Becoming a Taoist Master by Walking on the Underworld

Chapter 256 Everything for Cultivation, Little Red Was Too Eager to Improve

Chen Yushu read it carefully.

Even though they hadn't officially started refining pills yet, they already had a good idea of ​​what to expect.

I have gained a certain level of confidence in refining elixirs, especially the Vitality Elixir. All that's left is to try it out.

"Then, shall we give it a try?"

Thinking of this, Chen Yushu muttered to himself.

Because he actually had no shortage of various materials around him, he did indeed have the conditions for alchemy.

He had previously asked the Liu family pharmacy to collect materials for him. Now he not only has about ten sets of materials needed for the Vitality Pill, but also five sets of materials for the Bone Strengthening Pill.

These materials are, of course, not many.

However, the Liu family's pharmacy did not have a large stock of some medicinal herbs.

If you want to purchase in large quantities, you have to go to other counties or even Tianling County to buy them.

Although he immediately instructed the Liu family pharmacy to continue ordering medicinal herbs after obtaining these materials, this would take time.

"With ten portions of materials for the Vitality Pill, we can start trying to refine it."

It would be best if the Vitality Pill could be successfully refined.

If we fail, we'll consider it a learning experience.

Chen Yushu thought silently, and then without hesitation, quickly went to a separate room in the front yard.

This was a room he had prepared long ago specifically for alchemy, a room exclusively for his own use.

Although it's far inferior to the alchemy rooms prepared by professional alchemists, it's still barely adequate.

Whether it's making talismans, cultivating spells, or even setting up altars, Chen Yushu's main approach is to be casual and unaffected by the actions of other cultivators.

of course.

The main reason is that he knows the biggest influencing factor in alchemy is actually the environment.

Especially when focused on alchemy, even the slightest sound can affect the alchemist in the process.

For example, in the Liu family's pharmacy, there is a special alchemy room, and no one is allowed to approach within a hundred meters of it.

Moreover, the rooms have been specially soundproofed, making them completely enclosed spaces that virtually eliminate any external influences.

In addition, all kinds of auxiliary measures were arranged very well.

of course.

This has little significance for Chen Yushu.

Ultimately, all these external influences stem from insufficient meditative concentration.

Initial determination, minor determination, major determination, constant determination, constant determination...

Each state of deep meditation is a tremendous test of a cultivator's character.

The alchemists in the Liu family's pharmacy are essentially physicians, and there is no such thing as entering a meditative state.

Even with strict calculations, it's only at a minor level. Although one's temperament is calm, it's not stable and can be affected by the fluctuations of thoughts, big and small.

But for him now, it is constant.

The state of meditative absorption is extremely high.

It will not be affected by external factors at all.

Even in a bustling street surrounded by crowds, it wouldn't affect him in the slightest, and he could calmly begin refining pills.

The only thing that could influence him was alchemy itself.

Think of this.

Without further hesitation, Chen Yushu arrived at the alchemy room and, with a wave of his hand, an alchemy furnace appeared before him.

Then, he waved his hand again.

The materials were then placed to the side.

These materials were all medicinal herbs that he needed.

However, the specifications were different from what he needed for alchemy.

Therefore, he could not directly begin refining them at this time, but instead began processing them one by one himself.

Fortunately, the medicinal materials themselves were all finished products; he only processed them according to the materials needed for alchemy.

For example, with white lotus seeds, the heart must be removed and the top green shoots must be picked off.

Because these tender shoots will conflict with another medicinal herb, Purple Cloud Grass. Once added to the refining process, they will produce a special kind of vital energy particle, which will greatly reduce the quality of the final Vital Energy Pill.

Furthermore, the core of the herb must be diced or sliced ​​to better integrate with all the other medicinal ingredients...

These are not points that are mentioned in the prescription for alchemy that require attention.

Rather, it was Chen Yushu himself who made the adjustments based on his understanding of the pharmacology of medicinal herbs.

After all, he had worked as an apprentice in the Liu family's pharmacy for a period of time, learning how to prepare medicines. He had read many books on medicinal herbs and pharmacology, so he naturally knew the proportions of the herbs.

In essence, alchemical formulas were created by cultivators who were extremely proficient in medicinal herbs and their pharmacology.

