The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 12: Initial Refining of the Bigu Pill

Looking at the four acres of land in the space, Chen Jinshu fell into deep thought.

"First, cultivate three acres and leave one acre for activities!"

These four acres of land certainly cannot be used to cultivate spiritual fields, otherwise she will have no place to move around, and if she is not careful, the spiritual medicine will be trampled and destroyed.

She also wanted to leave one acre of land to build a small wooden house to use for taking care of the spiritual fields and resting.

She first placed three red fruit seedlings in the corner, and then analyzed the fertility of the soil.

Although she is only a novice spiritual plant master, she still has the ability to identify the fertility of the soil.

The quality of spiritual fields depends not only on whether the spiritual energy in the soil is rich, but also on whether there are enough nutrients needed by other plants, such as the nutrients needed for the growth of monks.

She first shoveled the soil and found that it was softer than she had imagined. Although the spiritual energy contained in the soil was similar to that of her three acres of spiritual fields in Lingjiu Mountain, the nutrients were incomparable.

The soil in the space is dark brown with a black tint, indicating that the soil contains sufficient moisture and a large amount of humus. Its fertility is very high, at least 10% higher than that of Lingjiu Mountain.

After a while, she shoveled the soil in four places and found that the land where a few scattered spiritual herbs grew was more fertile, with more spiritual energy and moisture.

So she had an idea in her mind, and she began to cultivate three acres of spiritual fields around these spiritual medicines.

An hour later, with the help of the magic hoe, Chen Jinshu finally reclaimed the three acres of land in the space. The further outward he extended, the darker the soil became.

A lot of the fertilizer in the middle part was absorbed by several magical herbs, so there is less.

But it didn't matter. She casually planted three red fruit seedlings in the most fertile part of the soil.

Then he cast a spell and a small amount of spiritual rain fell.

He then used the Soul Condensation Technique to restore the seedlings from their somewhat wilted state.

Now the only spiritual seeds left in her hands are some golden flower rice grains and wood spirit rice spiritual seeds.

She didn't plan to plant the wood spirit rice anymore. It would be better to plant this kind of edible spirit rice in the spirit fields of Lingjiu Mountain.

Golden flower rice can be planted, and when it matures it is often used to make fasting pills.

Then, she planted all the remaining golden flower rice grains in the spiritual field.

Jinshu looked at the remaining large piece of spiritual land and felt that it was a bit of a waste.

"Let's buy some spiritual seeds from Uncle Yong'an tomorrow."

She seemed to have seen Uncle Yong'an harvesting tobacco and purple stamens last time.

Mature tobacco is the raw material for making talisman paper. It is not very valuable, but it is in great demand.

Purple stamen flower is one of the main ingredients in refining the Qi Condensing Pill for the middle stage of Qi training, and it can be cultivated.

……

At three quarters past noon the next day, Chen Jinshu arrived near the three-acre spiritual field.

After waiting for a while, I soon saw the farmer Chen Yongan walking slowly towards me.

"Uncle Yong'an! Do you have any purple stamen flower spirit seeds or magnolia flower spirit seeds?" She asked with a smile and a slight bow.

"What are you doing?" Chen Yongan frowned when he heard this. Chen Jinshu had already planted three acres of spiritual fields. He had checked it last time and it was growing quite well.

Now he came to ask him about the spirit seeds, which made him a little confused.

"Alas! Uncle Yongan, you don't know. I originally had an acre of magnolias, but you saw the last time there were poisonous insects. Almost half of it was destroyed. In order to pay the rent next time, I had to buy more."

"I want to go to the market, but I only have the second floor now." Chen Jinshu said with a distressed look on his face, and lowered his head, becoming pitiful in an instant.

"What a sin! That kid Chen Heng actually did such a wicked thing." Upon hearing this, Chen Yongan recalled the large group of black frost pigworms he saw last time and immediately understood what was going on.

He concluded that most of Chen Jinshu's elixirs were probably destroyed, so he went to him to buy elixirs.

"I still have quite a few purple stamen flowers. I also have magnolia flowers, but not in large quantities. The price of magnolia flowers dropped a bit in recent years, so I stopped growing them."

"Thank you, Uncle Yongan. Sell them all to me." Chen Jinshu's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this.

If she had not encountered the black frost pig worm this time, she would not have thought of the reason to ask for the spiritual seeds. Now it is just right to use them, and it will not arouse suspicion.

In the end, Chen Jinshu spent five spirit stones to buy two hundred purple stamen flower and two hundred magnolia flower spirit seeds each, as well as some golden flower rice.

