Chapter 24: Alchemy
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And Huang Dong naturally didn't dare to refuse, but his face was expressionless and nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Yuan Fei smiled awkwardly.
"The old man still has a few furnaces of pills to refine, if there is anything he doesn't understand, just look for a few of them. After the old man surnamed He said lightly, he turned around and entered the inner side of the attic.
"Senior Brother Ji really had a lot of chance, and he was recommended by Uncle Chen, and he became Uncle He's registered disciple in one fell swoop. Hey, poor Huang has been in the Alchemy Pavilion for two years, and he doesn't have such luck. Huang Dong couldn't help but sigh when he saw the old man surnamed He leave.
"I just arrived at the next time, and I will have to take care of Senior Brother Huang in the future. Moreover, Shizun seems to be very important to Senior Brother Huang, otherwise there should be a lot of disciples in this pavilion, why did Wei Du choose Senior Brother Professor to be under him?" Yuan Fei thought for a moment, and said with a slight smile.
"What Senior Brother Ji said is also reasonable. In this way, I will ask my junior brother to say a few more kind words in the future. Hearing Yuan Fei's words, Huang Dong hugged his fists with a happy face.
"Senior brother is polite, I should do my best when I make up my mind. Yuan Fei saw that he and Huang Dong finally eased the atmosphere, and hurriedly assured.
Next, Huang Dong took Yuan Fei to familiarize himself with the environment of the Alchemy Pavilion first, and explained all the important places one by one. And for the disciples of the Alchemy Pavilion, he also gave a detailed introduction.
After Huang Dong's description, Yuan Fei realized that his master's name 'He Qing' was a monk in the middle of the Rong Yuan Dynasty.
He Qing's cultivation was not high among the monks of the same level of the Nine Swords Sect, but he was extremely proficient in alchemy, and it was rumored that his attainments in alchemy had already reached the level of an alchemy master.
And alchemists also have ranks, like Huang Dong, who can't do alchemy alone, can only be called alchemists.
If you can refine the pills used by the early stage cultivators of Qi cultivation alone, then you are qualified to be called an 'alchemist', but it is only a low-level alchemist.
And those who have the ability to refine the pills used by mid- and late-stage Qi cultivation cultivators will also be advanced to the next level, and they are called middle-level alchemists.
On the other hand, the high-level alchemists are specialized in refining the pills needed by the cultivators of the Rong Yuan period.
As for the alchemy master, he has been able to refine the pills required by the cultivators above the Yuan Shen stage.
Such an existence is very rare in the entire immortal cultivation world, and generally its own cultivation is basically above the Yuan Shen stage, like He Qing, who is only an alchemy master in the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, is one in ten thousand.
So don't look at He Qing's cultivation is relatively low, but he is highly valued by those ancestors of the Yuan God Period.
Because becoming an alchemist is much more difficult than a talisman maker and a formation mage.
It's not that alchemy is the most profound, but because of the huge consumption, not everyone can afford it.
Not to mention the elixirs required by high-level cultivators, even low-level elixirs contain a lot of elixirs, and once the alchemy fails, it means that all the elixirs are lost.
One furnace or two furnaces are nothing, but alchemists need to carry out continuous refining from low to high levels, so as to become proficient and improve their own alchemy skills, and too many elixirs have been put into practice during this period.
Even a great immortal cultivator like the Nine Swords Sect couldn't afford such a huge consumption.
That's why the alchemist is so favored by the Immortal Cultivation Sect and regarded as the object of emphasis.
Of course, those who are attracted are not disciples of this sect after all, and they must keep an eye everywhere. Therefore, each sect will also select some disciples with alchemy talent from the sect and reward them richly, so naturally many of them are tempted. This Huang Dong is one of them.
Although the Nine Swords Sect is rich in resources, it is absolutely impossible to come up with many elixirs for disciples to squander at will, so for the alchemists of this sect, they will generally have the opportunity to refine the elixir alone every other month, or even a few months.
In this way, it can only be relied on personal comprehension.
Yuan Fei knew a little about this, but after hearing this, he was also surprised. Xindao himself must become his personal disciple, and even if he can learn one-twelfth of his alchemy, he will be satisfied.
After almost finishing the introduction, Huang Dong arranged a room for Yuan Fei to live in temporarily, and he left with something.
After Yuan Fei pondered alone for a while, he took out the jade slip given by He Qing, and then his divine sense probed into it and read it attentively.
Time passed little by little, and it wasn't until half a day later that Yuan Fei let out a long breath and opened his eyes.
He knew more or less about most of the contents recorded in this jade slip, especially the many elixirs recorded in it, which Yuan Fei was very familiar with.
So it may be a little difficult for others, but with his extraordinary memory, he quickly memorized everything and began to plan for the next step.
After thinking about it for a long time, Yuan Fei didn't think about anything else, and went to sleep directly.
