Chapter 18: Senior Brother Zhang's alchemy experience
Mu Chen saw that a few people saluted the five elders after speaking, and then stood in front of Xiaohuan and asked, "Can I accompany you to be punished?"
"Hmph... Just want to steal our Li family's pharmaceutical secrets, and what he said is so good, accompany us to be punished. Xiaohuan snorted and glanced at Murong Qing playfully.
"I...!"
"Alright... All right... Senior sister, don't tease Brother Mu Chen, anyway, there are no secrets, it's normal for you to be the head of the family and bring a follower, and no one will gossip. Murong Qing stepped forward and scraped Xiaohuan's nose as she spoke.
"Hey, hey... Senior sister, I don't put on a stand, how embarrassed will I ask him to help us do things. Xiaohuan whispered on Murong Qing's ear.
"You, you, you're naughty. Murong Qing shook her head with a smile.
Xiaohuan was embarrassed and said: "Okay, if you want to learn something, then you have to be active when you can do things." β
"Okay, I don't have any good points, but I'm more active and down-to-earth. Mu Chen patted his chest.
Xiaohuan raised his eyebrows at Murong Qing, very proud, signaling that his trick had succeeded.
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After rushing for a while, I saw a white expanse between heaven and earth, snowflakes falling from the sky one after another, the earth was covered in silver, Mu Chen's carriage came to the front of a white peak, the peak is not high, the shadow of the mountain peak, like a sleepy fairy, dressed in a thin veil like cicada wings, with affection in the veins, staring silently.
In a short time, on the beautiful snowy peaks, the cliffs shine brightly, and in the blink of an eye, the snow in the mountains and forests dissipates, and the mountains are full of greenery, and the attic with exquisite carved eaves is hidden.
"This..."Mu Chen exclaimed in surprise, his eyes showed expectation, he wondered how the world of cultivating immortals was so magical.
"This is the most basic psychedelic formation, and what mortals outside see is an illusion, so very few mortals know about the existence of immortal cultivators. Murong Qing explained as she walked.
"I want this sign to go in and out. Xiaohuan shook an ordinary wooden sign.
"This is..."Mu Chen took a deep breath and asked curiously.
"This is the key to the formation prohibition, which is engraved with a small formation, and it can be activated by injecting your own spiritual power, and then you can open the formation prohibition. Xiaohuan said as he raised the wooden sign to his chest.
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After a short time, Xiaohuan led Mu Chen and Murong Qing to the alchemy room, which was located in a natural cave, and the more you walked inside, the hotter it became, and the people who came and went were all busy, and none of them cared about what was happening around them.
"This is a volcanic crater, there is a natural earth fire that is most suitable for alchemy, and the reason why our Li family has refined the pill is very good, this is the reason, the best earth fire here is equivalent to the infant fire of the Yuan Infant Monk, but for many, many years, no one has been able to control that earth fire. Xiaohuan said as he walked.
"Oh, what does the medicine boy do. β
"Hehe, don't worry, since we're here, we can't help them, let's find a room for alchemy." Xiaohuan said with a smile.
"That's not good, what should the Great Elder do if he knows, don't come to trouble you again when the time comes. Murong Qing asked worriedly.
"It's okay, senior sister, we don't need the medicinal materials in the warehouse, I have low-grade medicinal materials here, and my grandfather gave them to me before. Xiaohuan playfully shook a storage bag in her hand.
"I'll see, I'll see. Murong Qing also excitedly grabbed the bag in Xiaohuan's hand.
"I used to practice every day, and my alchemy skills were almost unfamiliar. Murong Qing took the storage bag and sighed
"Macaroni, snow lotus, purple jade vineγ.... It's all good herbs!This time it's really a blessing in disguise!" Murong Qing said with a smile dancing with her hands.
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After a while, Mu Chen and the other three came to a separate room, the room was not big, and a few quaint lamps on the walls around it illuminated this room exceptionally brightly.
In the middle of the room, there is a delicate bronze Danding, below the Danding is a fire outlet, the fire outlet is as transparent and crystal clear as jade, the fire mouth is bubbling with raging fire, from time to time a few wisps of blue flame emerges, scorching the bronze Dan furnace, bursts of medicinal fragrance come to the nose, wisps of smoke curling.
When standing next to the Dan furnace, the temperature was very high, because it was close to the place where the earth fire, but although it was hot, with the blessing of the formation, the temperature was still within the range that people could bear.
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After a while, a slightly chubby little old man entered the medicine room with a smile.
