Chapter 292: Refining Medicine II
"Yes, as long as you say something, I will obey unconditionally." I nodded quickly and replied. Even if you don't want me to help, I have to stare at you. Such a valuable thing is used to refine medicine for you. If you are not careful, then we will lose a lot. It's better to take a look, I thought to myself.
"Xiao Yin, you must pay attention to the fire below. Never be too strong or too small. You must maintain the constant temperature in the medicine cauldron. Otherwise, you cannot completely neutralize the medicinal power of the medicinal materials. Once the flame is too big, you must keep the air inlet a little smaller. If the flame becomes weak, open the air inlet a little larger." Mr. Hua pointed to the bottom of the medicine cauldron and told me.
I looked carefully and saw that under the medicine cauldron, there was a row of small holes half-covered by copper tablets. The extent of the copper tablets could be adjusted with a small lever next to it. I immediately understood Mr. Hua's spirit and nodded and said, "Don't worry, always, with me here, this flame will definitely meet your requirements."
"Okay, let's start refining the rebirth pill now." Old Master Hua's face condensed and he said to me solemnly.
To be on the safe side, I did not take out both inner elixirs, but only handed the inner elixir of Spider Spirit to Mr. Hua, so as not to have no worries because of the two inner elixirs.
Opening the cap of the tripod, Mr. Hua took out a bottle of rootless water from the shelf next to him, and slowly poured it into the tripod, and said to me: "Because this regeneration elixir has a unique nature, to completely decompose these medicinal materials with extremely large yin and yang differences, neutral rootless water must be used as the medicine guide, otherwise it will not be able to achieve its best effect."
I know about rootless water. Isn’t it just rain water in the sky? Why is there any difference between neutral and non-neutral? After hearing Mr. Hua’s words, I looked up in confusion and asked, “Old Hua, what is neutral rootless water?”
"The so-called neutral rootless water means that the rainfall is neutral at around dawn in the morning, and it is sunny at noon and dark at midnight." Mr. Hua smiled and said to me.
"Oh, so that's it. The effect of refining different pills and adding different rootless water will be very different." I said thoughtfully.
"Yes, that's exactly what's the reason." Mr. Hua picked up a white and crystal snow lotus from the table, tore the petals one by one, and threw them into the medicine cauldron and said.
"Old Hua, what else should I pay attention to in refining this rebirth pill besides rootless water? "I kept aware of Mr. Hua's every move in my eyes and continued to ask.
"Other things to pay attention to are to master the time and order of the medicinal materials entering the furnace." Mr. Hua threw the snow lotus in his hand into the furnace with branches and leaves, turned his face and said to me.
"Yeah." I understand the first one to put the snow lotus first.
"The medicinal properties of this snow lotus are yin, so you must wait until it is completely boiled in the medicine cauldron before adding the old ginseng." When a light fog rose from the small hole on the medicine cauldron, a refreshing fragrance spread throughout the room, Mr. Hua picked up the seven-leaf ginseng on the table and said.
Oh, old man, you are too stingy. I used my snow lotus to throw it down, and only a few ginseng beards were thrown with your ginseng. I squatted aside and saw that Mr. Hua had just pinched a few thorns and threw them into the medicine cauldron. I couldn't help but mutter in my heart.
"Well, the first two medicines have been put into the cauldron. Now it's time to put the inner elixir." Mr. Hua pinched the spider spirit on the table with three fingers and sent it to the mouth of the cauldron. With a loose finger, the inner elixir fell into it with a thump.
"Xiao Yin, open the wind gate and make the fire more prosperous. The inner elixir is strong. Only when you use a strong fire." Mr. Hua turned his head and looked at the fire below and told me.
"Okay! Do it immediately." Not only did I open the damper, I also added a few pieces of charcoal to the inside, picked up the tongs and sowed it a few times, and the flame immediately rushed up.
"Oh, the bright yellow flowers here are gone. Xiao Yin, look at the fire, I'll go to the warehouse next door to get some. That is an indispensable medicinal material for refining top-quality elixirs, which can promote the medicinal material to form elixirs." Mr. Hua was not idle, so he started to search for several medicine jars around and told me.
"Yeah, yeah, you're ready to get it, I'll be optimistic." I responded noddedly, and after I looked at Mr. Hua, I stood up immediately after I walked out of the house, picked up the seven-leaf old ginseng on the table. As soon as the medicine cauldron was opened, I grabbed a dozen thorns and threw them in. Mr. Hua, I trust you so much. You are too unkind. After all, I have also been a medicine practitioner. If I want to neutralize the medicinal properties of the snow lotus, it would be enough for me to cut off half of the ginseng. If the target of cutting half of the ginseng was too obvious, I really wanted to use a knife to cut off a piece and throw it into the cauldron. However, with so many thorns, it should be almost done.
