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Chapter 998 Alchemy
In the end, the others didn't know what promise Li Ming had made to Grandma Golden Silkworm, but Grandma Golden Silkworm actually agreed to lend them the Five Poisons Spirit Cloud Tent for a while, and even taught them a little trick that could help eliminate the remaining poison faster, allowing Li Tianyun to set off as soon as possible.

Of course, even so, the Tiancan Gu poison is an extremely powerful poison, and Li Tianyun cannot recover in a short period of time. At Li Ming's suggestion, the three decided to go to Qingling Temple to rest for a while.

When Li Ming brought the two men back, only Taoist Xu Ling and Bai Ri were left in the temple. Seeing Li Ming really come back, he was very happy. Without asking who the two men were, he just asked Bai Ri to clear out two more empty rooms. Fortunately, Li Ming had owned half of the Taoist temple before, otherwise he would have no place to stay now.

This time, Taoist Xu Ling's attitude was obviously much better. When he knew that Li Tianyun was injured, he quickly took out the remaining spiritual herbs and medicines in his temple to treat him. Although they were not precious things, they were also a token of his thoughtfulness, Li Ming said after taking a careful look.

"Yes, we have all the necessary things. Maybe we can start refining the elixir."

Gusong was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Daoyou also have the ability to refine pills?"

Alchemy, talismans, array weapons and instruments are the four most useful items among the various arts of the immortal way, among which alchemy is the most helpful to cultivation. There are countless people who practice Taoism in this world, and most of them can burn furnaces and mix medicines, but when it comes to being really good at alchemy, there are very few of them.

Li Ming just smiled and said, "I know a little bit, a little bit. The recipe left by Grandma Jincan is not difficult. Let me give it a try!"

Li Mingqing counted the herbs and found that they were all common things. They could be obtained by putting together the ones in the Taoist temple and the Qiankun bag. As for the alchemy furnace, he took the large cauldron used for burning incense in the Taoist temple. Li Ming was not a stingy person. He only took a few glances and found that the material of the furnace itself was nothing special, but it had been exposed to the influence of incense over the years and had a Taoist charm. So he paid out of his own pocket and took out a few spiritual materials. He first refined the furnace into a magic weapon with three restrictions that could withstand the torment of the three fires. Then he started the furnace.

This furnace was originally a large square cauldron, but after being refined by Li Ming, it became a purple-copper three-legged double-eared alchemy furnace. It was much smaller, but its essence had been greatly improved.

This furnace is shaped like a gourd, with fire burning at the bottom and an alchemy room at the top, used to combine the medicinal power. Li Ming took out the Thousand Wishes Lanterns he had refined, picked up one and placed it in the lower layer to light it.

The temperature of this one firework alone could melt the ten large tripods that were built before it. So there is some truth in the saying that if you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools.

Taoist Xu Ling and Gu Song were both there to protect him. Although they would probably not be needed if something really happened, in order to satisfy their curiosity, Li Ming did not say much. After all, to him, it made no difference whether there was anyone watching or not.

After the furnace heated up, Li Ming pointed at several spiritual herbs on the ground and one by one, they melted into the furnace. These spiritual herbs were not particularly precious medicinal materials, and their material quality was ordinary. Under the high temperature, they almost instantly turned into a ball of medicinal liquid. Li Ming was also intentionally giving instructions, and then seemed to say unintentionally: "The so-called art of alchemy is essentially to make medicine. What is refined is the true essence of heaven and earth, the essence of all things. These herbs are the essence of heaven and earth. Therefore, taking medicine to refine the elixir is equivalent to the process of drawing spiritual energy from heaven and earth. However, medicine is three-tenths toxic. When refining the elixir, the spiritual energy in these herbs also contains some impurities and elixir toxins. Therefore, although the elixir is good, it cannot be taken day and night. Most of the time, you still have to rely on your own hard work. The elixir can only play a supporting role."

"But as the saying goes, a gentleman's nature is not different, he is good at making use of things. We are cultivators, I don't know if we can be considered gentlemen, but this saying is not wrong. Cultivation is hard work and a stupid method. If there are some other methods, we can always save some time. Moving from the mortal world to the mountains is nothing more than a place with more spiritual energy. What's more, going to the spiritual veins and spiritual eyes is also for a more abundant spiritual energy and better results of cultivation, right?"

"If these are all useless, why bother distinguishing them? There's no need to look for any superior immortal techniques. Just pick up a book on meditation and Qi training. As the saying goes, the way of heaven is to reduce the excess and replenish the deficiency. The way of man is to reduce the deficiency and increase the excess. If you want to achieve the Tao, you must know how to take shortcuts!"

"Alchemy is one of them. Although the elixir is highly toxic, that's also due to improper methods. Why are the elixirs made by those alchemy masters so sought after? It's because the elixir is less toxic, more spiritual, and has no impact on the foundation of Taoism."

While Li Ming was speaking, he urged his magic power, and the fire in the furnace kept changing. In the process of changing, the medicinal liquid was refined to be purer, and all kinds of impurities were eliminated. This move was extremely clever. If Li Ming had not had the experience of refining pills for many lifetimes, and had a solid foundation in this life, and had made the pills of the first grade, and had magic power at his command, he would not have been able to do it with such ease. Although he had no intention of concealing anything, the foundations of Xu Ling Taoist and Gu Song were different.

Gusong had a solid foundation in the mysterious sect's magic and was also a Golden Elixir True Lord. Although his foundation in Taoism was damaged, his eyesight was not diminished at all and he could see things clearly. However, Xu Ling had only cultivated the Ming Fa and the Taoist techniques he practiced were mediocre, even a bit low-class. Even though Li Ming was auditioning him in front of him, he was still confused and didn't understand what was going on. He only saw the flames jumping up and down, and changes were happening in the alchemy room.

At this time, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Today I realized that the gap between us casual cultivators and the orthodox Xuanmen is immeasurable. In the past, I didn't have this kind of spiritual fire. I just used chopped charcoal to burn it. If I wasn't careful, the medicine would be burned to ash. How could I have such a sophisticated method to eliminate impurities without even realizing it? It's truly amazing!"

Li Ming's hand gestures changed, and the flames beside the furnace danced, sometimes even coming out of the alchemy room, but without damaging the herbs at all. All these methods were impressive.

Just this one move was something that the Taoist Master Xu Ling would never be able to learn in his lifetime, not to mention the ability to change the firepower freely and to differentiate the size of the medicinal materials. This furnace of elixir was like a mother body that had reversed its innate nature and nurtured a spiritual fetus. The mysterious creation of it made him unable to extricate himself from watching it and became intoxicated by it.

At this time, Li Ming smiled slightly and said, "Look, this is a pill made from herbs combined with spiritual energy. Because I used the recipe from Grandma Jincan, I named it Qingling Baijie Pill. In addition to dissolving the poison, it can also replenish vital energy. It's perfect for Tianyun."

(End of this chapter)