Yanxuan carefully removed everything he could from his alchemy furnace, and then wiped it carefully with a piece of silk.
I have used it several times. Although the alchemy furnace that Brother Qian gave me is still slightly flawed, it is much easier to use than the bulky and heavy ones in Nanyutang. Even Yanxuan feels that his elixir success rate is high. It seems to have improved.
When this alchemy furnace is used, it is roasted at high temperature on the fire eye, which will naturally leave some fire marks and stains. Yanxuan is not good at this precious alchemy furnace, so naturally he has to wipe it every time it is used.
"Junior Sister Yan" someone called her outside.
"Senior Sister Min" As soon as he heard the voice, Yanxuan knew who it was and hurriedly stood up to welcome Senior Sister Min in.
"Ah! When did Junior Sister Yan get the alchemy furnace? How many spiritual stones did it cost?" After entering the door, Senior Sister Min saw the alchemy furnace on the case. It seemed to be in good condition, so she asked curiously.
"I didn't buy this. I have a friend in Jiuxuan whom I met when we were in Youming Valley. He just happens to be a student of weapon refining, so I asked him to help with the refining."
Senior Sister Min nodded after hearing this, sat on the futon, picked up the small alchemy furnace and looked at it carefully.
"Hmm, he looks very nice, um...wait a minute, I know you from You Ming Gu, did he enter the inner sect with you?"
"yes."
"Then is your friend's surname Qian?"
"Ah, Senior Sister Min, how did you know that my friend's surname is Qian and his name is Qian Chao. Since he is a few years younger than me, I usually call him Brother Qian."
"Well," Senior Sister Min nodded, "That's right. My alchemy furnace was made by a Senior Brother Cheng from Jiuxuan. He once told me that one of the Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters he taught The junior brother named Qian is extremely talented, and I am afraid that his weapon refining skills have surpassed him now."
"Really? Brother Qian is indeed an extremely smart person."
"Well, I heard that when Brother Qian of yours was bullied, Brother Ji Zhu from Chengqi Hall stood up for him."
"Ah! Senior Sister Min already knows about this."
"Of course I know. I am also a frequent visitor to Jiuxuan. We still have a few senior brothers in Qixia Mountain who are looking for your brother Qian to refine spirit swords. How do you use this alchemy furnace?"
"It's much better than the one in Nan Yutang, but there are still some minor flaws. Brother Qian said that this was his first time refining an alchemy furnace. He also said that our alchemy furnace is considered unpopular in their Chengqi Hall. There are not many refiners, and it's too much." He may come over in a few days to ask about the alchemy furnace, and then make improvements."
"What about the rate of pill success?"
"I feel a little better."
"Just use them together." Senior Sister Min looked at the small alchemy furnace again, then put it on the case, took out something from her storage bag and handed it to Yanxuan, "Here, Junior Sister Yan, this is the last time You asked me for it, and I looked at it, and these two books are relatively complete."
What Senior Sister Min handed over were two books, which recorded more recipes for preparing elixirs and refining elixirs.
The amount of spiritual herbs that Yanxuan can get now, whether from Baicaoyuan or Nanyutang, is not too little, but whether it is preparing medicine or refining elixirs, there is always some spiritual herbs left in the end. If you can learn a few more recipes, you may be able to consider using different recipes to prepare or refine all the spiritual herbs at once, so that you can get more spiritual herbs in exchange. In addition, Yanxuan also wants to collect more elixirs and pharmacies. Her maternal grandfather is regarded as the sage of the apricot forest in the Southern Medicine Country, and her mother is also known as the "goddess doctor". Elders have many ways to treat people. Now that she has entered the cultivation world, she naturally no longer collects ordinary prescriptions, but collecting some prescriptions for preparing medicines and refining elixirs is still something that Yanxuan is interested in.
Senior Sister Min had a very good relationship with Yanxuan. After hearing her mention it, she took it to heart and found it in the library of Qixia Mountain. Because she passed by Yanxuan's residence, she gave it to her.
"Junior sister Yan, when you first learn the art of alchemy, you need to master it carefully and do it according to your ability."
"Well, don't worry, Senior Sister Min."
As Yanxuan spoke, he happily flipped through the two books.
"Huh? Why is there a picture of the alchemy furnace in this? Is it possible that we will also refine the alchemy furnace in the future?" The last ten or so pages of one of the books are indeed the refining method of the alchemy furnace, and there are also pictures on the pages. The shape of the alchemy furnace was marked with various materials, refining methods, etc. Seeing this, Yanxuan was very curious and asked Senior Sister Min.
"That's not true. This book can be considered an old book. I found it in the library. It is said that the monks in Qixia Mountain also had to learn some weapon refining skills in the past, just to refine the alchemy furnace for themselves. It is easy to use the alchemy furnace that you have refined and then use it to refine elixirs yourself. No one does this anymore, but I guess those seniors probably still refined their alchemy furnaces themselves."
