Chapter 103: Stopping the Fire and Condensing the Pill
Sun Hao's refining of medicine has a great advantage over other beginners, and this advantage is reflected in many aspects, Sun Hao has cultivated two kinds of exercises with strong accumulation, and there are two kinds of true qi, which is also one of the advantages.
Both kinds of True Qi can be used by Sun Hao to drill wood for fire, and the wood pill and the flame help each other, and Sun Hao's true qi replenishment speed can almost ensure Sun Hao's alchemy needs.
Other beginners refining medicine, practicing once, will be exhausted, and it will take a long time to recover, but Sun Hao practiced once, at most he thought back and summarized, and he could practice again immediately.
I don't know how many times the number of exercises I did for other beginners.
Sun Hao practiced the method of "alchemy" hard, and in January Xiaocheng, he reached the description in the basic alchemy, and completed thirty-six small Zhou Tian, and he could try to stop the fire and condense the pill.
At this time, unlike ordinary alchemy apprentices, Sun Hao did not go to the general apprentice, and began to go down when he reached the standard of each step, Sun Hao, who attached great importance to the foundation, started from the beginning of the medicine adjustment, and after reaching the standard of each step, he also practiced many times until he reached his limit, and then began the next step of practice.
The same is true for "alchemy", after reaching the standard, Sun Hao continued to practice uninterruptedly, and for another month, he felt that it was difficult to make progress again, and only then did he begin to enter the next link of alchemy: stopping fire and condensing pills.
Stopping the fire and condensing the pill belong to the two major steps of alchemy, but whether it is to stop the fire first and then condense the pill, or to condense the pill first and then stop the fire, since ancient times, it is difficult to conclude. Different monks have different opinions.
Modern monks are more inclined to the middle school, the so-called middle school, that is, different elixirs, Ning Dan has different requirements before or after stopping the fire, that is, according to the different elixirs, they are treated differently.
Qi Conduction Pill, the alchemy order recorded in the Dan Fang is precisely to stop the fire first and then condense the pill.
Stop the fire: Naida Dan has been completed, and it is not possible to wait for the fire every day.
The Dan Jing said: "Knowing that you will not die", Gai said that the fire should be stopped at the right time. The reason why people use fire is to refine and refine the qi ear. If the gas is exhausted, there is no refining to refine, and the fire will have nothing to do.
But he who stops the fire does not practice fire, but he does not breathe fire. If you drum up at this time, and then go to Zhoutian, it means that the Dan is ripe, and it is cooked again, and there is no one who does not hurt the Dan. Gu Xianyun: "If you haven't refined the pill, you should refine it urgently, and you must know how to stop after refining." "The cover is exhausted, and the yang gate has been closed, that is, it should be stopped, waiting for the heavenly opportunity. However, stopping the fire is not not not fire, but it is not forced to run Zhou Tian with real fire.
Sometimes, if the fire is stopped, it will be leaked and not proven, and if it does not stop, it will be dry. Not forward, not backward, at the right time, that is, the sun is three times, is to stop the fire. From the second appearance of the sunshine to the third appearance of the sun, it is also the right time. If it comes to the fourth, it will be old.
When the fire is stopped, it should be silent, the real fire seems to be there, and the spirit seems to be guarded. Gu Xianyun: "See Dancheng in Dingli", and he said it. Because it is not warmed, Baodan will not be born.
Stopping the fire does not mean not using the fire.
The key to stopping the fire is still the eight words "stop the fire sometimes, and stop it when it stops".
Sun Hao, who has "Thousands of Thoughts to Cut Off the Great Law of Refining Divine Relics", and Sun Hao, who already has divine sense, practicing this step of stopping the fire is also a matter of course, just like sealing the furnace.
Without thinking too much, Sun Hao stopped the fire and warmed up, and the Dharma decision gesture in his hand hit the alchemy furnace, and began to practice the Ning Dan.
Ning Dan is the last and most critical step of alchemy, the medicine is refined, and it begins to become a Dan in the Dan furnace, but this Dan is not fully formed, and the monk needs to use true qi to assist special techniques to make him completely solidify into Dan.
Ning Dan, the ancient monk is also known as the Jiedan.
Because this is the last step of alchemy, many alchemists keep the method of condensing pills secret, and the method of condensing pills is slightly mysterious even in the alchemy world.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying: "Ning Dan has a law, not in vain", that is, Ning Dan is the skill and method of the alchemist to press the bottom of the box, and it is not taught by non-personal disciples.
Of course, there is also that loose cultivation, although there is no condensation technique, but after the fire is stopped, the alchemist of the natural condensing pill, however, the quality of the natural condensing pill is often inferior.
Yukun Long is Dongfang Sheng's personal disciple.
Sun Hao obtained three Ning Dan techniques from Yu Kunlong's storage bag.
These three techniques, Sun Hao had practiced many times when he was not alchemy, of course, he just didn't know what the actual effect was.
Dongfang Sheng's three Ning Dan techniques:
It is called "the moon hand in the bottom of the sea", fishing for the moon from the sea, for secular mortals, it is something that cannot be done at all, and it can only be done in vain, and it will not achieve the goal at all. "Song of the Enlightenment" has a cloud: "It is not difficult to see the form in the mirror, but it is easy to catch the moon in the water?" However, Dongfang Sheng passed on that it is a bottom-up condensing pill technique, through the guò fishing moon hand, the semi-finished pill is scooped up from the bottom of the pill furnace, and in this salvage process, the pill is polished with true qi to promote it to condense into a pill.
The second is said to be "things change stars and move hands", the scenery changes, the stars shift, and Baodan comes out of itself.