Huang Cancan's flames licked the bottom of the medicine cauldron, and could vaguely hear the gurgling sounds in the medicine cauldron. A more mellow smell than before traveled all over the house. It seemed that the medicinal properties of the two had blended with each other, and the spider spirit inner elixir was probably melted into it.
"Hey, why is this smell a little weird?" Mr. Hua, who had just walked into the room, frowned and said with a little confused look on his face.
"Strange? What's wrong?" I heard Mr. Hua say this and quickly replied: "Isn't it so fragrant?"
"The problem is that it smells so fragrant. After the snow lotus in the medicine cauldron neutralizes ginseng, and the inner elixir is added, the smell emitted should become light. How could it be so strong? Could it be that the book records it wrong?" Mr. Hua said with a suspicious face.
Sweat, was it because I was backfiring? Do you only need so many ginseng to refine this rebirth pill? As soon as Mr. Hua finished speaking, I felt a little panicked and asked quickly: "Old Hua, are you sure it shouldn't be so fragrant?"
"It may not be. Maybe I remembered it wrong, or maybe the medicine is too effective, so this abnormality is happening." Mr. Hua shook his head and said, "Okay, you can lower the fire, it's time to put the bright yellow flower and Polygonum multiflorum."
As soon as several bright yellow flowers got off the medicine cauldron, they immediately snatched the fragrance. Mr. Hua picked up the human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum, looked up and down, nodded and said, "Well, this human-shaped Polygonum multiflorum is really rare. If it weren't for the rebirth pill, I wouldn't have been willing to use it as medicine."
Hey, Mr. Hua, this is the medicinal herb I got. I don’t care. What else do you want to bear to be reluctant to? I looked at Polygonum multiflorum reluctantly and muttered to myself.
Time passed by minute by minute. Mr. Hua insisted on staying next to the medicine cauldron for so long, and sweat oozed out on his face. However, a hint of relief smile had already appeared on his face. The thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum that needed to be added in the medicine cauldron was thrown into the medicine cauldron by Mr. Hua. According to his words, if there was no abnormality, the mild Ganoderma lucidum was put into the cauldron and steamed for another hour. The medicine should be formed.
"Old man, look, should this fire be more prosperous?" It was almost time for the critical moment, and I asked Mr. Hua in a low voice.
"No need, that's just right." Mr. Hua waved his hand and said.
"Okay, it's time to open the cauldron and get the medicine." Mr. Hua pinched his fingers and said with a look on his face. At the same time, a golden light like a petal broke out of the air and fell on Mr. Hua.
Before Mr. Hua could do it, I immediately rushed to the medicine cauldron, reached out to lift it, and drank it. After a long time of surging heat, a strange fragrance rushed into my nose and turned into my lungs. I glared at my eyes and looked straight into the cauldron.
"What's wrong?" Mr. Hua, who was standing aside, saw that my face suddenly became dull, and asked quickly: "Did you have refined too little rebirth? There is no way to do this. This medicine can be at most three at a time, usually only one or two, so don't be too greedy."
Greed, I don’t have it. The problem is that there is not even a rebirth pill in the medicine cauldron. My eyes were dull and dumb and stared at the yellow and white medicine ash in the elixir furnace. Oh, I sighed a long time and said in frustration: “Old man, there is no myrrh in this.”
"What, it didn't succeed!" After hearing what I said, Mr. Hua was obviously very surprised. He hurriedly approached the medicine cauldron, looked over, and said in wonder: "No, my medicine refining skills have been improved. It should be that it has been refined successfully. How could there be no medicine?"
The process of Mr. Hua refining the Rebirth Pill was not wrong, nor did he make any mistakes. If I had not done this in one go, this pill must have been refined. It was precisely because I was smart and added a handful of ginseng to break the balance between the four elixirs that this pill was refining became a useless move. No, there was a little credit, that is, my actions did not affect Mr. Hua's skill upgrade. He has become the first pharmacist in the world to be promoted to a miraculous doctor level.
"Xiao Yin, I'm really sorry for you. I didn't refine the rebirth pill." Old Master Hua said to me with an apology on his face.
"Don't let it go, it's not your old fault, it's all my fault." I sighed. Alas, I was a mute and took Coptis chinensis. I said I wouldn't eat it if I had any pain. I was the standard of using a villain to save my old man and a gentleman's belly. Not only did I waste my inner elixir, but even those magical medicines were almost used.
"Don't be too sad. This time it won't work. Next time you collect these materials, I will definitely help you refine the rebirth pill." Mr. Hua comforted me with kind words.
Next time, I don’t know when these spiritual medicines can be found so easily. I had a bitter face and drooped my head and said to Mr. Hua: “Well, then next time I get the medicinal materials, please bother you again.”
Chapter completed!