When Yu Fei heard this, he immediately became energetic: "Taoist Priest, you mean you know how to make alchemy,"
"Haha, more than I understand, Pindao was a world-famous master of external alchemy back then," Kun Yuanzi said proudly.
"External alchemy, ah... Taoist master, you are actually..., this... this is really great,"
Taoist alchemy is further divided into external alchemy and internal alchemy. The so-called external alchemy refers to Taoists using various secret methods to refine elixirs for consumption, or directly ingest certain herbs to enlighten one's own yin. In addition, the Taoist external alchemy can also refer to the 'pure spiritual energy in the void', while the inner alchemy is another name for Taoist practice, which is used to practice to become an immortal and achieve immortality. Immortality is the ultimate goal. This technique uses the human body as the alchemy furnace, so it is called 'inner elixir', which is different from 'outer elixir' which uses a cauldron as the furnace.
After learning that Kun Yuanzi was actually a master of external alchemy, Yu Fei was so excited that he was a little incoherent. With him here, there was no need to worry about not getting the Qi Refining Pill.
"Taoist Priest, why don't you teach me how to make Qi Refining Pills," Yu Fei said eagerly.
"Brother Yu wants to learn the art of external elixirs. There is no problem in teaching him. However, making Qi Refining Pills requires special equipment and materials. I'm afraid we have to prepare them."
"I'll take care of all this. Taoist Master, please tell me what you need and I'll do it right away."
Yu Fei's anxious look made Tang Yan purse her lips and laugh: "You, do you need to be so anxious? I think you should go and rest for a while."
"What the princess said is true. Brother Yu's face is so pale. He must have activated his true energy. It's better to recuperate at home these days. Don't worry about making alchemy for the time being."
What Tang Yan and Kun Yuanzi said, Yu Fei was right when he thought about it. The top priority now is to restore his own strength first.
After several days of cultivation and adjustment, Yu Fei gradually regained his strength.
Under his repeated requests, Kun Yuanzi made a list of the equipment and materials needed to make Qi Refining Pills: a three-legged bronze pill furnace, several Qi Gathering Talismans, cinnabar and some Chinese medicines. There is nothing special about it, ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes, polygonatum, licorice, etc. are all some of the more common qi-tonifying traditional Chinese medicines nowadays.
After Yu Fei read the list, he couldn't believe that such ordinary medicinal materials could actually make a magical Qi Refining Pill.
Kun Yuanzi told him that these are only the materials for making the primary Qi Refining Pill, but if you want to make the intermediate or high-level Qi Refining Pill, the required materials are not so easy to obtain.
Kun Yuanzi helped draw the floor plan of a three-legged bronze alchemy furnace. This bronze alchemy furnace is divided into upper and lower floors. The upper layer is a circular furnace body for placing elixirs, and is equipped with a furnace lid. Between the three legs and There is a layer of space between the furnace bodies, which is where the charcoal is placed, and some strange runes can be clearly seen on the furnace body and lid of this bronze alchemy furnace.
Yu Fei took this floor plan and immediately went to find a handicraft manufacturing company. However, after waiting for a few days, the other party sent over a one-foot-tall, finely crafted bronze alchemy furnace. Kun Yuanzi picked it up After carefully inspecting this bronze alchemy furnace, I was very satisfied.
When Yu Fei saw the bronze alchemy furnace, he immediately thought of the Qi-gathering jade cauldron on the top floor. He asked Kun Yuanzi: "Taoist Master, isn't the Qi-gathering jade cauldron also used for alchemy? What's the difference between this bronze alchemy furnace,"
"Haha, the Qi Gathering Jade Cauldron is very different from this bronze alchemy furnace. The Qi Gathering Jade Cauldron is actually also known as the Qi Alchemy Furnace. In ancient times, Taoists had an extremely advanced alchemy technique, which was to convert the void into pure spiritual energy. Refining Qi Ling Dan, and this Qi Dan furnace is a must-have for refining Qi Ling Dan,"
"What's so special about Qi Ling Dan," Yu Fei asked.
"The Qi Ling Dan is also called the Ling Qi elixir, which contains an extremely powerful aura. It is said that Master Zhang Tianshi of the Eastern Han Dynasty took the Qi Ling Dan that he personally refined, which enabled him to reach the state of cultivating the spirit and returning to the void, and finally achieved Taoism. Immortal, it's a pity that the refining technique of Qi Ling Dan requires the person who makes the elixir to have extremely high Taoist cultivation, which is not something ordinary people can refine. Moreover, refining this magical elixir is something that defies heaven, so it was gradually lost. "
"You don't even know, Taoist Master?" In Yu Fei's heart, Kun Yuanzi is simply a Taoist know-it-all, and there seems to be nothing he doesn't understand.
"I really don't know the method of refining this Qi Ling Dan. If I knew how to refine this Qi Ling Dan, I'm afraid I would have attained immortality long ago, and I wouldn't have to use this evil ghost cultivation technique to achieve immortality." Purpose, and ultimately turned himself into such a flying zombie body that is not like a human or a ghost." Kun Yuanzi has always been worried about his flying zombie body.
Yu Fei comforted him: "Master Taoist, don't worry too much. Didn't Comrade Xiaoping say: 'It doesn't matter if the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat.'"
"Comrade Xiaoping, who is he?"
"Oh, yes, I forgot for a moment, you are not familiar with him. He used to be the leader of the country, a bit similar to the emperor in ancient times," Yu Fei could only explain to him.
Kun Yuanzi seemed to understand: "It turns out he is an emperor, but he is immoral and disrespectful."
"He has been dead for more than ten years, so let's not talk about him. Taoist priest, you should tell us how to use this bronze alchemy furnace," Yu Fei changed the topic.
Kun Yuanzi said: "With this bronze alchemy furnace, we only need to powder the materials needed to refine the pills, mix them with the paper ashes after burning the Qi Gathering Talisman, knead them into pills, and then Put these pills in the pill furnace and cook them for a few hours. If nothing unexpected happens, the Qi Refining Pills can be made within one day."
"Is it that simple?" Yu Fei couldn't believe it.
"It's that simple. The primary Qi Refining Pill is actually very easy to make. As long as you have the alchemy furnace and the Qi Gathering Talisman, as well as the appropriate materials, you can make it," Kun Yuanzi replied firmly.
It seems that the process of making alchemy is not as complicated as imagined. It seems to be not much different from cooking, but it just takes a little longer.
At this time, Kun Yuanzi spoke again: "By the way, Brother Yu, among the materials for making elixirs, ginseng is the key. Finally, wild ginseng that is more than a hundred years old is used."
"What, century-old wild ginseng," Yu Fei was startled when he heard this. Where can I get wild ginseng that is more than a hundred years old? Even if it is more than ten years old, it is probably very rare. Even if it exists, it must be A ridiculously high price.
He suddenly understood why few people were refining pills nowadays. It was probably not because the art of alchemy had been lost, but because the materials used to make pills were too difficult to obtain.
Yu Fei thought about it and suddenly thought that among the ingredients of the black jade intermittent ointment made by Ding Laosan, wasn't there century-old wild ginseng? Ding Laosan has a wide range of ways, maybe he can still have century-old wild ginseng left there.