Three said "explore the bag to take the treasure hand", this technique, the metaphor of the Dan furnace such as a bag, into the Dan furnace to take the Bao Dan, as if to explore the bag to take things, the technique is out, Bao Dan to hand.
The three techniques all require Sun Hao to urge the true qi in the state of stopping the fire, slapping at the non-stop parts of the Dan furnace, and penetrating different amounts of true qi into the Dan furnace.
Although Sun Hao has practiced the three techniques, in the actual alchemy, it is easy to know and difficult to do, and it is difficult to achieve the expected effect when the technique is slapped.
This is another alchemy technique that must be practiced repeatedly.
Without him, only skillful.
Repetitive practice.
Compared to other monks, because the supply of True Qi was sufficient, and because the medicinal herbs were well stocked, it was enough to support Sun Hao's repeated practice regardless of consumption.
Two months later, Sun Hao shouted loudly: "Haidilao Moon Hand", a series of dazzling hands hit the Dan furnace, and then shouted "Open", the top cover of the Dan furnace opened in response, and suddenly, a medicinal fragrance appeared in Sun Hao's alchemy room.
But it was Sun Hao who finally practiced his first furnace of elixir, the Qi Conducting Pill.
The condition of this furnace is not very good.
A furnace of Qi Conduction Pill is theoretically three Cheng Dan, but Sun Hao only produced two Dan, and the other one was wasted for refining, and the two Qi Conduction Pills produced were not full, a little crooked melon and cracked jujube, all of them were inferior.
However, looking at the two Qi Conduction Pills in hand, Sun Hao's face still showed a heartfelt smile. I can also refine the alchemy, and, as I expected, the progress speed of my own alchemy is far beyond that of ordinary alchemists, as long as I am willing to work hard, it is not completely impossible to become a second-level alchemist within two years.
From Sun Hao's alchemy to the first Qi Conduction Pill being baked, it took less than half a year before and after. This progress has exceeded Sun Hao's own expectations. Originally, Sun Hao's plan was to become a first-level alchemist in one year, and then spend a year to impact the second-level alchemist, but he didn't expect that the first goal could be achieved in advance.
Although the Qi Conduction Pill that Sun Hao is refining now is only a half-spirit pill, the principle of refining is the same, and after refining the Qi Conducting Pill, Sun Hao doesn't think that other first-level spirit pills will stop him for long.
After the first furnace of Qi Conduction Pill, Sun Hao rested for a while, seriously recalled and summarized his alchemy process, and then started his second refining, and since then he has been out of control.
In just five days, Sun Hao's refining of Qi Conduction Pills has been able to reach three pills per furnace, which are full and the best in the lower grades.
There are still many materials for Qi Conduction Pill, and Sun Hao continues to refine them.
On another five days, the Qi Conduction Pill refined by Sun Hao was more of medium grade. Other monks are new to alchemy, except for the sect monks, few monks have the resources to practice one elixir refining repeatedly, and often after practicing one elixir, they turn to learn the refining of other elixirs.
The Qi Conduction Pill is a semi-elixir, and the material is easy to collect. In addition, the sales of the Qi Conduction Pill are good, Xiao Wan has stored quite enough raw materials for Sun Hao, Sun Hao does not care about it, continues to refine, continues to refine for a month, and continues to refine until Sun Hao smells the medicinal fragrance of the Qi Conduction Pill and wants to vomit.
At this point, Sun Hao's refining of the Qi Guiding Pill came to an end, and he turned to practice the refining of other first-level spirit pills.
In the process of sorting out the "Morning Glory Sutra", Sun Hao found a lot of useful pills during the Qi refining period, and once compiled a book to hand over to the sect, among them, the two more important pills, in addition to the Qi Conduction Pill, there is also the Xiao Zhuji Dan.
However, the second kind of elixir refined by Sun Hao is not a small Zhuji Dan, firstly, this small Zhuji Dan is among the first-class elixirs, it is the kind of top elixir, it is difficult to refine, Sun Hao is now going to practice, and the success rate is not high;
The second kind of elixir that Sun Hao chose to refine was a particularly common elixir among the first-level elixirs: "Huiqi Pill".
"Returning Qi Pill" is the elixir that replenishes the loss of the monk's true qi, and it is a great way to carry the elixir, however, because this is a necessary elixir for monks, many casual cultivators, many monk families have planted the spiritual grass needed to refine this elixir, and the price is also very cheap, and the amount purchased by Xiaowan is enough for Sun Hao to practice.
With the foundation of refining the Qi Conducting Pill, the repeated practice of each step of the alchemy, and the refining technique of the Hui Qi Pill was already quite mature, in just two days, Sun Hao successfully refined his first furnace of the Hui Qi Pill. Moreover, regardless of the loss of materials, in just five days, Sun Hao refined the first high-grade Huiqi Pill.
The output of the top-grade Huiqi Pill marked that Sun Hao, who could only refine one spirit pill, officially became a first-class alchemist.
There are two very simple criteria for the certification of the alchemist level in the mainland, and as long as the alchemist meets one of these two standards, he will automatically become an alchemist of the corresponding level.
These two criteria are: first, the same level of elixir, can refine more than two kinds of low-grade elixir, can be called this level of alchemist; second, can refine a certain level of high-grade elixir, can become this level of alchemist.
Sun Hao is now able to refine a first-grade Huiqi Pill, which means that Sun Hao has become a first-level alchemist.
What Sun Hao didn't know was that compared to a first-level alchemist who knew two kinds of low-grade elixirs, Sun Hao, a first-level alchemist with a high-grade elixir, had a higher gold content.