Taoist chanting

Chapter 59 Open the furnace to refine medicine and boil Shengdan
The entrance to the east hall is the hall, and the inner room is the master's bedroom, as well as a study and a pharmacy.

Zhang Wenfeng opened the pharmacy on the right, and there was a slight scent of traditional Chinese medicine. Even if the master passed away, the room was often cleaned and wiped, so it was very clean and there was no musty smell. He wiped the medicine roller again with a towel, and cleaned the brass stove where the medicine was baked.

The silver bone charcoal was ignited to bake two medicinal materials.

Take your time and grind all the herbs in the packet into finely divided pieces.

His current cultivation base is limited, and he can't produce a real wood-flavored fire in his body. He can't have enough aura stones on hand for him to squander at will, and the refining stove can't reach the treasure level recorded in the classics. He can only be honest and practical. Boil Shengdan method.

Put the three pieces of medicinal herbs into three cotton bags respectively.

Come to a plank road dug out of the back mountain, walk down a dozen feet diagonally, and open the medicine refining grotto built on the rock.

In the past three years, no medicine has been refined, and the smell of the medicine cave is not very pleasant, and it is open for ventilation.

I called in clean water to wipe it clean, I deliberately cleaned the heavy six-foot alchemy furnace several times, picked out the spring water three times from a large wooden bucket, filled the stone water tank in the corner, and brought in a few bags of silver bone charcoal, and the preparations were completed. , also at noon.

After lunch, while drinking tea in the West Hall.

Zhang Wenfeng said: "I've been refining medicine for the past two days, Senior Sister, if you have time, come and help me replace one or two with the fire. I want to try and see if I can refine the 'Qing Qi San' that the monks take."

His current status as a cultivator has already been discussed with the senior sister who returned to the mountain gate.

The Taoist monks who practice on the mountain will not rush to help their fellow disciples.

Even if Zhang Wenfeng is the master of the temple, when he was busy carrying water, the second senior brother who took a break would not take the initiative to ask to replace the water carrying.

Because maybe the master of the temple is carrying out some kind of practice ritual.

It is a big taboo to meddle in the private affairs of the same sect, unless you personally ask for help.

Yue Anyan nodded with a smile and said, "Sure, I'll help you get started. This morning, no one from the neighbors went up to the mountain to seek medical treatment. Lord Guan, your method will work."

There are ten doctors and nine doctors. They have all been Master's Zhao Gunpowder Boys, and they are no strangers to cooking and refining medicine.

Refining medicines is particularly expensive. Back then, most of the silver taels that their master earned from drawing talismans to treat illnesses to nobles bought medicinal materials and made all kinds of supplementary medicinal pills and medicinal powders that could improve the acquired cultivation.

In order to make a breakthrough, Lao Guanzhu tried several methods.

The second senior brother smiled and said, "When I come back from Jieqiao Village to assess the apprentices in the afternoon, I also want to watch the master refining medicine, won't I bother you?"

"As long as you have free time, feel free to come, there is no taboo."

Zhang Wenfeng finished drinking the tea and said again: "Second Senior Brother, please make a hexagram and help me calculate, where is the hanging mirror today? When is the best time to start the fire and open the furnace to refine medicine?"

Ancient monks alchemy, must fast, crown, cover the Tao, kneel and hold the medicine stove.

Pray to the Great Dao Tianzun, and then enter the mountain again.

It is also necessary to calculate the auspicious days and good times in advance, inserting swords in the medicine furnace, hanging ancient mirrors, etc., there is a very complicated set of ceremonies.

Nowadays, they are not so particular about it, but they will also count on auspicious times to start the fire, so as to make the medicine refining go smoothly.

Whether it's psychological comfort or really useful, the rules of hanging mirrors and swords remain.

"Okay, wait a minute."

Among the many brothers and sisters, the second senior is the most skilled in divination.

After he finished his work, he took a bath, stood up and fetched water to clean his hands. He took out the shiny brown-yellow ancient tortoise shell for shaking the hexagrams and three ancient coins from his sleeve. Put a coin into the turtle shell, and put the palms of both hands on the two ends of the turtle shell.

Silently reciting the hexagrams in his mouth, he shook the tortoise shell three times, up and down, left and right.

Tilt one end of the turtle shell to release the left palm, and scattered the coins on the desk.

When the coins are still, check the yin and yang of the three coins.

