After receiving the alchemy course, Lu Zhong began to study the fusion and transformation theory of alchemy.
This stage is also related to the success or failure of alchemy and affects the quality of the final elixir. It also involves a lot of theories. Master Dongbu spent seven classes focusing on teaching this part of the content.
Depending on the spiritual energy content of the elixir's target medicine, the elixir can be divided into three grades.
The ninth grade refers to the quality of the elixir made by refining the elixir, which can be divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. The top grade elixir is not a great master who has been steeped in the alchemy way for many years, or is a person who is extremely lucky and cannot be refined, and has a small medicinal effect and erysipelas content.
characteristics, but the production is very rare, so every time it appears on the market, it appears in the form of auctions, or appears in various small circles.
As for the elixirs sold in elixir shops, they are basically all middle-grade elixirs. The word "elixir" used by monks usually refers to middle-grade elixirs unless otherwise specified in terms of quality.
Low-grade elixirs contain a large amount of erysipelas and are not suitable for monks to take, so they are called "bad elixirs" by alchemists. Except for a small number of distressed monks who will buy them for consumption, they are often sold at a discount to major spirit beast farms to feed spirit beasts.
The best source of spiritual energy replenishment.
Lu Zhong does not expect that he can refine high-grade elixirs. He only hopes that the final elixirs will contain more middle-grade elixirs and less inferior elixirs. Like this kind of finished elixir,
The proportion, which can also be called the "alchemy rate", is related to whether the alchemist can make a profit from it.
Taking the Zhen Yun Dan that he often takes as an example, only if the middle-grade elixir reaches 30% of the predetermined elixir yield, and the inferior elixir is sold to recover the capital, can he barely maintain his capital.
The 30% elixir success rate is also called the profit and loss line of Zhenyun elixir.
Different qualities of elixirs have different profit and loss lines, and they will change in real time with the market. Usually those elixirs that are easy to refine need to have a higher elixir-making rate when there are a large number of alchemists who can refine them.
, in order to achieve profitability, as the elixir level increases, the elixir yield rate required for the profit and loss line will become lower and lower.
It is said that at the elixir formation stage, even with a 10% elixir formation rate, profits can be achieved.
The reason for this phenomenon is that the elixirs in the pill formation stage are too expensive.
After all, elixirs suitable for pill-forming monks require five hundred years of elixirs to be refined in the first place. There are very few alchemists capable of refining third-level elixirs. Entrusting them to do it often requires thousands of spiritual elixirs.
Stone, the cost of refining such a furnace of elixirs can be imagined. In addition, all families and sects strictly control the flow of high-end elixirs to the market, which has also contributed to the increase in prices.
In the following time, in addition to staying at Lintao Pavilion and studying the theory of alchemy, Lu Zhong also often attended gatherings of alchemy circles in Changchun Immortal City. As long as he was willing to spill a lot of spiritual stones, he would only ask some basic questions.
, some alchemists are willing to give pointers.
Except for eating, sleeping, and practicing, basically all the time is spent on it.
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It's the first day of the new year in the blink of an eye.
It’s only the fourth watch.
After coming out of the alchemy room, Lu Zhong took a few cleansing charms on his body.
During this period of time, I was busy learning alchemy. I had no problem with my body due to my extremely strong body. The main reason was that I couldn't hold it mentally. After all, the long-term high concentration state was too much for even the foundation-building practitioners, so I took advantage of the opportunity.
While attending the foundation-building ceremony at home, he decided to relax.
Arriving at the courtyard, Li Hejun was already waiting with his maid.
His eyes fell on a brocade box in her hand. He could detect it with just a cursory perception. There were powerful spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the box. Lu Zhong did not use the Qi-gazing technique to see. The contents inside should have been prepared for him by Li Hejun.
Maybe you should prepare a surprise for yourself. If you see through it and say it directly, it will be boring.
"What's this?"
Sure enough, Li Hejun smiled proudly when he heard this, holding the square brocade box in his hands, and said as he walked:
"Master's robes, I'm afraid you've been wearing these clothes for more than ten years. You bought them during the previous Qi refining period. Since I'm already a foundation-building cultivator, I naturally have to put on a robe that suits my status."
Opening the brocade box, there was a black gold-woven cassock inside.
It's a big cloak with double breasts and big sleeves.
It gives people a sense of calmness and weight.
The surface is woven with gold threads and decorated with stars around the sky.
Li Hejun is very clear about Lu Zhong's dressing preferences. He likes to wear black clothes, but he is very sullen inside.
"I was at the auction, but I fell in love with this 'star-patterned vestment' at first sight. It really matches the master."
