9. Chapter 9: Guiding the Maze
You don't need to ask Fang Lin to know that this Xu Shangao must have failed in alchemy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Fang Lin first came into contact with alchemy in his previous life, he would often blow up the furnace, but he soon mastered the knock on the door, and there was no such thing as a fried furnace again.
Xu Shangao walked into the courtyard with a dark face, and he didn't care that Fang Lin was laughing there, his face was full of depression and trouble.
"Senior Brother Xu, let's wash your face first. Fang Lin smiled and said to him.
Xu Shangao sighed, washed his face, and then prepared to return to the alchemy room.
This time Fang Lin followed in, Xu Shangao didn't stop him, just come in, anyway, there are no secrets in the alchemy room.
"Senior Brother Xu, why is your Dan Furnace so bad?" Fang Lin glanced at the dark Dan Furnace in the room, pouted and said.
Xu Shangao glanced at Fang Lin in astonishment, and said, "Do you still know the quality of the Dan furnace? Although my Dan furnace is average, it is at least durable, and the fryer has not been damaged several times. ”
Fang Lin was speechless, in his eyes, this black Dan furnace was very inferior, except for being durable, it had no other characteristics.
But it's no wonder that Xu Shangao is only an inferior disciple, and the Dan furnace that can be used is naturally not much better.
There was still a trace of black smoke in the Dan furnace, and a burnt smell of herbs permeated the alchemy room, which was a little pungent.
Fang Lin's nose moved slightly, and he could tell how many herbs there were in it from this burnt smell, and he also knew what pill Xu Shangao was refining just now.
Xu Shangao's face was full of sadness, he cleaned up the residue in the Dan furnace, sat on the ground and sighed.
"Senior Brother Xu, why are you so frustrated? Isn't it just an alchemy failure? It's a big deal to come back again. Fang Lin couldn't stand it anymore and opened his mouth to persuade.
Xu Shangao shook his head and said in a bitter voice: "But I have failed several times, and I can't refine this Pure Heart Pill at all." ”
Fang Lin smiled and said, "Isn't it just a Pure Heart Pill? If you can't refine it, you won't refine it." ”
Xu Shangao sighed and said, "You don't know, our official disciples have to conduct an evaluation once a month, and the topic of this month is refining the Pure Heart Pill, if I can't refine it, the results of the evaluation will be unqualified." ”
Fang Lin was puzzled and said, "What will happen if I am not qualified?"
Xu Shangao said with a bitter face: "If you are not qualified, if you are not qualified, the time for me to enter the Danlin Academy to study next month will be reduced, and the gap between me and other disciples will become bigger and bigger." ”
Fang Lin asked again, "What kind of place is the Danlin Academy?"
Xu Shangao wanted to cry, he was so depressed, Fang Lin didn't stop asking, and asked why he seemed to be running astray, shouldn't he comfort and persuade himself at this time?
Fang Lin also realized that he had asked a little too much, and immediately patted Xu Shangao on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Senior Brother Xu, you have to be self-aware, even if you go to Danlin Garden, there will still be a gap between you and other formal disciples." ”
“・・・”
Xu Shangao regretted it, he felt that he shouldn't have chosen Fang Lin to be his Dantong, this was just to hit him, okay?
Seeing Xu Shangao's sad and depressed expression, Fang Lin stopped joking and said, "It's not the end of the month, maybe you will succeed next time." ”
Xu Shangao shook his head again and again, and said, "It's easy to say, I've practiced this Pure Heart Pill five times, and every time I failed at this step, I don't even know what went wrong." ”
"Then why didn't Senior Brother ask others?" Fang Lin said.
Xu Shangao smiled bitterly and said, "Most of the formal disciples are in a competitive relationship, who will tell you?"
Fang Lin nodded, this is also true.
"Forget it, it's useless to talk to you about this, you help me bring these kinds of medicinal materials, if there is anyone you don't know, come and ask me." Xu Shangao said, handing a Dan Fang to Fang Lin.
Fang Lin took the pill prescription and glanced at it, the medicinal materials on it were all in the courtyard outside, and they were the several herbs needed to refine the Qingxin Pill.
A moment later, Fang Lin had prepared all the herbs and brought them in.
Seeing Fang Lin's hands and feet so neat, Xu Shangao was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it.
"You can stay here and take a look, anyway, you will have to do alchemy in the future. Xu Shangao didn't let Fang Lin out, so he let him stay in the alchemy room to watch his alchemy.
Fang Lin directly sat down on the stool in the corner, and the old god was looking at Xu Shan Gao's alchemy.
I saw that Xu Shan calmed down, the depressed look on his face converged, and then he slapped the Dan furnace, and suddenly a flame rose in the Dan furnace.
Ordinary alchemy requires fire, such as Xu Shangao's level of alchemists, who use ordinary flames, but the temperature is higher than ordinary flames.
The Dan furnace gradually gained temperature, and the entire alchemy room heated up.
Fang Lin looked at Xu Shangao's solemn expression and felt funny, this didn't feel like he was alchemy, but like he was dying generously.
When the Dan furnace is hot, the next step is to put all kinds of medicinal materials into the Dan furnace.
I saw Xu Shangao put the herbs into the Dan furnace little by little, and suddenly, Fang Lin's eyes froze, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"I see. Fang Lin said secretly, he already knew the reason for Xu Shangao's repeated refining failures.
