Chapter 9 Alchemy Pharmaceuticals
"There is no sun and moon in the mountains, and I don't know how cold it is, time flies so fast, and another year has passed unconsciously!"
While practicing, while studying, in this kind of monotonous and repetitive activity, time will always pass quickly, and after Ye Qiuli has learned all the skills he needs to learn, time has once again reached the end of the year, and the new year is coming soon, looking at the white snowflakes fluttering outside the window, after being silent for a long time, he couldn't help but sigh gloomily.
After sighing, closing the curtains, Ye Qiuli returned to the cultivation room again, took out the alchemy treasure tripod from the Qiankun bag, and sorted out the medicinal materials he had collected from Wudang Mountain, Shenlong Frame, Fuyun Immortal Mansion and other places and put them aside, just adjusted them casually, and prepared to officially start refining the pills he wanted.
Because he was just refining some medicines used by mortals, the requirements were not too high, so he didn't make a big move, just started directly with a little preparation. Anyway, what he is using now is an alchemy technique that only cultivators can use, and the tools are also true magic weapons for cultivating truth, after everything is operated according to the standard process, even if the effect is worse, it is not much worse, it is enough to meet the needs of ordinary people.
Speaking of which, Lu Yan left in the Qiankun bag of this Danding is also a high-grade magic weapon, called three rhino tripods, three legs, two ears, round belly, thick waist, more than one meter high, more than half a meter in diameter, the whole body is made of 100 refining steel mixed with a small amount of red smelted fire copper, the tripod body is carved with the image of the ancient divine beast Tongming jasper rhino, psychic moon rhino, Tongtian water rhino, each pattern is vivid, lifelike, looks as if alive.
These three types of heterogeneous rhinoceros are extremely rare and have their own magical powers. One is born to know yin and yang, and at the four times of the Ming Dynasty, he is well versed in the art of divination and fortune; one is born to swallow the sun and the moon, penetrate the mountains and enter the earth, and know the method of cultivating the truth and cultivating the Tao; and the last one can fly to the sky and the sea, divide the water and open the way, and walk in the four seas and oceans like walking on the wasteland and flat land. It's really supernatural, and it really deserves to be a rare beast that has been famous since ancient times.
In addition, they also have a common supernatural power, that is, they all have spiritual horns on their heads, and they can explore spiritual treasures, whether it is beautiful jade and golden stones, or Ganoderma lucidum ginseng grass, but all objects with spiritual energy, even if they are thousands of miles apart, as long as there is a trace of leakage, this strange beast can also be perceived and collected. That kind of magical treasure hunting ability is really better than the treasure swallowing golden toad that is looking for gold and stone treasures, and it is not inferior to the famous beckoning cat and treasure hunting rat at all. The carving of the three rhinos here is precisely to increase the success rate of alchemy with the help of its treasure fortune.
To say that this high-grade magic weapon-level alchemy tripod can also be used in the hands of ordinary cultivators, basically it can be used to refine most of the commonly used pills in the cultivation world, and it is not impossible to have a higher level of alchemy pills, but it is definitely very rare. After all, although everyone knows one or two alchemy skills, there is no one in ten thousand who is proficient in it, and there are even fewer who are really good at alchemy, so the demand for the best Danding is not strong.
In addition, the Danding is an extremely complex special type of magic weapon, which is very troublesome to refine, so the alchemy furnace Ding produced in the cultivation realm is either a very high-grade treasure or immortal weapon, or a very low-grade magic weapon or mortal thing, and the intermediate grade is rare. A sect like Rejuvenation Valley, which is famous for its alchemy, uses immortal weapons and treasure-level dandings that have been inherited for thousands of years, or the top-grade and high-grade spiritual weapon-level dandings specially refined by the Shenhuo Gate. This three-rhino tripod is also the alchemy tripod that Lu Yan has been using, and it has not been replaced until the Mahayana period, but now it is Ye Qiuli's turn to use it.
After putting the Danding away, Ye Qiuli took out nine more medium-grade spars and stuffed them into the nine small holes near the three Dingzu in turn. This is the only way for cultivators who have not cultivated the Samadhi True Fire to use the Three Rhi Ding Alchemy, using the Nine Palaces Gathering Yuan Array engraved on the body of the Ding, through the promotion of the power of the spar, to enhance and amplify the power of the innate true fire, so that it can partially reach the level of the Samadhi True Fire, so as to melt the alchemy materials, extract the essence of various medicinal materials, and finally refine it into the Dan.
Before making all the preparations and officially starting the alchemy, Ye Qiuli carefully recalled the various alchemy steps recorded in the "Baicao Danlu": warm furnace, medicine inspection, starting the tripod, cloth medicine, extracting essence, gathering spirits, blending, becoming a pill, nourishing nature, opening the furnace, collecting the pill, extinguishing the tripod, and after confirming that it was correct, he gently put his palms on the two ears of the danding, took a deep breath, mobilized the innate true qi that had been atomized, and slowly emitted an orange-red innate true fire after rapid rotation and friction.
