Ancient monks used Liuyi clay to cast furnaces for alchemy.
The formula of this Liuyi mud has long been incomplete, and it has been debated endlessly for a hundred years, and there is still no accurate data. So what Zhang Jintong said is true, unless some relics are born, there will only be this sacred furnace left in the world.
"The traces of thatched hut outside the cave are said to be left by the patriarch. I don't know if it's true or not. The water from the waterfall can be used to make alchemy, so don't worry. Oh, are you staying here temporarily, or are you going back home with me? " asked the old Taoist.
"Let's stay here first, the Heavenly Master is in trouble." Gu Yu said.
"Okay, I'll have some supplies and dinner delivered later, as well as your luggage. I'll come and visit tomorrow."
After Zhang Jintong said that, he jumped out of the cave and went down the mountain without looking back. He understands the rules of the world, alchemy is a very hidden thing, if outsiders peep, they will be killed on the spot without telling it.
Today's Tianshi Mansion also retains some alchemy techniques, such as the pills that Zhang Shouyang gave Lu Yuanqing. But what they used was an ordinary elixir furnace, and the elixirs were not finished products, they were nothing more than more powerful life-saving medicines or tonics.
And this furnace has never been used by Tianshi Mansion, because of insufficient strength, it can't even be opened.
At this moment, Gu Yu and Xiao Zhai were surrounding the alchemy stove, seeing that it was simple and clumsy, its appearance was pitch-black, as if it had been covered with a thick layer of charcoal powder, and they couldn't get their hands on it for a while.
"Let's take it apart first and then clean it?" Gu Yu suddenly suggested.
"Alright, you have great strength, come here." Xiao Zhai took two steps back.
whispering sound!
Gu Yu didn't bother to complain, why am I so strong, it's obviously because you think it's dirty! He shook his head, rolled up his cuffs, first grasped the top bead, used three-point force, and then twisted it.
Huh
It didn't move at all.
He used another five minutes of force, and twisted it again, only to hear a "crack", and the top of the tower was slightly loose.
Gu Yu was very surprised, and he simply exerted a lot of force, "Bang!" With a huge muffled sound, the top of the tower was finally unloaded. And he poked his head to look, and first aimed at a strange huge container, which was called "Shuihai", which was used to cool down.
Remove the water sea, and underneath it is a hanging tire tripod, which is used to put herbs and gold stones. It hangs in the furnace, and below it is the red stove for adding fire.
He took out a total of four pieces. He felt a little strenuous, but he pretended to be very tired and said: "I'm done, you can wash it."
"Tsk tsk, stingy man!"
Xiao Zhai was very contemptuous, stretched out his right hand, put his two fingers together, and shouted: "Water!"
"Wow!"
As soon as the voice fell, I saw the waterfall like the Milky Way hanging upside down, cut off out of thin air, like cutting half of it with scissors, and the lower half disappeared completely. After two seconds, the waterfall resumed and poured down.
But in the void in front of her, a huge ball of water suddenly appeared.
This water polo seems to be alive, slowly wrapping the four parts, and then like a self-conscious slime, it is greasy up and down there.
Alas!
Gu Yu looked a little disgusted, and said: "Why don't you say something silently, and you have to shout?"
"Pretend that you know how to control water!"
Xiao Zhai responded as a matter of course, seeing the water polo gradually change from transparent to black-gray, and put his two fingers together again: "Go!"
The black ball disappeared in an instant, and appeared outside the cave in a blink of an eye, and black rain poured down, pouring all over the forest.
"..."
Gu Yu didn't want to pay attention to her, only looked at the four parts, and at this sight, he was amazed.
The treasures that have been dusted for thousands of years reveal their true appearance. When the charcoal layer fades away, a primitive color that looks like gold but not gold, stone but not stone, and earth but not soil appears.
"This is the appearance of a sacred furnace, I have wronged you."
Gu Yu was very happy, after carefully assembling it, the big guy put it there, it was as thick as a mountain.
After all this work, it was dark.
The four disciples of Tianshidao quickly went up the mountain carrying many objects. Zhang Jintong was very thoughtful, including tents and blankets for accommodation, steamers for eating dishes, flashlights for lighting, and charcoal for fire.
Gu Yu and Xiao Zhai set up a tent outside the cave, and instead of continuing, they closed their eyes and meditated to adjust their energy and spirit.
You know, the ancient monks who made alchemy had to fast, wear crowns, wear Taoism, kneel and hold the medicine stove, pray to the Taoist God, and then enter the mountain. The time should be on the auspicious day of the Kaishan month (three or nine). The altar should be built with talismans and seals, and the furnace should be equipped with swords and ancient mirrors.
Some may be psychological comfort, and some may really work.
They didn't make any deliberate arrangements, but just in time for March, they also picked an auspicious day, which is tomorrow.
…
The next day, dawn.
Gu Yu practiced for a whole night, and he still didn't stop at this moment, swallowing and spitting, and was eating the energy of morning glow. At the beginning, Yang completely jumped out of the horizon and dispelled the faint white mist in the mountains, and then he got back up and stood up, consciously full of energy.
Xiao Zhai on the opposite side also opened his eyes, the same radiance flowed, Hua Yun restrained.
The two of them met their eyes, stepped on their feet, and jumped into the cave together.
Gu Yu opened the box and took out a portion of Quxie Pill's medicinal materials. The grade of Quxie Pill was lower than that of Lianxing Yishen Pill, so it's better to try it first.