"Oh, that's it. It seems that the art of refining weapons is also very troublesome. Huh? Brother Qian also mentioned this material last time, saying that it is difficult to find this material now. They Jiuxuan can't find it. If they want You have to look outside.”
"Well, I did use a little bit of spirit worm mud when refining my pill furnace, but not much, and Senior Brother Cheng said the quality is not that good, but it's better than nothing. Spirit worm mud is too hard to find, and Even if you find it, it's still very dangerous to get it. The spirit worm mud on my pill furnace was bought in the market outside for some spirit stones."
"Danger? This earthworm mud is just mud. Isn't it dug out from the ground? What danger is there?"
"Haha, although this spirit earthworm mud is mud, it is not dug out from the ground. This spirit earthworm mud can only be obtained from a kind of insect called Jiuqu spirit earthworm. Although this kind of insect is also a kind of spiritual insect, But it is not dangerous at all and will not hurt people. The spirit earthworm mud is in its belly. However, these nine-curved spirit earthworms can generally only be found in the soil under a spiritual grass called Yue Bu Yao. Yue Bu Yao You will know later that the middle-level spiritual grass and the elixirs refined from it are also used by the foundation-building brothers. Wherever there is a moon step, there must be monsters guarding the middle-level spiritual grass. They are also powerful monsters. Let alone you, even if I see the monster, I will run away from it. I guess only the foundation-building brothers can deal with it. This Nine-bend Spirit Earthworm is really nothing, but the guardian The monsters in the spiritual grass are the most troublesome, that’s why I say dangerous.”
"That's right, no wonder."
"We must have Jiuqu Spirit Earthworms in Qixia Mountain, but they are not something we can get. Those seniors each have their own spiritual grass gardens, and the spiritual grasses in them are naturally high-level. There should be some in the soil of the garden. Nine-curved earthworm, after catching this kind of spiritual insect and putting it in the soil, you don't need to worry about it. With it, the spiritual grass on it will grow faster and better, but the spiritual grass must at least be in the middle. Otherwise, the spiritual earthworms would not be able to survive, so there are no such spiritual insects in the spiritual grass garden of our Qi Refining disciples."
"This is so, it's really magical!" Yanxuan sighed.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to see spiritual herbs like Yue Buyao when you go out after the third level. Outside the sect, there are very few spiritual herbs like this in the places where our Qi Refining disciples can go, almost none at all. It is usually a low-grade spiritual grass. It is amazing to find a low-grade and high-grade one, and you have to guard against monsters."
Senior Sister Min said this, and Yanxuan became interested. She has been refining elixirs these days. In addition to resting, she practices in the rest of the time. After using Qian Chao's method, she feels that the progress of her practice seems to be faster than before. Breaking through once would be the third level of cultivation. At that time, she would have to go to Jingshiyuan and go out to do things. All the comments she heard on Qixia Mountain were about how dangerous it was outside, so she was curious about the outside world. Still feeling a little bit of fear, I wanted to find out more from Senior Sister Min.
"Senior Sister Min, what do we Qixia Mountain disciples do when we go out?"
"What to do? Of course, you can do whatever you receive in the Jingshiyuan. Write down everything on a small sign and just follow it." After a pause, Senior Sister Min came to her senses and smiled. He said, "Girl, are you afraid that you will be bullied when you go out in the future?"
"A little bit," Yanxuan replied honestly.
"Well, there are quite a few restless people in the sect, but you don't have to worry too much. After all, we are disciples of Qixia Mountain. Hey, there are Ling Cao Kou and Baicao Knot on your jade pendant. Anyone with a discerning eye will know it at a glance. You are a student of alchemy, so I usually won’t embarrass you."
"why is that?"
"Silly girl, we are all monks. Monks naturally need to take elixirs. Where do the elixirs in the sect come from? They are not refined by our Qixia Mountain. Those people will inevitably find some spiritual herbs when they go out. If they don't want to If they want to sell it but want to find someone to refine it into elixirs, why don't they come to us? They wish that they would be more familiar with us so that it would be easier for them to refine elixirs in the future. How could they mess up and cause us trouble?"
"Oh, that's it, then I'll be relieved."
"In the past few years that I have been out, except for a few encounters with monsters that were not easy to deal with, the people in the sect have never caused us any trouble."
"Monsters? Senior Sister Min, when it comes to Jingshiyuan, do you only go out to collect spiritual grass and don't fight monsters?"
"Oh, you girl, you are too timid. As for the affairs of Keishi-in, you usually need some kind of spiritual grass, or you need the leather of some kind of monster or the body of other monsters. There are so many things. Even if you only take on the task of collecting spiritual grass, Junior Sister Yan, you are very likely to encounter monsters on the way there and in the places where spiritual grass grows, and face monsters outside. It’s inevitable to go to bed, and it’s inevitable to do something. And you often go out for several days. You have to find a safe place at night. The first time I went out, I found a cave at night with a few sisters. , I listened to the roar of the monster outside all night, and that time I was so frightened that I trembled all night long."
