Shenfu Danzun

Chapter 6 Alchemy ~ Life and Death Contest
Zhang Kun carefully manipulated the input of internal force into the flame. After the flame reached a certain temperature, he put the first elixir into it, but the elixir did not intend to melt at all.

Zhang Kun felt anxious, and the output of internal force in his hand was unconsciously increased, and the flames also rose a little higher.

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There was an inaudible sound, and the medicinal herb in the medicinal cauldron burned and instantly turned into a pile of black ashes.

Zhang Kun withdrew his hand in frustration, and the flames under the cauldron gradually extinguished, and his first alchemy failed just like that.

"Zhang Kun, do you know where the problem is?" Gongsun Yangyan watched Zhang Kun stop and asked indifferently.

"It's because I didn't control it well enough." Zhang Kun replied.

"This is just one reason, and another very important factor is that you are not familiar enough with these medicinal materials. In addition to their medicinal properties, you also need to understand their melting points. You should pause for a while, and I will explain to you in detail later." Gongsun Yangyan Plain and authentic, he turned his head to look at Shen An who was still making alchemy.

Zhang Kun nodded, sat on the spot and began to think about Gongsun Yangyan's words, and summed up the mistakes just now. Although the first step failed, he didn't feel discouraged at all, on the contrary, it inspired his fighting spirit.

Shen An noticed Zhang Kun's failure, and a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but at this time, he didn't dare to be careless. He concentrated on controlling the flame, and melted the medicinal materials into liquid medicine very smoothly, reaching the final second. step, fusion.

Sensing the continuous flow of the medicinal liquid into the middle, Shen An showed a hint of joy on his face, but his expression changed immediately, the medicinal liquid did not fuse together according to his control, but scattered in all directions, and finally All evaporated.

Although he failed, Shen An was quite satisfied with being able to reach this point. After all, Zhang Kun failed at the very beginning.

Gongsun Yangyan didn't say much, and after pointing out Shen An's mistake, he began to explain alchemy to the two of them.

It has to be said that, as the number one alchemist in the empire, Gongsun Yangyan's understanding of alchemy is indeed unique. Zhang Kun even heard many ideas that he had never understood before, and there are abundant medicinal materials here. Yan can often directly demonstrate the characteristics of medicinal materials to two people.

Before he knew it, Zhang Kun was fascinated by listening. After Gongsun Yangyan stopped, he was still immersed in the world of alchemy, and he still felt a little unfinished when he recovered.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. During these ten days, Zhang Kun's alchemy can be said to have advanced by leaps and bounds, but he still failed to refine the elixir. Originally, he had great expectations for Zhang Kun's talent. The hopeful Gongsun Yangyan was gradually disappointed.

Under the guidance of Gongsun Yangyan, Shen An, who had a good foundation, succeeded several times, which made Gongsun Yangyan even more disappointed with Zhang Kun.

On the last day, Zhang Kun did not try alchemy as usual. Instead, he sat cross-legged in front of the cauldron and closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. In the eyes of others, Zhang Kun seemed to have given up and was waiting to die.

At this time, a cold voice appeared in the hall again: "The assessment starts now, and each of you has three chances to refine the elixir.

Shen An's expression remained unchanged, he smiled and said to Gongsun Yangyan: "Mr. Gongsun, don't worry, I will definitely succeed in refining."

Gongsun Yangyan glanced at Zhang Kun who was sitting there motionless, sighed slightly in his heart, turned his eyes back and smiled at Shen An, and said softly: "Well, you go."

Shen An saw all this scene in his eyes, and he also found that Gongsun Yangyan seemed to value Zhang Kun very much, but he would prove that Gongsun Yangyan's vision was wrong this time. As for Zhang Kun, he was already an old man in his heart. dead.

Standing in front of the medicine cabinet, Shen An was picking out medicinal materials, and suddenly heard movement behind him, saw Zhang Kun standing up at some point, and said with a sneer, "Just wait for death, do you have to struggle? That's fine, you'll understand in the end, for a person like you who has no talent or strength, the ending is already doomed."

Zhang Kun silently walked to his side, took the last medicinal material, and returned directly to his alchemy cauldron, completely ignoring Shen An.

