The way of heaven is to make up for the excess when there is more damage. The way of man is to make up for the excess when there is not enough damage.
The elixir takes away the power of creation of heaven and earth, breathes out the spirit of all things, and supplements the monk's origin, but it is a great way and has wide benefits.
Jiang Fan is an alchemy master. He has studied hard with his master since he was a child. In addition to his intelligence, he is also able to refine some low-level elixirs.
Medicinal pills are the same as Taoist utensils, and are divided into four levels of quality: heaven, earth, xuan, and yellow. Each level of quality is divided into three levels: upper, middle, and lower.
The functions of elixirs can be roughly divided into healing, curing diseases, supplementing, etc. When monks travel between heaven and earth and encounter dangers, the help of elixirs is indispensable.
Therefore, sects and aristocratic families support more alchemists to meet their daily needs for elixirs.
The next morning, Ye Ling went out early and stood in the courtyard.
His injury has not healed yet, but he still has not forgotten to improve his level. He meditates and practices every night, which is considered as rest.
However, as soon as he stepped down the front steps, he saw that Jiang Fan had already woken up and had set up a furnace in the courtyard.
This furnace tripod is five feet high and three feet wide. It has a simple appearance and an old atmosphere, and it looks like it has been through the Spring and Autumn Period.
Jiang Fan turned to Ye Ling and smiled: "Brother Ye, you woke up so early!"
"Weren't you earlier?" Ye Ling walked closer and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Refining elixirs," Jiang Fan said with a smile, "We are going into the Demon's Cave, but the evil spirit inside is too strong. I plan to make some Qingxin Pills to resist the evil spirit of the demons."
Ye Ling had never seen the scene of alchemy, so he sat cross-legged in front of a big locust tree in the courtyard and watched from the side.
Jiang Fan stepped around the furnace and took out the needed herbs from a backpack.
This backpack is also a storage device, which is very suitable for storing herbs and other items.
Jiang Fan kept working and was still explaining to Ye Ling: "This Qingxin Dan needs to be refined with eleven kinds of fairy grass, the most important of which is Qingxincao. It is recorded in the Pharmacopoeia: 'Qingxincao was born in the morning dynasty.
Like the morning sun coming from the east, it can arouse the mind and calm the mind, so the name Qingxin comes from this. In addition to Qingxincao, there are also boneless flowers, three spring leaves... all have this effect."
Jiang Fan placed many herbs on the table next to him, then turned to face the cauldron. A stream of fire arose spontaneously, shot out from his fingertips, and landed under the cauldron.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Fan slowly sent his spiritual power, and the fire gradually rose, glowing red.
"People in the secular world use firewood as fire to make elixirs. The flame is impure and contains many impurities, so it is difficult to produce high-quality elixirs. Therefore, the alchemist can only use fire as seedlings and spiritual power as firewood to refine good elixirs!
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After saying this, Jiang Fan lightly moved his left hand forward, and an invisible force opened the upper cover of the furnace cauldron. Then, a few pieces of fairy grass from the table flew into it, and the upper cover was closed again.
Jiang Fan gave a low shout, and the fire under the cauldron continued to rise and burn fiercely.
"Alchemy is divided into four realms. The first realm is the refining gas, which uses martial fire as a guide to completely smelt the materials in the cauldron!"
The fire howled, illuminating the entire cauldron in red. Ordinary objects would have been vaporized long ago under the heat of such fire.
After half a moment, Jiang Fan's spiritual power weakened, and the fire gradually weakened and stopped raging.
"This is the second stage of alchemy. Refining Qi and transforming it into a god. Use gentle fire to gather the essence in the cauldron and evolve the 'Alchemy God'."
All things in the world have spirits, and Taoist weapons can reach the ultimate level and can evolve into weapon spirits and possess consciousness. The same is true for elixirs. This step is to evolve the elixir god after the elixir is completed.
However, the elixir god can only be produced by high-grade elixirs on the heavenly level, such as the Qingxin elixir refined by Jiang Fan, which is just an ordinary thing. Although it is said so in this situation, it just sounds good.
After more than a quarter of an hour, the fire under the stove changed again, but this change was so subtle that if Ye Ling hadn't been sharp and could see the fire clearly, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.
"This is the third stage of alchemy, refining the spirit to return to the void. Use gentle fire to completely remove all the magazines in the cauldron, retaining only the most essential parts. It is like a monk refining his heart. Only when he is in the void and has no distractions can he achieve something.
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If an alchemist wants to refine high-level elixirs, it is very important to master Tao Fire. For example, in the second and third realms, the fire intensity only changes slightly, which is difficult for ordinary people to catch, but here it is related to the quality of the final elixir, which is of great significance.
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Just like this, another quarter of an hour passed, Jiang Fan loosened his spiritual power, and the fire under the furnace rose again, even more intense than at the beginning.
"The last stage of alchemy, refining the void and combining the Tao, using martial fire to gather all the essence in the furnace to make the elixir!"
Jiang Fan looked solemn. This is the most critical step in alchemy. If something goes wrong at this moment, all previous efforts will be in vain.
