Chapter 8: The Pharmacist's Journey
After a casual conversation with the thin camel old man, looking at the medicinal materials placed on the whole table, Xun Qiu said with some eagerness: "The medicinal materials you need to prepare are all here, are you going to start now?"
"Look at your anxious appearance, you are so excited now, I will learn it later to ensure that you feel good. Shaking his head helplessly, the thin camel grabbed a fire-based demon crystal on the table, and instructed Xun Qiu: "Go get a big basin of water first." β
Seeing that the thin camel old man seemed to be about to start work, Xun Qiu hurriedly responded and went to prepare......
In the quiet room, the thin camel old man picked up the white pill fruit in his left hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and after a while, he exhaled softly, and on the palm of his left hand, some silver-white flames suddenly rose out.
As soon as the flames appeared, the temperature in the room rose a lot.
His eyes stared at the silver-white flame without blinking, Xun Qiu looked carefully, he had read some of the alchemy books handed over to him by the thin camel, and he knew the alchemist alchemy process, and the condensation of this spiritual power flame was not a difficult thing, and the ordinary Yiyin powerhouse could also do it, but the control of the fire depended on the personal level.
His face was indifferent, and the silver-white flame in the hand of the thin camel old man fluttered slightly, devouring the white pill fruit in it, the flames were churning, and the white pill fruit was burned into a small ball of milky white liquid almost instantly.
The thin camel grabbed the root of the first tongue again with his right hand and threw it directly into the flames. The milky white liquid had a hint of yellowish tinge, and the whole was noticeably larger. The pale yellow liquid was constantly wriggling in the flames, and the hot temperature kept calcining the impurities in it.
As the spiritual power flame calcined, the pale yellow liquid became smaller and smaller, and after a while, it was only about the size of a thumb. Next, the thin camel threw two more quenching flowers into the flames, calcining them and melting them into the green liquid.
Next, it is to refine that fire-type demon crystal.
The four steps lasted for about ten minutes, but the thin camel's face was still energetic and did not feel tired.
Ten minutes later, the hard fire-based demon crystal had been calcined into a pale red liquid, and the violent energy contained in the demon crystal was also washed away by the thin camel with magical medicinal properties, and finally the silver-white spiritual flame in the palm of his hand gradually subsided, and disappeared completely after the most lucrative time.
Looking at the drop of emerald-colored liquid suspended in the palm of the thin camel old man's hand, Xun Qiu rubbed his hands, and his extraordinary spiritual perception made him clearly sense how abundant energy this liquid had.
"Master, this should be the so-called warm spirit liquid, right? Hehe, looking at it like this, it's not too difficult to refine. Xun Qiu blinked, a little eager to give it a try.
"Don't worry, what I'm going to show you today isn't over yet. The thin camel said indifferently, and then took out the gel next to him, and gently dripped some on the jade-colored liquid, and the flame on his hand came out again, compared to the strong flame of the eruption before, the current flame is a little flat, and the fire is much slower. As the flame scorched, the moisture in the gel slowly disappeared, and the jade-colored liquid seeped into it, and a pale emerald elixir became more and more round and crystalline.
"Okay!" After another five minutes, the thin camel finished finishing his work, put the pale emerald pill on the table, and at the same time took out a similar pill from a jade bottle, put both on the pill paper at the same time, and handed it to Xun Qiu's eyes.
"Take a good look, the one on the left was refined by me, and the one on the right was bought in Fangyuan City, it should be refined by a senior pharmacist, see if there is any difference?" said the thin camel.
Xun Qiu poked his head, observed carefully, and said: "Your refining is more rounded, the energy distribution is more even, and if you look closely, it is also more crystal clear, I think this should not be because of the material of alchemy, it should be the role of the technique." β
The thin camel nodded, and said with some smugness: "Yes, although I am now trapped in spiritual power cultivation, and I can only use some great pharmacist-level methods, but refining this Wen Ling Pill is enough to match the methods of sect-level pharmacists, and what you said before is not complete, the most important point is not that it looks good on the outside, but because of impurities and storage time." β
Xun Qiu pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the thin camel's explanation to him.
"The most important thing in medicinal materials is the impurity rate, the lower the impurity rate, the more beneficial it is for the user, and only the pill with an impurity rate of less than ten percent can be allowed to circulate in the market, the one on the right should have an impurity rate of seven or eight percent, and mine one, I dare to guarantee, should be within two percent, so it will be round and shiny, crystal clear. β
Xun Qiu nodded, and his interest doubled for a while.
