The flame at the bottom of the alchemy furnace is burning blazingly, using high temperature to burn the multi-flavored medicines inside the furnace, consuming the impurities in them and extracting the essence contained in them, so as to condense them into medicines with magical effects. Waves of medicinal fragrance pass through
The air leaks out from the exhaust holes and spreads around the house, touching people's sense of smell.
There were many people in the room, including Zhao Zheng, Yu Ling'er and several of Yu Ling'er's apprentices.
Yu Ling'er was exploring the method of refining jade muscle ointment, and occasionally found time to teach Zhao Zheng. The disciples next to her were attracted by Zhao Zheng's favor and listened attentively. In normal times, Yu Ling'er rarely taught.
This group of apprentices has been working as a master. These apprentices are all female apprentices, because Yu Ling'er only accepts female apprentices, never male apprentices. Zhao Zheng can stay with her to study, which is an unprecedented exception.
"Refining plasters is generally divided into six steps. Zhao Zheng, please tell me what the six steps are. I just taught you this a few days ago. I want to know if you have forgotten it and whether you can remember it.
Firm." Yu Ling'er's eyes were fixed on the lid of the alchemy furnace, and she raised her nose to smell the scent of the medicine that was gradually changing.
Zhao Zheng stood next to Yu Ling'er with his hands behind his back, but not too close. He heard the question, thought about it for a moment, and answered: "The first step is to decoct the medicine, the second step is to refine the oil, and the third step is to add the elixir.
The fourth step is to add medicine, the fifth step is to remove the fire poison, and the sixth step is to harvest the medicine."
The disciples standing behind the two men were all listening with their ears stretched out. Some disciples knew these six steps, while others did not. Those disciples who had heard of these six steps for the first time quickly picked up their brushes.
, with saliva on the tip of his tongue. He quickly wrote these six steps on the booklet in his hand and kept it as a note.
Among the three prescriptions provided by Zhao Zheng, Jade Skin Ointment is the least implicated. It is just a plaster for removing scars. Even if it is spread out, there will be no worries. So there is no need to be secretive. It can be used by these ordinary disciples.
Refining in front of people. If it were replaced by two other more precious elixirs, it would not be refining in front of so many people. It would need to be explored in secret.
After hearing Zhao Zheng's answer, Yu Ling'er nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, these are the six steps. We are now taking the first step of refining the jade muscle ointment. It is the decoction you just mentioned. Although we are not
I don’t know the correct refining process of Yuji ointment, but I can still make inferences based on the general techniques for refining other ointments. In the step of decoction, hard medicines such as hard shells, tree roots, bones and flesh are added first.
Fruits are placed next, flowers, leaves, etc. are placed last. Fragrant medicinal materials or oils that are easy to diffuse cannot be fried directly in boiling oil. Otherwise, the former will be exposed to high temperatures and dissipate, while the latter will easily catch fire and burn.
.So the latter two types of medicinal materials should be ground into fine materials and mixed into the plaster base after boiling. Stir occasionally. When the medicinal materials in the alchemy furnace become dry, the process of decoction is over. At this time, add
Filter and remove the dried residue of the medicinal materials, leaving only the medicinal oil for later use."
Zhao was listening silently to the side and remembered these words carefully. He had a good memory. After returning home from class every day, he would pick up a pen and write down what he had learned during the day on paper without any clues.
On business trip.
While explaining the process of decoction, Yu Ling'er paid attention to the movement of the alchemy furnace and put various medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace frequently according to the rules of refining plasters. Under the high temperature of the fierce fire, these medicinal materials gradually turned into
Withered shape, and a shallow layer of medicated oil appeared on it.
"The fire is almost done." Yu Ling'er slapped the bottom of the stove with her beautiful hand, extinguishing the fire with the wind of her palm. The temperature in the room suddenly dropped a bit. She opened the stove cover and used a spoon to remove everything in the stove.
After scooping it out, filter out the medicinal oil contained in these things and pour it into a small pot for later use.
"I hope we can successfully refine it as soon as possible, because there are not many medicinal materials that can be used to refine this plaster, especially the most important main medicine, blur grass, there are only two or three plants left. blur grass is very rare,
It’s hard to buy it on the market, and it’ll be troublesome if you use it up.” She seemed to complain to herself, but she didn’t stop, and was still working on the next step of refining the medicine, using a piece of cotton cloth.
Wiping the furnace liner which was covered with medicinal residue.
At this moment, several dog barks suddenly came from outside the hospital. The sound became louder and louder from far to near. Even if the five senses were not stimulated, you could hear it with just normal hearing.
Everyone in the house was startled when they heard the barking of the dog, because this was really abnormal.
In order to protect the safety of the mountain and take preventive measures, the Taishan sect does raise a lot of wolf dogs, but those dogs are usually kept in cages on the mountainside and at the bottom of the mountain, and are rarely brought to the top of the mountain. Because there are so many dogs on the top of the mountain.
The place where the master lives in the gate needs to be kept quiet, and the group of barking dogs cannot be allowed to stay here. Once someone leads the wolf dog to the top of the mountain, something must have happened.
Everyone looked out the window, wanting to see what was going on, but blocked by the courtyard wall, they couldn't see anything at all.
