Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation

Chapter 101: Falling short of success

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Extracting a sufficient amount of Tiger Palm herbal liquid is only the first small step in refining Bigu Pill. Next, liquids of three different herbs must be condensed.

After taking a short rest, Xiao Chen took out a saffron and held it in his hand, trying to use his spiritual sense to connect spiritually with the saffron.

As soon as my mind moved, the green dot hidden in my mind formed a long turquoise line like a stream, and instantly flowed out of the body through the meridians on my arm. An invisible green line connected to the bright saffron.

Suddenly, a bright red space appeared in Xiao Chen's mind, as close as if he saw it with his own eyes. This time, Xiao Chen had a deeper understanding of the internal space of the medicinal materials.

Those flowing red lines should be the medicinal properties contained in saffron. The node where they will eventually flow is the place where the medicinal properties of saffron are the most. The other places can be ignored during calcination.

After a moment, Xiao Chen opened his eyes and relieved this strange state. After once again establishing a spiritual connection with the medicinal materials, Xiao Chen had a vague understanding of the green dot in his mind.

This green dot may be the substantial spiritual core formed after the awakening of spiritual awareness, but I don't know what qualifications a mung bean-sized spiritual core in my mind counts as an alchemist.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Xiao Chen used the Purple Thunder Art again, summoned the Purple Thunder True Fire, and began to condense the liquid in saffron, condensing fifty drops of red liquid, and then condensing the liquid of anise and spearmint respectively. , also fifty drops.

Looking at the four small porcelain bottles on the table, Xiao Chen breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. The first step of refining the Bigu Pill was finally completed, and half of the energy in his body had been consumed.

The second step of condensing the elixir requires a lot of vitality support. If the vitality is insufficient by then, all the previous efforts will be wasted. Xiao Chen had to temporarily give up on the second step and start to slowly restore the consumed vitality by doing cross-legged exercises.

vitality! vitality!

At this moment, Xiao Chen's desire for vitality became extremely realistic. If there was enough vitality, such troubles would not occur at all. This is just refining the most basic elixir. If it is to refine higher-level potions, there will be no aura. Support, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on to the first step.

Half an hour later, Xiao Chen stopped practicing. The vitality in his body had reached its peak state, which was enough to carry out the second step of refining the medicine.

Picking up the Qinglong Medicine Cauldron, Xiao Chen summoned the Purple Thunder True Fire, and sent the flame burning on his palm into the fire inlet of the Green Dragon Medicine Cauldron. The purple fire burned fiercely in the cauldron. Xiao Chen first poured the Tiger Palm Herbal Medicine liquid into it. .

The viscous medicinal liquid was constantly churning under the burning of the Purple Thunder True Fire, making a sizzling sound. A faint fragrance came out from the cauldron. I counted the time silently in my heart. One minute later. , Xiao Chen poured the second medicinal liquid in.

Four minutes later, all the liquid medicine in the four porcelain bottles had been poured in. Xiao Chen put the lid on the cauldron and worked hard to burn the purple thunder fire in the cauldron.

The invisible line is connected to the Purple Thunder True Fire in the cauldron. The vitality in Xiao Chen's body is continuously transmitted through this line to the Purple Thunder True Fire in the cauldron.

This is the disadvantage of not having divine consciousness. If Xiao Chen reaches the second level of Purple Thunder Jue and develops divine consciousness, he can directly control the burning intensity of the Purple Thunder True Fire through divine consciousness, and there is no need to consume so much as now. of vitality.

In the Qinglong Medicine Cauldron, the four-color medicinal liquid kept rolling, and finally slowly merged and entangled together, forming a chaotic viscous liquid that kept spinning. At this time, the medicinal fragrance in the room began to become more intense.

Xiao Chen, who had no spiritual consciousness, could not see the situation inside the cauldron. He could only judge from the aroma coming from the cauldron that the four medicinal liquids in the cauldron had been fused together.

At this time, you can no longer use fierce fire to calcine. You must follow the direction of the rotation of the liquid, control the Purple Thunder Fire to surround the liquid from a distance, and slowly rotate around it. The temperature of the flame will also drop.

Sweat was dripping from Xiao Chen's forehead. This step was more energy-consuming than calcining the medicine with fierce fire. Every time the flame rotated once, Xiao Chen felt that a lot of energy in his body was missing. , if you accidentally become exhausted, all your efforts will be wasted.

When the aroma of the medicine in the room changed again, Xiao Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was still about one layer of vitality left in his body. The depletion of vitality he was most worried about did not appear. This little vitality was enough to carry out the final step of the alchemy. One step away.

The chaotic liquid in the cauldron, under the slow calcination of the warm fire, has condensed into a rough ball-shaped pill embryo. A faint fragrance comes out through the cauldron cover. As long as the last step of plasticization is completed, This Bigu Pill is done.

Xiao Chen opened the lid of the cauldron, and a richer aroma hit his nostrils. Looking at the rough pill embryos in the cauldron, Xiao Chen felt extremely pleased. It was his first time to refine the medicine, and he could reach this point completely, without any big ones in the middle. The mistake was already very gratifying.

