The spiritual fields have been planted, and the harvest time is still early.
Let the monkey do the usual daily care.
The four saplings used for "spiritual intelligence experiments" have also laid the foundation for becoming monsters and have entered the observation period. It is still early to know the results.
In the following daily practice, apart from the step-by-step Qi training, the rest of the time was spent refining elixirs and brewing wine.
Of course, materials are needed for alchemy and brewing.
The spiritual fields planted on the island in the center of the lake have just been sown. Of course, the materials for making alchemy and brewing wine have to be found elsewhere.
Well... let's leave it to Gao Zhengzheng.
Since the war between the sect and the Four Factions Alliance began, although the war situation has been in a stalemate and it is only a local war, it has also made Gao Zhengzheng unemployed.
Spiritual weapons and magic weapons have become "military supplies", and Gao Zhengzheng's business has become completely impossible.
Gao Zhengzheng has come to Xu Ke to complain many times. Now he is allowed to buy materials, sell wine and elixirs, which is an extra business, so that he will not be too busy.
Picking up the messenger talisman, Xu Ke talked to Gao Zhengzheng.
"Oh haha? The Lord of the Palace has summoned you. What are your orders?"
Gao Zhengzheng said in a strange voice.
"Don't be weird."
Xu Ke smiled and cursed, and then said: "Seeing that you are so idle, I found a business for you."
"Business? Haha! The palace master still cares about me!"
As soon as he heard about the business, Gao Zhengzheng became excited. It’s also rare for a business to become a hobby.
"I plan to make alchemy and make wine."
Xu Ke did not talk nonsense with Gao Zhengzheng, and directly stated his request, "You prepare some tools for brewing and alchemy for me, and buy some raw materials for alchemy and brewing during the Qi training period. I will practice my skills first."
"Alchemy? Brewing wine? Haha, this is good!"
Gao Zhengzheng immediately beamed, "The sect does not control ordinary elixirs. Spiritual wine is even less controlled. You can do business freely. I will prepare what you want right away."
After saying that, Gao Zhengzheng hung up the summons and went to prepare utensils and raw materials for Xu Ke excitedly.
Xu Ke smiled, put down the communication talisman, and took out a pile of books from the storage gourd.
These are the various spiritual wine formulas and brewing techniques that Zhuo Muxian gave to Xu Ke.
Because he has never made wine, Xu Ke has not read these books, and now he is taking them out to study.
Picking up the book, Xu Ke flipped through each volume.
These brewing recipes and brewing techniques explain in detail how to prepare the raw materials for various spiritual wines and how to operate the brewing process.
The information is very detailed, the descriptions are also very specific, every step is explained clearly, and the ratio of each raw material is expressed very accurately.
Even during the brewing process, there are detailed and specific requirements for the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding environment, the nature of the spiritual energy, and the surrounding temperature.
Zhuo Muxian obviously put a lot of thought into these spiritual wine recipes.
Anyone who gets these spiritual wine recipes, as long as they are not stupid and have good hands, can learn how to brew spiritual wine by following the same instructions.
For others, this kind of detailed and specific, highly maneuverable spiritual wine recipe is definitely the most convenient and practical.
However, for Xu Ke, the specific operational details and process flow are not the most important.
When Xu Ke learns any skill or knowledge, he does not just want to "know how to do it", but also wants to understand "why he should do it".
If you just want to brew spiritual wine, you can just follow these recipes and learn everything by following the same instructions.
However, what Xu Ke wanted was not just technology, but to understand the principles behind it.
These spiritual wine recipes do not involve any "principles" at all, just pure "operation techniques".
Xu Ke has also learned many cultivation techniques.
Drawing talismans, setting up formations, refining weapons, as well as making talisman paper, blending spiritual ink, blending spiritual fertilizer for farming... and so on.
When learning these skills, I discovered one thing in common. That is to only talk about the operating techniques and not the principles involved.
This phenomenon is common in the spiritual world.
Why is there only "skill" but not "dao"?
This phenomenon...if we understand it based on Xu Ke's experience in his previous life, it is: migrant workers only need to know how to move bricks, and they do not need to understand architectural design.
Xu Ke's current contact with the world of cultivation is only the Cangmang Plain area, and his understanding of the world of cultivation is definitely limited.
Perhaps, in the vast world of cultivation, Cangmang Plain is just a "countryside place", and all the monks on Cangmang Plain are just "country bumpkins".
How much knowledge can a group of "country bumpkins" have?
Xu Ke sighed, the monopoly of knowledge is indeed everywhere!
Putting this issue aside, Xu Ke continued to read about wine-making techniques until he had read all the wine-making recipes given by Zhuo Muxian and memorized them firmly in his mind.
These wine-making recipes are just "operational techniques".
It will take a lot of effort to deduct reversely from these "operational techniques" and summarize the "principles" involved.
