Chapter 17 The Middle Grade Magical Item Alchemy Furnace
"Zhang Daoyou is not kind. I have given you the elixir with good intentions and paid so many spiritual stones to buy treasures. I didn't expect that this high-grade magic weapon would ask me for four thousand spiritual stones."
Hong Ming shook his head, with a look of displeasure on his face.
Zhang Yongfu's face turned red when he saw this.
This is indeed not very kind, but the businessman himself is mainly about making money. The shame in his heart quickly disappeared, and instead he showed a bitter and helpless expression:
"Fellow Daoist Hong, it's not that I don't want to help you, but it's just that I really can't do anything. After all, this is an auxiliary magic weapon, which is more expensive. There are also leaves of the fifth-level spiritual wood in it..."
"Two thousand three hundred spirit stones!"
Hong Ming named a price.
Zhang Yongfu almost vomited blood when he heard this.
Not to mention other things, just purchasing the leaves of this fifth-level spiritual tree cost 2,500 spiritual stones. This is because the leaves of the spiritual tree itself are not precious and of little use, and the foundation-building monk who sold them
He happened to be a good friend of the senior in the family who was in the foundation building stage, otherwise how could he have bought it.
"Three thousand spirit stones. If Fellow Daoist Hong wants it, take it. Otherwise, in a few days, this treasure will probably be given to the clan members who are expected to advance to the foundation building stage."
Zhang Yongfu spoke.
This price is almost the cost price.
Hong Ming hesitated for a moment and nodded:
"Okay, but you have to make the alchemy furnace cheaper for me."
Zhang Yongfu finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. The futon was finally sold. Even if he didn't earn any spiritual stones, it was better than wasting it.
After a while, Zhang Yongfu brought three more alchemy furnaces.
The three alchemy furnaces are placed on the stone table. Each one is different. From the appearance, they are not big. The small one is only about the size of a palm, and the big one is less than two feet tall.
Hong Ming took a look, with a strange look in his eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Hong, may I introduce these three alchemy furnaces to you."
Zhang Yongfu said politely, with a smile on his face.
Not to mention anything else, Zhang Yongfu was extremely happy because of what Hong Ming came here to trade that day. What's more, if Hong Ming really has some attainments in alchemy, he would be careful to flatter him.
An alchemist is very important to any family.
Hong Ming stood up, looked at the three alchemy furnaces, and waited quietly for the introduction.
"This smallest alchemy furnace is actually a top-grade magic weapon. It is the most precious among the three. It contains 800-year-old Wuling gold crystals, which is the strongest and has the best heat-gathering effect. It is helpful for accelerating the melting and healing of elixirs.
The fusion of medicinal power is of great help." Zhang Yongfu pointed to the first black alchemy furnace and then stretched out his hand to input spiritual power into it.
In an instant, the alchemy furnace became more than four feet tall, with black light emitting from it.
Hong Ming nodded, but did not show any attitude.
Speeding up the melting and fusion of elixirs is certainly a good thing, but it is not practical for most alchemists.
Whether the alchemy is successful or not depends on the flame accounting for 30%, and the experience of alchemy and the integration of medicinal power also account for 30%. Just being fast does not mean anything. Many alchemists even deliberately slow down the refining speed in order to refine precious elixirs.
Try to blend all the medicinal powers just right.
This alchemy furnace is really useless.
"There is also this cyan alchemy furnace, which is mainly made of third-level spiritual wood and fragrant flowers and trees. It is helpful to melt the medicine. However, this alchemy furnace is a middle-grade magic weapon and can withstand the flames.
It’s limited, so if you are refining the elixir for the foundation-building stage, you’ll be a little out of your depth.”
"oh?"
Hong Ming's eyes brightened slightly and he looked at the last alchemy furnace again.
Zhang Yongfu pointed to the last red pill furnace and said:
"This last alchemy furnace is also a medium-grade magic weapon. It uses deep-sea fire crystals, which can enhance the intensity of the flame and has extraordinary effects on alchemy."
Refining an elixir does require a relatively strong flame. If the flame is weak, it will be very troublesome to refine it, and it may be difficult to fuse the medicine properly.
Therefore, this alchemy furnace is considered good.
"Fellow Daoist Hong, which pill furnace do you think is more satisfying?"
Zhang Yongfu asked with a smile.
Hong Ming shook his head:
"Fellow Daoist Zhang, although I am somewhat confident about alchemy, I only focus on trying it out. I can't spend so many spiritual stones to buy an alchemy furnace, so let's forget about the high-grade alchemy furnace. Which of the two needs more spiritual stones?"
Less!"
"Forehead?"
Zhang Yongfu was slightly embarrassed.
After dealing with other alchemists a lot, Zhang Yongfu will inevitably have the illusion that alchemists are really wealthy. They buy magic weapons and elixirs almost without any bargaining. Hundreds more spiritual stones are not a problem at all.
Son, anyway, one or two pills will make up for it, and there will be no need to bargain.
But this is not the case with Hong Ming now.
"In this case, these two middle-grade alchemy furnaces only need one thousand spiritual stones."
When Hong Ming heard this, a hint of anger appeared on his face:
"Zhang Daoyou, why don't you go and grab it!"
Zhang Yongfu was slightly embarrassed.
"Fellow Daoist Hong, it's not that the price is high, but that the auxiliary magical weapons are better. They are generally more expensive than the offensive and defensive magical weapons. The price of the alchemy furnace is even higher. This price was not set by Zhang alone."
Zhang Yongfu looked sad.
Hong Ming didn't buy it.
After some haggling, Hong Ming bought a cyan alchemy furnace with eight hundred spirit stones and named it Qingmu Ding.
After completing the purchase and chatting for a few more words, Hong Ming said goodbye and left.
Half an hour later, Hong Ming returned to the cave, activated the defensive formation, and began a new round of retreat and hard training.
Two days later.
Hong Ming finished refining the alchemy furnace and finally started trying to make alchemy.
In fact, most monks have tried alchemy at one time or another, because if the skill of alchemy is really mastered, it will represent countless cultivation resources during the Qi training period and foundation building period.
But most monks gave up decisively after trying it.
Because...it's too difficult.
Hong Ming placed the alchemy furnace in the center of the cave and began to make preparations.
The first is the arrangement of medicinal materials.
Before making an elixir, you must first process the elixir. Refining an elixir requires the elixir, but it does not mean that all parts of the elixir are needed.
The roots of some elixirs and the stamens of some elixirs need to be removed in advance.
Once this part is wrong, it almost determines that the next alchemy will definitely fail.
Therefore, no one dares to be careless.
However, for monks, they all have spiritual consciousness and almost photographic memory. Apart from being a little troublesome, these things are not a big problem.
After processing, the spiritual power is input into the alchemy furnace.
The size and amount of spiritual energy input are also particular.
If the spiritual energy is input too much, the alchemy furnace is too large, which will affect the burning temperature of the flame. If the spiritual energy is input too little, the elixir will not have space to fully melt, and the medicinal power cannot be integrated, which is also a big problem.
Next is the flame.
Flame is the biggest problem when refining alchemy.
Leaving aside the precious flame, flame control alone is troublesome. During the alchemy process, the flame is almost uninterrupted, and the size of the flame will also change as different elixirs are added.