24. Refining the Philosopher's Stone
In the country of Ian, there is a so-called magic shadow of the people, in the past, the people have only heard of it, it is a kind of magic of magicians, but now it appears in front of them, on a curtain, people and animals and many things are vivid, and it is a moving image, the first film is just a twenty-minute film, showing the spell casting process of a magician in Ian City, it is not a film, it can only be regarded as a faithful record of a magician's spell casting fragments.
But it also caused a sensation, as soon as it appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of the authorities, Dai Weiner ordered to record the training of the soldiers and the current situation of the battlefield, unlike on the earth, this kind of magic shadow shooting needs to be filmed by capable people, and can be copied afterwards, and the broadcast needs mental stimulation, and also needs ability.
A literary company, Duncan, saw its potential and took the lead in buying its technology from the Ministry of Magic and began to put some stage plays on the screen, while another company, Chema Company, bought the rights to produce equipment.
With the deepening of the war, it followed the military reporters of Yi'an Guo to Taixi Continent, and Yi'an Guo also recorded a large number of battlefield records, among which the light and shadow magicians, who were split from the traditional magicians, began to process the images and developed preliminary cutting techniques.
Magicians began to diverge, and for the first time, the appearance of the Shadow made magicians discover that they could do more, especially when it came to entertaining the masses.
Wang Qinian is refining the philosopher's stone, and he has collected all the raw materials needed for the philosopher's stone with the help of the country, and began to refine the philosopher's stone. He did not refine openly, but secretly refined, he had been detailing the words and patterns on the seven pieces of jade for a long time, and simulated them in his heart many times, almost reaching the point where he could recite them backwards.
Only a few people know about this situation, and even Jessica didn't sue him. The philosopher's stone, as the highest achievement of alchemy, is also a forbidden art. Because he's different from other technologies. can't be promoted, this is not Wang Qinian's selfishness, because he can't control the consequences, who knows. There are philosophers who can keep people from aging. I guess I have to rob it if I go crazy. Human beings currently have a lifespan limit and generally maintain a balance with nature.
But as soon as the philosopher's stone came out, it was something that caused imbalance. This thing can only be circulated in secret for a long time, Wang Qinian's identity is different, if he is an ordinary magician, many people just laugh and don't even believe him, but he is the minister of magic of a country, the situation is different.
So he carried out it secretly, and the alchemy room did not use the state's alchemy room, but set up a special alchemy room in his home, which only their husband and wife knew, and there was a small pair, which no one else knew.
In his alchemy room, in the center is a clay furnace, which looks ordinary, but it is the sacred "Philosopher's Furnace", or "Triple Furnace", the key to the reality is the temperature control, the triple furnace is like the mother's womb, which will give "life to our young king" (cryptic: refers to the initial state of the imperfect philosopher's stone).
Among them, the core of this refining is the egg-shaped philosopher's egg located in the center of the triple furnace.
Wang Qinian put the medicines in turn, and now he understood what the hidden words such as the scum of the Red Sea, the fat of the Mercury wind, the water of eternity and the milk of the maiden referred to, and what the dragon of the sun and so on, he carefully guarded the fire, and the steps in the "Jade Record" were clear:
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To create the miracle of the "one thing," one must understand that what is in the upper realm is the same as that in the lower realm, and that what is in the lower realm is no different from the upper realm.
The one "Creator" created all things, so that all things were born from this same source.
The sun is its father, and the moon is its mother.
It is conceived in the womb of the wind, and nourished by the milk of the earth.
It is the father of one of the miracles in the world, and it has all-powerful power.
Sprinkle it in the dirt, it will keep the dirt out of the fire, and it will also bring out the subtle from the coarse.
It can fly from the ground to the sky, and then it can land on the ground again, accumulating all the power of the upper and lower realms.
From this, you will attain the best glory in the world, and all the darkness will dissipate from you.
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Wang Qinian carefully watched the fire, carefully observed the changes, and constantly adjusted the fire according to the equation, the medicine in the philosopher's furnace kept changing, and the white color appeared first, Wang Qinian breathed a sigh of relief, this is a pass, many people have failed in this level, if there is red, then it will fail.
He added another batch of medicines, according to Yu Pei, now that the embryo has been formed, it is more important to pay attention to the heat, if it is overheated, it will be transformed into blue bile, "he will be angry with pride, he will transform the embryo into dry bile", the temperature is low, "the cold winter is coming, and every qiē will freeze!"
"Take care of the temperature, don't stop, an impatient heart can only bring deadly demons!"
Wang Qinian's first level has passed, with the addition of medicine, the liquid began to boil again, and gradually the liquid began to change, two dragons appeared, in the furnace, one black and one blue, both with golden wings, the furnace began to vibrate.
