The first batch of Tongxuan Dan was made, and sacrifices were made to heaven as usual.
The furnace lid blew up more than fifty feet high, and the huge explosion shook the cavalry mountain.
This made Zhang Xiaozu begin to believe that the joke he told Ye Mingyue that day was not impossible. Going to Shuanglong Academy to refine the Fire Qilin Pill would really blow up Master Wang in the Yangsheng Realm.
This also made him realize that alchemy turned out to be a high-risk profession.
Fortunately, his alchemy furnace was hard, otherwise when he was refining high-level elixirs, the fragments from the explosion of the alchemy furnace hit him. If he didn't have enough strength to defend himself, he might have been killed on the spot.
In fact, this is not alarmist. Every year, alchemists die in alchemy furnace explosions.
The most typical example is Grandmaster Ziwu of Linlang Pavilion.
He, who was in the Imperial Saint Perfection Realm, was killed by the alchemy furnace when he was refining alchemy.
His soul was completely destroyed on the spot.
Rumor has it that he was refining a magical elixir that could lift the ancient curse on cultivators. Just when he was about to succeed, he was punished by heaven.
As for the truth, perhaps only the people in Linlang Pavilion know, and outsiders don't know.
Zhang Xiaozu thought for a long time, looking for the reason for the failure of the first furnace, and then started to refine the second furnace.
The second furnace did not explode.
But only three pills were produced, and they were all raw pills.
The heat is not enough.
Erysipelas is very poisonous, and eating it is like taking poison.
boom!
The third furnace exploded again.
The heat is getting louder.
After three failed attempts in succession, Zhang Xiaopou stopped in pain.
It's not that I was shocked, but that I feel distressed.
The cost of this furnace of Tongxuan Pills is about eight Tongxuan Pills, and it can produce up to twelve pills.
Twenty-four Tongxuan Pills were gone after three furnaces.
Even though he was a rich man who once owned thousands of Tongxuan Pills, he still couldn't stand such a waste.
"where is the problem?"
"If the fire is slightly lower, the elixir produced will be raw, but if the fire is raised slightly, the furnace will explode."
"I have controlled the fire very finely."
"The problem shouldn't be at the stage of condensing the pills. We have to look for it ahead."
Zhang Xiaozu calmed down, carefully recalled the refining process of these three furnaces, and looked for the problem.
After finding the possible problems, I deduced the solution to the problem in my mind and simulated it again and again.
An hour later, the fourth furnace started.
At the beginning, Zhang Xiaozu used fierce fire to stimulate the flow. As the medicinal materials and spiritual materials were put in, his fingers tapped on the alchemy furnace with varying degrees of severity, shocking and controlling the various medicinal power flows in the furnace to flow in the desired way.
Spurting, fusion, burning, etc.
Finally condense the elixir.
Zhang Xiaozu shot two spells in succession at the alchemy furnace, the Fire Gathering Spell and the Spirit Gathering Spell.
The fragrance of elixir immediately floated out of the elixir furnace.
However, before Zhang Xiaopou had time to be happy, he heard a series of cracking sounds.
After the elixir furnace cooled down and was opened, it was found that there were only two elixirs, seven broken elixirs, and the rest were all medicine dregs.
The quality of the two Cheng Dan is very ordinary.
Zhang Xiaozu focused on studying the seven broken pills, and found that five of them broke into pieces after normal formation, and two pills exploded after being burnt.
"Why did it break?"
Zhang Xiaozu frowned, confused.
"Give."
Ye Mingyue suddenly walked up to him and handed Zhang Xiaopou a good-quality Tongxuan Pill.
Zhang Xiaozu took the elixir doubtfully.
"Try it, maybe you can taste how others make elixirs." Ye Mingyue said.
When Zhang Xiaozhu heard this, the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched a few times unconsciously. He had a conditioned fear of the word "taste it", especially "taste it."
elixir.
But he still put the elixir into his mouth.
The elixir melts instantly in the mouth, and its fragrance refreshes the spleen.
Zhang Xiaozhu did not chew, but carefully felt the elixir melting layer by layer on his tongue from the outside to the inside.
In a daze, he seemed to see the process of the elixir condensing in the elixir furnace.
One, two, three...
After tasting six pills in succession, Zhang Xiaozu's face suddenly lit up with joy.
