Longevity begins with refining blood essence

Chapter 11: Medicine Refining Method
The little girl kowtowed to Fang Chen again with tears in her eyes.

"Thank you, Brother Fang. Thank you, Brother Fang."

"Don't thank me. Thank Dr. Wu instead."

The little girl kowtowed to Wu Qishan again and again.

"Thank you, doctor. Thank you, doctor."

Wu Qishan waved his hand.

"Alright, alright, you look like you haven't eaten for a long time. Wu Fu, take her to the backyard and cook her a bowl of noodles."

"Yes!"

Wu Qishan sent the little girl away, and only he and Fang Chen were left in the lobby. Looking at the figure quietly sipping tea, Wu Qishan chuckled and joked:
"I didn't expect that Brother Fang Chen has such good taste. This mother and daughter are both pretty. If they are properly trained, they will have a unique flavor."

In times of chaos, things that undermine social order often happen. High-ranking officials and wealthy merchants love to keep women. They select girls from poor families, nourish and train them, and keep them in the attic to relieve boredom. Compared with the prostitutes in brothels, they have a different flavor.

"I'm not that kind of person."

"understand."

Wu Qishan didn't say anything else, thinking that Fang Chen was just embarrassed. Fang Chen was too lazy to explain further.

"Haha, Fang Chen, you have been practicing the Five Animals Skill for a month. During this month, have you gained any experience from practicing it?"

Helping is not for nothing, Wu Qishan also has his own plans, Fang Chen doesn't mind giving him some help, but not much.

He wanted to ensure that he became more powerful or had enough skills before he would pass on the Five Spirits Divine Art.

"I do have some insights. Although the Five Animals Technique seems to be a method for maintaining health, when I practice it, I always vaguely feel that there seems to be something else in it that is more inclined towards killing."

Wu Qishan was very excited when he heard this.

"Yes, yes, that's it, then what?"

"Gone."

Fang Chen simply uttered two words, which were like a basin of cold water, poured heavily on Wu Qishan's head, instantly cooling down the passion that had just risen in Wu Qishan.

But he quickly calmed down.

"You have only practiced for a month and you have gained such insights. This is already very good."

At least, compared to other people, Fang Chen's speed is much faster. Maybe the key to unlocking the secret of the Five Animals Skill lies in Fang Chen, so he is paying special attention to Fang Chen now.

"wait for me a while."

As he spoke, he quickly entered the inner room, and in a moment, he brought out a bowl of steaming medicine.

"Try this, it's a good thing. I just made it with 300-year-old ginseng, 100-year-old Linjiang turtle and other precious things. This small bowl is worth at least 100 taels."

"Isn't this bad?"

Fang Chen said it was not a good idea, but he actually took it without any hesitation.

Then he drank it all in one gulp, and felt a warm current flowing into his stomach, which made his originally hungry stomach feel full in an instant.

"nice one."

Fang Chen sighed, but Wu Qishan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"How come you finished the whole drink in one gulp?"

Fang Chen asked with doubt:
"Can't you drink it all in one gulp?" "Of course not. This bowl of medicinal soup contains a lot of energy. Every time you drink a sip, you need to refine it by performing the Five Animals Skill. Then drink another sip, refine it again, and repeat this process to absorb the energy in it.

If you swallow it all at once, the excess nutrition will make you unable to eat for several days and nights.

Fortunately, you only drank the soup. If you had directly taken the pill made from the soup, your meridians would have been destroyed by the violent energy, ruining your path of cultivation."

"I see."

To be honest, this medicinal soup is really good. I haven't felt this full for many days.

The daily demand for meat has increased from a few kilograms to ten kilograms!

And even so, it can only make one half full. If one can get more of this medicinal soup, he only needs to drink one or two bowls at each meal, and he won't have to endure the pain of hunger anymore.

This is undoubtedly a good transitional product before breaking through to the Grand Master level and no longer having to eat.

After all, although the essence and blood are nutritious enough, one can only use it to improve and deduce the skills, and cannot directly absorb it for one's own use.

Another crucial point is that the deduction also needs to be based on one's own knowledge.

It was deduced previously that essence and blood could only simulate the effects of medicinal materials, but could not simulate decoctions and pills. One must know that in the later stages of cultivation, the characteristics of many pills require the fusion of multiple medicinal materials. If one has learned the alchemy and medicine making techniques, it will be of great benefit to one's practice in the future, and may save a lot of essence and blood.

Or, to achieve some effects that cannot be simulated by medicinal materials alone.

"Senior Wu, can I learn how to prepare this medicine?"

"Do you still want to make this medicine?"

Fang Chen nodded.

"As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish. I want to learn how to prepare this medicine soup and how to refine it into a pill."

Wu Qishan frowned.

"It's a waste of time to learn how to prepare this decoction and how to make the elixir. It will only delay your practice. Even if you learn it, you still have to find a way to buy the ingredients. Without good enough ingredients, you can't make this decoction even if you have the method."

After a pause, he spoke again:

"If you are willing, you can simply quit your job as an executioner and become my apprentice. Although you are an apprentice, I promise that your treatment will not be less than that of an executioner in the county government. Moreover, I will provide you with medicinal herbs for your cultivation. What do you think?"

Fang Chen knew that he wanted to keep himself in Huichuntang and practice the Five Animals Skill day and night so that he could comprehend the Five Spirits Magic Skill that he had been longing for as soon as possible.

He doesn't want to block his freedom.

"Then I won't learn it."

Wu Qishan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"You kid, I really don't know why you care about your job as an executioner. Although you can earn a little money a month, it comes at the cost of losing your good deeds. How can it be better than being an apprentice here?"

"I have just been transferred to the position of Constable, so I don't need to lose my good deeds."

"As a constable, there are some good points. Well, since you don't want to, I won't force you. I'll give you the recipe for the soup and the method for making the elixir later."

"Thank you, senior."

Fang Chen discussed the Five Animals Skills with Wu Qishan again. After receiving so many benefits from the other party, it would be unreasonable not to give him some benefits.

When he revealed some information about the Five Spirits Magical Art to Wu Qishan, Wu Qishan felt like he had found a treasure and was fascinated by it. He almost wanted to stay up late to study and sleep in the same bed with Fang Chen so that he could listen to him thoroughly.

Fang Chen stopped him in time and only told him a small part to help him gain enlightenment, then he took the alchemy and medicine making methods and left.

(End of this chapter)