Wang Qinian calmly manipulated, the spirit was put into it, the two dragons chased each other, as if to break free from the shackles of the furnace, and gradually the black dragon began to devour the blue dragon, Wang Qinian knew that this was a normal phenomenon, the drug was going to appear a blackening at this stage, and gradually the blue dragon was devoured, the black dragon became head and tail, it was devouring its own tail, and gradually the furnace quieted down, and the black dragon had sunk back into the medicine, and the medicine was almost black.
A ray of golden light was born from the black, and in an instant, an immortal bird flew out, the golden light was brilliant, the liquid turned golden in an instant, and the smoke enveloped the entire philosopher's egg, gradually calming down, forming a dark golden powdery solid.
Wang Qinian threw the milk of life into it, and the noble dark gold began to dissolve, and a king appeared in the philosopher's egg, gradually turning into a yin and yang double body, and in his mouth, a crow flew out.
Gradually, a white ring appeared on the king's body, and as soon as it appeared, the white color expanded rapidly, and finally it was snow-white, and the medicine also fell silent, and the crow also turned into a white tree-like substance, as if it was taking root.
This process is the most careful and difficult stage, before you succeed, you can make fatal mistakes every step of the way, after this stage, you don't have to worry about failure, unless you deliberately sabotage.
Wang Qi breathed a sigh of relief, dozens of days had passed. The time of refining the philosopher's stone was very long, often dozens of days, and in the following time, Wang Qinian added the remaining eternal water, and in an instant, the white powder became a white and bright liquid, flowing in the sacred fire in the furnace.
He began to breastfeed the king, adding the Maiden's Milk seven times, each time with a yellowish-white mist, and finally with the more powerful Moon Milk, which took on a lemon color, light red, yellow, blue, and orange, and then turned bright silver, and finally, from lemon light yellow to red.
Wang Qinian knew that this red was not the final color, and sure enough, as time went on, it began to change again, green gradually generated, like a big tree, and finally fell silent, and another scene appeared, from which three white babies began to emerge.
Wang Qinian knew that it was about to become, the baby gradually grew into a young man, the clothes on his body turned white, and every qiē became pure white, Wang Qinian knew that he had succeeded, these three resurrected people represented the body, soul and spirit of the philosopher's stone, and gradually their images became more and more blurred, leaving only the purest white powder, Wang Qinian knew that he had succeeded.
(THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS A REFERENCE TO THE BOOK NICHOLAS'S TESTAMENT, WHICH EXPLORES THE ALCHEMICAL LEGEND OF NICHOLAS LEMAY, WRITTEN BY PING.Z, WHICH BELONGS TO THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
Xiaoshuang flew in: "Wang, you have actually been refining for eighty-one days, have you refined the philosopher's stone?"
"It's done, in the philosopher's egg, I'll take it out. He said, reached out to take it, in an instant, he screamed in pain, the philosopher's egg in his hand fell, the stove was cold, not hot, even if it was hot, Wang Qinian could bear it, as soon as his hand touched the philosopher's egg, the pure white powder was extremely hot, Wang Qinian's hand smoky black smoke, his hand shrunk, Xiaoshuang saw it, and quickly caught it, Xiaoshuang was fine.
"Why is it so hot? No, it's not hot, what kind of hot hands can hurt you, Xiaoshuang, how do you feel?" Wang Qinian asked.
"Nothing, it's warm. "Xiaoshuang is inexplicable.
In an instant, Wang Qinian understood that although his body had been resurrected, and he had even reached a certain balance of yin and yang, he was practicing from death, in a word, the philosopher's stone might be a panacea for others, but for him, it was an incomparable poison.
Wang Qinian was stunned, in the past, he collected the formula of the Philosopher's Stone, and the original purpose of establishing the country was to use the power of the country to find medicinal materials, but he didn't expect that it would be such a result, he couldn't take the Philosopher's Stone!
His hand was instantly healed, and when he felt the compelling aura in it, he couldn't help crying and laughing: "Xiaoshuang, how do you feel?
"Of course I can take it, I feel that it can definitely replenish my vitality, it's a good thing!" Xiaoshuang didn't see Wang Qinian's thoughts, and said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll leave it on your side for the time being, let Tina and Andrea take some, hell, I can't take it, I have worked so hard to refine it, and I can't take it myself. Wang Qinian complained bitterly.
Xiaoshuang then understood, and she laughed out loud: "It's the same if you take it or not, anyway, you are a demigod, and you are refining it for us." ”
As he spoke, he flew over and went to find Tina and Andrea to offer treasures, leaving Wang Qinian alone to look at the philosopher's furnace, not knowing whether to cry or laugh. (To be continued......)