Shen An didn't expect Zhang Kun to ignore him, and his breathing became a little short, but looking at his back, he showed a sneer, why should he care about a dying person.

After Zhang Kun selected the medicinal materials, he didn't immediately start refining. He didn't start to take action until Shen An who was beside him had already placed the medicinal materials.

Zhang Kun started warming the cauldron step by step, placed the medicinal materials, and did everything impeccably step by step. Gongsun Yangyan nodded secretly when he saw it. .

Suddenly his face changed drastically, because he found that Zhang Kun's alchemy technique was so similar to his own!
When is it
Could it be that in the short ten days, he had learned the alchemy technique that he was so proud of after the few alchemy demonstrations he had done?Although his alchemy techniques are very immature and even full of loopholes, he still caused a lot of shock. What a terrifying comprehension this is. In this case, why does he keep failing?

As time passed, both of them had reached a critical moment in alchemy, and both of them began to refine.

It seemed that Zhang Kun was already one step behind, but Shen An started refining first, but was finally equaled by Zhang Kun. Zhang Kun couldn't imagine how proficient the first few steps were.

Although Shen An looked down on Zhang Kun, he didn't dare to be careless when it came to the issue of life and death, and he always paid attention to Zhang Kun's situation with a little attention.

At this time, Zhang Kun encountered the same problem. He often failed in the purification step these days. It seemed that it was because of his lack of control, but in fact he had greater ambitions.

The elixir is divided into low-grade-medium-grade-top-grade-extreme-grade, fifth-grade, and generally the elixir sold in the market is low-grade elixir. This kind of elixir not only has many impurities, but also can damage the body. However, the poison has penetrated deep into the body, and this kind of elixir has side effects.

But even so, compared to the efficacy of the elixir, these small side effects are ignored by most people.

But what Zhang Kun wants to refine this time is not low-grade elixir, but middle-grade elixir. When the purification can remove [-]% of impurities, it can already reach the standard of low-grade, while middle-grade elixir must reach [-]%.

Although the difference is only two points, this is no different from the sky for most alchemists, so there are very few alchemists who can refine middle-grade pills of the same level in the entire empire, and Zhang Kun, who has just entered Dantu people want to challenge this impossible thing.

As for the low-grade Zengqi Pill, Zhang Kun has already mastered it a few days ago. He believes that as long as he wants, he can refine it at any time.But since watching Gongsun Yangyan's alchemy, his pursuit is not only to win this life-and-death match.

It was hard for him to have such a good resource, which was impossible for him to enjoy in his own family, so he had to seize every point to improve himself, so from the very beginning, he was not competing with Shen An, but with Shen An. Fight by yourself, forcing yourself to break through the limit in desperation.

After a soft sound, Zhang Kun lowered his hands and let the flame go out slowly. He failed again. Zhang Kun's face changed slightly, but he quickly calmed down and went to the medicine cabinet to get the medicinal materials again. Shen An's medicine cauldron made a loud noise, and it exploded directly.

Shen An cursed secretly. After seeing Zhang Kun's failure just now, he was distracted and his internal power output increased a bit, and then the unstable medicinal liquid in it exploded directly.

But even so, after Shen An saw that Zhang Kun failed in the purification step, he felt that it was a mistake for him to pay attention to him, thinking that there was no suspense in this life-and-death contest.

At this time, Zhang Kun didn't pay attention to Shen An's situation at all. He had already devoted himself to the alchemy in front of him, and everything outside had nothing to do with him.

He felt that he might have fallen into a misunderstanding. Although the purification is the fusion of medicinal liquid, since the first purification is not enough, can he carry out the second purification?
A flash of enlightenment flashed in Zhang Kun's heart, and he started alchemy again, but at this time, Shen An's progress had already surpassed him.

Zhang Kun skillfully warmed the cauldron, then placed the medicinal materials, and began to control the fire. Unlike Shen An's carefulness, Zhang Kun's movements were like flowing clouds and flowing water, as if everything was already familiar to him.

Zhang Kun quickly caught up with Shen An's progress, and once again reached the place where he had been failing.

He took a deep breath and began to purify various medicinal liquids again.

(End of this chapter)