The thin camel continued: "As for the storage time, I want to tell you first what the exhaustion period is, the exhaustion period is after the elixir is refined, long-term storage, there will inevitably be the problem of energy exhaustion, this exhaustion curve, is a diving way, almost every time it reaches a point in time, it will drop by half on the existing basis, just like the one on the right, the exhaustion period should be about five years." β
"That is to say, in the fifth year after the refining of this elixir, the amount of medicine will plummeting by half, and in the tenth year, it will plummeting by half again, and at that time, there will only be more than twenty percent of the energy left, so the elixir generally needs to be used before the second attenuation, otherwise the value is not great. β
The thin camel pointed to the one on the left again, and said, "As for the one I refined, because the energy is uniform, and it is well closed with spiritual power, the failure period should be effective in thirty years, so this one of mine can maintain its medicinal value for sixty years, while the one on the right can only last for ten years." β
Xun Qiu was stunned, and then said thoughtfully: "No wonder it is said that when some powerful people purchase medicinal materials, they will bring the pharmacist for identification, presumably from the impurity rate and storage time, to comprehensively measure the quality of the pill." β
The thin camel nodded, "That's pretty much what it means." β
"Then can I learn to refine this kind of Wen Ling Pill now, and if so, how long will it take?" Xun Qiu asked busily, compared to memorizing the tasteless medicinal herb effects, this kind of practical refining process is obviously more challenging and fun, and it can also exercise mental power, why not.
The thin camel sneered, and said mockingly: "Refining Wen Ling Pill? Don't think about it, Wen Ling Dan must at least be a senior pharmacist to be able to refine it, you are not even qualified as an ordinary pharmacist now, and the matter of refining Wen Ling Dan is still early." β
Xun Qiu wiped his sweat, and knew that Lu Dao had obtained a senior pharmacist to refine this Wen Ling Pill, so he was not so excited, and he was also laughed at by the thin camel.
The pharmacist is an ordinary pharmacist, then an intermediate pharmacist, a senior pharmacist, a great pharmacist, an elixir pharmacist, a sect-level pharmacist, a respected pharmacist, an immortal-level pharmacist, and a divine pharmacist. Along the way, it was another bumpy and arduous road.
"The reason why I show you the refining of this Wen Ling Pill today is mainly because the refining of this Wen Ling Dan is not too difficult, and it involves almost all the skills in alchemy, so it is a universal means of exercise, as long as you can practice it, the introductory skills of this alchemy can be regarded as complete. β
Thin Camel then explained: "To sum up the refining of medicine, there are five points in total, one is fire control liquefaction, the second is separation and impurities, the third is the medicinal effect mixing, the fourth is the solid content of demon crystals, and the fifth is evaporation and condensation. These five steps are not necessary for every pill, if you make a cultivation liquid, you don't need the fifth step to evaporate the condensing pill; some pills can be successfully refined with only one medicinal material, so naturally you don't need the third step of medicinal effect mixing; some pills don't need to add demon crystals, and naturally don't need the fourth step of demon crystal solidification. β
The thin camel paused, and then said: "Among them, the first step of fire control liquefaction is divided into three methods, one is fire impurity, one is cold impurity, and the other is neutral impurity, and the choice of these three impurity removal methods is determined according to the characteristics of medicinal materials. And the refining of this Wen Ling Pill not only contains the five major processes of refining medicine, but also contains three different fire control liquefaction methods. β
"Now tell me what the previous alchemy process contained. β
Xun Qiu recalled the process of refining the medicine of the thin camel before, and combined with his own control of the medicinal properties of those medicinal materials, he roughly sorted out his thoughts and began to speak slowly.
"You have refined three kinds of medicinal materials before and after, namely a white pill fruit, a first tongue root, two quenching spirit flowers, burning with flames, should be the first step of fire control liquefaction; to separate their impurities, it should be the second step of separation and impurities, of which white pill fruit is a cold medicinal material, the first tongue root is a neutral medicinal material, quenching spirit flower is a fire medicinal material, the corresponding way to remove impurities, is cold, neutral, and fire; in this process, you have added three kinds of medicinal materials, and mixed them together, that is, the third step of medicinal effect mixing; adding the water demon crystal should be the fourth step of the demon crystal solid; as for the most coagulant added after the coagulant, it is the last step of evaporation condensationγ β
The thin camel nodded with satisfaction and praised: "It's not bad, the son can be taught." As he spoke, he pinched up the Wen Ling Pill he had refined.
"This Wen Ling Pill is a low-grade elixir, as long as it can be refined independently, you can apply to the Pharmacist Association to become a senior pharmacist. There are many small pills in this pill, as long as the white pill fruit is refined and the coagulant is added, it is a low-grade pill white jade pill of Xuantong. Then add the root of the first tongue, it is the first incense pill of Xuantong middle grade, and then add the quenching spirit flower is the high-grade condensation, and then add the fire demon crystal is the Wen Ling Pill, you will be ready to try it later, start refining from the nutritional pill. β
"As long as you have practiced the Nutrition Pill, you have learned the refining of the Xuantong low-grade pill, and the Pharmacist Association will be able to give you the title of an ordinary pharmacist. β