If you want to make alchemy, you must first solve the problem of furnace and fire.
In Tianshu Continent, some alchemy schools have strange methods of alchemy that do not use alchemy furnaces and fire. Ge Daluo's Condensation Style is to create elixirs from artistic conception without furnace or fire. But for Wu Ma Xi, a novice in alchemy,
Without a furnace or fire, all I could do was stare at the medicinal materials.
The furnace is not a problem. There are several high-grade alchemy furnaces in the Xiang Ring of the ancient dagger, which are enough for Wu Ma Xi, a newbie in alchemy.
The next fire is a problem.
To make elixirs, it is definitely not possible to use firewood. Except for some high-quality fuels, ordinary firewood is too polluted, the temperature is not high enough, and it is difficult to control. It is definitely not possible to make elixirs. Besides, Wuma Xi has no firewood to burn.
Alchemists on the Tianshu Continent generally use the Fire of Talisman. Ju Hansong uses the Nanli Urn, which is commonly used by alchemists on the mainland.
After all, the urn fire is still a man-made fire, which is relatively easy to obtain, while the talisman fire is rare. The talisman is made by nature and is extremely rare in nature. Water and fire are invisible things, and it is even more rare to become a talisman. Any water and fire talisman
They are all priceless treasures.
Grandmaster Li Huo, Gui Shuang Deng, once left the White Elephant Realm Academy for a top-quality fire talisman, Huoyun. There was also a celestial elephant master named Sun Xi who thought that the Ningsi Lian was a type of water talisman, so he lay down next to the Huaihua Well and tossed it.
He has lived for decades, gained nothing, and will not rest in peace until his death.
Lou Yuyi's notebook "Xunqi" records several top-level fire talismans, such as heart rock, fire cloud, tile art, Double Ninth Festival, etc., but most of them are only rumors and are short-lived in the thousands of years of artistic conception cultivation history.
, no trace found.
Wu Maxi has no idea about these legendary talisman fires. In the "Ge's Alchemy Sutra", there is a record of the artistic conception of flame incense, which is the fire commonly used by Ningjing alchemists in the early stages of refining alchemy. Unfortunately, this artistic conception
Needing to divide his mind into sixteen branches, Wu Maxi could only stare.
Therefore, the only thing Wu Maxi can use now is the fire urn. Unfortunately, he does not have a ready-made fire urn, only a blueprint for making the Nanli urn.
In other words, the problem of alchemy has been successfully transformed into the problem of making urn.
The history of urn making is not much shorter than the history of artistic conception weaving. In terms of the maturity of the discipline, it is not much worse than artistic conception studies. It is a complicated and extremely large subject, and its basic theories are all
Compared with learning a little bit about artistic conception, even with the efforts of a lifetime, you may not be able to exhaust them all.
Fortunately, the production drawing of the Nanli Urn in Wu Ma Xi's hand was explained in extremely detail, which can be regarded as the fool's production plan. Thanks to the ancient dagger, Wu Ma Xi had an extremely rich supply of materials, so he had no regrets.
Start practicing.
The base material of Nanli Urn is Ziou stone, which is a purple and clear ore dotted with some gold stars. The production of Nanli Urn is extremely simple and is called a simple craftsman-style reproduction. First of all,
It is to grind the Ziou stone into a disc shape, then carve the urn pattern on both sides of the disc, embed Qujin in the urn pattern, consecrate it with Taiyan juice, and then use Misu to solidify the pattern and quench it with red liquid.
, it’s done.
The first step of grinding the disc was a labor of strength and time. Wu Maxi was very patient and knew the structure very accurately. The polished disc was very standard. Then came the carving of the rim pattern.
Generally speaking, in the process of making urn, carving the urn pattern is the most delicate and complicated process. The urn pattern is carved using a tip, and there are five or six kinds of holding gestures for the tip, all of which are very demanding and usually have to reach
Standard holding gestures must be practiced for many years. If the basic skills of the gestures are not achieved, it will cause the knife to be unstable and the details of the carved pattern cannot be guaranteed.