When Lu Zhong heard this, he thought that no wonder a few days ago, Li Hejun asked him for one hundred thousand spiritual stones. At that time, he didn't ask much about the purpose. It turned out that he wanted to take a picture of this robe.
Picking up the star-patterned robe, it feels heavy in the hand. The whole thing is made of a blend of spiritual silk and star silver silk. Coupled with the large area of gold weaving technology, it is no wonder that it gives people a calm and heavy feeling.
He weighed it and found that it weighed at least thirty kilograms.
No wonder Li Hejun looked so troubled just now.
After thinking about her and the maid's clothes, Lu Zhong put on this star-patterned robe.
As a low-grade spiritual weapon, in addition to the necessary "dust-avoiding" and "spirit-gathering" effects, it also has a powerful magical power called "Star Blessing", which can attract the power of the stars in the nine heavens and have an impact on itself.
An overall amplification effect.
After inputting mana into it, he felt that his soul was slightly stronger, and his physical fitness and breath recovery speed were also slightly improved. He was worthy of the overall increase. After the enhancement of his spiritual consciousness, the distance reached 199 feet.
Infinitely close to two hundred feet.
"Is the limit of the spiritual consciousness of a foundation-building monk two hundred feet?" Lu Zhong has read in the classics that there is a limit to the growth of a monk's spiritual consciousness in each realm. If he wants to continue to strengthen his soul, where should he go?
After surviving the Thirty-nine Heavenly Tribulations and completing the transformation of the soul after being washed by the thunder, the limit can be expanded to a higher level.
Bring your thoughts back to the cassock.
"Yes, I like this robe very much!" Lu Zhong expressed his feelings.
Li Hejun on the side heard this and immediately smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyes. He looked extremely happy.
After laughing for a long time, she suppressed her laughter, took Lu Zhong's arm and said: "Master, the car is ready. Let's set off to Yu's house now. My sister is sending an invitation for the first time. Master, you can't miss it."
It’s time.”
"Okay, okay, let's set off right now!" Lu Zhong said with a smile.
Immediately, the two of them boarded the animal cart waiting outside and rushed towards Lingquan Stream outside the city.
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Lingquan Stream is where the Yu family is located, located 1,900 miles south of Changchun Fairy City.
When Lu Zhong arrived here, the time was just right and it was an auspicious time.
He helped Li Hejun out of the car. The blush on the latter's delicate face was not gone, and she showed an angry expression. She blamed it on her master's dishonesty on the road, but she was tortured so hard that she almost didn't even have the strength to walk.
Li Hejun rested for a while and called the two maids accompanying him.
"Yu Ru, Yu Yi, you two, take a look for me to see if my bun is messy. If so, tidy it up. There are also some jewelry such as walking sticks prepared in advance, and you can also put them on for me."
"Yes." The two maids responded meekly.
After a lot of hard work, she finally dressed up like a luxurious lady.
At this moment, the family land was decorated with lights and decorations for the celebration. A red carpet was laid straight to the mountain gate. Cars and horses kept coming, and it was very lively with people coming and going.
In front of the mountain gate, Yu Feng'er, dressed in costume, was looking left and right.
It could be seen that she was very anxious.
When he saw Lu Zhong arriving, he almost jumped with excitement.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are finally here!" Yu Feng'er's voice was slightly complaining, and she immediately felt that it was inconsistent with her status as the head of the family, so she changed into a formal tone and said with a smile: "The guests have all arrived, and the celebration is about to begin.
It's about to begin, Fellow Daoist Lu, please come with me."
Waiting for Lu Zhong to present a 300-year-old seven-leaf jade tree as a congratulatory gift.
Yu Feng'er led the two of them, first through the flowing water mat area where people came and went, then to the area where low-level monks gathered, and all the way to the main hall that served as the main banquet hall to sit down.
During this period, people kept looking at him, all curious about who could attract the head of the Yu family to personally receive him.
The protagonist of the celebration is a middle-aged man named "Yu Yuqing"
This person has a good appearance, and has a pretty good reputation for Yuqing, both in the family and outside. Therefore, he was given the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he lived up to his family's expectations and successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm.
Perhaps because he was too excited, his face was already flushed.
Seeing Lu Zhong arrive, he apologized to the guests around him, walked towards this side, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Thank you, fellow Taoist Lu, for taking time out of your busy schedule to come here. Is this... Could it be Manager Li? It seems that Mrs. Li is not only a businessman
You are a genius, but you still have a good look!"
After hearing this, Li Hejun blushed rarely and bowed to salute.
