Chapter 104 Chapter 103 Three Elements of Alchemy (1/2)

"Junior Brother Li, Junior Sister Lin, from now on, Senior Sister, I will take you to make alchemy."

On the second floor of the Alchemy Pavilion, Li Yan and Lin Shihua were wearing blue inner disciple uniforms and sitting cross-legged on a white futon.

In front of them was a woman in her thirties. The woman had a plump figure and a mole in the corner of her eye, which added a touch of charm to her already charming face.

"Then please ask Senior Sister Hu for your guidance in the future."

Li Yan quickly replied.

"Okay, now that we all know each other, I will start teaching. You must watch carefully, listen carefully, and understand with your heart."

"You can't start making elixirs now. Only if I think you can make elixirs, will I apply for the herbs to make elixirs for you."

"After all, the early success rate of alchemy is very low, and a lot of herbs are wasted."

"So, if you don't study hard, you may not be able to touch the alchemy furnace even once in a year."

Hu Meirou spoke softly, but the content of her words was not easy for Li Yan and Li Yan at all.

Obviously, beneath her glamorous appearance, she is as stern as Shen Yue.

"Understood, Senior Sister Hu, we will study hard and will not be proud of our temporary success."

However, Li Yan knew the elegant meaning after hearing Xian Ge, and immediately understood the intention of Hu Meirou's words.

Hu Meirou looked at Li Yan appreciatively.

"You are smart. I hope you can also have such understanding in alchemy."

Hu Meirou praised Li Yan. Li Yan looked calm, but Lin Shihua looked a little disappointed.

"No, this has just begun, and Li Yan is already one step ahead of me."

The competitive Lin Shihua thought so.

Soon, the two's first class began.

Refining medicine and alchemy have many similarities, but also many differences.

The same thing is that one must be proficient in identifying and handling various medicinal materials, and understand the combination of medicinal properties between various medicinal materials.

The difference is that making alchemy requires an alchemy furnace, and medicinal materials need to be put into the alchemy furnace for refining.

As for refining medicine, you only need to rely on your hands to accurately copy the ratio of medicinal materials recorded in the medicine refining recipe.

In the first class, Hu Meirou gave Li Yan and Li Yan a theoretical course.

"For us alchemists, three things are very important, the alchemy furnace, the alchemy fire and the "Alchemy Technique"."

"If you are refining elixirs below spiritual elixirs, you don't need a very good alchemy furnace. It is probably the same as the standard alchemy furnace in our alchemy pavilion."

With that said, Hu Meirou patted the three-foot-high three-legged black iron pill furnace in front of her.

"Well, Senior Sister Hu, where can I buy this alchemy furnace?"

Li Yan asked.

"These standard alchemy furnaces are not purchased, they are made by our sect's [Lianfeng Pavilion]."

"When you are able to refine the first elixir, I will apply to the sect to give each of you an alchemy furnace like this. This is how my alchemy furnace came about."

Hu Meirou brushed her hair behind her ears and said with a smile.

"But before that, you can use the public alchemy furnace in our alchemy pavilion, which is specially prepared for junior brothers and sisters like you."

Hearing this, Li Yan and Li Yan nodded quickly to express that they knew.

"As for the spiritual weapon alchemy furnace for refining spiritual elixirs, it is still far away from you. I will not introduce it in detail here. You only need to know that the spiritual alchemy furnace is a good thing that can increase the success rate of elixir refining."

"Then there is elixir fire. For example, when we refine ordinary elixirs, we use ordinary fire, which is the flame produced by igniting charcoal made from various precious woods."

"For example, the light red charcoal I use is made from centuries-old bloodwood. The flame produced after it is ignited is bright red. The flame temperature is high, and the flame is stable and lasts a long time."

"It is one of the several types of charcoal commonly used by our alchemy apprentices."

"And if you are a formal alchemist refining spiritual elixirs, you cannot use these ordinary fires. You need to use earth fire and spiritual fire."

"Earth fire, as the name suggests, is a flame introduced to the ground from the depths of the earth. This kind of flame has a strong earth energy. This earth energy can promote the fusion and reaction of elixirs and ordinary medicines, which is something ordinary fire cannot do."

