Chapter 6 Getting involved in alchemy for the first time (overhaul)
Chapter 6: First involvement in alchemy (overhaul)
The price of a low-grade magical weapon from the Chu Kingdom is about one hundred spirit stones.
A medium-grade magical weapon costs two hundred spiritual stones, and a high-grade magical weapon costs four hundred spiritual stones.
As for the best magic weapons, the Eight Hundred Spiritual Stones are just the beginning, and they are often expensive but not marketable.
Just because the best magic weapons are generally used by monks in the foundation-building stage, it is difficult for monks in the Qi-refining stage to compete with them.
The outer disciples of the Yuanyang Sect are only given five spiritual stones every month.
In addition to the standard magic weapon issued by the sect, if you want to purchase an additional low-grade magic weapon, even if you are usually frugal, it will take nearly two years to collect this amount of spiritual stones, let alone a mid-grade magic weapon.
Watching Senior Brother Wu go away, Liu Yu recovered her thoughts.
In this way, the cultivation career in Yaoyuan officially began.
He first brought the collected elixir seeds to the Immortal Mansion and planted them. After they were ripened by the Immortal Mansion, he put them into the prepared jade box.
Fifteen more spiritual stones were used to replenish the spiritual power consumed by the black spiritual field.
This caused Liu Yu a lot of physical pain. At this time, there were only eighteen spiritual stones left in the storage bag, which was severely shrunk.
Touching the storage bag, he took a long breath and felt a sense of urgency to earn spiritual stones.
Spend two hours every day taking care of the elixir garden, weeding and watering the elixirs.
Then for the next two hours, I carefully studied the basics of alchemy, recorded what I didn't understand, and thought about it slowly and pondered over it again and again.
The next hour was spent practicing spells and magic weapons.
On the road to eternal life, fights are inevitable for various reasons.
In addition to the realm, magical weapons and spells are also crucial. As a means of protecting the road, life and death must not be unfamiliar.
In the evening, I spent four hours meditating and refining my Qi, practicing with the help of the rich spiritual energy in the medicine garden.
The state of cultivation is the foundation of everything, Liu Yu always keeps this in mind.
As for the last three hours, it is for sleeping and rest.
During the Qi refining period, monks cannot yet sleep without rest, so they must use sleep to restore the energy they have consumed.
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Every day is spent according to the plan, and the days are extremely fulfilling.
Time flies, and more than half a month has passed.
The seeds of the elixir that were planted have been ripened by the Immortal Mansion, and a total of thirty pieces of spiritual grass for refining the Spirit-Gathering Pill and fifteen pieces of spiritual grass for refining the Qingling Pill were obtained.
The sun shines in through the window and falls warmly on the body.
"it's time."
In the thatched house, Liu Yu had this thought.
After more than half a month of pondering, he felt that he had thoroughly understood the basics of alchemy and already had some ideas for refining the Spirit Gathering Pill.
Liu Yu plans to start with the "Spirit Gathering Pill" to start his own path of alchemy.
Just because it is an elixir taken in the early stage of Qi refining, the "Gathering Spirit Pill" is the least difficult to refine, and it uses one less elixir than the "Qingling Pill".
It is most suitable to use it to familiarize yourself with the process of alchemy.
Going from easy to difficult is the only way for every alchemy apprentice to learn alchemy.
Otherwise, no matter how amazing the alchemy talent is, there is no step-by-step process, and there is only one way to go: failure.
Liu Yu cleaned up the thatched house, swept the debris into the corners, and placed the copper tripod in the center of the room.
At this time, the conditions were poor, so we had to make do with it for the time being.
Next to the copper cauldron, he carefully carved a miniature formation and placed three low-grade spiritual stones at the junction of several lines.
This is a fire control formation recorded in "Basics of Alchemy".
You can use specific spells to consume the spiritual power in the spirit stone and activate a spell fire.
This fire can shorten the time required for alchemy, and burns very stably, which helps to increase the success rate of alchemy.
Generally speaking, the success of alchemy mainly depends on several aspects:
1. The precise formula ratio of the spiritual herbs and elixirs, that is, the elixir.
2. The timing and order of adding elixirs.
3. Fire control during alchemy.
Fourth, the time to open the furnace to get the elixir.
And alchemy techniques, etc.
Regarding the first point, the formula ratio of spiritual herbs and elixirs, there is nothing much to say about this.
After countless practices by immortal cultivators in the past dynasties, they have already understood it clearly and made various elixir recipes.
When making elixirs, just follow the elixir instructions and there will generally be no problems.
Of course, this only refers to alchemists.
A small number of alchemy masters can also make subtle adjustments to the proportions based on the age of the spiritual herbs and elixirs to further increase the success rate of alchemy.
