The road is vague

Chapter 41: Thunder Refining Method
After getting up early in the morning.

After a short morning exercise, Li Mo, Ma Ling, Niu Li and Yang Guang came to the kitchen of the training hall for breakfast, which was the same simple meal as usual.

Wang Feng walked over, followed by Zhu Yidan and Zhao Xiaonan, and greeted Li Mo.

"Li Mo, the Flower Festival will be here in a few days. Then shall we go for an outing together down the mountain?"

"Hana Chao?"

Li Mo couldn't help but recall the past time when he and Wang Pan's family went for an outing in Tanhe. After a hint of melancholy appeared in his eyes, he concealed his emotions and looked at Ma Ling, Niu Li and Yang Guang.

"Are you going?"

"Okay."

"I have no opinion."

Seeing that none of the three had any objections, Li Mo looked at Wang Feng and said with a smile, "How about the seven of us go together?"

"And Ye Xuan."

Hearing this, Li Mo suddenly felt guilty and nodded with a smile.

"Yes, then the eight of us will be together!"

As Li Mo was speaking, a sound transmission note suddenly flew in from outside and stopped in front of him. Seeing this, Wang Feng said goodbye to the four people and left with Zhu Yidan and Zhao Xiaonan.

Li Mo picked up the sound transmission talisman and transferred some spiritual power into it.

"At noon, arrive at the Alchemy Hall on time for the assessment."

This was Chen Rong's sound transmission talisman. Li Mo glanced at the clepsydra. It was only the beginning of the morning, so it was still early.

The names of time announcements vary slightly from place to place.

In some remote places, one hour is generally divided into eight ke, so sometimes there will be six ke of Si time, seven ke of Si time, etc.

In counties and prefectures, one hour is generally divided into two stages: Chu and Zhong. Each stage is divided into four ke. Therefore, the maximum is three ke of Chu Si, and then it is changed to Si Shi and Zhong Si.

Let’s leave these details aside for now.

At noon, Li Mo came to the Alchemy Hall.

After a while.

Led by a gatekeeper boy, Li Mo smelled the sweet fragrance of elixirs, passed through layers of courtyard walls, and came to the main hall in the inner courtyard.

The boy entered the hall to report, while Li Mo looked at the vast spiritual field protected by formations and prohibitions.

The huge spiritual field was divided into many areas. Spiritual energy filled the medicinal fields. He could vaguely see some inner disciples of the Alchemy Hall working hard in the medicinal fields.

At this time.

Two disciples, a man and a woman, walked out of the side yard of the Alchemy Hall and stopped in their tracks when they saw Li Mo standing in front of the main hall.

The woman looked at Li Mo with curiosity.

"Are you Li Mo?"

Li Mo turned around and saw that the two people were Chen Lan and Chen Yu from the Chen family.

He nodded and smiled back at Chen Lan.

"Yes, I'm Li Mo."

Chen Lan nodded and smiled, "I've heard Aunt Chen Rong mention you many times. She said you have a serious attitude, extraordinary insights, and a keen eye for alchemy. You might be able to become a master alchemist in the future. Keep up the good work!"

Her tone was gentle and her words were refreshing.

This Chen Lan is indeed as the rumors say, with a gentle personality and is deeply in love with Jiang Sheng.

However, Chen Yu, who had confronted Zhou Zheng and Tao Ran together with Ye Xunhuan, Ye Fuhu and Lu Shun, was obviously not an easy person to get along with. He looked at Li Mo with arrogance in his eyes.

"If Sister Lan and I weren't both uninterested in alchemy, you wouldn't have been able to take the alchemist exam this time."

"Uh?"

Li Mo didn't know how to respond.

Fortunately, at this moment, a light snort was heard.

Chen Lan, Chen Yu, and Li Mo hurriedly saluted.

After Chen Rong walked out, she looked at Chen Yu and criticized him, "You little brat, you're really spoiled. You dare to say anything!"

"aunt."

Chen Yu was a little embarrassed.

After Chen Rong signaled the three of them to avoid being polite, she scolded Chen Yu, "The Alchemy Hall belongs to the Lingmu Sect, not our Chen family. When recommending disciples, my aunt prioritizes attitude, qualifications, and ability. If you say something as disobedient as you just said, I'll go back and tell my father to discipline you."

He particularly emphasized the word "well".

Upon hearing this, Chen Yu turned pale and begged for mercy with a sad face.

