317, Alchemy, Mercury, Arsenic (Request Full Order)
While Concubine Wu Hui was hesitating, Bai Gui left Furong Garden early to avoid the opportunity to meet Concubine Wu Hui.
With Bai Gui's martial arts training, when he was in the main world, he could wake up before the autumn wind moved.
Someone was following him deliberately, and the person following him was just an ordinary maid.
How could he not be aware of it at all.
Although Concubine Wu Hui was beautiful, Bai Gui avoided her like a scorpion. With his current identity and status, he had no shortage of confidantes, but he would never dare to touch a harem concubine with such a strong purpose like Concubine Wu Hui.
Let alone Li Longji's appreciation and trust in him, just talking about the consequences of touching this person will be harmful but not beneficial.
It took half an hour after Bai Gui left.
Concubine Wu Hui figured it out.
Quietly and his confidant maid came to the wing where Bai Gui had rested previously.
But the building was already empty.
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Jiannan Road had the governor Shi Yang Xuanyan and Sima Lin Tiannan to help handle government affairs, so Bai Gui had free time and was able to stay in Chang'an for a long time.
Although Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, had already determined his rewards, titles, appointments, etc., the imperial court had not yet made a final decision on the military exploits performed by the people in Jiannan Road, so Bai Gui also needed to stay in Chang'an to supervise this effort. thing.
When it comes to rewards for merit, logically speaking, it is not his turn to intervene, but if someone intervenes, there is definitely a big difference between the reward after no one intervenes.
For example, if Bai Gui himself did not come to the palace to intercede for mercy with the help of Princess Jinxian, Li Longji thought about the relationship between brother and sister and gave him as high a reward as possible. He would definitely be promoted, but would there be a title reward, and such trust... ...If the entire Jiannan Road and Jingnan Protectorate were handed over to him, that would not necessarily be the case.
Only with strength and connections can you go further. Only strength, no reward for high achievements, only connections, no stability.
Fortunately, he is now somewhat thin-faced in the court, so the rewards given by the officials to his generals and old friends are quite good, and the rewards are in place without neglecting their merits.
During this period, Bai Gui and Princess Jinxian also collected the medicine for refining the elixir.
You can start refining the external elixir.
Chang'an, Baoningfang.
Haotian Temple.
Bai Gui had no experience in refining external elixirs, so he had to ask his master for help.
"Bright sand, this is the color of the highest quality..."
"High-quality bright sand, among the Chuchen and Jinshan rocks, on the white stone bed, twelve pieces form a single stone, and the color is like a red lotus flower before it blooms, and the bright sun shines brightly. There are also nine pieces that are born in one piece. Twelve pieces, nine pieces The one is the most powerful, the others are second.”
"There is a big one in each building, which can be the master, weighing more than ten taels. The four small ones weigh seven or eight taels..."
"Purple spirit sand, cinnabar, horse tooth sand..., although these are not top grade, they are still among the middle grade."
Hou Shaowei, the leader of Zongsheng Temple, looked at the various kinds of cinnabar in front of him and said in slight surprise.
"Junior brother is a powerful person in the imperial court. He has searched all over the world. It is normal to get these top-grade and medium-grade cinnabar."
The eldest disciple Zhou Wen Xuandao.
"This is all the credit of the two princesses. Although I am in charge of the Jiannan territory and have a little power, I can collect cinnabar from all over Shuzhong, but it is difficult for me to collect so much cinnabar with such a complete range of categories. Done..."
Bai Gui shook his head and said.
He still has some prestige in Jiannan Road and can use a lot of manpower and material resources to help him mine sand. But outside the territory, outside, it is difficult to do anything.
As for these cinnabar, Guangming sand comes from Yanzhou, Ziling sand comes from Daibei, and other sands are probably similar.
"This is what the Alchemy Scripture says..."
"The bait used by Fu Lian is like getting the highest grade of immortality. There is a piece of monarch sand in the center of the throne. If Fu Lian eats it, he can easily become a top immortal."
"If you practice it with medium-grade sand, it will be far worse."
Hou Shaowei sighed.
