Maybe it was a moment, maybe a long time passed.
When Zhang Wenfeng woke up from the Taoist state, he smelled a refreshing scent of medicine and felt happy. With the help of that magical state, this furnace of Qingqi Powder should be ready!
The Yuan Qi in the body was completely empty, leaving only a vague shadow of tree-like Yuan Qi.
Zhang Wenfeng was in a very good mood. He glanced at the hourglass pot. About a quarter of an hour later, the temperature on the outside of the medicine stove was no longer scalding.
He stretched out his hand to grab the lid, and used both arms to open the stove lid, releasing hot steam at high temperatures with great experience.
After a while, he completely took off the furnace cover and placed it on the stone table. He fanned it with his hand a few times to drive away the fog in the medicine furnace. He looked closely and saw that there was a layer of light yellow fine powder in the alchemy chamber under the furnace. It was pure in color. He looked at it. The child is determined.
Refining Qingqi Powder for the first time, it’s done!
Each of the nine alchemy chambers has a layer of swirling medicinal powder distributed in varying degrees.
When Zhang Wenfeng had time, he picked up the gourd on the stone table, poured a large mouthful of cool spring water, took off the sword stuck on the side of the medicine stove, and placed a green wooden stake, preparing to restore some consumed Yuan Qi, and wait to open the lid. Allow the stove to cool completely.
It felt like the cave suddenly shook, and the furnace lid placed on the stone table collided with the sword, making a crisp sound.
Zhang Wenfeng was startled and ducked out of the cave.
Is it the earth dragon turning over?
He didn't even bother to collect the medicine powder and flew toward the top of the mountain.
Far away, I could hear the old lame man shouting: "The sun is weird. Why do you feel the mountain is shaking?"
Zhang Wenfeng rushed to the top of the mountain and looked up at the sky.
The autumn sky is clear and the sun is setting in the west. This is not a sign of a major disaster.
He was waiting to greet the old lame man who came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and holding a kitchen knife in his hand. He felt a vibration under his feet and heard a slight "click" sound from the black tiles of the Taoist temple.
"Uncle Lame, come here quickly!"
Zhang Wenfeng called the old cripple to the middle of the field.
If there is an earthquake, open space is safe.
The shock came suddenly, went away quickly, and then stopped.
The trees everywhere shook, and some withered yellow leaves fell like rain.
Exclamations of "Run quickly, the earth dragon turns over" came from the bottom of the mountain. More than ten people working on the short mountain abandoned their work and ran to the south of the mountain.
The donkey brayed with "Ahhh...ahhh" and ran up the mountain.
Zhang Wenfeng's heart moved. He remembered a popular science article he had seen in his previous life. When a major earthquake came, there would be several abnormal signs. The one he remembered most clearly was biological abnormalities, such as the sensory organs of cows, horses, donkeys, and mules. It is particularly sensitive and will panic before an earthquake, causing abnormal behaviors such as screaming, digging on the ground, breaking away from the reins and running away.
There are also animals that burrow underground, such as rats, snakes, rabbits, etc., which often escape in advance.
He didn't hear the braying of the cows in the barn in the backyard, and the donkey came up the mountain instead of running away, and he didn't see any trace of mice. There were grain warehouses and kitchens on the mountain, and mice were indispensable.
The voice transmission asked: "Black Donkey, do you feel uneasy and throbbing in your heart? Have you seen groups of mice and hares escaping from their holes at the foot of the mountain?"
"Feeling restless? No. Rats are rare in broad daylight."
The donkey panted and replied while climbing the slope.
Zhang Wenfeng was basically relieved that there would be no big earthquake, and then he made a random guess, could it be related to his success in refining medicine?
Impossible, he is overthinking.
What he refined was not some rare medicine.
The calamity of alchemy recorded in the classics and the shaking of the earth and mountains were the result of refining a heaven-defying elixir that was not tolerated by heaven and earth.
The old lame man observed carefully and heard the shouting at the bottom of the mountain, and asked, "How about we go down the mountain to hide for a while?" He had inconvenient legs and feet, and was worried that if something happened, it would drag down Brother Feng.
Zhang Wenfeng shook his head slightly, still looking around, and explained: "According to ancient books, there are often signs before the earth dragon turns over. Cows, horses, and donkeys will be restless, and mice will escape from holes in groups. Currently, there are no such signs. No, It's like an earth dragon turning over. Let's keep a closer look. If anything happens, I'll be there in time with you on my back."
