Chapter 20: Alchemy
Falling Mountain City.
The incident of the conflict between the disciples of the Northern Yuan Sect and the young master of the Mu family in Jingzhou of the Song State spread throughout the city soon after.
And one of the disciples of Beiyuan Mountain named Xiao Operatorzi was able to fight against the strong man of the Mu family's foundation building period without falling behind.
There is also an outer disciple of Beiyuan Mountain, who actually threw out hundreds of fire bullet talismans and rare defensive talisman seals at the beginning, and it spread in Luoshan City.
There were many immortal cultivators who came with the intention of watching the excitement, but they were already one step too late.
Zhang Yan didn't know anything about this.
Back at the Beiyuan Gate, Tuesday Tiger's injuries were checked by Elder Hu and after making sure that they were fine, Zhang Yan was completely relieved and returned to the Elixir Valley exhausted.
I didn't expect that there would be such twists and turns in a trade fair, but fortunately, things were not bad, and it finally passed, and this time the harvest was even more lucrative than expected.
Looking at the contents of the storage bag, Zhang Yan couldn't help but think excitedly, all the unpleasantness was left behind by him, like a little rich man, his eyes lit up at the storage bag.
However, most of the pills and the flying sword in this were all given to him and the Tiger by the old man in the face of Senior Brother Xiao Operator as compensation, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.
At this time, Zhang Yan thought of the easy-going little operator senior brother, who was the third senior brother of the inner gate, revealing a sense of mystery, even the disciples of the inner gate didn't know him, and no one knew his origin when he came to the outer gate, and he could have a ninth-level cultivation in the qi refining period at such an age, which was even more demonic than Yang Luo!
In addition to being amazed, Zhang Yan was more puzzled, obviously it was the ninth layer of the Qi refining period, why could he fight with the foundation building period so easily without falling behind, could it be because he had cultivated high-grade exercises or the reason for the treasure fan in his hand?
Although Zhang Yan has always been concentrating on cultivation, through the descriptions in the books on the bookshelves left in the room and personally feeling from the second senior brother and sister, between the Qi refining period and the foundation building period, it is not only the difference in rank, but also the difference in the realm.
"But I want to come back, Senior Brother Xiao Operator has such a demonic cultivation talent, and those uncles in the sect who are in the foundation building period or even Jindan Ancestor have given them powerful magic weapons and even exercises, it seems that the seemingly ordinary folding fan is very unusual......"
Zhang Yan muttered to himself for a while, and didn't think much about it, the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Period was a little far away from him, with his own talent, he didn't know what year and month it would take to arrive, and it was useless to think too much.
However, a large number of talismans were used in Luoshan City today, and it was really difficult to explain it when asked inside the door.
"Damn!" Zhang Yan scolded in annoyance, as soon as this incident came out, it would inevitably be a lot of trouble in the future, but after thinking about it, for the sake of Zhou Fatzi, there was no way at that time.
Zhang Yan didn't want to think about it anymore, and excitedly took out the old man's flying sword from the storage bag and held it in his hand.
The flying sword is the size of three fingers, the sword body is dark green, from the hilt to the end of the sword, it is depicted with dense zigzag lines, Zhang Yan can see at a glance that these are all formations used for the sword, but they are also the most elementary auxiliary formations, which will not increase the power of the flying sword.
Zhang Yan didn't know a few things about the materials used to make magic weapons in the immortal cultivation world, and the flying sword in front of him was at most made of the lowest-grade fine iron, but compared to the ordinary sword, he didn't know that the sword was sharp, and the sword edge was condensed, and the cold light was terrifying.
Zhang Yan lightly loosened his hand at a rock used to make medicines in the room, and the flying sword seemed to be cutting tofu, and most of the sword body was directly submerged in it.
"......Huh" Zhang Yan couldn't help but gasp, and played with it excitedly for a while, before reluctantly taking back the storage bag, no way, with his current cultivation, it is not enough to really refine the flying sword, and the flying sword of the imperial envoy against the enemy, maybe he has not injured the enemy, and his mana has been exhausted.
In addition to the remaining talisman seals in the storage bag, they are the elixir that was exchanged for the talisman seal this time.
I didn't get an elixir that could directly improve my cultivation, although Zhang Yan was a little disappointed about this, but he was already very satisfied to be able to exchange for so many elixirs such as refining qi dispersion and qi induction pills.
The biggest gain this time was the dozens of Qi Refining and Qi Induction Pills directly sent by the old man of the Mu family, Zhang Yan counted it, there were thirty Qi Refining Pills and fifteen Qi Inducing Pills, so many pills, maybe the genius disciples in the inner door would not have them.
Zhang Yan took the Qi Extraction Pill back into the storage bag, in the early stage of the Qi refining period, the Qi Refining Pill was enough, and it was still too wasteful to take the Qi Pill.
Moreover, these pills, with his cultivation talent, will not last long at all, and he can only choose to refine the pills by himself in the later cultivation, but in front of him, he must first upgrade his cultivation to the third level, and refining the pills can be more certain.
Therefore, after rearranging the time for cultivation, Zhang Yan's life almost returned to his previous state, he hadn't stepped out of the Elixir Valley for several months, and there was a large amount of Qi refining and dispersion, except for cultivation, everything else was left behind by him.
The first thing is that the Mu family in Jingzhou of the Song Kingdom took the initiative to apologize to the Beiyuan Gate for the conflict in Luoshan City, and the high-level officials of the Beiyuan Gate also showed a ashamed look to the Mu family, all of them were not strict in disciplining the disciples, but the discerning people could see that the Beiyuan Gate had saved enough face.
