Great Song

On Zhen Qiong's side, there are exchanges between various views of good fortune.There are often temple masters who bring their true disciples to other temples to communicate with each other and show the benefits of their own alchemy.And this practice made the contest between disciples the norm.After all, the masters are proud and arrogant, but they don't want to fight on their own, and let the juniors compete for one or two. If they win, they will be proud of themselves. If they lose accidentally, they can find an excuse to reprimand their disciples. Wouldn't it be beautiful? ?

Now that Zhen Qiong came to Changchun to watch alchemy, and even brought her own alchemy furnace, it would be strange if the brothers here didn't respond.But Zhen Qiong is not afraid of these things, his alchemy has been tempered for more than ten years, and he has forged excellent skills. Are you afraid of a yellow-mouthed child coming to provoke him?

Duan Xuanshuang was taken aback by the fact that this young man with soft skin and tender flesh would accept the challenge, but after the surprise, his anger became stronger.This kid is really just like Zhang Zi's nephew said, unruly and bold!

In the Changchun Temple, Chi Liaozi, the master refiner, is the highest in seniority, and he is the abbot's uncle.And as Chi Liaozi's most beloved closed disciple, Duan Xuanshuang's status in the temple has also risen, and he is also called a "senior brother" to the abbot.And the disciple of the next generation is naturally his nephew.

Just because of his outstanding talent and being praised by everyone, Duan Xuanshuang developed an arrogance, and felt that among people of similar age, no one could match his alchemy.

Unexpectedly, nephew Zhang Zi brought a news yesterday, saying that the prison house arranged for a boy with outstanding talent to enter the alchemy room.This person not only has a strong wrist, he defeated Warlock Fang at the foot of the mountain, and even brought a pill furnace to worship at the mountain gate, he is really arrogant!If Chi Liaozi's interest is aroused, I'm afraid he will reopen the door and accept him as a disciple.

In this way, wouldn't he lose his reputation as a closed disciple.After all, he was still a young man, Duan Xuanshuang immediately ignited a battle of wits, insisting on meeting this new talent for a while.It was precisely because of this that he came to the door early in the morning to invite a battle, but he did not expect to receive a very straightforward answer.

It seems that it is impossible not to kill his prestige!

Duan Xuanshuang clenched his fists tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Forgive me you are a junior just getting started, how about we don't compare those difficult recipes this time, but how about pumping sand and refining mercury?"

Extracting sand to smelt mercury is the basis of alchemy, which is to refine mercury (mercury) from cinnabar.In the eyes of alchemists, Mercury is the essence of the moon and the mother of hardware, also known as "the maiden". "The girl on the river is the most spiritual, she flies when she sees fire, and her spirit mercury comes out immediately", which is to praise the characteristics of mercury melting when it sees fire and soaring with ease.But alchemy pays attention to "pretending to seek external objects to strengthen oneself", so mercury is regarded as a blind elixir, and taking it makes one's life light and immortal.

It is precisely because of the importance of mercury that the art of refining mercury from cinnabar has been prosperous since the pre-Qin period.How to refine more mercury is something every alchemist must learn, and it is also a good way to show basic talent.

And he chose this competition because of his own thoughts.However, his teacher taught him a new mercury refining method, which can take [-]% more mercury. More importantly, only by using the top-grade cinnabar of "one color and no miscellaneous" and using the "Weiji Furnace" that is heated and drained, can the mercury contained in it be obtained. The "true mercury" of water in fire.

And the alchemy furnace in this kid's hand is a "jiji furnace" that goes up and down, and is inherently weaker than himself.No matter how skilled he is, the mercury he refines is still a few points lower than his own!

It can be said that Duan Xuanshuang counted the benefits to the extreme, but Zhen Qiong was disappointed when he heard it, and sighed: "Mercury refining, it's okay."

Isn’t cinnabar just mercury sulfide? Can’t it be purified by distillation?Any Taoist boy can do it, it's so boring to death.But everyone has invited the battle, so it’s hard not to accept it, take a pill cauldron to modify it a little bit, and forget it...

ah!Zhen Qiong suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly added: "This is what you invited to fight, and you have to supply the cinnabar!"

I almost forgot, if I spend my own cinnabar, wouldn't it be a loss again?Although cinnabar is not very useful, it is still money, so it cannot be taken lightly.

