The days on the mountain are much more lively than in previous years.
After seeing Huai Mingzi, Yu Qimeng and Yin Wenian calmed down. The former coughed a few times and turned around. While taking care of his clothes that were messed up by the wind, he and Yin Wenian looked at Huai Mingzi who was carrying large and small bags full of herbs.
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"Yu Zhenxiu, Taoist Master Xuancheng." Seeing the two people watching, Huai Mingzi half-raised the herbs in his hand, then nodded to his own disciple who was also holding the same arms, and said, "If you have these, it should be enough.
The medicinal materials were obtained according to the recipe written yesterday, and some dosages were slightly increased or decreased according to Pindao's ideas."
Yu Qimeng nodded. Although the elixir recipe this time involves a completely new refining method and preparation, it has been revised more than ten times with the joint efforts of the Taoists present. Generally speaking, no flaws can be seen. According to the inference, the probability of successfully producing the elixir is
Not low.
However, judging from the results of everyone's refining efforts in the past few days, even some experienced seniors who have studied elixirs and Qihuang techniques have failed. There are actually not many people on Yuanyang Peak who can master the furnace.
The Huai Mingzi in front of me is one of them.
Yu Qimeng mentally remembered that the other party was from a well-known Danding Dharma sect in Yongzhou. He had more than 20 years of experience in alchemy, and was proficient in lead, mercury, water refining, and the eight arts of alchemy.
In this regard, even fellow Taoist Xuanliang who also understands the sense of Qi is slightly inferior.
Even though the latter was born in the Zhenwu Lingdan Peak, he did not open the furnace to refine alchemy much. He often buried himself in books and scriptures in order to become the master of the alchemy sect. In the matter of opening the furnace, he got rid of the dragon and the tiger once every few years.
Outside of the Great Alchemy, most of them were assigned to the disciples in the peak, and I didn't take much action myself.
Therefore, Huai Mingzi was in charge of the alchemy this time, and neither Yin Wennian nor Xuan Liang himself had any objections to this.
After all, he had opened a furnace not long ago under the supervision of his fellow Zhenwu disciples. In the end, only the residue was left, and half of the elixir that was about to wither was completely wasted.
Although the elixir recipe had not yet been perfected at that time, after the failure, he had to force others to open the furnace in a short period of time. Taoist Xuanliang could not do such a thing.
On the other side, Huai Mingzi handed the medicinal herbs in his hand to the person next to him. He was white and clean, about thirty years old, and had some kind of flower and plant imitating the body tied in the cuff of his right hand.
He is dressed in green cloth and has a tall and thin figure. Although he is from a Taoist sect, he looks more like a wanderer. He comes from Baizhou and has considerable medical skills and is very familiar with pharmacology.
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, please divide the dendrobium according to the recipe."
"It doesn't matter, Xiaodao has lived in the white mountains and black waters for a long time, and he has always been familiar with medicinal herbs. It is a blessing to be able to devote even a little effort to this opportunity!"
Huai Mingzi discussed some medicine refining matters with several other comrades who had also arranged in advance, and then looked at Yu Qimeng and Yin Wennian, who were the talkers on the mountain.
The two of them didn't make any unnecessary moves. After nodding in agreement, they took the lead and walked towards the place prepared in advance. The other Taoists followed behind with excited expressions without missing a step.
"It should be fine this time."
"Yes, the medicine powder has been refined in the seventh and twelfth attempts before, and now the flaws have been corrected. Huai Mingzi must be in charge, so the success is very likely."
"But there is no need to put all the pressure on a few Dao brothers. Even if we still fail this time, we still have some elixirs in our hands, but we may be a little pressed for time."
"The failure of the elixir is almost unavoidable. Even those who understand the Qi Sense can't find a solution. They can only hope to refine the great elixir within a month, otherwise it will be difficult in the future..."
In front, Yu Qimeng was leading the Taoists, and subtle discussions came to his ears, which could be heard clearly.
The corner of his eye fell on Yin Wennian beside him. I don't know if it was an illusion, but his old face seemed to be rejuvenated recently, and he had a childish face and a ethereal look.
He knew in his heart that this might be related to the so-called [Jade Yuan Qi] that the other party had perceived.
Since Qimeng sent a letter inviting experts from all over the world to gather at Yuanyang Peak, and Yin Wennian recruited a large number of Taoists from Zhenwu Mountain to come, everyone has been studying hard on this hill for several months.
Winter snow falls and melts.
Now in the second year of Zhanghe, approaching March, their research on elixirs still has limitations, and there are many obscure and unknown places that cannot be explained.
But fortunately, not all was lost. There were experienced practitioners who shared the method of fixing the aperture, as well as the initial exploration and understanding of qi, blood, and elixirs. The progress of everyone in some aspects was actually not slow.
For example, right now, they have relied on the magic of the orifice fixation method and elixirs to come up with all kinds of secret techniques for refining the orifice - they are said to be secret techniques, but in fact they are still not separated from the qi and blood. There was even too little feedback at the beginning, so that they
I can't tell whether the so-called acupuncture training is true or false, and to what extent it has been carried out.
