It is already considered the peak tourist season. People are coming and going in Sanqing Mountain, and a large number of passing tourists are welcomed and sent away every day. However, the backyard of Sanqing Taoist Temple is extremely quiet, without the hustle and bustle of the tourist mountain.
Yichenzi and Dakong were very happy for Shi Zhong's arrival. Shi Zhong introduced his subordinates to them, Da Leng, Er Leng and Ji Pinglang. The three of them had already received Shi Zhong's orders.
Respectfully.
"World Honored One, this dog" Da Kong's eyes fell on the white whirlwind at the foot of the stone clock.
Shi Zhong smiled and said: "Master, this is the Tibetan Mastiff I brought back from the grassland, a purebred Snow Mastiff!"
Da Kong was so excited that he felt like he was bursting with tears. He looked at Bai Xuanfeng and couldn't move his eyes away, and finally said: "Amitabha, the mastiff king from the snow mountain, the young monk is polite!" After saying this, he actually said a salute to Bai Xuanfeng.
The ceremony left everyone speechless.
Shi Zhong was surprised by the poisonous look in Da Kong's eyes. He actually saw Bai Xuanfeng's origin at once. Thinking about the two Tibetan lions in his temple, he was relieved. Da Kong was born in the prairie, so he naturally felt uncomfortable with being treated like this.
The snow mastiff, the sacred beast that protects the temple, is very familiar to him. The temple where he practiced at the beginning had a huge snow mastiff.
"Woof woof woof!"
Bai Xuanfeng shouted twice at Da Kong, as if he knew Da Kong had just spoken to him.
Yichenzi stared at Shi Zhong, until Shi Zhong felt a hair in his heart, Yichenzi nodded: "Not bad, not bad, full of energy, and there is no sign of exhaustion at all. Junior brother, you have really been cultivating Taoism for thousands of years."
Genius, I’m afraid your future achievements will surpass all your predecessors in history.”
Shi Zhong smiled shyly: "Thank you, senior brother. I have been traveling all morning. I wonder if senior brother has eaten yet?"
"The old Taoist has arranged the banquet, and we are just waiting for our junior brother to take his seat!" Yichenzi said with a smile and made an invitation gesture.
Jiheiro has always been honest. When he heard about food, his eyes immediately lit up: "Feast? Ah ha, I haven't had a full meal in a long time!"
For today's lunch, Yichenzi specifically asked the kitchen to add food and rice. Those Taoist priests in the Taoist temple who really followed Yichenzi's cultivation would not be able to have such a sumptuous lunch in a month, so they welcomed the arrival of his cheap uncle.
Looking at the smiling faces, Shi Zhong touched his nose. When did he become so popular?
It is said that it is added with vegetables and rice, but in fact it is still some vegetarian food. Moreover, the cooking skills of Yi Chenzi, the royal chef, are not praiseworthy. Shi Zhong is okay, it is not the first time to eat it, but it is pitiful and insists.
Jiheiro and Da Leng, who shamelessly followed Shi Zhong to Sanqing Mountain, swallowed it with a grimace under Shi Zhong's sharp eyes.
"Boss, these vegetarian dishes are so delicious!" Er Leng said this, which almost made Jihirang and Daleng vomit blood.
After the meal, Shi Zhong told his three subordinates to go to the scenic spot and not cause trouble. He followed Yi Chenzi to the back mountain with the black and white whirlwind.
Arriving at the back mountain, Yichenzi pointed to the rock wall in front and said: "Junior brother, there is a cave there that can accommodate more than ten people. It meets your requirements. However, why haven't the old Taoists heard that alchemy is...
Do you need shelter from the wind and sun? Decades ago, the master took action. At that time, the master only set up a shed on the dojo to protect him from the rain. Besides, this alchemy absorbs the essence of heaven and earth. You are hiding in a cave.
Where can I absorb the essence of the sun and the moon?"
