Immortal Mansion Longevity

Chapter 6 Beginning of Alchemy (Overhaul)
The price of low-grade instruments of Chu State is about a hundred spirit stones.

There are two hundred spirit stones for the middle-grade instruments, and four hundred spirit stones for the top-grade instruments.

As for the top grade magic weapon, the eight hundred spirit stones are just the beginning, and they are often priceless.

Only because the top-quality instruments are generally used by monks in the foundation-building stage, it is difficult for monks in the refining stage to compete with them.

However, the outer disciples of Yuanyang Sect were only given five spirit stones per month.

In addition to the standard magic weapon issued by the sect, if you want to buy an additional low-grade magic weapon, even if you are usually diligent and thrifty, it will take nearly two years to collect this spiritual stone, not to mention the middle-grade magic weapon.

Watching Senior Brother Wu go away, Liu Yu took back his thoughts.

In this way, the cultivation career in the medicine garden officially began.

He first brought the elixir seeds into the Immortal Mansion to plant them, and after ripening, he put them into the prepared jade box.

Another 15 yuan spirit stone was used to replenish the spiritual power consumed by the black spirit field.

This made Liu Yu's flesh very painful. At this time, there were only 18 yuan of spirit stones left in the storage bag, which had shrunk severely.

Touching the storage bag, he took a long breath, giving birth to a sense of urgency to earn spirit stones.

Spend two hours a day, taking care of the herb garden, weeding and watering the herbs.

Then for the next two hours, I carefully studied the basics of alchemy, recorded what I didn't understand, and thought about it slowly and repeatedly.

After an hour, practice spells and instruments.

On the road to longevity, due to various reasons, battles are inevitable.

In addition to the realm, magic tools and spells are also very important. As a means of protecting the way, life and death must not be unfamiliar.

At night, he spent four hours meditating and refining his qi, using the strong spiritual qi of the medicine garden.

The realm of cultivation is the foundation of everything, and Liu Yu has always kept this in mind.

As for the last three hours, it is time to sleep and rest.

Qi-refining cultivators are still unable to sleep without rest, and must use sleep to restore the energy consumed.

……

Every day is spent according to the plan, and the days are very fulfilling.

In a flash, more than half a month passed.

The seeds of the spiritual medicine that were planted have been ripened by the Immortal Mansion, and a total of [-] spiritual herbs for refining the Gathering Pill and [-] spiritual herbs for refining the Qing Ling Pill were obtained.

The sun shines in through the window, and it is warmly sprinkled on the body.

"it's time."

In the thatched hut, Liu Yu flashed this thought.

After more than half a month of contemplation, he consciously understood the basics of alchemy, and already had some ideas for the refining of spirit-gathering pills.

Liu Yu plans to start with the "Spiritual Gathering Pill" to start his own way of alchemy.

Just because it was used as an elixir in the early stage of qi refining, "Juling Pill" was the least difficult to refine, and the elixir used was one less than "Qingling Pill".

It is most suitable to use it to be familiar with the process of alchemy.

From easy to difficult, it is the only way for every alchemy apprentice to learn alchemy.

Otherwise, no matter how amazing the talent of alchemy is, there is no step-by-step process, and there is only one way to go.

Liu Yu cleaned up the thatched hut, swept the debris to the corner, and placed the copper tripod in the center of the room.

At this time, the conditions were poor, and it had to be done for the time being.

Next to the copper tripod, he carved a miniature formation with little wings, and placed three low-grade spirit stones at the joints of several formations.

This is a fire control formation recorded in the "Basics of Alchemy".

Through a specific spell, the spiritual power in the spirit stone can be consumed to stimulate a magic fire.

This fire can shorten the time required for alchemy, and it burns very stably, which helps to increase the success rate of alchemy.

Generally speaking, the success of alchemy mainly depends on several aspects:
First, the exact formula ratio of the spirit grass and the medicine, that is, the pill recipe.

Second, the timing and order of adding the elixir.

Third, the heat control during alchemy.

Fourth, the timing of opening the furnace and taking pills.

And alchemy techniques, etc.

Regarding the first point, the formula ratio of spirit herbs and medicines, there is nothing to say.

After countless practices of immortal cultivators in the past, they have long figured it out and made all kinds of pill recipes.

When concocting alchemy, as long as you follow what the alchemy recipe says, there will generally be no problems.

Of course, this only refers to alchemists.

A small number of alchemy masters can also make more subtle adjustments to the ratio according to the year of the spirit grass and elixir to further increase the success rate of alchemy.

And the second point, the timing of putting in the elixir requires some experience in alchemy.

