Tianyun Sect, Yiyue Peak Houyam Garden
After a sudden inspection by Elder Situ, Qiye's ability as a medicine keeper was recognized by many elders of the Alchemy Hall.
So, he began to officially deliver medicine to the alchemists of the Alchemy Hall.
The next day, Qiye went about his daily digging of medicines according to the order. When all the medicinal materials were ready, he put them all into a space talisman bag gifted by Elder Situ.
Although the talisman bag is not that unusual for him, he also has a higher-level spiritual ring. But considering that I am a new disciple who has just started, and I have no family background, it is not suitable to show off my wealth at all.
Moreover, there is no way to refuse the rewards given by the great elder of Dantang. Therefore, Qiye also used this talisman bag to collect medicinal materials.
Starting from the back mountain to Dantang, you need to pass through a large bamboo forest halfway up the mountain.
The bamboo forest is dense and layer upon layer, and the stone steps in the forest are uneven and very rugged.
The road was difficult, but that didn't bother him.
Qiye moved slightly, and his steps were filled with wind. Now "Shadow Step" has reached the second state: chasing the wind, the stage of small success. It can reach 100 meters in an instant, which is an amazing speed.
A few clusters of steps passed by like the wind, but without seeing the person, they were already far away.
Because it was an important area in the back mountain, the mountain road was deserted and deserted, so Qiye practiced shadow steps with confidence.
After running back and forth for more than ten times on the rugged mountain road, I estimated that time was almost up, and then I escaped towards the alchemy room.
Starting from the back mountain to the alchemy room, the journey is not short. If he went early, Qiye would be worried about arousing suspicion. After all, according to the foot strength of an eight or nine-year-old child, it would take at least half an hour to climb over the back mountain even if he jogged all the way.
Inside the alchemy room
At this moment, the ten cauldrons in the house, which are as tall as one person, are burning with blazing fire. The entire alchemy room was like a huge boiler, with a wave of heat.
10 young alchemists in white robes are making preparations for making alchemy: lighting up the furnace.
This is a very important step before making alchemy: it is necessary to raise the temperature of every place inside the alchemy furnace to a constant temperature to keep the elixir heated evenly in the alchemy furnace.
If the elixir is heated unevenly, it will directly lead to different medicinal properties of the elixir and affect the efficacy and quality of the elixir.
This is just like a chef cooking a pot. He must first raise the temperature of the pot.
Qiye took out hundreds of fresh herbs collected and handed them to the Yaotong disciple who was assisting the alchemist.
Then he retreated to the corner of the door and stood there silently, without leaving directly.
He looked like he was waiting for orders.
In fact, after handing over the medicinal materials, his task was completed and there was no need to stay in the alchemy room.
and. Currently, Qiye, as a medicine keeper, is not qualified to stay in the alchemy room.
But he was not satisfied with doing such a simple thing, he wanted to learn alchemy.
Qiye secretly felt that he would need this technology in the future.
However, he is still a new disciple who has just joined the sect, so how can he be qualified to study?
But his identity as a medicine keeper gave him the opportunity to enter the alchemy room.
When you get an opportunity, it's up to you whether you can seize it or not.
Qiye, who has a lot of experience in the world, naturally knows how to assess the situation. He chose to wait quietly in an inconspicuous corner at the door, and paid attention to every move of these alchemists.
Although some alchemy disciples in the alchemy room noticed Qiye who had not left, they did not take it seriously:
On the one hand, the new disciples who have just started have no knowledge of alchemy.
In addition, alchemists have extremely high requirements for soul power. How much soul power can a new junior disciple have?
Even if you look at it, you won't be able to learn it. Even an inner disciple of alchemy has to study for more than ten years before he is qualified to become an alchemist, let alone a new outer disciple.
At most, it’s just to watch the fun.
Everyone was busy preparing for the alchemy, and no one asked. Qiye was at leisure, so he stood at the door and watched openly.
After the alchemists were ready, they put the fresh medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace one by one to extract the medicinal liquid.
Since the melting point temperature of each medicinal material is different, extra care must be taken to operate the flame to extract the liquid from the medicinal material intact.
If the temperature is too high, the medicinal materials will be burnt, and if the temperature is too low, the medicinal materials will not be separated.
This requires the alchemist to master the critical point of each medicinal material being smelted:
Only when the flame reaches the critical point will the medicinal materials be melted and the most essence extracted.
Qiye watched the alchemist's moves intently, but the more important situation inside the alchemy furnace could not be sensed at all.
This also made him quite distressed. Although his soul power was now very powerful, he did not dare to peek unscrupulously and blatantly.
After all, this is an alchemy room, and there are several elders patrolling it, and the alchemist's soul power is not weak. If he is caught, some of his secrets may be exposed.
After weighing the pros and cons, Qiye decided to observe the details through the night pupil, which had small spiritual power fluctuations, and slightly induced a trace of spiritual power to be injected into the eyes.
In the depths of the black pupils, pinpoint-sized light spots flashed, completely imprinting every move of the alchemist in his mind.
The spiritual power fluctuations in the eyes will be perfectly covered by the primary spiritual power aura in one's own body.
No matter how strong the soul power of the alchemist is, it is difficult to detect it, not to mention that they all put their main energy in the alchemy furnace and concentrate on refining the alchemy without any distractions.
