Chapter 4, alchemy seeks a turning point

Qingshi wanted to take a break from cultivating his true qi for a while and tried alchemy.

After a few months, he walked into the Dan room again, and Qingshi looked around, a one-foot-tall two-eared and three-legged Dan furnace stood in the center, the lid rolled to the ground, and some medicinal herbs were scattered around, which had long been rotted.

There is only one futon. Picking up the Dan furnace and the lid, the bluestone found that they were still intact, and the material was not bad, but the inside was pitch black and sticky with some highly toxic paste, which had already dried up.

Qingshi came to the corner of the small courtyard and washed the Dan furnace with spring water drawn from the bamboo.

Looking at the storage bracelet, there are still some medicinal materials in it, and after just a glance, Qingshi found that the remaining ones are all first- and second-level spirit grasses, which cannot be matched with each other, and they can't practice any Dan.

There are also more than a dozen gray plants in the bracelet, which are highly poisonous black-eared grass, according to the stone's memory, the stone used it as an ear vine as an adjunct for refining the antidote pill, which resulted in a tragedy.

Recalling again, it turned out that the last time Shi went to Yahua City to sell medicine, the shopkeeper Cao of Yahua Medicine Village said that someone had customized a two-star antidote pill, and the quantity was very large and the remuneration was rich, and he hoped that Shi Shi would tell his master to help refine a batch, so Shi took the risk to try to make it.

Shi never told Shopkeeper Cao that he was an alchemist, only that he was helping the master to sell medicine, and naturally concealed the fact that the master had passed away.

With the various techniques of Xiao Lou in Qingshi's memory now, the two-star detoxification pill is not a matter of minutes, but the premise is that there are medicinal materials.

There is no medicinal herb shop in Maozhu Town, there are a few medicine pickers, there is an old medicine picker in the village of Sanpaifang in the sixteen miles away from the town, the stone in addition to his occasional entry into the mountain to collect medicine, more to go to him to buy medicine, now it is time to go to go again.

In the early morning of the second day, the drizzle is one after another, and the people who pick herbs in this weather generally do not enter the mountain, and the bluestone wears a bamboo hat and goes straight to the three archway villages.

In less than half an hour, Qingshi came to the front of the old man's house in the three archway villages, the house is not too big, but it is refreshing and clean, and the blue bricks and gray tiles in the fence wall enter a courtyard with six rooms.

"Uncle Yu, Uncle Yu." Bluestone shouted through a half-human-high bamboo fence.

There was a creak in the fence yard, the door opened, and the old man poked his head out, and saw that it was bluestone, so he stepped out to open the fence door, and said with a smile as he walked:

"Stone baby, come to buy medicine again, I have a batch here and I want to sell it in the pharmacy in the city, you are here just in time, if you buy it, I can carry a little less into the city."

"Okay, I'm just going to go into the city, why don't we go together, I'll help you carry it."

"Okay, but you have to bring the medicinal herbs back to your master first, but it's okay, I'll wait for you, come on, take a look at the medicinal herbs first."

Fu Yunhao had also been here a few times a few years ago, and Old Man Yu naturally recognized it, but he didn't know that Fu Yunhao had passed away.

When I entered the door, I saw bundles of medicinal herbs neatly stacked on a large square table, and there were seven or eight cloth bags on the ground that were bulging.

Qingshi looked at it, selected more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials and bought some each, paid the money, and with a wave of his hand, all the medicinal materials were put into the storage bracelet, Yu Old Man glanced at Qingshi in surprise, and said, "Stone, your master gave you a storage device?" ”

Qingshi realized that he was white, but he was not worried, and said, "Yes, so I don't need to go back first, we can go into the city at any time." ”

Old man Yu snorted, and began to pack up the medicinal materials into a large bamboo basket covered with a tarpaulin, but instructed in his mouth: "Stone, your master, as an alchemist, naturally has the money to buy these treasures, but you are still young, after bringing this treasure into the city, you should be careful not to show your white in front of people, didn't your master teach you?" ”

Qingshi smiled embarrassedly: "I've been taught, isn't this in front of your old man, I'll pay attention when I enter the city." Thank you for getting old. In his heart, he secretly said that this old man was kind.

