After thousands of years of development and improvement, the way of alchemy has formed a strict system, broad and profound. It takes twenty or thirty years for an ordinary alchemy apprentice to master the most basic knowledge.

Like the medicinal herbs used in alchemy, there are hundreds of thousands of them, and it is definitely not easy to remember them one by one and remember their pharmacology. Even if you have a good memory and are engrossed in memorizing these things one by one, it will take at least ten years to do it.

In addition to medicinal herbs, the inner pills, flesh and blood, hair, scales and horns of various brute beasts, etc., are all materials for alchemy. It is even more difficult to memorize them one by one, to remember their pharmacology and effects, than to memorize the herbs.

In addition to brute beast materials, almost everything in the world can be used for alchemy. For example, some stones can be used for alchemy, some strange water can be used for alchemy, and even some unique smells can also be used for alchemy. If you want to memorize these various alchemy materials, it will take even longer.

Zhang Ye has no alchemy foundation, but he has the memory of Mu Lin Feng, and his own soul is a thousand times stronger than ordinary people. In just three days, Zhang Ye had finished more than a dozen introductory books and memorized more than two million alchemy materials one by one.

From the fourth day, Zhang Ye began to learn the mixed pharmacology and effects of herbs.

Each herb has its own pharmacology. If several herbs are mixed, the pharmacology and action will change, sometimes the tonic will become poison, and sometimes the poison will become the good medicine. The mysteries contained in it are impossible for even the most powerful alchemy masters to grasp them all.

This kind of pharmacological mixture of knowledge is something that thousands of alchemists have tried to summarize, and it is an unpassed secret to the sect. Ordinary outer disciples need to contribute to the sect in order to be qualified to read relevant books.

Fortunately, Zhang Ye's identity is an elder of the outer gate, although he can't look at the advanced mixed pharmacology, and look at some superficial mixed pharmacological knowledge, it's still no problem.

So. Another four days passed.

Next. What Zhang Ye learns is the refinement of medicinal herbs.

Herbs often contain impurities, and if these impurities are removed, the success rate of alchemy will be greatly improved, and the quality of the refined pills will be better.

Arguably. Refining medicinal liquid is a skill that every alchemist must master.

"Whoosh!"

Zhang Ye took out a large handful of medicinal herbs from the Fire Spirit Realm, put the medicinal herbs in front of his body, and then his hands trembled in a wonderful way, and a trace of green liliang emanated from his fingertips. Enter the herb.

The green liliang emitted from the fingertips of Zhang Ye is the liliang of the five elements, the wood.

Zhang Ye's most powerful is Tianhe righteousness, but Tianhe righteousness is too domineering and not suitable for alchemy, so Zhang Ye has no choice but to use the power of the five elements.

The power of the wood entered the herb, and the herb slowly melted. Turned into a mass of liquid. Dripping swirls in the air, emitting a faint scent of herbs.

Zhang Ye stared. I saw that there were a lot of impurities in the liquid medicine. These impurities, to remove these impurities, what he needs to do is to remove the impurities in the liquid medicine.

"Meet!"

The power of the five elements changed slightly, turning into a fire liliang, and a ball of flame appeared on Zhang Ye's fingertips. Zhang Ye's wrist moved slightly, and the flames surrounded the medicinal liquid, and began to refine the impurities in the medicinal liquid.

"Zizizi-"

Under the refining of the flame, the impurities in the liquid medicine are rapidly reduced. When Zhang Ye was secretly happy, suddenly the flames moved, burning the entire medicinal liquid into flying ashes.

Zhang Ye was slightly stunned, and muttered: "Hmm, burned to ashes? It seems that my control technique is not mature enough." But that's okay, just do it all over again. ”

Zhang Ye didn't hesitate to grab a handful of herbs and start refining again.

"Zizizi-"

"Poof!"

Zhang Ye's second refining of the medicinal solution failed again. Zhang Ye's eyes didn't blink, he grabbed another handful of herbs and began the third purification of the medicinal liquid.

Ordinary Dan Dao apprentices, when practicing purification, are cautious, for fear of wasting medicinal herbs. But Zhang Ye killed many young and strong people in the ruins of the Sword Monarch, and the seized herbs were piled up, he could try again and again, and he was not afraid of wasting them at all.

After practicing again and again, Zhang Ye gained more and more experience. With a strong spiritual sense, Zhang Ye carefully sensed the changes in the medicinal liquid, adjusting his techniques again and again, and the techniques became more and more skillful. On the fifth attempt at refining, Zhang Ye finally succeeded in refining a ball of pure medicinal liquid.

After refining the liquid medicine, the impurities have been removed, and it looks crystal clear, like a ball of clear water. It is easier to use the purified liquid to refine the pill than to directly use the herb to make the pill, and the success rate is much higher.

Zhang Ye looked at the medicinal liquid, and there was a hint of doubt on his face: "According to the books, no matter how powerful an alchemist is, the refined medicinal liquid cannot be completely pure, and there will always be some impurities. But how can the medicinal liquid I refine be so pure, without the slightest impurity?"