Approaching the rock wall, Shi Zhong took a look at the cave in front of him. It was about five meters deep, which was enough. When Yichenzi asked, he said: "Brother, I misunderstood. It's different now. Sanqing Mountain is world-class now."
Although the scenic area is located in the back of the mountain, if it is not properly protected, tourists may come in. It would not be a good idea to practice alchemy in the open space in a arrogant manner!"
"It's hard for me to think so thoughtfully, junior brother!" Yichenzi nodded, and then said, "When the old man Danlu received your call yesterday, he had someone carry it in, and some fuel was also prepared. However, this medicinal material,
Have you prepared everything yourself?"
Shi Zhong patted the suitcase in his hand and said with a smile: "Of course we are fully prepared. If you are lucky enough to refine the elixir, you must be filial to your senior brother."
"Haha, let's wait and see!" Yichenzi said with a smile, looked at the black and white whirlwind playing on the side, and said hesitantly, "Do you want me to take this dog back to the front yard? If they run to the front mountain, I'm afraid of an accident!
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Shi Zhong said: "No need, they both understand human nature and are very well-behaved!"
"In this way, the old man will feel relieved!"
Yichenzi left, while Shizhong summoned the black and white whirlwind, telling them not to go to crowded places or enter this cave. Then they walked into the cave. It was quite wide and clean. Look.
Brother came and had people clean it up. There was a stone pier, a pill stove, and a gas stove inside.
Shi Zhong opened his hand and waved, and except for the stone pier, everything else was put into the space ring. It was replaced by a copper tripod with a lid. Then he spread out the suitcase and took out the medicinal materials in the space ring.
Organize and put away.
What he plans to refine this time is the Pei Yuan Dan. Ever since Xueshan got the two prescriptions, Shi Zhong has been studying them. Rui Xuedan is a holy medicine for healing, and he is not in urgent need of it, but the Pei Yuan Dan that can increase vitality is Shi Zhong Ku.
Hardly pursued.
When everything was ready, Shi Zhong's face added a hint of solemnity, and he came to the side of the copper cauldron. He aimed his palm at the opening at the bottom of the copper cauldron. The air mass in his body's Dantian flowed, and soon his palms became warm.
"puff!"
A stream of blazing white flames rose from the mouth of the carved divine dragon on the cauldron cover, and it surged out of the bronze cauldron like an arrogant and unruly wild horse. In an instant, the temperature in the cave rose several degrees.
Fortunately, Shi Zhong's physique was not ordinary and was not greatly affected.
Shi Zhong actually planned to use elixir fire to refine elixirs, which would be much more difficult. After all, elixir fire consumes a huge amount of Tao power. With Shi Zhong's current cultivation level, it can only last for five or six hours without stopping.
That's it. As for alchemy, I have never heard of it taking less than seven days. However, Shi Zhong has his own plan. The better the quality of the flame, the better the quality of the elixir he will refine. This is unquestionable. Use the elixir fire at critical moments.
For support, ordinary flames are used for other moments of cultivation.
Shi Zhong's eyes stared closely at the beating white flame. The purple palace opened wide and he used the power of his soul to sense it. Soon, the violent elixir fire slowly tamed down, like a tamed good horse, for Shi Zhong
Clock control.
When the flame was completely under his control, Shi Zhong used one hand to draw it. In the suitcase he opened, a wild ginseng plant fell into Shi Zhong's hands. It was a century-old wild ginseng that was auctioned in the capital last time. As for the one treasured by the teacher's sect.
A small branch of wild ginseng stone clock that is nearly a thousand years old is useless. Firstly, there is no need to use such a good medicinal material for Peiyuan Dan. Secondly, it is to be on the safe side.
He bent his fingers and made a cutting motion on the wild ginseng. One third of the wild ginseng fell down like a knife, and was then thrown into the mouth of the divine dragon on the cauldron cover by Shi Zhong.
