Chapter 16: Danhui · Second Round

Chapter 16: Danhui · Second Round

Dandao is based on "qi" and believes that everything in heaven and earth has "qi".

The parts of medicinal materials that are beneficial to the human body are called "medicine" or "pharmaceutical".

The first round of assessment is to extract these drugs from the alchemists.

Strictly speaking, this is only semi-finished alchemy, but the amount of medicinal materials is also a good assessment method.

Zhang Shen's thoughts diverged, and hundreds of five elements of Qi were like arm-instructed and fell on a herb.

The qi of the five elements touched the herbs, and a special resonance was generated. Then, a trace of various colors of airflow invisible to the naked eye was aroused. Under the guidance of Zhang Shen, according to the attributes of the five elements of yin and yang, they gathered separately.

As the medicinal properties become more and more concentrated, five colors began to appear in the air in front of Zhang Shen.

The people present, except for the guards, are all in high positions and have a more or less understanding of alchemy. At the beginning, they mainly focused on alchemists who use the third type of pretentious operations.

The change of air in front of Zhang Shen quickly attracted everyone's attention.

Zhang became the focus of attention. The 50 surnames, the royal Yao clan, and even the guards, with hot or doubtful or cold eyes scratched him like knives.

Among the 50 surnames, the three most powerful families are Sheng, Mo and Li, and the position of the three patriarchs is also the closest to the old emperor. Zhang Shen, a dark horse, jumped out and is still Zhang Xin's face. In addition to the patriarch Li, everyone ordered the people around them to start collecting information about this Zhang.

The old emperor is no exception.

Other patriarchs may have thoughts, but for Yao Zhen, the higher the level of the alchemists, the better, which means that they can enjoy the beauty of the world for a few more days.

Looking around, Zhang Shenhun was not aware of it, and only focused on controlling the five groups of head-sized "medicine" that gradually condensed.

Affected by the circulation of qi, the five groups of "medicine" show an almost perfect spherical shape.

Zhang Shen's next work is to make these five "medicine gas" shrink and condense through guidance, making its volume as small as possible, but it is not a real alchemy, as long as it remains stable.

Different herbs, even if the five elements have the same attributes, they also have different medicinal properties. If it's a real alchemy, Zhang Shen does this and refines something to save people, but it's absolutely no problem to harm people.

The spirit of restraining the mind and integrating the five elements began to move closer to the middle. This action also drives the surrounding medicine gas to flow slowly and moves towards the central part with the spiritual power.

Although Zhang Shen also has a certain attainments in alchemy, he is still born in alchemy and is used to looking at problems from a micro perspective, which brings him a lot of convenience when learning alchemy.

Just like now.

In the eyes of alchemists, qi is qi, which is divided into various attributes of yin and yang. There is no need to delve into it further. However, in Zhang Shen's eyes, all qi can still be subdivided and can be regarded as a thing formed by the aggregation of countless free energy particles. Due to different ways of joining with each other, this "characterization" is various attributes.

Therefore, when Zhang Shen compressed the "medicine gas", he did not consider the balance of the five elements at all, but directly and arbitrarily condensed the energy particles together.

In everyone's sight, the light that was originally filled with five-color clouds became more and more condensing and restrained. In the end, it actually condensed into five translucent beads that were not the size of a thumb, emitting a seductive brilliance.

"Master, please put things in here." Zhang Shen was thinking about how to deal with these semi-finished "poison elixirs" when he saw the bodyguards who had been standing aside took the initiative to bring a pot of... coral?

No, it should be a coral-shaped container.

Zhang Shen glanced at the small depression at the top of the branches of the coral "potted plant", which is specially used to hold the semi-finished "poison elixir" in his hand.

Whose idea is this, so... thoughtful?

The idea flashed away, and five brilliant semi-solid elixir fell on the depression of the coral branch, which was actually tightly stitched and placed very steadily...

So coincidental??

A trace of strangeness flashed on Zhang Shen's face, and he really admired the person who conceived such a container.

After completing the first round, Zhang San looked around and found that it was the first one to complete it, but others were not slow, and three or four people followed him one after another to complete the first round of medicinal extraction.

The first round of medicinal extraction must be completed within two columns of incense.

Zhang Shenbai waited boredly for a while, and the gong sounded at the end.

Looking around, more than 30% of the alchemists were not finished, which really surprised Zhang Shen.

As mentioned above, in addition to the assessment speed, there is also the purity of the elixir, but this has nothing to do with the alchemist. Naturally, there is someone to evaluate it.

Zhang Shen and other alchemists returned to their temporary residences in the palace under the leadership of the bodyguards.

The results of the evaluation will be notified by the bodyguard whether to continue to participate in the second round in the afternoon. If you pass, you will naturally be qualified to participate in the continuation of the Danhui. If you fail, you will also arrange a special seat on the side of the square to become a member of the audience.

