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Alchemy! Alchemy! Make alchemy again!

After Jiang Yuanchen came back from the mission hall, he devoted the next time to the great cause of alchemy, in order to fulfill the agreement with Ran Weng.

Three kinds of elixirs were used to refine the Qilingzi Pill, and Jiang Yuanchen's first choice was the Beast Spirit Pill.

Use the snake demon inner elixir as the main medicine, soak it in pure yang beast blood to neutralize the yin, and then use the ladybug Lin Zixuan helped find as a medicine guide to slowly refine the elixir energy with the help of several medicinal materials.

Inner elixir is condensed by the demon spirit's lifelong cultivation. The spiritual energy contained in it is extremely powerful, and it is also the most commonly used material for beast spirit elixir. After seven days and seven nights of alchemy refining process, Jiang Yuanchen took out a colorful pill from the Sanyuan Cauldron.

"Surely my method is wrong?" Jiang Yuanchen said with a frown.

Although the Qilingzi Pill was refined, it could obviously produce the weight of three pills, but in the end it was only one pill. Jiang Yuanchen naturally felt that there was something wrong in the middle.

He took out the river diagram to deduce the process of refining the elixir he had just made. After a while, Jiang Yuanchen breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and rested his mind to prepare for the second batch of herbal elixirs.

The reason why only one Beast Spirit Pill came out in the end was because Jiang Yuanchen's technique was wrong and part of the medicine's power was wasted.

So for the second batch of elixirs, Jiang Yuanchen gained experience and slowly used the Sanyuan Cauldron to refine the medicinal properties of all the herbal medicines, turned them into balls of medicinal liquid, and sealed them in the copper cauldron.

Then he used the white jade cauldron to mix the elixir according to its medicinal properties, and the last ball of yellow elixir liquid stirred in the jade cauldron.

"Looking at the weight, we should be able to produce two pills!" Jiang Yuanchen was delighted and quickly used the pill condensing hand seal to condense the pill liquid.

"The forty-eight hand seals of Taixu Xuandan?" Ran Weng, who was refining the golden furnace elixir next to him, suddenly looked this way. Isn't the alchemy technique currently being used by Jiang Yuanchen the Forty-Eight Seal Technique unique to Taixu Taoism?

After hesitating for a moment, Ran Weng, who loved alchemy, could not resist the temptation and watched Jiang Yuanchen demonstrate the hand seals.

"Is it just the first six seals?" Ran Weng looked away. It should be so. The forty-eight mudras are the steps for refining the elixir, and the mere six mudras are enough for this junior's current use.

Just after thinking about the handprints used by Jiang Yuanchen, Ran Weng suddenly realized something bad: Damn it, I fell into Xun Yang's plan. He asked this kid to use his handprints in front of me to lure me into the bait. Wouldn't he expect this junior to make money? Go to my mantle?

Ran Weng was gloomy and uncertain, watching Jiang Yuanchen thinking continuously.

Ran Weng was born as a casual cultivator, but he also inherited the alchemy tradition of a senior. But Ran Weng currently doesn't have any successors, so all the great immortal sects are thinking of sending their own disciples there to learn his alchemy techniques. Not long ago, the Jingyang Taoist sect sent some disciples to study with him, but Ran Weng couldn't stand the arrogance of those boys, so he briefly taught them some basic alchemy skills and then let them leave.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yuanchen put away the two pills and felt uncomfortable seeing Ran Weng staring at him. After pleading guilty, he went back to Lingyun Peak to get the Qi Storage Pot he had prepared in advance.

The animal spirit pill requires animal essence, and the herbal pill requires the essence of plants and trees. Only the vitality pill is the most convenient. You only need to use the vitality of heaven and earth to make the pill.

Therefore, Jiang Yuanchen carved a spirit gathering array in the bamboo house in advance to collect the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and then deliberately placed dozens of energy storage pots to extract the special energy needed for Qilingzi Dan from the spirit gathering array little by little. .

Opening the bamboo house that had been unpopular for a long time, Jiang Yuanchen was greeted by a gray mist. After Jiang Yuanchen used magic to clear away the miscellaneous air, he looked at the colorful energy balls in the center of the spirit gathering array.

Use the bamboo house to absorb the spiritual energy, and then use the spirit gathering array to further refine the spiritual energy. The remaining miscellaneous energy will naturally fill the bamboo house and outside the spirit gathering array.

