Just after practicing, Su Yu was about to put away the black iron sword when the master opened the door and came in as usual, but he seemed to be hesitating and thinking about something.
"Master, is something wrong?" Su Yu couldn't help but ask.
"Su Yu, do you want to learn alchemy?" the master said seemingly casually as he closed the door.
"Of course I do!" Su Yu's eyes lit up, but he was a little surprised inside.
He used to think that his master couldn't make alchemy, so he didn't teach him how to make alchemy. But now it seems that his master is fully capable of making alchemy, but he just didn't want to teach him for some reasons.
Before Su Yu could ask anything, the master said: "My alchemy skills were actually learned from Yanyu Pavilion. They were not supposed to be taught to outsiders. Teaching them to you actually breaks the rules."
"However, I am no longer a member of the Yanyu Pavilion. There is nothing wrong with teaching you. It's just that you need to be careful and don't show the alchemy process to outsiders, especially people from the Yanyu Pavilion."
"Of course, if you can join Yanyu Pavilion and become its alchemist, then there will be no problem even if the alchemy process is exposed."
However, Liu Shi didn't think Su Yu could join Yanyu Pavilion and become an alchemist.
Generally speaking, people with strong martial arts talents will be much worse at alchemy. It will naturally be a lot more difficult to become an alchemist, let alone pass the assessment of Yanyu Pavilion and become an alchemist of Yanyu Pavilion.
Once you become the alchemist of Yanyu Pavilion, outsiders will respect you very much, and even people with high status and background will not dare to take action against you.
"Master, I won't expose the alchemy process. I know it well. Just teach me." Su Yu promised.
I didn't expect that the master was from Yanyu Pavilion. I didn't know what the story was. Since the master didn't take the initiative to tell me, I couldn't ask.
Liu Shi said: "It's good to know. However, if I want to teach you how to make alchemy, you need to buy an alchemy furnace. It will cost a lot of money. You also need to buy related medicinal materials. Here is some silver. You can use it to buy an alchemy furnace yourself.
, the medicinal materials above should be purchased according to the instructions on the note."
Su Yu hesitated for a moment, then returned the money to the master and took the note.
"Master, I have a lot of money on me and I don't need your money."
The master's life was already in straitened circumstances, yet he gave money for free to buy an alchemy furnace and teach him how to make alchemy. Su Yu was too embarrassed to leave the money in his hand and use the master's money instead.
"You really have some secrets, okay, I won't ask you any more questions about where you got your money from. I believe in your character," Liu Shi said.
After the master and apprentice had a brief lunch, Su Yu went to Beiyuan City alone to buy the things needed for alchemy.
Soon, we arrived at Yanyu Pavilion in Beiyuan City.
"The note the master gave me specifies the purchase of a purple-gold pattern furnace. They should be sold here, and I can buy some elixirs by the way."
The effect of Body Tempering Powder on Su Yu can be said to be very weak, so Su Yu planned to buy some elixirs to assist in martial arts training to support his training for a period of time.
"Do you have any recommendations for elixirs to assist in martial arts?" Su Yu asked.
A medicine boy immediately came over and introduced: "Then I recommend this elixir, a body-strengthening pill. It costs twenty taels of silver a bottle. There are ten body-strengthening pills in total. It is suitable for use by warriors in the inner-strength realm."
"What will happen if it is used below the Neizhuang level?"
The medicine boy replied: "It won't do anything, it will just cause a waste of medicinal effect, and is more suitable for use by warriors in the inner strength realm. If you don't like this one, I recommend this one..."
"No, that's it. I'll take two bottles back and try them first." Su Yu took out forty taels worth of silver and threw it to the medicine boy.
"The guests are so generous!" the medicine boy said excitedly.
Su Yu took over two ancient wood-colored medicine bottles, and the rich medicinal fragrance filled his nostrils.
When I opened one of the bottles, there were ten brown pills inside. They didn't look very nice.
"Do you have any purple and gold lines? Let me see."
The medicine boy nodded and said: "Of course there is, I will take the guests to have a look."
Su Yu followed the medicine boy to a place specializing in selling alchemy furnaces. He took a casual look and saw that many of them were selling for five hundred taels or even one thousand taels. They were more expensive than Su Yu expected.
Hey, if I learn blacksmithing, can I also make money from it?
However, Su Yu temporarily abandoned this idea. It was enough to master one or two in a short time. Learning too much would distract his energy.
"This is the purple-gold pattern furnace." The medicine boy pointed to a furnace and said.
