Chapter 40 The pursuit of the ultimate
Humming a small song, Bai Xiaochun stepped into the sect happily. When he returned to the yard, he sighed.
"Cultivating immortality is for immortality. These people always fight and kill, and have problems with their brains."
In the yard, Bai Xiaochun sorted out the storage bags of Chen Fei and the other two. The three of them were not rich, their pockets were shriveled, and Bai Xiaochun didn't get much, but he didn't care too much. He took out the herbs he bought and took them in his hand to observe them carefully. Each one was very serious.
Although he has a deep grass and trees foundation, he does not have much opportunity to come into contact with real herbs. At this moment, as he observes, he gradually combines with the knowledge in his mind. He even gently cuts the grass and trees and carefully observes the internal structure.
After confirming one by one, Bai Xiaochun thoughtfully and took out the two pills he bought. He just glanced at the pills that could replenish spiritual energy, focusing on the prescriptions that can help mortals strengthen their bodies.
"The fragrance of longevity..." Bai Xiaochun murmured. This prescription requires not many herbs, only seven kinds, and there is nothing unique in combination. It just uses the principle of mutual generation and restraint to stimulate the power of these seven herbs, turning them into powder, and condensing them into fragrance.
Especially there are two types of them, which are still poisonous. Although they are not very poisonous, they will last for a monk for at least half a month of stomach, but for mortals, they are also fatal.
"There are many plants and plants in the world, some can be taken directly, some can be refined to make the effect better, but many of them can only be used because of their poisonousness." Bai Xiaochun pondered and carefully observed the herbs that refined the fragrance of longevity, until he learned about these seven herbs.
"It's still unstable. The key to refining medicine is the chance of preparing medicine. Although it is the simplest first-level spiritual medicine, there is still a very high failure rate."
"There are only ten servings of these herbs from me, so you can't waste them." Bai Xiaochun is cautious in nature and seeks stability in everything. When he recites the plants and trees, he is already in vain. At this moment, before refining medicine, he did not refine it immediately, but studied the prescription.
Time passed day by day, and seven days later, when he had completely taken the prescription, he closed his eyes and continued to analyze and deduce it in his mind. It was not until dusk that he opened his eyes. After thinking about it, he took out the prescription to replenish spiritual energy and studied it again.
It was not until half a month later that Bai Xiaochun's eyes were covered with blood. These two prescriptions and all the herbs needed had been fully understood by him. Then he pondered for a moment, suddenly stood up and walked out of the yard.
Refining medicine requires a pill furnace, but the pill furnace is expensive and Bai Xiaochun can't afford it. Fortunately, there is a pill cabinet specially equipped for disciples to refine medicine. You only need to spend some small contribution points to refine medicine in it.
The Alchemy Pavilion is on the east side of Xiangyun Mountain, not too far from where Bai Xiaochun is. This place is not as crowded and quiet as Wanyao Pavilion. After all, there are not many people qualified to refine medicine, even on Xiangyun Mountain, and many of them have obtained their own alchemy furnaces and do not need to come here.
After paying a certain contribution point in exchange for a month in this Alchemy Pavilion, Bai Xiaochun walked in. The place was divided into hundreds of separate rooms, each with a formation seal around it, so that the refiners would not be disturbed by the outside world at all.
Taking the wooden sign he received, Bai Xiaochun walked to the room of Serial Thirteen and glanced at him. The room was not big, and it was empty all around. There was a elixir furnace in the middle. There seemed to be a flame burning slightly under the elixir furnace.
After sitting cross-legged, Bai Xiaochun took a deep breath and his eyes fell on the alchemy furnace. He carefully observed it, then looked at the flame below. He tried to urge the spiritual energy, and the flame suddenly became strong. The heat in the whole room rose, and the alchemy furnace was even more red with the naked eye.
After trying many times in a row, Bai Xiaochun could condense the state of purple Qi-turning Cauldron. Soon he became familiar with the power of controlling the fire and felt that he could flexibly control the flames. After he patted the storage bag and took out the plants.
"Longevity fragrance is very important to me now. You cannot refine it first. You need to be familiar with the refining medicine before you can refine it. Then, now you can use the spiritual nourishing pill to practice. This pill is first level, suitable for below the fifth level of Qi condensation." Bai Xiaochun made a decision and looked extremely serious. After recalling the prescription for the spiritual nourishing pill in his mind, he began to refine medicine.
He took out a herb needed for the Spirit Replenishment Pill, took it in front of him and waved his right hand. All the leaves of the herb fell down immediately. Bai Xiaochun's eyes were solemn, and the spiritual energy in his body dissipated, forming a force and rubbed it hard. Suddenly, the leaves were squeezed together, squeezed out nine drops of juice and fell into the elixir furnace.
With a touch, bursts of blue mist immediately rose in the alchemy furnace. Bai Xiaochun's spirit was highly concentrated. At the moment the fog appeared, he quickly peeled off the stems and veins in his hands and threw them into the alchemy furnace one by one. He also controlled the flames from time to time, making the fog in the alchemy furnace more fog.