Gao Zhengzheng hasn't sent over the tools and materials yet. Only when the tools and materials are ready and the hands-on operation begins, can he summarize the "truth" from them.
With a wave of spiritual power, Xu Ke put these spiritual wine recipes into the storage gourd, and began to study alchemy again.
The same goes for alchemy, there is only "skill" but no "dao".
In addition to "medicine identification", "medicine processing", "fire control techniques"...these general techniques, the rest is just a prescription.
In this situation of "only alchemy but no alchemy", for the alchemist, every alchemy recipe is a new technology that needs to be learned from scratch to master.
Even if you can refine golden elixir-level elixirs, if you encounter a Qi-training period elixir you have never encountered before, you have to learn it from scratch, and you may even have to fail many times before you can master this elixir.
However, if you master the "Tao of Alchemy" and understand the "principle" of alchemy, even if you have never come across an elixir recipe, you can understand the truth at a glance.
This is the difference between "skill" and "dao".
Xu Ke had no place to learn this "principle", so he could only explore it on his own and constantly summarize it.
"Junior Brother Xu, oh no, Palace Master, I'm coming!"
While Xu Ke was deep in thought, Gao Zhengzheng walked in while calling.
"I bought everything."
Gao Zheng raised the storage bracelet on his hand and said to Xu Ke: "I bought the tools and raw materials for making wine from Sinongdian Lingjiu House. The furnace and raw materials for alchemy were bought from Danding Palace. .”
"Thanks for your hard work!"
Xu Ke stood up with a smile and took Gao Zhengzheng to the "alchemy room" reserved by Kunwu Academy.
This alchemy room has been preset with a "Lihuo Formation", which can directly use the spiritual power of the Hunyuan Formation to drive the firepower for elixir refining.
Gao Zhengzheng took out the alchemy cauldron and placed it in the "Lihuo Formation" under Xu Ke's command.
"This elixir cauldron is a golden elixir level treasure cauldron."
After placing the cauldron, Gao Zhengzheng patted the cauldron, which was as tall as a person, and said to Xu Ke: "With my ability, of course I can't buy a cauldron of this level."
"However, after I heard that I bought it for you, the master of the Alchemy Palace directly ordered someone to give me a golden elixir-level treasure tripod without asking for a penny. He also said that if you need anything, you can just tell me. You're welcome."
Having said this, Gao Zhengzheng winked at Xu Ke, "Junior Brother Xu... uh, Palace Master, from now on, can I use your name to walk around the sect?"
"Get out! You're not a crab, and you're still walking sideways?"
Xu Ke kicked Gao Zhengzheng, "Practice seriously is the right way. All prestige and power are fleeting and useless."
"If you don't build the foundation, you will only have a lifespan of a hundred years. Maybe one day, when I come out of seclusion, you will die and die."
After saying that, Xu Ke raised his eyes and looked at Gao Zhengzheng, "Do you want this? Do you want the loess to be wiped out in a hundred years?"
"I would like to be taught!"
Gao Zhengzheng looked upright and bowed to Xu Ke, "I will practice seriously and never slack off."
"You and I have a deep friendship, and of course I hope this friendship can last longer."
Xu Ke reached out and patted Gao Zhengyi's shoulder, "The Hanhai Jinsha Gong you practice is already the true inheritance of Jindan. Your qualifications are not bad. If you practice seriously, you will have a promising future."
"The true inheritance of the golden elixir?"
Gao Zhengzheng was full of surprise, "How is it possible? The Hanhai Jinsha Kung Fu is just a foundation building technique..."
At this point, Gao Zhengzheng turned to look at Xu Ke, his eyes widened, "Is it you? It's impossible, right? Do you still have this ability?"
"As long as you know, don't spread the word."
Xu Ke smiled and said, "Haha! My ability is greater than you think! Young man, work hard! A great future is waiting for you!"
Gao Zhengzheng took a deep breath and cupped his hands towards Xu Ke, "Don't worry, I will definitely work hard."
The brothers who used to hang out together are now walking farther and farther, reaching higher and higher. If we don't work hard, we won't even see his shadow.
Since my brother is so awesome, how can I settle for mediocrity? You have to catch up!
If you don’t pay close attention to cultivation and don’t practice hard, it is really possible that one day, Xu Ke will come out of seclusion and find that I have died!
How is this so embarrassing?
At this moment, Gao Zhengzheng deeply realized that as a monk, practice is the most important thing, and everything else is secondary.
"Is there anything unclear about your practice of the Hanhai Jinsha Gong?"
Xu Ke asked Gao Zhengzheng while sorting out the alchemy materials sent by Gao Zhengzheng.
"Yes! There are quite a few more."
Gao Zhengzheng didn't know that this was Xu Ke's intentional instruction? He quickly asked Xu Ke about his doubts in his practice.