The veins on Duan Xuanshuang's forehead twitched twice, and he said angrily, "How could I use the grade of cinnabar to overwhelm you? At that time, the two of you will each take five taels of top-grade cinnabar for a period of two days, and the one who refines more real mercury will win!"

He specifically put "true mercury" in his words, which also has some deep meaning.The other party didn't hear it at all, and just said casually: "When you bring the cinnabar, you can start at any time."

Meditate!Meditate!Don't be fooled by this kid and let yourself be confused.

Duan Xuanshuang took a deep breath, and then said: "I'll have someone bring it here, and I will also arrange people to watch outside the door when refining alchemy. It is absolutely impossible to take advantage of it!"

How clever is this thing?Zhen Qiong waved his sleeves: "Hurry up, don't disturb me to organize the utensils."

Seeing his tired appearance, Duan Xuanshuang snorted in his heart, it seems that this person is also a man of gold and jade, so what if he is handsome?Without the heart of the Tao, it is all useless!

Don't bother with him anymore, Duan Xuanshuang walked away.Zhen Qiong turned her head to look at her precious stove, she might have to wait a while before continuing to repair it, so let's modify the cauldron first.

Half a quarter later, five taels of top-grade cinnabar was delivered to Zhen Qiong.He was put aside and fiddled with for a long time before he repaired the cauldron.It stands to reason that the distillation tube should be made of copper or iron, but he is poor, so he got a bamboo tube with some toughness to make up for it.Insert the bamboo tube, and then seal the upper layer, and the cauldron becomes a distillation furnace.

Fearing that the mercury vapor would contaminate the alchemy room, Zhen Qiong even moved the alchemy out to a secluded corner.Putting the cinnabar into the furnace, adding some pine charcoal as a catalyst, and wearing protective masks and gloves, Zhen Qiong covered the furnace, raised the charcoal fire, and started refining.

Zhen Qiong just started alchemy in this room, and Duan Xuanshuang was notified over there.

"He finally started refining? Or is he using the alchemy cauldron?" Hearing this, Duan Xuanshuang showed disdain.

It is true that mercury was smelted in a mixed-style alchemy cauldron at first, but his teacher tried a new method. After switching to the fire-water type alchemy furnace, the mercury smelted will naturally fall into the water cauldron below, so there is no need to open it again and again. Stove lid, mercury scraped from the stove lid.He originally thought that this kid could use his own water stove, but he didn't expect that he didn't even know this skill, and he still wanted to beat him?It's ridiculous!

"No more summons, I want to concentrate on refining mercury!" Duan Xuanshuang decisively ordered to the people around her.

If you want to produce real mercury in mercury refining, you still need to master the heat.Although the time was set for two days, as long as he simmered for a while today, he would be able to refine these few taels of cinnabar.When I show it to that kid tomorrow morning, he will know who is strong and who is weak, right?

Duan Xuanshuang was so absorbed in training here that she didn't even care about eating.And Zhen Qiong also encountered the biggest trouble after going up the mountain.

"Why is there no meat?" Staring at the cabbage tofu in the bowl, he raised his eyes pitifully, and looked at the chubby senior brother who was holding a big spoon.

The other party snorted: "Aren't you from Danfang, do you still want to eat meat?"

Heartbroken by these words, Zhen Qiong was silent for a moment, then walked back to the table with the bowl in her hand.

He knew that all alchemists were poor!Back then, in the concept of good fortune, the master always talked about being vegetarian and keeping healthy, but when the brothers caught the rabbit, he snatched it more fiercely than anyone else!The brothers in the outer court always laugh at them for burning money and not doing production... Is it about money to study the Dao? !

He thought that the situation would be better when he came to such a grand temple as Changchun Temple, but it seems that he was too naive.

With tears in her eyes, she stuffed the meal with no oil, no meat, clear soup and little water, Zhen Qiong sighed, and quietly returned to her alchemy room.Just those few taels of cinnabar have already been refined, but the cleaning work still needs to be done carefully.Alas, he is also stupid, he forgot to ask for some more sulfur from that kid, and now he has to waste his inventory by absorbing the remaining mercury particles.The clothes also need to be washed, which is really troublesome.I don't know when I can go back to sleep...

