"Excellent, extremely top quality, they are actually all top quality foundation building pills!" Yan Xinghe looked at the pills in the box and could not speak fluently.
You must know that it is not that the alchemy master cannot refine the best foundation-building pills, but it often takes several furnaces to get a few of the best foundation-building pills. In other words, this thing depends on chance and luck, at least the alchemy master cannot completely control it.
However, Liu Qian was able to refine this furnace, but all of them were top-grade foundation-building pills. Is this because he was so lucky, or because he really had everything under control
To be honest, no matter which possibility it was, Yan Xinghe found it incredible. He has never seen anyone with such good luck, nor has he ever seen an alchemy master who said that by refining the best elixirs, you can make the best elixirs.
Yan Xinghe, who had a look of disbelief on his face, even examined every pill carefully. He hoped to see that these elixirs might have some flaws, or that they might not be truly top quality. However, the results forced him to believe that these foundation-building pills were not only the best, they could even be called the best among the best.
Although Liu Qian said something later about how the alchemy furnace was helpful, Yan Xinghe knew very well that he was just being polite. The effect of the alchemy furnace is simply impossible to be so great. Even if it improves the quality by 20%, it cannot upgrade the top-grade foundation-building pill to the top-grade foundation-building pill. It can be seen from this that Liu Qian can refine the best foundation-building pill even if he uses an ordinary pill furnace.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I really admire you. All of them are top-grade foundation-building pills, and they are the best among the best. No wonder you are so confident in the Grandmaster exam." Yan Xinghe sighed sincerely, without any trace of his origins in the Danding Sect. pride.
"Fellow Taoist has been overrated. No matter how good his quality is, it's just a foundation-building pill. I'm still far from a true master." Although Liu Qian was being modest, judging from the smile on his face, he was afraid that he was too. Quite proud.
For a long time, Liu Qian rarely exchanged his alchemy experience with others in Yuqing Sect, and he could be regarded as working behind closed doors. Although he got a lot of inspiration in alchemy from Ye Zan, which greatly improved his level of alchemy. But without communication with colleagues, he would have no way of knowing how much he had improved and what level he had reached.
There is a saying that "if wealth does not return to its hometown, it is like walking in brocade at night." Liu Qian came to participate in the Alchemy Conference. On the one hand, he wanted to get the title of Grandmaster and settle his grudges with Jin Hongze. On the other hand, he actually wanted to return home rich and noble.
Today, Liu Gan demonstrated his alchemy skills in front of outsiders. Seeing the other person's shocked face with his own eyes and hearing the other person's exclamation in his ears, how could he feel dissatisfied.
Yan Xinghe thought back to Liu Gan's process of refining the elixir, and suddenly thought of the first few herbs that the other party picked up. Could this be the key to refining the ultimate foundation-building elixir? But it's hard to ask about this kind of thing. The elixir recipes and techniques for making alchemy are just like the inherited Taoist methods of various sects. It's very taboo to ask casually.
Next, Yan Xinghe, Ye Zan and others chatted for a long time. At the same time, because he had seen Liu Qian's level, Yan Xinghe also expressed his grudges against Liu Qian and Jin Hongze in his words, and the Danding Sect would treat them in a fair and equitable manner.
After some small talk, Ye Zan declined Yan Xinghe's offer to stay and returned to the inn with Liu Qian and Qi Qianjun.
After Ye Zan and others left, Yan Xinghe immediately returned to his alchemy room. He first checked the alchemy furnace and found that there were very few residues of herbs in it.
"Have you cleaned it up?" Yan Xinghe asked his disciple Xun Hongwen.
Xun Hongwen quickly shook his head and said, "Master, don't worry, I didn't let anyone touch anything inside."
"Yes," Yan Xinghe nodded, turned around the alchemy furnace and came to the place where the herbs were placed at the back. Liu Qian used one of the ten materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill that he brought before, leaving nine of them intact and placed there.
Yan Xinghe asked his disciples to bring ten herbs before, but he actually wanted to use the herbs to test Liu Qian.
The so-called combined refining of herbal medicines is considered a threshold for alchemy masters, and it tests the level of alchemy. There are two types of combined refining of herbal medicines: one is to combine multiple herbal medicines with the same elixir; the other is to combine multiple herbal medicines with different elixirs.
The first one sounds quite simple. Isn’t it just to increase the amount of herbs several times? But in fact, as the amount of herbal medicine increases, it has a great impact on fire control and alchemy techniques. Although they are refining the same kind of elixir, the difficulty of refining it can be said to have increased exponentially.
The second type is more difficult than the first, and is equivalent to refining multiple elixirs in one furnace. This involves not only fire control and alchemy techniques, but also the judgment of the medicinal properties of various herbs, the calculation of herbal refining conditions, etc. It can be said that the difficulty of the method of combining multiple elixirs has not doubled, but the difficulty will increase geometrically with each additional elixir.
Therefore, if the first type of combined training is the entry threshold for the alchemy master, then the second type is definitely enough to meet the entry threshold for the alchemy master, even if it is just the combination of two alchemy recipes.