Xiaohuan smiled and stepped forward a few steps forward to introduce: "This is Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Zhang is obsessed with alchemy, and he is a first-class Dan master in our family, most of our top-grade pills are from Senior Brother Zhang's hands, of course, Senior Brother Zhang has also refined a lot of top-grade pills." β
Senior Brother Zhang shook his head and said regretfully: "Alas, the head of the family has overpassed, and the little second child has only gotten the skin of the master's alchemy technique, and he has not been able to raise the chance of refining the best elixir to the third layer for so long, let alone refining the legendary spirit-level elixir." It's really a shame to be ashamed of the master's teaching, and I'm ashamed!"
"Senior Brother Zhang, let's point out our alchemy technique, I didn't listen to what my greedy grandfather said before, and now I must also cultivate an auxiliary technique to exercise my soul shortcomings. Xiaohuan pouted and said coquettishly.
"Don't dare! It's still okay to communicate. Senior Brother Zhang said with a smile.
The old man stroked his beard, smiled faintly, and then muttered to himself.
"The way of alchemy, first of all, is to have a good Dan Fang, if the Dan Fang is not perfect, the refining Dan grade will not be very high, many Dan Fang is after thousands of years of inheritance and modification, to get the best ratio. But even if there is a good pill, it is necessary to study the medicinal materials in depth, the pharmacology, medicinal age, etc. of the herbs must be memorized, how to deal with the medicinal materials, what to use, what to use and so on are a never-ending knowledge. β
Xiaohuan and the others nodded silently.
"Speaking of which, we also have to know alchemy, and there is one of the most important items, that is, the Dan furnace, a good Dan furnace is very important for alchemy, which directly affects whether the temperature inside the Dan furnace is uniform, whether the pill can be fully dissolved, and so on. β
"What is a good Dan furnace?" asked Xiaohuan curiously.
"I heard the master say, some Dan furnaces are inscribed with various formations, which can improve the various attributes of alchemy, of course, these are legendary things I haven't seen, in front of us this is the treasure of the family Sanpin Dan furnace, this is a good thing that other families dare not think of, and I will not explain one by one, the way of alchemy should be slowly and gradually, slowly comprehend it, now you can't digest it is equivalent to listening in vain. β
Mu Chen and the three of them all listened with great interest.
"Now let's talk about the steps of alchemy, a brief introduction. β
One: Prepare the materials, the better the materials, the better the effect, including the required tools, alchemy furnace, earth fire, Dan fire, baby fire, etc.
Two: Refining, no matter what kind of medicinal materials must be refined, remove impurities and dross, and leave the essence needed.
Three: Mix the materials together in the order of the Danfang, the order is not right, it will definitely not work, and the alchemy pays attention to the main and auxiliary monarchs
Four: Add the formation as needed to protect the stability of all aspects of the Dan furnace.
Five: The most important thing is here, Cheng Dan, for us junior alchemists, this is related to the quality of the elixir.
Why do you say this, first of all, what we have in front of us can be well reproduced, as long as it is an experienced alchemist, it can do a good job.
Why does the refined pill become a waste pill, that is the last step, generally each pill is refined for a fixed period of time, so you don't need to guard it in the early stage, as long as the earth fire is stable.
But when you become a pill, you have to do it yourself, and the pill will slowly become unstable in the end, and if we don't intervene in it, it will be scorched.
So how can we intervene in it, so that he will not be scorched and of higher quality, here is the shortcoming of the alchemy that the head of the family said earlier to exercise the divine sense, and when the divine consciousness is strong, it can naturally control everything.
In the final stage of becoming a pill, we have to use our divine consciousness to intervene in the liquid medicine in the furnace to protect the liquid medicine and further remove the impurities inside, of course, the cleaner the removal, the higher the grade.
The lower the level of the medicinal materials, the easier it is to grasp, the more advanced the materials, the more difficult it is, some herbs have been growing for thousands of years, and have eliminated a lot of impurities by themselves, so the remaining impurities, the divine sense is not strong enough, and they cannot be found and eliminated at all, and some herbs are very squeamish and will fail if they are not careful.
Therefore, we have to slowly exercise our divine consciousness in order to refine high-grade pills, and when we are alchemy in the early stage, we will blow up the Dan furnace, that is, because the control of our divine consciousness is not stable enough, the gas in the furnace will be violent, so it will cause an explosion.
The old man smiled like this, talked endlessly, and talked like a river for most of the day, and what he said was the Tao.
Mu Chen's eyes widened out when they heard this, and they were extremely impressed in their hearts, and they basically had a preliminary understanding of what alchemy was.