised and said, "Grandpa, aren't you going to the medicine garden today?"

He Wude said with a smile: "You already know about the medicines in the medicine garden, and you also know the basic forage." From today onwards, you can enter the Alchemy Cave Mansion to observe the process of alchemy. ”

He Yiming's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Is this going to be too fast?" ”

He Wude shook his head and said, "For others, there is no one or two years of basic practice, let alone entering the Alchemy Cave Mansion, even those ordinary alchemy rooms outside the Cave Mansion do not want to enter, but you are different." As an elder of this sect, this privilege is still there. ”

He Yiming smiled bitterly and said, "Grandpa, I didn't mean that. He said: "The way of medicine is broad and profound. I only studied the basics for a month, and I didn't know much, so I started alchemy at this time, which was too impatient. You must know that medicine is like martial arts, and without a solid foundation, it is also difficult to achieve higher achievements. ”

He Wude nodded with a smile on his face, he was full of joy at this grandson's knowledge.

However, the old man laughed for a moment, but shook his head slightly, and said regretfully: "Yiming, I understand your thoughts." But ......" he hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I'll tell you the truth, Yiming, in fact, no matter how hard you try, your achievements in alchemy can't be too big." So according to what I mean, it's better to get in touch with the way of alchemy as soon as possible, and after understanding these processes, it's better to devote your energy to martial arts. ”

He Yiming was slightly shocked in his heart and asked, "Grandpa, why do you say that?"

He Wude said: "Alchemy, like martial arts, the most critical factor is not hard work, but talent. He paused, clasped his hands into fists and bowed slightly in the direction of the Medicine Daoist's cave, and said, "My master once said that in alchemy, if you want to achieve something, you need ninety-nine percent of your efforts and one percent of your natural inspiration. ”

He Yiming blinked his eyes twice, convinced that he had heard correctly, and he said suspiciously: "Grandpa, didn't you say that the most critical factor is talent?

He Wude coughed lightly and said, "I haven't finished talking yet, the teacher also said at the beginning, that is, although everyone can pay for this 99% hard work, if there is no 1% of talent and inspiration, then in the end it will be nothing." ”

He Yiming resisted the urge to roll his eyes, this medicine man is really good at bluffing.

He Wude laughed a few times and said, "On top of alchemy, if you want to achieve something, it is not difficult for the innate master. But if you want to stand at the pinnacle of this path, you must be a cultivator of the second line of fire and wood. Although you have unimaginable cultivation talent above the martial arts, the second line of Jinshui is even more profound. But what about alchemy......" He shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity, it's a pity!"

He Yiming smiled dumbly, and said that it was strange that he was born on top of the second line of firewood. But in the subsequent epiphany, he first comprehended the essence of the wind and rain, and because he practiced the thirty-six styles of opening the mountain, he mastered the essence of the gold system in disguise. In this way, it is much inferior to the second series of firewood.

Shaking his head slightly, He Yiming said, "Okay, what you say is what you say, grandpa, let's go to the Alchemy Cave Mansion." ”

He Wude heard the insincerity of his words, and couldn't help but shake his head slightly, and after Yiming was frustrated, he might change his mind and put most of his energy back on the martial arts.

The two of them went together and smoothly entered the cave on the top of the mountain.

It stands to reason that Yi He Yiming, a novice who has just been exposed to alchemy for a long time, and who doesn't even have the identity of a medicine boy, is not qualified to enter the cave at all.

But at this moment, when they entered the cave mansion and explained their intentions to the medicine man, this extremely young old man immediately waved his hand and gave one of the five alchemy rooms to He Yiming.

He Yiming was a little embarrassed at first, but after the explanation of the medicine man, he was relieved.

It turned out that the alchemy room in the cave mansion was using the power of earth and fire to alchemize, except for the innate powerhouse, even if it was an acquired peak master of the tenth layer of internal strength, he did not dare to stay in it for too long.

Therefore, although these alchemy rooms are huge projects, and the success rate of refining pills is far better than that of ordinary alchemy rooms outside, they have never opened a day at the same time.

The medicine Taoist put one of them under He Yiming's name, but it was just a favor.

After entering the alchemy room, He Wude took out the same materials as he was carrying.

These materials are not expensive, but they are extremely complicated to collect. In particular, the rare flower dew with hundreds of flavors is unlikely to appear in the outside world.

Every morning, there will be a regular disciple in the medicine garden to collect the flower dew on the rare herbs.

These flower dews are naturally not precious to the Elixir Peak, but except for the medicine garden of the Elixir Peak, which is far away from the mortal world, even the human emperors in the world cannot collect them smoothly.

After all, in a city where countless people live together, it is impossible to find a medicine garden with a history of thousands of years. And ordinary medicine gardens can't have this unique geographical environment here.

In addition to these flower dews, He Yiming also saw some special herbs.

Most of these herbs are also cultivated in the medicine garden, but the value of these herbs is not great, even in Taicang County, you can see a lot.