When saying this, Hu Meirou stopped and pointed at the thick pillar in the middle of the [Alchemy Pavilion].

"Did you see that fire pillar? There is ground fire in it."

Li Yan and Lin Shihua looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

"Don't you understand why there is earth fire in the fire pillar, but you can't feel the heat?"

Li Yan and Lin Shihua nodded repeatedly.

When Li Yan saw this pillar before, he never thought that it contained earthly fire that was continuously extracted from the ground. He thought it was just an architectural style of the [Alchemy Pavilion]?

"Because this fire pillar is mixed with a lot of [Millennium Cold Iron], which is a material for refining spiritual weapons and can absorb the heat escaping from the earth fire to the greatest extent."

Hu Meirou explained in a soft tone.

"Then where did this earth fire come from?"

Li Yan asked curiously.

"There is a volcano below us, and the ground fire is extracted from the volcano. The reason why our Guiyuan Sect chose to build the mountain gate here is because we took a fancy to the volcano here and the lava and iron ore associated with the volcano."

"The volcano can extract ground fire and use it to make elixirs; the iron ore mined from the lava iron ore can be used by [Lianfeng Pavilion] to make tools."

When Li Yan heard that he was sitting on a volcano, his face changed at first, but then he quickly recovered when he thought that he was just a clone.

Lin Shihua's reaction was similar to his, but Lin Shihua thought: "If a sect dares to build a sect on a volcano, it will definitely not let it erupt."

After observing the reactions of the two, Hu Meirou nodded silently, and then continued: "Don't worry about the eruption of this volcano. The sect extracting the underground fire from the volcano is consuming the energy in the volcano, which will eventually lead to the volcano's silence, not an eruption."

"These are experiences verified by many forces."

These words made the two people feel relieved.

"Then, let's talk about spiritual fire. Spiritual fire is different from earth fire. It is divided into grades."

"According to the classification of heaven and earth, it is divided into four grades."

"The reason why spiritual fire can refine elixir is because the flame of spiritual fire is spiritual. If spiritual fire is used to refine elixir, this spirituality can greatly promote the fusion between spiritual medicine and ordinary medicine, and between spiritual medicine and spiritual medicine."

"In other words, using spiritual fire to refine elixir can improve the success rate of elixir refining."

"The better the grade of spiritual fire, the higher the success rate it can improve."

"But earth fire is easy to find, spiritual fire is hard to find. Low-grade spiritual fire is hard to find, let alone high-grade spiritual fire."

When Hu Meirou mentioned spiritual fire, there was a trace of desire in her eyes.

Not only Hu Meirou, but also Li Yan and the others wanted to have one after hearing the news of spiritual fire.

After all, this is a good thing that can improve the success rate of elixir refining. As long as you are an alchemist or someone who is on the road to becoming an alchemist, no one can resist the temptation of a spiritual fire.

"Finally, let's talk about the alchemy."

"If you have seen us make elixirs, you will know that we put the processed medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace one by one."

"Then we will sit cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace, hold the handle of the alchemy furnace, stare at the alchemy furnace, and add some charcoal from time to time."

"If you don't practice the alchemy, you will only get a bunch of burnt medicinal residues."

"Only by practicing the alchemy can you control the medicinal materials in the alchemy furnace through the handle of the alchemy furnace, so that various medicinal materials can be melted and mixed in the alchemy furnace at high temperature, and finally form elixir."

After Hu Meirou finished speaking, she waved to Li Yan and the others, motioning them to come over.

Li Yan and the others did not hesitate, and after getting up from the futon, they came to Hu Meirou.

"It will take a while to learn Alchemy, so I will teach you later."

"The reason I asked you to come here now is to let you experience the feeling of controlling the medicinal materials through the furnace handle."

Hu Meirou asked Li Yan to come first.

Li Yan was not polite and sat where Hu Meirou had sat before.

The remaining body temperature and fragrance made Li Yan's heart and body sway, but he quickly gathered his mind.

According to Hu Meirou's instructions, he reached out and held the furnace handle in front of him.

"After holding the furnace handle, feel it carefully and see if you can sense the medicinal materials I put in the alchemy furnace."

Li Yan closed his eyes, sensed, could not sense, and increased the total amount of soul.

The souls in other clones and the original body began to gather on this clone.