When he got out, Qingshi had to help the old man carry the basket, push and pull for a long time, and finally said that he would carry the basket for a while, but he didn't dare to put the basket into the bracelet.

This is also a monk for the old man, he has no awakening attribute aura, and his level is two levels lower than that of Qingshi, and the realm of this life stops here.

Although the old man Yu was over eighty years old at this time, he was in good health, and ordinary people were not opponents out of ten or eight, or they would not dare to be medicine pickers, and the poisonous insects and beasts in the mountains were not something that ordinary people could deal with.

The two of them traveled very quickly, and Yahua City arrived at noon after nearly a hundred miles.

After entering the city, the two went to a crude medicine shop called Wutongxuan in the north of the city, the owner of this pharmacy and Old Man Yu were old acquaintances, and Old Man Yu's medicinal materials were sold to his family.

There are more than 20 pharmacies in the city, this one is small, and the largest one is naturally Yahuadan Pharmacy, which is the property of the city lord's family. This Yahua City has a population of nearly 300,000, hundreds of various businesses, and thousands of shops, of which thirty percent belong to the city lord's family.

Qingshi bought some medicinal materials in Wutongxuan, and the gold and silver on his body were almost all spent, he pretended to buy a big cloth bag, put all the newly bought medicinal materials in the bag and carried them, and then said to the old man Yu that he was ordered by the master to live in the city for two days to do something.

After breaking up, Qingshi came to the south of the city, found a quiet inn, asked for a big room with the last bit of money, and then went into the room, bolted the door, and Qingshi was ready to alchemy.

In the room, Qingshi sat cross-legged on the ground, his mind moved, the Dan furnace flew out of the storage bracelet, and landed steadily in front of him, dozens of medicinal herbs, seven or eight fruits of different sizes and colors and some mineral powders were put into the Dan furnace in turn, and he wanted to refine the two-star detoxification pill.

In his previous life, Xiao Lou was one of the top monks in the Dahuang world, the Xuanyuan Realm was consummated, and his talents were amazing, in addition to martial arts, alchemy, refining, and Xuanjin were all refined, in terms of alchemy alone, he was a six-star alchemist, and the highest-level seven-star alchemist in the entire Dahuang world was less than a hand.

If there were other alchemists here, they would definitely drop their jaws when they saw Qingshi throwing all the alchemy materials into the Dan furnace like this.

All kinds of medicinal materials need to be processed in a variety of ways, some to chop, some to decoction, some to extract the liquid medicine, and then in a certain order and proportion and different methods for dosing, bluestone such a rough dosing method is simply unheard of.

But Qingshi naturally won't mess around, and refining a two-star detoxification pill with the vision and skills of a six-star alchemist is not just like playing.

Of course, the current bluestone is limited by its own cultivation, and it can refine three-star pills at most, but refining two-star pills is also very easy, and there is no need to be so troublesome at all.

The medicinal materials are put into the furnace, the bluestone drives the true qi in the body to be released through both hands, the fire attribute true qi in the palm of the left hand flows out, forming a faint red flame to wrap the Dan furnace, and the right hand wood attribute true qi flows out from the two fingers in the food and turns into a light green air flow, which flows into the furnace through one of the three small holes on the furnace lid, and the whole technique looks relatively relaxed, but it is not skillful and slightly jerky.

After about half an hour, Qingshi's left hand was raised, and the Dan furnace rose three inches from the ground smoothly, suspended and began to rotate, the sword finger of the right hand was retracted and the left hand cooperated, and the two hands surrounded the middle Dan furnace in front of him, and at the same time, the two hands together set fire attribute true qi to wrap the Dan furnace, and the fire was controlled without any difference.

