Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 140: First Alchemy in Kyoto
"Get ready!"

The clone looked at Leng Feibai and said jokingly, "What a pity, we don't have a master to guide us here, so we can only figure it out bit by bit on our own."

"Yes, I don't have a master, but I have someone better than my master!"

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he took two steps at a time and walked to the position of Li Gua, then raised his hand and made another hook.

With a flash of light, seven clones flew out and landed on the remaining seven hexagrams.

Looking at Leng Feibai's actions, the clone holding the medicinal herbs couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

"Everyone, are you ready?"

Leng Feibai gave an order and simultaneously activated the Emperor's Qi-gazing Technique with the other seven clones, staring at the cauldron intently.

The next moment, Leng Feibai and Xunwei's clone attacked at the same time, circulating the true Qi in their bodies and bombarding the cauldron.

Two streams of air flowed into the cauldron, and a raging flame rose from the bottom of the furnace, quickly igniting the furnace.

Feeling the temperature of the furnace rising, the clone holding the medicinal materials wrapped the herbs with Qi and threw the herbs into the mouth of the furnace to put the herbs in.

At the same time, the clones standing in the Kan and Dui positions used their energy to throw themselves into the furnace.

Pearl-like spring water suddenly gushed out from inside the furnace. Under the control of the two clones, the medicinal materials that flew into the furnace were evenly divided into twenty portions according to the proportions recorded on the prescription, and the divided medicinal materials were wrapped into volleyball-sized water balls.

Seeing this, Leng Feibai and Xun Gua's clones changed their hands continuously, and the flame burning the alchemy furnace gradually heated up at this moment, refining the twenty water balls wrapped in medicinal materials in the furnace.

After a full three quarters of an hour, the water mass wrapped around the medicinal herbs gradually changed color, and the medicinal herbs inside the water mass shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into useless medicinal residue.

Feeling the changes in the alchemy furnace, Leng Feibai and Xunwei's clone's hands changed again, increasing the firepower to refine the water mass into liquid medicine.

As the firepower increased, streams of white gas rose from the liquid medicine.

At the same time, the medicinal liquid was compressed and purified inwards.

In a blink of an eye, the volume of the liquid medicine was compressed by about half. The color of the water mass also changed from white to brown in that instant.

Seeing this, the clones of the Kan and Dui hexagrams withdrew their hands, and were replaced by the Qian and Zhen clones who were responsible for cleaning up the medicinal residue and impurities, and poured their own true qi into the furnace.

In an instant, black clouds condensed above the pills, and blue lightning bolts as thick as an adult's index finger flew out from them and hit each pill.

This process is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, at best the elixir will be ruined and all your work will be in vain; at worst the elixir furnace will explode, destroying the furnace and killing people.

But Leng Feibai had the help of the Emperor's Qi-Seeing Technique, so he could clearly see the changes in the alchemy furnace. He could also accurately destroy the impurities and residue in the elixir without damaging the elixir, without affecting the efficacy of the elixir.

Another quarter of an hour later, the dark clouds dispersed, and the liquid medicine in the furnace had turned into dark red pills with pits.

"The rest is to nourish the medicinal properties of the elixir, make its surface smooth, and purify the medicinal effects of the elixir."

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, the two clones Kun and Gen, who were nourishing the medicinal properties of the elixir, also took action at this moment and began the final work.

At the same time, two yellow five-clawed golden dragons appeared out of thin air in the furnace, circling and dancing in the furnace.

As the golden dragon danced, bits of golden light fell from its scales and into the pill that was gradually shrinking.

At the same time, a special aura emanated from the pill that only Leng Feibai and his companions could see.

Seeing the breath appear, Kun and Gen's two clones changed their hands repeatedly, and talismans appeared from them, surrounding the alchemy furnace and circling and dancing. A faint and odorless medicinal fragrance also rose from the furnace at this moment.