The rim pattern has extremely high requirements for the precision of the pattern. A slight scratch or deformation will greatly affect the performance of the entire rim, and even scrap the base material. Nanli's rim pattern is relatively simple, but for jing
The accuracy requirements are not at all lower than those of some large-scale vessels.
Wuma Xi has a profound knowledge of structure, and he soon understood the shape of the urn pattern and began to try carving.
Wu Maxi used the method of holding the twill pen, pinching the tip of the knife diagonally with three fingers, and the blade fell on the stone plate. Little by little lines gradually appeared deep under the knife. The blade accidentally slipped, and at the turning point,
Pull out a thin wire and the base material is immediately scrapped.
I reground a piece of base material and carved it to a third of the way. The knife was not gentle enough at the corner and carved out a slight arc, so the base material was scrapped again.
The two mistakes were due to an unstable grip on the knife.
The orthodox holding technique of holding the blade is complicated with five fingers, which is extremely awkward for newcomers. Wu Ma Xi originally had no intention of learning it in depth. At this moment, looking at the two scrapped base materials in front of him, he stopped and thought for a moment, and finally decided to learn it again.
This is the basic skill.
The holding technique that Wu Ma Xi chose to practice is called Shuqingsi. It is said that this technique can beautify the shape of the hand, so many girls will practice this kind of holding technique, especially in bars.
The compulsory homework for girls, the word "counting love threads" also comes from the tavern.
The advantage of Shuqingsi is that the knife is gentle and the turning is dexterous, and it can handle some complex and delicate structures with ease. The disadvantage is that the strength is insufficient. For some patterns with strong turning, it is often unable to achieve the strength of a knife, axe, and chisel, and for some simple
Deep patterns usually require repeated carving, which takes a long time.
The main reason why Wu Maxi chose this holding technique is that it can be practiced while sleeping. Although it is more painful, the progress is extremely good.
The method of counting Qingsi requires the cooperation of the left and right hands. The gestures of the two hands are different, but they are also twisted and uncomfortable. When sleeping that day, Wu Maxi sandwiched the two blade-sealing sheaths between the five fingers of his hands and waited until the next day.
When I opened my eyes, both hands were almost numb.
For several hours, Wu Maxi was rubbing his hands. He was really afraid of this method of counting love threads. But he didn't have much time. In order to achieve faster learning progress, he had to practice harder than others.
Just done.
Fortunately, he was determined. After his hands relaxed a little, he immediately held the spear and started practicing carving with two pieces of scrapped base material. He rode on the rune leopard all the way, practicing as he moved forward, for about two days.
After that, Wu Maxi had initially adapted to this holding method, and was also familiar with Nanli's 瓓 pattern, so she reground the European stone disks and began to try to carve them.
This time, Wu Ma Xi was extremely careful with the carving, slowing down the speed to an extremely slow pace, almost grinding forward bit by bit. This time, the carving took Wu Ma Xi intermittently for three or four days, but fortunately,
There were no further mistakes and the project was completed successfully.
After the last carving was done, Wu Maxi let out a long breath, carefully put away the blade, took out the bent gold, polished it into powder, and embedded it into the carving. The next three steps of consecration, solidification, and quenching were not too complicated.
, Wu Maxi dealt with it carefully, and after a few hours, he completed this set of procedures, and a complete and fresh Nanli urn appeared in front of him.
Due to insufficient swordsmanship, the workmanship of this Nanli Urn was a little rough. Wu Maxi input his spiritual power to test it, and the firepower spurted out. The color was pure green, flaming but not dry, and it was an extremely pure flame. In terms of spiritual power,
Under the changes, the firepower size and heat distribution control are lagging, but they are still accurate.
Judging from the test results, the production of this Nanli Urn is quite successful, and it can be said to be qualified, but not most of it is due to the luxurious materials used. The materials used to make the Nanli Urn are all of the best quality, and their value alone is
It's already on top of a Nanli urn.
Wu Maxi put the basket away, studied some artistic conception theory, and then began to rest.
After opening her eyes the next day, she began to prepare for her first alchemy practice. For the first time in her life, Wu Maxi chose Qingdan.