After all, Danfang is a dead thing, and it is impossible to consider all situations.

Every alchemy process cannot be exactly the same.

At this time, the alchemist's own experience is needed to judge the right time.

As for the flame, as one of the key factors in the success of alchemy, its importance is self-evident.

If Liu Yu's rare mana from the fourth layer of Qi refining is used to stimulate the flames, I am afraid that the mana will be exhausted before the end of the alchemy.

Moreover, the flame inspired by mana is not so stable, and it is not suitable for alchemy.

Most alchemists choose to use fire to alchemy.

Ground fire is one of the best choices because of its high temperature and stable and long-lasting properties.

But Liu Yu didn't have the ground fire at this time, so he could only choose to use the formation flame, but it consumed some spirit stones.

And the fourth point is the timing of opening the furnace, which will test the experience of alchemists.

Generally speaking, without dozens or hundreds of refining, it is difficult to make an accurate judgment.

As for alchemy techniques, it is even more difficult to learn.

Each alchemist has his own unique alchemy technique, and he will keep a hand when teaching apprentices.

Under normal circumstances, it will only be passed on to direct disciples, or direct descendants.

In the foundation of alchemy, only a few general alchemy techniques are recorded.

"If you have a chance, you must collect a superior alchemy technique."

Liu Yu was quite helpless about this, and secretly decided to find an opportunity to collect a superior alchemy technique.

……

After a moment, everything is ready.

"bang"

Liu Yu opened the fire door below the copper tripod and placed it in the center of the miniature formation.

Afterwards, he slowly pinched the magic formula with both hands, and a series of red rays shot into the magic circle.

"Buzz~"

The magic circle absorbed the red light, and the three inlaid spirit stones immediately brightened.

After two breaths, a fist-sized flame appeared in the center of the array and below the copper tripod.

The fire radiates high temperature and gradually increases in size, burning blazingly in the fire door.

Suddenly, the smell of flames filled the room, and the temperature began to rise rapidly.

Liu Yu, who was sitting cross-legged on the side, suddenly felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face, and had no choice but to use a spell to reduce the output of firepower.

After about half an hour, the purple-red body of the copper tripod was faintly glowing red, and he felt an astonishingly high temperature.

Liu Yu knew that the preheating had been completed.

So he hurriedly moved the magic formula, a ray of mana was injected into the small cauldron, and the divine sense controlled the cauldron cover to rise, revealing the round cauldron mouth.

"The next step is to release the elixir to separate its essence from impurities."

Thinking like this, Liu Yu patted the storage bag.

In his hand, several jade boxes appeared immediately, which were the several elixir needed to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill.

He opened the jade boxes one by one, put one of the elixir into the cauldron, and then controlled the cauldron's lid to fall to cover the cauldron's mouth.

"Zizi~"

In the red fire light, the flame burns fiercely.

Liu Yu's spiritual sense penetrated into the cauldron, carefully controlling the size and temperature of the flame, removing impurities and refining the essence of the elixir.

Familiarize yourself with the process of alchemy step by step as described in the alchemy recipe.

In the following period of time, he continued to use the magic formula, and according to the requirements of the spirit gathering pill, he put a strain of spirit medicine into it.

The essence of the elixir extracted from the cauldron was fused into a circle the size of marbles and began to condense.

A little time passed, and the small cauldron gradually filled with the scent of medicine, which made people feel refreshed.

Liu Yu's forehead was sweating, but his face showed anticipation, and his heart was a little excited.

In the next moment, his magic formula changed, a red glow appeared on the magic circle, and the flame slowly extinguished.

At the same time, with a movement of consciousness, he controlled the cauldron to fly up.

But at this moment, the strong medicinal fragrance gradually faded, and a strange smell filled the air.

"not good!"

"Could it be?!"

Liu Yu's face changed, as if thinking of something, he hurriedly stepped forward to take a look.

I saw a few mottled elixir lying at the bottom of the tripod, which was very different from the Juling elixir that I saw on weekdays.

"Zidan?"

Liu Yu's face darkened, feeling a little pity, but it was a matter of course.

After all, this is the first time refining. He is not an alchemy genius, but he has a slight advantage over ordinary monks.

The so-called alchemy is a product of the failure of alchemy.

It is caused by a mistake in the heat or the timing of opening the furnace, and most of the medicinal power is lost. This kind of pill contains very little spiritual power and has little effect.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Liu Yu calmed down and put away Cidan.

Pour out the impurity powder in the cauldron, and then rinse it with clean water. After the copper cauldron is completely cooled, the alchemy can be started again.

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