Fang Lin knew that Xu Shangao would fail this time, but he didn't break it, but continued to watch silently.
Sure enough, not long after all the medicinal materials were thrown into the Dan furnace, there was a dull rumbling sound in the Dan furnace.
Hearing this sound, Xu Shangao's eyes suddenly showed disappointment, and then with a bang, the flame in the Dan furnace was suddenly extinguished, and a large puff of black smoke erupted, spraying Xu Shangao's face like black charcoal.
Fang Lin wanted to laugh again, but considering Xu Shangao's mood at the moment, he still held back.
Xu Shangao was indeed extremely depressed, but he had long expected that he would fail, so he seemed calmer.
Without speaking, Xu Shangao silently cleaned up the residue in the Dan furnace.
Fang Lin didn't speak, silently walked out of the alchemy room, prepared the medicinal materials for refining the Qingxin Pill again, and walked into the alchemy room again.
Xu Shangao was sitting in the corner with a sad face, Fang Lin put the medicinal herbs aside and said, "Senior Brother Xu, try again, maybe this time it will be successful." ”
Xu Shangao shook his head and said, "If you don't try it, it's just a waste of herbs to try again." ”
Fang Lin said with a smile: "Senior Brother Xu, as an alchemist, how can you give up lightly? It's just that if you fail a few times, you will be depressed, so if many alchemists fail hundreds or thousands of times, do they want to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river?"
When Xu Shangao heard this, his expression was in a trance.
Fang Lin said again: "Alchemy is meant to be a constant failure, but as long as you succeed once, all your previous failures will be worth it, doesn't Senior Brother Xu want other formal disciples to be impressed by him?"
When he said these words, Fang Lin's thoughts couldn't help but go back to the scene when he was in the Dansheng Palace, and he sighed in his heart.
Xu Shangao listened to Fang Lin's words, and the frustration and depression in his eyes gradually dissipated, and he stood up again.
"Senior Brother Fang, I can't imagine that although you are only a Dantong, it makes me, a formal disciple, sigh to myself, you are right, my generation of alchemists, should not be afraid of failure, I still have a chance, I want to make those who look down on me look at me differently!" Xu Shan said loudly.
Fang Lin looked at him with considerable satisfaction, although this Xu Shangao's qualifications were a little worse, his appearance was a little worse, and his roots and bones were a little worse, but at least the spirit of being an alchemist was still worth encouraging.
Xu Shangao cheered up, came to the Dan furnace again, took a deep breath, and calmed his heart completely.
"Senior Brother Fang, do you think I can succeed?" Xu Shangao suddenly asked.
Fang Lin smiled and said, "It must be possible." ”
Xu Shangao also smiled: "Borrow your auspicious words." ”
Starting the alchemy again, Xu Shangao's expression was extremely serious, and his eyes stared at the Dan furnace without blinking.
When he started to put in the herbs, Fang Lin said, "Senior Brother Xu, maybe put that green grass in first, and then put in the macaroni at the end, maybe the effect will be better." ”
Xu Shangao was stunned, frowned and looked at Fang Lin, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth, and followed Fang Lin's suggestion.
First put the green herb in it, then put the other herbs into the Dan furnace, and finally the pink macaroni.
Closing the Dan furnace, Xu Shangao's face was full of nervousness, for fear that this time the alchemy would fail again.
Fang Lin calmed down for a while, thinking that if this failed, then his Danzun would not have to live, and he would directly make up his own calculations.
One hour, two hours, three hours...
Xu Shangao looked at the Dan furnace in a daze, there was no sign of the fryer, everything was normal in the Dan furnace, and the Qingxin Dan was gradually condensing and forming.
Xu Shangao's face was ecstatic, and he was so excited that he almost jumped up.
"It's successful! I've succeeded! The Qingxin Pill has been refined by me!" Xu Shangao shouted excitedly.
Fang Lin said helplessly: "Senior Brother Xu, it's just a pure heart pill, let's keep a low profile, you can't be so unpursuing." ”
Xu Shangao suddenly looked at Fang Lin and said suspiciously, "How do you know that you should put that macaroni in at the end?"
Fang Lin said proudly: "Because I am a genius." ”
“・・・”
Xu Shangao glanced at Fang Lin deeply and said, "Senior Brother Fang, don't you also know how to do alchemy?"
Fang Lin nodded, and said very seriously: "That's natural, I'm a genius, as long as it's in alchemy, there's nothing I won't do." ”
Hearing this, Xu Shangao suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "You just brag." ”
Fang Lin is helpless, you don't believe in pulling down.
After a pause, Xu Shangao said: "But I still have to thank you, without your reminder, I may have been getting into the tip of the horns." ”
After saying that, Xu Shangao bowed deeply to Fang Lin.
Fang Lin patted Xu Shangao's shoulder with a smile and said, "Senior Brother Xu didn't embarrass me in front of everyone before, so I naturally want to help Senior Brother." ”
Hearing this, Xu Shangao was also quite emotional, he kindly chose Fang Lin to be his Dantong, and in a blink of an eye, Fang Lin helped him refine the Pure Heart Pill, this drink and a peck are really wonderful.
"Senior Brother Xu, I have something to discuss with you. Fang Lin said with a smile.