But it did not disperse, but condensed together. When it kept rolling, Bai Xiaochun took out the second herb and catalyzed it in his hand, causing the herb to bloom immediately, take off the petals and throw it into the alchemy furnace.
As time passed, Bai Xiaochun devoted himself to it, constantly taking out herbs until he put down eight kinds of them. A bright light appeared in his eyes, staring at the alchemy furnace, controlling the earth fire to slowly change the temperature, but the sweat on his forehead dripped down his cheeks under the height of his spirit.
An hour later, a muffled roar came from the alchemy furnace, and at the same time the charred mist spread. Although it was quickly sucked away by the formation in the room, Bai Xiaochun was still coughed by choking and coughing. He looked at the black residue in the alchemy furnace with an ugly expression and frowned.
"Failed..." Bai Xiaochun sat down and leaned on his chin, with thoughts in his eyes, carefully recalling all the details of refining medicine, and not continuing to refine the alchemy. He was cautious, so whether he was reciting plants or refining medicine, he pursued the greatest insurance.
This thought took three days. Three days later, he recalled the first refining process in the back of his mind at least a thousand times, and found more than fifty problems. Then he took a deep breath, took a short rest, and turned on the furnace again.
The actual elixir was actually not long. Two hours later, the alchemy furnace roared again, and the fog still dissipated, and the residue in the furnace appeared again.
Bai Xiaochun's persistence came up in his personality. After taking out the residue and carefully studying it, he combined the process of refining medicine in his mind, studied the prescriptions and plants. This time, he studied it for ten days before he turned red and opened the third furnace.
However, the third furnace was very stable at the beginning, but just as the moment it was about to become a elixir, it broke again, and the roar echoed muffled, Bai Xiaochun jumped up, staring at the residue of the elixir furnace, and was silent for a long time, sitting aside, closing his eyes, and pondering again.
This time, he thought about it for almost half a month, and it was not until the time of the prescription was about to end that he opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and opened the fourth furnace.
In the end, when the time for the alchemy room ended, the furnace still failed.
If this scene was seen by other pharmacists, it would be incredible. In a month, if someone else had changed, he could at least produce dozens of furnaces, and no matter what, he could produce results.
Even if you only make one, it will be a harvest.
Because to almost everyone's eyes, it is indeed very, very difficult to refine medicine, otherwise it would be impossible to be a real pharmacist, there are only two people in the entire Donglinzhou.
Even if you are a pharmacist, there are not many, and most of them have no hope of advancing to become a pharmacist in their entire lives.
But in fact, the main reason for all this is that... there are not so many resources to make a person grow up with a pharmacist. If there are enough resources and continue to try, you will definitely become a pharmacist, but at least the chance will be too much.
Therefore, in everyone's opinion, there is only one way to improve the success of medicine, that is, constantly practice and increase proficiency!
And what everyone pursues is this level of proficiency.
Only by achieving enough proficiency can you increase your own confidence in success. Therefore, when it comes to failure to refine medicine, medicine disciples think it is normal. After summarizing the lesson, refining it again will gradually improve, especially this ordinary elixir, which is not expensive, and is the time to practice diligently.
But although Bai Xiaochun's path here is the same as everyone else, his speed is much slower. Every time he fails, he spends countless times of the time of refining alchemy to constantly analyze and deduce.
This is related to his personality. He is cautious and even more careful. This kind of carefulness only reflects part of his study of plants and trees, but after being exposed to refining medicine, it is infinitely magnified and occupys the most important mentality.
Because he was careful, he noticed that after his failure, he found more problems than others, not even a little bit more, because he thought more and looked carefully. Even if others thought it was not a problem, he felt something was wrong.
Because of his caution, he must overcome even a subtle problem before he can continue to refine alchemy. Therefore, the time he thinks will be countless times more than that of refine alchemy.
After a month, Bai Xiaochun was disheveled and his face was covered with black and gray. He walked out of the Alchemy Pavilion tiredly. After returning to the yard, he was silent for a long time, and his mind kept recalling.
"There are still nine places that have problems. Only when all these nine places are solved can you continue to refine medicine." Bai Xiaochun gritted his teeth, sat in the yard, closed his eyes and thought, constantly analyzing in his mind, and sometimes took out herbs to observe.
Until half a month later, he rushed out and spent the contribution point to enter the Refining Pavilion again.
The fifth time...failed!
He spent seven days analyzing the causes, finding out the problems, solving them, and refining them again.
The sixth time...failed!
Bai Xiaochun's eyes were red and it took twenty days to finally feel that there was no problem anymore, so he turned on the seventh furnace.
An hour passed, and the roar did not appear, but the fragrance of elixir hit the face. Bai Xiaochun was excited. Looking at the two green pills in the elixirs in the elixir, he took a deep breath. This was the seventh time, he succeeded!
Then he refines it again, and the eighth time... Successfully, three pills were produced!
The ninth time... Successfully, five pills were released!
The tenth time... it was still successful, but the tenth time there was only one pill that appeared, and the color was not blue, but black, without any fragrance, and even smelled, there was a strange smell...
Chapter completed!