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Chapter 185 Chemical Synthesis Alchemy

After the Yuanying Ceremony, Huaizhu and Zhang Wei, led by Yuan Bin and Yi Ying, two Yuanyings, came to the depths of Venus Island.

This was Zhang Wei’s first time to visit the fourth-level spiritual vein deep in Venus Island.

Although it is far inferior to the fifth-level spiritual vein in the Cangyun Secret Realm, the richness of the spiritual energy is far greater than that of the Zhuxin Valley where Zhang Wei was before.

Moreover, the air is filled with refreshing medicinal fragrance.

Just taking a whiff of it makes one feel refreshed.

But there are not many living people in this fourth-level spiritual vein.

Apart from a few transformed spirit beasts and monsters serving as attendants, there were only two Nascent Soul cultivators, Yuan Bin and Yi Ying, in the entire spiritual vein.

This is because this place is not only the place where Venus Island nurtures Nascent Soul cultivators, but also a place for cultivating spiritual medicines. Every year, many high-level spiritual pills on Venus Island are refined here and then sold.

If there are too many monks living here, it will affect the concentration of spiritual energy in the spiritual vein, thus affecting the harvest of spiritual medicines.

However, now that Huaizhu has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, she is naturally qualified to live here and open up a cave as her own Taoist temple.

Compared with the gains lost due to the reduction in the concentration of spiritual energy in the spiritual veins, the help brought to Venus Island by a Yuanying Zhenjun is greater.

At this moment, Huaizhu was pulling Zhang Wei to sit in front of the two elders Yuan Bin and Yi Ying, and a strange atmosphere emerged among the four of them.

"It feels like meeting the parents..."

Zhang Wei thought so in his heart as he felt the scrutinizing gazes from Yuan Bin and Yi Ying.

After a long time, Yuan Bin withdrew his gaze from Zhang Wei and sighed deeply, as melancholy as an old father who saw his cabbages being eaten by a passing wild boar.

Then he said: "I will not say anything extra. I called you here today just to congratulate you.

You have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. As the island master and your master, I naturally cannot remain indifferent.

I originally wanted to prepare a fifth-level magic weapon for you, Huaizhu, to protect you, but I didn't expect that your wealth is higher than that of an old man like me, so we won't embarrass ourselves."

"Master, what are you talking about! If it weren't for the protection of Master and Madam, Huaizhu would have become someone else's plaything long ago. How could he have cultivated to his current level? How dare he still hope for magic weapons?" Huaizhu immediately bowed.

"Speaking of which, the reason why I was able to defeat Lei Teng was all thanks to Zijie."

As he spoke, Huaizhu looked at Zhang Wei.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Bin and Yi Ying looked at Zhang Wei curiously.

Zhang Wei was stunned.

It's not my business?

Huai Zhu smiled and said, "The reason why I have two fifth-level magic weapons to protect me is because Zijie risked his life to break into a secret place. All these magic weapons of my disciples were brought by Zijie! If it weren't for this incident, he wouldn't have come back just now."

"I see!" "I didn't expect that you, Xiaofan, would have such a good fortune."

Won Bin and Yi Young both sighed and dispelled their doubts.

In this way, the origin of the Huaizhu treasure makes sense.

This also explains Zhang Wei's fourth-level intermediate level of physical cultivation.

Asking is opportunity!
"Zijie, you are willing to share such a treasure with Huaizhu. I am really impressed by you!" Yuan Bin smiled and stroked his beard. The look he gave Zhang Wei was much kinder than before.

"In that case, we, as masters, would be embarrassed to have no words to show for it."

As he spoke, Yuan Bin waved his hand, and a emerald green alchemy furnace emitting powerful spiritual energy flew out from his sleeves, attracting the attention of Zhang Wei and Huai Zhu.

The grade of this alchemy furnace has reached the level of mid-level fifth grade!

A furnace of this level is a valuable treasure to any fifth-level alchemist!

Yuan Bin said: "This is Qinglin, I have been using it before, now I will give it to you!"

Huaizhu hurriedly declined upon hearing this, but Yuanbin smiled and said, "Huaizhu, you have a high talent for alchemy, but unfortunately you have been limited by your lifespan before, and your alchemy skills have always remained at the fourth level. Now that you have broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, you will have a lifespan of 3,000 years, and you have plenty of time to improve your alchemy skills."

Then Wei Ran sighed and said, "Besides, your alchemy skills have improved. There will be successors on Venus Island. I can rest assured to climb to a higher level!"

"master……"

Seeing Yuan Bin's emotional expression, Huaizhu no longer refused.

Won Bin is now over 2,000 years old.

