Great Song

"Xuan Shuang actually lost?" Hearing these words, the calm face of the abbot Zhang Yun also had some waves.Duan Xuanshuang is a bit arrogant, but he also has the ability to be arrogant.If not, Chi Liaozi would not have been accepted as a closed disciple by Martial Uncle Chi Liaozi.

"I heard that they were defeated. After the invitation to fight that day, the flag died down." Zhang Zi was also very distressed, and the result of the two people's competition failed to spread.After refining the mercury, Duan Xuanshuang went to find Zhen Qiong alone, and he couldn't get out of seclusion after returning.It looks like a defeat, or a disastrous defeat.It's just that his alchemy was handed down by Chi Liaozi's great uncle, so could it be that he is much worse than a junior in the countryside?

Hearing this, the abbot frowned and remained silent, as if he was deep in thought.Zhang Zi said in a low voice, "Should I invite Master Chi Liaozi's uncle to come out..."

"No." Zhang Yun said immediately, "Uncle Master loves talents, don't be self-defeating."

Zhang Zi immediately understood.What they need now is to make that kid unable to gain a foothold in Danfang, not the other way around.If Master Chi Liaozi's uncle really took an interest in that kid, even his mentor would be unable to stop him.

"The alchemy room is the master's territory after all, the disciple first ordered to let the other senior brothers stay away from him, let's see how the superintendent responds?" Zhang Zi asked again tentatively.

This time, the abbot nodded slightly, stretched his brows again, and closed his eyes.Zhang Zi got the promise, obediently backed out of the door, and sighed softly, this time the visitor was really unkind, I'm afraid it will take some effort.

Following Zhang Zi's order, there was another change in the alchemy room, and the corner of the side hall became a forbidden area in the eyes of everyone. Don't ask, just leave it aside.

With such cold reception, another person might be at a loss what to do, but Zhen Qiong didn't realize that anyone was targeting her.The brother who slept with him recently went out to run some errands, so he was left alone in the room, and it was very quiet in the alchemy room.Apart from eating and sleeping every day is alchemy, there is no chore, and there is no need to listen to people's noise, it is so beautiful that he can't think of it.The only bad thing is that there is no meat to eat.

After holding it back for seven or eight days, he finally couldn't hold it back, and the evil turned to his guts...

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"It's finally done." A long and leisurely sigh came from the innermost alchemy room in the inner courtyard.Chi Liaozi looked at the open alchemy furnace and the white cream inside, and felt as if all the strength had been relieved from his body.

It takes seven days to fast and bathe, and another half a month to refine alchemy. I don't know how many times the furnace has been turned on and off, and even the disciples around me are too tired to open their eyes.However, the alchemy that is refined is just a small skill, not a great way.

"Teacher, let's go and have a rest first." The disciples beside him persuaded.

Chi Liaozi shook his head: "Go down first, I will sit down for a while."

Although he was exhausted, Chi Liaozi didn't feel sleepy at all at the moment, his heart was turbulent, and he just wanted to be alone.Knowing the master's habits, several disciples and Daotong all retreated, leaving him alone.

At this moment, the sky is still dark and everything is quiet, and this secluded inner courtyard is even more lonely.Chi Liaozi only felt that he was like the powder frost congealed in the furnace, poisonous and strong, light and cheap.The desire for longevity and long-term vision in the past has long faded with age, and now it is just to cooperate with the Taoists in Guanli who are good at curing all kinds of diseases to develop some common medicines for curing diseases.Just like this powder cream, after more than ten times of intensive research, the toxicity has finally been greatly reduced, which is suitable for the treatment of carbuncle, but whether it can be effective is still uncertain, and it still needs time to judge.What is the use of such a pill?

His head is full of gorgeous hair, and his hands are covered with bruises. He is already a dying old man. How much time is left before he can pursue the avenue of his dream?

Just as he was so sad and had nowhere to confide, the old man suddenly twitched his nose and stood up in confusion.Why does he seem to smell... the smell of steamed fish?

Now that we have just arrived in Pingdan, the sky has not yet dawned, so why would someone steam fish?Besides, this is the inner courtyard, a place where alchemy is important, to avoid all kinds of noise and filth, the inner courtyard disciples even avoid eating ginger and garlic, how could there be the smell of steamed fish wafting over?

Even Chi Liaozi was full of doubts at this moment, he couldn't help getting up, and followed Yuxiang to find the past.As a result, after going around three times, he walked to the side hall in the corner of the inner courtyard, and after looking around, Chi Liaozi found a corner room with a faint light, and the door was still tightly closed, presumably someone was inside.

Which brave boy is this, who dares to secretly eat fish in the side hall?Chi Liaozi was furious immediately.Alchemy is the foundation of their golden elixir school, and it is the most solemn thing to do. Before opening the furnace, one must fast and take a bath.In order for the disciples to learn temperance, there is no meat in the meals for them on weekdays.Under such rules, there are still people steaming fish seriously in Danfang, who gave him the courage? !In a fit of rage, Chi Liaozi strode to the door, stretched out his hand and pushed hard, pushing the half-hidden door open!

Zhen Qiong lifted the lid of the stove happily at the moment, to see how the steam was steaming inside.It was also in the past few days that his greedy eyes turned green, so he stared at the fish in the river.If you look closely, it's still a crucian carp!I don't know what they grow, they are all fat and big, and they are so stupid that they can be fished up casually.

