Nothing else happened after that, and the two continued collecting herbs.
Oh no, there is something else.
The other thing is that Zou Shuniang is no longer cold. Not only does she call Xiao Hua Brother Xiao, but she is also willing to joke with Xiao Hua again.
Xiao Hua couldn't understand the woman's heartache, but this was a good thing, and Xiao Hua felt a lot more relaxed.
In the next two months, Xiao Hua and Zou Shuniang traveled almost throughout Lingshan.
Everywhere in the mountains, rivers, jungles, swamps, Gobi deserts or wilderness caves that are not guarded by high-level monsters, their laughter and laughter have been left.
These two months were obviously about gathering medicine, but in reality it was more like traveling together.
There are a lot of common spiritual grasses outside Lingshan Mountain, and the auxiliary ingredients of many elixir recipes are basically the same. After collecting a certain amount, Zou Shuniang continued to teach Xiao Hua how to make elixirs, and the progress was accelerated a lot.
Xiao Hua learned two kinds of elixirs that can be used during the Qi refining period, one is called Huanglong Pill and the other is called Golden Marrow Pill.
I also learned two types of period-building pills, namely the True Yuan Pill and the Spirit-Gathering Pill, and there was also a "Blood Exhaustion Pill" for recovery.
In fact, the process of alchemy is the same.
The biggest difference and difficulty is that the efficacy and age of each medicinal material are different, and it is necessary to accurately grasp the purification time and refining temperature of each elixir.
Although Xiao Hua has learned several methods of refining commonly used elixirs, if he wants to become a true alchemist, he still needs to accumulate experience and perfect his techniques through a lot of practical operations.
Since Zou Shuniang is only an intermediate alchemist, she doesn't know how to make elixirs above the golden elixir stage.
After Xiao Hua made some success in alchemy, she began to teach Xiao Hua how to brew low-level spiritual wine. Spiritual wine is also a type of elixir.
The medicinal effect of spiritual wine is not as strong as that of elixir. The medicinal effect of a pot of spiritual wine is only one third of that of elixir.
However, one advantage of spiritual wine is that it can be absorbed by the body without refining.
The steps of brewing wine are roughly the same as alchemy. It also requires the use of alchemy furnaces and earth fires to refine and synthesize the materials.
But the last step does not need to be concentrated into a pill. Instead, the water of the spiritual spring must be added to catalyze the fermentation of the synthesized medicine. After a period of low-temperature refining, it can be drunk directly.
Zou Shuniang taught Xiao Hua to brew a low-level spiritual wine called "Meiyu Jingjing", which is only effective during the Qi refining period. It has almost no alcoholic strength and can only be regarded as a drink.
Zou Shuniang also knows a kind of high-level spiritual wine, but she refuses to teach Xiao Hua.
"Sister, I even gave you the unique secret recipe of Qian Gu Sect, why can't you teach me how to brew that high-end spiritual wine?"
"If this wine is not strong, how can it be called wine?"
"You don't know, I haven't drank alcohol since I became an immortal cultivator. Now I really want to taste strong liquor again."
Xiao Hua spoke the truth.
Once the wine enters the body, it will be refined by itself and has no alcohol-like effect at all. He has experienced so many ups and downs since entering Lingshan, and now he really wants to get drunk.
"Brother Xiao, I only promised to teach you alchemy and wine making, but I never promised to teach you the unique secret recipe of our Qingyun Sect's high-level spiritual wine."
"I have fulfilled my promise to teach you how to make alchemy and brew wine, please don't force me, okay?"
Mother Zou Shu was very unhappy being pestered by Xiao Hua.
She believed that Xiao Hua would not spread the secret recipe to others, but this high-intensity spirit wine was their Qingyun Sect's unique secret recipe. If it really did spread, she couldn't bear the responsibility.
"Sister, why are you so hard to talk?"
"We have been through so much together, and now we can't get out, what do you have to worry about? I just want to drink some strong wine, why do you have to guard against me?"
"What do you mean by guarding against you?"
"You said it yourself, we have experienced so much together."
