Later, Zheng Zheng discussed the price with Secretary Zhang, and this piece of dozens of acres of land was finally contracted at an annual rent of 80,000 yuan. This price is already very high for the mountains. But Zheng Zheng didn't care about the money, he only hoped that after the secretary went back, he could quickly reach an agreement with the villagers and implement the matter thoroughly.

Zheng Zheng simply planned the land, and the ravines on the slopes of the mountains were ready to fill in part of it, and temporarily planned to build two bamboo villas, with a channel dug around them to divert water and surround the edges. Dig out a few acres of fish ponds on the flat ground below, and then mix and plant some crops on the side. Then it was divided into livestock breeding area, flower and grass area, planting area and so on.

After giving his thoughts to Xiao Qi, he took out 200,000 yuan, and returned to Xianxi Town as a shopkeeper, and then made a crazy purchase, including daily necessities, food, dry goods, etc., almost stuffing the ring to the brim. His crazy actions caused the whole town to fluctuate, and everyone wondered if there was another typhoon or flood to come, and they were ready to save supplies.

Zheng Zheng returned to the Spirit Valley from the new, planning to retreat and cultivate for a period of time.

Taking advantage of the fact that the aura here is still very abundant, he will inevitably seize the time to cultivate and strive to break through to the middle level of qi refining as soon as possible.

The thatched hut I built last time has become an animal nest, and it smells fishy. He found a new remote and quiet place, and spent half a day erecting the simple thatched hut again, and then he planted a sigil around it to prevent the animals in the valley from rushing in and disturbing him.

Taking the alchemy furnace from the Qiankun ring, Zheng Zheng was slightly excited in his heart.

After nearly a year of hard work, he finally really started alchemy, although some theoretical knowledge is almost understood, but if he really wants to do it, it will definitely take a while to explore, and he is mentally prepared for enough difficulties.

This Dan furnace is about two feet high, with three legs, and its whole body is blue, and I don't know what material it is forged from, and it is very heavy. Two lifelike dragons are carved on it, where their teeth and claws are playing. Dinggai didn't know what kind of monster was carved, half of it came to the surface, its appearance was very hideous, it looked up at the sky, and it seemed to roar the heavens and the earth there. The whole Ding furnace looks simple and mysterious, and there is a smell of medicine everywhere. This is the relic of the cheap master, according to his old man, this Dan furnace was used by the ancestor back then, there is a high-level fire system of alien beasts spirit bloodline fusion in the Ding furnace, when the coal can improve the rate of a layer of Dan, it is a pretty good medicine Ding.

I don't know if adding a layer of Cheng Dan rate will help me, Zheng Zheng thought with some sneer.

He poured out the mountains of medicinal materials from the ring and began to sort and select, preparing nearly a thousand materials before giving up.

For the first time in alchemy, Zheng Zheng chose the lowest-level aura pill.

Not only because it is the easiest to refine, but also because it is also quite a practical elixir. Reiki pills, hence the name, mean elixirs that can speed up the absorption of aura. This elixir has quite a good effect under the foundation, not to mention the drug resistance, it can allow the cultivator to increase the concentration of aura absorption by about 20%. For Zheng Zheng's current cultivation progress, it is a very good cultivation supplement.

Zheng Zheng sat down, absorbed his breath, and began to breathe.

Alchemy, we must be clear-minded, abandon all distracting thoughts, even if there is a slight fluctuation in the mind, it will lead to problems in the guidance of the aura, and then the success will fall short, the light will be wasted, and the heavy will be disabled.

After a period of pranayama, Zheng Zheng was full of mana and full of energy. It was time to begin, and he calmly took out the firewood and coke, placed them under the stove, poured a little diesel, and threw out a fireball.

"Coax", the diesel fuel ignited when it caught fire, and the flames immediately wrapped the coke and began to burn brightly.

Zheng Zheng methodically took out a piece of medicinal herbs and threw it inside, and then covered the Ding furnace. Instill mana into it, resist fire with gods, refine its dross, and retain its essence.

Gradually, the herb melts in the heat and turns into a drop of green liquid, which should be the essence of the herb. There were still a lot of black things floating on the liquid, Zheng Zheng separated the impurities, and casually threw in the second medicinal herb.

There was a slight sound, and then a scorching smell different from the medicinal herbs came out, Zheng Zheng frowned, he didn't expect to fail so quickly. As for the reason, it should be that the moment the material entered the high-temperature Ding Furnace, he did not wrap it completely with mana, and suddenly under the high temperature, the outer layer was scorched.

Zheng Zheng exhaled, wiped the sweat from his forehead, poured out the medicine residue, and started refining the medicine for the second time.

This time to attract the last lesson, the previous movements were more skillful, and then at the moment of opening the lid, Zheng Zheng tightly wrapped the second medicinal herb with mana, and then refined it with fire.

At first, it went very smoothly, but when the fusion was carried out, there was an accident again, and I don't know if it was because of the lack of firepower or the rejection of the medicinal herbs, and when the two liquids were blended, they could not be carried out perfectly. Could it be that the method of control is wrong?

Zheng Zheng pondered for a long time.

Wouldn't it be necessary to control the temperature change of the flame while wrapping the two medicinal materials with mana? This is still the simplest and most ordinary prescription, it can't be so troublesome, right? Is it possible that the mana control is uneven when fused? For a while, all kinds of questions surrounded Zheng Zheng's mind, but he just didn't know which was the real answer.

Forget it, no matter what, practice brings true knowledge, as long as you keep experimenting, you will always find out where the problem is. With this idea, Zheng Zheng put aside a distracting thought and started from scratch.

Failure, failure, failure......

For a month in a row, Zheng Zheng failed countless times, and the medicinal materials were consumed at an astonishing rate, but he was not discouraged at all, failure was success, he had no experience to learn from, and there was no mentor to guide him on the side, so he had to rely on himself to slowly explore. As long as every failure reflects its value, success will be waiting for you in the near future.

Another month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In addition to meditating and refining qi in the morning and evening, and taking two hours a day to learn simple spells, Zheng Zheng spends all his time on alchemy.

Although he did not succeed in refining the elixir, he still had a huge harvest.

First of all, with the dense aura, his cultivation made a breakthrough again, and he rushed to the third layer of qi refining in one fell swoop, and his muscles and veins widened several times, if it was a stream before, then now it becomes a river. The abundant mana in his body allowed him to support the alchemy process for a longer period of time and consume more.

Secondly, the most basic spells such as fireball technique, palm thunder, and winding technique have been able to be integrated and put into practice.

Thirdly, and most importantly, although there is no finished pill, he has accumulated a lot of experience, has a deeper understanding of Danshu, and has a deep understanding of techniques, timing, operation, including control, etc., and if this continues, Zheng Zheng believes that the first batch of pills will be released soon.