Li Peicheng was fascinated by it. He watched it with great interest. He even forgot about washing and other things, and just sat cross-legged on the bed for a whole day.
The jade slips left by Li Xuanting to Li Peicheng can be said to be all-inclusive, including Qi refining techniques, spells, formations, weapon refining, elixir refining and even some martial arts skills. But except for the Biyun Sect's secret cultivation techniques and spells, other
Arrangements, weapon refining, elixir refining, etc. are not Li Xuanting's specialties. It's just because he is a master in the tribulation period. He is like a knowledgeable professor. He knows a little about everything and then writes it down. There are also some
He traveled around, and some of the things he occasionally obtained are also excerpted in it.
It can be said that in addition to the secret cultivation methods and spells of the Biyun Sect, the jade slips left by Li Xuanting to Li Peicheng are more like an encyclopedia, with comprehensive knowledge and covering everything.
Wei Boyang is a real alchemist. His existence is even earlier than Zhang Daoling who taught in the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master. From the fact that he can break through to the state of distraction and fly away from the earth at the age of 1100, we can roughly speculate about his
Alchemy should be very good.
In fact, Wei Boyang's alchemy skills are indeed very good. The reason why he was able to break through to the state of distraction early was because of his alchemy skills.
There are specialties in medicine, and alchemy is the professional skill that Wei Boyang relied on to gain a glimpse of the way of heaven and pursue the way to eternal life. The jade slips he left behind are not all-encompassing, not an encyclopedia, but a "professional book" dedicated to the study of alchemy.
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Although the "professional books" left by masters in the distraction period are still not as profound as the alchemy techniques recorded in the "encyclopedia" left by masters in the tribulation period, they even lag far behind. Many advanced elixirs are not recorded.
. But it’s valuable in being expert, in being detailed, and in tracing back to the source. Li Xuanting’s jade slips told Li Peicheng how to make elixirs. As long as Li Peicheng followed the instructions honestly, there would always be a certain success rate. But Wei Boyang’s jade slips told Li Peicheng
In addition to how to make elixirs, he also told him why he made elixirs in this way and how to design the elixir sigil...
This is like giving fish to Li Peicheng, and teaching him how to fish in addition to giving fish to Li Peicheng. Of course, this metaphor is not particularly appropriate. In fact, Li Xuanting's jade slips also teach Li Peicheng the fishing technique. But the problem is that his starting point is too high, and
There is no explanation. For Li Peicheng, who is new to alchemy, no matter how talented he is, it will take a long process to truly understand it. Wei Boyang's jade slips can truly be regarded as a step-by-step process from simplicity to complexity.
Newton's laws, the periodic table of elements and other mysteries of nature are very easy for us to learn today, but for Newton, Mendeleev and others who discovered these mysteries, it took a lifetime of effort, and it is not something ordinary people can discover.
.So we are lucky today, because we only need to spend some time to understand the mysteries that Newton, Mendeleev and many other scientific greats have been exploring for a lifetime.
We are a lucky generation standing on the shoulders of giants.
Li Peicheng is also lucky. He not only stands on the shoulders of giants in the world, but also stands on the shoulders of giant Li Xuanting, stands on the shoulders of giant Zhang Sanfeng, and now he has to stand on the shoulders of Wei Boyang.
Wei Boyang spent more than a thousand years accumulating experience in alchemy, and the lucky Li Peicheng spent one day to get a glimpse of part of the secret. He even connected the knowledge accumulated by countless previous scientists that he had learned, and there seemed to be some vague and confusing surprises.
Come up with whims. In fact, many scientific truths come from whims.
Considering that the elixirs were still being refined in the elixir furnace, Li Peicheng put away the jade slips with some reluctance.
Because he had studied Wei Boyang's alchemy jade slips, Li Peicheng's vision became more sinister and professional when he observed the changes in the alchemy furnace.
In the past, Li Peicheng always had a vague understanding of how to make alchemy seals, and he would follow the same pattern for fear of smashing it, but now he has more confidence and is more smooth and comfortable.
In the next period of time, in addition to doing scientific research in the laboratory, Li Peicheng spent the rest of his time in Wuzhuang, refining alchemy, practicing and studying elixirs.
He had basically gone through Wei Boyang's Jade Slips. Although he could not understand the mysteries in many parts because of lack of practice and could only memorize them by rote, compared with before, Li Peicheng's basic knowledge of alchemy was much more solid. Unlike before, that
The house is built in the air, so high that it has no foundation.
However, it is undeniable that Wei Boyang's alchemy jade slips have many flaws, and many of his ideas contain mysterious idealism. In many places, it is impossible to figure out the mysterious way of heaven that is always blamed. Just like people attribute the fate of a beauty to God.