One hundred and fifty taels was much more expensive than the master said, so Su Yu asked, "Can the price be lowered?"
"Guest, please don't embarrass me. Recently, a member of the Blackwater Gang has occupied an important mineral vein, causing the prices of all alchemy furnaces to rise. If you want a cheaper one, you can choose the one next to it."
The Blackwater Gang has actually expanded to such an extent that it can even occupy mineral veins.
You must know that such important things are usually tightly controlled by the government and can be occupied by the Blackwater Gang. The Blackwater Gang is more capable than you think.
"Forget it, let's take this."
"Guest, would you like to send someone to deliver it to you? This alchemy furnace weighs two hundred kilograms." The medicine boy raised his head and glanced at Su Yu, feeling that although this man was powerful, he could not carry the two hundred kilograms furnace.
Su Yu shook his head and said, "Just in time for some exercise."
Throwing one hundred and fifty taels of silver to the medicine boy, he gently used one hand to pick up the cauldron, as if he was carrying a child, very easily.
"What a powerful force!" When the medicine boy saw this, his mouth opened in surprise and he was speechless for a while.
When he came to the place where he often bought medicinal materials, Su Yu also knew the name of the gray-haired old man because he came there often. His name was Wang Liu, and he usually called him Master Wang.
"Ten copies of these medicinal materials first." Su Yu sent a note to Master Wang.
"A total of thirty taels of silver." Master Wang said calmly and began to take medicine.
Soon, Master Wang grabbed the medicine, packed the medicinal materials and sent them to Su Yu.
Su Yu was about to leave Yanyu Pavilion when he suddenly saw someone fleeing on the street outside, dragging blood all over the floor. He was hit by an arrow in the back, followed by dozens of soldiers chasing him. The leader of the general shouted: "Irrelevant people
Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Even so, when the soldiers took action and nocked their arrows, they completely ignored the nearby civilians and attacked the fleeing person like crazy.
"What's going on? It's like seeing a treasure." Su Yu found a place to hide.
There was a tea pavilion not far away, and someone asked: "Master Tea, I hear you ask a lot of questions and know a lot of things. Do you know what happened just now?"
The man called Tea Master was making tea and said happily: "I really know."
"Not long ago, Young Master Mo Tianlin of the Mo family died unexpectedly, and all the five hundred taels of silver notes he had on him disappeared."
"What do you think today? Someone actually took out the same type of five hundred silver notes to buy martial arts. Of course, the result was immediately reported, and the Mo family directly sent people to arrest this person."
"I heard that anyone caught will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver. Otherwise, how crazy can this person be?"
When Su Yu heard this, he was slightly grateful. Fortunately, he went out in the ghost market. If he had gone out here, I would probably be the one being hunted today.
The city lord will definitely trace that the silver note came from the ghost market. Well, you can't go to the ghost market during this period.
There was a scream in the distance, half of the head flew out, and blood splashed everywhere, falling on the faces of some innocent people, scaring many people and running away in a hurry.
"My child!" came a hoarse female voice.
The head that flew out was not the person who was running away just now, but an innocent child who was accidentally injured and died!
Seeing this scene, Su Yu couldn't help clenching his fists. The Mo family and the city lord are really bastards!
In order to arrest a person, he accidentally killed a child, and without any intention of stopping, he galloped past on a war horse, leaving behind a mess on the ground, innocent citizens, and blood everywhere.
"This is not as good as those gangsters! Wearing soldiers' clothes and acting like gangsters!" Someone couldn't help but said angrily and smashed the table with his palm.
Su Yu sighed, he couldn't care about much else, but he could still help the innocent woman.
Holding the cauldron in one hand, Su Yu threw the twenty taels of silver to the woman.
The woman looked at the ground in shock, her eyes red, and said angrily: "I don't want your money, give me back my child!"
Su Yu shook his head and left without explaining anything, and quickened his pace a little.
When the woman saw that Su Yu was not wearing military uniforms from behind, she froze on the spot. After a while, she covered her face again and cried bitterly. She grabbed the silver in a panic and protected it on her body.
At this time, Su Yu chose to take a small detour to avoid the main road. He was torn between finding a place to avoid the wind first or going out of the city gate.
Then I thought about it, the more I acted unreasonably, the easier it would be for others to notice my abnormality, so I might as well behave openly and go out of the city gate.
As for whether the city gate would be blocked because of what happened just now, Su Yu thought it was unlikely. How could there be so many soldiers and they couldn't catch a dying person. Since they had caught it, there was no need to block the city gate.