The alchemy furnace has been cleaned by Ye Mingyue.
He couldn't wait to take out the medicinal materials and start the fifth furnace of refining.
The process did not change from the fourth furnace, but at the last moment when the elixir was formed, he quickly took out a force and submerged it into the elixir furnace.
This power turned into a layer of water film, wrapping the condensed elixirs one by one.
The power is extremely weak and will not affect the medicinal properties of the elixir.
The fragrance of elixirs floated out from the mouth of the stove, and Zhang Xiaozhu looked nervous, fearing that the sound of elixirs breaking would be heard again, but it didn't happen.
"Hey…"
"It's done!"
Zhang Xiaozu happily shook his fist into the air.
The fifth furnace yielded nine elixirs, the quality of which was average and slightly above average.
This furnace can barely be called excellent.
He did not rush to refine the sixth furnace, but stopped to think again.
Half an hour later, the sixth furnace started.
The process has changed slightly.
He first carved three small spirit-gathering formations in three places on the body of the alchemy furnace, and then began to refine the elixir.
The result failed.
There are no broken pills, because the pills are not condensed.
Zhang Xiaozu removed a spirit gathering array and then started the seventh furnace.
There are seven elixirs, which are smooth in color and of high quality.
Then the eighth furnace, the ninth furnace...
One furnace after another, Zhang Xiaozu continued to make fine adjustments to the alchemy process.
There are failures and there are successes.
Until the nineteenth furnace, after condensing the elixir, the fragrance of elixir wafting out of the furnace was particularly strong.
Make ten pills.
Moreover, each one is bright and smooth in color, and the glow is flowing, making people intoxicated.
Top quality.
"It's finally done!"
"Cool!"
A happy smile bloomed on Zhang Xiaozu's face.
Studying, exploring, thinking, correcting, experimenting amidst constant failures like this, and finally succeeding in overcoming numerous obstacles brought about great joy and sense of accomplishment, which made Zhang Xiaopou unprecedentedly satisfied.
Twentieth furnace.
There are eleven finished elixirs, nine of them are of high quality, and two of them are of high quality.
Furnace twenty-one.
Twelve pieces in single order, ten of top quality and two of excellent quality.
…
Zhang Xiaozu finished the remaining furnaces in one go, and each furnace was better than the last.
When the twenty-fifth furnace was over, he still felt unfinished.
Finally, I calculated the costs and benefits and found a huge loss.
These twenty-five batches of medicinal materials cost about two hundred Tongxuan pills, but only seventy-eight pills were produced, which was a loss of more than half.
Of course, if the growth of Zhang Xiaozu's alchemy skills is included in the income, it will definitely be a huge profit.
"The Taoist true fire is too strong and not suitable for alchemy. I have to find a kind of alchemy fire suitable for alchemy."
Zhang Xiaozu thought.
"What's the date today?"
Zhang Xiaozu looked at the moon in the sky and asked Ye Mingyue beside him.
"February 11th." Ye Mingyue replied.
"Ah? What's the date?" Zhang Xiaozhu looked surprised, thinking he heard wrongly.
"February 11th." Ye Mingyue repeated it. Knowing why Zhang Xiaozu was surprised, she smiled and said, "Yes, you have already sat here and practiced the Nine Heavens Pill."
"Nine days?"
"Why don't I feel anything?"
"Time flies too fast!"
Zhang Xiaozu said in surprise.
He felt like it had only been two or three days.
"I don't know if the Liu family member has succeeded in breaking through to the extraordinary realm?"
Zhang Xiaozu stood up and looked to the north where Liujia Fort was located.
"I hope that the sky will be blessed by the gods and Buddhas..." Zhang Xiaozu looked at the night sky, clasped his hands together, and prayed sincerely, "Let the transcendent realm of the Liu family explode on the spot. It is best to blow up the ancestors of the Liu family! Bless, bless.
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It's not that he bears a grudge against Liu Wuzhi, but because the Liu family guards an ancient teleportation formation.
Originally, the Liu family already had a Heavenly Lord, so the task of destroying the teleportation formation was very difficult for him. Naturally, he did not want another Heavenly Lord to appear in the Liu family.
Ye Mingyue burst out laughing when she saw Zhang Xiaozhu praying.