This is an elixir that is extremely popular in the realm of realm cultivation. The medicinal materials used are common and the refining method is not difficult. In the past few days, Wu Ma Xi has read this elixir many times, and she has already felt something in her heart.
, while I was full of energy, I thought about it carefully in my mind. After confirming that it was correct, I started to prepare the medicine, and pre-categorized and placed the medicinal materials that needed to be used.
This time for the alchemy, I used a small purple pill furnace called Zijie. It was a limited edition top-quality pill furnace launched by Fuyao Zhai more than ten years ago. The price at that time was 30,000 gold coins, and it has been rising over the years.
, has risen to a high price of nearly 100,000.
It is a luxury to use such a top-quality alchemy furnace to practice alchemy for the first time.
Ju Hansong's Nanli urn is specially made and uses righteous beads for spiritual supply. The advantage is that it is stable and labor-saving, but the disadvantage is that it is not flexible enough, and recharging the righteous beads is also a cost. Wu Maxi is planning to use self-imported spiritual power.
, place the Nanli Urn in the fire chamber, input spiritual power, and start preheating the furnace with low fire.
When the furnace is slightly warm, take 80 grams of the blood of the fierce mantis and pour it into the elixir chamber, and then suddenly burn it with fierce fire. When the blood of the fierce mantis boils, quickly add seven medicinal materials such as blood leech flower, memorial day, kudzu root, etc., and continue to use fierce fire.
Burn wildly, let
All the medicinal materials were melted into the blood of the mantis, and then the heat turned to mild and slowly simmered. After about half an hour, when the essence of the medicinal materials was exhausted and the blood of the mantis turned from blue to purple, then put it into the Marmoset Lake, and began to use micro
Fire Ning Dan.
All these steps were clearly explained in the elixir recipe. Wu Ma Xi followed the instructions. Although he was a little confused, there were no accidents and the elixir was successfully condensed for the first time.
Rows of small green pills, like growing out of the bottom of a furnace, gradually grew larger and larger, while the blue-purple juice in the pill chamber became less and less, and eventually they all disappeared, leaving only eight pills in the pill chamber.
A dozen round green pills.
Wu Maxi put the alchemy furnace away and took a green elixir for a little test. This kind of green elixir can increase the cultivation efficiency by about 40%, which is much worse than Ju Hansong's.
Wu Maxi packed up the place, rode on the Talisman Leopard and continued on the road, thinking about the gains and losses of this alchemy as he walked.
Eighty percent elixir formation, which increases the cultivation efficiency by 40%. This kind of result should be extremely good for a novice in elixir refining, but this structure obviously cannot satisfy Wu Ma Xi. He doesn't care about the number of elixirs.
, but what he wants is an efficiency of 60% or above.
The entire elixir refining process was done according to the instructions of the elixir recipe, but the details were still slightly lacking.
The rhythm and gap of adding medicinal materials, the gathering and dispersion of medicinal materials, the temperature and humidity before entering the furnace, and the precise control of the heat, all these details need to be improved. Maybe these are not all the problems that exist, but only if these are all
Only when you do it well can you further discover where your shortcomings lie.
Wuma Xi was thinking as she walked. She quickly thought through the refining this time and made a plan for refining the blue elixir next time. Then she temporarily cleared her mind of refining the elixir and sat on the bed of the Talisman Leopard.
On my back, I opened "Explanation of Artistic Conception" and began to study the principles of artistic conception.
For a realm cultivator, refining alchemy and making urns is only an auxiliary, while artistic conception is his foundation. Wu Ma Xi knows this very well. No matter when and where, he puts the study of artistic conception first. These days, making urns
The biggest gain he gained was that he learned to sit on a rune leopard and study while traveling.
This kind of learning seems to be a distraction. Not only is it impossible to achieve maximum learning efficiency, but the attention to the surrounding environment will also be reduced a lot. In this unpredictable underground, you may encounter some unpredictable dangers. But
Wu Ma Xi couldn't care about all these. He started too late and the learning task was too heavy, so he had to race against time.
Moreover, in the face of this boundless darkness, if you can't distract yourself with studying, it will make people crazy if the past comes to mind.dd