Chapter 9: The Beginning of Alchemy
In the back mountain of the Xiao family, a green figure was shuttling back and forth on the rugged mountain road like a ghost and would stop at a certain place for a moment from time to time.
"Purple-leafed orchid, bone-washing flower, I didn't expect that there were so many medicinal herbs in the back mountain of the Xiao family that had not been picked. It seems that they were preserved because their age is too young. But all this is not a problem for me. I am not afraid of the low age, I am just afraid of having no seeds." Xiao Se looked at the herbs in front of him and murmured in a low voice.
After Xiao Yu went to Canaan College, Xiao Se once again entered into a state of selfless practice.
During the day, he practiced fighting skills and physical techniques outside the stone chamber of the cave; at night, he returned to the stone chamber to temper his fighting spirit and placed the Palm of Heaven Bottle under the vent of the stone chamber to absorb moonlight and condense green liquid.
I live a life that goes back and forth between two points every day.
While practicing the Piaomiaoyanbu, Xiao Se dug out all the herbs he saw along the way and transplanted them into a small valley he discovered.
The valley was shrouded in mist and clouds, and one could not see the valley floor clearly from the mountain. The only way to enter the valley was on a cliff that could only accommodate one person. Below the cliff was a deep abyss that was extremely steep and covered by branches and rubble, so Xiao Se did not have to worry about being discovered.
After collecting all the herbs in the area, Xiao Se came to the small valley.
Looking at the lush medicinal garden that almost filled the entire valley, Xiao Se showed a satisfied smile on his face.
These were all prepared by him to practice alchemy.
It took more than half a month to collect so many medicinal herbs, and then the green liquid condensed in the Zhantian Bottle promoted the growth of the seedlings to dozens or even hundreds of years.
Xiao Se had thought about buying it directly from the imitation market, but he was short of money. He would need the remaining gold coins to buy first-level magic cores and refine second-grade pills in the future, so he had to support himself.
This is also a good opportunity to test the effectiveness of the Zhantian Bottle.
After skillfully picking all the mature herbs and sorting them, Xiao Se returned to the stone cave again. He could not wait to take out the ring hanging from his neck, inject a trace of fighting spirit into it, and a dark blue light surged. A half-meter-tall, dark red medicine cauldron appeared out of thin air in the stone cave.
The cauldron has two openings, with a fire hole inside and a special hole above the lid for placing medicinal materials during medicine refining.
This is one of the few items left in the ring of the Dan Emperor Luo Han Song. There is nothing special about the two-mouthed cauldron, but it was the first gift given to him by his teacher Gu Lao when he became his apprentice. Therefore, Luo Han Song has kept it until now, and even after his death, he never gave this medicine cauldron away.
It just solved Xiao Se's urgent problem.
"Now we can start refining the medicine. But to be on the safe side, let's try to transform the fighting spirit in our body into flames first."
Now Xiao Se only has Podocarpus's memory as an alchemist but has never put it into practice.
It is like guarding a huge closed treasure house in vain. The key is himself. Strength, talent, and alchemy experience are all indispensable.
Only in this way can this treasure mountain be fully excavated.
Having made up his mind, Xiao Se followed the memory of Dan Huang Podocarpus, raised his right hand, and lightly touched the fire port on the side of the medicine cauldron. The light yellow fighting spirit in his body gushed out along his right arm and was injected into the medicine cauldron.
The next second, there was a muffled "puff" sound, and the light yellow fighting spirit entered the medicine cauldron along the fire port, quickly transforming into a light yellow flame that was constantly swirling and burning.
"It's so easy to transform into flames? It seems that my talent is not bad."
After successfully transforming into flames, Xiao Se's calm little face showed a hint of joy. This was a good start. Next, he needed to feel the wood attribute immersed in his body.
He slowly closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and released his powerful soul perception, which constantly scanned back and forth in his body, looking for that faint trace of wood attribute.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes passed, and Xiao Se still couldn't find the wood power in his body.
But he did not show any impatience. Although he did not have a fighting spirit test ball to test, since the system's panel showed that his fighting spirit attribute was fire mixed with a trace of wood, then he would be able to find it. It was just that it was more difficult to find the power of wood for the first time.
Finally, at the eighth minute, Xiao Se found that tiny bit of wood power in his body.
"Finally found it. Next, I should inject the power of wood into the medicine cauldron to neutralize the violent factor in the flames."
Exhaling slowly, Xiao Se stretched out the ring finger of his left hand and lightly tapped the fire port on the other side of the medicine cauldron. A wisp of light green air flowed out from between his fingers and slowly poured into the medicine cauldron.
The next second, the pale yellow flame that was originally raging and burning in the medicine cauldron suddenly calmed down and became extremely gentle, without any of the previous violent aura.
"Success." Xiao Se's eyes lit up obviously.
First-grade elixir, hemostatic powder.
Required medicinal materials: hemostatic grass, qi-nourishing fruit...
Recalling the self-made prescription of Danhuang Podocarpus in his mind, his soul perception invaded the medicine cauldron, and Xiao Se tried hard to control the gentle flame in the cauldron.
The ring in his hand flashed with a faint light, and a light red hemostatic herb appeared out of thin air in his hand. With a flick of his finger, the hemostatic herb was accurately thrown into the special hole above the medicine cauldron which was used to place medicinal materials.
The first time it was put in before Xiao Se could control the flame, a burning smell came from the hemostatic grass, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into charcoal, which was discharged out of the cauldron through the special hole at the bottom of the medicine cauldron.
"The temperature control is too high."
The second time it was put in, it was a little better, but the hemostatic grass didn't last long before it was burned to charcoal again and was expelled from the cauldron.
"No, it's still too high."
The third launch.
Ten minutes passed.
After consuming ten hemostatic herbs, Xiao Se finally found the adaptation point of the hemostatic herbs to the flame temperature.
The eleventh hemostatic herb was thrown into the medicine cauldron, and the juice contained in the leaves was smoked into a small handful of pale white powder. The hemostatic herb essence was extracted.
Xiao Se sighed heavily, with a bitter smile on his face. His skills were only at the lower yellow level, and he had already consumed nearly one-third of his fighting spirit.
The memory of Danhuang Luohansong's medicine refining is just a memory after all. He thinks it is very simple, but it is extremely difficult to do it. He has the peak cultivation of Douhuang, the strength of his soul power has reached the level of a sixth-grade alchemist, and his experience in medicine refining is extremely rich.
However, Xiao Se only possessed the memory of a sixth-grade alchemist. His soul perception and cultivation could not keep up. He had never practiced it himself, so his experience was almost zero.
"Forget it, I'll keep working hard. Compared to others who have to kneel down and beg others to teach them how to make medicine, I'm already very lucky now. There are also auxiliary pills needed to devour the beast fire. Oh. Take your time." Muttering in a low voice, Xiao Se began to refine the remaining two medicinal materials.