When the owner of the door officially revealed the identity of the little operator, the disciples in the door were in an uproar, the little operator was actually the mysterious third senior brother of the inner door, and more importantly, the little operator was also the only great-grandson of a late Jindan ancestor of the Northern Yuan Gate, so the prestige of the small operator rose sharply, surpassing the senior sister and the second senior brother of the inner door.
In this regard, the outer disciples didn't have much feeling, but what made these low-level disciples talk about it was Zhang Yan, who directly threw out hundreds of fire bullet talismans in the conflict between Luoshan City and the Mu family, where did a disciple who guarded the elixir garden get so many talismans?
It gradually made many disciples curious, and those who had a heart also thought about this matter in private, but no one was reckless and directly broke into the Elixir Valley to ask Zhang Yan, and they were all waiting for the reaction of the sect.
The level of the Fu Seal in the Falling Mountain Immortal Cultivation Realm itself is generally low, and as soon as this matter came out, the nearby Xiuzhen Strength also wondered if the Beiyuan Gate had another Fu Seal master, since a hundred years ago, the Beiyuan Gate had a small achievement in the foundation building powerhouse, and there was no master of the Fu Seal near the Luoshan City, but no one asked directly this time, they were all waiting and watching.
However, he didn't let the nearby forces wait and see for long, and two months after this incident, Xiao Jie, the master of the Northern Yuan Gate, informed the outside world that the talisman seal used by Zhang Yan was accumulated in the door a hundred years ago, and then the ancestor gave it privately, but the reason was not said.
This made the major forces even more puzzled, a low-level disciple of the outer gate, why did the ancestor of the inner door give so many talismans for no reason?
Zhang Yan didn't know anything about this, his daily cultivation was arranged in an orderly manner, and two months later, with many pills, he successfully broke through to the third layer of the Qi refining period, and the mana in the dantian was more than doubled, and the mana of his body was strong and condensed, and the power of the released flame bomb technique and winding technique became more powerful.
This also made Zhang Yan shake away the dazed mood that had been shrouded in him, as long as he could move forward in cultivation, no matter how many difficulties and ups and downs he could overcome.
After a night of consolidation, Zhang Yan began the refining of the elixir.
Qi refining is one of the lowest-level pills in the cultivation of ascension, for the herbs used in Qi refining and refining, the amount of pills required and every detail of refining, the repeated memory of the past five years and listening to the master's explanation, as if imprinted, are extremely clear in Zhang Yan's mind.
It's just a real refining pill, but it's the first time for Zhang Yan, and he has to make enough preparations.
If you want to get the Dan furnace and the furnace fire, you have to ask the Tiger on Tuesday for help, and the Alchemy Hall should have it, but you can only know if you can get it.
After a few months of recuperation, the tiger did not leave any sequelae in his body, and returned to his previous carefree appearance, and walked out of the alchemy hall with a shaky humming tune that was still running around.
"Senior brother, I haven't seen you for a few months, you are very energetic, senior brother during this period of cultivation, you can't slip anywhere, it's really uncomfortable, his mother's Mu family is two wastes, next time you meet Lu Lu, you have to waste them." ”
Zhang Yan could only ignore Tuesday Tiger's complaints, he also saw this guy clearly, felt good about himself, and would not admit defeat to anyone, so Zhang Yan wisely chose not to express his opinion.
When Zhang Yan explained his intentions, Zhou Erhu was stunned for a while, and then stared at Zhang Yan like a monster, and said in disbelief: "I said junior brother, are you sure you want to refine the pill? It doesn't matter if the Dan furnace is destroyed, there are many in the alchemy hall, but there are only so many elixirs, and if you spoil it, it will be gone, I have followed Elder Hu for more than a year, and I only know how to refine some pills, and I dare not say that I can refine pills." ”
"Fat Zhou, when did you become so verbose, like a girl! Go get me the Dan furnace, I'm just trying." Zhang Yan was helpless, he couldn't say that he had actually been in contact with alchemy since he was a child.
"Yes, when you personally experience the difficulties of alchemy, you will give up honestly. Tuesday Tiger rolled his eyes, said no more, hurried back to the main hall, and fetched the Dan furnace.
"Senior brother, that Yang Luo is actually just a little arrogant, his own talent is very demonic, and it is normal to look down on us, judging from the fact that he can save us, this person is not bad, and there is a clear distinction between public and private. After Tuesday Tiger finished speaking, he walked back to the main hall in a left and right way, and then as if he remembered something, he leaned over and said, "If the elixir is all refined, you can come to the senior brother to borrow it." ”
After speaking, he shook into the main hall in a few steps.
Tuesday Tiger's last words made Zhang Yan's heart sour, and he couldn't help but feel warm.
Back in the Elixir Valley, Zhang Yan first familiarized himself with the alchemy furnace and the steps of alchemy, after all, he had not really refined the elixir, and there was not much elixir in his hands, so he could only practice it empty-handed, and after making sure that there were no omissions in the details, Zhang Que decided to start refining the Qi Dispersion.
The samming grass, the forest spirit flower, and the centrifugal fruit determined the amount and began to ignite, which was just an ordinary refined charcoal fire, but it was enough to refine a low-grade elixir.
The separation and integration are also very simple for Zhang Que, and the most important thing is to control the fire, Zhang Que meticulously refines according to what his master taught, and he should not fail in his mind.
But on the second day, Zhang Yan, who had crawled around with dark circles under his eyes, stared at the alchemy furnace in front of him with a sad face.
I sat tired all morning, and thought about all the steps of last night's refining and the time control of the fire, but I didn't find anything wrong.
With a feeling of wonder, Zhang Yan washed up, calmed down, looked at the dozens of elixirs for refining qi in front of him, took a deep breath, and threw himself into alchemy again.
However, as Tuesday Tiger said, he may spoil the elixir in his hand, because in the next few refining, all the refined elixirs have become a black residue in the Dan furnace.