With the decision made, Su Yu quickened his pace and rushed to the city gate.
The city gate remained as usual, with people walking in and out, and traffic bustling. Only the resting soldiers sat together discussing something.
"Have you heard that the person who killed Mr. Mo Tianlin has been found?"
"I've heard about it too, but it seems that I just discovered a clue. The city lord is about to make a big move again."
"Hey, people like you and me should just stay safe and defend the city. If you really want to join the army, you will have to do something against your will like them."
"Hmph, if you ask me, Mo Tianlin died well. He had no talent in martial arts and was surly by nature. He killed many innocent people."
"Be careful what you say, be careful what you say!"
Su Yu listened to these words and walked out of the city gate with a normal posture.
To be on the safe side, don’t come to Beiyuan City during this time.
Su Yu sighed in his heart, he really killed a troublesome person.
Returning to Stone Village, Su Yu told his master what had just happened, and took the opportunity to see his master's attitude towards the Mo family.
Liu Shi's face turned red and he said angrily: "The Mo family are indeed assholes as always! Many of their troops are recruited from rogue bandits, and they don't regard the lives of ordinary people as their destiny at all."
"You should not go to Beiyuan City during this period. I will buy the medicinal materials needed for alchemy."
"Okay, I will concentrate on learning alchemy during this period." Su Yu nodded and said. He didn't want to go to Beiyuan City in the first place, so he could find excuses not to go to Beiyuan City to buy medicinal materials.
As for the master's safety, the master's strength is in the Qi Yun realm and is much stronger than mine, so there is no need to worry about the master's personal safety.
"Okay, bring me the medicinal materials you bought."
"Here, master."
Su Yu gave the ten packed medicinal materials to the master.
The master looked at it carefully, nodded slightly and said: "The quality is good, how much money did it cost?"
"Thirty taels." Su Yu answered truthfully.
“It’s not expensive, it can even be said to be very cheap.”
"Okay, I'll give you a detailed demonstration. Alchemy is most about practical operations. Please watch carefully. I will explain to you any key points during the process. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."
Su Yu nodded slightly and asked: "By the way, master, what kind of medicinal material is this for practicing elixir?"
"Strengthening Pill, your martial arts talent is pretty good. Even though you haven't entered the Inner Strengthening Realm, you can still digest the effects of the Strengthening Pill in the Body Strengthening Realm." Liu Shi explained.
Recently, he had also observed Su Yu's martial arts practice and found that the Body Tempering Powder was helping Su Yu less and less, so he came up with the idea of teaching Su Yu to refine the Body Strengthening Pill.
...I just bought the body strengthening pill.
Su Yu felt a little bit at a loss, but after buying it, it was going to be used, so thinking about it, it wasn't a big loss.
Liu Shi started to light the fire and taught Su Yu how to make alchemy.
"There are two main ways to make alchemy. One is the water method to make alchemy. The main methods are time-melting, leaching, sealing, boiling, boiling, raising, brewing, dotting, pouring and soaking. The other is the fire method to make alchemy. I mainly give
You explain the method of fire and alchemy."
"The fire method generally includes forging, refining, melting, flying, and volts. After a long period of high-temperature heating, the medicinal materials are mixed and melted into one, thereby refining the elixir."
"The most important thing is the control of the heat and the proportion of the medicinal materials. If you don't control it well, the refined elixir will become a useless elixir and have no value."
"There are a lot of tools needed to make alchemy, such as grinders, distillers, cooking pots, etc., but I have prepared all these things, so you don't need to go to the trouble of buying them."
"First of all, to start a fire, you need to use this high-quality coal with extremely high carbon content, which can release higher temperatures."
With a sound, the flame rose under the alchemy furnace, and the alchemy furnace was heated. The willow stone was poured into clean water, waiting for the furnace to heat.
The master began to grind the blue and white leaves until the juice was obtained, and then began to dry the longyang fruit...
During this period, various precautions were explained, and Su Yu also watched attentively, remembering various key points.
Before I knew it, the afternoon had passed.
The flame gradually extinguished, and the faint fragrance of medicine came from the alchemy furnace. Liu Shi wiped his sweat and said: "This furnace of elixir is finally ready."
Liu Shi put on anti-scalding gloves, opened the stove mouth, and took out nine pills. The pills had clear lines, a compelling aroma, and were in much better quality than the ones Su Yu had just bought.
"It's getting late. You can practice by yourself tomorrow. I will be by your side to watch over you."