As the soul in this clone became stronger and stronger, Li Yan began to vaguely see light in the dark vision.

Then, the outline of an object gradually appeared, and then became clear.

At this time, half of Li Yan's soul had already gathered in this clone.

"Sister Hu, I saw it. I saw the medicinal material you mentioned. Is it [Rehmannia]?"

"It is still an unprocessed [Rehmannia], the eight yellow flowers are still bright, and the blocky rhizomes connected at the roots are still covered with some soil."

Li Yan told everything he saw.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Hu Meirou's incredulous eyes and slightly open mouth.

Li Yan's eyes stayed on her rosy lips for a second longer, then turned to her eyes.

"You can see so clearly, it's impossible, I have never heard of a newcomer who can see so clearly for the first time."

"Sister Hu, is there any problem?"

At this time, Li Yan wanted to show his extraordinaryness and get the attention of the sect.

Otherwise, if he wanted to come into contact with spiritual medicine, he would have to wait until he became a senior apprentice in alchemy and started to refine spiritual pills.

Li Yan himself didn't know how long it would take to get to that point, so he naturally had to think of other ways to get in touch with spiritual medicines in advance.

Among them, the best way is to constantly show his outstanding alchemy talent, attract Xia Lingshuang's attention, and let him stay by Xia Lingshuang's side. This is the fastest way to get in touch with various spiritual medicines.

"No problem."

After Hu Meirou reacted, she forced herself to regain her composure.

"I will report this situation to Elder Xia later."

Hu Meirou thought so in her heart.

Then, Lin Shihua, who had a complicated expression, took over Li Yan's position to sense the things in the alchemy furnace.

Hu Meirou's reaction has clearly told her that Li Yan's performance is absolutely very good.

"I also want to surprise Senior Sister Hu."

Lin Shihua secretly encouraged herself in her heart, and then began to follow Hu Meirou's instructions and concentrate on sensing.

"Junior Sister Lin, did you sense it?"

After a while, Hu Meirou asked with some expectation.

With Li Yan Zhuyu in front of her, Hu Meirou also had inexplicable expectations for Lin Shihua.

However, after Lin Shihua opened his eyes, he looked at Hu Meirou, gritted his teeth and shook his head.

"Sister, I didn't sense anything."

She could actually describe it according to Li Yan's description, after all, the contents inside had not been changed.

However, Lin Shihua disdains this kind of self-deception.

As soon as these words came out, Hu Meirou was a little disappointed.

However, she still consoled her: "It doesn't matter. Most people are similar to you the first time. Only after practicing "Alchemy" later can you gradually see clearly."

It's okay if it's not comforting. Once it's comforting, Lin Shihua feels that the gap between him and Li Yan widens even more instantly.

This made her eyes start to turn slightly red.

Li Yan saw that it would be troublesome for a woman to cry, so he immediately changed the topic.

"By the way, Senior Sister Hu, why did I just see the things in the alchemy furnace? Is it a problem with the handle of the alchemy furnace?"

"Junior brother Li, you are right. It is indeed a problem with the furnace handle. The furnace handle is specially refined and immediately inlaid with two special ores. One is the [Induction Stone] that can amplify the ability of mental induction, and the other is the [Induction Stone] that can store [Qi-blood stone].”

"The [Induction Stone] cooperates with the [God Refining] part of "Alchemy" to clearly sense the medicinal materials in the alchemy furnace and the changes in the medicinal materials."

"The [Qi-Blood Stone] requires a person in the blood exchange realm to input qi and blood into it. In this way, in conjunction with the [Alchemy] part of "Alchemy", these qi and blood can be used to control the medicinal materials in the alchemy furnace, so that they can be heated evenly, and at high temperatures Melt, mix, and finally form the elixir.”

"So, the higher your cultivation level, the more convenient it is to practice. If you have the strength to exchange blood, even if the energy and blood in the [Qi-Blood Stone] runs out, you can replenish it yourself without bothering others."

When Hu Meirou explained this, Lin Shihua's attention was diverted as expected, and the tears that were brewing were suppressed.

Finally, Hu Meirou gave each of them a copy of the "Alchemy" secret book, and then began to teach them how to learn.

At this point, Li Yan's alchemy life officially began.