"Ah! It sounds so scary! Why do you stay outside for so long and can't you go back to your sect at night and go out the next morning?"
"You haven't been out, so you don't know how big the outside of the sect is. Often, even if you know where the things you want are, it takes half a day to get there. In addition, you can't only pick up one thing at a time. We picked up several things that happened to come along and worked on them together. Whenever we had time, we rushed back to rest at night. They all found their own places outside. I was also scared when I first went out, but I got used to it the more times I went out, and I also killed it myself. We have bought a lot of monsters, keep those that can be used to make elixirs, and sell those that can’t be used."
After hearing this, Yanxuan had no choice but to say: "Oh, I do have the spirit sword with me, but it's a pity that it has been so long and I haven't used it once."
"Didn't you say last time that you have a few friends and will go out together in the future? It's better to have someone to take care of you than to be alone. If you are still afraid, then I will take you twice first and wait until you get familiar with it. Naturally, I’m not afraid anymore.”
"Then there's no need to trouble Senior Sister. In fact, I'm just worried that it will hold them back when we get outside."
"Then why is it holding you back? Silly girl, there are four words called 'each performs his own duties'. You have always heard of it, right? We, the disciples of Qixia Mountain, don't have many other things, except that we have a lot of elixirs. You and them Together, even if they are accidentally injured, they will recover quickly with you around. As long as you don’t let yourself panic when there is danger, just help if you can. In the past, I and others Going out is basically the one who contributes the least, but what we find together is still divided equally. With me here, everyone will try to find more spiritual herbs. If they get rare spiritual herbs, they will naturally be happier, and refine them into elixirs. A single point is something that the disciples of the other four sects can only dream of."
"Oh, then I understand. Senior Sister Min, how do you deal with those monsters outside? Do you use spiritual swords or spells?"
"This, let's use them all. The spirit sword consumes less spiritual energy and is convenient to use. However, I feel that the spells are more powerful. It's just that we make elixirs every day. Except for fire control, we are still not proficient in using other spells. I am It was only after I came back from my first trip that I started working on my spells again.”
"So our disciples from Huoyun Peak in Qixia Mountain will be very powerful? They don't refine elixirs, they only practice spells every day."
"Well...it also depends on one's attainments in magic. Our Huoyun Peak in Qixia Mountain is a sect that specializes in fire spells, but there are also several other sects, such as Bibotan in Shuiyun Valley, and those from Jiuxuan who specialize in the Five Elements. People who are talented in magic and have high attainments will naturally be less dangerous outside. But based on what I have seen outside over the years, I think Mu Xiufeng's swordsmanship is more powerful."
"Oh, are you a good swordsman?" Yanxuan asked, naturally thinking of the tall figure of Li Jian among her friends.
"Well, sword cultivators are indeed very powerful. I have never gone out with Mu Xiufeng's sword cultivators, but I have seen them fighting outside..."
"fight?"
"Yes, this kind of thing is not uncommon outside. I went out once when I had just passed the Xiaowu Pass. As soon as I left the sect, I saw more than a dozen people surrounding one person for some unknown reason. At first, it was just After talking, he turned his face and moved his hands. At that time, a few of us saw him and hurriedly ran away. We saw that the besieged man was so fast that the spiritual swords and spells that were shot at him could not touch him. , the spiritual sword in his hand can knock down a person besieging him with just one stab."
"Ah, so...did it hurt anyone?"
"Well, of course he hurt someone, but not seriously. Alas, think about it. It only took a few breaths. Those who relied on the crowd to surround him all fell down. Then the man said a few words The words flew away. Later I found out that the man was Mu Xiufeng's sword cultivator. I didn't know why he offended a group of Jiuxuan guys. The group came to take revenge while he was out. I thought I could take advantage of him. I took advantage of it, but I didn’t expect that person to be so powerful.”
"Sword cultivators are so powerful!" According to what Senior Sister Min said, it will be much safer if Brother Li is among the few of us when we go out in the future.
"Of course they are powerful. Mu Xiufeng's sword cultivators, even the Qi refining disciples, usually go out alone, but some of them are with others. After all, most of the things that one person can do are simple. Only The more people you go out with, the more difficult things you can do in Jingshiyuan but the amount of spiritual stones you are given can be done. Such things are not difficult if there is a sword cultivator here."
"Oh" Thinking of Brother Lu again, Yanxuan asked, "What about the Houtu Temple in the sect? How about physical training?"
"Of course it's also very powerful. It is said that if a physical cultivator and a sword cultivator with the same level of training fight against each other, well, it will be between brothers. The physical cultivator and the sword cultivator are both too few. I have only seen the sword cultivator take action once. I have never seen physical training. But, there is one thing you can rest assured about."
"Oh, what is it?"
"Whether it's a physical cultivator or a sword cultivator, because there are few people and the selection of disciples is very strict, I have never heard of anyone being bullied by sword cultivators and physical cultivators in the past few years."
This is quite right. Look at Brother Li and Brother Lu. They are not guys who make trouble over nothing and like to bully others and take advantage of them.
