Chapter 17: The Wind Rises

This is the first time Zhang Shen has made a pill.

He took out a portion of the medicinal materials for refining Huitian Dan from the bamboo basket in accordance with the rules.

The Huitian Dan condenses a huge amount of vitality, and its raw materials are mainly plants of the above years, supplemented by several minerals that are also rich in wood energy.

The first step is to extract the medicinal gas from the raw materials.

It should be noted that because Huitian Dan has a fixed pill prescription, not all medicines are useful. Only a few specific medicinal properties need to be extracted, and the remaining ones are impurities. Once there are many impurities, the effectiveness of the pill will inevitably be affected, and may even become a poisonous pill.

Zhang Shen easily extracts the medicinal properties that can be used. After confirming that there are no impurities, put them aside first and let them slowly "ferment".

He pinched a little bit from the loss of most of the medicinal properties as if he was covered with a layer of gray-white herbs, and put it into a bowl-shaped porcelain bowl in front of him.

Pick up the pounding pestle beside you, grind it slowly but it is actually extremely fast, and grind the medicinal materials into powder.

After all the medicinal materials are ground into fine powder, add a little rootless water, stir and mix into a paste.

This is making "Dan Yin"! Or "Dan Cheng".

The wonderful alchemist can directly condense the medicinal properties into substantial elixirs, but Zhang Shen and others obviously did not reach that level, and they need to use other things to inherit the medicinal properties.

Some of the medicinal raw materials were extracted, and they were undoubtedly the first choice for Danyin.

After the medicinal powder and water are fully mixed, it is shaped. Zhang Shen did not use his hands, and his powerful mental power burst out, splitting out a stream, turning into an invisible hand, pinching and rubbing, and in the blink of an eye, a round blue-black pill appeared.

The last and most critical step has come!

The medicinal properties and elixir are combined and integrated to complete the refining of elixirs!

Zhang Shen held his breath and concentrated his mind, and carefully controlled the medicinal energy suspended in the corner of the table to slowly float towards the elixir in the bowl.

When the two come into contact, it is like two drops of water meeting and blending with each other without any obstacles.

In an instant, the strange rhythm that ordinary people can't hear!

In Zhang Chan's line of sight, the dark blue light suddenly flashed with the rhythm, and it flew in a flash.

Failed!!

When I looked closely, I saw that the original blue-black pills became extremely pure after the rhythm of light appeared. However, in less than a blink of an eye, the colorful dots of stars appeared.

Failed... Zhang Shen frowned, and a trace of depression and disappointment could not help but pass through his eyes.

Although the chance of failure in the first alchemy refining is very high, I still feel a little unhappy when I really fail.

A strand of mental power turned into a blade, and scattered the pills in half, revealing the cross-section, and you could actually see a variety of pill patterns. This scene made Zhang Shen frown even tighter.

Zhang Shen gave up the idea of ​​continuing to refine elixir and focused all his attention on this wasteful elixir to analyze the reasons for the failure.

While he was dazed at the waste pill, time passed little by little, and other alchemists were working hard to refine pills. Although the failure rate was generally high, wisps of strange fragrance gradually filled the entire square.

The Danxiang lingered between the mouth and nose made the guards and all races intoxicated, and the eyes that were originally paying attention to Zhang Shen faded away little by little as time passed.

Zhang Shen didn't care about this and was still devoted to studying the useless pill in front of him.

"So that's it... the medicinal properties cannot be simply mixed, there is a special arrangement... Danyin is the same... it is not possible to just knead it into a ball..."

After a long time, Zhang Shen gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the light in his eyes flashed.

"I understand, try again over there!"

Pour the elixir in the bowl that had been crushed into pieces, and Zhang Shen took out a new piece of material from the bamboo basket.

Medicinal extraction!

Widths of medicinal gas were extracted from the raw materials, like swimming fish, swimming in the void in front of Zhang Shen.

"The elixir, the pursuit of the unity of man and nature, is also reflected in the art of all spirits... The elixir is not a elixir, so don't be bound by the previous concepts... The elixir comes from the flow of heaven and earth. Even if it is integrated into the elixir, it is necessary to maintain a certain communication with the heaven and earth... Only in this way can we not "dead"..."

"I finally understand... It turns out that the meaning of "the alchemy produces the orifices and breathes the breath of heaven and earth" in the classics is."

A flash of inspiration, a thought is clear, and the knowledge I forced to remember is like a spring, flowing out, pouring into the heart, incorporated into the knowledge system, and understanding it in the heart. All kinds of insights flow into the heart.

Zhang Shen moved his hands quickly, and every raw material was pulled a little, thrown into a porcelain basin, and instantly shattered.

As soon as the thought moved, crystal rootless water flew into the porcelain basin. The two were fully mixed, rolled a few times, and a round elixir was formed.

At the same moment, the fish swims with medicinal energy and moves!

Like a moth flying into the fire, strands of medicinal gas swim in the fish, crashing into the elixir in the porcelain basin.

No strange phenomena!!

It was like water drops falling into the sea, without a ripples, and in this way, it was perfectly integrated.

The heaven-returning pill is made!!

Zhang Shen twisted the freshly baked Huitian Pill and looked back and forth for a while. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise his mouth, and a smile appeared on his face.

The Huitian Pill is dark blue with a smooth surface, which seems to be able to absorb light. When you take a look, your eyes will sink into it.