Of course, due to the different environments in which the herbs are grown, the quality of the herbs is naturally far from being comparable to that of the herbs in the outside world. Moreover, these herbs also have a special place, that is, the growth cycle is short, at most about three months, and they can be harvested at maturity.

When He Yiming was learning about medicinal herbs, he was puzzled by the cultivation of these herbs in the medicine garden. Wouldn't it be a waste to grow these ordinary herbs in such a precious place.

But now seeing the solemn expression on his grandfather's face, he seems to understand a little that these herbs do have the value of their existence.

"Yiming, what I want to refine today is Bigu Dan, you can see it. He Wude said.

He Yiming was slightly stunned, he had recently read a book on medicine, and he was naturally no stranger to this famous Bigu Dan.

It is said that after taking one pill of this pill, you can immediately not be hungry for a day, and you will not be thirsty for a day. It's just that the materials refined by this Dan are difficult to collect, so they gradually disappear from people's sight.

His gaze glanced at the dew and herbs, and he finally understood the truth in his heart.

These materials may not be precious, but it is not easy to collect them all, except for a hermit sect like Yokoyama.

He Wude came to the side of the Dan furnace in the room, and while explaining the steps of how to refine the pill and why it was done, he put some of the herbs and flower dew into the copper tripod in a certain order.

Then, he opened the specially made pagoda below, and a red light suddenly spread through the cave.

Because it only opened the first layer of relationship, He Wude just narrowed his eyes, but he was not very uncomfortable, and He Yiming was even more unconscious.

He Wude counted silently, constantly adding a little flower dew, and then sighed: "If the master is here, he can use the power of fire wood to sense the degree of condensation of the herbs and flower dew in the Dan furnace, refining this elixir is simply a breeze for his old man." But for those of us who are not fellow cultivators of firewood, it is extremely difficult to successfully refine the elixir. ”

As he spoke, the movements of his hands were not slow at all, and every little half of incense or so, he would carefully open the lid and carefully observe the situation inside. Looking at the solemn expression on his face, it is clear that he is not sure of success.

He Yiming saw all the steps of the old man's eyes, but he stayed by the side of the Ding furnace, and he had already slowly transported his true qi, passed through the copper tripod feet on the ground, and slowly probed the changes inside.

After a long time, he finally understood why the top alchemist had to cultivate both the Fire and Wood Exercises.

The herbs in the Dan furnace are all wood-based plants, so the wood-based exercises can easily sense the vitality in them.

He Yiming could clearly sense that every time He Wude made adjustments, the vitality in those medicinal materials would increase by one point, but if it was maintained for too long in a certain link, that vitality would undoubtedly decrease a lot.

The stronger the vitality, the greater the possibility of becoming a pill, on the contrary, if the vitality of the herb is reduced to a certain level, then the pill in this furnace is equivalent to refining and discarding.

In addition to the vitality of the wood system, He Yiming can also clearly sense the power of the fire system.

Within the copper tripod, it is under the action of the power of the fire system that the medicinal properties of those herbs will change rapidly, if there is no such power, then it will be extremely difficult to mix the medicinal properties in the herbs.

Slowly, He Yiming's heart actually had some special insights into the cooperation between the fire and wood, and his eyes gradually brightened.

He Wude only dared to refine with the smallest heat, but He Yiming faintly sensed that if the heat was opened to the maximum at certain stages, it would not only reduce some time, but even increase the activity of the medicinal herbs a little.

Of course, these were just feelings, and he wasn't completely sure until he tried them.

If it was said that when Xie Fu observed Xie Zhien's alchemy in the past, he just looked at the skin and process. So this time, he really began to contact the essence of alchemy, and slowly comprehended something exclusive to himself.

Finally, He Wude's hand patted lightly on the pagoda, completely isolating the earth and fire. Then he lifted the lid of the copper tripod and glanced inside, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"As soon as it sounded, Dan became it. ”

He Yiming stepped forward to see that in the copper tripod, there were more than 20 small pills. The elixir is dark and inconspicuous, but it has a faint fragrance.

He Wude took out the pill from the copper tripod and sighed: "I haven't done it myself for so many years, I can't imagine that I can achieve it at one time, and the forty years of basic skills have not been in vain." ”

Seeing the excitement on the old man's face, He Yiming's heart was also ready to move, and said, "Grandpa, there are too many herbs and flower dew you have prepared, and you haven't used even a third of it, so why don't you let me try it too." ”

He Wude prepared three materials, just because he was afraid that he could refine them again after the first mistake. It's just that he didn't expect that he would succeed at one time, and He Yiming immediately proposed to refine the pill after he became a pill once.

However, he only hesitated slightly, and immediately agreed.

These things don't have much value in the Elixir Peak, and with He Yiming's identity, even if he wastes it, no one dares to talk about it.

Since he has this interest, He Wude will naturally not stop it.