Chapter 63 Alchemy is difficult
If none of the elixirs at that time were successful, Hao Feng would really be a little difficult to handle. Because even those low-level elixirs are only sold in the market. If you buy it one after another, it will undoubtedly increase the risk of exposing your wealth.
As for using other elixirs on the body to practice other elixirs, it will not work. There is no normal break-even, and the source of some elixirs is used as a cover, but he often comes to the fire house, which will definitely cause ** annoyance.
Other monks would never think that he had come to the Earth Fire House to sleep, after all, the use of the Earth Fire House was not cheap, and the cost of a low-level spirit stone for three days was enough to discourage most casual cultivators.
After thinking about it for a long time, Hao Feng distributed the remaining refined medicinal liquid evenly according to the amount of condensing pills that should be condensed in each furnace, and refined them one by one, which avoided the end of the annihilation of the entire army.
In fact, this is also the common method used by most monks when they begin to study alchemy. After all, even the lowest-level elixir is not easy to come by.
However, even so, the final result was disastrous. Of the more than eighty low-grade elixirs, only a dozen myelin-washing pills were harvested, and the success rate was far less than one-tenth.
"Hehe, no matter what the success rate is, as long as it is not completely annihilated. After all, it can be regarded as a beginner, and after a long time, it will definitely improve some success rates. ”
Looking at more than a dozen small pills that were snow-white and had a hint of luster and fragrance, Hao Feng breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced. If it weren't for the fact that there was no waste in refining the medicinal liquid, I am afraid that these elixirs would not be able to refine even a single marrow cleansing pill.
But in any case, I finally solved my urgent need. Although these marrow cleansing pills couldn't even sell two low-grade spirit stones, they were just used as a cover-up, but there was no problem.
Otherwise, Hao Feng really doesn't have a good solution to these things.
After all, he was going to stay in Fang Market for a while longer, even if he went to the store to buy some myelin cleansing pills and took them out to sell them indiscriminately, it would not work, and he could only make people more reverie, and it seemed that there were no three hundred taels of silver here.
Although it was a loss to make money, it was also a victory in the first battle. Everything that followed was naturally logical, and a few days later, Hao Feng took the ten marrow cleansing pills he had refined as a thank you gift and gave them back to the old man surnamed Lu.
The surname Lu gave him a few more elixirs at that time, which was indeed a common practice, but Hao Fengtou's return gift still made him very happy, and after a little excuse, he accepted it.
When Hao Feng bought the elixir again, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong. With his eyesight, he could naturally tell that these ten marrow cleansing pills had indeed just been released, which was enough to prove that Hao Feng was indeed a junior alchemist.
In view of Hao Feng's reciprocation and the fact that his net worth looked a little embarrassed, the old man still gave one more plant of each elixir. When Hao Feng saw that his goal had been achieved, he did not refuse, and accepted the elixir with a smile and said goodbye.
For more than a month after that, Hao Feng bought elixirs from Baicao Xiaozhu, and successively spent more than a hundred low-level spirit stones. This is definitely a lot of wealth for a loose cultivation in the Qi refining period.
Even if the general Qi refining period is bankrupt, I am afraid that it will not be able to take it out, but the old man surnamed Lu did not have any suspicions.
Because after having a successful experience, when Hao Feng refined the marrow cleansing pill again, he made great progress, and there were still so many elixirs, and he actually refined fifty or sixty marrow cleansing pills.
Although ten myelin-washing pills are only worth a low-level spirit stone, and fifty or sixty can't even break even, it doesn't matter to Hao Feng.
After all, setting up a stall to sell is just a pretense, and whoever is idle has nothing to do, to care about how much he sells, as long as he can maintain a superficial balance of payments.
Moreover, when Hao Feng started to set up a stall to sell, he deliberately put all the marrow washing pills on his body into jade bottles and put them outside, and the old man surnamed Lu saw it several times, and kindly reminded Hao Feng of a few words about the truth that wealth is not exposed.
Hao Feng naturally thanked him repeatedly, but his heart was completely down-to-earth. The old man surnamed Lu naturally didn't know that the reason why Hao Feng did that was mainly to let him see it.
The reason why this is the case is not that Hao Feng feels that there is something wrong with the old man surnamed Lu, but that he is just out of a cautious mentality. The existence of a foundation building monk behind the old man surnamed Lu is not a secret in Fang City.
As for whether some myelin-washing pills will attract the covetousness of the monks in the foundation building period, there is no need to worry at all. Because this elixir has no effect on the monks in the foundation building period, and the profit is not great.
A month later, with the gradual proficiency of refining the Pulp Cleansing Pill, Hao Feng began to refine the whole furnace, and the success rate could be maintained at about four or five percent. With the same amount of elixir, one hundred and forty or fifty pills can be obtained.
But when Hao Feng wanted to make persistent efforts and continue to improve some success rates, he found that no matter how hard he tried, he had little effect, and the success rate was still stagnant.