After another quarter of an hour, Qingshi felt that the time had come, his hands slowly lowered, the Dan furnace fell smoothly, and with a slight wave of his right hand, the lid of the furnace was lifted, and the six pills in the furnace were spinning non-stop.

In addition to the elixir, there was nothing else in the furnace that was clean, and its residue impurities had already been calcined into a gaseous state and drawn out of the hole in the furnace cover. Although it was the first time to do alchemy, it was an unsurprising success.

Refining until almost midnight, Qingshi finally refined all the medicinal materials on his body into pills, and practiced three furnaces of detoxification pills.

The first two furnaces each have six pieces, and the third furnace has actually practiced seven pieces, and the quality is slightly better, which shows that it is not enough to have memory, only by operating in person can we do the theory and practice, so that the skills tend to be complete.

In addition to the antidote pill, Qingshi also refined two furnaces of two-star qi returning pills, a total of twelve.

The Qi Returning Pill can be said to be the most in-demand elixir, which can quickly replenish True Qi and is very much needed in battle.

Since it is a direct replenishment of true qi, it is naturally much faster than absorbing the spiritual energy of the spirit stone and then cultivating and transforming it into true qi, in the battle, how can there be time for you to absorb the spiritual qi to cultivate? Therefore, the Qi Returning Pill is a necessary medicine to replenish the consumption of True Qi in battle.

Compared with the True Qi Pill, the Qi Pill replenishes a small amount of True Qi and does not have the effect of helping monks expand the sea of Qi and strengthen the meridians, but the replenishment of True Qi is faster. Of course, if you eat too much at one time or in a row, the effect will be reduced.

After the alchemy was completed, Qingshi felt a little tired, alchemy not only consumed true qi, but also consumed spiritual power very much.

Qingshi inhaled cross-legged and recovered for half an hour, feeling a little more energetic, and began to practice Dahuang Gong.

On the surface, this inhalation recovery and inhalation cultivation are both absorbing spiritual energy and transforming it into true qi, but in fact, it is not.

The inhalation recovery does not need to consume mental power to guide the spiritual energy to operate according to the meridians, and the spiritual energy inhaled into the body is naturally transformed in the sea of qi, the efficiency is not high, and the quality of the transformed true qi is not high, let alone the meridians, but the recovery of true qi and spiritual power is faster.

Although cultivation is also to absorb spiritual energy into the body and transform it into true qi, it needs to expend spiritual energy to guide its operation, expand the sea of qi, and wash away the tendons and veins, so it will not have the effect of recovery at all, but will make people mentally tired.

Therefore, although it is possible to practice the exercises overnight and refresh the next day, it will definitely not restore mental strength and physical strength more than a comfortable sleep.

Although Qingshi's alchemy consumed a lot of spiritual power, his spiritual power was beyond the reach of ordinary monks of the same level, so he was still able to persist in cultivating for nine weeks, and he didn't fall into bed to rest until it was almost dawn.

It was a rare lazy sleep, and it wasn't until noon that Qingshi got up, after washing, Qingshi went out and retreated, and then walked towards Yahuadan Pharmacy.

Yahuadan Pharmacy is in the south of the city, not far away, and it will arrive in a short time. Qingshi walked straight to a counter in the southeast corner of the store, where the shopkeeper Cao is usually located, and today is no exception.

Seeing Qingshi, Shopkeeper Cao hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face, although Qingshi is young, he has an alchemist master, Shopkeeper Cao deduced that it should be a two-star alchemist, a two-star alchemist, and there is only one in the City Lord's Mansion in this Yahua City.

"Oh, Young Master Shi, you're here, I've been looking forward to it for many days, how about it, has the Venerable Master refined the two-star antidote pill?"

"Hello shopkeeper Cao, call me Qingshi, don't call me young master anymore, okay?"

"Okay, good, young master, no, that bluestone brother, it's really approachable, hahaha, you see that elixir ......"

