Chapter 22: The First Refining of Medicine
In the next two days, Liu Ming continued to practice, and after feeling that the realm was stable, he studied "Flame Fist", Flame Fist is a fire technique, each punch can produce flames to burn the opponent, and in the later stage of cultivation, the punch is as fast as a meteor, as heavy as a meteorite, and as fierce as fire. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
I heard that when you cultivate to the highest level, with the use of Dacheng's Fengyan Technique, you can hit five punches in an instant and kill opponents of the same level in seconds, but except for the ancestors of the Liu family, no one has learned it.
After mastering "Flame Fist" preliminarily, it was the day of the appointment with Master Wu.
When Liu Ming walked out of the door, he happened to meet Liu Ziyun, so he had to stand aside, bow down and salute, "Good master." ”
Liu Ziyun saw Liu Ming a little flustered from a distance, and thought that something had changed, so he was suspicious, and when he took a closer look, he found that Liu Ming was slightly different from before.
The body seems to be a little taller, the eyes are introverted, the green face has a faint jade luster, although the whole person is standing bent, but the temperament is as tall as a sword. He was shocked and said:
"Have you broken through Qi training?"
"Yes, the apprentice broke through yesterday. Liu Ming replied respectfully.
Although Liu Ziyun had high expectations for this nephew and knew that he had a good foundation, as far as his judgment was concerned, Liu Ming would need at least a month to break through Qi cultivation, and now seeing that Liu Ming had broken through in three days, he couldn't believe his eyes.
Liu Ming's father also broke through in three days, and the father and son are really in the same vein.
"Good, good!" Liu Ziyun exclaimed happily.
Seeing that the master was so happy, Liu Ming thought of Mo's alienation, and immediately said, "Master, the apprentice has something to ask for." ”
Liu Ziyun was overjoyed in his heart, and when he heard Liu Ming's words, he immediately smiled and said, "Say what you want, Master should have rewarded you, is it a magic weapon, an elixir, or a talisman?"
Liu Ming said: "The apprentice wants to ask the master for permission to let Li'er's sister also cultivate with us." ”
Liu Ziyun saw that Liu Ming was actually alienated for Mo, so he thought that he had been busy with martial arts competitions recently, and he forgot about Mo's alienation, he had this plan.
Now seeing that Liu Ming proposed this, he smiled dumbly: "Li'er's matter, I was negligent, you asked her to cultivate with you tomorrow, and I will teach her personally." ”
Liu Ziyun agreed so happily that Liu Ming was overjoyed, and he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Master." Then he continued, "Master, the apprentice wants to go out and look at the medicinal herbs, and I hope to allow it." ”
Liu Ziyun thought for a while and said: "Well, you have just broken through now, and you need to go out to exercise your mind, but a person may not be safe, this King Kong Talisman and Thunder Talisman, you keep it for self-defense, remember, go early and return early, don't cause more trouble." ”
After speaking, he took out two yellow talismans and handed them to Liu Ming. Liu Ming took the paper note and walked out of the door gratefully.
Watching Liu Ming's back disappear at the door, Liu Ziyun breathed a long sigh of relief, he could finally explain to his third brother.
At the same time, he also secretly regretted in his heart, if he had known that Liu Ming had broken through so quickly, he should have waited two days for Liu Ming to enter the spirit array, but unfortunately, it was too late now.
Coming out of Liu's Mansion, Liu Ming changed into Huo Gan's appearance and came directly to Changchun Hall.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Liu Ming saw Hu Buyi standing in the aisle, with a pair of eyes looking around at the passers-by, as if looking for something. Seeing Liu Ming, Hu Buyi's eyes lit up, and he immediately stepped forward quickly, and said with a smile on his face:
"Huo Gongzi, you are finally here, Master Wu has instructed, after you come, go directly to the fourth floor to find him, please." With that, he stood in front of the stairs, leaned forward, and made an inviting gesture with his left hand.
"Who is this person? Shopkeeper Hu actually came out to greet him personally. A medicine picker was surprised.
"Even Huo Gongzi doesn't know, what kind of medicine are you taking?" his companion next to him said with disdain.
"It turns out that this is the legendary Huo Gongzi, who is so young. I don't know if I'm married. "A woman with a big shoulder and a round waist has stars in her eyes and looks like a nymphomaniac.
"Even if you don't get married, it won't be your turn!" everyone looked at the freckles on the woman's face, and they fell for a moment.
Liu Ming didn't care about the various eyes around him, and walked directly upstairs.
When he arrived on the third floor, seeing that there was no one around, Hu Buyi suddenly stopped, bowed down and stood in front of Liu Ming, took out a Qiankun bag with both hands, bowed his head and said:
"There are no eyes under it, I don't know the talent of the son, please forgive the son, I will give the spirit stone five hundred, and I hope that the son will smile, but there is a drive in the future, and I dare not obey. ”
Liu Ming looked at Hu Buyi's respectful appearance, and sighed in his heart, Hu Shopkeeper, who was arrogant a few days ago, was so subservient in a blink of an eye, this is all the power of power.