A little Yuan Qi had recovered in his body, so escaping wouldn't be a problem.
While he was talking, the donkey jumped up from the hillside, opened his mouth and said, "Ah uh... ah uh..."
It likes to hold its head high and roar like this.
How manly!
How bold and uninhibited!
After listening to Brother Feng's analysis, the old lame man calmed down a little. He sighed that he still had to read more books and be more knowledgeable. Among them, the turning of the earth dragon would cause the cows, horses and mice to move abnormally. He also remembered it, and it seemed that there was this statement.
I was in a hurry just now, how could I think of it for a while?
"Donkey Day, you are so loyal. I didn't drink the wine I fed you for free. You even ran up the mountain to share the joys and sorrows. Well done. You are worthy of being a man with balls!"
The old lame man admired the donkey's spirituality very much. He didn't mind that the donkey was noisy and praised him with a smile.
The donkey came running briskly. Everyone likes to hear good things.
It rubbed the old lame man's shoulder. Last night, this old man thought his eggs were in the way, but today he had another excuse.
So sometimes humans are fickle.
"Master, what happened just now?"
"I don't know. It seems that we were the only ones in shock. There was no noise coming from the direction of the town."
"It's true. Could it be...that something is causing trouble underground?"
"Impossible. Who can move a mountain more than a hundred feet high?"
One person and one donkey exchanged a few words via voice transmission. Zhang Wenfeng denied the donkey's wild guesses. Although he was puzzled, he became more and more sure that there would be no earthquake.
Which earthquake company is so stingy that they don’t travel five miles away and have it tailor-made specifically for them, right?
I look down upon them too much.
"Uncle Cripple, I'm still refining medicine in the back, and I have to finish it. You can wait on the field first before entering the kitchen."
The old lame man waved his hand, "Sure, I know, you go and do your work."
Zhang Wenfeng returned to the medicine refining cave and looked at the medicine furnace. Fortunately, no stone powder or gravel fell from the top.
He took out a clean small brush and a small black wooden box from the package on the stone table. He quickly leaned into the furnace and swept all the Qing Qi powder refined in the nine alchemy chambers into the wooden box, without caring about packing the tools. He closed the wooden box and put it in his arms, put away the bronze Bagua mirror, blew out the oil lamp, closed the stone door and returned to the top of the mountain with a relaxed expression.
The old lame man had experienced numerous storms and waves, and became very courageous, so he went into the kitchen to get busy again.
The donkey was licking and drinking wine outside the kitchen. The old lame man specially rewarded it before dinner time, out of loyalty to the man.
Zhang Wenfeng heard the dozen or so people who had escaped from Aishan talking about each other, and came back again. It was a false alarm. Zhang Wenfeng smiled, opened the east hall and went straight into the pharmacy, found a scale and cut the white rice paper into small pieces. Put it on the weighing pan, pour out the Qingqi Powder from the wooden box, sweep it clean with a brush and weigh it. The total is 228 cents and 3 cents. Even if you remove the paper, it is still 228 cents.
What a good start.
After finishing the work at hand, I went out and called the donkey, which smelled of alcohol, and climbed up and down Xianling Mountain to search, trying to find out the cause of the earthquake.
We even searched all the hills and woods in front, back and left, but found nothing suspicious. We only found a few large wild animal caves with no fresh traces. The donkey said they were hiding places for rabbits and yellow skins.
The donkey is very familiar with every plant and tree in Xianling Mountain. This is its territory and it has the most say.
When the evening glow filled the sky, the second senior brother and Yue Anyan walked up the mountain with long and faint shadows.
"Master Guan, how is your medicine refining? Is it ready?"
The second senior brother saw the viewer busy collecting unthreshed bean poles in the wheat drying field, and asked with concern.
He had gently put aside the troublesome things discussed last night that had no results.
The man's worries should be taken care of. Who cares about You Han and sits there?
Zhang Wenfeng put down the bean pole in his hand, stood up straight, and turned his head to look around. He saw the senior sister, who looked as if she had rouge on her cheeks and a cute smile hanging from the corner of her mouth, looking at him under the sunlight. She was so beautiful that she was looking at him.
Then he felt the playful spirit that had been dormant for a long time and said with a smile:
"Guess!"