"Not only did I let you live in my cave and accompany you to climb mountains and collect herbs every day, but I also taught you how to make elixirs and make wine, but you actually said that I was guarding you?"
Mother Zou Shu was a little angry.
"Then why didn't you teach me? Aren't you just afraid that I would leak the recipe?"
"I can tell you clearly that I can't get out! I can only stay in this Lingshan Mountain for the rest of my life!"
As Xiao Hua spoke, he felt a dull pain in his heart and became a little excited.
"Little sister, I don't need to use your spiritual wine to increase my magic power, but the years are long."
"I just ask that after you leave the pill, you can still have strong wine to drown my sorrows and accompany me for the rest of my life. Is my small request too much?".
"Brother Xiao!"
"Although you are only in the middle stage of foundation building now, sooner or later you will form a pill. It is only a matter of time before you leave Lingshan. Needless to say, I will not teach you no matter what."
Zou Shuniang didn't know the inside story but still persisted.
"Okay, I'll be honest with you, since I've already said this, I won't force you."
"Now that you have fulfilled your promise and taught me how to make alchemy, we are now settled. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Zou, and I will say goodbye."
After Xiao Hua finished speaking, he left Mother Zou Shu's cave without looking back, and flew into the distance on his magical weapon.
"You, you..., get out, get out...".
Zou Shuniang was very aggrieved, and her tears fell down.
She never expected that Xiao Hua would fall out with her over a spirit wine recipe. She was very angry and disappointed.
Xiao Hua returned to his cave, lying on the bed tossing and turning and thinking.
It's just a method of brewing high-end spiritual wine, right?
Are your demands too much? Or is Zou Shuniang too selfish?
Xiao Hua couldn't figure it out for a moment. In a daze and confusion, Xiao Hua fell asleep.
In the next more than a month, Xiao Hua did not think about this issue again, nor did he go to see Zou Shuniang.
Zou Shuniang didn't come to see Xiao Hua again. Maybe she was still angry, or maybe she had formed a pill and left the mountain.
Xiao Hua figured it out.
Zou Shuniang had never promised to teach herself how to brew high-level spiritual wine, and since she had a cultivation partner, she could leave the mountain at any time through pill formation.
All of this is just wishful thinking, and it's all about being sentimental when the peacock is in full bloom. If that's the case, then why bother.
So everything went back to before.
Xiao Hua still goes to the lake to practice during the day and returns to the cave to rest at night. Occasionally he goes out to collect some common elixirs.
Xiao Hua didn't have an earth fire or an alchemy furnace to refine elixirs, and he couldn't practice to form golden elixirs, but other than that, he had nothing to do. He practiced and collected herbs just to pass the time.
One evening a month later, Xiao Hua returned from collecting herbs from the nearby mountains.
As soon as he arrived at the lake, he sensed a familiar spiritual energy in his cave. It was Zou Shuniang.
Xiao Hua was a little inexplicably excited, but also a little uneasy.
He had a strange feeling towards Zou Shuniang that he could not explain. He wanted to let her go or not, but he could not get her.
Mother Zou Shu sat cross-legged on Xiao Hua's big bed, closed her eyes and adjusted her breath. In front of her were five porcelain bottles with soul-suppressing charms attached.
Seeing Xiao Hua return to the cave, he opened his eyes and smiled lightly at Xiao Hua.
"I'm taking the liberty to visit you. I hope Brother Xiao won't be surprised. The younger sister's affairs in Lingshan are over. She will be in seclusion tomorrow to collect elixirs."
"I don't know if we will be able to meet again in the future, so I came here to say goodbye."
"This is the high-strength spiritual wine that my younger sister has just brewed. I am giving it to my brother. I hope he will accept it."
Zou Shuniang said something very formal and smiled lightly again.
Zou Shuniang's smile was still so sweet and charming, but Xiao Hua's mood was extremely low.
He had known that Zou Shuniang would leave Lingshan sooner or later, but now that she had actually arrived, he didn't expect that he would feel so sentimental in his heart.
