The heavens start from Quanzhen swordsmanship

Xu Zhiqing used a small shovel to dig the pile of earth, and soon he had dug out all the earth in the alchemy furnace.

The alchemy furnace is one and a half feet high, with a diameter of less than half a foot, and is also equipped with a furnace cover.

There are two air vents on the top of the stove cover, and the cover is shaped like a yin-yang fish.

There are another sixteen semi-crescent-shaped holes around the alchemy furnace, which are symmetrical to each other.

The feet of the alchemy furnace are three animal feet, which are used to stably support the alchemy furnace.

Xu Zhiqing looked at the bronze alchemy furnace and touched his chin.

Originally he used iron juice, but later he went to ask Yao Ji, and finally returned the iron juice to Bronze.

Today's alchemy furnace is made of bronze.

"I really suffer because I don't know how to refine weapons!"

Alchemy and weapon refining are two different things.

Xu Zhiqing didn't know any powerful cultivators, so he could only work hard on his own to study the alchemy furnace.

Fortunately, he knew how to make the mold.

Now I have finally built an alchemy furnace.

I don't know if this alchemy furnace can be used.

Although the alchemy furnace was manufactured, it had never been used, so Xu Zhiqing was still a little worried.

Next, he could only experiment.

Xu Zhiqing had a small courtyard built not far from the Quanzhen Temple.

After the small courtyard was built, he moved the alchemy furnace over there.

Some medicinal herbs were also moved there at the same time.

The alchemy furnace tube is useless, so just experiment with it.

Xu Zhiqing asked Yao Ji for two pill recipes.

One is the recipe for the Bigu Pill.

After taking the Bigu Pill, a person can stop eating anything for half a year.

The other one is a tranquilizer.

Tranquilizing pills. Taking tranquilizing pills can calm your thoughts and allow you to concentrate on your cultivation.

With two prescriptions in hand, Xu Zhiqing went to buy some medicinal herbs.

The main and auxiliary ingredients of the Bigu Pills and the Anshen Pills were relatively simple, and he could buy them with just a little money.

Xu Zhiqing sorted out the medicinal materials one by one.

He planned to refine the fasting pill first.

The preparation of the Bigu Pill is simpler than that of the Tranquilizing Pill.

If the fasting pill can be successfully refined, he will try to refine the tranquilizing pill.

After he has successfully refined these two kinds of pills, he will then refine the Yang Ling Pill.

Xu Zhiqing placed the processed medicinal materials aside according to the method of refining the Bigu Pill.

Then, open fire.

Xu Zhiqing controlled the orange flame under the alchemy furnace, and then placed the medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace in an orderly manner.

At the same time, he injected streams of magic power into the alchemy furnace.

Time passed slowly, and after about half an hour, a white smoke with a fresh fragrance came out through the lid of the alchemy furnace.

When Xu Zhiqing smelled the fragrance, his expression became excited.

It is mentioned above that when a clear fragrance appears, it means that the pill has taken shape. Next, you need to slow down the flame, changing from a high fire to a low fire.

Xu Zhiqing made the orange flame smaller.

Another half hour passed like this.

At this time, the fragrance in the alchemy room became very faint, almost imperceptible.

Xu Zhiqing stared at the alchemy furnace and listened carefully to the sounds inside the furnace.

When a humming sound is heard from the furnace, it means that the elixir inside is finished.

hum!
The alchemy furnace lived up to Xu Zhiqing's expectations and soon made a sound.

When Xu Zhiqing heard the sound, he opened the lid of the alchemy furnace with a snap.

Nine round, brown pills the size of lychee seeds were neatly laid in the alchemy furnace.

Xu Zhiqing looked at the nine pills, joy showing in his eyes.

The quality of this pill looks good, it must have been successful.

Xu Zhiqing carefully put the nine fasting pills into a porcelain bottle.

After putting it away, Xu Zhiqing pushed open the window of the alchemy furnace to ventilate the room.

As the saying goes, once born, twice cooked.

He prepared to continue refining.

It is the easiest to refine the Bigu Pill, and one batch can be refined in half a day.

After Xu Zhiqing waited for the alchemy furnace to cool down, he continued to practice.

He prepared nine portions of medicinal materials for the Bigu Pills.

Because he was prepared for the possibility of failure in refining from the beginning.

It was really beyond his expectation that he succeeded on the first try.

Xu Zhiqing thought so and carefully watched the flame under the furnace.

Once any changes occur to the flame, there will be problems with the temperature inside the furnace, which will most likely lead to the failure of alchemy.

Xu Zhiqing was very careful, but he forgot to close the window after he opened it to let in air.

A gust of wind blew in from outside the window, causing the flame under the alchemy furnace to tilt.

Not only that, as the wind blew, the small fire below instantly turned into a big fire.