However, what Yan Xinghe didn't expect was that Liu Qian only used a portion of herbs to refine a furnace of top-quality foundation-building pills. Although he could not test the opponent with the combination of herbal medicines, in his opinion, this method of making the best foundation-building pill was no worse than the combination of herbal medicines.
Putting away his emotions, Yan Xinghe also took a pack of herbs and came to the alchemy furnace. After looking at the herbs Liu Qian had picked out before, he also picked out a few of the herbs.
Fire!
Then, Yan Xinghe followed Liu Gan's previous method and began to put herbs into the alchemy furnace. That's right, he wanted to restore Liu Gan's alchemy process and find Liu Gan's secret to refining the ultimate foundation-building elixir. Although this alchemy technique, like the inherited Taoist methods of various sects, cannot be inquired about casually, but if you deduce it yourself, no one can say anything.
The order was the same and the techniques were similar. Even Yan Xinghe tried to use his Tao Fire to process the herbs in advance. However, before he could put all the herbs in, there was already a burning smell coming from the alchemy furnace, followed by a puff of black smoke rising from it.
Failed, obviously failed!
What went wrong? After all, Yan Xinghe was a master of alchemy. With his own ability, he began to analyze the medicine residue and deduced some possible errors.
continue!
Then it fails.
Do some analysis before continuing!
Then it failed.
When Yan Xinghe went to get the herbs again, he suddenly found that nine portions of the herbs had been used up by himself, but he still refused to give up and said to Xun Hongwen: "Go, get me another ten portions, no, get twenty portions of the herbs. "
Soon, Xun Hongwen brought twenty herbs for the Foundation Establishment Pill, and Yan Xinghe once again threw himself into the experiment.
After discarding a few more herbs, everything finally seemed to be normal. Yan Xinghe suppressed the joy in his heart, closed the alchemy furnace and activated the flame to continue refining.
Turn on the furnace!
The lid of the alchemy furnace was blown open by the medicinal gas. Yan Xinghe slapped the alchemy furnace with his palm, and more than a dozen black elixirs flew out from it. That's right, it's black and smells pungent, and it doesn't look like a top-quality foundation-building pill at all.
Yan Xinghe didn't give up, picked up one and licked it with his tongue, and all the features on his face suddenly became twisted. The taste of this elixir was exactly as it appeared. He just licked it, and a bitter and foul taste filled his mouth.
Moreover, Yan Xinghe also tasted the ingredients of the elixir. This messy elixir, let alone the top-grade Foundation-Building Pill, is incomparable with the low-grade Foundation-Building Pill. It can even be called a poison pill.
"Alas!" Yan Xinghe finally sighed, and a ball of flame rose up from his palm, burning the elixir clean in the blink of an eye.
"Master, is it possible that he has any special requirements when tempering herbs with elixir fire?" Xun Hongwen stepped forward and said.
Yan Xinghe nodded, patted the black ash in his hand, and said: "Yes, after trying so many techniques, there is only one point that even a teacher cannot see through. This person's alchemy technique is quite novel. If he can become an elixir, The Dao Master should inject a stream of living water into the current alchemy path."
Many technologies, in the process of development, will be full of energy at the beginning because there are so many places for people to play. This is the case with alchemy. In the beginning, a new alchemy recipe and new alchemy techniques would appear from time to time. But slowly, there are fewer and fewer places for people to perform, and it gradually becomes like a stagnant water.
Liu Qian's alchemy technique obviously has different changes on the original basis. This may not trigger a revolution in alchemy, but it is enough to inject some vitality into this stagnant water.
It can be said that after this trial and error, Yan Xinghe's heart has become more biased toward Liu Qian.
On the other side, Ye Zan, Liu Qian, and Qi Qianjun had already returned to the inn where they were staying.
"Old Liu, it's been so long, it's time to come back to your senses." In the room, Ye Zan patted Liu Qian on the shoulder and said rather amusingly.
"Ah, yes, what did you say?" Liu Qian was startled and looked around, only to realize that he had returned to the inn without knowing it.
"You showed your face and giggled all the way. Your mental endurance is a bit worrying. What if you pass the Grandmaster exam, will you suddenly be so happy that you become crazy with joy!" Ye Zan said jokingly.
Liu Qian's face turned red. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, he quickly asked: "What... is it so obvious?"
"What do you think, your two apprentices thought we did something to you? They took you out as a good person, but brought back a fool who can only giggle." Ye Zan said with a smile.
"Oh, Elder Ye, I still have to say, thank you very much." Liu Qian sighed, arched his hands to Ye Zan, and then said: "If I hadn't learned this extraction method from Elder Ye, how would I have gotten it again? I show my face in front of others, let alone demand justice from Jin Hongze.”
"Okay, don't be so emotional. It's better to calm down and prepare for the Grandmaster exam." Ye Zan patted Liu Qian's shoulder again, turned around and left the room.
(To be continued.)