Chapter 225: Incense Making Talent

Knowing the location of Xuanhua Zhenren, Yuan Ming immediately left the small city and set off for Yueguo.

Yue is the largest country in the eastern region of southern Xinjiang, the territory borders the Central Plains, more than 100 years ago it subdued a small country in the Central Plains, and occupied its territory as its own, in fact, it is no longer a pure southern Xinjiang country.

And Ningcheng is a big city in the Yue country, living by the sea, with beautiful scenery.

A few days later, Yuan Ming stood on the edge of a cliff outside the city and looked out to the sea.

As far as the eye can see, there is an endless blue water, and the sea breeze sets off the waves and rises and falls, splashing layers of white foam, and there is a hint of salty breath between breaths.

Generally, the sea ship hangs gray and white sails, sailing or anchoring on the sea, the sun shines on the sea, reflecting countless golden scales, which really spread to the end of the field of vision, and the light blue clouds are connected to the sky and cannot distinguish where is the sea and where the sky is. From time to time, flocks of seagulls soar freely above the rushing waves, tapping the crest of the waves to make a few high, loud chirps.

Yuan Ming lived in the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty since he was a child, never been to the seaside, since he was a child, he only heard people mention the magnificent waves of the sea, never saw it with his own eyes, and the previous envoy to southern Xinjiang was also based on land and rivers, and now he came to the beach for the first time, and was really shocked, "The rocks and clouds collapsed, the waves cracked the shore, and thousands of piles of snow were rolled up. It's really impressive." He muttered to himself, somewhat understanding why the Uru longed so much for the sea.

Yuan Ming did not stay at the beach for long. Soon he turned around and went into the city.

The Yue Kingdom straddles the Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang, whether it is the street layout, or the urban buildings are a combination of the characteristics of the two, surrounded by lush and broad leaves, most of the buildings and pavilions are built with trees or green bamboo, the space is scattered, full of greenery, giving people a refreshing exotic style.

It's just that Yuan Ming has something in his heart, and he has no time to enjoy the scenery of Ningcheng, so he really came to a dilapidated temple in the west of the city, and the plaque on the gate reads "Xuanhua View". He walked over and knocked on the closed door.

A moment later, an eleven or twelve-year-old, white and pure little Taoist boy walked out, and when he saw Yuan Ming's unfamiliar face, his little face showed a little nervous.

"This senior is polite, I don't know what is the important matter of coming to my metaphysical view?" Although Xiao Daotong was nervous, the etiquette was not missing, he bowed to Yuan Ming, and asked crisply.

"In Xia Yuan Ming, he and Xuanhua Zhenren are old friends, passing through Ningcheng, I came to visit, and I asked Xiaodaoyou to report for me." During the time that Yuan Ming was possessed by Xuanhua Zhenren, he had seen this little Taoist boy several times, and knew that he was the apprentice of Xuanhua Zhenren, so he took out the bronze token and said.

"The family teacher is cultivating in the Guannei, senior, please wait a moment." Hearing the origin of Yuan Ming's name and seeing the token again, Xiao Daotong seemed to be relieved, turned around and ran into the temple.

Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows, looking at Xiao Daotong's expression, the Xuanhua concept did not seem to be peaceful?

A moment later, a hearty laugh came from inside the audience.

"Haha, it turned out that Yuan Daoyou was here, what a rare guest, a rare guest." Xuanhua Zhenren walked out wearing a pair of clogs and laughing.

"Xuanhua Heart Daoist, Yuan came to the door rashly, hoping not to disturb your cultivation." Yuan Ming arched his hand and said. How can there be any disturbance, please come in" Xuanhua Zhenren smiled and introduced Yuan Ming into the inner view.

While the two were chatting, Xiao Daotong had already set up a table of wine in a living room with his hands and feet, and began to arrange the dishes and chopsticks.

"Xuanhua Daoist friends set up a banquet, and Yuan took a beautiful bar." Yuan Ming smiled and took out a bright red wine jar.

This is the fine wine he bought from a fang market he passed by on a whim on the way to Ningcheng, and it was a spirit wine brewed from a century-old spirit fruit, which cost him more than 20 spirit stones.

"Passion wine? Yuan Daoyou pours good wine!" Xuanhua Zhenren was stunned for a moment and said with a smile.

The two talked about trivial matters after a long absence, and only talked about the main topic after they were full of wine and food.

"Yuan Daoyou traveled thousands of miles from the Northern Regions to Ningcheng, presumably not just to see the poor Dao, right? Xuanhua Zhenren asked.

"Xuanhua Daoist friends are quick to talk, and Yuan Ming is straight to the point. The last time Daoyou sold the spiritual incense to the next, Yuan used it very easily, and then he spent more time learning the art of making incense. I came to visit Ningcheng today, and I came to discuss the production of spiritual incense with Taoist friends

Second, I also want to buy some spiritual incense from Xuanhua Daoists." Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"Yuan Daoyou is also interested in incense? Compared with the alchemy characters, this incense path belongs to the small path, and it is not very well received." Xuanhua Zhenren looked at Yuan Ming and said with some surprise.

"I don't think so. Lingxiang is used a lot, not to mention anything else, although the Qingxuan incense is not as fast and significant as the elixir in speeding up cultivation, it is better than the long stream of fine water, and it can complement each other. Moreover, the production of incense is much simpler than alchemy, refining, and magic circles, and I only hate that I haven't come into contact with incense as soon as possible." Yuan Ming said.

