Nie Yun looked at the various medicinal liquids in front of him, closed his eyes slightly, and carefully went through the process of condensing the Fire Spirit Pill in his mind.
"Let's begin." After a moment, Nie Yun slowly opened his eyes and placed his hands gently on the ice blue cauldron wall. Milky white energy surged out, and the earth fire rose in vain, slowing down the various medicinal liquids in the cauldron.
Slowly wrapped, it gradually returned to one place under Nie Yun's control.
Because the main function of the Fire Spirit Pill is to develop the functions of the Fire Spirit Peach to the maximum extent, it is even more important to control the auxiliary medicinal materials so that they do not overwhelm the main function or have no effect. This is a great test for the alchemist himself.
Delicate control over the properties of medicine.
Silks of cold sweat oozed from Nie Yun's forehead. The beads of sweat slid down his cheeks and dripped onto his blue robe, forming puddles of light brown marks. However, he was completely unaware of it. His eyes were fixed on the tripod.
Inside the furnace, the heat was carefully controlled.
Even though Nie Yun had already had the experience of successfully refining the Fire Spirit Pill, he still didn't dare to be careless. After all, it was... really expensive.
As time passed little by little, the solemnity in Nie Yun's eyebrows gradually disappeared, a wisp of joy gradually climbed up to the top of his eyebrows, and the elixir in the cauldron gradually took shape.
Bang, I saw the corners of Nie Yun's mouth raised involuntarily, and he tapped the lid of the cauldron, and a red and round pill appeared in his palm.
"It's done!"
Through the small hole in the cauldron, Master Li witnessed with his own eyes that the pool of medicinal liquid gradually gathered together, gradually became oval, and finally turned into a red and round elixir. He didn't know what it was like. He said it was a surprise.
I feel a little disappointed again.
What’s surprising is that with the talent of this little guy in front of me, within ten years Yuelu, no, Daqian’s alchemy world will have a rising star. But what’s disappointing is that the future star in front of me seems to be a bit of a three-minute hit, not
I can take this opportunity to encourage him.
With all kinds of thoughts mixed in his mind, Master Li was stunned for a moment.
"Master Li?" Nie Yun turned his head and called softly.
"Huh?" Master Li was slightly shocked and came to his senses. He then reluctantly handed over the No. 9 Talisman in his hand and said with a smile: "I'm looking down on you. Hey, take it."
"Thank you, Master!" Nie Yun smiled and took the talisman, and said impatiently: "Master, if I don't have anything else to do, I will go to the alchemy room No. 9 to have a look!"
"Haha, go ahead, go ahead." Master Li waved his hand, looked at Nie Yun's leaving figure and couldn't help but said: "Nie Yun, I have been teaching in the university for more than 20 years, and you are the most talented person in alchemy that I have ever met.
The best one, but you must not be arrogant and complacent. The road to alchemy is essentially the way of grass and trees, the way of heaven and earth. And we are just travelers on the road. Only through the narrow road can we get a glimpse of more wonderful things. Nie Yun, I sincerely hope you can go.
further!"
Nie Yun paused for a moment, and just as he was about to turn around and say something, the stone door suddenly fell.
"The road is long and long, and I will search for it up and down."
In the alchemy room No. 1, Master Li's whispers echoed leisurely.
...
Nie Yun, who came out of Alchemy Room No. 1, stood in front of the black stone door for a long time, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes. After a moment, he sighed softly and walked slowly towards Alchemy Room No. 9.
After walking two steps, I saw the sign of Alchemy Room No. 9. From the outside, it looked no different from Nie Yun's original Alchemy Room No. 23. It was still a black stone door with an indentation in the center.
Nie Yun gently pressed the talisman in his hand tightly, and the stone door suddenly opened.
I didn't see anything special. It was surrounded by dark stone walls, but it was slightly wider. The familiar hourglass was still flowing slowly in the corner. There was still a simple futon in the center, but it didn't look like the one in front of the futon.
A low-level medicine cauldron is placed like other alchemy rooms, with only a fire outlet a few inches in size.
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Real alchemists all have their own medicine cauldrons, and the low-level medicine cauldrons provided by the school for free are fine for new alchemists to use, but for students who are on the Young Eagle and Hidden Dragon Rankings, it is better not to have them at all.
Nie Yun walked to the futon and sat down slowly. Instead of hurriedly taking out the Ice Demon and placing it on the fire outlet to experience the difference in the alchemy room No. 9, he just sat there, looking at the scene in front of him with a dull look.
Sitting quietly at the mouth of the fire, a mysterious aura gradually came quietly.
The mysterious aura from the underworld echoed for a long time, and finally gradually condensed into a shadow, with the same dull eyes and sitting cross-legged.
In front of Wuzhentang courtyard, the old man was lying on the Taishi chair, with his eyes slightly closed, gently shaking his cattail leaf fan, quietly enjoying the warm winter sun. After a moment, he opened his eyes, and a ray of light flashed in his muddy old eyes, looking far away.
Looking in the direction of the Alchemy Hall, Youyou's gaze seemed to penetrate all spatial barriers, and he caught a glimpse of Nie Yun sitting cross-legged on the futon.
"Are you asking your true heart..."
The old man's hand shaking the fan paused slightly and murmured softly: "It's too early, it's really too early."
Why make alchemy anyway?
To make money? To become stronger? Or for the illusory way of vegetation? The way of heaven and earth?
Nie Yun seemed to have never thought about it seriously, he just knew that it should be the right thing to do. Since it was right, he would do it seriously and work hard to do it well.
This seems to be the case, he worked hard to do it well, and everyone including Master Li praised him as a genius, but...is it really enough?
People who don’t know him think he is just a three-minute hot guy who throws it aside after getting enough money, rewards, and fame. People who know him think he is mature and sober. There is no need to be boring and boring when there is no financial pressure.