"Aunt, you misunderstood me. I meant that I would work harder than him and be more talented, so I could get your recommendation."

Chen Rong chuckled when she heard this.

She knew that Chen Yu was not a bad person by nature, but was too harsh on herself and others, and looked down on people who were not as good as herself. At this time, she noticed another person coming outside the yard, so she waved to Chen Lan and Chen Yu.

"It's time for the assessment. You guys should go back first."

"Yes."

At this time, Li Mo also noticed that there was another person behind him.

When he turned around and recognized the identity of the person, he was suddenly surprised. It was Tao Ran.

Then he couldn't help but think of the other party's Divine Wood Body aptitude, which would be of great benefit to the practice of alchemy. He was the registered disciple of Wang Wenhai, the deputy head of the Alchemy Hall. The doubts in his heart were also resolved.

So Li Mo smiled and gestured to Tao Ran.

Tao Ran was also a little surprised when he saw Li Mo. He obviously remembered this disciple who defeated his good friend Wu Xin, but when he saw Li Mo's humble attitude, he hurriedly responded with a smile.

At this time.

Two monks, a man and a woman, walked out of the Alchemy Hall.

The female cultivator had an indifferent demeanor, as if she was detached from the world and lived in a bland manner, while the male cultivator had the demeanor of an old, gentle, and red-nosed naughty boy, smiling and waving at Tao Ran.

"My dear disciple, come and meet your Master Chen."

Generally speaking, the seniority among monks is divided according to their realm.

Therefore, when Tao Ran and Li Mo, who were at the Qi training stage, met Hall Master Chen, who was at the Golden Core stage, they had to call her "Grandmaster". But now Tao Ran had become a disciple of Deputy Hall Master Wang, so it was reasonable for him to call her "Grandmaster" in front of Deputy Hall Master Wang.

"Master Chen."

Tao Ran heard this and bowed respectfully.

Chen Huiling glanced at Tao Ran, then rolled her eyes at the red-nosed old naughty boy beside her. The relationship between the two seemed to be very harmonious.

"This boy's divine wood body is indeed extremely rare. It is passed down from your lineage. From now on, you can be considered to have a successor in the Daqian Kingdom. Not bad."

Say it.

The Master Chen took out a jade box and handed it to Tao Ran, who looked surprised.

"Since you are Lao Gui's disciple, I can't help but express my gratitude. In my early years, I was not valued by my family and teachers. It was only after working as a spiritual field cultivator for a long time that I gradually realized the truth. This is some of my experience in cultivating spiritual medicines. You should be able to use it in the future."

"Thank you, Master!"

Seeing this, Li Mo on the side felt a little envious, but also a little surprised.

What does it mean that there is a successor in the Daqian Kingdom?

Why do I need to give experience related to cultivating elixirs?

However, this Chen Huiling, the head of the Chen Hall, obviously would not explain anything about this. She nodded and looked at Li Mo again.

"You two, come with me."

"Wait a minute."

The red-nosed old boy just chuckled.

"Senior Sister, your assessments are a bit too monotonous every time. These two little guys know that no matter the result, they will obtain the status of Alchemy Hall disciples. They will definitely not fully realize their true potential the first time they open the furnace. How about adding some spice?"

As he spoke, he took out a jade box from his storage bag.

After opening the jade box, a red elixir was revealed, and its sweet fragrance filled the air, which immediately attracted Li Mo, Tao Ran, and Chen Rong to look over.

"Hey, here's a hundred-year-old Red Essence Ganoderma. Whoever wins first place will get the hundred-year-old Red Essence Ganoderma!"

Seeing this, Chen Huiling shook her head and smiled slightly. She knew that this old naughty boy was causing trouble again.

"It seems that Junior Brother has great confidence in this registered disciple?"

Wang Haiwen grinned and looked up at the sky with a proud look on his face.

"It's just a single Red Essence Ganoderma. Even if it's over a hundred years old, it's practically useless to Jindan cultivators like us. If it falls into the hands of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it's just a supplementary ingredient. But if it falls into the hands of these two Qi Condensation disciples, hehe, it can be used as the main ingredient for the Qi Condensation Pill, which means it's been put to good use."

"Since Junior Brother has said so and has volunteered to offer this hundred-year-old Red Jingzhi, then let's do as Junior Brother Wang said and add a little spice this time."

After Chen Huiling finished speaking, she entered the main hall first.