Although there is still more than a thousand years of life left, the path of cultivating immortals becomes more and more difficult as time goes by. No one dares to say that he who was brilliant in his youth can easily break through in his old age.

"Okay, we two old men and women will not disturb your reunion, but you should also know that the land of gentleness is the grave of heroes, and you must not indulge in it and slack off in your cultivation!"

Yi Ying on the side laughed with an inexplicable meaning, and his words were quite teasing to Huai Zhu and Zhang Wei, which made Huai Zhu's face turn red.

However, having said this, Huaizhu and Zhang Wei knew that it was time for them to leave, so they both bowed to the two seniors, then turned around and left.

"Xiao Fan."

Zhang Wei, who was about to leave, heard Yi Ying's call. He turned around and saw Yi Ying moving his fingers, and a stream of light flew directly into his hand.

"Your body is much stronger than Huaizhu's. Be gentle to Huaizhu." Yi Ying said with a smile.

Zhang Wei paused, and looked inside the jade slip. The content inside made this veteran in both theory and practice blush.

"Eighteen Forms of Hehuan? Is this a secret method of dual cultivation?"

Zhang Wei felt a little upset and didn't know whether he should complain or not.

But he still accepted it, bowed to Yi Ying, and followed Huai Zhu away.

After leaving Yuan Bin and Yi Ying's residence, Huai Zhu took Zhang Wei to his new cave and asked, "Zi Jie, what are your plans next?"

"Just practice as usual..."

Zhang Wei spread his hands and said.

He is different now.

Now that his natal magic weapon is complete, and he has three Yuanying Zhenjuns as his backers, it can be said that no one in the surrounding seas has a stronger background than him.

Even if he returns to the Fifth Realm, Zhang Wei is qualified to call himself the strongest second-generation cultivator.

After all, even among the five major sects, the strongest one only has two Nascent Soul True Lords in charge.

Coupled with the many cultivation resources obtained from the Cang Yun Secret Realm and his own lifespan of more than a thousand years, Zhang Wei can be said to not have to struggle for further progress like many of his fellow time travelers for the next five or six hundred years.

He just needs to practice step by step.

When the next weakening period of the Abyss Sea comes, he will be able to return to the Five Realms in glory to meet his relatives and old friends.

Huaizhu thought for a moment and asked, "Can you do me a favor?"

Zhang Wei immediately said, "Master, you said that even if I have to go through fire and water, I will definitely help you make it beautiful!"

"You don't need to go through fire and water, your master is still here!" Huaizhu rolled his eyes at Zhang Wei, then poked Zhang Wei's forehead with his slender fingers, his movements very intimately.

He continued, “When I was a humble teacher, I was taken care of by your two masters. Now that I have achieved Nascent Soul, I naturally want to share their worries.

In this way, the two elders will have more time to strive for a higher level.

However, my current alchemy level is only at the fourth-level middle grade, which is far inferior to your two great masters. Even if I can make great progress through accumulation, it still takes some time to practice.

During this period, a lot of high-level spiritual medicine will be consumed, and it will also be a burden on my mana, so I want you, Zijie, to assist me in refining the elixir for the next period of time."

"I assist you in refining the elixir, Master?"

Zhang Wei was startled and asked, "Although I can also refine some pills, my level is only the third-level primary grade. Can I help you, Master?"

"I don't need you to help me make the elixir directly."

Huaizhu's face was particularly ruddy when he said this, and he said: "Zijie, you just need to hug me from behind. I need to use your body to improve the quality of my magic power and the level of my mind control. In this way, I will be able to get twice the result with half the effort when refining pills, and maybe I can even save a lot of high-level spiritual medicines."

"I understand. Let me be a pendant."

Zhang Wei understood, nodded and agreed.

But... holding Huaizhu from behind.

Zhang Wei couldn't help but imagine himself, a 1.4-meter-tall man, hugging Master Huaizhu's plump body from behind...

Forget it, it’s better than being held by Master Huaizhu.

"By the way, this is for you..."

At this time Huai Zhu waved his hand, and the ten Thunder Holy Source Fruits obtained from Lei Teng flew in front of Zhang Wei.

“This is the Thunder Holy Source Fruit, which can strengthen the thunder source in the body of a thunder cultivator. Although in your situation, Zijie, this Holy Source Fruit won’t be of much use to you, but these ten of them can also be the icing on the cake.

Unfortunately, I don't have the recipe for the Thunder Holy Source Pill. It would be a waste to use these spiritual fruits for experiments. So, Zijie, just take them and refine them. When you're done, come to my alchemy room to find me."

"Ok."

