The body of a monk at the third level of Qi training is already far superior to that of an ordinary person. Although the bronze furnace is heavy, it cannot be moved if he insists on moving it.
Just a little embarrassed.
Qin Gengyun finally moved the bronze stove into the kitchen, leaning on his waist and panting.
He looked outside and said loudly:
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, not only did I buy a bronze furnace today, I also spent one spirit stone to buy four alchemy stones, and one spirit stone to buy a Qingling grass. The bright moon is in the sky tonight, which is a good time to make alchemy. I will How about just refining the 'Qingfeng Powder'?"
After a while, there was no response from outside.
Qin Gengyun walked out of the kitchen and saw Qiu Zhihe had gone to bed with his back to him.
Qin Gengyun had no choice but to say: "Fellow Daoist Qiu, you can go to sleep first, I'm going to make elixirs."
After that, he walked back to the kitchen.
On the bed, Qiu Zhihe opened his eyes and faced the wall. His slender arms stretched out from the quilt, holding a piece of Qingling grass filled with spiritual energy.
This was cultivated by her spiritual power during the past two days.
Qiu Zhihe was silent for a moment, took out the storage bag, put the Qingling Grass in it, and then closed her eyes again.
in the kitchen.
Qin Gengyun cleaned the alchemy furnace with a broom, opened the bottom of the alchemy furnace, and put a piece of alchemy stone into the fire chamber.
Then he activated his spiritual power on the elixir stone, and soon the elixir stone ignited.
Qin Gengyun quickly picked up the fire-controlling fan and flicked it twice, and the alchemy fire gradually became stronger.
There are seven steps in making alchemy. The first step is to wash the furnace and clean the alchemy furnace so that no impurities remain.
The second step is to light a fire, put the elixir stone into the elixir furnace, and use spiritual power to stimulate the elixir fire.
Qin Gengyun has completed the first two steps, and the next step is to make medicine. He picked up the Qingling grass, opened the furnace door on the side, wrapped the Qingling grass with spiritual energy, and put it into the furnace.
The first three steps of washing the furnace, elixir fire, and adding medicine are very simple, but the subsequent steps will begin to test the realm and experience of the alchemist.
The fourth step is to convert the medicine, and control the elixir fire to melt the medicinal materials and turn them into liquid medicine.
Usually during this step, there will be a spiritual fan medicine official waiting by the side, who will fan the fire-controlling spiritual fan according to the alchemist's instructions to control the size of the alchemy fire.
But Qin Gengyun didn't have the money to hire a spiritual fan medicine official, so he had to do it himself.
While fanning his spiritual fan to control the elixir fire, he concentrated on entering the furnace with his spiritual consciousness to check the refining status of the medicinal materials in the furnace.
Fortunately, Qingling grass, a first-grade medicinal material, is easy to refine. An hour later, the Qingling grass in the furnace had turned into medicinal liquid.
Then comes the most difficult step - refining.
The so-called refining is to use spiritual consciousness to enter the furnace to separate the essence and impurities in the medicinal solution. The essence remains in the main furnace and the impurities are discharged into the erysipelas chamber.
In this way, only the most essential part of the medicinal liquid remains in the main furnace.
This step requires extremely high requirements for the alchemist's ability to control spiritual consciousness.
The difficulty is no less than peeling a raw egg with one hand or carving words on rice grains.
This step is the difference between an alchemist and an ordinary monk.
Many monks who want to become alchemists are stopped at this step and have no choice but to give up.
Qin Gengyun often refined his spiritual consciousness when he was still an apprentice of an alchemist. However, his spiritual consciousness was not strong enough at that time and he could not practice refining it.
At this moment, it was the first time that he truly took on this most critical step as an alchemist.
In the alchemy furnace, Qin Gengyun's spiritual consciousness penetrated into the melted medicinal liquid and separated the impurities from the essence bit by bit.
But he was not skilled enough, and the process was very slow. Only half of the impurities were peeled off after two hours.
