Chapter 8 Obtaining the Pill Recipe
This discovery made Shu Han feel troubled.
I had originally wanted to make up for my talent deficiencies by infinitely replicating elixirs, but now that has failed! If there are no elixirs, taking spiritual herbs is also an option.
But after understanding a little about pharmacology, Shu Han discovered that taking elixirs rashly was risky!
Most of the elixirs with outstanding effects contain harmful ingredients, which is why alchemy is needed to refine them.
However, Shu Han, who was familiar with the medicine book, still found some spiritual medicines that could be taken for a long time in the spiritual medicine garden. However, the effect of spiritual medicines was far from comparable to that of Qi-combining pills. If one wanted to make great progress in cultivation, he had to use a large number of Qi-combining pills to assist.
After understanding this, Shu Han put aside his cultivation and devoted himself to the study of pharmacology, hoping to master the art of alchemy as soon as possible. Without the help of elixirs, as the second elder said, it would probably take him three hundred years to cultivate to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.
Shu Han couldn't possibly wait that long, as he still had the dream of going to the legendary Tianxuan Sect in his heart.
Focusing on pharmacology, Shu Han learned faster and faster. As he studied more deeply, he realized that due to the complex and varied properties of the medicines, it was almost impossible to make pills without a formula.
A month later, as he had no pill recipe to practice with, he plucked up the courage to ask the second elder for the pill recipe.
The Second Elder was very pleased with Shu Han's performance these days. He completed the tasks assigned to him in an orderly manner and studied very hard. He was his ideal disciple.
However, when the Second Elder heard that Shu Han wanted one or two pill recipes, his face fell.
"You haven't even learned to walk yet, but you want to run! You idiot, how can you be so ambitious!"
Hearing the Second Elder's tone of disappointment, Shu Han's mind turned and he defended himself, "Master, I have encountered a bottleneck in my pharmacology research these days. I thought that with the reference of the pill formula to practice, I would have a deeper understanding."
The Second Elder shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't want to teach you the recipe! It's just that the failure rate of alchemy is very high, and the medicinal materials for alchemy are not easy to come by. Most of the main ingredients take more than ten or twenty years to mature, so it's really impossible to teach newcomers."
"Master, I only want to use the recipe to prove the pharmacology, and I don't dare to pick the spiritual herbs to refine them."
Looking at Shu Han's resolute little face, the second elder couldn't help but let go, and summoned two pill recipes from his living room, saying: "These are two primary pill recipes, Huanglong Pills and Qingling Powder."
"Huanglong Pills can slightly increase the speed of Qi refining. The efficacy is not as good as Heqi Pills, but the pill formula is simpler."
"As for this Qingling Powder, it is a healing medicine. It is not worth mentioning in the cultivation world, but it is a priceless holy medicine for mortals. Take it back and study it. Don't be tempted to pick spiritual herbs to refine it!"
Shu Han clutched the two prescriptions and ran back to his cabin in ecstasy.
It was like suddenly being given two puzzles, and all the knowledge I had learned before finally came in handy.
Therefore, Shu Han devoted himself even more wholeheartedly to the research of the elixir formula.
After pondering for two weeks, he decided to start making it himself.
The Second Elder didn't let Shu Han touch the refining process too early simply because he was afraid that he would lose the precious medicinal materials.
But the loss-making medicinal materials are nothing compared to Shu Han 's black jar.
Alchemy requires the use of flames to refine medicinal materials.
The book records that most alchemists use magic power to create fire to make elixirs.
The Second Elder always used 100-year-old fruit wood charcoal to make pills. The flames were mixed and the temperature was difficult to control, which could easily damage the medicinal materials. However, the Second Elder had been making pills for many years and was already very familiar with it. He could also guarantee the success rate of the pills by using firewood.
He explained that if he had to use elixir fire to refine the elixirs of Long Xuan Sect, his old bones would be drained dry.