The second point, the timing of adding the elixir, requires some experience in alchemy.
After all, the alchemy formula is a dead thing, so it is impossible to take all the circumstances into consideration. The situation of each alchemy refining cannot be exactly the same.
At this time, the alchemist's own experience is needed to judge the appropriate time.
As for flame, as one of the key factors in the success of alchemy, its importance is self-evident.
If Liu Yu's scarce mana from the fourth level of Qi Refining was used to stimulate the flames, the mana would probably be exhausted before the elixir refining was completed.
Moreover, the flames inspired by mana are not that stable and are not suitable for use in elixir making.
Most alchemists choose to use earth fire to make elixirs.
Ground fire has a higher temperature and is stable and long-lasting, making it a really good choice.
But Liu Yu had no earthly fire at this time, so he had no choice but to use formations to stimulate the flames, which only consumed some spiritual stones.
The fourth point, the timing of opening the furnace, will test the experience of the alchemist even more.
Generally speaking, it is difficult to make an accurate judgment without refining dozens or hundreds of times.
As for the alchemy technique, it is even more difficult to learn.
Each alchemist has his own unique alchemy technique, which he will keep when teaching his apprentices.
Under normal circumstances, it will only be passed on to direct disciples or direct descendants.
In the basics of alchemy, only a few general alchemy techniques are recorded.
"If you have the chance, you must collect a superior alchemy technique."
Liu Yu was quite helpless about this, and secretly decided to find an opportunity to collect a superior alchemy technique.
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After a while, everything is ready.
"哐"
Liu Yu opened the fire door under the copper tripod and placed it in the center of the miniature formation.
Then, he slowly pinched the magic formula with both hands, and fired several red rays into the magic circle.
The magic circle absorbed the red light, and the three inlaid spiritual stones became brighter.
After two breaths, a flame the size of a fist appeared in the center of the array, beneath the copper tripod.
The heat gradually increased and burned fiercely in the fire door.
Suddenly, the room was filled with the smell of fire, and the temperature began to rise rapidly.
Liu Yu, who was sitting cross-legged beside him, felt a wave of heat coming towards his face, and had to fire a spell to reduce the firepower output.
After about half a quarter of an hour, the purple-red body of the copper cauldron glowed faintly with red light, and Liu Yu felt an astonishing high temperature.
He knew that the warm-up was complete.
So he quickly pressed the magic formula, and a ray of magic power was injected into the small cauldron. His spiritual consciousness controlled the lid of the cauldron to rise, revealing the round mouth of the cauldron.
"The next step is to release the elixir and separate its essence from impurities."
Thinking this, Liu Yu patted the storage bag.
In his hand, several jade boxes immediately appeared, which were exactly the elixirs needed to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill.
He opened the jade boxes one by one, controlled one of the elixirs to fall into the cauldron, and then controlled the lid of the cauldron to fall and cover the mouth of the cauldron.
"Zi Zi"
Red fire, the flame is burning brightly.
Liu Yu's spiritual consciousness penetrated into the cauldron, carefully controlling the size and temperature of the flame, removing impurities and extracting the essence of the elixir.
Follow the elixir prescription and become familiar with the process of refining the elixir step by step.
In the following period, he continued to use magic formulas, and put elixirs into it one by one according to the requirements on the Spirit Gathering Pill recipe.
Fuse the essence of the elixir extracted from the cauldron into rounds the size of marbles, and start condensing the elixir.
As time passed, the little cauldron gradually became filled with the aroma of medicine, which made people feel refreshed.
Liu Yu was sweating on his forehead, but his face looked expectant, and he was slightly excited.
The next moment, his magic formula changed, a red light shone on the magic circle, and the flame slowly extinguished.
With a movement of consciousness, he controlled the lid of the cauldron to fly up.
At this time, the strong medicinal aroma gradually faded, and a strange smell filled the air.
"Could it be?"
Liu Yu's expression changed, as if he had thought of something, and he hurriedly stepped forward to take a look.
At the bottom of the cauldron, I saw a few mottled elixirs lying there, which were very different from the Spirit Gathering Pills I usually see.
"Citan?"
Liu Yu's face darkened, feeling a little pity, but it was natural.
After all, this was his first time refining, and he was not an alchemy genius. He just had a slight advantage over ordinary monks.
The so-called secondary elixir is a product of failed elixir refining.
It is caused by errors in the heat or the timing of opening the furnace, and most of the medicinal power is lost. The spiritual power contained in this secondary elixir is extremely small, and its effect is minimal.
Shaking his head with a wry smile, Liu Yu calmed down and put away the pill.
Pour out the impurity powder in the cauldron and clean it with clean water. Only after the copper cauldron has completely cooled can you start refining the elixir again.
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