He believes that he has some understanding of the combination and pharmacology of medicinal materials, so he can naturally see some differences in them.

And this, to some extent, is what we call "experience" in alchemy.

The potential risks that could affect the formation of the elixir were eliminated in advance.

Fortunately, he was very quick and skillful in processing these medicinal materials. The key was that there weren't many materials, only ten portions in total.

Therefore, in just half an hour, he had finished processing all the medicinal materials.

"Then, we light the fire and add the wood!"

Chen Yushu's gaze then fell on a sunken pit beneath the alchemy furnace.

It was also a place he specially built for burning firewood.

That's right, alchemy isn't as sophisticated as it seems.

Especially in refining such basic elixirs.

Simply refining it with ordinary fire will suffice.

of course.

However, it's different if it's a high-quality elixir.

The medicinal materials themselves are very special and difficult to refine through methods such as steaming or boiling.

At that time, it will be necessary to use special flames such as alchemical fire or spiritual fire to burn it.

Of course, he doesn't currently possess such methods.

That's why he honestly tended the fire and refined the elixir.

soon.

The flames rise.

After washing the alchemy furnace with clean water, Chen Yushu began to wait for the furnace temperature to rise.

His mental energy began to observe.

One hundred degrees, two hundred degrees, three hundred degrees.

Only after the alchemy furnace had gradually reached a red-hot temperature was the first batch of materials placed inside.

boom!
As soon as the materials entered, heat immediately rose, and wisps of medicinal liquid quickly overflowed. This medicinal liquid was essentially a substance imbued with spiritual energy, so it did not evaporate as the heat rose.

Instead, it gradually condenses, forming a special medicinal liquid.

In fact.

The essence of alchemy for cultivators is to extract these spiritual liquids and medicinal fluids, allowing them to fuse with various spiritual energy liquids to form the corresponding spiritual pills. Although the corresponding spiritual energy liquids from these medicinal materials are relatively small due to their material and age, the amount of spiritual energy liquid only affects the quality and quantity of the resulting pills.

As long as you have the corresponding spiritual energy elixir, you can naturally form a pill.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yushu's spiritual power stirred slightly and quickly entered the alchemy furnace, beginning to guide and gather the wisps of spiritual energy and medicinal liquid.

Use the elixir-making technique.

Correspondingly, by using mental power, the spiritual energy liquid is made to rotate slightly, expelling some of the minute impurities.

"The first medicinal liquid containing the spiritual energy of the herb has been produced."

Chen Yushu's eyes brightened slightly.

Next, the second type of spiritual material was added, followed by the third.

He carefully guided each spiritual ingredient with his mental power, ensuring that the spiritual energy and medicinal liquid were slightly isolated from each other.

Only after the third type of spiritual energy liquid was separated did he attempt to slowly allow the first and third types of spiritual energy liquid to collide and come into contact with each other.

This is a necessary contact between the medicinal liquid and the alchemy process.

It is a special step similar to a chemical reaction.

The clash between the two was both intense and gentle.

The intensity was due to the impurities contained in both types of spiritual energy liquids. These impurities were contrary to the liquids themselves, but they had been in a delicate balance before, which was why they did not react.

The reaction intensifies immediately upon contact with another medicinal liquid.

The gentleness comes from the fact that the two medicinal liquids complement each other; when they come into contact, they naturally attract each other and blend together perfectly.

"Fortunately, under my mental control, this rejection reaction has little impact."

Chen Yushu noticed that the two spiritual energy liquids had successfully fused together, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

Then they began to infuse the third type of spiritual energy liquid into it.

Although it was inevitable that there would be a rejection reaction, and some of the spiritual energy liquid would evaporate as a result, everything went smoothly overall.

So he started using the fourth and fifth medicinal herbs.

Then came the sixth and seventh types.

Sometimes, all three types are invested at once.

Then, the corresponding spiritual energy liquids are fused together in a certain order and proportion.

This is a very meticulous process.

The requirements for a cultivator's mental control are extremely high.

Even when Chen Yushu occasionally used a few alchemy techniques, he felt somewhat strained, and his spiritual energy was even somewhat depleted.

"This is the eleventh type of spiritual material."

Moreover, it is one of the main ingredients.

Chen Yushu casually picked up something that looked like a block of wood.

