The appearance of Jinxu looks very similar to the ginseng Zhang Yan is looking for, except that the main trunk is much smaller than ginseng, but it has many more fibrous roots, like a beard, and it is golden all over, hence its name. This thing is not cheap, after all, the nourishing effect alone is worth the high price.
On the other hand, medicinal materials such as fake stone root, which according to the store clerk, are very similar to Polygonum multiflorum, are surprisingly cheap. They are among the cheapest medicinal materials in Yuan Pharmacy. They are usually sold in sacks.
In addition to these two things, Zhang Yan also bought more than ten other medicinal materials. Some of them look the same as those on earth, and have similar medicinal effects, while others are substitutes with similar medicinal effects, such as gold whiskers and fake stone roots.
Although the items purchased were medicinal materials rather than patent medicines, the cost of this purchase was not small. It also made Zhang Yan stop his plan to buy more.
But the clerk at the drugstore already treated Zhang Yan as a madman. Who buys medicine in piecemeal pieces like Zhang Yan? And the amount is not large, it doesn’t look like it’s medicine or something, I don’t understand it at all.
Zhang Yan was already used to this kind of look in his eyes. Most of the people around him in Yubei Mountain Fortress treated him as a madman and were used to it.
However, Zhang Yan does not know how to make medicine. He is making some preparations for him to start practicing alchemy next.
Now that he has entered the Xuanmai realm, in addition to improving his cultivation level, another advantage is that Zhang Yan can start to practice a very important auxiliary branch in the Taoist sect, which is the Tao of Alchemy.
Taoism has always attached great importance to the way of alchemy. As the saying goes, there are four treasures of Taoism: wealth, companionship, Dharma, and land.
The "wealth" actually refers to "cultivation resources", and elixirs are the most important category of cultivation resources. Not only can it increase lifespan, but it can also speed up the acquisition of spiritual energy and reduce practice time. There are even many variations and categories, and the effects of derived elixirs are countless.
To make alchemy, you need three necessary conditions: alchemy furnace, cultivation level of at least Xuanmai realm, and medicinal materials.
The alchemy furnace can change the Wanxiang Pearl, and the alchemy prescriptions can also be obtained from the first floor of the high tower in the beads. And Zhang Yan has just reached the threshold of cultivation conditions. The only remaining uncertain factor is the medicinal materials.
There is actually no shortage of medicinal materials in the Wild Sky Realm, and they should even be better than those on Earth. After all, the spiritual energy here is richer than in the legendary era of Earth, at least according to the classics recorded in Longhu Mountain.
In a world rich in aura, both plants and creatures will be enhanced. Medicinal materials are no exception.
If we compare the ginseng of the earth with the golden beard in the Huangtian Realm which has almost the same medicinal properties, according to Zhang Yan's speculation, a century-old ginseng has the same medicinal effect as a ten-year-old golden beard in the Huangtian Realm. The century-old ginseng is something that can be compared to the thousand-year-old ginseng.
So what Zhang Yan has to do now is to use the elixir in his hand to search for alternative medicinal materials in the Wild Sky Territory. The first thing to do when looking for medicinal materials is to understand the medicinal properties of those medicinal materials that may become substitutes.
Zhang Yan even went in and bought a book on the medicinal properties of medicinal materials when passing by a miscellaneous bookstore and left it to read on the road so that he could more easily find possible substitutes in the wilderness.
The "ginseng" and "polygonum multiflorum" that Zhang Yan was mainly looking for in Yuan Pharmacy were actually the main ingredients of the two elixirs he planned to make in the future.
Ginseng has now found Jin Xu as a substitute. Once Zhang Yan tries it and it works, he will use it to refine the most basic life-increasing elixir "Biqing Dan". One elixir can increase life span for ten years. However, like all life-extending elixirs, only taking the first one will have the effect of increasing lifespan.
However, there are many medicinal materials for refining Biqing Dan, and the requirements for alchemy skills are very high. It does not mean that you can refine it just by reaching the Mysterious Vein Realm. It requires a certain degree of means and experience accumulation. In fact, what Zhang Yan didn't know was about Biqing Dan. Most alchemists in the Mysterious Vein Realm don't know how to practice it, because it's too difficult and the required spiritual energy cannot be sustained by ordinary monks in the Mysterious Vein Realm. And once the spiritual energy is exhausted, the furnace will easily explode, and not only a batch of medicinal materials and energy will be lost, but also the precious pill furnace.
Zhang Yan didn't know the difficulty of Bi Qing Dan. He only knew that it could be refined at the Dan Xuan Vein level, so he wanted to start preparing slowly now, and when he felt that he had enough experience, he wanted to start trying to refine it.
The elixir that Zhang Yan really wants to use for training is the "Strengthening Bone Pill". That is to say, the main medicine was originally Polygonum multiflorum, but now it can be replaced by "fake stone root".
The effect of Zhuanggu Dan is as its name suggests, it is a medicine used to strengthen the muscles and bones of the body. According to Dan Fang's theory, one dose can make an average person's muscles and bones half strong in half a month, and half strong in three months. If it affects warriors, Zhang Yan currently doesn't know if it will be the same as ordinary people, but the effect should not be bad.
Moreover, the drug resistance of Zhuanggu Dan is slow to develop, and it usually takes ten pills to have no effect at all.
In addition, there are not many medicinal materials in the bone strengthening pill, and it is the most basic type of pill. The refining method is also very simple, so it is perfect for practicing.
Warriors in the Wild Sky Territory are respected, and there will be no shortage of people to buy any medicine that strengthens the body and bones. Zhang Yan did not expect Zhuanggu Dan to achieve the same effect as Jingu Powder, but it would be enough to have 60% of the effect. After all, compared to Jin Gui's Muscle Powder, the cost of the Bone Strengthening Pill is really too low to be worth mentioning.
The next day, Zhang Yan carried a huge baggage because he had packed a lot of medicinal materials. He checked out the room at dawn and waited at the place agreed with the horse and carriage dealer. He watched the carts of goods being loaded. He went to the carriage shop and handed over the car he bought and the license plate. The other party nodded and pointed to a carriage with less cargo for Zhang Yan to get on. We set out on time and on time.
After passing the east gate of Xuanhua City, Zhang Yan looked back and had a profound memory of Xuanhua City. It was here that he saw a ghost for the first time, practiced salvation for the first time, used the "Subjugation Technique" for the first time, and even unexpectedly entered the second great realm of spiritual practice, the Mysterious Vein Realm.
After leaving the city, we quickly reached the official road. The driver who was riding with Zhang Yan this time was named Xiong. He was also a talkative person. It didn't take long for him to start chatting with Zhang Yan.
There are a total of fifteen large vehicles and twenty medium-sized carriages in this fleet of carriages and horses. It is a relatively large fleet. Counting the guards and hitchhikers like Zhang Yan, there were already more than fifty people.
The destination of the convoy is Yongde, the next big city more than three hundred miles east of Xuanhua City.
Yongde City is no longer within the scope of Chonglan County to which Xuanhua City belongs. It is a large city under Huaiqing County. It is also the only place that Xuanhua City must pass eastward.
Even though more than three hundred miles does not seem to be far away, in the wilderness, this section of the road takes ten days. This is still without any accidents. If there is any unexpected situation, according to the surname Xiong The driver said that the slowest trip to Yongde took him sixteen days.
