Fire Monster

Chapter 13: Formula for the Marrow Cleansing Solution

The Wuling train roared as it passed.

Zhao Guanshan stood quietly in the carriage, holding the handle above his head. In order to save money and to carry more passengers, the Wuling train only had small seats for children under eight years old. All other passengers had to stand.

Over the past seven years, it has been a difficult torture for Zhao Guanshan to stand for an hour with his frail body.

But today, it has become a pleasure.

His healthy and energetic body, keen perception, and flying thoughts even made him feel like he had a new understanding of this dark world. He could even analyze a little bit of rules from the symbols that flowed and changed like colorful clouds under his feet, and he could extend them further.

Although the spirit-supplying array used by the Five Spirits Train is a medium-to-large-sized spirit-supplying array, it is advanced knowledge that will not be taught in the Taoist Academy courses.

But there is still a certain connection after all.

I feel that once I am healthy, even studying becomes so easy.

He was fully focused and immersed in it until the Five Spirits Train arrived at its destination, the entrance of Linjiang Taoist Temple. Then Zhao Guanshan woke up, looked at the still changing Five Spirits Talisman with lingering interest, and quickly got off the train.

"what?"

Perhaps it was because his eyesight had improved, but today when he looked out at the statue of the goddess standing in the center of the Taoist temple, it seemed particularly clear and lifelike.

For a moment, he almost thought that the goddess statue was looking at him.

This is an experience I have never had before.

The more I looked at it, the clearer it became, and the more I seemed to see that the statue of the goddess was lifelike and so beautiful that it seemed as if she were coming alive.

"Sin, sin, sin!"

"Once this physical condition improves, puberty can no longer be suppressed."

With a self-deprecating laugh, Zhao Guanshan quickly calmed himself down.

It is normal to feel restless, but you cannot really blaspheme.

After all, this is not Earth, but a world where there are real cultivators and immortals. How can he guarantee that this statue of the goddess is not really cast in the image of an immortal?

King Zhou is watching you in heaven!

At that moment, Zhao Guanshan quickly found an open place, first solemnly and respectfully paid homage to the statue of the goddess from afar, received today's food and water, and then, while chewing slowly, he headed straight for the Liberal Arts Branch.

And he did not notice that the imperial oil lamp in his arms was slightly hot, but it soon disappeared.

This time, Zhao Guanshan went directly to the third imperial seal house in the Liberal Arts Academy, where the third liberal arts course was taught.

That is, the storage and preparation methods of one hundred common hazardous materials.

This is a required course, very important, but relatively simple course.

There are only a hundred common materials. In six years, even students with low talent can master them well as long as they study hard.

So, when Zhao Guanshan came here, except for the first floor which was full of students from the second stage, there was no one on the second and third floors.

So he stayed in the study room on the second floor, took a somewhat rough textbook from the bookshelf, and began to read it carefully.

Although this world attaches great importance to education, it is slightly lacking in book reserves.

For example, for the six liberal arts courses, there are only six textbooks. When students study, each person can borrow one, and that's it.

Like the textbook in Zhao Guanshan's hand, he had already memorized it by heart and could even recite it backwards.

But even so, he was still watching with great interest.

Because he is no longer reading and understanding from the perspective of a student, but trying to guess from the author's perspective whether the author has omitted or deleted anything, and what the complete truth is that is actually extended.
So he found it very interesting and benefited a lot.

When the rooster crowed twice, it was almost noon.

There were all kinds of noisy sounds coming from downstairs; it was the second-stage students of the Taoist Academy who had finished their course.

The afternoon is time for self-study.

One class every day, this is the curriculum for the liberal arts department of Taoist Academy.

Zhao Guanshan put away the textbook in his hand, waited patiently for a while, and then walked down the stairs.

There were only a few students left in the classrooms on the first floor. After all, they were still young children. They had been locked up in the classroom for the whole morning and now they wished they could grow wings and run out to have fun.

But the teacher was still there, sitting there quietly, because both of his legs were broken at the knees and he relied on a wheelchair to move around.

In Zhao Guanshan's memory, this teacher was like this, with no expression, teaching slowly, answering slowly, never angry, never happy, and never laughing.

Like a dummy.

They didn't even know the teacher's name.

Zhao Guanshan walked forward and saluted respectfully, but this teacher had no expression on his face the whole time. However, as long as you ask a question and it is within the scope of knowledge he teaches, he will patiently explain it over and over again. Compared with the teachers of other courses, he is really the easiest to get along with.

