Chapter 120: The Quality of Alchemy Skills
In the red gold medicine cauldron in front of Lin Ming, a blue-gold flame was rising in it, and it looked very colorful.
The situation on Xu Shilin's side was almost completely opposite to that on Lin Ming's side. Inside the dark black medicine cauldron, a dark black flame rose up. The color of the flame was almost exactly the same as the color of the medicine cauldron.
From the two different colors of flames, it can be seen that the flames used by Lin Ming and his senior brother were not generated by fighting spirit, but were refined from other flames as their own original fire.
Needless to say, Lin Ming's blue-gold flames are the result of Lin Ming's refining flame-gold flames mutating by absorbing the energy from the firestone in the center of the earth. On the contrary, it is Xu Shilin's dark black flames that seem alien to ordinary people.
It is rare to see black flames among flames. With Lin Ming's knowledge, he only knew that the color of the Void Swallowing Flame, which ranked second on the list of strange fires, was black. So when Lin Ming saw his senior brother's black flames for the first time,
, his curiosity was aroused, and he asked his senior brother about the origin of his black flame.
In response to his junior brother's inquiry, Xu Shilin told Lin Ming the origin of his flame without hiding anything.
Xu Shilin's black flame is called Demon-Eating Flame, which is obtained from the remaining egg shells after the eggs of the seventh-level magical beast Demon-Eating Crow Beast hatch.
The difficulty of obtaining the Demon-Eating Flame is not ordinary. After the Demon-Eating Crow cub hatches, the first step is to swallow the egg shell in which it hatched.
Therefore, if you want to obtain the Demon-eating Flame from the Demon-Eating Crow's egg shell, you must grab the egg shell before the Demon-Eating Crow's hatchling hatches and swallows its own egg shell.
If you want to snatch the egg shell at this time, you have to fight against the adult Demon-eating Crow. Senior Brother Xu Shilin's Demon-eating Flame is obtained from the egg shell of the seventh-level Demon-Eating Crow, which means you have to face the seventh-level equivalent of a human Dou Zong cultivator.
For the Devouring Crow.
If you want to snatch the egg shells of its cubs from the hands of this seventh-level monster, the Demon-Eating Crow, and obtain the Demon-Eating Flame in the egg shell, you have to show strength that can at least match that of the seventh-level Demon-Eating Crow.
The demon crows are afraid, and in order to avoid harming their cubs, the seventh-level demon-eating crows will give up their egg shells and leave with their cubs.
After Lin Ming learned about the origin of the black flame demon-devouring flame, he once again sighed in his heart. In this world, strength is everything. If you want to get something, you must have the corresponding strength!
On Lin Ming's side, after feeling that the temperature in the medicine cauldron was constant and consistent with the temperature for refining medicine, Lin Ming put a medicinal plant into the medicine cauldron and began to refine it.
As for senior brother Xu Shilin, the time it takes to refine the medicinal materials is several breaths earlier than Lin Ming's. This is one of the advantages of the medicine cauldron having an additional burner, which can reach a stable time faster.
In the alchemy room, everyone watching around saw the brothers starting to refine the medicinal materials one after another, and they all watched attentively.
Now these two people are refining fifth-grade elixirs. For those who watch them, they may not reach the level of fifth-grade alchemist in this life.
Now that they have the honor to watch the gang leader and his brothers refining the fifth-grade elixir, it is entirely an opportunity given to them by the gang leader. After missing this time, I am afraid that many people will not have such an opportunity again in the future. Of course they have to use it.
Come and watch with all your energy.
After a while, Lin Ming and his senior brother Xu Shilin completed refining the first medicinal material for Instant Qi Pill.
After putting the refined medicinal essence into a jade bottle, Lin Ming put another medicinal plant into the medicine cauldron and started refining a new medicinal material.
Senior brother Xu Shilin is also starting to refine the second medicinal material, and the progress of both sides is almost the same.
Seeing that both of them had refined the first medicinal material in a very short time and started refining the second medicinal material, Huo Lao nodded with satisfaction.
The medicinal materials of the fifth-grade elixir are already relatively high-end medicinal materials. If you want to complete the extraction of the medicinal materials of the fifth-grade elixir, you must meet several conditions.
The first thing is to have enough understanding of the medicinal materials to be refined, so that when refining, you can know which substances you need and which substances you need to refine. This is the most basic and important thing for every alchemist.
The ability to be mastered.
Secondly, it is the temperature of the flame during refining. If you want to refine the medicinal materials of the fifth-grade elixir, the corresponding flame must be very high, so that the medicinal materials can be refined.
If the temperature of the flame is to be high, in addition to the flame itself, its own cultivation level cannot be low, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the consumption of Dou Qi by the flame.
This requires a high level of cultivation to support the refining of elixirs, so a high-level alchemist is also a strong person in terms of his own cultivation level.
Finally, there is the soul power. Refining the medicinal materials and melting the elixir later require strong soul power, which can sense the changes in the medicine cauldron at all times to make corresponding adjustments to the flame temperature.
Lin Ming and Xu Shilin were able to refine the first medicinal material so quickly, which shows that they are excellent in these three factors.
For Mr. Huo, it was quite gratifying and satisfying to have two such outstanding students.
The two senior brothers who were refining the medicinal materials in the center of the room were focusing all their energy on refining, so they had no energy to pay attention to the movements and expressions of Mr. Huo and the onlookers.
One by one, the medicinal materials were put into the medicine cauldron. After the medicinal materials were refined, the essence extracted from the medicine cauldron was put into the jade bottle, waiting for the subsequent elixir fusion.