Although it is only the difference between high-grade and medium-grade, the high-grade cinnabar is all spiritual energy without any impurities. It is trained into an external elixir. After a Taoist takes it, it is equivalent to taking an elixir. It is said that it is not possible to ascend during the day, but it is definitely shortened. How many days of monasticism.
As for the middle-grade cinnabar used to make elixirs, even if the alchemy skills are exquisite, after the elixir is completed, it will be far different from the elixir made from high-grade cinnabar.
"Since you brought this Alchemy Book and these cinnabar..."
"Louguan Taoism has a tradition of taking bait..."
Having said this, Hou Shaowei paused and glanced at Zhou Wenxuan and Bai Gui again, "It's just that in Louguan Taoism, we rarely accept disciples with low qualifications, and the general bait, compared to our ability to collect Qi, The methods of guidance are very different, so I have never taught you how to refine foreign medicine and use it as bait."
"This alchemy scripture has a great background, and the bait contained in it is unusual, so it can be used."
The Fuyi School is an early Taoist school.
The most famous one is Xu Fu's search for the elixir of immortality for Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.
"I take care of Shuhe, I take bait and have few skills. From spring to summer, the three infants gather together." - "Book of Wei·Wenyuan·Pei Bomao".
The three babies refer to the essence and spirit of the human body.
The most common baits include gold and stone medicine, cinnabar, realgar, mica and the like.
The "Medicine Method of Immortals Taking Bait Danshi" written by Mr. Jingli of the Sui Dynasty contains the preparation and administration methods of cinnabar, realgar, stalactite, stone fat and other single ingredients. Among them, 21 pieces of cinnabar are used as bait and realgar is used as bait. Eleven parties.
Pills and dietary treatments are also common baits.
"Thank you Master, police officer!"
Bai Gui and Zhou Wenxuan said in unison.
Hou Shaowei mentioned the inheritance of the Louguan Dao about taking bait at this moment, which was to warn the two not to try to take any shortcuts. The general taking bait is not as good as their guiding and gathering qi. Instead of focusing on external things, it is better to practice internal skills diligently.
The purpose is definitely not only to introduce the taking bait school or some secrets of the Louguan Dao to the two of them.
Both of them were selected disciples, so they quickly understood the meaning of Hou Shaowei's teachings.
"Well, you two just need to know this principle."
Hou Shaowei was very pleased.
The two disciples were not arrogant or impatient, and their behavior was calm. They were both excellent seedlings for practicing Taoism.
They will definitely achieve something in the future.
"This Danjing contains exactly the cinnabar in the gold and stone medicine..."
"To refine this cinnabar, you need five tripods, one is the gold tripod, the second is the silver tripod, the third is the copper tripod, the fourth is the iron tripod, and the fifth is the earthen tripod. The earthen tripod is porcelain."
"For the gold tripod, take eight taels of gold and make a round tripod... and use two taels of gold to make the tripod lid..."
"Put the cinnabar in the tripod and use the fire to fly and hide..."
"Five days is one period, three periods is one qi, use eight qi and twenty-four periods, one hundred and twenty days, then the cinnabar will hide."
"Each flight and hide is five days, four days use the Kan hexagram, and one day use the Li hexagram. The Kan hexagram is boiled in water, and the Li hexagram is flown by yang fire on the fourth day... If there is mercury and frost gas, mix it with the sand in the bowl and grind it lightly with a jade hammer..."
Hou Shaowei said slowly.
Every item he said is the secret of the sect and the true inheritance of the sect.
For example, there are five types of cauldrons used for external alchemy, and the fire for alchemy also has various hexagram positions. During the process of alchemy, if there are any emergencies, how to deal with them.
He explained them one by one, very carefully.
"Mercury, cinnabar..."
"Frost..., that is, arsenic..."
Bai Gui's eyes flashed with a strange look.
According to the science of the main world, they are refining poison, which will kill people if taken. However, his strange look flashed and disappeared. You can't use the experience of one world to measure another world. This is not called science, but an empiricist mistake.
For example, cinnabar, there is absolutely no such high-quality cinnabar of various shapes and colors in the main world. He can feel the abundant inspiration from that grain of bright sand.