Xu Ke took the opportunity to explain to Gao Zhengzheng the method of practicing Hanhai Jinsha Gong in great detail, starting from the first level of Qi training, all the way to foundation building.
"Understand?"
After speaking, Xu Ke asked Gao Zhengzheng.
"Got it! Got it!"
Gao Zhengzheng nodded repeatedly, "You explained it so thoroughly. If you still don't understand, then I don't need to practice. With your guidance, I estimate that I should be able to build the foundation by the end of this year."
"When you are ready to build the foundation, come to me to build the foundation!"
Xu Ke said to Gao Zhengzheng: "I can use the spiritual power of the great array here, which is more abundant than the spiritual power in other places."
Xu Ke didn't say he would help, otherwise, once a dependence mentality formed, it would be detrimental to Gao Zhengzheng's future practice.
"Haha! Is there any need to say that? You have a lot of spiritual energy here, and I am definitely going to take advantage of it!"
Gao Zhengzheng didn't say anything polite to Xu Ke.
This is what Xu Ke appreciates about Gao Zhengzheng.
In the past, when Xu Ke was a farming disciple at the bottom of Hedongfang, Gao Zhengzheng got along with Xu Ke like this. Now that Xu Ke is the master of Sinong Palace, Gao Zhengzheng still gets along with Xu Ke like this.
Afterwards, Gao Zhengzheng helped Xu Ke place the brewing pots and vats in the backyard one by one, and then said goodbye and left.
Xu Ke walked into the "alchemy room" and planned to try his hand first with the basic elixir "Qi Recovery Pill" during the Qi training period.
"Qi Restoration Pill" is the basic pill used by monks during the Qi training period to restore their spiritual power.
This kind of elixir is everywhere, you can see it everywhere, it is extremely common.
However, it has a very unusual effect. The Qi-Returning Pill is a "universal" elixir. No matter what spiritual roots or exercises, you can use the "Qi-Returning Pill" to restore your spiritual power.
In the past, Xu Ke didn't think there was anything strange about the effect of "Qi Recovery Pill".
Now it seems that the "knowledge" and "principle" contained in it are not simple.
What method can be used to make the spiritual power of an elixir adapt to all spiritual roots and all exercises to achieve a "universal" effect?
Could it be that the "Rejuvenation Pill" also has the effect of "Hunyuan Qi"? Can one qi generate ten thousand qi, and can it be transformed into any kind of spiritual power?
So how is this transformation process achieved?
Even if Xu Ke uses "Hunyuan Qi" to transform other spiritual powers, he must control the movement of spiritual powers to achieve this. How can this be achieved with a pill and no one controlling it?
Xu Ke felt that the truth contained in this must be very simple.
With a wave of his hand, he activated the Hunyuan Qi Formation. His spiritual power was input into the "Lihuo Formation", and a streak of fire billowed up.
Xu Ke officially started refining alchemy.
According to the prescription of the Qi-Returning Pill and the "technological process" for refining the Qi-Returning Pill, Xu Ke performed the step-by-step operation, and each step was completely consistent with the requirements of the prescription.
Fire lotus leaf, yellow root fruit, chrysanthemum, narcissus...
Each piece of material, accurately grasp the quantity, accurately grasp the timing of the fire, and constantly put it into the alchemy cauldron for tempering.
Then... Xu Ke saw through his celestial eye that the various alchemy materials put into the alchemy cauldron were constantly colliding, interacting, and merging.
Until the violent and chaotic collision and interaction of spiritual energy gradually became regular and stable.
In the end, the auras of various attributes interacted and merged to form an air ball containing various aura attributes.
The pill is done!
With a wave of his hand, a burst of spiritual power swept through him, and a dozen round and bright pills flew out of the pill cauldron.
The alchemy was successful.
But... Xu Ke didn't understand the process of making alchemy.
Through the eyes of the sky, Xu Ke saw the collision of spiritual energy of various materials in the alchemy cauldron, the interaction of spiritual energy, and finally the fusion of spiritual energy was achieved.
But... this is unreasonable.
From the perspective of the operation and transformation of spiritual energy, this phenomenon of interactive fusion of spiritual energy should not be realized.
If you manipulate spiritual power and collide and interact in this way, it will be impossible to merge into one.
Xu Ke tried it just now.
Even with Xu Ke's precise manipulation of spiritual power, he couldn't do this, so there must be other reasons.
What else is at work here that ultimately achieves the interactive fusion of various spiritual energies?
Besides the aura, what else...oh, and the medicine itself.
Alchemy is not only the interaction of spiritual energy, but also the interaction, transformation and fusion of the physical properties of the medicinal materials themselves.
So...this is the "way of physical change"?
Refining alchemy actually points directly to the path of "creation"?
(End of chapter)