Lin Ming and his brothers took more than two hours to refine it. After refining the last medicinal materials, Lin Ming entered into meditation and began to restore his fighting spirit.
Because the current Hun Ling Five Elements Jue only has the first level, the amount of fighting energy in Dantian has always been Lin Ming's weakness.
It is also because Lin Ming is now able to refine the ingredients for the Instant Qi Pill in one go because he has now reached the level of a Nine-Star Great Dou Master and the amount of Dou Qi has increased. If he is still at the level of a primary level Dou Master, he may not be able to refine it all at once.
The medicinal materials for Instant Qi Pill have been refined.
The medicinal materials for refining the Instant Qi Pill can drain Lin Ming's fighting spirit, but they cannot drain the fighting spirit of Xu Shilin, who is practicing Xuan-level advanced skills and has peak fighting spirit cultivation.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The fighting energy consumed in refining the instant energy pill medicinal materials is less than half of Xu Shilin’s total fighting energy, so after Xu Shilin, who still has sufficient fighting energy, refines the medicinal materials,
Start the melting pill directly.
"Boom~"
More than half an hour later, a huge impact sound woke Lin Ming up from his state of tranquility and recovery of fighting spirit.
Lin Ming, who had recovered most of his fighting spirit at this time, looked at the black smoke rising from the dark black medicine cauldron and knew that his senior brother had failed to fuse the elixir for the first time.
Seeing the student's failure in refining the medicine, Mr. Huo immediately explained to Xu Shilin the inappropriate mistakes he had just made.
Although Huo Lao's explanation was aimed at Xu Shilin's refining mistake just now, this is a matter of one method that can be applied to all methods, so it was a good explanation for Lin Ming and other people observing.
After more than half an hour of recovering his fighting spirit, Lin Ming's fighting spirit had almost recovered. So after Mr. Huo finished explaining, Lin Ming returned to the medicine cauldron and started to fuse the pills.
According to the fusion method on the Instant Qi Pill recipe, Lin Ming began to fuse the medicinal materials.
During the process of fusing the medicinal materials, everything went very smoothly at first. After more than half an hour, Lin Ming came to the step where his senior brother had failed.
Following the explanation given by Elder Huo just now, Lin Ming became extremely careful after reaching this step. He made adjustments at the moment when the energy fluctuated, passed this step without any danger, and started the next refining.
Less than half an hour later, due to an operational error, the essence of the medicinal materials in Lin Ming's medicine cauldron was reduced to ashes, and Lin Ming's first attempt at refining the Instant Qi Pill also ended in failure.
After the refining failed, Mr. Huo also explained to Lin Ming the improper operation just now. After experiencing the failure, coupled with Mr. Huo's explanation, Lin Ming suddenly understood his problem and the improvement method that suited him.
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After adjusting his breath and fighting spirit, Lin Ming started refining the medicinal materials for the second time, and at this time, his senior brother Xu Shilin started the second fusion of the elixirs.
Lin Ming was refining his own medicinal materials. The fusion of his senior brother's medicinal materials had no impact on Lin Ming. As an alchemist, if you can't focus on your own refining of elixirs, then
He is no longer a qualified alchemist.
Lin Ming, who is already a fourth-grade alchemist and is now refining fifth-grade elixirs, can certainly be regarded as a qualified alchemist, so it is very normal to focus on his own medicine refining.
With previous experience in refining medicinal materials, Lin Ming's refining speed has been improved this time. In two hours, all the medicinal materials were refined, saving less than half an hour.
Senior brother Xu Shilin, from the very thin ray of elixir energy outside the medicine cauldron, knew that the fusion of the elixirs had reached the most critical step of elixir formation.
But at this time, chaotic energy fluctuations were transmitted from the medicine cauldron in front of the senior brother. After a while, the elixirs in the medicine cauldron turned into ashes and fell to the bottom of the medicine cauldron.
Discharge the medicine cauldron and collect it in the collection area outside the medicine cauldron.
Two consecutive refining failures will have an impact on any alchemist. So much so that senior brother Xu Shilin felt a little depressed at this time.
Lin Ming could see senior brother Xu Shilin's dejection, and of course Mr. Huo, who had rich experience, could see it even more, so at this time, Mr. Huo came to senior brother Xu Shilin and looked at senior brother Xu Shilin.
Senior brother Xu Shilin saw Mr. Huo coming to his side and shouted: "Old Huo!"
At this time, Mr. Huo looked at his senior brother Xu Shilin and said, "Shilin, do you know why I asked you to refine the fifth-grade elixir today?"
"Huo Lao always wanted to know the student's method of refining the fifth-grade elixir, but the student was stupid and failed twice in a row." After senior brother Xu Shilin finished speaking, he lowered his head silently.
"Shilin, I asked you to refine the fifth-grade elixir. Instructing you on the refining method is only one aspect. I can still guide you about the fifth-grade elixir now, but when you refine the sixth-grade or even seventh-grade elixir in the future,
At that time, can you still find someone to guide you?" Huo Lao asked his senior brother Xu Shilin.
"Mr. Huo, what do you mean?" Senior Brother Xu Shilin asked.
"When I say goodbye to you, what I want to teach you most is the spirit of never giving up until the last moment. This is the most basic and important quality of an alchemist." Huo Lao said seriously.
Mr. Huo's words made Xu Shilin wake up in an instant. That's right! From the time he became an alchemist, he has gone from failure after failure to the present. When he was a low-level alchemist, he was still able to not get discouraged after refining failed.
When I started a new refining process, how come after my cultivation and alchemy skills have improved, I am now unable to accept failure?
At this moment, the decadence on Xu Shilin's face completely disappeared, revealing a look of perseverance.
Chapter completed!