Xuanhua Daoist watched Yuan Ming's daylight get brighter and brighter, but soon it dimmed: "Yuan Daoyou can see the uniqueness of the spiritual incense, and his eyes are smart, but it's a pity that today's immortal cultivation world is eager for quick success, and he is eager for the flow of pills and magic weapons, how can anyone still have any spiritual incense, even in the shops in the market, the spiritual incense is also sold in the corner." As he spoke, he took a sip of wine, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Because of this, we perfumers should work harder to not only make good spiritual incense, but also change the world's misunderstanding of spiritual incense." Yuan Ming added wine to the cup of Xuanhua Daoist and encouraged.

"Hehe, what Yuan Daoyou said is that he is poor and decadent. Xuanhua Zhenren adjusted his breathing, smiled, and then asked, "Yuan Daoyou is interested in discussing, but Poor Dao is naturally disrespectful, I don't know how far you have reached now?" Can there be a finished spiritual fragrance that can make the poor road look at it one or two?"

Yuan Ming knew that what he had just said had already touched the Xuanhua real person, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he took out a purple Xuanxiang and handed it over.

"Purple Xuanxiang!" Xuanhua Zhenren's eyes narrowed, and he took the purple incense to inspect it carefully, and his expression gradually became solemn.

He then took an incense burner, inserted it into it, lit it, and closed his eyes to move.

After a while, Xuanhua Zhenren opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Ming with strange eyes.

"What's wrong with this incense?" Yuan Ming asked.

"No, this purple incense is extremely well made, except for a slight flaw in the handling of one or two details, it can be called perfect."

"Xuanhua Daoist has won the prize." Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"It's just that there is something unclear about the poor Dao, this purple Xuanxiang formula, the entire Yue Kingdom, France and even Southern Xinjiang, only I have it, where did Yuan Daoyou get it?" Xuanhua Zhenren stared at Yuan Ming, as if he wanted to see something in his eyes.

Yuan did not have the formula of purple Xuanxiang, but he had explored the refining of Qingxuanxiang before, accumulated some experience, and some time ago he accidentally bought a purple Xuanxiang in a passing market, and after identification, he explored the imitation. Yuan Ming looked at each other and said.

"What!" , Xuanhua Zhenren's eyes widened, and he looked at Yuan Ming with incredulous eyes.

There is a proverb among alchemists: it is difficult for immortals to distinguish the ointment pills, which means that it is almost impossible to reverse the formula with a single pill, although the spirit incense is simpler than the pill, it is also difficult to deduce the formula from the finished spirit fragrance, which requires extremely rich experience, talent and skills.

Xuanhua Zhenren asked himself that he couldn't do this, but Yuan Ming in front of him could do it? "Although I don't know how Yuan Daoyou did it, I admire it in my heart. Now I have a reluctant request, I wonder if Yuan Daoyou can make a purple incense stick on the spot, and I have a clearer understanding of your current level of incense making." He paused and said.

"Of course you can, I'm about to ask Xuanhua Daoist for advice." Yuan Ming should come down in one bite.

Xuanhua Zhenren took Yuan Ming to Guan Neixing, and soon came to a secret room, where there was also a set of incense-making utensils, which was a little simpler than Xuanhua Zhenren's set, but much better than the one in Yuan Ming's hands.

Yuan Ming was not polite, took this set of utensils, took out the materials of Zixuanxiang, and began to make incense. In the previous month or so, he repeatedly possessed the body and transformed the real person, and felt the process of making purple incense, and he had practiced many times, and he was already thoroughly familiar with the production process of this incense.

Of course, in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the other party, he has also made some less important adjustments to the incense-making process, which is slightly longer than the original time, but even so, it still did not take long to produce a finished product.

Xuanhua Zhenren took the newly made spiritual incense, and sighed after careful inspection, the whole person seemed to have been hit hard, and he was several years old.

If this purple incense is not concerned with the process, the finished product can be called perfect, he asked himself, even if he makes his own move, it is only a little more streamlined in the process, and the quality of the finished product is only like this.

Yuan Ming felt a little apologetic in his heart, but he didn't say anything to comfort him.

"Yuan Daoyou's talent in incense making is really incomparable, and the poor Dao is far inferior, you really studied the incense Dao by yourself, and no one has ever instructed you?" Xuanhua Zhenren quickly recovered and asked.

"A few months ago, I visited various towns and temples in order to make incense, but I got a senior who instructed me on the introductory knowledge of incense.

Yuan Ming said half-truthfully.

"Just by pointing out the introductory knowledge, Daoist friends can easily imitate the purple Xuanxiang, it seems that the senior Xu is a hidden incense Taoist master, I wonder if I will be lucky enough to know his name?" Xuanhua Zhenren asked.

The senior did not confide his name to me, and it was strictly forbidden for me to tell anyone about him, and asked Daoyou to forgive me, Yuan Ming said.

"I didn't tell my name, that is, I didn't have an apprentice, it's great, it's so good, Xuanhua Zhenren muttered in a low voice.

"What did Xuanhua Daoist Friend say? Yuan Ming asked.

It's nothing, the Taoist friend's incense-making methods are already very clever this, and there is almost nothing to point out in the poor way, I see that you have just processed some materials, and it seems that you don't know much about the knowledge of incense. Xuanhua Daoist straightened his expression and said.

"This aspect is indeed my shortcoming, and I also ask Xuanhua Daoist friends to give me some advice. Yuan Ming sat up straight and clasped his fists to bow to the teacher.