This is Earth Spirit Wood, which is extremely hard, but the spiritual energy and medicinal liquid contained within it is the purest.

Of course, the most difficult part is to integrate it with the previous spiritual energy elixir.

Chen Yushu carefully controlled the heat, constantly adding firewood to the alchemy furnace.

It is worth mentioning that the wood he used was not ordinary either. It was a type of wood called "Scorching Mountain Wood," which, once ignited, could scorch and melt mountains. It was not only heat-resistant but also generated extremely high temperatures.

It is also the preferred wood for ordinary low-level alchemists, whether ordinary people are refining pills or beginner-level alchemists among cultivators.

After Chen Yushu added the Zhuoshan wood, he noticed that the temperature inside the alchemy furnace began to rise again. After reaching a certain level, the earth spirit wood inside the alchemy furnace finally began to gradually carbonize, and then wisps of special spiritual energy were forced out.

Chen Yushu carefully guided and controlled the device.

His spiritual power was ethereal and intangible; even though the temperature inside the alchemy furnace had reached an extremely terrifying level, it would not have any effect on his spiritual power.

Spiritual energy cannot sense temperature.

Or, to put it another way, it can directly shield the influence of external temperature.

Therefore, Chen Yushu was able to freely manipulate the spiritual energy liquid and smelt it into a single furnace.

The strands of spiritual energy in the medicinal liquid, once forced out, were immediately drawn together by him.

Ten strands, twenty strands, thirty strands... a hundred strands turned into drops, and only after a full three hundred strands were formed did three drops finally appear.

But that's about it.

While the earth spirit wood must contain abundant spiritual energy, the alchemy furnace was of a low grade, and the alchemy environment he was in was also limited. Being able to successfully extract three drops was already quite good.

Then, Chen Yushu did not insist and immediately controlled the three drops of spiritual energy liquid belonging to the Earth Spirit Wood to combine with the materials he had previously condensed.

boom!
bump!
moment.

A muffled thud came from the alchemy furnace.

Immediately afterwards, a thick plume of black smoke rose into the air.

Failed!
Chen Yushu's face immediately showed a look of astonishment.

This was so sudden that he was caught off guard.

In that instant, he felt the two streams of spiritual energy liquid rapidly merge together the moment they came into contact.

But soon, a certain balance was broken, causing that drop of spiritual energy liquid to collapse, shatter, and finally turn into black smoke and disappear completely.

Even though Chen Yushu had long been mentally prepared.

They also knew that alchemy, like cultivating magic, was never something that could be accomplished overnight. It required constant attempts and repeated failures before one could successfully refine it.

It was just so sudden that he didn't even have time to react.

However, as he gradually recalled and thought, he quickly made a discovery: "It's the spiritual energy liquid contained in the Earth Spirit Wood, there's just too much of it."

Three drops of the Earth Spirit Wood's medicinal liquid rushed in at once. With the east wind overwhelming the west wind, the ball of spiritual energy medicinal liquid naturally couldn't withstand it.

This then led to the failure.

However, judging from the steps in the prescription, he was correct.

However, the spiritual energy content in the Earth Spirit Wood Elixir is too abundant, so I shouldn't pour it all in at once. Instead, I should start with half a drop or a drop, and then gradually increase the amount.

This is the most difficult part of refining the Vitality Pill.

Chen Yushu pondered for a moment, carefully analyzing the problems he had encountered during the previous refining process.

By using the constant state to simulate the possible situations that might be encountered during the alchemy process, one can optimize the aspects that were encountered during the previous alchemy process, which, although resolved, were not handled perfectly.

Of course, most importantly, he still needs to restore his mental energy to its full potential.

After a round of alchemy, his mental energy was also greatly depleted.

Even if it wasn't completely exhausted, it had used up most of it.

He naturally needs to restore it to its peak condition before he can continue refining it.

It took Chen Yushu about half an hour to fully recover.

He quickly cleaned the alchemy furnace before starting to refine pills again.

The same steps as before.

This time, Chen Yushu was noticeably more skilled at alchemy, and his every move was more composed.

Thanks to the attribute panel, he would hardly encounter any difficulties before refining the eleventh spiritual energy potion.

The tenth, the eleventh.

After taking out the Earth Spirit Wood again, he took a deep breath and quickly threw it into the alchemy furnace.

(End of this chapter)