During that time, they expected that the elixir would be completely dry and dead, so they opened up the supply. Taoists from all counties under Guangyong Mansion came to visit, and even Qi Meng, a true cultivator with such a big reputation in the southwest, and Zhenwu Twenty
Yin Wennian, one of the masters of the Eight Mountains, personally came to the door and paid a lot of money to collect more elixirs from others.
It has not been taken by force. After a period of verification, everyone, including various forces, has confirmed that the elixir used by ordinary people, whether orally or externally, has extremely low effectiveness, just like putting a ball of heavenly material in a colander.
Earthly treasures, no matter how magical they are, are completely filtered out.
Everyone is smart. Instead of holding a share of the elixir that will dry up sooner or later and cannot be turned into a family heirloom, it is better to exchange some favors and benefits with people from the Taoist sect.
In the southwest, Taoism is no weaker than in the Central Plains.
In this way, an unknown number of elixirs were used on Yuanyang Peak. They saw so much that they were consumed like running water, making Yin Wennian and other people who came from afar feel numb and in a daze.
Refining the body, cultivating the body... The Taoists racked their brains and even focused on some partial fragments of scrolls, trying to find out the path to heaven.
Unfortunately, the harvest was very little. Those who claimed to be practicing Qiao Qiao could not feel any changes after practicing for more than a month, while those who took care of themselves and took medicine became much more mellow.
As for those who specialize in studying the fragmentary scrolls, even though Yu Qimeng and Yin Wennian have been taking care of them, in the end, three of them made mistakes in their exercises and had muscles twitching. Fortunately, there were not many on the mountain, and there were quite a few doctors from Qihuang, and they were quickly stopped.
The injury did not reveal the root cause of the disease.
Everyone looked sad.
Until a young Taoist priest, for some reason, muddleheadedly followed the training method given by his teacher, polishing and refining the elixir that was about to dry up.
What a ray of scarlet!
This strange power is extremely weak. If Chen Yu could detect it here, it is almost the same as the power of Li Mubai who is far away in Jianye.
Afterwards, after several attempts, it was confirmed that this scarlet power can be strengthened by swallowing the elixir, and can better nourish the body.
Achieving this step seems to have opened a certain joint.
Now that everyone had a true reference, the use and research on the elixir suddenly reached a new level!
Yu Qimeng also gained inspiration from this. Just like when he polished the method of fixing the acupoints, he decisively stopped the path of integrating the power of the acupuncture points and the physical body in a deeper way. He always felt that this method was not suitable for him.
Every time I try to do this, I feel like my body is carrying a heavy burden.
Later, Chen Yu took the method of fixing the orifice and cultivating it and combined it with the fetal breath and the evolution of the wonders to figure out how to open the blood orifice. He then drained the power of creation from the blood orifice and fed it to Qinglu Mountain.
Yu Qimeng naturally didn't know this. He only looked at the faint scarlet light on the young Taoist's body and fell into his own situation.
However, what happened next was beyond everyone's expectations.
The old Taoist priest had not yet cleared the fog of the road ahead, and Yin Wennian, who had always been stuck at his feet, was the first to step out.
During a process of refining elixirs with elixirs, he produced a furnace of waste elixirs, and unexpectedly discovered that some of the precipitated particles had a clearing effect.
After studying it carefully and spending a lot of effort, I finally got another unique thing that was completely different from the power of the young Taoist.
After that, Yin Wennian stopped using elixirs as ingredients and relied only on ordinary herbs. Although he failed many times, he still got the same precipitate in the end.
Although he was puzzled as to why the previous people who followed this recipe did not find it when refining the medicine, he still judged from this that it was probably some kind of power lingering in the nature of heaven and earth.
Coming from a Taoist sect, he naturally thought of a very familiar thing described in the scriptures - Qi.
"All things are born, and all things are self-improving."
What does not stop is Qi.
Yin Wennian did not hide anything and informed Yu Qimeng and others of the discovery.
However, this statement has been refuted by veterans.
"The heaven and earth may have energy, but it is definitely not this thing."
His reason was also very simple. It was not that he and others had not refined elixirs before. They had rummaged through the furnace and there was no such thing at all.
Later, other Taoists tried it and found that even if they refined the precipitate, it would be difficult to see it. If Yin Wennian hadn't been convinced that there was such a thing, it would have been difficult for others to believe it.
Yu Qimeng couldn't see it, but he didn't question his old friend's words, and he didn't think that the other party would talk nonsense. He just didn't think that this thing was the so-called 'qi'.
The sky and the earth are wandering, existing in the universe.
The two argued about this countless times.
Finally, Yin Wennian takes the precipitate and condenses the first ray of peaceful energy in his body.
When Taoist Xuancheng grabbed it with both hands and easily lifted Lao Dao three inches above the ground, Lao Tao finally had to look at the opponent's thin figure and admit that his thoughts were a little biased.
