In the past six months when Ning Tao followed Senior Brother Yang to practice in the small courtyard, Senior Brother Yang did not carry Ning Tao behind his back when refining alchemy. Sometimes, when he was in a good mood, he would explain many key points of alchemy to Ning Tao.
Therefore, even though Ning Tao has never eaten pork and has seen pigs running away, he still has some confidence in his ability to learn alchemy.
Three days passed quickly like this. Ning Tao worked very hard these days, but still failed to master the alchemy technique. Ning Tao was really disappointed about this.
However, Senior Brother Yang didn't care about this. He just told Ning Tao that he could still practice here after he left. The unripe elixirs placed in the backyard and the books here were given to Ning Tao.
The alchemy furnace belongs to the Taotong Academy. Don't take it away when you become a formal disciple in the future. The other things are the private property of Senior Brother Yang. They are not worth any spiritual stones, so they were given to Ning Tao.
Upon hearing this, Ning Tao quickly expressed his gratitude to Senior Brother Yang. Although these items were not worth much in the eyes of Senior Brother Yang now, to Ning Tao at this time, they were very good materials for his cultivation.
After thanking Senior Brother Yang, Yang Feng showed no nostalgia for this place. He waved his hand to Ning Tao and left in a rainbow.
Seeing Senior Brother Yang leaving, Ning Tao stared at the sky for a long time.
After that, Ning Tao became alone. In addition to eating in the cafeteria every day and chatting with Zhang Yong, Yang Song and others, he occasionally went to the main hall to listen to the lessons taught by the boys on the ground floor, and asked the teaching brothers about his recent practice and study. of confusion.
Perhaps due to the catfish effect of Ning Tao and others, this Taoist class worked harder than before. After seeing this, the chief teacher discussed with the other teaching brothers and applied to the director of the Taoist Academy, Master Qi, to change the system.
Huang-level Taoist boys can apply to become Xuan-level Taoist boys at any time, and the assessment from Xuan-level Taoist boys to earth-level Taoist boys can be conducted every month.
For this kind of benign change, Uncle Qi, as the dean of the Taoist Academy, is very happy to see it. After all, the growth of these Taoist children in the Taotong Academy is also linked to their own sect contributions, so he agrees with the teaching brothers. ask.
In this way, the Taoist boys in the entire Taotong Academy seemed to be covered with nectar and grew wildly. In just half a year, most of the Taoist boys were able to become Xuan-level Taoist boys.
There are only two classes of Taoists left who are still struggling with the Taoism of the Yellow Level, and they are ashamed to see people all day long. There are even hundreds of Taoist boys placed on the ground floor.
However, at this time, no one among the heaven-level Taoist boys applied for the assessment, because the treatment of the earth-level Taoist boys and the heaven-level Taoist boys had not changed much, it was just a threshold for becoming a formal disciple.
Moreover, most of the people who can pass the heaven-level Taoist examination are Taoists who practice with their senior brothers.
Under the arrangement of their teaching brother, they planned to conduct a collective assessment for the Taoist boys who had reached the standard after winter, and invited the master and others to observe the ceremony, in order to show their achievements and seek more benefits.
The Taoist boys have no objection to this, because the benefits of practicing with the teaching fellows are far more beneficial than becoming a heaven-level Taoist boy. It would not be good if it offends all the teaching fellows.
After this year of Taoist life, everyone has become much more mature than before. Although they still have a lot of childlike immaturity in their bodies, their minds are much higher than those of mortal children of the same age.
Soon another two months passed. At this time, Ning Tao felt that his fourth level of Qi training was getting deeper and deeper, and he would soon be able to break through to the fifth level of Qi training.
He also became more and more proficient in using the Spiritual Flame Technique and the Flame Making Technique. Because he had not yet started using alchemy, he went to the pharmacy to ask for some advice on alchemy.
When Senior Brother Yang left, he told himself that if he had any questions about alchemy, he could go directly to the Pharmacy Brother for advice.
Yang Feng told Ning Tao that although he was not a disciple of the same lineage as him, he was familiar with him, so he took the initiative to speak to him for Ning Tao and asked him to take care of Ning Tao.
So these days whenever Ning Tao has some doubts about alchemy, he goes to the pharmacy to ask for advice.
And now, Ning Tao feels that his alchemy skills are still lacking, and he is only one step away from success. As long as he can solve this problem, he can truly become an alchemist.
When I arrived at Senior Brother Li in the pharmacy, I saw that Senior Brother Li was holding an ancient book in his hand and looking at it.
Seeing Ning Tao coming, he greeted him to come in. After solving Ning Tao's confusion, he asked Ning Tao if he could do him a favor. Ning Tao quickly expressed his willingness to obey.
Senior Brother Li took Ning Tao to the alchemy room in his yard and took out some elixirs for Ning Tao to process.
When Ning Tao saw this, he didn't ask any questions. He directly used his magic power, picked up the spell, opened the lid of the alchemy furnace with the object control technique, and then put the elixir into the alchemy furnace. He used the spirit flame technique and the flame making technique to process the elixir as required. .
Senior Brother Li had a look of satisfaction on his face when he saw Ning Tao skillfully using the Spirit Flame Technique and the Flame Making Technique to process these elixirs.
After Ning Tao finished processing these elixirs, he controlled the liquid elixirs separately and put them into the jade bottles that had been prepared.
He informed Ning Tao of his purpose, because he was at the bottleneck of advancing to the upper level of the Yellow Level, and wanted to officially start refining the elixirs of the foundation-building level.
