The appearance of Jinxu looks very similar to the ginseng Zhang Yan is looking for, except that the trunk is much smaller than ginseng, but the fibrous roots are much more like a beard, and the whole body is golden, hence the name. The price of this thing is not
Cheap, after all, the nourishing effect alone is worth the high price.
On the other hand, medicinal materials such as fake stone root, which according to the store clerk, are very similar to Polygonum multiflorum, are surprisingly cheap. They are among the cheapest medicinal materials in Yuan Pharmacy. They are usually sold in sacks.
In addition to these two things, Zhang Yan also bought more than ten other medicinal materials. Some of them look the same as those on earth and have similar medicinal effects, while others are substitutes with similar medicinal properties, such as gold whiskers and fake stone roots.
Although the purchases were all medicinal materials rather than patent medicines, the cost of this purchase was not small. This also made Zhang Yan stop his plan to buy more.
However, the clerk at the drugstore already treated Zhang Yan as a lunatic. Who buys medicine in bits and pieces like Zhang Yan? And the quantity is not large, it doesn’t look like it’s medicine or something, so I don’t understand it at all.
Zhang Yan has long been accustomed to this kind of look from the other side. Most of the people around him in Yubei Mountain Fortress treat him as a madman and are used to it.
However, Zhang Yan does not know how to make medicine. He is making some preparations for him to start practicing alchemy next.
Now that he has entered the Xuanmai realm, in addition to improving his cultivation level, another benefit is that Zhang Yan can start to practice a very important auxiliary branch in the Taoist sect, which is the Tao of Alchemy.
Taoism has always attached great importance to the way of elixir. As the saying goes, there are four treasures in Taoism: wealth, companionship, Dharma, and earth.
The "wealth" actually refers to "cultivation resources", and elixirs are the most important category of cultivation resources. Not only can they increase life span, but they can also speed up the acquisition of spiritual energy and reduce practice time. There are even many changes and
There are countless categories and derived elixir effects.
In order to make alchemy, you need three necessary conditions: an alchemy furnace, a cultivation level of at least the Xuanmai realm, and medicinal materials.
The alchemy furnace can change the Wanxiang Bead, and many elixir recipes can be obtained from the first floor of the tower in the bead. Zhang Yan's cultivation requirements have just reached the threshold. The only remaining uncertain factor is the medicinal materials.
Item.
There is actually no shortage of medicinal materials in the Wild Sky Realm, and they should even be better than those on Earth. After all, the spiritual energy here is richer than in the legendary era of Earth, at least according to the classics recorded in Longhu Mountain.
In a world rich in aura, both plants and creatures will be enhanced. Medicinal materials are no exception.
Just compare the ginseng on the earth with the golden beard in the Huangtian Realm which has almost the same medicinal properties. According to Zhang Yan's speculation, a century-old ginseng is equivalent to the medicinal effect of a ten-year-old golden beard in the Huangtian Realm. The hundred-year golden beard is that
Something that can be compared with Millennium Ginseng.
So what Zhang Yan has to do now is to use the elixirs in his hand to search for substitute medicinal materials in the wilderness. The first thing to do when looking for medicinal materials is to understand the medicinal properties of those medicinal materials that may be substitutes.
Zhang Yan even went in and bought a book on the medicinal properties of medicinal materials when passing by a miscellaneous bookstore and left it to read on the road, so that he could more easily find possible substitutes in the wilderness.
The "ginseng" and "polygonum multiflorum" that Zhang Yan was mainly looking for in the Yuan Pharmacy were actually the main ingredients of the two elixirs he planned to make in the future.
Ginseng has now found Jin Xu as a substitute. Once Zhang Yan tries it and it works, he will use it to refine the most basic longevity elixir "Biqing Dan". One elixir can increase life span for ten years. But like all
The life-increasing elixirs are the same. Only the first pill you take will have the effect of increasing your lifespan.
However, there are many medicinal materials for refining Biqing Dan, and the requirements for alchemy skills are very high. It does not mean that you can refine it after reaching the Xuanmai realm. It requires a certain degree of means and experience accumulation. In fact, Zhang Yan
What I don’t know is that about Biqing Dan, most alchemists in the Mysterious Vein Realm don’t know how to practice it because it’s too difficult and the required aura cannot be sustained by ordinary monks in the Mysterious Vein Realm. And once the aura is exhausted, it will easily explode.
What was lost was not only a batch of medicinal materials and energy, but also the precious pill furnace.
Zhang Yan didn't know how difficult the Bi Qing Dan was. He only knew that it could be refined at the Dan Xuan Vein level, so he wanted to start preparing slowly now, and when he felt that he had enough experience, he wanted to start trying to refine it.
The elixir that Zhang Yan really wants to use for hand training is the "Strengthening Bone Pill". That is to say, the original main ingredient is Polygonum multiflorum, but now it can be replaced by "fake stone root".
The effect of the Bone Strengthening Pill is as its name suggests. It is a pill used to strengthen the muscles and bones of the body. According to the Dan Fang, one pill can make the muscles and bones of ordinary people half strong in half a month, and 10% strong in three months. If
Zhang Yan doesn't know if it will be the same as ordinary people when it works on warriors, but the effect should not be bad.
Moreover, the drug resistance of Zhuanggu Dan is slow to develop, and it will generally have no effect until ten pills are taken.
In addition, there are not many medicinal materials in the bone-building elixir, and it is the most basic elixir. The refining method is also very simple, so it is perfect for practicing.
Warriors in the Wild Sky Realm are respected, and there will be no shortage of people to buy any medicine that strengthens the body and bones. Zhang Yan does not ask for the bone-strengthening pill to achieve the effect of Jingu Powder, but it is enough to have 60% of the effect. After all, it is more expensive than gold
The cost of Jingu Powder and Zhuanggu Dan is really too low to be worth mentioning.
The next day, Zhang Yan carried a huge baggage because it contained a lot of medicinal materials. He checked out the room at dawn and waited at the place agreed with the horse and carriage dealer. He watched the carts of goods being loaded.
He went to the carriage shop and handed over the goods he bought and the license plate. The other party nodded and pointed to a carriage with less cargo for Zhang Yan to get on. He whipped up his whip and set off on time.
After passing the east gate of Xuanhua City, Zhang Yan looked back and had a profound memory of Xuanhua City. It was the first time he saw a ghost here, the first time he practiced salvation, and the first time he used "Jiang".
"Divinity", he even unexpectedly entered the second great realm of cultivation here, the Mysterious Vein Realm.
After leaving the city, we quickly got on the official road. This time, the driver who was riding with Zhang Yan was named Xiong. He was also a talkative person, and it didn't take long for him to start chatting with Zhang Yan.
There are a total of fifteen large vehicles and twenty medium-sized carriages in this convoy of the carriage and horse dealer. It is a relatively large convoy. Counting the guards and hitchhikers like Zhang Yan, there are already more than fifty people.
The destination of the convoy is Yongde, the next big city more than three hundred miles east of Xuanhua City.
Yongde City is no longer within the scope of Chonglan County to which Xuanhua City belongs. It is a large city under Huaiqing County. It is also the only place that Xuanhua City must pass eastward.
Even though more than three hundred miles does not seem to be far away, in the wilderness area, this section of the road takes ten days. This is still without any accidents. If there is any unexpected situation, according to the surname Xiong
The driver said that his slowest trip to Yongde took sixteen days.