She was also forced to die, Zhen Qiong observed carefully for a few days, then gritted her teeth, ran to catch fish at night, brought them back to the inner courtyard and steamed them.No one came to his alchemy room at all, and he still had the alchemy stove, which had just been cleaned, and happened to have a pot and a stove.Back then when their senior brothers were very hungry, they also steamed fish in a sneaky way. His control over the heat can be regarded as the pinnacle.

Unexpectedly, just after the cover was lifted, the door was suddenly pushed open without even seeing the fish!Zhen Qiong was so startled that the furnace cover in her hand almost fell to the ground.When he saw clearly that the person coming was a gray-bearded old man, he almost didn't kneel down, and opened his mouth and said: "Here, this pill furnace belongs to me..."

He didn't use the alchemy furnace in Guanli!Although the fish is caught in the river in Guanli, no one said that it cannot be caught.What the hell, why are there still people in the inner courtyard at this hour?

Looking at the frightened little face wrinkled into a ball, but still looking quite pitiful and cute Daotong, Chi Liaozi's anger froze.After gathering his mind, he said sharply: "Whose disciple are you? Why have I never seen it before?"

Oops, is this a complaint?Zhen Qiong's face drooped, and she lowered her head and said: "The disciple was recommended by the supervisor's uncle, and he just arrived here not long ago..."

It's over now, don't sue to the top, even the alchemy room is confiscated, right?The place here is quiet and spacious, and he can still get charcoal and medicinal materials, so he is very reluctant.He shouldn't be greedy, who made him greedy...

Chi Liaozi was stunned: "You are the new child prodigy? The one who refined three taels of mercury? How did you do it?!"

He was doing alchemy in seclusion, but Duan Xuanshuang still came to report such a big event.Originally, Chi Liaozi also planned to visit this trail after leaving customs, but he did not expect that the first time he saw him was to watch him steam fish in the alchemy furnace... That was the alchemy furnace!He actually used it to steam fish? !Chi Liaozi felt that his brain was about to burst. How did such a bastard refine so much real mercury? !

Huh?Seeing that the old Taoist did not immediately pursue the matter of steaming fish, but instead asked about mercury refining, Zhen Qiong quickly seized the opportunity and said in detail: "Naturally, distillation is used. Cinnabar is mercury sulfide, and mercury is afraid of heat. Teng, as long as the cinnabar is heated, mercury gas can be generated. At this time, choose a pipe, insert it on the furnace cover, and bury the other end in the water beside it. The mercury gas will fall into the cold water along the pipe and condense into particles. .If the utensils are right, one tael of cinnabar can make seven coins of quicksilver."

What he said was extremely detailed, which immediately aroused Chi Liaozi's interest, and asked: "But even so, it shouldn't produce multiples of mercury, shouldn't four liang be the limit?"

Zhen Qiong patiently explained: "Of course, pine charcoal must be put into the cinnabar for catalysis. When cinnabar encounters iron and copper, it can accelerate the production of mercury, and when it encounters charcoal, it can multiply mercury gas, and more will be produced naturally."

Is there such a way? !Chi Liaozi was shocked, but the mercury brought by Xuanshuang could not be faked.It shows that this method is indeed feasible, and this young man really knows the reason for increasing the production of mercury.

"This, this is against the ancient law..." Chi Liaozi murmured involuntarily.He has also been learning alchemy for more than 40 years. I don't know how much painstaking research he has done to increase the rate of mercury production to four coins.What is the reason for adding a little pine charcoal to double the amount of mercury?He's never heard of it...

But Zhen Qiong blinked inexplicably: "How can you believe in the ancient law? If you have no doubts in your heart, how can you see the Dao?"

This question, like a thunderbolt, exploded in Chi Liaozi's heart.All the confusions and entanglements from before have dissipated most of them like a mist in the sunshine.Yes, how can all the ancient teachings from thousands of years ago be taken seriously?Isn't this the way of alchemy that generations of people stared at the alchemy furnace and figured it out?If the sages are all right, why has no one been able to take the pill and become a fairy for thousands of years?

The haze in his heart disappeared, and a smile appeared on Chi Liaozi's face.At this time, the smell of fish in the stove became stronger, which made his stomach, which had been empty for a long time, feel slanderous.

Chi Liaozi didn't care about the Taoist boy, he took a step forward, took out a towel from his sleeve, put it on the fish plate in the stove, and took a plate of steamed crucian carp in his hand: "My friend, the old man accepted it with a smile." !"

"!!! Farewell, uncle!" Seeing that the fish was finally steamed and then stolen, Zhen Qiong almost cried out.No, I'll add a pair of chopsticks, let's eat together?How can this old man grab it?

Chi Liaozi gave him a sideways glance: "What are you shouting about! You are Guo Fu's disciple, you should call me Master Uncle. If you still want this, do you want the old Taoist to move out of the rules of the alchemy room?"

As soon as she heard that it was the master uncle, Zhen Qiong was scared immediately.Who else could appear in the inner court, with such a high seniority, and proficient in alchemy, besides the alchemist Chi Liaozi who is in charge of the alchemy room?This is sneaking and just bumping into the immediate boss!Not daring to let go of a fart, Zhen Qiong could only watch helplessly as the old man with his sleeves fluttering, disappeared into the night with his fish in his arms in a fairy-like manner.

There is no way to pass this day. QQ

The author has something to say: Daoist Zhen: I have never steamed fish in a pill furnace, so I am ashamed to say that I am a chemistry student

Powder cream is a mixture of mercuric dichloride and mercurous chloride. It is the main drug of Baijiangdan, and it is mainly used to treat carbuncles, ulcers, backs, and all kinds of furunculosis.