When Xu Zhiqing saw this scene, his heart skipped a beat and he thought, "Oh no!"

As soon as he came to this thought, he heard a hissing sound and a puff of black smoke came out of the hole in the stove cover.

There was a burnt smell in the room.

When Xu Zhiqing saw this scene, he knew that this alchemy attempt had failed.

He shook his head and extinguished the flames at the bottom of the stove.

After cleaning up, Xu Zhiqing closed the window and continued to make the elixir.

During this refining process, Xu Zhiqing stayed in the alchemy room for three days.

For three whole days, he was refining the fasting pills.

He was not afraid of hunger either.

One pill of fasting pill can make him feel free from hunger for half a year.

In three days, Xu Zhiqing refined three fasting pills and one tranquilizing pill.

Compared with the nine fasting pills that come out each time, only six tranquilizing pills are produced each time.

The size of the Anshen Pill is not much different from that of the Bigu Pill. The only difference is that the color of the Anshen Pill is dark red with a faint cloud pattern on it.

Xu Zhiqing also prepared nine portions of medicinal materials for the tranquilizing pill.

According to his plan, he should be able to refine all the pills in one go.

But he overlooked one thing.

That means he doesn't have enough magic power.

For the past three days, Xu Zhiqing has been using the magical power in his body to refine the elixir.

He was so focused on refining the elixir that he completely neglected the magic power required for it.

Another reason was that he was not skilled in alchemy, which resulted in a lot of wasted mana.

Normally speaking, the magic power in Xu Zhiqing's body is more than enough to support him in refining the elixir for 9981 days.

Unfortunately, he is not very skilled in alchemy.

Xu Zhiqing meditated and adjusted his breathing, and after recovering his magic power for a while, he pushed open the door this time.

He sorted out the pills he had refined, and put away a fasting pill and three tranquilizing pills separately.

After putting them away, Xu Zhiqing brought two pills to Yang's house.

There were two figures sitting in the courtyard of Yang Mansion.

Only after Xu Zhiqing approached did one of them notice his arrival.

"Brother Xu, you're here!"

Yang Tianyou, who was reading, only discovered Xu Zhiqing's arrival after he finished reading an article.

Xu Zhiqing didn't expect that Yang Tianyou actually gave Yang Jiao prenatal education.

"Brother Yang, has the baby in my sister-in-law's belly been well behaved these days?"

When Yang Tianyou heard Xu Zhiqing's question, he nodded repeatedly.

"He's very well behaved. He hasn't been making a fuss these past few days!" Yang Tianyou said, and he whispered to his growing belly, "Right, little baby, you're the best!"

Xu Zhiqing looked at Yang Tianyou and shook his head.

Then he took out the fasting pills and tranquilizing pills he had refined.

"Sister-in-law, this is a fasting pill. I guess you won't need it! But keep it. Maybe Brother Yang and the others will need it in the future!"

"This is a tranquilizing pill. If Brother Yang can't calm his mind during cultivation, you can take it!"

All medicines are poisonous to some extent, and the pills refined by Xu Zhiqing still contain a small amount of poison.

However, this toxicity has basically no effect on the human body.

Unless you take a large amount of pills, the toxicity will become apparent over time.

Yao Ji looked at the pill that Xu Zhiqing handed over, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"You made them?"

Xu Zhiqing smiled without saying anything, just motioned Yao Ji to open it and take a look.

Seeing this, Yao Ji opened it and took a look.

At a glance, she could tell that these pills were indeed edible.

"Brother Xu, since you are a doctor, are you also talented in alchemy?"

Yao Ji said this, and after seeing Xu Zhiqing's confused look, she happily explained: "In fact, there is no shortage of alchemy techniques in the Heavenly Court, and there are also some alchemy recipes circulating, but why is it that the only person who makes alchemy is Taishang Laojun?"

Xu Zhiqing really hadn't thought about this question.

He thought that Taishang Laojun was in charge of alchemy.

"That's because alchemy requires talent!"

"The techniques and steps of alchemy, the identification of medicinal materials, etc. are all very challenging!"

"This results in not so many people making pills!"

Yao Ji explained it briefly.

Many gods also find it difficult to understand the techniques of alchemy.

Of course, there is another point that Yao Ji didn’t say.

That is a very simple elixir, which the gods do not need.

It was too complicated and they couldn't refine it.

Therefore, in the end, the only one who could make elixirs in heaven was Taishang Laojun.

"Brother Xu, I'll take this pill!"

Yao Ji thought about it and put away the pill that Xu Zhiqing gave her.

Xu Zhiqing waited for Yao Ji to accept the pills, and then he spoke softly.

"Sister-in-law, please accept it. Next, I am going to refine the Yangling Pill. I wonder if I can succeed!"

