one's door

Chapter 70
Zhang Yan bought a total of [-] medicinal materials from Yuan Pharmacy, all of which were cheap.Moreover, these medicinal materials are all medicinal properties that he has studied along the way, and there are certain medicinal properties that complement each other, which belong to the category that can be mixed together for brewing.

But what Zhang Yan really needs is not all of them, but eight of the seventeen kinds of herbs.

There are two reasons why so many medicines are required.One is to prepare the alchemy furnace with one hand, let the alchemy furnace preheat and familiarize itself with the properties of the medicine, so that the formal refining later will be smoother.

The second is for confidentiality.The elixir that Zhang Yan was going to refine was the bone-strengthening elixir that he had planned for a long time.

Different from those popular tendons and bones powder and jade fruit stuffing outside, the bone strengthening pill directly increases the strength of the muscles and bones, by [-]% or [-]%.In other words, the higher the base, the greater the gains and benefits.The only disadvantage is the existence of drug resistance, the effect of each pill will decrease, and there will be no effect after ten pills.

But ten bone-strengthening pills don't say that it will double the strength of the muscles and bones of the user, at least it will increase by [-]% to [-]%. There is absolutely no problem.

And how difficult is it for those martial arts experts to grow their muscles and bones by [-]%?The demand space here is simply unimaginable.It also made the bone-strengthening pill, which was only considered a low-grade pill in the pill formula of Longhu Mountain, become an absolute boutique in the barren sky.

Of course, the premise of everything is that Zhang Yan can refine the alchemy smoothly, otherwise everything is nonsense.

The younger sister, Zhang Huiyuan, was arrested to help, and was in charge of washing herbs in the kitchen, while the old mother Wang Lanping also came over to help.And Zhang Yan was responsible for fetching water from the big well in the alley.

The medicinal materials are washed with warm water, which makes them cleaner.

"It's enough to drain it a little. There is no need to dry it." Zhang Yan moved the washed medicinal materials into his small bedroom, and refused others to follow in and help.And warned the family not to disturb him.

To be honest, which of the three members of the Zhang family is not curious about how Zhang Yan made medicine?But in the end, he chose to trust Zhang Yan.

In the hut, Zhang Yan scattered two bean soldiers on the ground, so that he could react quickly in case of any accident.Then he sat cross-legged on his hard plank bed, spread his hands out, and the Wanxiang Bead clasped on his wrist flew out, turning into an oval alchemy furnace two feet high and one foot thick in the air.

The main body of this alchemy furnace is pitch black, but it has a sense of contrast that is so black that it shines, and at the same time, there are silver lines inlaid on it.There are three walnut-sized transparent crystal balls on the waist of the stove, through which the inside can be seen.The bottom of the furnace is flat, with three tripods, shaped like a cow's hoof, echoing the horn on the stove head.

Since this stove was transformed from Wanxiangzhu, it must not be an ordinary product, but the most famous one among the low-grade alchemy stoves, and was even called one of the "strange stoves" by a miscellaneous note in Longhushan: Remnant Furnace .

Clean the furnace, heat up, and convert the furnace.Although Zhang Yan was not familiar with a set of preparatory actions before alchemy, they were definitely quite satisfactory.Along the way, he didn't just study medicinal materials, he was already familiar with the actual use of the alchemy furnace.I even tried a few furnaces, and slowly transferred the theoretical things to my hands.

Alchemy is a handicraft.Zhang Yan just felt that this was not only a way, but also a craft, and it was definitely much, much harder to learn than reading theoretical alchemy books.

Cooking pays attention to color, fragrance, and heat, while alchemy also pays attention to various things, and there is also a "fire" that can drive people crazy.Without talent and perseverance, I really can't walk this path.

When the previous preparations are done, it's time to put the medicinal materials for the pill.Zhang Yan took turns to put all these extra medicinal materials, and when they came out, they were all crushed medicinal residues.This kind of pad pill will not produce any finished products, what is needed is the medicinal properties of those medicinal materials to wake up the furnace.

It took half an hour for Zhang Yan to build the alchemy furnace to its best condition.The three crystal balls revealed a golden brilliance at this time.That is the phenomenon of spiritual energy surging in the furnace.

Taking a deep breath, he felt the state of the aura in the cyclone in his body, and Zhang Yan officially started after confirming that everything was correct.

The blind medicinal materials are put into the furnace by Zhang Yan at the right time according to the ratio of the prescription, so that the medicinal properties of each medicinal material participate in the mutual construction at an appropriate delicate moment, and the foundation of the medicinal pill is consolidated bit by bit. .

The whole process seemed to Zhang Yan a bit like repairing a house.First plan the place, then lay the foundation, then erect the beams and columns, then slowly build the walls, and finally cap the roof and fill in the details.

The finishing touch is the medicinal material of false stone root. Its function is to combine the medicinal properties of the other seven medicinal materials and penetrate them, so that the entire "house" forms a tight whole.

Because bone strengthening pill is a kind of pill for beginners, neither the medicinal materials nor the technique is too difficult, and the cost of trial and error is extremely low, and there is no risk of frying the furnace.However, after Zhang Yan spent two furnaces, the third furnace was declared a success.

"Good luck!" Zhang Yan congratulated himself.Because he had practiced four or five times on the way home before, all of which failed. This is the first time he has successfully refined the bone strengthening pill.

Two pills are produced in one furnace.According to the quality of "Residual Furnace", this yield is undoubtedly unqualified.Generally speaking, three is considered a pass, four is good, five is excellent, and six is ​​the upper limit of residual furnace.

Of course, the amount of pills produced is also related to the medicinal properties and quality of the medicinal materials, so it cannot be generalized.But this time, Zhang Yan still has a lot of room for improvement.

Then several batches of pills were refined, with some successes and some failures, and finally Zhang Yan got a total of seven bone-strengthening pills in his hands.Three pieces were released in the last batch, which was a surprise.

Seven bone-strengthening pills are too many, but definitely not many.But to say the least, it is actually much better than Zhang Yan.

I found two ordinary black porcelain bottles and put them in them.There are only two pieces in a small bottle, and the remaining five pieces in a large bottle.

Looking at the sky, it was already dusk. I originally planned to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine after arranging the small statues of Dangkang in the field in the morning, and then send them out in the afternoon after they were done.As a result, there was an extra incident of Xiao Chongwen jumping out to give away the head, and the delay has come to the present.Zhang Yan thought about it, and although it wasn't a very suitable time, it really couldn't be delayed for him.

"Brother, have you finished your practice, right? I haven't seen you use the stove and there is no fire? How did you practice it? The whole room smells so good!" Zhang Huiyuan, who had been guarding the door all the time, jumped up when Zhang Yan came out Chattering and asking non-stop.

But Zhang Yan didn't have time to satisfy the little girl's curiosity, so he patted her on the head and said with a smile: "I'm going to the city guard's mansion, just leave me a mouthful of food, I won't be back until later."

"Huh? Yan'er, why are you going to the city guard mansion at this hour?"

"Mother, didn't you say that you want to thank Mr. Zhou for taking care of our family? No, I've just made the medicine and I'll take it to Mr. Zhou, and I'll be back soon."

(End of this chapter)