Seeing that all the herbs were dried, Ding Sheng began to sort them into categories. The eight kinds of herbs were divided into eight parts. Then the herbs that needed to be processed were cooked, and then cut into one-inch lengths with a knife and guillotine for easy refining.
After doing this, Ding Sheng took out the Black Dragon Cauldron and prepared to refine the elixir.
To be honest, Ding Sheng was almost not sure about refining the second-grade intermediate elixir, so he could only take out a bottle of Spirit Recovery Pill from his pocket to replenish it in time when his spiritual consciousness was exhausted.
But elixirs are foreign objects after all. If you rely on elixirs to restore your spiritual consciousness, even if you are successful in refining them, your strength will be relatively less improved after you run the "Golden elixir formula" technique.
Nothing in this world is perfect. Otherwise, everyone would be refining a lot of spiritual elixirs, and there would be no need to consider the problem of insufficient spiritual consciousness.
After all, elixirs are only auxiliary, and the most important thing is to rely on yourself. Therefore, Ding Sheng only planned to spare the recovery elixir when he was exploring for the first time, and when the refining was successful, he would continue to refine a batch alone.
After thinking about this, Ding Sheng gave a low shout and patted the black dragon cauldron with both hands.
Wave!~~~
The top lid rose in response, Ding Sheng nodded his hands repeatedly, and the medicinal materials that had been prepared nearby fell into the cauldron one after another.
Bang!~~~
The lid of the cauldron was closed, Ding Sheng clapped his hands again, and with a cry, white Yuan Fire suddenly rose from the cauldron!
There was no sloppiness in the whole process, it was neat and tidy!
Eight kinds of medicinal materials were floating in the cauldron one after another. Ding Sheng used his butterfly hand continuously, and spiritual consciousness poured into the cauldron crazily, starting the first step of refining the elixir.
The hot temperature inside the cauldron caused the medicinal materials to flow out juices one after another. Ding Sheng's spiritual consciousness was working hard to control each medicinal material to be refined at the most precise temperature.
If the refining of a second-grade mid-level elixir is limited to this, then it is not that difficult. The most difficult part is to start changing some characteristics of the medicinal materials during refining.
This is a theory derived from the Jindan Sect’s unique understanding of the way of alchemy, and this theory is now widely used in Yuanwu Continent, which is why second-grade middle-level elixirs have become popular. Because, second-grade middle-level elixirs
First-level elixirs originally require the medicinal materials themselves to change at high temperatures, and then undergo mutation during refining.
Refining alchemy is an act that defies heaven, and this mutation is undoubtedly the most vivid manifestation.
Similarly, the success rate of allowing medicinal materials to spontaneously change their properties is naturally very low. For this reason, Jindan Sect has put forward an extremely bold theory, which is to rely on artificial spiritual consciousness to change the texture of medicinal materials.
Man-made changes are controllable and there are no variables. Therefore, second-grade mid-level elixirs have become extremely popular, and the same is true for second-grade upper-level elixirs.
However, this is a great test of the alchemist's spiritual consciousness and subtle control ability. Ding Sheng is almost perfect in the subtle operations, but what he lacks is his experience in refining on the spot and his weak spiritual consciousness.
Therefore, when he had just begun to refine and transform the characteristics of the medicinal materials, Ding Sheng immediately felt that his spiritual consciousness was like a river that had been unloaded, surging out and flowing into the cauldron.
Suddenly, Ding Sheng's head suddenly sank, and a strong sense of dizziness arose in vain.
Is this the first step to such a high level? And the refining has just started. Ding Sheng secretly groaned in his heart, but his spiritual consciousness did not dare to relax even a little bit. He still gritted his teeth and manipulated the medicinal materials to refine and transform them bit by bit under the scorching heat.
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However, Ding Sheng already had some bad premonitions in his heart, because this situation had never happened before, even when he was refining the second-grade low-grade elixir. The gap between the middle-grade and low-grade elixirs was really too big.
And the gap between the middle level and the upper level is very huge. The gap between the second-grade elixir stage is so big, so let’s not talk about the first-grade elixir.
At this moment, the eight medicinal herbs were slowly forced out of the cauldron by Yuan Huo. Dark red spiritual consciousness wrapped around the three medicinal herbs and penetrated continuously. This was Ding Sheng's spiritual consciousness guiding the transformation of the medicinal materials.
The transformation of three medicinal materials is already the minimum required quantity for a second-grade mid-level elixir. This is why Ding Sheng chose the Spirit-Judging Pill composed of only eight medicinal materials as the target of this refining.
Time passed in less than a cup of tea, but Ding Sheng still felt that it had passed several years. The consumption of spiritual consciousness was much more difficult than the damage to the body. It was completely a mental weakening stimulation.
However, Ding Sheng still gritted his teeth. He would not bite the pill in his mouth unless he had to.
As the refining progressed, sweat dripped down Ding Sheng's forehead, and the tattered clothes on his body were already soaked with moisture.
It was another cup of tea, but suddenly Ding Sheng felt his eyes darken, and the spiritual consciousness in his mind was instantly emptied!
Poof!~~~
As Ding Sheng's spiritual consciousness was evacuated, a low explosion immediately sounded in the cauldron, and then the three-flavor medicinal materials that had been penetrated and transformed by Ding Sheng's spiritual consciousness were instantly reduced to ashes by the Yuan Fire. At the same time, the Yuan Fire was extinguished with a cry.
The remaining five herbs fell to the bottom of the cauldron with their juice dripping.
This is the second time Ding Sheng has failed since refining alchemy. The first time, he was not comfortable with the alchemy techniques and forcibly refined high-grade elixirs, resulting in all the medicinal materials being scrapped. The second time, this time, was because of his spiritual power.
Knowledge is exhausted too quickly, and the process of refining is only half completed.
Although this was something Ding Sheng had expected, Ding Sheng was still a little depressed looking at the medicinal materials turned to ashes and the semi-finished products falling at the bottom of the cauldron.
After cleaning the medicinal materials in the cauldron, Ding Sheng sat down and continued to practice the "Golden Pill Jue".
"Golden Pill Jue" is a unique skill that relies on alchemy. To put it simply, it is divided into two steps. The first step is to refine the pill. This process is running the "Golden Pill Jue".
After the preparation is completed, continue the next round of refining in one go, just like a cycle of cycles, consuming all the spiritual consciousness, and then resume cultivation.
In this way, the whole process will be considered complete, and you will make progress in your practice. Ding Sheng is currently refining the second-grade lower-level elixir, which does not consume much spiritual consciousness. The entire cycle is too long, resulting in too long recovery time.
, it is estimated that he will not be able to complete a perfect practice in the whole day, so his skills will not make progress.
Now, after refining the elixir and failing halfway, Ding Sheng recovered and as expected, his skills did not make any progress.
Although the spiritual consciousness was restored, the skill did not improve. This time the alchemy was considered a complete failure.
Ding Sheng also had the thought of self-mutilation during this period. As long as he hurt himself, spiritual consciousness would be stimulated. But after thinking about it, he felt that it was better not to try this method until the last step, at least no one would like self-inflicted abuse.
Of course, Ding Sheng is just a little depressed and will not give up easily. Since there are so many medicinal materials here for him to practice, how can he give up such a good opportunity?
Therefore, after taking a break, Ding Sheng regrouped and started a new round of alchemy.
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