Yu Ling'er noticed that everyone was distracted, she frowned, and scolded in a crisp voice: "Don't worry about things that have nothing to do with you, focus on how I refine the medicine. This process seems simple, but even a small
There are hidden skills in the movements. If you don't pay attention, you will never be able to become an alchemy master in your lifetime."
All the disciples responded in unison, and all turned their gazes back, staring at Yu Ling'er's jade hands.
Everyone ignored what was going on outside the window and concentrated on refining the elixir. However, the barking of dogs outside the courtyard became more and more noisy, and even came all the way to the vicinity of the courtyard. In addition to the barking of dogs, there were also some people mixed in.
of shouts.
"I don't know what bastard is so crazy that he even steals a woman's underpants. He is even dirtier than those flower pickers."
"That's right, this kind of thing is more abhorrent than having an affair with a female disciple. We must not tolerate it. If this matter spreads, what will our sect's face be?"
"The wolves and dogs have smelled all the way here, and they should soon find the whereabouts of those bellybands and pants."
There was a lot of noise outside, talking about similar things, as if they were looking for a thief who had stolen a woman's bellyband.
When the female disciples in the alchemy room heard such words, their faces all turned red, showing shy expressions, forming a charming scenery.
"The group of people outside seem to be leading dogs to catch thieves."
"Why do they always carry bellybands and underwear? It's not shameful."
"Haven't you heard about it? Recently, a thief appeared in the mountain who specially stole the bellybands and pants of female disciples. Many female disciples' bellybands and pants were stolen. The matter became more and more serious, and it was spread to the Criminal Code Hall.
The iron-faced ear made him very angry. He threatened to catch the thief who stole the bellyband and underpants to enforce the rules. I guess they are leading dogs everywhere to catch the thief."
"If you catch a thief, you'll catch the thief. Why are they holding the dog?"
"You are so stupid. Dogs have very good noses. They must be using their noses to find the whereabouts of those belly pants. If they find those belly pants, they will naturally be able to figure out who stole them."
"Oh, that's it."
Some female disciples couldn't help but whisper among themselves and started talking about the "underwear thief".
Zhao Zheng had also heard a little bit about these things, and had heard about them a few days ago. He thought this matter was somewhat ridiculous, but he did not expect that there were such unusual existences as underwear thieves in ancient times, and they were among the Taishan sect. In his previous life
At that time, no such strange thing had ever happened to the Taishan Party.
Listening to what these people said, Yu Ling'er couldn't help but feel a little feverish in her ears. She scolded the disciples a few words and told these chattering girls to shut up.
Finally, no one spoke in the alchemy furnace, but then the knock on the door rang, and it was very urgent, just like beating a drum. Judging from the sound, the person knocking on the door seemed to be the group that caught the thief.
"Nonsense, why are they knocking on the door of my Lengxiang Residence? Could it be that the thief who stole... is in our yard?" Yu Ling'er was very unhappy, and with a heavy flick of her sleeves, she sent a female disciple over.
Open the door.
The female disciple ran out and opened the door, but what came in was not the group of people who caught the thieves, but the smiling ghost Wang Er.
Wang Er was indiscriminate. As soon as he entered the door, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Elder Zhao! Mr. Zhao! Come out and have a look. Those people are bringing dogs to search our Chaoyang Residence! They gathered at the gate with their dogs.
, Second Master Jiannu stopped them and prevented them from searching, and the two groups were in a stalemate. You are the owner of Lengxiangju, you have to make the decision on this matter!"
It turns out that those who caught the thieves were not trying to break into Lengxiang Ju, but Chaoyang Ju!
Zhao Zheng's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He never expected that those people would want to search Chaoyang Residence. Is this a routine matter or because they found some clues?
Everyone in the alchemy room all focused on Zhao Zheng, and it could be seen from their expressions that these people were also surprised.
"Master Yu, wait a moment, I'll be back soon." Zhao Zheng said hello to Yu Ling'er, quickly walked out of the alchemy room, walked through the house and passed through the courtyard to meet Wang Er.
"My great elder, come here quickly. Things are not going well." Wang Er stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhao Zheng's sleeve, pulling Zhao Zheng towards Chaoyang Ju.
Zhao Zheng looked intently at the door of Chaoyangju and found that a large group of people had gathered there. Several people in this group were holding black and brown wolfdogs in their hands.
The leader of the crowd is a tall middle-aged man with an oval face, a wide forehead, a vertical line on his forehead, a pair of sword eyebrows inserted diagonally into the temples, and a pair of sharp eyes under the eyebrows. In addition, he has an iron
He has a bold nose and a catfish mouth, and has a very majestic and ferocious appearance. On his back, he carries a branded broadsword, and two fine steel judge pens hang from his waist.
This person is clearly the leader of the Xinggui Hall, Iron Mian, who is known for his impartiality and selflessness. He is in charge of the gang rules and never engages in any malpractice for personal gain. He enforces the law very strictly and without leakage, hence the nickname "Iron Mian".
There were also two people standing at the door of Chaoyangju. One was Jian Nu and the other was Ren Qianqiu. These two people blocked the door and did not let Zhang Tiemian and the others in. Given Ren Qianqiu's identity, naturally
There is no way to stop Zhang Tiemian and his group, mainly because the sword slave is at work.
I saw the sword slave carrying a huge sword box that was disproportionate to his body, holding his waist with one hand, pointing at Zhang Tiemian and the others with his other hand, and saying some tough words with a stern look on his face. (To be continued...)