Li Mo and Tao Ran were about to follow in, but Chen Rong stepped forward and comforted Li Mo.

"Don't be distracted by this. This is your first time opening a furnace for both of you. This time, the alchemy materials are provided free of charge by the master. You must perform as stably as possible and let the master see your potential. Then, after you pass the final examination in two years and join the Alchemy Hall, you will be commissioned by the master to perform public alchemy tasks, and thus obtain..."

"Yes."

Li Mo was indeed a little nervous before.

If I could win this hundred-year-old red essence ganoderma, I don’t know how many spirit stones I could get in exchange.

At that time, whether it is learning spells, purchasing magic tools, or even learning his so-called secret techniques from Tian Fen, looking for clues about Piaomiao Demon Pill, and studying the method of overcoming tribulations recorded in the "Piaomiao Box", it will no longer be out of reach.

But as Master Chen said.

This Hall Master Wang dared to offer this magical medicine as a prize instead of giving it to Tao Ran privately, which clearly showed that he was quite confident in Tao Ran.

After entering the main hall.

There were two stone tables in the main hall, each of which held a small and exquisite alchemy furnace, five spirit stones of different properties, a dozen or so young spirit medicines, some clean water, and an alchemy recipe.

Under the instructions of Hall Master Chen, Li Mo and Tao Ran, one on the left and one on the right, each occupied a stone table.

"Today's assessment is to refine Plague-Repellent Pills according to the Plague-Repellent Pill recipe in front of you within three hours. Whether you refine them one by one or all at once is up to you. After the assessment, the Plague-Repellent Pill recipe, the alchemy furnace, and the remaining spirit stones and spirit herbs will be your rewards from the sect."

It was just as Chen Rong said.

The result of the alchemy test is not important, getting the recommendation is the most important thing. This made Li Mo even more grateful to his master Chen Rong, so he quickly picked up the recipe for the plague-avoiding pill and studied it carefully.

The process of refining the plague-avoiding pill is not complicated.

There is no so-called low, medium and high grade classification of elixirs. Instead, they are divided according to the applicable levels of people at different stages. Just as Chen Rong said at the beginning, if you swallow the elixir carelessly, there is a risk of exploding and dying.

The recipe for the plague-avoiding pill is obviously not precious. It is a mortal-level pill that can be taken by both mortals and cultivators.

This is the most appropriate content for the assessment of the two people's first furnace opening.

When it comes to alchemy, it's not possible to master it just by learning the theory well. It also requires certain qualifications, feelings, and luck.

The matter concerned the ownership of a hundred-year-old red essence ganoderma. After Li Mo studied the recipe three times, he began to carefully organize the elixir in front of him. It seemed that he was striving for perfection, but in fact he was secretly observing Tao Ran's actions.

After studying the recipe for the elixir, Tao Ran collected the three spirit stones on the table, leaving only the spirit stones of fire and wood placed side by side, and then stimulated them with magic power.

The two spirit stones burst into flames with a whoosh, igniting the spirit fire.

His expression was calm, his manners were decent, his movements were graceful, and with a confident smile, he set up the alchemy furnace and began to process the various elixirs one by one according to the recipe and placed them in the alchemy furnace.

The whole process went smoothly.

But Li Mo didn't think he was prepared in advance.

Because after he opened his spiritual eyes, he noticed that strands of light green spiritual power emerged between Tao Ran's hands. Many spiritual power threads penetrated into the spiritual medicine like the roots of plants. When he officially started to refine the elixir, these spiritual power threads actually entered the alchemy furnace along with the spiritual medicine, blended the elixir in the furnace, and formed a slight resonance with the spiritual fire that contained some wood attributes.

It was as if an invisible hand was helping him to sense the subtle changes in the medicinal properties inside the furnace at all times.

"Is this the ability of the Divine Wood Body?"

Li Mo seemed calm on the surface, but he was extremely shocked in his heart.

The advantage of the alchemists of the Lingmu Sect is that they can sense some changes in the medicinal properties in the alchemy furnace through the spiritual eye technique, and Tao Ran has further magnified this advantage.

Li Mo fiddled with the pill formula and elixir in front of him for nearly an hour, but still did not take any action.

Because he has clearly realized that if he wants to win by competing with Tao Ran using conventional means, his basic proficiency, basic alchemy theory, and luck must be superior to his opponent in order to have a chance.

