After making up his mind to learn alchemy, the next day, Ye Xuan found Ma Xiao.

Ye Xuan said: "Master, if I want to learn alchemy, what conditions do I have to have? ”

Ma Xiao said: "First of all, you must be familiar with pharmacology, observe more carefully when refining pills, and don't be impetuous." Of course, it would be more perfect if it was combined with the wood spirit root or the water spirit root. ”

Ye Xuan said hopefully: "Then master, can you see if I can learn alchemy?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "Through these observations, you are not arrogant or impatient, you are careful in your work, and you also have an understanding of pharmacology, although it is the spiritual root of the five elements, but you can also reluctantly alchemy, and the biggest problem now is the problem of your cultivation." ”

Ye Xuan said puzzledly: "The problem of cultivation? ”

Ma Xiao said: "Yes, the problem of cultivation, the time of alchemy can be as little as a few hours, and as long as a few months, during this period, the monks need to be by the Dan furnace all the time, observe the changes in the alchemy furnace at any time, so as to control the size of the fire at any time, and the basis for doing these things is to have cultivation as a support." ”

Ye Xuan said disappointedly: "Master, if I only refine a certain elixir, will the requirements for cultivation be much smaller?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "This method is also feasible, there was an alternative alchemist before, the cultivation is not high, but only refining a certain type of pill, and in the end it has also achieved a career, so you can tell me, what kind of pill do you want to refine?" ”

Ye Xuan said: "At present, I just want to learn Xuanyuan Dan, Tuojing Dan, and finally the pill that promotes cultivation. ”

Ma Xiao said: "You want to learn these two pills, aren't your meridians still good?" ”

Ye Xuan said half-truthfully: "It's good, but it hasn't recovered yet, I'm thinking that with my spiritual root, it will be difficult to cultivate to the foundation building period, so it's better to learn a craft as soon as possible and make some plans for the future, so I came to the master to ask about alchemy." ”

Ma Xiao said: "You have thought about the future at a young age, okay, then I promise you, first teach you some basic spiritual liquid, medicine powder refining, and after you have mastered it thoroughly, then teach you to refine Xuanyuan Dan and Tuojing Dan." ”

Ye Xuan said happily: "Thank you master for success, I will definitely not live up to my master's high expectations." ”

Ma Xiao instructed: "But you can't delay your usual work and waste your cultivation. ”

Ye Xuan hurriedly agreed, and the matter of learning alchemy was decided.

Ma Xiao wrote a recipe for dissolving stasis and asked Ye Xuan to dispense the medicine according to the recipe, and then grind the medicine powder according to the steps on the recipe, and finally refine it in the alchemy furnace.

The two steps of grasping the medicine and grinding are okay, that is, the powder is thrown into the alchemy furnace in turn, and then there is a problem when controlling the heat of the Dan furnace, the heat is big, and the medicine is paste; The heat is small, and the effect of the medicine is not reached.

Fortunately, the medicinal materials for dissolving stasis are very ordinary, and Ye Xuan is not afraid of being blamed by the master, so he boldly tries it, over and over again...... It wasn't until the sixth attempt that I barely succeeded.

Ye Xuan happily showed the refined Huayu Powder to Ma Xiao for comment, Ma Xiao took the Huayu San, pinched it, sniffed it and said, "Yes, it can barely be used, how many times have you refined it?" ”

Ye Xuan replied honestly: "Master Qiyu, I practiced five times, the first two times were that the heat was too big, the last two times was that the heat was small, the last time was inattention, and finally I barely succeeded when I was the sixth time." ”

Ma Xiao said with relief: "Very good, when I first refined the stasis dispersion, but it took seven or eight times to barely succeed in refining, much stronger than when I was at the beginning, you can familiarize yourself with the refining process of the stasis dispersion well, and after a few days, you can refine it successfully every time, then I will teach you other pills at that time." ”

In this way, Ye Xuan gradually studied alchemy under the guidance of Ma Xiao, and it was not until a month later that Ye Xuan began to really learn to refine Xuanyuan Dan, during this period, Lin Yin also came to Ye Xuan several times to instruct Ye Xuan to refine the pill, and Ye Xuan's miscellaneous work became less and less, but there was more and more time to learn alchemy, Ye Xuan guessed that most of it was arranged by Ma Xiao, and Ye Xuan did not break it, so he could only study alchemy harder to live up to the master's good intentions.

Half a month later, Ye Xuan finally practiced a furnace of Xuanyuan Dan, a furnace of twelve, and finally formed only four Xuanyuan Dan, although it was only four Xuanyuan Dan, but this was an encouragement to Ye Xuan for a month and a half, and it was also an explanation to the master.

Ye Xuan took out the Xuanyuan Pill for the first time and showed it to Ma Xiao for inspection, Ma Xiao checked it for a while and said with a smile: "Very good, congratulations, you are barely half an alchemist now." ”

Ye Xuan was flattered and said, "The disciple doesn't dare to be. ”

Ma Xiao said: "Why don't you dare to do it, in fact, when I taught you Xuanyuan Dan, you were already a pharmacist, and now you have refined Xuanyuan Dan, you are a half alchemist." ”

Ye Xuan said shyly: "Thank you for your approval." ”

Ma Xiao continued: "There is no need to do some chores in the future, I will ask the sect to arrange another disciple to come over, you can refine the pill with peace of mind in the future, of course, I will apply to the sect, and your salary will also be paid according to the level of a junior alchemist, and you will also have to compensate for the medicinal materials you have lost during your recent alchemy." ”

Ye Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, master, how can I compensate for the loss of medicinal materials?" How many spirit stones do you need to compensate? ”

Ma Xiao said: "The compensation is not in a hurry, if it is converted into Xuanyuan Dan, you will probably have to accompany sixty pieces." ”

Ye Xuan said urgently: "Sixty pieces!! Then wouldn't I have to refine at least twenty furnaces to make up for it, and there may be losses in the refining process, even if there is an average of one furnace a day, then I have to refine for twenty days. ”

Ma Xiao laughed when he heard this: "Yes, the academic learning is good, probably so many furnaces." You don't have to be depressed, haven't you noticed any changes in your mental strength now? ”

Ye Xuan has been studying alchemy for a while now, and he only cultivates when he rests at night, repeating alchemy and cultivation every day, and he doesn't pay much attention to the changes in his spiritual power.

Ye Xuan was asked by this, and hurriedly recalled the scene of the alchemy, at the beginning, he concentrated his mental power to control the furnace fire, and he could last for half an hour at most, and then he practiced the pill every day, and the time for controlling the fire gradually increased, and now he can concentrate on controlling the furnace fire for more than two hours, and there is no problem.

Ye Xuan told Ma Xiao about the changes.

Ma Xiao nodded and said, "That's right, unconsciously, your spiritual power is also slowly growing, although your cultivation is still at the fourth layer, but as long as you cultivate diligently later, it is easy to cultivate to the fifth layer." ”

Ye Xuan asked, "Why is this?" ”

Ma Xiao said: "Although there is no clear statement about this, it is generally believed in the theory of cultivating immortals that the higher the spiritual power or divine sense, the fewer bottlenecks they will encounter when cultivating. ”

Ye Xuan said: "It's incredible that there is such a statement. ”

Ma Xiao said: "There are many incredible things, when you have the opportunity to hear and see more in the future, if I were you, I would hurry up and cultivate now, and strive to break through the fifth layer as soon as possible, and when the time comes, the success rate will be higher." ”

When Ye Xuan heard this, he resigned from Ma Xiao and went to his residence to cultivate.