Sun Boqing was a master of alchemy. His alchemy room was naturally very large, about ten feet square, with a very high dome. There were many medicine shelves in the room with all kinds of medicinal materials laid on them. There were many jade boxes on the cabinets against the wall.
Bottles, each jade bottle has a label indicating the name of the elixir.
Sun Boqing came to the center of the room and stopped. He waved his sleeves and an eight-foot-tall red copper alchemy furnace suddenly appeared. Li Qianmo looked up at this huge alchemy furnace that was much taller than himself and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Sun Boqing touched the dragon pattern carved on the alchemy furnace with his hand, and smiled with wrinkles all over his face. After a long time, he slowly explained: "Alchemy is a very complicated skill that requires too many techniques and has many restrictions. The medicinal materials
, the alchemy furnace, flames, techniques, etc., must be comprehensive before refining the best elixir. The elixir is divided into nine levels, and the alchemy master is also divided into nine levels. I am now a seventh-level alchemy master. The gap between each level
It’s a huge gap.”
He paused and then said: "The most important tool for alchemy is the alchemy furnace. The alchemy furnace is a magic weapon. My alchemy furnace is called the Nine Dragon Flame Furnace, and it is a low-grade holy weapon."
Li Qianmo asked in confusion: "Uncle, you are a great sage and an alchemy master. The alchemy furnace you use is a low-grade holy weapon?"
Sun Boqing sighed when he heard the words, and a look of regret flashed across his face: "The materials for refining the alchemy furnace are too harsh and difficult to find. They must be able to withstand extremely high temperatures. And you see, this alchemy furnace is so big, it needs materials.
You can imagine the amount of it. I spent more than two hundred years collecting materials to make this alchemy furnace, but unfortunately I still couldn't refine it into a mid-grade holy weapon in the end, alas..."
When Li Qianmo saw him sighing, he didn't know what to say, so he just kept silent.
Sun Boqing sighed for a while, then waved his long sleeves, and a three-foot-tall small alchemy furnace appeared next to the Nine Dragon Flame Furnace. It was like the grandson of the Nine Dragon Flame Furnace. Sun Boqing introduced: "This is a low-grade magic weapon-level alchemy furnace."
, called the Fire Cloud Furnace, this alchemy furnace I used when I first started learning alchemy, and now I give it to you."
Li Qianmo stepped forward and took a closer look. He saw that the alchemy furnace was made of hot copper and was round in shape. There were three legs at the bottom. The furnace body was engraved with fire cloud patterns. The furnace lid was engraved with an animal head with teeth and claws. It looked very ferocious.
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Sun Boqing added: "Although this Fire Cloud Furnace is the worst alchemy furnace, there is no problem in refining first- and second-grade elixirs. However, the elixir yield rate may be lower when refining second-grade elixirs."
"Thank you, uncle, I like it very much." Li Qianmo put the alchemy furnace away and thanked him with a smile.
Sun Boqing took out two more thick scriptures and handed them over, saying: "These are the "Qianjin Prescriptions" and "Qingdan Volume" that I hand-copied. They not only introduce the medicinal properties and pharmacology of thousands of medicinal materials, but also list the elixirs.
With the alchemy experience of the sages, even if the disciples of my elixir hall have not been able to watch it for less than fifty years, you should study it carefully."
Li Qianmo took the two scriptures and flipped through them. He found that the "Qian Jin Prescription" recorded thousands of medicinal properties and pharmacology of various medicinal materials, while the "Qing Dan Volume" recorded various medicinal properties.
The refining methods of the medicine, as well as the elixir refining experiences of many sages in the elixir hall, are very detailed.
After a brief glance, he knew that these two scriptures were very precious, so he put them away and thanked him. Next, Sun Boqing began to teach him the alchemy skills.
The most important thing in alchemy is not to learn the technique, but to know the principle of each technique. This is to know the method and the reason. In this way, you can draw inferences in the future of alchemy. Learn without a teacher. Otherwise, you will only be stuck in your own way and it will be difficult to achieve success.
inch forward.
Under the guidance of Sun Boqing, he began to practice various alchemy techniques. The techniques for alchemy are indeed quite complex. There are more than 300 variations in the fire control technique alone. Beginners only need to master fifteen to refine all of them.
For first-grade elixirs, Sun Boqing, a seventh-grade alchemy master, has only mastered more than two hundred fire control techniques, which shows how difficult it is.
Li Qianmo's ability to discern subtleties has greatly improved since he practiced the Hidden Dragon Technique. In addition, he is a quick learner and can master various flame control techniques once or twice. By the evening, he had learned one hundred and thirteen
A fire control technique.