Looking at the Yuan Ball in the center, colorful Yuan Qi falls into dozens of Qi storage pots under the Yuan Ball. Each Qi Tibetan pot has a special formation engraving and Yuheng seal script to absorb the corresponding spiritual energy.

Jiang Yuanchen took out twelve jade bottles, took out the required vitality one by one from the Qi storage pots and put them away respectively, then closed the door of the bamboo house and sealed the cave again.

Qilingzidan's vitality pill recipe only requires twelve kinds of vitality. Jiang Yuanchen didn't know whether it was because of his experience in the previous two times or because he preferred the refining of vitality pills. In short, the elixir refining went smoothly this time.

The alchemy energy mixed in the jade tripod is further purified, and the purest part falls into the yellow wooden tripod, and then the wooden tripod and the jade tripod are used to form elixirs. A middle-grade elixir came out of the white jade cauldron, and a high-grade elixir came out of the yellow wooden cauldron.

"Now that you have mastered the high-grade elixir, you can now become a master." Ran Weng also finished refining the elixirs in his golden furnace and ordered Jiang Yuanchen to help him collect the elixirs one by one. In this way, the several elixirs that Ran Weng had practiced for the Taixu Taoist Sect were all completed.

"I will be leaving soon, please take out the Qilingzi Pills you have refined and take a look."

Jiang Yuanchen put out three jade bottles, with five pills suspended in the air.

Ran Weng looked at the five Qilingzi Pills in front of him. Among the five pills, except for the faint flow of seven-colored vitality in the top-grade Qilingzi Pill, the remaining pills only have seven-colored weak light, which can barely be regarded as mid-grade pills.

Ran Weng took one middle-grade elixir from each of the three types of elixirs and placed it in his palm. Then the Samadhi True Fire rose in his palm. The three elixirs immediately turned into dregs. Only the three elixirs were re-condensed under Ran Weng's refinement. He took a pill.

Seeing the alchemy in Ran Weng's palm, Jiang Yuanchen's eyes lit up, and he secretly made a note to use He Tu to deduce it in the future.

"This pill will at least save you a year of hard training. You can try taking it when you have successfully broken through the heartbeat stage." Ran Weng saw Jiang Yuanchen frown and said, "You should know that you can't have too many pills. Is it reasonable to take it? But elixirs are originally used as a training aid. It would be too pretentious to not use one. How can we, the real alchemy cultivators, practice?"

"The theory of taking less elixirs is for outsiders. As alchemy cultivators, it doesn't matter if you take the elixirs you refine. But the talisman cultivators still call and draw talismans every day to concentrate and practice their Qi." Ran Weng explained to Jiang Yuanchen: "The reason why we elders don't let you take more elixirs to practice is because we are afraid that you will develop the bad habit of relying on elixirs for upgrading. But elixirs for alchemy cultivators are generally refined by themselves. For alchemy cultivators, this alchemy is It is a practice process in itself. Refining the outer elixir to reconcile yin and yang is not an exercise in forging the golden elixir?

While ordinary monks collect qi and practice magic, alchemy cultivators slowly refine their own elixirs. This elixir can be said to be the result of alchemy practice. There is no need to be so taboo about taking elixirs that you have refined yourself. As long as you don't take those low-grade pills every day and leave a pile of drug residue on your body, it will be fine. "

The triple Qilingzi Pill processed by Ranweng was put away by Jiang Yuanchen. Ranweng pointed to the remaining two pills: "Qilingzidan has the power of nourishing one's nature and cultivating Qi. It can help the body realize the seven bitter tastes and assist in cultivating the true nature of life. Huo, you can submit this high-grade vitality pill to yourself, but as for this mid-grade pill, just hand it over to the sect directly."

"Remember, although we alchemists are not taboo about taking elixirs, it is best to take high-grade elixirs and never take advantage of them."

"Junior understands." Jiang Yuanchen has mastered these three Qilingzi elixirs, including a high-grade elixir. In a sense, he can be regarded as a qualified alchemist. According to the tradition of alchemy, as a mentor, Ran Weng also had to guide Jiang Yuanchen and teach him the various rules of alchemy. It is precisely because of this kind of love that it is possible for Jiang Yuanchen to inherit Ran Weng's legacy.

"What kind of elixir will you major in in the future?" Ran Weng suddenly asked Jiang Yuanchen with a confused look on his face. Should he continue to guide his alchemy? Should I stay with you and take a look first?

"Vitality Pill!" Jiang Yuanchen said without thinking.