Zhang Shen entered the house with his front foot, and Yao Xing came with his back foot.

"Congratulations, Master Zhang." Yao Xing laughed very happily. Congratulations to the master for passing the first round of Danhui and standing out with an absolute advantage.

"Ha ha, Your Highness, you're welcome." Zhang Shen behaved lurely.

Yao Xing's expression stiffened, and his unhappy mood flashed away: "Of course, for the master, these are trivial things that are not worth mentioning. With the master's ability, it is naturally captured. Xiao Wang..."

"Zhang is a little tired and wants to rest. Your Highness, please do as you like."

Zhang Shen's eviction made the expression on Yao Xing's face completely stiff. The unfinished words stuck in his throat, neither up nor down. For a while, the atmosphere became extremely embarrassing.

He never thought that the boy surnamed Zhang in front of him would be so faceless and arrogant.

"Ah ha, well, Xiao Wang won't disturb the master's rest. Say goodbye first, please." After pulling the corners of his mouth and laughing a few times, Yao Xing arched his hand and turned away.

At the moment he turned around, his expression was gloomy. The moment he stepped out of the door, it was even more cloudy, and the strong evil spirit was full of it. He was startled by several attendants with him and quickly lowered his head and dared not dare to look at him.

Zhang Shen turned around and saw Yao Xing and his party leave, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"I thought that the level of alchemists such as Li Wei was already very powerful, but I didn't expect that even the Royal Yao clan was affected..."

"Prince Yao Xing... Li... Is there really a cause and effect in the dark? When I came to this world, I was arrested as a strong man as a cooli?"

"That's all. Just take it as a reward for learning alchemy."

"Behind the scenes, tut, the familiar smell..."

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Time, turn to 2 p.m.

is still the square before the palace. The guards are armored and sharp, separating the square, the royal family, the 50 surnames, and the eliminated alchemists to maintain order.

Zhang Shen walked to his own competition area under the guidance of the bodyguards.

Two long tables are put together, and several bamboo baskets are neatly placed in front of them. The contents are different. There are herbs, ores, animal bones and limbs, all of which are raw materials for alchemy.

A detail attracted Zhang Shen's attention.

The five semi-finished elixir I refined this morning were embedded in the branches of coral potted, and the pot of coral was placed in the upper left corner of the table. Five colorful beads, facing the bright sunshine at noon, are shining and particularly eye-catching.

Zhang looked around and found that other alchemists were the same. In the corners of the case, there were semi-finished elixir refined by himself in the morning.

Moreover, Zhang Shen looked at it from the professional perspective of his "line drawing master" and found that these "potted plants" can be connected with a curve!

As for what the final woven pattern is, you have to jump out of the square to see.

With a sneer, Zhang Shen withdrew his eyes, focused on the bamboo baskets in front of him again, and put these messy things aside for the time being.

The first round is to extract pharmaceutical refining semi-finished products, and the second round is naturally refined products.

The comparison method is also very simple.

The royal family selected the three most widely used elixir in the Qing Dynasty, and prepared ten standard raw materials for the alchemists who participated in the second round of the Danhui to conduct on-site alchemy.

There is still a time limit for this round.

Three elixirs, 30 materials, as soon as the time comes, we will begin to evaluate to see who has refined the elixir of high quality.

Alchemy is not compared with the previous medicinal extraction. There are many factors to be considered. In many cases, subtle changes will lead to the failure of the whole alchemy. Therefore, in this round, the speed is not compared, and the number of elixirs is also placed in the second place, mainly depends on the quality of the elixir.

Huitian elixir, blood elixir, positive elixir.

These three elixirs are the most widely spread in the Qing Dynasty because of their universality.

Huitian Dan concentrates a lot of vitality and saves life. As long as the injured patient still has a breath, he can keep this breath, which is a rare life-saving medicine.

Blood elixir, specially designed for warriors, can save them a lot of time to boil their muscles and bones and strengthen their bodies.

The elixir, which can be used by individuals, can "clean up" the human body from the inside out and take it regularly, which can make the body more "young" and prolong life in disguise.

Although these three elixirs are the most widely circulated and well-known in the Qing Dynasty, it is also quite difficult for ordinary people to obtain, because under normal circumstances, as soon as they come out, they will be robbed by the top 50 surnames at a high price.

Especially the third elixir, which is priceless for the older generation of the 50 surnames.

has the same value as it. In terms of refining difficulty, it is also improved in turn. Huitian elixir is the easiest, followed by blood elixir, and Zhengling elixir is the most difficult.

Of course, even Huitian Dan is not so easy to refine.

Otherwise, elixir would not be so scarce in the Qing Dynasty.