This is indeed a miraculous power.
But he still didn't think it was [qi].
According to Yu Qimeng, qi is very mysterious, derived from Luo Tianwuyou, transformed into all things, and conceived in the human body. This power may exist, but it is produced from the outside world and comes inexplicably, which does not conform to the definition of qi in the Taoist Scriptures.
It may seem a bit old-fashioned to others, but Yin Wennian, who is also familiar with Taoism, understands it, so he adds a few more words in front of this power.
The energy of Yu Yuan.
With jade as the color, it is born with originality and beauty.
Yin Wennian possessed the Qi of Yu Yuan, and later tried to refine the medicine again. He was surprised to find that he could see more, especially by attaching the Qi to his eyes, he could see many sights that were difficult to see with the naked eye.
"Fellow Taoist Shoutan, maybe you are right, this is indeed not the all-encompassing qi in the Taoist books."
He murmured and saw countless lines of light floating around, wisps and groups. Some quickly dispersed and died, while others were difficult to maintain.
Yin Wennian walked around and was shocked to realize that these were the powers that emanated from the elixir and floated on Yuanyang Peak. They were attracted to him for some reason while he was refining the elixir.
However, once you leave the range, it will be like a lake that dries up and becomes empty.
He went to the side of the young Taoist again and witnessed that when the other party was refining, halos were indeed brewing from all around, being pried by the elixir in his hand, and a very small number of them were absorbed into the body during the waves.
"I see."
Yin Wennian's discovery made the Taoist on the mountain seem to have opened up a new world. He knew that his usual approach seemed to have deviated from the direction, so they all turned around and began to focus on the relationship between elixirs and the physical body again.
No more pursuing empty ‘Dharma practices’.
And using Yin Wennian's Yu Yuan Qi, it was also very helpful in analyzing the elixir. After a while of busy work, a few people finally understood the Qi sense. However, it seemed that those elegant powers were too scattered in the outside world, and everyone tried to catch them, but they always failed.
There is no way to do it.
Until now, only two people have gained their own Qi after Yin Wennian.
One is called the Qi of Qingmu, the other is called Qingling.
In fact, they are all similar to Yu Yuan Qi, but after trying it, I noticed some differences, either related to their respective bodies, or to the legendary souls.
People have three souls. This is a widely circulated saying. No one knows whether it is true or not, but many people believe it more after seeing the [Qi] of the three people.
It is worth noting that one of the two Taoists did not get the sense of Qi from refining medicine, but he realized it from the grass and trees according to Yin Wennian's saying that all things in the mountains are attached to "nameless Qi".
It is a very mysterious statement. Even Chen Yu could not imagine that there is such a way to embark on the path of spiritual practice.
While walking on the way to the refining pharmacy, Yu Qimeng was still sighing and wondering why he couldn't feel Qi. What on earth was that kind of thing?
He looked at the mountains and the sky, and after coming into contact with the unknown Dao Lord Immortal from the mist, he did have an inexplicable perception of the world. It was this perception that allowed him to gain a lot in the original formation.
, picked a lot of elixirs.
Now, that kind of mysterious and mysterious feeling, like ripples and waves, can't help but feel angry in Yin Wennian's mouth.
The old Taoist was quite puzzled.
Look at the world, how many unknowns are there?
In the distance, a mountain building appeared, and everyone stopped.
Yu Qimeng came back to his senses, organized various Taoists and the forces under the mountain who came to help and took a look at the refining of the so-called panacea, and arranged some arrangements that would be used later.
Not long after, the Taoist who went to the foot of the mountain to bring the last batch of elixirs had returned, bringing with him many rare medicinal materials in Pingcheng, which would be used to prepare medicines in the near future.
"It's time to start."
Huai Mingzi, who had been adjusting his breath for a long time, stood up and took the powdered medicine that had been ground into fine pieces and divided into orderly portions.
Walking into the room, a cleaned cauldron stood in the center.
bake!
The charcoal fire has been burned, and the fire is lingering under the blue-gray furnace. It rolls up circles of heat waves and rushes directly into the cold wind in the mountains, melting away the coldness.
The Taoist boys exclaimed, looking around curiously with their bright eyes.
No one paid attention, and Yu Qimeng only asked a few half-year-old children to stay away.
In the past two months, as more and more people came to Yuanyang Peak, the originally quiet area suddenly became noisier. The two children were only ten years old, so they were very lively.
Later, a few more boys and girls came up with the elders, and the Taoist boys were chatting next to each other.
They all looked into the furnace and looked at Huai Mingzi who stepped forward and started to move.
The opponent's chest and abdomen were bulging, and his arms were shaken!
call--
The breeze ripples and the shimmering light scatters.
A handful of powdered medicine seems to have more vitality, full of vitality.
This is the Qi of Qingmu, and it is also one of the only three types of Qi that are understood by people on Yuanyang Peak today.