"Vitality Pill?" Ran Weng's expression changed a little. This is wrong. Shouldn't it be a herbal pill? Otherwise, why would Xun Yang spend so much effort to send him here?

"Well, Vitality Pill!" Jiang Yuanchen spread his hands: "Junior is too lazy. After much thought, Vitality Pill is the most suitable disciple."

The inner elixirs needed for the Beast Spirit elixir are definitely not easy to prepare in Taixu Dao Sect. You have to go outside to collect them yourself, which is really troublesome. The collection of materials for herbal elixirs is much more troublesome than that for vitality elixirs. Moreover, the vitality elixirs never need to pay attention to the age or medicinal properties of the elixirs. They only need the existence of vitality between heaven and earth to make elixirs.

Ran Weng gritted his teeth: "You have to know that I am a master of the herbal elixir style. If you choose the vitality elixir, you will not get my detailed guidance, nor can you inherit my mantle."

"Well, the inheritance of the mantle and mantle is the most precious thing for the seniors. How dare the juniors get involved so easily?" Jiang Yuanchen was generous. Anyway, he had no hope of inheriting the senior's alchemy tradition from the beginning.

Ran Weng's face turned dark and he stroked his beard not knowing what to think.

"You should go back and ask Xun Yang about this matter and see what he means!" Ran Weng angrily sent Jiang Yuanchen to the mission hall to tell Xun Yang that his elixir had been successfully refined.

In the preaching hall, Xun Yang said oh after hearing Jiang Yuanchen's intention.

"It's nothing. It doesn't matter if you choose the Vitality Pill. Originally, it was just a matter of luck." Seeing Jiang Yuanchen choose the Vitality Pill, Xun Yang dismissed his thoughts. Anyway, the Taixu Taoist Sect doesn’t expect Ran Weng’s Taoism to survive.

"Master Xun, could it be that you sent your disciple to Ran Weng because you wanted him to inherit his mantle?"

"Well, there are considerations in this regard, but since you have chosen the Vitality Pill path, you can just go with it." Xun Yang said with a smile.

For these ninth-generation disciples, Xun Yang regarded them as his nephews and would not force his children for the sake of outsiders.

"This disciple has learned the method of returning all spirits to hiding. He is very sensitive to the vitality of heaven and earth. He can carefully separate the various vitalities between heaven and earth, so he chose this method." Jiang Yuanchen explained quickly.

Several alchemy schools also inherit several concepts.

The Beast Spirit Pill mainly collects the essence of beasts and provides it to monks as a nourishing method. It is mostly used to heal wounds and strengthen the body. However, all things are animistic, and the method of killing animals for making medicine using the Beast Spirit Pill is not accepted by most alchemists. It is considered to be detrimental to Yin virtue, and actually comes from the same source as the method of refining people into elixirs. Throughout the nearly 10,000-year history of the cultivation world, the time when the beast elixir stream flourished was the moment when the lineage of demon spirits declined and almost became extinct.

As the mainstream of today's herbal elixirs, the core concept is to collect the essence of plants and trees, and use the essence of the sun and the moon to make elixirs. When collecting herbs, the roots are not damaged, so that herbal elixir flow can be recycled, so it has become the mainstream of alchemy. The gold stone elixir is similar to the herbal elixir, but there is one step missing in the recycling step, so the alchemists of the gold stone style are inferior to those of the herbal style.

As for the core concept of Yuan Qi Dan, everything in the world is transformed by Yuan Qi, and it should return to the same Yuan when it comes from one Yuan.

Whether it is an animal elixir that extracts the essence of all spirits, or an herbal elixir that extracts the essence of the sun and moon, its essence is also transformed from the vitality from heaven and earth. So why bother using plants, trees and animals to make elixirs far away? Just use the most essential vitality to extract the required medicinal properties of spiritual energy. This is the core concept of Qi Dan flow. No special materials are needed. As long as the energy between heaven and earth lasts forever, it can be used to make elixirs.

However, extracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth requires sophisticated means, strong spiritual consciousness and a familiarity with the nature of vitality. Therefore, because the vitality pill is extremely difficult to obtain, it cannot interfere with the status of the herbal style.

However, Jiang Yuanchen has the ability to simulate various vitality attributes, have the Hetu to observe the original nature of heaven and earth, and has the exclusive Qi Dao method of Taixu Dao Sect. It is just right for him to practice the Dan Dao of vitality.