Then the two of them took their seats and the banquet officially began.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
It was not until dark that the guests gradually dispersed.
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Yu Feng'er's boudoir.
Lu Zhong put on his clothes.
On the other side, Li Hejun also got up with the help of Yu Feng'er. She was just a mortal, and she had to work twice a day. Even if Lu Zhong deliberately took pity on her, she already had no strength. She took a pill that strengthened the foundation and strengthened the body.
, and finally recovered.
For some reason, she was particularly proactive today.
Lu Zhong glanced over the woman's temples and could see an extra strand of hair. He immediately understood the reason and couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart.
"Alas, my longevity is exhausted and the end is approaching..."
The calm state of mind in the ancient well will inevitably have waves at this moment.
Theoretically, the lifespan limit of a mortal is equivalent to that of a Qi Refining monk, who can live a hundred years.
It is only because of acquired factors, such as disease, overwork, etc., that life span is often somewhat reduced, so there are sayings such as knowing one's destiny at fifty and being rare in seventy.
In his early years, Li Hejun lost a lot of his lifespan due to accidentally eating spiritual fruit. However, he is able to live without illness and pain until now, thanks to the spiritual energy grooming his body all year round.
But manpower is ultimately no match for the number of days.
In the blink of an eye, Li Hejun's hair was half white.
Lu Zhong knew the reason. It was that the beauty pill lost its effect when the life force was exhausted.
He didn't say anything, just held her in his arms silently.
When Yu Feng'er discovered this, she couldn't help crying.
He quickly wiped away his tears, got up and rushed to the door, running towards the door.
Lu Zhong knew what Yu Feng'er wanted to do,
She didn't stop her. After all, it was her good intention.
"Master, I remembered that when I met you outside of Yingling City, you looked exactly the same as you do now? Sometimes, I have been thinking, it would be great if I also had spiritual roots.
In this way, you can go further than accompanying the master, even further..."
"Am I ugly now?" Li Hejun suddenly asked.
Lu Zhong caressed her face and said with rare disobedience: "It's the same as before, nothing has changed."
"Pfft!" Li Hejun laughed.
"When I lie to outsiders, it's not like this... It doesn't matter, I don't want you to see me turning into an old woman... Master, tell me, is there really reincarnation in this world in the future?"
"Yes, if there is a soul in the world, there will be reincarnation."
"Then, do you think we will meet again?" Li Hejun buried his head in Lu Zhong's arms, feeling the warmth as always, and said with hope in his tone.
"We will meet! No matter how many thousands of years or how many reincarnations there are, as long as your true spirit is immortal, we will always meet, either tomorrow, or in the spiritual world, or one day, when I reach the top of the fairy world,
I have to search all over the world, and then you and I will meet each other."
"Master, you are such a gentle person..."
When Lu Zhong heard this, he smiled and said nothing.
"I, I got the longevity fruit!"
Outside the door, Yu Feng'er rushed in holding a jade box.
The longevity fruit can extend your life by one year. It is definitely a rare and hard-to-find life-extending spiritual item. If you trade it with others outside, you can exchange it for hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones or choose a spiritual weapon. It is easy.
But the situation inside the house was like pouring a basin of ice water on her.
"Wuwu, how, how could it be?"
Yu Feng'er lost her voice and became painful. To her, Li Hejun was both a teacher and a friend. He was the master who taught her business skills and a close friend who she could confide in privately. But now he left suddenly like this.
"He Jun, I'm sorry, I'm late!"
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The rain is like smoke.
A new grave was added to the hillside where flowers bloomed.
Paper money was sprinkled down, accompanied by intermittent sobs and cries.
Regarding the arrangements after Li Hejun's death, Lu Zhong had not thought about it before. The spiritual puppet he had specially obtained from Li Qionghua was an alternative.
This spirit puppet was once made to imprison Li Qionghua, and all the materials used are rare spiritual objects.
The core of the spiritual hub that controls the spirit puppet has been infiltrated by Li Qionghua's Nascent Soul. It already possesses magical functions and can accommodate the soul for thousands of years without decay.
Or maybe switching to the ghost realm, even if you have to pay the price of having your mind eroded by negative spiritual energy, it is still a good way to continue your existence.
Or other means...
But in the end, he still respected Li Hejun's wishes.
After comforting Yu Feng'er, whose eyes were swollen from crying, Lu Zhong prepared to keep vigil here for three years until Li Hejun's true spirit passed away from this world, to prevent any inconspicuous things from intruding.
This was an ancient ceremony that he read in the classics, but he was not sure whether it was useful or not.
For this purpose, Lu Zhong built a thatched cottage next to it.