Zhang Wei nodded, took the Holy Source Fruit, and walked straight into the Thunder Hall of the Moving Mountains Map. He bathed in the sea of ​​thunder and plasma in the Thunder Hall. After improving his condition to the best, he took out a Thunder Holy Source Fruit and took a bite.

Gulp—after swallowing a few mouthfuls of the spiritual fruit, Zhang Wei felt a powerful spiritual power of thunder attribute spreading in his dantian, washing his limbs and bones like a trickle of water.

At the same time, Zhang Wei also felt that the five elements of the most yang thunder force in his body also expanded a little under the influence of this force.

Although it was only a little bit, considering Zhang Wei's current condition, this little bit was enough to offset his two months of hard work.

If it were any other Thunder Magic Golden Pill, this Holy Source Fruit could save them several years of hard training!

"It's worthy of being called Thunder Holy Source Fruit! Even if it has drug resistance, if I take it daily, it won't take me more than a decade to reach the bottleneck of the middle stage of the Golden Core. If I refine it into the Thunder Holy Source Pill, this time can be even shorter."

Then Zhang Wei looked at the remaining nine spiritual fruits and thought to himself, “It would be great if I had Han Lao Mo’s little green bottle. In that case, I could give birth to spiritual medicines like these infinitely as long as I had seeds.

In that case, we won't have to worry about cultivation resources anymore. We can directly produce hundreds or thousands of Thunder Holy Source Fruits, allowing Master Huaizhu to conduct experiments every day without any problems."

Alas... It's another day when I envy other protagonists' cheats.

Why do I only have a library in my head?
Zhang Wei complained in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to throw away the core of the Holy Source Fruit in his hand.

But at this moment, his movements suddenly stopped.

Then, with a frown on his face, he placed the core of the Holy Source Fruit in front of his eyes.

Just now, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he thought of a possibility.

Then I flipped through the library books in my mind and found a book about modern medical pharmaceuticals.

Zhang Wei suddenly remembered that all the elixirs in the world of immortal cultivation were made from various spiritual medicines.

This seems like nonsense.

But the situation is different when combined with the content in the book in Zhang Wei's hand.

Zhang Wei discovered that whether it was fire refining or water washing, they were essentially the traditional methods of refining raw materials recorded in books.

As for the production methods and requirements of raw materials, Zhang Wei found many shortcomings and constraints when reading the book, which coincided with the process and troubles of alchemists in making elixirs.

For example, the production process is long and the technology is complex; there are many types of raw materials and auxiliary materials required for each product, and various dangers are prone to occur during the refining process due to the intermediate materials, as well as low net material yield and other shortcomings.

Moreover, in the world of cultivating immortals, these shortcomings are further magnified as high-level spiritual medicines become scarce.

Because the higher the level of the elixir, the harder it is to find, and the more demanding the growing conditions are.

In the world of cultivating immortals, people often kill for a magical herb.

Even so, the immortal cultivators took the elixirs they had collected with great effort and asked others to make elixirs for them, but the alchemists could not guarantee success, and it was not uncommon for them to end up losing both their money and their lives.

Seeing this, Zhang Wei couldn't help but think.

Since the raw material alchemy method is so troublesome, can I try the chemical synthesis method?

Zhang Wei's thoughts were not random or out-of-the-blue.

He has a basis for this.

From a very early time, when Zhang Wei led his family to make mealworm fasting pills, he thought about what the essence of pills and elixirs was.

Is it Reiki?

Although spiritual energy is good, it is not omnipotent. After all, it is just energy. At most, it can act as a catalyst to further enhance the efficacy of medicine, but it is not the fundamental reason that determines the efficacy of spiritual energy.

If spiritual energy can cure all diseases, then cultivators won't need to take elixirs when they're injured, and they won't have to travel far and wide looking for opportunities to make a breakthrough. Wouldn't it be better to just keep absorbing spiritual energy?
So when Zhang Wei used mealworm protein to replace the chicken, duck and beef that had always been commonly used in the world of immortal cultivation, and saw more and more old pill recipes being replaced by new ones, Zhang Wei understood.

This world is material after all.

The essence of alchemy is to extract the substances needed from the many elixirs, and then combine them to form the so-called elixir.

Rather than the so-called spiritual energy pills.

But having said so much, Zhang Wei is not saying that this method is not feasible.

After all, the path of alchemy in the world of immortal cultivation has been like this for many years.

But this method is too inefficient!

Moreover, this method of alchemy is greatly affected by the raw materials.

In a spiritual medicine, the substance needed by the alchemist may be only one or two grams, but this requires the cultivator to fight for it and cultivate it with all his life, and the rest are just so-called impurities.