Sun Boqing was extremely shocked. His eyes looking at Li Qianmo became more and more weird, and he kept asking in his heart: "What kind of talent does this kid have? How can he learn things so fast and teach him just once?"
He really had the urge to take Li Qianmo into the elixir hall, but Yuan Daozhen had a perverse temper. He finally accepted such a smart disciple, so he was naturally very precious. If he dared to rob him, Yuan Daozhen would definitely fall out with him.
Controlling flames may be difficult for ordinary people, but it is not a problem for Li Qianmo. The biggest difficulty in controlling fire is to master the subtle changes of flames. This requires a high ability to discern subtleties, which is why there are so few alchemists.
s reason.
But Li Qianmo's current ability to discern subtleties is far beyond ordinary people. Subtle changes in flames cannot escape his consciousness. Changing flames cannot be said to be easy, but it is not difficult either.
At the end of the day, Sun Boqing taught Li Qianmo everything he could, and told him many alchemy techniques, and made an appointment for him to start refining alchemy here at midnight tomorrow.
Li Qianmo left the Alchemy Palace and returned to his room. He took out "Qianjin Prescription" and "Qingdan Scroll" and started reading. The two scrolls together were more than a foot thick. He read them all in one night and memorized them all in his mind.
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At midnight the next day, Li Qianmo arrived at yesterday's alchemy room on time, where Sun Boqing was already waiting.
Li Qianmo stepped forward and handed the two scriptures back to him. Sun Boqing asked in confusion: "Didn't I ask you to go back and study it carefully? What else are you doing for me?"
Li Qianmo smiled lightly: "I have read it all and memorized all the contents."
Sun Boqing was startled when he heard this, almost thinking that he heard wrongly. He took the two books, opened the Qianjin Fang, randomly picked a medicinal material and asked him about the properties of the medicine. Li Qianmo opened his mouth and said it, and it was accurate. Sun Boqing was shocked.
He selected five more medicinal materials and asked him about them. Li Qianmo answered them fluently and without any mistakes.
The shock in Sun Boqing's heart could not be greater. He looked straight at Li Qianmo and kept sighing to himself: "What a pity, why is such a genius not a disciple of my elixir hall? What a pity, what a pity..."
He sighed secretly for a while, calmed down, and said slowly: "Next, I am going to refine a batch of elixirs. I will use this as a demonstration. You should learn carefully."
"Okay, thank you, Master." Li Qianmo nodded respectfully.
Sun Boqing placed his left palm on the alchemy furnace and stretched his right palm flat. A thin stream of white flame spurted out, entered the furnace from the fire mouth, and burned in the furnace.
After a while, the temperature of the alchemy furnace was enough. He put the eight medicinal herbs into the furnace one after another, and at the same time constantly adjusted the flame changes. At each stage of changing the fire, he would tell Li Qianmo what kind of fire should be changed at this stage and why he should change this fire.
It's thorough and detailed.
Li Qianmo also listened very carefully and remembered everything he said without daring to be negligent in the slightest.
After three sticks of incense, there were bursts of fragrance wafting out of the furnace. Sun Boqing said slowly: "Pay attention, the elixir is about to be released. Now we have reached the final stage of collecting the elixir. We must especially control the heat, otherwise all the previous efforts will be in vain."
, and it will also destroy a furnace of medicinal materials. The flames when the elixir is produced need to be slowed down three times, and the elixir can take shape under changes..."
Li Qianmo listened and watched his movements carefully, his eyes motionless, very focused. After Sun Boqing changed into flames three times, he gave a deep shout, put down the fire and stood with a smile on his face, saying: "It's done, turn on the furnace."
As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves, opened the stove lid, and dozens of round pills flew up as if following his command, and finally fell into his palm one after another, filling his palm just right.
He showed these elixirs to Li Qianmo and saw that the elixirs were dark red in color and shiny, almost reflecting human figures. Li Qianmo couldn't help but ask: "What is the name of this elixir and what does it do?"
Sun Boqing stroked his beard and smiled: "This is a Qi-nourishing pill. It is of a very low level. It is not even a first-grade pill. Don't look down on them. People in the Qi-seeking stage can greatly improve their cultivation progress by taking this pill. This pill
Medicine is quite easy to sell in casual cultivation places."
He paused and then said: "Look at how shiny and smooth this elixir is. This is the way to identify the quality of the elixir. Different people will refine the same elixir with different potencies, but the principles are the same.
The seventeen Qi-nourishing pills I refined are of the highest quality and are very rare."