Jiang Fan controlled the fire with his right hand, and sent spiritual power into the furnace with his left hand. Dao rhymes circulated around the entire furnace, and after a long time, the fragrance of elixirs began to float out.
"The time has come, the elixir is ready, let's start the furnace!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Fan's fire subsided, and then he opened the cauldron, a white light reflected out, and then the fragrance of elixir spread all over the sky. The smell of it already made people feel relaxed and calm.
The quality of the elixir is based on the light emitted when the elixir is boiled.
When the yellow-level elixir is opened, it emits a white light; when the Xuan-level elixir is opened, it emits a red light; when the earth-level elixir is opened, it emits a purple light; when the heaven-level elixir is opened, it emits a golden light.
There are records saying that when the top-grade elixir of the Heavenly Order is made into elixir, the fragrance will float hundreds of miles away, shining brightly in the sky. This elixir takes away the power of creation of heaven and earth, which is not tolerated by heaven. Therefore, heaven will send down thunder and punishment. Only by resisting the thunder punishment can it be saved.
It's called the heavenly elixir.
For example, the Qingxin Pill that Jiang Fan refined this time is just the most common low-grade yellow-level pill, so what is emitted is white light.
Ye Ling looked with his eyes and saw that there were thirty pills in the cauldron half-floating in the air, and the heat around them had not dissipated, as if they were in clouds and mist.
Jiang Fan said with a smile: "As long as you take one of these pure heart pills before entering the devil's cave, you can resist the evil spirit for three days. It is very convenient."
Ye Ling agreed. He used the analogy from his experience in the Blood Stone Temple and the Demon-Suppressing Valley in the Baimang Forest. In this demon cave, Tao power and spiritual consciousness are also needed to resist evil spirits.
As a result, this person will be distracted and unable to display his peak combat power. With the Pure Heart Pill, this problem will not arise.
Jiang Fan reached out and made a move, and thirty Qingxin Pills flew into the jade bottle in his hand.
"Brother Ye, I still need to practice some more, enough for the four of us to enter the Demon Cave these days!"
Ye Ling raised his forehead slightly, and Jiang Fan's kindness warmed his heart.
"What does this smell like? It smells so good!" Bai Wuyu and Wu Qing, who smelled the fragrance of red pills in the house, also walked out and came to the yard.
Jiang Fan explained: "I opened a furnace and refined some Qingxin Pills to use to resist evil spirits when we enter the devil's cave."
Bai Wuyu smiled and said: "Xiaofan, since you have no family or sect, why don't you worship in the Baicao Valley of Shennong Mountain and continue to practice alchemy?"
"Baicao Valley?" Wu Qing had never heard of this place, so he asked, "Is that a sect?"
"That's right," Bai Wuyu nodded in agreement: "Baicao Valley is a sect that specializes in alchemy. It has a transcendent status. It is said to be the Taoist tradition left by the ancient emperor Shennong. It has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. It is said that Baicao Valley
Gu once refined heaven-level high-grade elixirs, and almost all of the top alchemists in the world came from the Baicao Valley sect."
"It is rumored on the mainland that there are four secrets in the world, which refers to the four major sects: the swords and guns of the Artifact City, the articles of the Holy Academy; the elixirs of the Baicao Valley, and the poisonous soup of the Immortal Devouring Sect. If we talk about the highest honor of an alchemist, it is
Be able to worship at the gate of Baicao Valley."
Jiang Fan smiled softly when he heard this and said: "My master said that our alchemist's pursuit should be to refine the best elixir in the world. Unfortunately, the master passed away early and has not yet achieved this goal."
"I will inherit his old man's mantle and will continue to work hard! As for the sect, I don't care about it. I have to rely on myself to refine elixirs that are more powerful than the top-grade heaven-level pills!"
Jiang Fan has high morale and seems to be full of confidence in himself.
Ye Ling and the three of them looked at each other and smiled. Nowadays, there are very few people with pure aspirations like Jiang Fan.
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The small courtyard was filled with the fragrance of elixirs, but little did they know that there were many monks peeping secretly from all directions.
In an attic not far away, a monk in blue was sitting at the table, slowly sipping fragrant tea.
Not long after, someone came forward to report: "Brother, we have found out everything. This person's name is Ye Ling. He was born in Taixu Garden of Wentian Sect. A few months ago, there were three people on the wanted order of Yuxuan Palace and other sects.
His portrait."
The monk in blue nodded and asked, "How is your cultivation?"
"There are four of them together, two in the Qingyou realm and two in the Huiling realm. With the cultivation of senior fellow apprentices, it will be easy to deal with them!"
"We can't act rashly," the monk in blue said with a smile: "There are people in this devil city who have been eyeing them for a long time, but because of the reputation of Wentian Sect and Daqian Dynasty, they don't dare to act rashly."
"When they enter the Demon Cave tomorrow, someone will naturally attack them. All we have to do is watch from the side and reap the benefits!"
"Senior brother is really smart!"
The monk in blue looked out the window and sneered secretly: "How can you hand over the treasures from the Demon Saint's tomb to these people!"