"Naturally, it's been refined, na." As he spoke, Qingshi took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and handed it over.

Shopkeeper Cao hurriedly took it, carefully opened the lid, and saw that there were twelve pea-sized white pills in the bottle, which were the two-star detoxification pills, and in terms of level, they were all medium.

Shopkeeper Cao was overjoyed in his heart, and said again and again: "Good pills, good pills, haha, the alchemy of the respected master is getting more and more powerful, Brother Qingshi, how about I add one percent of these pills to you at the market price?" ”

"Well, then thank you Shopkeeper Cao for taking care of you. By the way, I still have a few high-quality ones here, and Master said that if the price is right, they can be sold, or you can take a look. As he spoke, he took out another bottle and handed it over.

Surprised, he took the small porcelain bottle, and the shopkeeper Cao opened the cap of the bottle to see that it was indeed six high-grade two-star antidote pills, and he couldn't help but shout: "Ouch, hey, it's really superior, the alchemy of the respected master has really made great progress, amazing, amazing!" The bluestone brothers are getting smarter and smarter, why didn't they take it out together just now? So tell me, how is the price right? ”

"Hehe, where I'm smart, it's all taught by Master. I think the best should be more valuable than the medium, the medium plus one percent, the top should be at least three percent, do you say yes? ”

"Ouch! How did the Bluestone brothers become so talkative? ”

"What Master taught, Master taught!"

......

The two of them talked back and forth for a while, and finally sold for 1,900 lower-grade spirit stones and 200 gold coins, these two hundred gold coins were also worth 200 lower-grade spirit stones, which was considered to have sold a total of 2,100 lower-grade spirit stones, and the money used to buy medicinal materials was only about 350 gold coins.

Most of the stones used to be sold were one-star pills, and occasionally there were a few inferior two-star pills left by Fu Yunhao, which were generally sold for gold coins, and they were never sold for more than three hundred low-grade spirit stones at one time.

This time, the bluestone sold so many spirit stones at one time, so naturally he was still quite satisfied.

Shopkeeper Cao was a little depressed, looked at the bluestone that was gradually moving away, and muttered softly: "It's normal for this master's skill to rise, but the apprentice's IQ has risen but it is very strange, I'm afraid that I have taken some kind of panacea, right?" Could it be that there are really any nootropic pills or brain strengthening pills? This alchemist is really it! Tsk......"

After Qingshi left Yahuadan Pharmacy, he walked around the city for a long time, trying to find a good restaurant to eat.

Although I won't be hungry even if I eat a meal in a few days, I don't feel hungry in my body, but I am hungry in my heart.

After eating at the best restaurant in the city, Qingshi was still not very satisfied with the food, it was better than Zhu Er's craftsmanship, at least the hair faded clean, but that's all.

There is no way, people in this world just don't study food. Qingshi cooking skills are in the body, so he is naturally unwilling, so he went to the market for a walk, bought a lot of ingredients and condiments or something, and found a place where no one could put it in the storage bracelet.

Back home, it was already dusk.

For this home, Qingshi has nothing to be nostalgic for, but this home has some benefits, in addition to sheltering from the wind and rain, Fu Yunhao also laid a few magic circles for this family when he was alive.

The magic circle, also known as the Xuan Array, is one of the three major magic paths in addition to the martial arts.

This house has a large range, relying on the magic circle laid out by the grass, wood, soil and stone around the house, which is used for defense, and it needs to be triggered by a formation mage who understands the Xuan Array to urge the true qi.

The magic circle bluestone naturally understands, but he is not a formation mage now, so he can't trigger this magic circle at all.

In addition, there is a simple shielding array in the alchemy room, but it is not very useful.

The most useful thing is the Spirit Gathering Array arranged around the big stone used for cultivation in the small courtyard, which can independently attract the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a certain range, making the spiritual energy in the small courtyard much richer than other places.

Qingshi returned home and began to cultivate wildly.