Moreover, the efficacy of elixirs will undergo subtle changes due to different growing environments, which will result in different levels of difficulty in refining the elixir each time.

In addition, every alchemist has his or her own personal habits to a greater or lesser extent, making it difficult for the world of immortal cultivation to form a large-scale, systematic elixir production line.

Because industrialization requires uniformity, and the personal habits of the alchemist will destroy this, and the people in the subsequent processes will not be able to form an effective connection with the previous process.

Therefore, even if those big forces have thousands and thousands of alchemists, they still do not have a production method similar to an assembly line.

Most of the time, they just take care of their own business and become so-called small workshop alliances, relying on their size advantage to crush individual alchemists.

But if Zhang Wei could gain insight into the composition of these substances and then synthesize them chemically, he would be able to form industrialized production and thus crush the old pill production model of these small workshop consortium production models.

How can workshop-style production efficiency and quality control compare with industrial assembly line production?

Of course, the initial R&D costs will certainly be high.

But once successful, the profits Zhang Wei will get will definitely be an astronomical figure!
And the kind that comes in an endless supply!
Zhang Wei is well aware of the huge profits in the pharmaceutical industry!
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei became more excited and directly explained his ideas to Huai Zhu who was preparing to make the elixir.

Huaizhu was also stunned after hearing this. Her hundreds of years of experience in alchemy made her first reaction that this was impossible.

For who knows how many years in the world of immortal cultivation, elixirs have been made using what Zijie called the alchemy method of raw materials. Now, Zijie suddenly proposed a so-called chemical synthesis alchemy method.

It is too fantastic to use the so-called chemical synthesis method to mass-produce those precious pills.

If someone else had raised this point of view in front of her, she would have probably yelled at them to get out.

Listening to him any more is a waste of your time.

But Zhang Wei is different.

He calls me Master!

Can you imagine a scene where a 1.4-meter-tall little boy takes out his creative ideas like a treasure and helps his teacher solve his problems?

Which master would have the heart to refuse?
Huaizhu couldn't refuse anyway.

She had made up her mind that she had to help Zhang Wei even if she thought the method proposed by Zhang Wei was not feasible.

It doesn’t matter if you fail.

As a master, she just wanted to comfort her apprentice who had suffered a blow!

But Huaizhu still said in embarrassment: "Is this... possible?"

Zhang Wei thought Huaizhu was tempted, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "We have to give it a try! If it succeeds, we will make a fortune!"

Huaizhu thought about it and agreed: "Okay, but I still have a question."

Zhang Wei asked doubtfully: "What's the question?"

Huaizhu said solemnly and seriously: "Zijie, you have to tell me what chemistry is?"

Zhang Wei: "..."

Helplessly, Zhang Wei had to temporarily turn against Tiangang and explain the basic knowledge of chemistry in his mind to his teacher Huaizhu in the language of the world of immortal cultivation as a disciple.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei's cultivation has now reached the early stage of Golden Core, and his spiritual power is comparable to that of Infant Transformation Realm, so it is easy for him to translate some basic knowledge points.

But what surprised Zhang Wei was Huaizhu.

Obviously, as a Yuanying Zhenjun, his spiritual power is even stronger than his, but for some reason he just can't understand some basic chemistry knowledge, so he has to explain it over and over again before he can slowly understand the key points.

After much thought, Zhang Wei had to attribute the reason to the special environment of the world of immortal cultivation.

As a native indigenous people, although Huaizhu still has a lifespan of more than 2,000 years, it has an innate resistance to things that go against "common sense".

Just like Zhang Wei in his previous life, many people are afraid of emerging products after they turn 35. Not only do they not accept them, they even think that they will bring disaster to the country and the people.

In the world of immortal cultivation, this situation is even more obvious.

After all, the life expectancy of many elderly people is longer than that of most newcomers!

Even if a few brilliant newcomers have managed to reach the same level as the old ones, they can be considered the new generation of old people. Even if they had brilliant ideas when they were young, they will be forgotten in a corner of their memory under the erosion of time.

Even if they remember it after they have achieved something, in the face of the foundation they have already established, how many of them will give up the smooth road that countless people have taken, and choose to spend a lot of time and take risks to walk this road with an uncertain future?

Even for a genius who comes from a powerful force, there is not much cost of trial and error during the process of cultivation.

Even Zhang Wei only dared to make such a bold suggestion based on the efforts of countless people over hundreds of years in his previous life.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why it is difficult for new things to emerge in the world of immortal cultivation and why they develop very slowly.

My future self personally killed my once infinitely creative self, and then became a so-called mature person.

Zhang Wei thought so in his heart.

(End of this chapter)