It would be even more satisfying if the last step could be a perfect success. Xiao Chen's eyes became hot, but his mind was extremely calm. This last step is also the most important step, and there is no room for any mistakes.

Controlling the purple thunder true fire to rise slowly, the rough pill embryo also rose into the air with the purple fire. Xiao Chen stretched out his right hand and the pill embryo slowly lowered to the palm of his hand with the purple fire.

It’s time to get in shape!

Concentrating on guarding his energy, Xiao Chen's two brows furrowed together fiercely. This is a situation that only occurs when the mind is in a state of high concentration.

Whoops!

The pill embryo was spinning rapidly in the flames. Xiao Chen did not dare to let out a breath. The sweat on his forehead kept pouring down. The uneven pill embryo began to round up slowly, and a trace of luster began to appear. superior.

Until now, the Bigu Pill could be regarded as a real pill. Xiao Chen pressed his palm down fiercely, put the pill back into the medicine cauldron, closed the lid of the cauldron and started the final heating.

At this moment, Xiao Chen still dared not relax in any way. It would not be considered a success until the moment the elixir was released. However, there was no big risk at this time. He only needed to warm up for a while. Now, this Bigu Pill is finally finished.

"Second Young Master, the midnight snack has been prepared. Do you want to eat it?"

boom!

At this moment, Bao'er's sudden voice caused Xiao Chen to lose his concentration. At the moment of distraction, the flames in the cauldron were not controlled well, and the almost completed elixir was broken into pieces.

From the other faucet of the Qinglong Medicine Cauldron, a stream of elixir residue slowly flowed out...

"Oh no, what are you doing here at this time!" Xiao Chen shouted angrily at Bao'er who appeared outside the door.

After a lot of hard work, the elixir finally reached the last moment of its formation and was destroyed like this. Xiao Chen's mood was extremely bad. The sweat on his head and the expression of resentment made Xiao Chen's expression look extremely terrifying. .

Bao'er outside the door looked at Xiao Chen who was yelling at her, and then glanced at the situation on the table, knowing that she had gotten into a big trouble. Her little face was extremely pale with fright, and her hands holding the midnight snack were shaking. stop.

The tears in his eyes flowed out angrily, and he said in panic: "Second Young Master, I... I didn't mean to..."

Xiao Chen, whose energy in his body was exhausted and his mind was extremely weak, waved his hand impatiently, "You can go out, there is nothing for you to do here."

After a long time, Xiao Chen, who had recovered some physical strength, felt regretful in his heart. What happened to me? I failed to refine a pill, and I lost my temper with a little girl. Do I really think I am a young master

With such little strength and status, but such a big temper, what's the difference between me and those dudes from the Zhang family? The refining of an elixir just failed. If it doesn't work the first time, just try it the second time. It doesn't matter if you take your anger out on a little girl.

The more Xiao Chen thought about it, the more he felt that he had done something wrong. He got up and walked towards the room where Bao'er was. The light in Bao'er's room had not yet been extinguished. Xiao Chen, who was standing in front of the door, could hear the subtle sobbing coming from inside.

squeak!

He pushed the door gently, maybe because he came back in a hurry, the door of Bao'er's room was not bolted, so he pushed it open gently.

Bao'er, who was sitting by the bed, looked at Xiao Chen who pushed the door open, quickly wiped the tears from his eyes, and said tremblingly: "Second Young Master... why are you here? I just... I really didn't mean it. of."

Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, you are such a simple little girl, you scare others like this, you are really nothing, Xiao Chen scolded himself in his heart.

The apology I had thought of on the way came to my lips but I was too embarrassed to say it now. Xiao Chen looked at the midnight snack on the table, a bowl of squid porridge, and said, "Well, I'm here for a midnight snack." Yes, let’s take a look at you.”

After Xiao Chen finished speaking, he picked up the squid porridge on the table and ate it. It tasted pretty good. Normally, the kitchen would not serve late-night snacks at this time, so Bao'er should have made it himself.

"It's delicious. Did you make it yourself?"

"Well, I'm very good at my craftsmanship. I learned it from my mother when I was young." Bao'er returned in a low voice.

Looking at Xiao Chen who seemed to be enjoying the porridge quite happily, Bao'er asked cautiously: "Second Young Master, are you still angry with me?"

"born!"

Xiao Chen placed the bowl heavily on the table, with an extremely serious expression on his face. Bao'er's heart started to beat again.

"I'm just teasing you. I'm angry that you made too little squid porridge tonight. I'll punish you by making an extra bowl tomorrow." Xiao Chen suddenly smiled and said.

Bao'er's pear-shaped face showed a joyful smile, and she said in disbelief: "Really?"

Xiao Chen stood up and walked towards Bao'er, wiped away the remaining tears on her face, and said sincerely: "Really, the squid porridge you made is delicious. I shouldn't have lost my temper with you just now. Don't do it too much." Think about it, have a good sleep.”