Chapter 17: The Wind rises
Chapter 17: The Wind rises
This is Zhang Shen's first time to refine elixir.
He routinely took out a medicinal material to refine Tiandan from the bamboo basket.
Huitian Dan concentrates a huge amount of vitality, and its raw materials are mainly plants from the previous year, supplemented by several minerals that are also rich in wood gas.
The first step is to extract the medicinal gas from the raw materials.
It should be noted that because Huitiandan has a fixed prescription, not all medicinal gases are useful. Only specific medicinal properties need to be extracted, and the rest are impurities. With more impurities, the effectiveness of the elixir is bound to be affected, and it may even become poison elixir.
Zhang Shen can easily extract the medicinal properties that can be used. After confirming that there are no impurities, put them aside first and let them slowly "ferment".
From losing most of the medicinal properties, he seemed to be covered with a layer of gray-white herbs and pinched them down a little and put them into a bowl in front of him.
Pick up the pestle on the side and grind it slowly but quickly to grind these medicinal herbs into powder.
After all the herbs are ground into fine powder, add a little rootless water, stir and mix into a paste.
This is making "Dan Yin"! Or "Dan Cheng".
Exordinary alchemists can directly condense the medicinal properties into substantial elixirs, but Zhang Shen and others obviously do not reach that level and need to use other things to undertake the medicinal properties of the combination.
has been extracted from some medicinal raw materials, which is undoubtedly the first choice for Dan Yin.
After the medicinal powder is fully mixed with water, it will be shaped. Zhang Shen did not use his hands, and his strong spiritual power spewed out, separated a stream, turned into an invisible hand, pinched and rubbed, and in the blink of an eye, a round blue-black pill appeared.
The last and most critical step has arrived!
The medicinal properties are combined with the elixir and integrated to complete the refining of the elixir!
Zhang Shen held his breath and was more careful to control the elixir that was suspended in a few corners of the case and slowly floated into the bowl.
The contact between the two is like two drops of water meeting and merging with each other without hindrance.
In an instant, the strange rhythm sounds that ordinary people can't hear!
In Zhang Shen's sight, the dark cyan light suddenly flashed with the rhythm and was fleeting.
Failed!!
At a glance, I saw that the color of the original blue and black pills became extremely pure after the appearance of the brilliant rhythm, but in less than a blink of an eye, dots of miscellaneous spots emerged.
Failed... Zhang Shen frowned and couldn't help but feel a trace of frustration in his eyes.
Although the probability of failure for the first alchemy is very high, it is inevitable that it will be a little uncomfortable when it really fails.
A wisp of spiritual power turned into a blade, arbitrarily splitting the elixir in half, revealing the cross-section, and you can actually see strips of miscellaneous elixir patterns, which made Zhang Shen frown more tightly.
Zhang Shen gave up the idea of continuing alchemy and put all his mind on this refined elixir to analyze the reason for the failure.
When he was in a daze against the waste elixir, time passed little by, and other alchemists were trying their best to refine elixir. Although the failure rate was generally high, wisps of strange fragrance gradually filled the whole square.
The fragrance wrapped between the mouth and nose made the guards and all ethnic groups intoxicated, and the eyes that originally paid attention to Zhang Shen also faded with time.
Zhang Shen didn't care about this and still studied the waste elixir in front of him wholeheartedly.
"So... The medicinal properties can't be simply mixed, and there is a special arrangement... Dan Yin is the same... It's not okay to just knead it into a ball..."
For a long time, Zhang Shen gently exhaled a turbid breath, and his eyes flashed.
"I see, try again over there!"
The elixir that had been crushed into pieces in the bowl was poured out, and Zhang Shen took out a new material from the bamboo basket.
Pharmaceutical extraction!
A wisp of medicinal gas is extracted from the raw material, like a swimming fish swimming in the void in front of Zhang Shen.
"Dan Dao, the pursuit of the unity of heaven and man is also reflected in the art of all spirits... Dan is not an elixir, don't be bound by previous ideas... Dan originates from the airflow of heaven and earth. Even if it is integrated into the elixir and becomes an independent individual, it is still necessary to maintain a certain communication with heaven and earth... Only in this way, will not die 'Fal..."
"Finally understand... It turns out that this is what the classics mean by 'Dan Shengqiao, spitting out the breath of heaven and earth'."
A flash of inspiration, a clear mind, and the forced memory of the knowledge is like a spring, flowing out, flowing into the heart, incorporating it into its own knowledge system, and clear to the heart. All kinds of feelings flow between the heart.
Zhang Shen's hands moved quickly, and each raw material was picked down a little, thrown into the porcelain basin, and smashed in an instant.
As soon as the idea moved, the crystal rootless water flew into the porcelain basin. The two were fully mixed, rolled a few times, and a round elixir was formed.
At the same moment, the medicinal fish moved!
The moths are like fire, and the medicinal fish hit the elixir in the porcelain basin.
There is no vision!!
It's like a drop of water falling into the sea without a trace of ripples. In this way, it is perfectly integrated.
Huitiandan, Dancheng!!
Zhang Shen twisted this freshly baked Huitian elixir and looked back and forth for a while, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help raising, and a smile leaped to his face.