Since I am still in the Taoist Academy, it is not convenient to find anyone for help. I happened to feel that Ning Tao's skills are good through Ning Tao's recent consultation, so I wanted to invite Ning Tao to help him. This is how the scene just happened.
Afterwards, Senior Brother Li arranged for Ning Tao to take a shower and change clothes before going to the alchemy room to sit cross-legged and calm down, preparing to start the formal alchemy process.
Before officially refining the elixir, Senior Brother Li began to explain the work that Ning Tao had to do and the key points to pay attention to.
In fact, Ning Tao's job is very simple. He just helps Senior Brother Li control the temperature of the elixir furnace when he is refining the elixir.
Because compared to Senior Brother Yang who was once at the 12th level of Dzogchen, Senior Brother Li's magic power is now somewhat inferior.
It was okay to refine the Qi-building phase elixir, but it was somewhat beyond my ability to successfully refine the Foundation-building phase elixir.
Although taking elixirs and using spiritual stones can restore mana, for a Huang-level alchemist at the Qi training level, it is very easy to cause unstable fireworks and cause a furnace of elixirs to be scrapped.
The medicinal materials for refining the foundation-building elixir are also valuable to Senior Brother Li, who is a top-grade alchemist in the Huang rank.
Senior Brother Li tried several times before and failed. The losses caused made this Senior Brother feel quite distressed.
And Senior Brother Li had to consider that for his own affairs, it was not worthwhile to violate the sect's rules and find fellow disciples to help in the Taotongyuan.
So after seeing Ning Tao's alchemy skills, he made a move and recruited him to be his assistant, preparing to take over from him and solve the problem of lack of mana during the process of refining the elixir.
It happened that Ning Tao also wanted to take this opportunity to increase his experience in refining elixirs, so the two hit it off and settled the matter.
After arranging the time for Ning Tao to use the flame handover, he helped Ning Tao practice it several times before starting to prepare for the formal refining of the elixir.
At this time, Ning Tao was sitting cross-legged and calm, his body a little stiff, and he watched with wide eyes as Senior Brother Li took out dozens of jade boxes and vases from the storage bag.
Senior Brother Li opened them one by one, and then handled these elixirs skillfully.
Although Ning Tao often saw Senior Brother Yang refining elixirs, he had never seen Senior Brother Yang refining elixirs for the Foundation Establishment Stage.
At this time, Ning Tao was nervous and excited to be fortunate enough to directly participate in the refining of the foundation-building elixir.
I saw Senior Brother Li first pinching the spell with his hands, and a yellowish flame enveloped the alchemy furnace, and began to preheat the alchemy furnace. When Senior Brother Li felt that the temperature of the alchemy furnace was almost the same.
Dozens of elixirs were put into the alchemy furnace one by one by Senior Brother Li, and then gradually melted under the flames, turning into balls of elixir liquid.
Afterwards, the medicinal liquids transformed from these elixirs were put into the jade bottles that had been prepared one by one.
After all the elixirs were processed, Senior Brother Li closed his eyes and sat cross-legged to recover his magic power and feel at ease.
After a moment, Senior Brother Li's eyes suddenly opened, he pinched the spell in his hand, and a scorching flame appeared out of thin air, covering the inside and outside of the alchemy furnace. With his other hand, he controlled the elixir liquid in the jade bottle and poured it into the alchemy furnace one by one. middle.
After most of the elixir liquid has been put into it, control the alchemy furnace to close the lid, and use all your strength to control the flame to burn the alchemy furnace.
After that, there was a long period of alchemy refining, during which the lid of the alchemy furnace was opened several times and the remaining elixir liquid was put into it.
Time passed little by little, and I saw the last elixir liquid being put into the alchemy furnace. At this time, Senior Brother Li said: "Ning Tao, get ready."
After hearing this, Ning Tao kneaded the magic formula in his hand and circulated his magic power, ready to take over from Senior Brother Li to bake the alchemy furnace. After a while, Senior Brother Li slowly removed the flames and shouted in a low voice: "Ning Tao."
After hearing this, Ning Tao hurriedly wrapped the alchemy furnace with spiritual flames. After observing Ning Tao's performance for a few breaths, Senior Brother Li took out a bottle of elixir with confidence, poured two pills out of it and drank it. He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged to recover his mana.
After half a stick of incense, sweat appeared on Ning Tao's face, who was fully controlling his magic power to control the intensity of the flames. After feeling that the amount of true energy in his body was getting smaller and smaller, Ning Tao became more and more nervous.
At this time, Senior Brother Li opened his eyes and when he saw Ning Tao's appearance, he made a spell in his hand, preparing to take over from Ning Tao and continue baking the alchemy furnace.
Under the arrangement of Senior Brother Li, Ning Tao controlled the spirit flames to leave the alchemy furnace and let Senior Brother Li take over. Only after Senior Brother Li took over, Ning Tao had time to raise his arms and wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves.
Time passed little by little, and the noon sun was already setting in the west. Ning Tao in the alchemy room was still staring at Senior Brother Li refining the elixir with his eyes wide open.
As the intensity of the flames became smaller and smaller, Ning Tao knew that the most critical step was coming. Both of them were concentrating and did not dare to take a big breath. As the flames slowly receded, Senior Brother Li's face became more and more serious. .
Ning Tao's little face was filled with great nervousness. The flames were completely removed, and Senior Brother Li squeezed the magic pill furnace valve to open.