And most of his consciousness has been consumed.
It's just that if you stop at this step, the spiritual energy in the medicine will dissipate, so you can only continue.
Another hour passed, and Qin Gengyun was sweating profusely and his face was pale.
Most of the impurities were finally peeled off, but his spiritual power could no longer support it.
boom!
Finally, his consciousness when he reached into the furnace was disordered, and the essence originally wrapped in spiritual energy exploded and spilled all over the furnace.
Refining failed.
This Qingling grass, which cost one spirit stone, was completely scrapped.
Qin Gengyun collapsed on the ground and raised his hand with difficulty to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
There is a saying among alchemists:
Those who succeed in refining alchemy for the first time are peerless geniuses, those who succeed the second time are geniuses, and those who succeed the third time are extremely talented.
The majority of people in the world have succeeded after trying more than four or five times. It is you, me and him in ordinary small towns.
It seems that this is true. The chance of success in refining alchemy for the first time is even more difficult than in the previous life.
Qin Gengyun had already prepared in his heart. If he were a genius, it would be impossible for him to practice Qi at the second level at the age of thirty-five, and it would be impossible for him to be a genius.
Living in a small town, it is quite normal for me to fail two or three times.
Just a piece of Qingling Grass requires a piece of Spiritual Stone. This is what makes people feel sore.
Qin Gengyun put out the elixir fire in the stove, washed briefly, got up and walked out of the kitchen.
My consciousness has been exhausted today, let’s try again tomorrow.
When he walked to the bed, he saw Qiu Zhihe on the bed still facing the wall, with his back to him, and he must have fallen asleep.
Qin Gengyun took off his coat, got on the bed quietly, looked at the petite and exquisite back, turned away, and closed his eyes.
His consciousness was exhausted, he was extremely tired, and soon fell into a deep sleep.
…
Yin Shi.
Willow Smoke Alley.
Three men in black robes guarded a bronze furnace, standing shivering in the cold wind in the early morning.
Zhao Yi looked at the alley and murmured:
"Senior, why aren't you here yet?"
According to the request of the senior last night, the three of them dragged the bronze furnace to Liuyan Lane today.
But after waiting for an hour, the senior still hadn't appeared.
The three of them were all injured last night and were poisoned by the Heart-Eating Pill. They could not withstand the cold winter wind late at night, but they did not dare to leave.
I can only wait in the cold wind.
The three of them hugged their almost frozen bodies and stared at each other.
Another hour passed, around three o'clock in the morning.
Finally, a tall red figure appeared.
"Welcome senior!"
Zhao Yi, Qian Er, and Sun San immediately knelt down and shouted respectfully.
Zhao Yi looked flattering and pointed to the bronze furnace next to him: "Senior, this is the alchemy furnace you want."
Qian Er's face was full of smiles: "Senior, this bronze furnace was cleaned all night last night to make sure there are no impurities in it!"
Sun San said respectfully: "Senior, I also put four middle-grade elixir stones in the furnace. Please accept them."
Zhao Yi and Qian Er turned to stare at him.
Damn it, let this kid take the credit!
However, as soon as the three of them finished speaking, they heard the ethereal voice:
"I don't want the alchemy furnace anymore. Let's move it back."
The three of them looked up at the red-haired female cultivator in shock: "Huh?"
But the red-haired nun had already turned around and walked out of the alley.
The three of them looked at each other, and Zhao Yiyi asked: "What should we do?"
Qian Er said helplessly: "Didn't you hear what senior said? Let us move back!"
Sun San said with a bitter face: "Brothers, on normal days, I can move this small alchemy furnace back home alone, but now I am seriously injured, cold and hungry, and I really have no strength."
The two stared at him: "Aren't we the same? Stop talking nonsense and do it quickly without being seen!"
So, the three men in black robes struggled to lift the heavy bronze furnace and walked towards the narrow rain alley with humming sounds.