In addition to these two types of flames, there is also earth fire.
That is the flame that only the major sects of cultivating immortals can afford. It uses the spiritual veins as its source, and its firepower is strong and endless.
So Shu Han began to learn how to stimulate the Dan fire.
These days, with the help of medicinal herbs, Shu Han barely completed thirty-two great circulations, and finally a trickle of magic power flowed through his meridians.
He followed the method recorded in the book, channeled his magic power into his Dantian, and using his spiritual sense as a guide, tried to output Dan fire.
Shu Han discovered that it was quite difficult to cultivate his magic power, but it was relatively easy to ignite the magic power into Dan Fire. After trying for a few days, he successfully ignited Dan Fire in his Dantian.
However, his mana was still stretched to the limit. The Dan Fire consumed a huge amount of mana, and his mana was used up after he tried to activate it a few times.
Therefore, after using up the magic power, he would immediately take the herbs to circulate the Qi in the body.
This cycle continued, and after three weeks of hard training, Shu Han was finally able to output Dan fire with a stable temperature.
Moreover, this kind of exhausting cycle of training has greatly improved his cultivation level. Now he is firmly standing at the first level of Qi Refining.
Counting the days, he has been in Longxuanmen for two months.
That morning, he went to the valley entrance to move charcoal for alchemy, and saw Gou Erdan and Gou Dan sticking their heads out to look around. After seeing Shu Han, the two kids shouted excitedly, but did not dare to take a step forward.
Shu Han was also very happy to see them. He quickly moved the charcoal into the alchemy pavilion and ran out. The three kids from Shu Village were very happy to see each other.
Erdan and Goudan were dressed in fine clothes, looking nothing like the village kids they once were.
Goudan said anxiously, "Big Head Brother, guess what my current level is? I'm at the first level of Qi Refining! Erdan is faster than me, he entered the first level of Qi Refining 20 days ago. The Great Elder said that Erdan and I are both rare talents! He said he would allocate more pills to us!"
Hearing this, Shu Han was speechless.
He also entered the first level of heaven twenty days ago, and his speed was even faster than Goudan, and he could catch up with Erdan who had dual spiritual roots.
It seems that all the hard training and remedies these days have not been in vain.
Erdan didn't say much, he took out three Qi-combining pills and said, "Big Head Brother, these are the ones I have left. It's harder for you to cultivate your five spiritual roots, these Qi-combining pills can help you improve faster!"
Goudan was shocked: "Erdan! You secretly left the Heqi Pill behind! If the Great Elder finds out, we'll be finished!"
"What are you afraid of! If you don't tell me, how will the Great Elder know?"
Listening to Erdan's confident tone, Shu Han could feel that he was indeed treated differently in Longxuan Sect. He pushed away Erdan's pills and said with a smile, "Erdan, keep these Qi-combining pills for your own cultivation! Remember what Senior Brother Li Heng said, when you enter Tianxuan Sect, anything you can get will be better than these Qi-combining pills. Keep practicing, we will all benefit from you in the future."
At this point , Erdan and Goudan fell silent.
"Big Head Brother, Senior Brother Li Heng is...dead."
"ah?"
Shu Han was confused.
Erdan explained, "I heard from my fellow apprentices that these days, the gangs in the Jianghu have been killing people from our Longxuan Sect, just like what happened to Zhang Xianchang that day. Now more than a dozen of our fellow apprentices have died."
"Why is this happening? Doesn't the leader care? Does he allow us to be bullied by those underworld gangs?"
Goudan said: "The great elder said that the Tianxuan Sect is in a long and remote place, and the leader doesn't know when he will come back. Now the Longxuan Sect no longer allows disciples to go down the mountain."
Shu Han suddenly thought of the bold words of the bearded man that day, and suddenly he was shocked. He pulled Erdan and Goudan's shoulders and said, "You must be careful in the future! If there is danger in Longxuanmen, you must come to me. Master has set up a sword formation here!"