It's like the invisible hand is controlling, but it's not due to men's greed or women's vanity.
If it were another person to study Wei Boyang's Jade Slips, he would probably have the same idea as Wei Boyang. After all, cultivating Taoism seems to be a mysterious and spiritual thing. People who practice Taoism, including Ge Gu now, are actually more willing to believe in God than things.
It is important to present facts and reason.
But Li Peicheng is obviously an exception, because he is an outstanding scientific researcher. His philosophy, his world view and even his outlook on life are inevitably deeply imprinted on scientific researchers. Even if gods really exist, Li Peicheng will also
Think that it is a higher form of life existence, rather than the omnipotence that the world thinks. In fact, Li Peicheng's own existence illustrates this point. Do you say that he is a god? Indeed, in the eyes of the world, he is a god.
But is it said that he is omnipotent? No. But because people in the world have limited knowledge, they add rich imagination. When they reach that level, they find that their original thoughts are just childish thoughts like children.
Wei Boyang's fantasy about God is just like the current fantasy about gods in the world, full of idealism and naivety.
Wei Boyang attributed the inability to achieve a 100% elixir success rate partly to the immaturity of alchemy, and partly to God. He believed that elixirs were something that went against heaven, allowing practitioners to gain immortality and powerful abilities easily.
So God is controlling with an invisible hand.
It is precisely because of this that after Wei Boyang's elixir formation rate failed to exceed 50% many times, he did not further study how to improve the elixir formation rate, but instead turned to research on how to refine more varieties and better quality elixirs.
Medicine. As for the problem of the surface energy of elixirs that Li Peicheng had recently realized, Wei Boyang vaguely mentioned it based on his many years of alchemy experience, but it was not thorough and did not see through its essence. Therefore, he, a senior and outstanding alchemist, made some vague mentions on this point.
On the contrary, it lags far behind Li Peicheng.
But anyway, after more than a week of study, Li Peicheng gained a lot, which made him feel suddenly enlightened. And the most valuable thing is that others study to death, but Li Peicheng was inspired by soap bubbles and learned a lot about it.
He did not blindly accept all the knowledge left by his predecessors. He added a lot of his own unique understanding and ideas when studying. It can be said that he made the jade slips come alive. This is just like some people become idiots after reading, and some people become idiots after reading.
After reading the book, he learned how to apply it flexibly, and even made greater breakthroughs on the basis of his predecessors. It is obvious that Li Peicheng belongs to the latter type of person.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the critical moment to cast the last elixir seal.
Although the last success gave Li Peicheng confidence, after all, one or two successes are not enough to explain the problem and cannot be followed as an unchanging rule. Otherwise, it will become an ironic metaphysics in philosophy. From Li Peicheng
By dividing Xinlian into two furnaces for refining, it can be seen that Li Peicheng's inner confidence is actually very insufficient.
But this refers to before Li Peicheng studied Wei Boyang's jade slips. Now Li Peicheng has systematically studied alchemy. Although it cannot be said that after such a short period of study, Li Peicheng immediately became a very powerful alchemist who can refine many kinds of elixirs.
, but at least he has enough ink in his belly. He has a sharp eye for alchemy issues and has unique insights. Unlike before, he basically followed the steps step by step. Now he still has the confidence to make some simple judgments. So he fights at the end.
When it comes to creating an elixir seal, I am still very confident. It is conservatively estimated that a 30 to 40% elixir success rate will not be a problem.
Sure enough, when the furnace was opened, the elixir formation rate of Hanbaidan reached 50%, and six pills were obtained. Although it was the first time to refine Xinliandan, due to the proper control of the last step, each furnace contained four pills.
For the elixir furnace, one pill was obtained in the first furnace, and two pills were obtained in the second furnace. In this way, the elixir yield rate for one furnace reached 25%, and the elixir yield rate for one furnace reached 50%.
Li Peicheng is now not as ignorant as before, and he burst into laughter when he saw such a high rate of elixir success.
Li Peicheng was in a good mood and put away the elixirs and the elixir furnace. With the Xinlian Dan, he could finally let Xiao Hei and Xiao Chi evolve into demons. Once they become demons and open up their spiritual wisdom, they will know how to absorb the essence of heaven and earth.
Practice on your own.
Li Peicheng felt excited just thinking about a demon made from ancient beasts.
Today is another full moon night. In the backyard of Ge Ling Ge Mansion, Ge Gu is sitting quietly on a stone bench, looking at the moon and meditating. The red-flamed red-crowned crane stands quietly behind him, like a noble and elegant knight.
Ge Gutian's indifferent eyes were filled with a touch of sadness.
The moon in the cold winter is extremely white, hanging quietly in the starless night sky, like a pure and quiet girl sitting in front of the window sill in a daze.