It seems that it is indeed the same as what the predecessors of "Mo Chongxiao" said, and there is also a bottleneck in alchemy, and this lowest-level elixir is no exception. ”
"If you want to break the leeches and improve the success rate, one is to use time to precipitate, and the other is to start refining a slightly higher grade elixir and rush the level. ”
"Hehe, if you can easily increase the success rate, I'm afraid that any beginner-level alchemist can be rich just by refining the marrow cleansing pill!"
After confirming the alchemy experience left by the predecessors of "Mo Chongxiao", Hao Feng couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and he took it for granted. However, although this success rate is not too high, it is also quite profitable, and I no longer have any worries.
Since this was the case, Hao Feng no longer bothered about the success rate of the Cleansing Pill, and began to refine the Qi Refining Dispersion that he was more familiar with, but had not really refined.
The grade of practicing Qi Dispersion is much higher than that of the Purifying Pill, and it is naturally more difficult to refine.
However, Hao Feng only failed seven or eight times, and he got a glimpse of the way for the first time, and after more than a month, the success rate actually reached as much as two or three percent, which made him overjoyed.
Because according to some records, even if a junior alchemist who has been immersed in alchemy for a few years or more than ten years, when refining and practicing qi dispersion, the success rate is only four or fifty percent.
After just practicing for more than a month, he can reach a chance of two or three percent, this is not that Hao Feng suddenly opened his mind to alchemy and realized any special tricks.
One is because he has been pondering this Dan Fang for the longest time, although he has not really refined it, but according to everything that the Dan Fang has said, he has simulated it in his mind I don't know how many times, and the other is that he has all the elixirs he needs, and there are quite a few of them, and there is no pressure.
Of course, the most important thing is that he has been refining the marrow cleansing pill at any cost during this period of time, and has accumulated a lot of experience. Not to mention anything else, the control of the fire temperature is already very skillful and experienced.
Although these basic techniques cannot be used universally in alchemy, they will undoubtedly play a role where practice makes perfect.
Moreover, Hao Feng seems to have some good talent in Ning Dan, and he can basically succeed in Ning Dan seven or eight times out of ten.
However, the step of Ning Dan is not so difficult to make all kinds of medicinal powers combine to form a pill. The next condensation process and the timing of opening the furnace are the most important things in alchemy.
In particular, the timing of the furnace is the most critical, and it is the most difficult step in alchemy.
If the furnace is opened too early, the medicinal power cannot be fully integrated and condensed, and the desired effect cannot be achieved at all; if the furnace is opened too late, the elixir will immediately become scorched and become a waste pill, and it cannot be taken at all. It can only be opened at the moment when the elixir is completely condensed.
And the so-called opening of the furnace does not mean that the lid of the furnace is directly opened and the elixir is poured out, but at that moment, the furnace is completely frozen with ice.
The reason why this is so is because at this time, although the elixir has been refined, the various medicinal powers in it have just undergone high-temperature tempering, and they are still in a state of boiling and leaking, and most of the medicinal power is still attached to the Dan furnace.
The Dan furnace can only be completely frozen with ice, and the temperature can be cooled instantly, so that the successfully refined elixir can slowly completely absorb the medicinal power in the Dan furnace, until the medicinal power is completely restrained, and then it can become a real elixir.
The Frozen Duel is only one of the basic Five Elements Spells, and it is not worth mentioning to any immortal cultivator in the late stage of the Qi Refining Period, the key is the timing of the Frozen Duel.
The process of condensation is not difficult to say, but it is necessary to observe the inside of the Dan furnace with divine sense at all times, and adjust the size of the fire at any time according to the needs of the spirit pill condensation.
This point requires a high level of divine sense, and it may indeed be a bit difficult for ordinary Qi refining stage cultivators, but it is not so difficult for Hao Feng.
After all, his divine sense was comparable to that of a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, and the pill that supported the cultivation of a cultivator in the Qi refining stage had no pressure at all. Therefore, the process of condensation, Hao Feng can also be a complete success six or seven times out of ten.
But for the timing of the furnace, Hao Feng is really confused, although he is a little careful, but it is also vague, he can only grasp it intuitively, basically relying on luck.
However, Hao Feng didn't dwell too much on this matter, alchemy is difficult, and the timing of opening the furnace is even more difficult!
How many alchemy masters can't tell, the way is unclear, and the problem cannot be explained thoroughly, not to mention that he, a rookie who is a beginner in alchemy, and moreover, he is still a rookie who is not very talented.
There is no shortcut to this kind of thing, and only by relying on practice and accumulation of experience can we improve.
The success rate of two or three percent is indeed not high, but Hao Feng is also proud. After all, the level of Qi Dispersion is not low, and it has a slight effect on the monks in the foundation building period, and it is one of the highest-level elixirs when the Qi refining period monks take the elixir.
If you are a beginner in alchemy, in two or three months, you will be able to have such a success rate, and if you put it in the entire immortal cultivation world, I am afraid it will also be among the best. Of course, others may really rely on talent, and Hao Feng completely relies on blood and money.
This is the benefit of being rich, no matter how low the success rate is, it is enough for Hao Feng. After all, he didn't plan to sell any of these elixirs, they were just used to improve his cultivation.