At this time, the fire spirit said loudly: "Master, when you refine the medicinal liquid, the liliang you use is the power of the five elements. The power of the five elements is the most primordial liliang, and the medicinal liquid refined from the power of the five elements is of course very few!"

Zhang Ye suddenly thought of a question and said, "The power of the five elements must not be known to others. It seems that I need to practice a wood-based exercise and a fire-based technique. ”

The Fire Spirit said, "This is easy. If you have the power of the five elements, if you cultivate these two exercises, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and you will soon be able to succeed in cultivating. ”

Zhang Ye was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'm practicing the refining of the medicinal liquid now, and when I master the method of refining the medicinal liquid, I will start to practice the fire and wood exercises." ”

Zhang Ye got the memory of Mu Lin Feng, and naturally he also got the exercises of Mu Lin Feng. The fire-based exercises cultivated by Mu Linfeng are called "Sanyang True Fire", and when you cultivate to the extreme, you can enter the realm of the grandmaster, which can be regarded as a top-grade true path exercise. It's a pity that this exercise is not complete, and it lacks a heavy weight of zuihou.

As for the wood exercises, Mu Linfeng cultivates the "Dead Wood Spring Jue", when this exercise is cultivated to the extreme, it can greatly prolong life and keep the body in the best state at all times. Although this "Dead Wood Spring Jue" is not as good as "Sanyang True Fire", it is also a rare exercise, which can be regarded as a medium-grade true path exercise.

Zhang Ye has the power of the five elements, so he doesn't need to practice these two exercises for the time being. He put aside the matter of cultivation, took out another herb, and began to purify it.

Each herb has different medicinal properties and requires different techniques to remove their impurities. These things are not in the book, and they only rely on the alchemist's own feelings and experience.

Zhang Ye immersed himself in refining, time passed unconsciously, and more than a month had passed in a blink of an eye, Zhang Ye stayed in his own valley, sleepless, and refined tens of thousands of times.

Tens of thousands of refinements, which is definitely a staggering number. You must know that medicinal herbs are not easy to come by, and ordinary alchemists practice refining them only a few thousand times a year at most. Tens of thousands of times a month like Zhang Ye is already equivalent to the number of times an ordinary alchemist refines in ten years.

Under a large number of exercises, Zhang Ye has become more and more aware of the habits of medicinal herbs, and the refining techniques have become more and more proficient, and the success rate of refining medicinal liquids has been continuously improved.

Ordinary herbs, chapter leaves can be 100% successfully refined, and the extracted liquid has absolutely no impurities. And vintage herbs, like herbs that have been in the heat for four or five hundred years, have a success rate of ninety percent in the refinement of chapter leaves. Even for precious mutant medicinal materials, the success rate of chapter leaf refining has reached more than eighty percent.

Generally speaking, the more precious the herb, the more difficult it is to refine. Zhang Ye refines mutant medicinal materials, and the success rate has reached more than eighty percent, which is already very good. You must know that some old alchemists who have lived for hundreds of years and have refined hundreds of thousands of medicinal liquids, the success rate of their refining mutated medicinal materials is no more than that.

"Whew!"

After Zhang Ye refined a handful of Zuihou's herbs into a medicinal liquid, his face became relaxed. Looking at the medicinal liquid that was constantly spinning in the air, Zhang Ye couldn't help but let out a long laugh.

Zhang Ye Haha smiled and said, "I can easily refine the medicinal liquid." Hehe, I can also refine the medicinal liquid that Luo Xiushui and Zhu Changqing, the two mothers-in-law, need. ”

To master the refining of medicinal liquids, the next thing to learn is the techniques of fire control, alchemy and pills. This is the most important and crucial part of alchemy. If you don't master the fire control technique, alchemy technique, and pill technique well, no matter how solid the foundation is, you won't be able to become an alchemist.

For fire control techniques, Zhang Ye does not need to learn. He has a spiritual connection with the fire spirit, and with the help of the fire spirit's liliang, Zhang Ye can easily control the temperature of the flame.

Zhang Ye's main learning is the alchemy technique and the technique of Dan.

Zhang Ye took advantage of his identity as an elder of the outer gate, and found a bunch of books on alchemy techniques and pill techniques, and continued to study.

Alchemy is very particular about techniques, if the techniques are skillful, the success rate will be greatly improved, and the quality of the refined pills will be better. Otherwise, alchemy will fail.

The way of alchemy is broad and profound, and under the summary of countless predecessors, various alchemy techniques have been formed. These alchemy techniques are profound and complex, and even the most basic techniques contain mysteries. Zhang Ye was not born in alchemy, and he didn't have the guidance of a master, and all kinds of traditional alchemy techniques made him dizzy.

Fortunately, Zhang Ye got part of Mu Linfeng's memory, and with the help of Mu Linfeng's memory, Zhang Ye's learning speed was a little slow, but it was smooth.

Half a month later, Zhang Ye Haha smiled, threw the book aside, strode into the alchemy room, and began to refine the first furnace of elixir-

(To be continued.) )