Judging from his technique, his basic skills are only slightly better than mine, and his basic alchemy theory is also very solid. Add to that his divine wood body...

Unless the other party is unlucky and makes a major mistake.

Otherwise, if I use the conventional methods I learned in class to make elixirs, I will have no chance of winning.

"Life is like a play, and it will eventually come to an end. I hope you will do your best to seize the opportunities before you, and not end up like me, with regrets for the rest of my life."

Zhang Guoyin’s words are still ringing in my ears.

Li Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, and he took a deep breath. He also took away three spirit stones, leaving behind the water and wood dual-attribute spirit stones.

After he placed the two spirit stones one on top of the other, he used the special luck method in the Creation Pill formula to mobilize the thunder attribute magic power in his dantian, connecting the two together to form a lightning arc, which continuously made exploding sounds in the air.

"This is?"

Not only Tao Ran looked stunned, but Chen Huiling also frowned.

It was not until Li Mo placed the alchemy furnace on the lightning arc and strands of lightning gathered on the alchemy furnace that Chen Huiling's pupils suddenly shrank, and her originally calm face suddenly revealed an incredible expression.

Li Mo decided to follow the thunder refining method described in the recipe of the Creation Pill and take the risk to refine the plague-avoiding pill!

Chen Rong didn't know that Li Mo learned alchemy just because he wanted to learn it, not to join the Alchemy Hall and get a job as an alchemist. He never forgot his original intention. His ideal was to become an inspector, to save the world, to punish evil and to promote good!

Therefore, performing stably here to gain the attention of senior management, and being classified as an alchemist training after completing the examination, was not the result he wanted.

"Using thunder to refine pills should be very effective in removing impurities. It can significantly improve the efficiency of refining low-level pills, and may have extraordinary effects on refining elixirs with demon pills as the main ingredient. However, it is unlikely to be suitable for mid- and high-level elixirs with thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old elixirs. I'm afraid it will increase the chance of the pill breaking significantly."

This is Chen Rong's evaluation of the Thunder Refining Method, which is a side path rather than a bright path.

But in this situation, even if it is an unconventional method, Li Mo will try his best!
This method is only suitable for alchemists with a single thunder attribute spiritual root.

After the alchemist activates the thunder refining method by using a special way of mana, he still has to endure the backlash of thunder and lightning at all times. However, the elixir recipe does not record how to avoid the backlash or weaken the side effects.

His hands were slightly numb, so Li Mo had to rely on his strong will and proficiency to put various elixirs into the alchemy furnace one by one.

"Thunder belongs to wood, Kan belongs to water. Refine and purify, cleanse the residue. The sky is round and the earth is square. The perfect elixir is complete..."

An hour later.

Chen Huiling's face flushed as she opened the wooden door of the Alchemy Hall.

"Senior sister, how are your grades?"

Seeing this, Wang Haiwen asked with a smile. Chen Rong, who was standing beside him, became a little nervous.

Chen Huiling smiled gently.

"You both succeeded in making pills on your first furnace opening. Both are rare geniuses in the art of alchemy. As for your specific rankings, you two can go and see for yourselves."

Wang Haiwen was stunned when he heard this.

But when he saw Chen Huiling had already gone far away and Chen Rong couldn't wait to enter the hall, he followed her, wanting to see with his own eyes what was going on inside.

The first person he saw was Tao Ran, who looked confused.

There were a lot of medicinal residues on the stone table in front of him, and among these residues there were three plague-preventing pills. Although these plague-preventing pills looked a little shriveled and lacked medicinal properties, for an alchemist who was refining for the first time, such an achievement was already quite good, and he was immediately delighted.

"Not bad!"

"Li Mo, Li Mo! Are you okay?"

"I...I'm in a little pain."

Wang Haiwen turned his head and looked at Li Mo who was sitting in front of another stone table.

His hair was disheveled, his body was shaking constantly, and his eyes were slightly bloodshot, obviously showing signs of blood and qi disorder.

When he looked at the stone table in front of Li Mo, he saw that there were twelve plague-preventing pills on the few pieces of medicine residue. His eyes suddenly widened.

"This is impossible!"

He strode to Li Mo's stone table and carefully identified the medicinal properties of these plague-avoiding pills. Surprisingly, each one was round and smooth, full of medicinal properties. Only two had cracks and flaws, and the medicinal properties would gradually disappear over time.

(End of this chapter)