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Chapter 117 Immortal Corpse
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At the same time, Wu Wen wondered in his heart why the Huanyang Pill had such magical effects?

After all, it is just made from sulfur. What is the reason that gives it such special medicinal effects?
Traditional Chinese medicine, this ancient medical art, has always been shrouded in a veil of mystery.

Although modern science has gradually unveiled some of its mysteries, more mysteries are still hidden in places that people have yet to discover.

The reason why traditional Chinese medicine has various magical effects is that they contain a variety of compounds with significant biological activity.

For example, ephedra contains ephedrine, coptis contains berberine, danshen contains flavonoids such as tanshinone, and ginseng contains glycosides such as ginsenosides.

These compounds each have a variety of unique effects.

Alkaloids have the function of regulating physiological functions.

Flavonoids have antioxidant, anti-tumor, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Glycoside compounds can regulate the cardiovascular system, fight inflammation and antiviral effects, etc.

Volatile oil has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

Polysaccharides have immune regulation, anti-tumor, and blood sugar lowering effects.

This is why Chinese medicine has so many functions.

However, this is only part of what science can detect.

There are more things that have not yet been detected.

For example: sulfur.

Sulfur is warm in nature and can replenish fire and boost yang.

However, modern science has not yet fully explored why sulfur can replenish fire and boost yang.

It can only be speculated that after sulfur enters the body, it may produce a series of chemical reactions, resulting in various mechanisms, thus having this effect.

But even so, sulfur does not have the effect of restoring yang and rescuing adverse conditions.

This shows that during the preparation process, under special environmental conditions, sulfur underwent some kind of reaction change, generating a new compound with magical effects of restoring yang and rescuing patients.

Based on this conjecture, Wu Wen named this new compound: Huanyangsu.

within the spiritual space.

New content emerged in Wu Wen’s data model for refining the Huanyang Pill.

Under corresponding environmental conditions, sulfur will undergo a change reaction, eventually generating a substance with biological activity of "restoring yang and rescuing adverse conditions" for the human body: Huanyangsu.

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Return to the courtyard.

Wu Wen began to teach Master Zhu Jiu how to refine the elixir of life.

The biggest difficulty in refining the Huanyang Pill lies in how to accurately control the environmental conditions to induce specific reaction changes in the sulfur.

Because Master Zhu Jiu does not have special abilities such as infrared vision that Wu Wen has.

Therefore, Wu Wen could only guide him by imparting his experience on how to control key factors such as temperature, pressure, time, etc., to create environmental conditions conducive to the sulfur reaction, so as to refine the Huanyang Pill.

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This day.

sunny.

Wu Wen was leisurely sorting herbs in the yard.

At this time, a familiar figure walked into the yard.

"Wu Wen!"

"Uncle Yuan!"

Wu Wen walked forward with a smile and invited him to sit down at the bamboo table.

"Uncle Master, please take a seat!"

"Goudan, go get a kettle of hot water."

Wu Wen said to Goudan. Goudan immediately went to pour hot water.

"Awen, are there any guests?"

Master Zhu Jiu, who heard the noise in the house, came out and asked, "Master Jiu, this is my uncle Yuan Tiangang, the Fire Well Commander of the imperial court!" Wu Wen introduced.

Upon hearing this, Master Zhu Jiu immediately came forward to say hello.

The three of them sat at the table, and Goudan brought the teapot and poured a bowl of water for each of them.

Wu Wen asked Yuan Tiangang: "How come Master Yuan has time to come to my place?"

"I just came to see how you are enjoying your life here, and why you don't even want to go back to Chang'an City."

Yuan Tiangang turned around and looked around, then said with a smile, "I came here today and it really is a quiet and nice place. I would like to live here permanently if I were you."

"Uncle Master, you're joking." Wu Wen said with a smile.

Yuan Tiangang picked up the bowl beside him, took a sip of water, and then continued: "I came here today because I do have something I want to tell you."

As he spoke, his eyes involuntarily drifted towards Master Zhu Jiu.

Seeing this, Master Zhu Jiu immediately understood and stood up, saying with a smile: "You guys chat slowly, I'll go back to my room to rest." Then he got up and left.

"Come on, uncle-master, what's the matter?" Wu Wen asked.

Yuan Tiangang said softly: "Do you remember that I once told you that I wanted to refine an elixir of immortality?"

"Yes, I remember." Wu Wen nodded.

"Then do you know what are the main ingredients I use to refine the elixir of life?" Yuan Tiangang said mysteriously.

"What is it?" Wu Wen shook his head.

"Immortal corpse!" Yuan Tiangang said.

"Immortal corpse?"

Wu Wen raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Uncle Master, the immortal corpse you mentioned doesn't mean it literally, does it?"

"Yeah!" Yuan Tiangang nodded.

Wu Wen took a deep breath and asked, "Are there really immortals in this world? And they died, leaving behind their corpses?"

Yuan Tiangang shook his head again: "The immortals are detached from the world, even if they die, it is impossible for them to leave their bodies in the world.

The immortal corpse I'm talking about is the remains of the body left behind when it ascended to heaven."

As he spoke, he took out a jade box from his arms, opened it and let Wu Wen see it.

Wu Wen looked up and saw a piece of broken bone the size of a finger joint in the jade box. Under the shadow, it was faintly emitting a layer of faint fluorescence.

"This is……"

Wu Wen reached out to take it, but Yuan Tiangang dodged and prevented him from touching it.

He had no choice but to take his hand back, thinking to himself: Good, this is the human bone that can emit radiation!

After a moment, Yuan Tiangang put away the jade box.

“This immortal corpse contains immortal energy left behind before the immortal ascended to heaven. If we use this as medicine, we can refine an elixir of immortality.” Yuan Tiangang said.

Listening to his explanation, Wu Wen complained in his heart: How can this be called immortal energy? This is clearly the radioactive elements left in the corpse. If this stuff is eaten by people, the body will mutate at best, and the intestines will rot and the bones and flesh will disintegrate at worst.

"Uncle Master, are you sure this 'immortal energy' is not dangerous?" Wu Wen asked back.

"This is immortal energy, which the mortal body cannot bear, so it needs to be refined into an elixir of longevity," said Yuan Tiangang.

"Uncle Master, just tell me why you're here!"

In Wu Wen's opinion, Yuan Tiangang was talking to him about the elixir of immortality and the immortal corpse's spiritual energy. He must want him to do something.

Yuan Tiangang stopped beating around the bush and said directly: "Recently, a corpse of an immortal appeared in Luoyang. I would like you to take it away."

Hearing this, Wu Wen chuckled and said, "Uncle Yuan, if I'm not wrong, you should be refining the elixir of immortality for the emperor!

It's just a corpse of an immortal. As long as the emperor gives the order, thousands of troops will come to fetch it for him.

It's such a simple thing, why do you want me to do it?"

Yuan Tiangang explained: "Yes, I did make the elixir of immortality for His Majesty the Emperor.

But although Your Majesty is in charge of the world, this world is not as simple as it seems. "

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(End of this chapter)