She planned to use this golden flower rice to refine fasting pills.

After returning to Plum Blossom Courtyard, Chen Jinshu immediately came to the space and planted all the remaining spiritual fields.

This space wouldn't be too monotonous to see later. "It's sprouting so quickly?" Chen Jinshu only glanced around the spiritual field for a moment and found that the golden rice planted yesterday had already sprouted.

The three red fruit seedlings have also grown stronger and greener, visibly.

……

After a while, Chen Jinshu, who had practiced for several hours, took out the Xuanpin Treasure Furnace from his sea of ​​consciousness.

Then he lit the charcoal fire in the alchemy room next to the room.

This room is really special. From left to right, there are the bedroom, living room, and alchemy room.

In the alchemy room, she also saw the traces of charcoal fire left by the alchemist as her third uncle mentioned. There was a dark spot on the ground, which was obviously caused by the long-term use of fire.

This alchemy room is also special. Unlike other places, the flame of the spiritual charcoal will not be unstable. Instead, the flame will burn more and more vigorously.

Chen Jinshu suspected that it was caused by the hot environment in the alchemy room.

After the spiritual charcoal fire rose, she placed the alchemy furnace on the flame and began to prepare the furnace.

Then she took out the recipe for the fasting pill and started to familiarize herself with it.

She had memorized the recipe long ago, but there were many precautions that she needed to remember from time to time, for fear that something might go wrong during the alchemy process.

The Bigu Pill is considered the lowest level of medicine for beginners in alchemy. It only has three ingredients: golden flower rice, spiritual flower and grass fruit.

These three kinds of spiritual medicines are all low-level spiritual medicines. They are not expensive and you can buy several of them with one spiritual stone.

"Golden Flower Rice is the most difficult to refine! It should be refined first."

As stated in the recipe, this Golden Flower Rice requires very low flames; if the fire is slightly stronger, it will burn and is also the most difficult to control.

She carefully felt the temperature of the alchemy furnace, which was almost reaching the refining temperature of golden flower rice.

He immediately controlled the flame on the charcoal to stabilize, then picked up the golden flower rice with his backhand and threw it into the alchemy furnace, then made a few hand gestures to quench the rice into liquid.

A small handful of golden rice grains in the furnace were slowly tempered under her control.

After a while, she smelled a rich aroma of rice. It turned out that the Golden Flower rice had been cooked under the gentle fire, and the rice grains were much fuller.

Chen Jinshu shook his head slightly when he saw this. He didn't expect that the Golden Flower Rice would be cooked directly for the first time.

As he raised his hand, the golden rice in the furnace fell into the bowl that had been prepared long ago.

Although these golden flower rices were not refined into liquid as she expected, they were still edible.

Then she threw a small handful of golden flower rice into the furnace and slowly roasted it.

However, after a while, she smelled a faint burnt aroma in the air, and her stomach was surprisingly hungry.

"It's burnt?" Chen Jinshu stammered, feeling a little lost.

It turns out that it is too difficult to make pills quickly without the guidance of an alchemist.

"I should be able to get the hang of it after a few more tries." She suppressed the disappointment in her heart and tried to comfort herself.

Then she felt the temperature of the alchemy furnace, which was actually slightly higher than the temperature required for the golden flower rice.

It seems that the temperature of the furnace gradually rises during the burning process. If you want to quench the medicinal liquid within the specified temperature, you need to control the time and keep the bottom temperature burning.

Chen Jinshu began to summarize his experience of failure and recall the refining process.

A quarter of an hour later, she tried again.

She skillfully threw the golden flower rice into the furnace, then quickly used hand gestures to refine it while controlling the temperature of the flame at the bottom of the furnace.

Soon she smelled a faint medicinal fragrance, which was completely different from the smell of cooked and roasted Golden Flower rice. This was a manifestation of the medicinal properties.

"Cough cough!"

However, not long after, a strong burnt smell entered her nose. The medicinal liquid that was originally prepared was actually dried up and turned into charcoal.

The air was suddenly filled with a faint black smoke.

"Which step went wrong?" She used the plum rain fan to gently blow away the black smoke from the alchemy furnace, frowned slightly, and fell into self-doubt. Her steps were all according to what was written in the alchemy book.

"It turns out that my technique was too slow." Chen Jinshu recalled the refining process and sighed slightly after discovering the problem.

She was not discouraged. She quickly cleaned up the residue in the furnace and started the next round of attempts.

(End of this chapter)