If Leng Feibai and the others did not have the Emperor's Qi-Seeing Technique, which allows them to sense things far beyond ordinary people, they would not have been able to detect the existence of this medicinal fragrance at all.

"boom"

A wave of air burst out, and Leng Feibai and the others immediately withdrew their hands. The next moment, dark red pills the size of fingernails flew out of the furnace and hovered in the air.

Seeing this, the clone who had brought the medicinal herbs over, a palm-sized jade bottle appeared in his hand. He leaped up and collected all the pills suspended in the air back into the jade bottle. "How is the quality of the pills?"

Leng Feibai turned his head and looked over. Seeing this, his clone threw the jade bottle over and said, "See for yourself."

Seeing this, Leng Feibai took the jade bottle and looked at it carefully.

But soon, Leng Feibai's expression turned ugly.

Although all twenty medicinal materials were made into pills, the quality of each pill was far from what was described in the prescription.

Leng Feibai took out the Bixue Zhaodanqing he carried with him, cut his arm, and swallowed the pill directly.

The stinging sensation from the wound on the arm suddenly subsided a little, and the blood flowing from the wound slowly scabbed under the effect of the elixir.

"The medicinal effect is only 30% of what is described in the recipe. It seems that this furnace of pills is no different from useless medicine."

Leng Feibai sighed, used his dual hands to treat the wound on his arm, and used his internal energy to burn all the remaining pills into powder.

"Looks like I need more practice."

The clone at the side, Xunwei, comforted him, "But it's not bad that we managed to condense the pill on our first try. Try a few more times, and maybe we'll succeed."

"Makes sense."

The clone carrying the herbs also comforted him, "Besides, in the seventh floor's spiritual herb garden, the herbs that were picked will automatically grow back in less than five minutes. I don't think we need to worry about running out of herbs."

"Let's talk about this later."

Leng Feibai said calmly, "We don't need the elixir now. After we kill Li Yunqian, we'll find time to practice alchemy."

After saying that, Leng Feibai directly dispersed the eight clones around him and raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Two in Northern Qi, three in Jingdu, two in Danzhou, plus the clones sent to wipe out the Junshan Society and the eight clones that were just condensed. I guess this is all I can condense for now."

After Leng Feibai finished speaking, he raised his hand and rubbed his temple.

Although the Shadow Clone Talisman can help him cast auxiliary clones, it also consumes a lot of mental energy.

If he didn't have the Five Elements and One Qi Divine Art and the Huangting Inner Scenery Sutra to support him, he wouldn't be able to maintain so many clones.

Leng Feibai yawned and returned to the outside world.

It was already the end of the hour of Mao. Leng Feibai yawned and fell asleep on the bed.

Early the next morning, as the red sun rose in the east, officials from various prefectures in Kyoto changed into their official uniforms and walked towards the palace.

At the same time, the two clones who stayed in Kyoto watched Fan Xian and Fan Jian rushing towards the palace, and started communicating directly in mid-air.

"I'll go in and keep an eye on him, while you focus on the good and bad Imperial Censor. When he's dragged out, quickly take him away and send him out of Kyoto."

The other clone laughed after hearing this and said, "I see. I've already determined where Mr. Lai lives. When the time comes, I'll kidnap him from the palace and help him pack his luggage when he gets home."

The first clone was furious after hearing this and said helplessly, "Don't mess around. If something goes wrong, it will be a big deal."

After hearing this, the other clone scoffed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry. The strongest fighter that Old Loach can dispatch is only Hong Sixiang, but he is no match for us at all."

The first clone shook his head helplessly, and instantly transformed into a golden cicada, flying towards the palace.

Inside the imperial palace, the ministers, following Emperor Qing's orders, went straight to the imperial study outside Emperor Qing's bedroom to wait.

At the same time, the golden cicada transformed from Leng Feibai's clone also landed on the top of the bookshelf, waiting for the plot to begin.

(End of this chapter)