You can make money by refining low-level elixirs, but obtaining the raw materials for high-level elixirs is more troublesome. Put it aside for the time being and improve your own strength.
"But what about myself? What does alchemy mean to me?" Nie Yun whispered silently, questioning the self hidden in his heart.
With his eyes distracted, Nie Yun vaguely saw a person with a delicate face and a smile. He was wearing a green robe, sitting cross-legged on a futon facing him and said lightly:
"In order to make money, the things in Wuzhentang are too expensive, and we are too poor. The poor can only choose a Canglan Sword Code, and the poor can only buy a Pulse-Breaking Pill. If it were just us,
That's all." Another Nie Yun showed a gentle smile and said: "But our senior sister should not be like us, this is our dereliction of duty."
"As for the improvement of strength, it's just a by-product. Maybe if we put the energy of learning alchemy into practice, and then earn coins to buy elixirs through the mission hall, maybe we will be stronger than now!" Nie Yun continued to talk gently.
He smiled and said: "We are very comfortable in the university hall. We practice alchemy every day and go to class. It's nice to play around with our senior sisters, isn't it? Even if the eagles, hidden dragons, and general rankings produced by the school are not really released, we will
In our hearts, if we were really anxious to become stronger, we could have taken that Pulse-Breaking Pill long ago."
"Is that all?" Nie Yun murmured, seeming to be talking to himself and asking another self.
"That's all." The other Nie Yun smiled and nodded.
There was a trace of confusion in Nie Yun's eyes, and he suddenly felt that he had always been living in the expectations of others. Because this thing was considered good by everyone, he worked hard to do it, and that was all.
"Is it really still too early?"
The old man in the front yard of Wuzhen Hall stopped shaking the cattail leaf fan in his hand. He sat up from the Taishi chair in a rare move, shook his head and sighed softly, and an invisible wave passed by.
Deep in the alchemy room No. 9, the originally docile red flame suddenly surged wantonly.
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, set off bursts of sparks, and the sparks touched Nie Yun's sleeves through the fire outlet, burning a black hole out of the blue robe.
The sudden burning sensation pulled Nie Yun out of his confusion, a wry smile appeared on his lips, and he gently extinguished the sparks on his sleeves.
"Hey." Nie Yun shook his head and sighed, silently took out the medicine cauldron Ice Demon and placed it at the outlet of the fire. But suddenly his eyes froze and he stared at the black char-like substance on his burned robe.
Decorated at the entrance of the cave.
Nie Yun stretched out his fingers and rubbed it, and the black coke on the edge fell. Nie Yun was stunned again, staring at the black coke.
Most of the herbs are in the form of coke when burned. Why are the clothes also in the form of coke when burned? Why can't metal be burned? Why can't the sediment be burned? And why can't metal sediment be used to make elixirs?
Nie Yun thought for a long time and shook his head as if lamenting. He couldn't figure it out. He couldn't figure it out. After all, it was still too superficial.
"Huh?" Nie Yun suddenly froze again, and then laughed again. It's shallow, and you're right if you know you are shallow!
In a trance, an illusory Nie Yun appeared in front of Nie Yun again, still wearing a green robe, sitting cross-legged on the futon and looking at Nie Yun with a smile.
This time, Nie Yun didn't wait for him to speak and said categorically: "You are wrong. Maybe I just started to make alchemy just to make money, but when I really came into contact with the way of grass and trees, it was more than that!"
The illusory Nie Yun looked at him with a smile on his lips and did not interrupt his words, but listened quietly.
"Why do grass and trees turn into a pool of coke when burned, why can mud and sand be burned into crystal clear water, and why can metals only burn to a liquid state and then solidify again... Understanding the nature of these things, understanding the nature of the world, makes
It will be my lifelong pursuit that everything in this world can become an elixir."
There was an inexplicable fire burning in Nie Yun's eyes: "And my desire for strength was determined more than ten years ago. The reason why I didn't use the pulse-breaking pill was because I wanted to wait until I broke through the Ren or Du veins to use it.
"
"I want to become strong! Strong enough that I can see every blade of grass and every grain of dust in the world. Strong enough that there is no secret in the world in my eyes. And more importantly, I want to be strong enough that no one in the world can hurt her.
Let her be free to do whatever she wants!"
"You are you, I am me." After a long silence, the illusory Nie Yun had a flash of complexity in his eyes. He did not use us to identify himself, but opened his arms in relief, and his whole body gradually became illusory and transparent.
A faint arc formed at the corner of his mouth as he slowly whispered: "Beat me and you will see your true self."
"Good boy, let me ask you what to expect." The old man's turbid eyes in front of Wuzhentang's courtyard widened slightly, and a rare flash of surprise flashed through him. After a moment, he showed a smile and lay back on the Taishi chair again, with the old cattail leaf fan on his head gently again.
It swayed gently, as if it had never stopped.
His original intention was to pull Nie Yun out of that state and prevent him from falling into a demonic barrier and never recover. Unexpectedly... the old man closed his eyes gently and slowly.
"The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead."
Inquiring into one's own heart and knowing one's true nature should be the path of inquiry for a free person. Only when one truly understands oneself, sees through all appearances, and clearly understands what one really wants can there be any possibility of inquiry into the great road.
Otherwise, if your heart is not sincere, why ask?
"Only when Zhan Wu sees me do I know that I am not myself." Nie Yun suddenly felt that his whole body became relaxed, and a happy smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "From now on, you will know why I practice."
Nie Yun suddenly stood up, opened the stone door and walked towards the door of Alchemy Room No. 1. He groped for a while on the dark stone door, left a line of writing on it and then turned around and left:
"The road is long and difficult, but it will be over soon. This is what Yun wants!"