Control the temperature and observe the fire, hold your breath and concentrate, and then carefully collect the real mercury. When all the cinnabar is completely processed, the sky will already be clear.Duan Xuanshuang didn't waste time sleeping, she went back to her room to take a bath, and changed into a brand new Taoist robe, without waiting for her two followers, she directly took the porcelain pot and walked towards the side hall.I don't know how the kid is doing, he won't still be guarding the alchemy furnace, right?If he saw the real mercury refined by him, would he feel ashamed and avoid the road?

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and Duan Xuanshuang didn't feel tired, so he cheered up and strode forward.However, when he arrived at the side hall, he didn't see a single ghost.Not to mention people, even the stove is cold, and I don't know how long it has been off.

Where did that kid go?Did they flee without fighting?

Just as he was full of doubts, a vague voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Hey, why did you get up so early? Have you eaten yet?"

Duan Xuanshuang turned her head suddenly, and saw that the person she was looking for was eating Huan with a steamed pancake, and she had changed into an old Taoist robe, her lazy appearance was simply unsightly!However, he couldn't die, and after a night of starvation, there was an embarrassing loud noise in his belly.

Zhen Qiong took a step back vigilantly, and clenched the steamed bun in her hand: "I just said it casually, I want to go to the cafeteria to get it myself."

Seeing his anti-thief-like appearance, Duan Xuanshuang was filled with grief and indignation, and said angrily: "Who cares about your cooking cakes! Has the mercury been refined? You can run to eat!"

"What do I think it is..." Isn't it just refining mercury, what happened to the meal, and he was full of sleep!Zhen Qiong rolled her eyes, didn't talk nonsense, went directly into the room and took a porcelain bottle, stuffed it into Duan Xuanshuang's hand, "Here, let's see who wins and who loses."

The porcelain vase was bigger than the one in my hand, Duan Xuanshuang showed disdain, and using such a big porcelain vase, what a fool!He used a Weiji furnace, which produced the most mercury.The highest value of the mentor is that one tael of cinnabar produces four coins of mercury, but yesterday he smelted as much as one, two or six coins, and every two sands yielded three coins and two cents of mercury, all of which are top-grade real mercury!With such a weight, the other party might not even dare to think about it, right?

With a sneer, he uncorked the bottle, just as Duan Xuanshuang was about to ridicule, the words caught in his throat.I saw that there was a pool of mercury flowing in the bigger bottle, even if there was water covering it, it was nearly twice as big as the one in my own bottle.How can this be? !

"I don't have any suitable guys on hand. I only produced three taels. How much did you refine?" Zhen Qiong asked casually after eating the steamed buns.

Five taels of cinnabar produced three taels of mercury, so wouldn't it be six qian of mercury for every tael of sand? !Duan Xuanshuang just felt dizzy, when had he seen so much mercury?Even if it's not real mercury, it can still make people lose face...

His lips trembled, and he trembled for a long time before uttering a sentence: "Here, I want to take this mercury back, take it back and test it..."

Don't exchange other things to make up the number...

Having said that, Duan Xuanshuang also knew from the bottom of her heart that this quality and weight cannot be faked.When refining alchemy yesterday, there were still people watching, so there must be no way to opportunistically.But how can so much mercury be refined?Could it be that he is more powerful than his mentor?

However, before he could think about it, Zhen Qiong frowned: "You don't want to be alone, do you? We made a bet, I made this mercury, and if I win, it's mine!"

It took him half a day, wasted a lot of sulfur, and washed his clothes, so it must not be wasted!

Duan Xuanshuang gritted her teeth: "I just took it back for inspection, and I will pay you double the real mercury later!"

Zhen Qiong's eyes lit up: "It's fine if it's mercury, we don't care about it, just enough."

What does he care about if he can change double?

This stick!Duan Xuanshuang stomped his feet angrily, turned around and left.

Zhen Qiong still didn't forget to shout: "Remember to put some glycerin on it when you return it, otherwise it won't be easy to preserve."

The kid disappeared in a flash, and I don't know if he heard this sentence.Zhen Qiong clicked his tongue, with such a temper, how could he devote himself to alchemy in the future?By the way, how much mercury did that person refine?

Thinking about the other party's expression, Zhen Qiong consciously frightened people, and became proud again, humming a little song, rolled up her sleeves, and continued to tidy up the alchemy room.

The author has something to say: Daoist Zhen: There are still people sending materials, so happy!Just no meat to eat (poor.jpg

Daoist Zhen used the method of refining mercury in "Tiangong Kaiwu", which is hundreds of years more advanced than Daochang Duan's, so give Xiao Duan some wax =w=