In fact, he is still very grateful to Hu Buyi in his heart, without him, his plan will not be so smooth, this person, although he is unreliable at the critical moment, but now that he has taken the initiative to show goodwill, there is no need to offend him.
Thinking of this, he picked up Hu Buyi with both hands and said sincerely: "Why should Shopkeeper Hu be like this, Huo can see Master Wu, and Shopkeeper Hu has made great contributions." In the future, under the seat of Master Wu, we should support each other and make progress together. ”
Hu Buyi saw that Liu Ming's words were sincere, his tone was firm, his eyes were clear, and he didn't seem to be pretentious, thinking that he might be in a hurry, and he would slowly look for opportunities in the future, so he put away the spirit stone. Said to Liu Ming:
"Thank you Huo Gongzi for your magnanimity, and I am grateful. Master Wu is upstairs, I can't go up, so Gongzi walks slowly. ”
Liu Ming said with relief: "There is a shopkeeper of Lao Hu." Xiang Hu Buyi bowed his hand and went upstairs.
After seeing Liu Ming go up to the fourth floor, Hu Buyi breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to leave.
When Liu Ming came to the Dan room, he found that in the huge Dan room, Master Wu was sitting alone in front of the Dan furnace, and the medicine shelf next to it was full of various medicinal materials.
Liu Ming stepped forward quickly and said, "Disciple Huo Gan, meet the teacher." ”
Master Wu didn't look up, still looking at the book in his hand, and said, "Don't be formal, sit." ”
Liu Ming found a futon, and after sitting down next to him, he found at a glance that Master Wu was reading the "Materia Medica", and in terms of thickness, it was estimated that it was about fifty pages, which was similar to what he remembered, and he had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't want to ask too much. Sit upright and listen to Master Wu's instructions.
After a cup of tea, Master Wu read the page by page, then closed the book and said slowly to Liu Ming: "Since you know medicinal materials, you should have learned the way of medicine, tell me about your understanding of alchemy." ”
Liu Ming sat up straight, remembered the knowledge he had just learned from the "Materia Medica", and said loudly:
"Alchemy, one of the seven major methods of cultivating immortals, is the Taoist system passed down by Shennong's ancestors. It is divided into six levels, namely, tasting herbs and taking medicines, turning chemical medicines into pills, refining pills into pills, Yun Dan living beings, raising spirits into immortals, and killing immortals into gods. ”
Master Wu nodded and said, "Well, that's right, what stage are you at now?"
Liu Mingjun's face flushed, and he lowered his head and said, "The disciple is stupid, and it is only the first layer at present, and he can't even turn the medicine into liquid." ”
Seeing Liu Ming's embarrassed appearance, Master Wu laughed heartily, he stroked Liu Ming's head and said with relief: "You have a good foundation, don't be arrogant, put the medicinal materials here according to the year, and show the master how to refine medicine for you." “
Half an hour later, Liu Ming finally divided the medicinal materials on the shelf according to Master Wu's request. He found that these medicinal materials were mainly used to refine two kinds of elixirs, one pile was for refining the Gathering Spirit Pill, and the other was for refining the Zhuji Dan. Master Wu can practice Zhuji Dan? That's an intermediate-level elixir. Liu Ming was taken aback.
Master Wu asked Liu Ming to take a copy of the materials of the Gathering Spirit Pill, and while putting the materials in the Dan furnace, he said: "Turning medicine into pills is the key to getting started. “
Hearing this, Liu Ming immediately understood that the process of refining this medicine was similar to that of cultivation, and it was also from liquid to solid, progressing layer by layer, and he nodded with understanding.
"The slurry of chemical medicine and the coagulation into pills are all in the control of the fire, the heat is not enough, the herbs cannot be melted, and the fire is too violent, it will be scorched into ashes. "Master Wu is worthy of being an elixir master, and when he explained to Liu Ming, he was also easily distracted to control the heat in the furnace.
Under Master Wu's control, those five different medicinal herbs began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then melted into a slurry at the same time.
Even though Liu Ming was the No. 1 refining medicine, he could see that Master Liu's control over the medicinal properties and heat had been perfected, and he was amazed in his heart.
After another cup of tea, as the heat intensified, the water in the slurry gradually evaporated, condensing into four or five pills the size of pigeon eggs, and then, the pills slowly became smaller, and finally condensed into pearl-sized pills.
"Dancheng. ”
Master Wu drank softly, looking at the crystal clear Gathering Spirit Pill in the furnace, smelling the faint fragrance of medicine in the furnace, he nodded with satisfaction.
From the amount of Cheng Dan and the aura emanating from the surface of the pill, he knew that this furnace pill had at least one grade higher than his previous one, and it was close to the level of a medium-grade elixir. This also verifies the rumor of the master that accurately knowing the age of the medicinal materials and then preparing them in proportion is indeed an effective way to improve the quality of the elixir.
This Huo Gan is really an opportunity given to me by God. He sighed lightly and looked at Liu Ming next to him, adding a little appreciation.