When all the medicinal liquid was extracted, the young alchemists were already sweating slightly on their foreheads. It seemed that extracting the medicinal liquid consumed a lot of their soul power.
After the Dan boy on the side finished wiping, he took a short rest and then started the second step: removing impurities from the liquid.
Removing impurities is directly related to the efficacy and quality of the medicine: if there are too many impurities and the medicine is not pure, it will not be considered a qualified elixir at all, let alone the quality grade.
The higher the grade of the elixir, the fewer or even no impurities.
I saw that every alchemist's body was filled with surging spiritual power, and his soul power carried the spiritual power and got into the alchemy furnace.
The huge soul power separated into filaments, like the tentacles of a sea anemone, picking out the tiny impurities in the drops of medicine.
The difficulty of this step is like using a silver needle to pick out the tiny grains of sand in a bowl of water. It requires very delicate operations, and the loss of soul power is even greater.
Qiye could not see the specific situation inside the alchemy furnace, but could only feel the spiritual power inside the furnace constantly fluctuating, and the soul power of the alchemist was being consumed violently as if burning.
"It seems that alchemy is really not that simple!"
Qiye sighed secretly in his heart.
As the saying goes, you won’t know until you see it, but you will be surprised when you see it. It lasted for more than an hour before the alchemists kicked out the impurities in the medicine. However, it is not completely eliminated, but relatively speaking, it is reduced a lot.
The medicinal liquid after removing impurities is wrapped in spiritual power to prevent premature evaporation and loss of medicinal efficacy.
After another short rest, the process begins: fusing the medicinal solution.
Because each kind of liquid medicine reacts differently when fused, the most important thing about merging liquid medicines is the order in which each liquid medicine is fused, and the fusion temperature between the two.
Integrate them two by two in order. This step requires a long time of patience and great composure.
If we blindly pursue rapid integration in a desperate manner, we will not only fail to succeed, but will also cause a violent reaction between the two liquids, causing the furnace to explode.
At this moment, Qiye noticed that the atmosphere in the alchemy room had become a little solemn, and the alchemy was entering the third step: the fusion stage.
Every alchemist has a tense expression on his face, and everyone is staring at the alchemy furnace with bright eyes.
Through Nighteye's observation, Qiye sensed that there seemed to be an unbearable, faintly violent energy that was about to burst out in a certain alchemy furnace.
"No! The furnace is going to explode!"
An elderly alchemist who was patrolling discovered that something was wrong with an alchemy furnace. His expression changed and he immediately opened the spiritual barrier and shouted in advance, as soon as he finished speaking.
"Bang!" There was a loud noise.
An alchemy furnace near the corner of the room suddenly exploded. The shock wave generated by the explosion instantly overturned the two nearest alchemists and Dantong disciples.
Qiye was not affected by any impact because he was hiding far behind the door, but several nearby alchemy furnaces began to have unstable fusion due to the impact of the explosion.
"Steady! Steady! Must hold steady!" The elderly alchemist shouted immediately when he saw that the situation was not good.
The other alchemists also recovered from the impact of the explosion, and immediately threw themselves into stabilizing the furnace regardless of the chaos on the ground.
With the alchemist's full effort, the unstable alchemy furnace became stable and calm again.
"Huh~ It was so dangerous just now."
"Well, it almost caused a series of ripples."
"Yes, Master Yan is still a little too young and a little too rash..."
Several alchemist disciples looked at the young alchemist who was lying on the ground and was knocked unconscious by the explosion, and said with regret.
"Someone, help Master Yan down to rest and take good care of him."
The elder alchemist gave Master Yan a pill and ordered after confirming that there was no serious problem.
"Yes!" Seeing this, Qiye stepped forward very discerningly.
Several of the alchemist's alchemy boys were injured, and the other alchemists had no time to spare.
The remaining Dantong disciples have to be responsible for cleaning up the aftermath, but also have to assist from the side.
In this way, he can gain the favor of everyone. Wouldn't it be logical for him to enter the alchemy room and watch in the future?
Although you can't see the last step of alchemy when you leave: condensing the elixir.
But Qiye didn't care. Refining alchemy is not something that happens overnight. It takes constant observation and practice to achieve a proficient level.
He helped the young alchemist out of the alchemy room, went to the side room of the alchemy hall, invited the medicine doctor to take care of him, and then left.
Back in the alchemy room, several alchemists have also finished refining the elixir.
However, not all alchemists succeeded in refining the elixir.
Several young alchemists looked gloomy and lost, as if they had failed in alchemy again.
"Leave these waste elixir residues to the disciples to clean up." Qiye saw the Dantong disciples cleaning the residues in the alchemy furnace and quickly stepped forward and said.
"Well, okay, I'll leave it to you." The elder of Dantang saw that although Qiye was young but very sensible, he nodded and agreed happily.
The waste elixir residue is of no great use anymore, so why not just leave it to him to clean it up.
Immediately, Qiye felt happy and quickly grabbed the work of Dantong's disciples.
Sweep out all the residue and waste elixirs in the elixir furnace and wrap them carefully. Several alchemy furnaces packed up ten kilograms of waste. The alchemist completely disdained these residues, but Qiye had his own plan.
After packing, he returned to the medicine garden without lingering.