On the second day, Yuan Fei came to the Alchemy Pavilion early, and then followed Huang Dong like a shadow.
After three months, Yuan Fei had mastered all the fundamentals of alchemy, and the next step was to try to refine the Qi Refining Pill on his own.
On this day, after Yuan Fei received a pill needed to refine the Qi Refining Pill from He Qing, he came to the Earth Fire Room alone.
The Earth Fire Room is the place where the monks refine the elixir, and low-level monks like the Qi Refining Period cannot generate true fire in their bodies, so they need to use the power of the Earth Fire.
And even if it was a monk above the Rong Yuan period, no one would use their true fire.
Because of the condensation of true fire, not only does it consume many of its own true elements, but it is also extremely unstable to control, which greatly reduces the rate of pill formation.
The ground fire is extremely stable and can be used continuously for a long time, which is the most convenient.
However, Qi Refining Period cultivators can only be qualified to use the Lower Grade Earth Fire Room, which is still for the disciples in the Alchemy Pavilion, if other disciples use it, they must pay a certain amount of spirit stones.
Yuan Fei walked down a staircase that extended underground, and after walking for more than ten zhang, he slowly stepped on the flat ground.
It just glanced up at the slightly dimly lit surroundings before heading straight into the passageway.
Yuan Fei has been here many times, so he is naturally very familiar with the environment here.
In the end, Yuan Fei stopped in front of a stone gate engraved with the number 'six', and with a flick of the token in his hand, the stone door slowly opened after a flash of light on the surface.
When Yuan Fei stepped into it, the stone gate was also bridged as before.
This is the earth fire room, not too big, only about five or six zhang, with some simple furniture on all sides.
In the middle was a bucket-high black furnace, and directly below the bottom was a fire pool a foot in size, but now it was empty, and there was not a trace of flames.
This is not surprising, the earth fire room will only be activated when it is used, and it is usually sealed.
After Yuan Fei looked around, he walked not far in front of the Ding furnace and sat cross-legged on the futon.
Then he slapped his waist with one hand, and many more bottles and cans flashed in his hand.
Yuan Fei placed all these items in front of him, and then took out a piece of jade slip and put it on his forehead to examine it carefully.
What is recorded in the jade slip is the detailed steps of refining the Qi Refining Pill.
After knowing it in his heart, Yuan Fei put away the jade slip, and then with a shake of his right hand, a talisman flew out of it, and plunged into the fire pool on the opposite side.
As soon as the rune seal was submerged in the fire pool, it turned into a string of runes with a "poof" and disappeared in a flash.
As a result, a moment later, there was a muffled sound of "boom" in the fire pool, and then the bright light flashed, and a red flame gushed out from the bottom of the fire pool, tumbling violently.
Under the high temperature of the flame, the bottom of the black furnace soon turned red and purple.
Seeing this, Yuan Fei first poured a bottle of spiritual liquid into the Ding furnace, and suddenly a pale mist dispersed in all directions, and the spiritual liquid boiled endlessly.
Next, as time passed, Yuan Fei poured out some medicinal powder from a pile of bottles and cans in front of him from time to time and added them to it.
In this way, after a full hour, a fragrant breath suddenly wafted out from the Ding furnace.
But before Yuan Fei could be happy, a few muffled sounds of "poof" followed, and the original fragrance turned into a thick burnt smell.
Yuan Fei smiled bitterly in his heart, and after sealing the earth fire, he walked closer and took a look, and saw that the Dan furnace was full of black medicinal residue.
He sighed, and did not discard the medicine residue directly, but specially collected it into the jade bottle and preserved it.
Although this alchemy failed, it also allowed him to accumulate experience for the next alchemy.
And these alchemy failed dregs are no different from poison to monks, but they are the tonic of a thousand poisonous bees, which contains a lot of energy that monks cannot absorb, which is just suitable for poisonous bees to eat.
After doing this, Yuan Fei got up and left the Earth Fire Room.
And a month later, after summing up the experience of failure and deepening his understanding of the art of alchemy, Yuan Fei went to the Earth Fire Room again to refine the elixir.
But the result was not much different, and the refining also failed.
However, Yuan Fei was not discouraged, and after returning to his room, he studied it day and night.
On this day, Yuan Fei sat cross-legged in the earth fire room, his hands raised, and runes came out of his palms.
The flames in the pool of earth fire suddenly surged, but after a few moments, the raging flames disappeared with them, and a fragrance filled the stone chamber.
"It's done!" Yuan Feifang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he smelled the fragrant aroma coming from his nose, and hurriedly came to the Dan furnace.
There were eight pills lying quietly inside, but the six pills had a lot of cracks on the surface, slightly dark purple, and the other two pills were purple and red, and the aroma was exuded by them.
Yuan Fei secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, but finally two pills were successfully refined, and in this way, there would be one more pill than the task given by He Qing.
Moreover, now that there is still a period of time before the half-year deadline stipulated by He Qing, he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
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