Huitian Dan is dark cyan, and the surface is smooth. It seems to be able to absorb light. At a glance, your eyes are about to sink in.
This Huitian elixir has no fragrance, no vision, simple and unpretentious, and is not comparable to other alchemists at all.
However, only the real master of Dandao understands that this plainness is the best elixir that perfectly presents every medicine!
The refining of Huitian elixir made Zhang Shen understand the key to the refining of elixir, and quickly understood the refining method of the other two elixir.
Calculated the remaining time, and then saw that most of the alchemists around had completed more than two-thirds, and Zhang Shen began to catch up.
one, two...
No one has failed!
Every elixir is so unpretentious.
This strangeness finally attracted the attention of people.
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When the gong sounded again, the second round of Danhui was over.
When the alchemist appeared, Zhang Shen glanced at the whole square and was surprised to find that the production rate of most people was so low, 30 materials, and the final refining was only three or five...
Looking at the 29 round elixirs in blue, red and white on his case, he opened the corners of his mouth and twitched: "Maybe he is a little too excited. Is it too far away from the masses?"
The afternoon Dan will last for several hours, and by the end of the day, there was already a gorgeous sunset glow.
Except for a few alchemists with extraordinary attainments in Dandao's "All Spirits Art", the others are the top 50 surnames and representatives sent by the royal family.
First of all, they directly excluded Chengdan below ten. At this time, the number of people was nearly four-fifth less, leaving only more than 20 left. Of course, all the refined elixir will be carefully sealed and let the 50 surnames grab and buy them.
Everyone quickly noticed the elixir refined by Zhang Shen.
I'll go, so much? They were shocked.
Huh, is this thing really an elixir? Why is there no elixir? Those who are qualified to come here often take medicine, and they also know a lot about elixirs and exclaim.
looks smooth and full, but there is a feeling that it is too fake... Looking left and right, these round things are a little unreal. I can't help it. They have lived for so many years and have never heard that anyone's success rate can reach nearly 100%. It's really inconceive.
"Guys, make way, let's take a look." Hollen, the alchemist who was a judge, squeezed over with difficulty and twisted a blood elixir that was as bright as fire and almost transparent. First, he used conventional means to investigate, and then used the alchemist's special method of "qi" to test the elixir.
A trace of heaven and earth enters and goes in and out regularly, as if this elixir is breathing.
The expressions of several Dandao masters changed little by little, and their eyes were intertwined, and they all saw doubts and... excitement from each other's eyes!
Excomparable excitement!
Real...that?
Well, it can't be wrong.
is exactly the same as recorded in the classics!
Dansheng's orifice, spitting out the breath of heaven and earth... Unexpectedly, the records that only exist in the classics can really be seen with my own eyes!
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The excited expressions of Hollen and others could not hide the old foxes of the 50 surnames and the royal family. They simply cut one of each of the three soybean-sized elixir to verify what they thought.
The blue, red and white light suddenly burst out!
Strong vitality, strong blood, solid light spirit, accompanied by the seductive fragrance, comes to your face!
All the elixir in the room were attracted, emitting light at the same time, emitting a stronger elixir fragrance. For a time, the originally spacious room was filled with three-color light, and every corner was not filled!
The sudden change stunned everyone, and then the light burst into their eyes!
A scorching look, staring at the three white jade bottles with the remaining 26 elixirs. If you don't have any scruples, you will grab them!
The faint smell of gunpowder rose quietly.
When Hollen saw the signs of getting out of control of the scene, he coughed softly: "Well, everyone, the evaluation is not over yet. Don't worry. Let's talk about the specific distribution after seeing the patriarch.
"As for these three bottles of elixir, as usual, we will keep them temporarily to avoid accidents."
Several other alchemists were stunned, and then smiled and threw a look of appreciation at Hollen.
Good! Although the possibility of getting it is not high, you can still seize the time to study it...
How can the representatives of the 50 surnames and the royal family not know what Holland and others thought, but this sudden situation made them a little at a loss and robbed? With these old and weak, it's really worth fighting for your life.
"Well, let's follow Master Hollen's proposal." Mo Mingpi pulled the corners of his mouth with a smile, "The Danhui evaluation is not over yet. Let's confirm the list of alchemists participating in the last round first."
The people who are qualified to appear here are all "old predecessors". Naturally, their determination is not bad. They suppressed the urgent thoughts in their hearts, checked all the elixir refined by more than 20 people according to the process and confirmed the final list.
Of course, it would be more normal if they glanced somewhere from time to time.
In the third round of the Danhui, several alchemists who performed the best in the second round were selected. The royal family and the 50 surnames provided medicinal materials and opened the supply for them to refine the elixir that can prolong life or restore the health of the old emperor.
This is a win-win situation. Naturally, there is no need to repeat the significance of the royal family and the 50 surnames. It is also a rare opportunity for alchemists.
The more precious medicinal materials, minerals and foreign animals are, the more difficult it is to obtain. How much can be collected by the alchemist himself?
Participating in the Danhui and advancing to the third round means that there are many "wrongs" who can provide almost all the precious raw materials they want. So, don't take this opportunity to "squander" it and refine all the elixir that you wanted to refine but suffered without raw materials. It's simply sorry for yourself!
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Late night, in a huge building that looks like a temple.
A pair of eyes quietly opened.