After long-term experiments, Taoist Waidan has formed a set of systematic methods, including dozens of methods such as flying, lifting, pumping, pressing, pointing, closing, nourishing, boiling, refining, forging, grinding, and sealing.
Each of these requires the close cooperation of spiritual power, spiritual knowledge, skills, and heat. If you are not careful, you may waste a portion of the material.
"Xuanzhu Xinjinglu" has a saying: "Quxie Dan, half of the material is ground into small pieces, two or two are made into a bag, and wrapped in a coarse cloth bag. Half of the material is dried in the shade, boiled with water, and the cloth bag is hung in the tripod, and water is added frequently. After two or three days, the cloth bag becomes lighter and the juice becomes thicker. After four or five days of boiling, the medicine is already in the juice, take a cloth bag, boil it again, ascend the dan, and form a dan embryo, which is collected immediately.
To add fire is to add six taels of charcoal to the top of the fire every morning and at seven o'clock in the afternoon.
Simple or not? simple! No way, try it.
Gu Yu put the material into the tripod, then hung the cloth bag, and then covered the top of the tower. Xiaozhai added charcoal to light the fire, and in a blink of an eye, the furnace was red and the heat rose.
Then, the two of them sat cross-legged on both sides, protruding their spiritual senses and keeping an eye on the situation at all times.
"Google!"
"Google!"
The material is originally a vegetable, soaked in water and boiled, it will soon become soft and rotten. The water also took on a strange color of red, green, yellow, and black.
And the several cloth bags hanging were also quickly soaked by steam, soggy and limp.
The waiting time was probably long, but fortunately, the two of them checked while practicing, and it was not boring. At noon, Zhang Jintong came once, seeing the smoke and fire in the cave, he didn't dare to go in, stood for a while and then left.
In this way, the two added charcoal and water on time, took care of them carefully, and a day passed in a blink of an eye.
Sure enough, the cloth bag seemed to be a little shriveled, and Gu Yu touched it with his spiritual sense, and the weight was also a little lighter. And the color of that pot of strange soup gradually merged, and it was infinitely close to green.
In this way, four days passed.
The cloth bag was completely shriveled, and the soup was extremely thick. Xiao Zhai used a small carrying technique, took out the cloth bag in an instant, opened it, and saw that the medicinal materials were almost vaporized, leaving only some debris stuck inside.
"Almost there," she said.
"Well, I'll go first."
Gu Yu stretched out his hands, as if embracing the alchemy stove, two soft spiritual powers spread out along the palms, and poured in from the stove openings on both sides. As soon as the fire was urged, it immediately rose several inches.
And as the spiritual power grew stronger, the flames licked fiercely at the bottom of the cauldron, as if trying to devour it and melt it. The already viscous soup was even more gurgling, with bubbles constantly bursting, and soon became half liquid and half solid.
This step is called Shengdan, which is the pre-procedure of Dancheng. In contrast, there is Jiangdan, which is used when refining complex elixirs.
Xiao Zhai looked at his boyfriend worriedly. In just ten minutes, his face was covered with fine sweat. Even with his profound spiritual power, he couldn't withstand such a frenzied output.
With a shudder, hundreds of millions are gone.
"Hoo..."
After persisting for another ten minutes, Gu Yu finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted, "Take over!"
Xiao Zhai didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly replaced the other party. As soon as Gu Yu withdrew his hand, he immediately took out the wine gourd, took a few sips, and then seized the time to adjust his breath.
"..."
Xiao Zhai pursed her lips, she was more serious than ever, her spiritual power is not her strong point, after about fifteen minutes she was about to hit the street. But at this moment, the soup is getting drier and smaller, and it looks like it is about to become a fetus, but it hears "Bang!"
A green fluffy thing exploded, splashing in all directions in the cauldron, and the tire was already aborted (the material was not controlled, meaning it was scrapped).
"Oh, my fault!"
Xiao Zhai sighed, showing displeasure.
"It's okay, it's the first time."
Gu Yu took another sip of wine, and said: "Sheng Dan consumes a lot of spiritual power, next time you come first, I will support you for a little longer, so that you can adjust your breath."
"good!"
Ever since, the two finished conditioning and started the second round of experiments.
It's easy to talk about the previous ones, when it's time to ascend the alchemy, Xiao Zhai will go first, and Gu Yu will take over when it's over. This time the strategy was good. After he was exhausted, Xiao Zhai happened to succeed in renewing his subscription.
While mobilizing her spiritual power, she stretched out her consciousness. The pot of soup has become like jelly, dark green all over, really like a slime pia in it.
This is the most elementary embryo, she immediately used her spiritual consciousness to wrap it around the embryo, and slowly kneaded it. It can be formed until it is round and full, with transparent brilliance.
It seemed that everything was going well, but after a few seconds, Xiao Zhai suddenly looked serious and became more and more unhappy.
Lei Fa is unparalleled and invincible against the enemy, but when she plays these big tasks, her shortcoming comes out: insufficient reserves. This time it was the same again, and it was so close.
boom!
After all, the carcass was not formed, and the tire was aborted again.
She jumped up and flew out of the cave, only to hear a crackling and rumbling sound. After a few minutes, she had vented enough and returned to the spot and asked, "How long are you short?"
"I'll be able to pick it up in about five minutes." Gu Yu roughly estimated.
"It's still a question of recovery speed, how can I speed it up..."
Xiao Zhai paused suddenly, turned his head to look at his boyfriend, Gu Yu smiled helplessly, and took out a small box, in which lay a few faintly glowing spirit stones.
"Hey, even if you don't want to part with it, you can only use this."