After doing this six times, he stretched out his hand to count for a while, and then shook the hexagram for the next round. The three people in the room were silent, except for the jingling sound of coins colliding.

After a long time, the second senior brother received the turtle shell and ancient coins, and said, "The master of the temple belongs to the wooden house. Today is the right time to start the fire at the second quarter of Shenshi, and hang the mirror in the northwest."

Zhang Wenfeng took out the three-wen copper coin, handed it to the second senior brother, and said with a smile, "Good!"

The second brother received the hexagram gold, and the three continued to boil water to make tea and chat about things inside and outside the Taoist temple.

At the beginning of Shen Shichu, Zhang Wenfeng came to the medicine refining cave with a bag of medicinal herbs and an hourglass pot to see the time, checked the medicine refining stove up and down again, and then paced the cave with his hands behind his back.

When the time comes, first hang a bronze gossip mirror on the stone wall in the northwest, insert the previously used saber into the ear hole on the side of the medicine furnace, and start the fire smoothly with silver bone charcoal. After the two rituals, grab the decorative furnace cover The furnace lugs at both ends, with the strength of both arms, lifted the heavy cover to the nearby stone table.

This ancestral medicine refining stove was wiped dark yellow, and the material is neither gold nor jade, simple and heavy.

There is another mystery in the furnace. In the middle is a huge container, which is used to hold water and moisturizing medicine to control the temperature. It is called "Shui Ding". It is used to place medicinal materials, gold stones and other items.

On the arc-shaped edge of the main cauldron, there are evenly distributed nine fist-shaped depressions called "dan chambers".

The final product of refining medicine, no matter whether it is a waste medicine or a good medicine, will appear in the Jiukong Dan room.

Unpack a medicine bag, and place the pieces of nine medicinal herbs in the hanging medicine cauldron.

Lift the water tripod, place it again on the top of the hanging medicine tripod, seal it tightly, and use a stone basin to fetch spiritual spring water from the stone jar and pour it into the main furnace. Filled most of the cauldron with water, covered the lid of the main furnace, and sealed the furnace with the yellow talisman for praying medicine written in advance.

Insert six pieces of silver bone charcoal into the three stove holes below to control the medium heat to cook the medicine.

Most of the time, it is very boring to add charcoal to the fire.

Practicing medicine is about the patience and perseverance of practitioners, and it is a part of cultivating the mind.

Zhang Wenfeng took out the booklet "Analysis of Yuan Qi Huamu Talisman" from his arms, walked slowly in the cave to read the book, and occasionally drew a pen in the air with his right hand to outline the rune graphics. , Three or two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and a pot of expensive and laborious medicinal materials was wasted.

Read a book for a while, glance at the hourglass pot in a prominent place, and check the charcoal fire in the stove.

Silver bone charcoal is burn-resistant, has even firepower, and has no smell of fireworks. Apart from being expensive, it is easier to use than the silver wire charcoal that Master bought before, and it does not require frequent addition of charcoal.

The sky was getting dark, and the three lamps filled with clear oil on the stone wall were lit.

The cave was filled with a faint scent of traditional Chinese medicine. Zhang Wenfeng looked at the fire without being anxious, and read a book by the light. After a while, he heard voices outside.

"Guanzhu, we are here. If there is anything we need to pay attention to, you can tell us. You go to the dining hall and have a good rest."

The second senior brother and Yue Anyan walked in one after another.

It is a rule handed down from generation to generation that it is not advisable to eat greasy food in the refining cave.

Zhang Wenfeng took the book, told the two of them the amount of charcoal to add and the approximate time, and walked out of the cave.

It was twilight outside, and the tired birds returned to their nests. After finishing the old lame man's still hot dinner, they chatted a few words, then went down the mountain and found the donkey tossing in the eastern woods.

"Haven't you found the trick to cast 'Lightning Fall'?"

"Find some feeling. In fact, you don't need to step up and step on the fight. It's just a way to work with the kung fu. You just need...how should I put it, it's a bit like the explosion of sound, compressing the evil energy through hand formulas or magic staff. I don't have hands. It should be released with the mouth, after I think about it, I almost figured it out."

At this moment, the donkey became very deep, like a wise man, and his jet-black eyes were full of light of thought.

The words are crisp, and there is no ramble at all.

Zhang Wenfeng patted the donkey's wisdom-filled top door with relief, and said, "I'm optimistic about you!"

A few words are worth a thousand words.

The encouraged donkey nodded fiercely, "I can do it."

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(End of this chapter)