However, if it was just a question within the scope of knowledge, there was no need for Zhao Guanshan to ask.

So he came here this time to see if he could get some knowledge?

To this end, he carefully prepared a list of questions that seemed reasonable but were actually stupid, which are a must-have for argumentative people.

"Teacher, I reviewed the knowledge we learned this morning, and when I was reading, I found something that confused me. It was the seventeenth dangerous material, the remains of the Twilight Dust Moth."

"This hazardous material can be prepared into Twilight Embers."

"Then in the description of the hazardous material numbered 56, it is necessary to use Twilight Embers to prepare the hazardous material Twilight Dust."

"Finally, in the description of hazardous material numbered 84, the process of preparing it requires the use of Twilight Dust."

"So I wondered if we could skip the step of preparing Twilight Dust and directly use the remains of Twilight Dust Moth when preparing the No. 84 Dangerous Material Luminous Stone by improving the preparation method?"

“No, because you know the fact but not the reason.”

Sure enough, the teacher spoke slowly, first denying Zhao Guanshan's hypothesis, and then went on to answer why.

See, this is a trap. If it were someone else, the best they could do would be to say "no" or roll their eyes.

But the teacher can't.

When he gives a negative answer, he must explain the reason.

This is Zhao Guanshan’s stupid plan to take advantage of others. Who made him a student now? If he doesn’t take advantage of this opportunity, after graduation, he won’t even have the chance to set foot in the Taoist academy again, let alone have a teacher to patiently explain to him.

"The Twilight Dust Moth is a demonic creature that appeared after the advent of the divine punishment. Or rather, it is a companion demonic creature. It is not clear how it came into being, but the biggest characteristic of this companion demonic creature is that it will frantically pursue, track, and devour spiritual energy."

"In the past, the world of immortal cultivation suffered greatly from this kind of companion monster."

"Until the Dao Palace found a new direction. It no longer racked its brains to prevent the Twilight Dust Moths. Instead, it allowed them to freely pursue spiritual energy. Then, it captured them and used a variety of methods to make them into a variety of materials. Among these materials, there is a scrap called the Twilight Dust Moth's Remains. This thing contains a small amount of spiritual energy, but it is difficult to absorb and cannot be used for cultivation."

"So this scrap becomes an industrial raw material, which can be considered as waste utilization. It is mainly used to supply spiritual energy to the Spirit Supply Tower, and can also be used to prepare marrow cleansing spiritual liquid."

"Like what you are wondering, the fifty-sixth dangerous material, Twilight Dust, is an important material used to charge the spirit supply array. However, this material is still extremely dangerous and cannot be directly absorbed by the human body. Therefore, it has a secondary preparation."

"And the No. 84 material, Luminous Stone, is the product of secondary preparation. This secondary preparation is not only for saving and avoiding waste, but also for making the best use of materials. Therefore, this is why Luminous Stone cannot be directly made from Twilight Embers, and it is also the reason why the Dao Palace advocates striving for conservation."

"Thank you, teacher. So can the luminous stone be prepared three times?"

Zhao Guanshan asked casually and naturally, with a sincere, pure and curious expression on his face. He went around in circles just for this sentence.

Luminous stone is the material for preparing the marrow cleansing solution, this is written in the textbooks.

But that's all.

Still not sure if it is primary or secondary material?
The formula for the marrow cleansing solution has never appeared in textbooks, so there must be rules that prohibit it.

So he is madly testing the edge of the bottom line.

And to be honest, he has actually benefited a lot from hearing this.

At the very least, it has been confirmed that the luminous stone is the main material of the marrow cleansing liquid, as well as the preparation principle of the marrow cleansing liquid.

Next, the teacher just needs to reveal a little more. Just a little.

"can."

The teacher only said two words and then stopped answering because that was far beyond the scope of knowledge in the textbooks.

Zhao Guanshan waited for a while and then stopped asking for more. He just handed over his identity badge and applied for practical training.

He still has three practical opportunities left for this course.

Although the practical materials in this course cannot be taken out and sold because they are too dangerous, he can bring the materials in.

That’s right, this is also a huge opportunity for him to make money.

He wanted to use the Taoist temple's practice room to prepare a marrow-cleansing elixir for himself.

"But I have to gather these materials before I transfer to the Military Science Department, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to get the wool."

Zhao Guanshan thought so in his heart, and without stopping, he headed straight for the Taoist temple's exclusive spirit-offering tower.

At this moment, he had such a clear vision of his future.

(End of this chapter)