This was not Shi Zhong's first time refining elixirs. In addition, he had improved his cultivation and was quite familiar with refining medicinal materials. Even so, he did not dare to be careless. I don't know how many people were just careless.
Carefully controlling the flames, under the control of the mind, the flames of hundreds or thousands of degrees did not melt the copper medicinal cauldron. It is understandable that the copper cauldron is mixed with some special temperature-resistant materials, but the lid of the cauldron is
Made of pure ordinary copper, the temperature of more than a thousand is enough to make it liquid.
It can be seen how precise the stone clock controls the flame.
The one-third section of wild ginseng was tossed in the flames for a while, and finally began to gradually peel off the medicinal skin. The impurities attached to the surface of the medicinal skin were instantly extracted by the flames, and were expelled by the special settings in the copper cauldron.
Under the appropriate flame temperature, wild ginseng sublimates into a little bit of pale white powder. This is the essence of the medicinal power of one-third of wild ginseng.
As the medicinal materials were thrown into the copper tripod by Shi Zhong, the essence of various medicinal materials was put into the small porcelain bottles that had been prepared by Shi Zhong.
Some medicinal materials were refined into powder, while others were in a viscous liquid state. Soon, the suitcase was filled with bottles and jars. In one afternoon, Shi Zhong refined 30 kinds of medicinal materials, and these
Thirty kinds of medicinal materials are only one-half of the medicinal materials required for Peiyuan Dan.
Shi Zhong's original intention was to refine it in one go, but he was too confident. In refining 30 kinds of medicinal materials, at least 18 kinds of medicinal materials were wasted. In alchemy, no matter how good the control is, mistakes will inevitably occur, let alone Shi Zhong.
A rookie like Zhong.
The Dao Qi in his Dantian was consumed more than he imagined. At this time, the Dao Qi in his body had been exhausted, and the meridians throughout his body were sore and numb, just like an ordinary person who had performed strenuous exercise. Shi Zhong cursed in a low voice, and after a while
After cultivating to regain his energy, he put the suitcase and the copper tripod into the space ring, released the alchemy furnace, gas stove, etc. prepared by his senior brother, and then walked out of the cave.
At this time, it was already seven o'clock. Although it was already July, because we were at the top of the mountain, the temperature was not high. If ordinary people were wearing thin shirts, they might catch a cold.
Suddenly, a childish roar came from the jungle ahead, and then a black shadow sprang out, followed by a white shadow, and ran in front of Shi Zhong.
Seeing Black Whirlwind holding a huge hare in his mouth, showing it off in front of Shi Zhong like a treasure, Shi Zhong smiled and said, "Who caught this hare?"
"Woof woof woof!"
Bai Xuanfeng opened his mouth and shouted. Black Xuanfeng stopped when he saw this. He opened his mouth and started shouting. Its voice was slightly thicker and more penetrating than Bai Xuanfeng. However, Bai Xuanfeng was not afraid at all.
He picked up the wild rabbit on the ground and trotted to the foot of the stone clock.
When Black Tornado saw his prey being snatched away, he was not willing to do anything. He rushed towards White Tornado and gave White Tornado a claw, which made White Tornado roll on the ground.
"Ouch"
Bai Xuanfeng put the hare in his mouth, lowered his head, the white hair on his body brushed, and a deep voice came out of his mouth, with a bit of majesty.
Black Tornado was already 80 centimeters tall at this time, so he was not afraid of the young White Tornado. However, as White Tornado roared, Black Tornado actually opened his mouth and roared as if he was encountering a formidable enemy.
The roars of the two dogs were like thunder, and Shi Zhong quickly separated the two guys to avoid a real fight.
Although the Black Tornado is huge, it is obviously different from the White Tornado, that is, the head and limbs. The White Tornado has a lion-like head and limbs. The Black Tornado has a pointed beak and its limbs are thicker than ordinary dogs.
, but compared to its body, it does not appear thick. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site), give rewards, and your support is my biggest motivation.