"If it doesn't work, I'll go back and continue refining the tranquilizing pill to practice the technique!"

Yao Cheng listened to Xu Zhiqing's words, she shook her head slightly and said: "If it was before, I would let you practice with the Bigu Pill and the Anshen Pill, practice for a year or so before you start with the Yangling Pill!"

"I've seen the refining of Yang Ling Dan. In addition to the high requirements for medicinal materials, the refining methods are also diverse and the refining time is too long!"

Xu Zhiqing nodded slightly to show that he understood.

Yangling Pills are different from Bigu Pills and Anshen Pills.

Both of these elixirs are ordinary elixirs. If you are skilled in refining them, you can make several batches in a day.

Yang Ling Dan is different.

The refining process of Yang Ling Dan takes forty-nine days.

During these forty-nine days, he needs to keep the alchemy furnace burning and control the flame.

In addition, during the refining process, he also needs to inject magic power into the alchemy furnace to mix the medicinal materials in the furnace.

The amount of magic power injected depends on how proficient he is in the alchemy gestures.

"I know!"

Xu Zhiqing said this and glanced at Yao Ji's belly.

"If I make the elixir, I will miss the rest of my sister-in-law's life!"

"I'll just use the Bigu Pills and Anshen Pills to practice these few days!"

He thought it would be better not to miss Yang Jiao's birth.

Yang Tianyou, who was standing by, suddenly smiled and said after hearing what Xu Zhiqing said, "Brother Xu, when the child is born, how about you also be his father?"

When Xu Zhiqing saw Yang Tianyou’s serious expression, he turned his head and looked at Yao Ji.

"What does sister-in-law mean?"

Yang Tianyou is just an ordinary mortal and he doesn't know the seriousness of the matter.

Yao Ji thought about her future, she hesitated and finally said: "It's better not to do it, Brother Xu lives near us, I believe Brother Xu!"

She was afraid that if something happened in the future, Xu Zhiqing would be implicated.

If Xu Zhiqing wasn't implicated, perhaps he would still be able to protect her children in the future.

When Yang Tianyou heard his wife say this, he immediately became anxious.

Just when Yang Tianyou was about to speak, Xu Zhiqing said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is absolutely right!"

He understood what Yao Ji meant.

It would be best for him not to get involved with Yao Ji openly.

In this way, he will be able to maneuver around in the future.

"Brother Yang, can you help me prepare some medicinal herbs these days?"

The Yang family used to make a living by selling cloth, but after they learned the papermaking technique from Xu Zhiqing, they started making a living by selling paper.

To be precise, it's not about selling paper.

Yang Tianyou told some papermaking techniques to some of his partners in order to get a share of the profits.

There is no shortage of gold and silver in the Yang Mansion now.

Of course, Xu Zhiqing also made a lot of gold and silver.

He asked Yang Tianyou to buy medicinal materials because Yang Tianyou also had his own channels. With the two channels working together, the purchase could be faster.

Only after Xu Zhiqing explained all these things did he leave.

Before he returned to Quanzhen Temple, Huang Er ran over in panic.

"Doctor Xu, it's bad, there's another person outside who wants to kill us!"

When Xu Zhiqing heard what Huang Er said, he frowned.

"Is it Hu Zong who has returned? Or did he find helpers?"

Huang Er quickly shook his head.

"No, no, that person came to ask the king for the recipe of the elixir!"

Xu Zhiqing understood immediately after hearing it.

“I didn’t expect that he would actually find me here!”

He thought about it in his mind, but he was not too panicked.

He just asked for the recipe and wrote one for the other party.

Anyway, all the other party needs is the pill recipe.

Xu Zhiqing waved at Huang Er, signaling her not to panic.

Afterwards, he hurried back to Quanzhen Temple.

As soon as he arrived outside the Quanzhen Temple, he saw a Taoist priest in black robes standing outside the door.

The Taoist was not very tall, not even half the height of the gate of Quanzhen Temple.

The gate of Quanzhen Temple is two and a half meters high.

This Taoist is not tall, but has a very loud voice.

"Bull demon, I advise you to hand over the formula obediently, otherwise don't blame me for killing you immediately!"

The Taoist said this, but he did not take any action.

He also wanted to get the pill recipe from Qingniu.

He said so, but Qingniu would not do as he wished.

"I don't have the recipe!"

"You bull demon, I didn't expect you to have such big eyes but such a bad mind!"

The short Taoist said with a smile: "You may not know that I left my mark on the formula of the elixir!"

"No matter where it is, I can find it!"

As the dwarf Taoist spoke, his eyes turned cold.

"Not long ago, I found that its mark disappeared here. It is obvious that you took out the formula and destroyed the original formula!" (End of this chapter)