Since he successfully advanced to the enlightenment period, during this time, he has absorbed a medium-grade spar in an average of seven days, and his cultivation has improved extremely quickly, and the innate true fire has also been cultivated, although the quantity and quality still need to be improved, but it is enough to assist in alchemy. After all, the things he wanted to refine were not rare and top-grade pills, they were just some elixirs that couldn't even be called elixirs, and they didn't need any too high requirements at all.
After carefully using the innate true fire to ignite the Three Rhino Ding, Ye Qiuli did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and quickly adjusted all the states of the Danding and his own state in place, and then hurriedly followed the alchemy steps explained in the "Baicao Danlu", and operated carefully step by step, not daring to be negligent in one step, and did not be careless because it was the first time to alchemy, and did not report the hope of success.
Since the main purpose of this furnace is to familiarize himself with the steps of alchemy, experience the feeling of alchemy, and slowly cultivate the experience of alchemy, so after the furnace was completed and the dingding was raised, Ye Qiuli did not immediately put in the medicinal materials according to the formula of the elixir and officially began to refine the finished elixir, but put the superb medicinal materials with thousands of years of years that he had collected before into the danding and carried out some refining and processing. As for those medicinal herbs that were not old enough, after he put in a few spirit grasses and were instantly burned to ashes, he quickly stopped and stopped wasting them.
Refining medicinal materials is also a very effective alchemy technique mentioned in the "Baicao Danlu", after refining medicinal materials, the ineffective ingredients are cauterized and evaporated, the active ingredients are condensed and polymerized, the medicinal effect is concentrated, and the volume is reduced, which is not only convenient for storage, but also can make the efficacy of the same kind of medicinal materials tend to be unified, and it is more convenient for the ratio of Danfang, and there is no need to rely on the experience of the alchemist to judge the content of the active ingredients in each flavor of the medicinal materials, which can significantly prevent the novice alchemy from mismatching the measurement in the case of lack of experience, resulting in the failure of alchemy.
Borrowing the energy of the spar, the power of the innate true fire amplified by the formation was indeed very impressive, and the medicinal materials that Ye Qiuli had taken out from the Qiankun bag for those years were all refined in a hurry, leaving the essence part he needed. After making sure that there were no other materials for him to refine, he slowly began to put the finishing touches on his first alchemy attempt.
Ye Qiuli was also extremely excited about the complete success of using the Alchemy Furnace Ding for the first time, and before the Three Rhino Dings had completely cooled down, he couldn't wait to take the refined medicinal materials on the side and watch them carefully. Such a comparison before and after, but it made him involuntarily show a satisfied smile, after refining these ordinary drugs, not only did the effect not be missing, but also increased a lot.
Seeing this scene, Ye Qiuli couldn't help but sigh a little regretfully when he was overjoyed: "The alchemy method dedicated to cultivators is indeed very powerful, and it can improve the quality of medicinal materials so miraculously, it must be that part of the abundant aura in the Danding has been refined. It's a pity that not all medicinal materials can withstand the burning of the innate true fire, otherwise, all the medicines prepared using refined medicinal materials can be at least three or five times more effective!"
Although it was a bit of a pity, Ye Qiuli quickly put this regret aside and concentrated on the next thing. Not only did he not make any mistakes in refining medicine for the first time, but he even made a lot of achievements, which was obviously a good sign for his first alchemy attempt, and laid a very perfect foundation for his next formal alchemy. The increase in the efficacy of these herbs is also a bonus.
After resting for a while and collecting and sorting out all the Danding and medicinal materials, Ye Qiuli soon officially began to configure the Health Pill and Yannian San, which had been delayed for more than half a year.
These two medicines are not the panacea used by cultivators, but the two secret recipes for health preservation that he wrote down when he checked the ancient medical book "The Prescription of a Thousand Golds", which are the best medicines for nourishing the body and prolonging life, and are very effective in maintaining health and prolonging life. It was because of the good use of these two miraculous prescriptions and the diligent cultivation of the true qi of the doctor that Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, lived for nearly 200 years without illness and pain. Ordinary people often take these two medicines, not to mention a long life, and there is absolutely no problem in living to the age of ten in good health.
Because the medicine is to be given to ordinary people for use, what is needed is the effect of conditioning the body and prolonging life, so Ye Qiuli does not have too high requirements for their grades, and has no intention of refining them into a true elixir.
In fact, even if there was a real elixir, he didn't dare to take it for his relatives and friends. The elixir for cultivators is not something that ordinary people can easily bear, the last time he used the Purifying Pill to improve the physical condition of his family, he also diluted and diluted it, for fear that the overly strong medicinal power would cause them to suffer unnecessary danger, and most of the medicinal effects of the elixir were actually wasted.
It's just his own family, Ye Qiu can still afford to waste it, and a full count of five or six pills can do it. But if you count relatives and friends, that number is at least hundreds, he is not afraid of waste, and there are not so many elixirs to use.
The cultivation resources left by Lu Yan were mainly for his cultivation, and once he wasted too much at will, and finally there was a shortage of resources, then there would be big trouble. Therefore, after some searching, his eyes naturally turned to the unique secret recipes recorded in ancient Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine.