Chapter 53: Five Elements Refining Elixir

"yawn!"

The disciple on duty, who was wearing short clothes and short hair, yawned, took a sip of the ice tea in his hand, and then leaned lazily on the wooden chair.

"Oh, this damn place is getting hotter and hotter. The sect doesn't even know how to consider us and build a cooling circle." The short-haired disciple ticked.

Danxia Peak is not natural, but was built by the Jindan Patriarch inside the gate with great magic power.

There is not only a second-level spiritual vein located underground, but it is also connected to the earth fire. It is even rumored that the depths of the lava are the birthplace of the sect's fundamental spiritual plant [Indestructible Wood].

The combination of various reasons makes this place very hot, and it can be said that it is very difficult for the disciples stationed there. If it weren't for the high pay, few would be willing to come here.

There is no way, after all, the harsh environment can be tolerated, but poverty cannot be tolerated.

"But having said that, why are there so few senior brothers coming to refine pills during this period?" The short-haired disciple was a little confused.

"Open an alchemy room for me."

"who?!"

The sudden sound scared the short-haired disciple and jumped up from his chair.

"It's me." He followed the call and saw a young man standing in front of him at some point.

He was dressed in a simple white robe, with only a simple green wood hairpin on his head. The broad robe had large sleeves, and was not stained by dust. His whole person's temperament had an indescribable calmness and tranquility.

The short-haired disciple couldn't help but be stunned before he realized what was happening and asked incoherently: "How come you don't make any sound when you walk?"

Lin Chen was stunned by this question, and then smiled to himself: "I'm used to it."

Except in the laboratory or at home, Lin Chen has always been accustomed to walking silently in the outside world. Especially when he is close to people, he not only walks silently, but even hides in the blind spot of the other person's sight unconsciously.

Of course, this was just to better protect himself. Regardless of whether the person being attacked believed it or not, that was what he thought anyway.

"I want to open an alchemy room." Lin Chen continued.

"Okay, okay!" The short-haired disciple nodded quickly.

"Wait a minute, are you the senior brother Lin who won the outer sect competition?" While recording the information, the short-haired disciple reacted belatedly and said in surprise.

"Oh? Do you know me?"

"Of course, the spiritual bullet technique that senior brother performed in the outer sect competition was so handsome. Compared with those barbarians who only know how to use their hands, the guys who have no brains to use spiritual weapons to hit people are much more handsome!" The short-haired disciple said with admiration.

'I didn't expect that I would have fans...' Lin Chen smiled slightly and nodded.

"Senior Brother, what do you think of this Earth Fire Room? Not only is there sufficient fire energy, but the location does not face the fire outlet. The spiritual fire is relatively stable, easier to control, and easier to refine elixirs." The short-haired disciple asked respectfully.

"Huh?" Lin Chen took a look, looking a little surprised.

This kind of alchemy room is often booked in advance, but I didn't expect that the other party would schedule it for me.

‘Am I so charming? ’ This thought flashed through Lin Chen’s mind.

Then he smiled and nodded: "I'm determined."

"You're welcome, senior brother. I would like to wish you success in refining the alchemy."

After saying that, Lin Chen turned around and walked towards the alchemy room under the gaze of the short-haired disciple.

What he didn't know was that his fluent fighting skills in the outer sect competition had attracted many fellow monks to him.

But even if he knew it, Lin Chen wouldn't care. To him, the comments from the outside world were like a breeze blowing on his face, so he wouldn't care.

Creak!

As the door opened, Lin Chen walked into the alchemy room.

The room was very empty, with only a huge alchemy furnace placed in the center. There were restrictions on the ground that were shining with spiritual light. There was a small pit directly under the alchemy furnace, and there was a faint glow of fire.

"Let's get started." Lin Chen observed the surroundings and then directly activated the formation.

The ground fire instantly rose up under Lin Chen's control. The entire alchemy furnace quickly became fiery red, and layers of heat waves rolled out of the air!

Lin Chen took out Chaoxia Yunzhi and threw it into the alchemy furnace. Then he took out various auxiliary medicines such as spiritual liquid and chalcedony, and threw them directly into the fire.

This situation will definitely make most alchemists look like a clown and think it's a joke.

Alchemy pays attention to the weight of the medicinal materials, when to use them, and how to heat them? Such crude refining of medicine will only end up wasting the best spiritual materials.

But in Lin Chen's opinion, this guy who spent a lot of time trying out materials and summarizing the appropriate method of changing the temperature can only be regarded as a master craftsman, and he has not even touched the threshold of alchemy!

Alchemy, or elixir refining, is the extraction of medicinal properties from elixirs and condensing them into elixirs.

Blindly pursuing the weight of medicinal materials and the temperature of the heat, rather than the content of medicinal properties, is completely the opposite and goes in the opposite direction!

For example, how do nine-year-old ginseng and ten-year-old ginseng have the same medicinal properties? How does the Juyuan flower that grows in a place with abundant spiritual energy compare to one that grows in a place with poor spiritual energy? How to mix the elixirs that grow with sufficient rainfall and dry weather respectively with the heat to remove excess water?

When the brainless craftsman saw the alchemy master adding medicinal materials and adjusting the fire like this, he thought he had mastered the trick and applied the same method. The important thing is that every detail should correspond to the master's standards. Little did he know that this was the final result based on the changes in the properties of the medicine. Just the best choice!

"The art of alchemy is vast and profound, and I don't understand it. But one thing I understand is that the essence of alchemy is to use various means to extract medicinal properties that are easy for the human body to refine, and to eliminate those that are difficult to refine!"

Medicinal properties are the manifestation of spiritual energy of various attributes of heaven and earth in spiritual medicine.

Although the human body has many spiritual roots, the body is made of water and feeds on wood. Therefore, if cultivators want to refine spiritual energy of different attributes, they often swallow spiritual medicines of corresponding attributes instead of directly swallowing magma, gold and iron.

However, among spiritual medicines, even spiritual medicines of corresponding attributes, such as fire element fungus, are prone to have other medicinal properties such as yin and earth due to environmental factors. These medicinal properties that do not meet the other attributes required by cultivators are collectively referred to as impurities.

Alchemists extract the medicinal properties required by cultivators and exclude those that are not required. If they are not extracted cleanly, they will remain in the human body and form the so-called elixir poison, affecting the progress of cultivation.

Based on this theory, even if Lin Chen does not understand the four principles of alchemy, namely, yin and yang, rise and fall, clarity and turbidity, and movement and stillness, he also understands a key point. There are so many changes in alchemy. In the final analysis, it is to extract the substances required by cultivators.

When it comes to the extraction of substances, Lin Chen's first reaction is the chemistry he learned in high school in his previous life!

"The change of medicinal properties lies in yin and yang, not just yin and yang medicinal properties, but the combination of one thing and another, the exchange of one thing and another to form two things; even one thing and another, with the participation of a third thing, to form one thing, or to exchange two things, while the third thing remains unchanged..." Lin Chen silently recited the ancient records of the alchemy theory found in the Sutra Library, and his eyes gradually brightened.

It's so complicated, but in the final analysis, isn't it similar to the decomposition reaction, combination reaction, and replacement reaction in the chemistry of the previous life?

It's just that the particles are replaced with spiritual energy, and the means and methods of extraction are changed, but the fundamental theory is similar!

And with the spiritual perception of the foundation-building period, Lin Chen can distinguish the medicinal properties, which also provides the possibility of success for his experiment of non-toxic gas pills!

"In my opinion, the first step of alchemy is to use the fire refining method to decompose the complex medicinal properties!"

Hiss~

The flames kept licking the spiritual materials and cloud fungus in the alchemy furnace, causing them to gradually melt into a medicinal liquid mixed with various spiritual energy.

Lin Chen controlled the spiritual flame in the furnace, melting the liquid medicine. Under the dual quenching of the true qi and the flame, the various medicinal properties originally mixed in the liquid medicine began to decompose, and the already inert spiritual energy sank to the bottom of the alchemy furnace, and the active spiritual energy available for cultivators to refine rose to the upper alchemy room.

This phenomenon is also called the rise of clear air and the fall of turbid air in the alchemy recipe!

"The second step is to use the water refining method to extract the medicinal properties needed by the cultivator!"

Lin Chen's spiritual roots are water, fire and earth, and what is needed is the medicinal properties of the corresponding attributes. The rest of the medicinal properties will not only fail to increase Lin Chen's cultivation, but will form alchemy poison in his body and affect his advancement.

And in order to extract what he needs from this spiritual liquid containing complex medicinal properties, Lin Chen's first reaction is to use the water method to extract it!

The alchemy gas slowly rises under Lin Chen's control. After contacting the Qingbing Stone, it condenses when it encounters cold, and turns into alchemy liquid and drips down along the orifices.

Lin Chen collected them and used several methods of extracting medicinal properties such as melting, refining, and transformation to extract the three medicinal properties of water, fire, and earth from the liquid medicine!

"The third step is to use the method of earth refining to mix the medicinal properties!"

Lin Chen is not a single spiritual root cultivator. If he simply draws one kind of spiritual energy to practice, it will cause the true energy in his body to be unbalanced, so he must mix the medicinal properties of the three attributes!

While thinking, Lin Chen took out a culture medium, but the soil inside was not brown, but as red as blood. This was a culture medium made by Lin Chen from his own flesh and blood.

Lin Chen stretched out his hand and the three medicinal liquids flew out separately, mixed into one, and flew directly into the blood soil under the wrapping of a spiritual light.

"The fourth step is to use the wood refining method to condense it into a pill!"

Lin Chen took out a dry and lifeless spiritual plant branch, injected the true energy into it, and then inserted it directly into the blood soil.

Not long after, the dead branch seemed to be rejuvenated, and a tender bud emerged from the branch. Then, it directly absorbed the blood in the soil and grew rapidly.

In a short moment, a lush green plant was formed. In a blink of an eye, it bloomed and bred, and produced a longan-sized elixir!

The strange thing is that these elixirs look solid, but if you look closely, they seem a bit illusory. Obviously, this is not an actual elixir, but a wisp of condensed and impure elixir!

Non-toxic gas elixir!

And this gas elixir absorbs Lin Chen's blood to grow, and it is contaminated with Lin Chen's breath, so he doesn't even need to refine it, and can directly swallow it to increase his cultivation!

"The fifth step, use the gold refining method to store the elixir!"

Lin Chen took out a jade stone that contains souls, lightly touched the green plant, and the elixir on it fell one after another, turning into wisps of gas, flying into the jade, forming an elixir emitting a faint green light.

Using the method of gold, jade and spirit stone to store the elixir can not only store it for a long time, but also be placed in the spirit vein, and can continuously assimilate the same kind of spiritual energy. After being placed for hundreds of years, it can be taken out and taken, and a cultivator who has just practiced can complete the practice of Qi Refining!

"The way of alchemy is to extract and preserve the required medicinal properties. As long as this step can be achieved, why should we stick to the fire method of alchemy!"

"Using the method of five elements to refine the elixir and store the elixir, remove impurities and preserve its essence, this is my way of cultivating immortality!"

Seeing the illusory Qi Dan in his hand, Lin Chen showed a touch of joy on his face.

He has studied for so many years, and finally completed the experiment of [Non-toxic Qi Dan] with the help of spiritual perception!

From now on, one more obstacle will be removed from the long and difficult road of cultivation, allowing him to move towards a more distant future!