This Huitian Pill has no elixir fragrance, no strange phenomena, and is simple and unpretentious, and is incomparable to other alchemists.

However, only the real master of alchemy understands that this kind of dullness is the best elixir that perfectly presents every bit of medicine!

The refining of Huitian Pill made Zhang Shen understand the key points of refining elixirs. He learned from one example and quickly understood the method of refining the other two elixirs.

After calculating the remaining time, seeing that most of the alchemists around had completed more than two-thirds, Zhang Shen began to catch up.

One, two...

None of them failed!

Every pill is so simple and unpretentious.

This strangeness finally attracted the attention of those who are interested.

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When the gong sounded again, the second round of alchemy meeting was declared to be over.

When the alchemist appeared, Zhang Shen glanced at the entire square and was surprised to find that the elixir rate of most people was very low. Thirty pieces of materials were finally refined successfully, and there were only three or five pieces...

Looking at the twenty-nine round pills on my desk, blue, red and white, Zhang Shen twitched: "Maybe he was too excited and too far away from the masses?"

The afternoon pill meeting lasted for several hours, and at the end, the sunset was already splendid.

In addition to the special alchemists who have extraordinary achievements in the alchemy "Technique of All Spirits", the others are representatives from the fifty surnames and royal family.

First of all, they directly eliminated the elixirs below ten, and the number of people was reduced by nearly four-fifths, leaving only a few more than twenty. Of course, all the refined elixirs will be carefully sealed up and allowed to be snatched and purchased by the fifty surnames.

Everyone soon noticed the pill refined by Zhang Shan.

I'm going, so many? They were shocked.

Hey, is this thing really a pill? Why don’t you have a trace of pill fragrance? I am qualified to come here and take medicine frequently. I also have a lot of knowledge about pills and exclaim in surprise.

It looks very smooth and full, but it feels too fake... Looking left and right, these round things are a bit unreal. There is no way. After living for so many years, they have never heard of anyone's elixir rate that can reach nearly 100%. It's really incredible.

"Please give in, give in, let's take a look." The alchemist Huolun, who served as the judge, squeezed over with difficulty and twisted up a blood-soul pill that was as bright as fire, which was clear and almost transparent. He first used conventional methods to investigate, and then used the method of using "qi" to test the pills specially for the alchemist.

A trace of heaven and earth's energy comes in and out regularly, as if this pill is breathing.

The expressions of several masters of alchemy changed little by little, and their eyes were intertwined, and they all saw doubts and... excitement in the other party's eyes!

Extremely excited!

Really...that?

Well, I can't make it wrong, most of it is.

It's exactly the same as recorded in the classics!

The alchemy produces the orifices, breathing the breath of heaven and earth... Unexpectedly, the records that only exist in the classics were actually seen with their own eyes!

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The excited expressions of Huolun and others were not hidden from the fifty surnames and old foxes of the royal family. They simply cut each of the three soybean-sized elixirs to verify what they were thinking.

The three-color blue, red and white light suddenly burst out!

The rich vitality, the strong blood spirit, and the solid and light aura are coming to your face with an extremely tempting and strange fragrance!

All the pills in the room were activated, and they emitted light at the same time, emitting a stronger pill fragrance. For a moment, the originally spacious room was filled with three-color light, and every corner was not filled!

The sudden change made everyone stunned, and then the light in his eyes burst into tears!

With a series of scorching eyes, they stared at the three white jade bottles containing the remaining twenty-six pills. If they were not worried, they would have to start and snatch them!

A faint smell of gunpowder rose quietly.

Seeing that there were signs of losing control in the scene, Holun coughed lightly: "Cough, everyone, the evaluation is not over yet, don't worry. For specific allocations, you'll have to see the patriarch."

"As for these three bottles of elixirs, as usual, we will keep them temporarily to avoid accidents."

The other alchemists were stunned, then smiled and threw an admiring look at Holun.

OK! Although the possibility of getting it is not high, you can still hurry up and study it...

How could the representatives of the fifty surnames and royal family not know what the Huolun and the others were fighting for? However, this sudden situation made them feel at a loss and forced to rob? Just by these old and weak, they really fought for their lives, which is not worth it.

"Well, then follow Master Holun's suggestion." Mo Ming tugged the corners of his mouth with a slight smile, "The evaluation of the alchemy meeting has not ended yet, so let's confirm the list of alchemists participating in the last round first."

Those who are qualified to appear here are all "old seniors". Their concentration is naturally not bad. They suppressed the urgent thoughts in their hearts. According to the process, they checked all the pills refined by more than 20 people and confirmed the final list.

Of course, it would be more normal if they glanced at some places from time to time.

In the third round of the alchemy meeting, several alchemists who performed the best in the second round were selected, and the royal family and the fifty surnames provided medicinal materials and were open to supply them to refine pills that could prolong life or restore the health of the old emperor.

This is a win-win situation, and it is naturally not necessary to elaborate on the significance of the royal family and the fifty surnames, and it is also a rare opportunity for alchemists.

The more precious medicinal materials, minerals, and strange beasts, the more difficult it is to obtain. How many can the alchemist collect by himself?

Participating in the alchemy meeting and advancing to the third round means that there are many "subkers" who can provide almost all the precious raw materials they want. So, if you don't take this opportunity to "squander" them and refine all the elixirs that you wanted to refine but have no raw materials, you're simply sorry for yourself!

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Late at night, inside a huge building that looks like a temple.
Chapter completed!