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Chapter 82 Alchemy
In Xu Shun's cabin, there was an additional alchemy room and an additional weapon refining room.

From the outside, Xu Shun's house looked like just two rooms, but once inside, it was a whole different world.

If his disciple wants to make elixirs and weapons, can Master Lan refuse?
So he threw the jade token to Xu Shun, and Xu Shun called people from the Yunshui Sect to expand the room and reinforce the explosion-proof magic circle.

At this time, Xu Shun was standing next to the alchemy furnace, watching the temperature of the furnace while reading "Ancestor's Sayings".

After twenty years, Xu Shun finally borrowed "Ancestors' Sayings"!
It’s not easy!
After he borrowed a book using Zishu's jade token, he discovered that the borrowing period of Qinghua Bookstore was actually calculated based on hundreds of years!
The longest a book can be loaned out is a hundred years!

Niang Xipi!
No wonder books are so hard to borrow!
The copy of Zu Shuo in his hand was different from the one he had read before. The annotations on it were also different, and Xu Shun read it with great interest.

Unfortunately, except for Qinghua Patriarch, the other ancestors can only be regarded as historical materials and are not very interesting.

After all, the masters who have ascended to heaven have their ancestors above them and their disciples below them, so they really can't let go.

One mistake can lead to social demise and being laughed at for hundreds of years.

The only interesting thing is Master Cucumber.

"Can you guys just ascend to heaven soon? I have a bunch of masters above me and they treat me like a dog every day!"

There's nothing we can do about it, since he is the youngest in seniority.

The matters arranged by the Qinghua Patriarch were handed over to the Patriarch of the Chi generation, the Patriarch of the Chi generation handed them over to the Patriarch of the Cheng generation, the Cheng generation... layer by layer, and finally it was handed over to the Immortals of the Qing generation.

"This is what the ancestor ordered, you do it well!"

Thinking about how after Master Lan ascended to heaven, he was treated like a dog by Master Qinggua.

Wow...that picture is so beautiful.

However, given Lan Daoren's personality, he would most likely say, "How dare you, old immortal, order me around? My sword is not bad at all!"

Thinking of these interesting scenes, Xu Shun shook his head and chuckled, then looked at the alchemy furnace in front of him.

In a little while, it will be almost done.

The alchemy furnace in front of me was about the size of two or three people hugging it, one person tall, with three legs and two ears, and was beautifully carved, simple and heavy. It looked very good, but it was actually just the most ordinary bronze alchemy furnace.

With Xu Shun’s current level of cultivation, he cannot use a furnace that is too advanced.

The bronze alchemy furnace is divided into three layers.

The bottom layer is a furnace, which is burning black ore that Qinghua Sect got from somewhere. The flame produced by the black ore is stable and long-lasting, which is very suitable for alchemy.

The middle layer of the alchemy furnace is the heating layer. Various alchemy materials are dropped down through the separation layer on the top. At this layer, they undergo a wonderful reaction under the magic power of the monks.

The final product is collectively called "elixir".

The whole process was very similar to Xu Shun’s chemistry experiment class in high school, where he held a glass tube and burned it over an alcohol lamp. During the heating process, he closely observed the changes in the substance in the glass tube.

What was the last experiment he did in high school? It's been so long, I forgot...

What impressed me most was the acid-base neutralization reaction experiment. The teacher of that experimental class was the head teacher of the class next door. He spoke in a witty and humorous way, which was very impressive.

Other people’s teachers are really good!

What is different from chemical experiments is that during the alchemy process, the monks added their own magic power to intensify the changes of substances.

As we all know, the mana of every cultivator is mixed with the cultivator's "self". Only by combining different skills can the mana have different attributes such as ice, fire, lightning, yin and yang, and wood.

When the monk's magic power meets chemical reaction, incredible changes will occur. Everything can have "spirituality", and plants, metals and stones can also become elixirs. The only thing to note is that if you are not careful, the elixir furnace... will explode.

It is common for cultivators to be injured or even killed by the explosion of their own alchemy furnaces.

Therefore, an alchemy room with an explosion-proof array can be said to be standard equipment.

The pill refined in Xu Shun's alchemy furnace is called "Calming Pill", which is an auxiliary pill that can calm the mind and concentrate.

It can be eaten or burned to release its fragrance. The fragrance is fresh and elegant, and it can calm your mind. It is a very mature elixir of the Qinghua School and is very suitable for novices to make elixirs.

Another way to say maturity is backwardness.

The Qinghua Sect is based in the middle of the cultivation world with flying swords, and is not very good at alchemy and refining. The energy and time of cultivators are limited, and being able to use flying swords to protect the way consumes a lot of the cultivators' energy.

Wouldn’t it be better to use the remaining time and energy to practice the true Dharma and ascend to heaven as soon as possible?
Therefore, most of the Qinghua Sect's pill recipes are basic recipes from hundreds or even thousands of years ago. The cultivators within the sect who are interested in this aspect all go to the Yunshui Sect to exchange ideas.

The Yunshui Sect is not a big sect, but it excels in refining pills and weapons.

Xu Shun learned to make alchemy out of pure curiosity. He had already become a cultivator, and he always felt something was missing if he didn't make alchemy.

After reading "Ancestor's Sayings" for a while and writing a few annotations, Xu Shun estimated that the time was about up.

He stood up and chanted a few spells around the alchemy furnace, changing the temperature and internal pressure of the furnace, allowing the elixir to slowly cool and fuse. Finally, the lid of the furnace opened and a dozen stars flew out.

In twenty years, his cultivation level had advanced from the first level to the eighth level, and the magic power in his body was like a surging river, flowing endlessly.

He is completely different from himself at the first level of spiritual enlightenment!
Even Lan Dao was surprised by the speed of cultivation. According to Lan Dao's knowledge, from the first level to the eighth level, the fastest time is 25 years!

Xu Shun waved his hand, and the dozen or so stars flew into his hand.

The color of the tranquilizing pill was milky white, like pearls, rolling in Xu Shun's palm. Xu Shun identified the medicinal properties of the pill and was very satisfied.

He has completely mastered the Meditation Pill.

After just calculating the cost, Xu Shun sighed.

He probably lost ten taels of silver on this furnace of tranquility pills.

The finished product of the meditation pill costs one ounce of green silver per pill.

The dozen or so Meditation Pills in his hand were worth about a dozen taels of green silver, and the cost of refining this furnace was probably about twenty taels of green silver.

The Tranquility Pill is a very easy pill to make. Many cultivators use it to practice and become familiar with the alchemy process and the control of the temperature.

In addition, Jingxin Pill is only an auxiliary medicine, the amount used is relatively small, the pill market is small, and the inventory is huge.

Most cultivators took the initiative to lower the price of the Tranquility Pill in order to recover funds, continue refining pills, and accumulate experience in order to refine more advanced pills for profit.

Therefore, the raw materials of Jingxin Pills have always been more expensive than the finished pills.

Originally, although the raw materials were expensive, they were not much more expensive. However, in the past ten years or so, for some reason, the price of the main ingredient of the Jingxin Pill, "Spiritual Heart Grass", has increased a lot, which has caused the strange phenomenon that refining a furnace of pills can lose ten taels of green silver.

Even if Xu Shun earned 100 taels a month, he couldn't afford to lose money refining pills like this, especially since he not only refined pills, but also refined weapons.

The ancients said: Refining elixirs will ruin your life, and refining tools will make three generations poor.

Fortunately, he has a good master.

　You stock gods are killing it in the stock market, making a lot of money, can't you give me a reward to be the leader? (Just kidding, the leader is up to fate, manual dog head)
　　
　
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