When Jiang Ning got home, he checked the time. It was two o'clock in the morning.
He brought a basin of water, heated it with flames, poured it over his body, and then used magic to dry his clothes.
Then, Jiang Ning closed his eyes and rested.
Half an hour later, his spiritual power was restored to full strength, and his heart was filled with peace.
The schoolbag was open on the side, with medicinal herbs wrapped in plastic wrap stacked up. He waved his hand lightly, and the herbs flew out of the schoolbag in an orderly manner and lined up in front of him.
Jiang Ning was preparing to refine the 'Qi Gathering Pill' to quickly improve his cultivation.
Alchemy is a skill of cultivating immortality, just like many professions in the real world, such as doctor, cook, and engineer.
However, alchemy is difficult to master. Not only does it require extremely high talent, but it also consumes a lot of resources.
A genuine alchemist will be looked up to wherever he goes.
Jiang Ning was not a professional alchemist, but he had several exclusive alchemists in Luoyun Sect. When he was bored, he would ask them for advice on alchemy. Facing a Nascent Soul cultivator like Jiang Ning, the alchemists naturally did not dare to put on airs.
Therefore, Jiang Ning inherited several alchemy skills.
Jiang Ning activated his magic power, flicked his finger forward, and a straight spiritual flame shot out.
The pure white spiritual flame leaped, and the surrounding space was distorted and mottled. The spiritual flame was different from ordinary flames. It was evolved by cultivators using their skills or natural treasures.
The most notable feature is its extremely high temperature, which can melt metal instantly.
If a person is infected with it, the spiritual flame will use the human body as fuel and burn into ashes within a few seconds.
A must-have for murder and robbery, some desperate criminals often carry a spiritual flame with them.
Jiang Ning had mastered more than a dozen kinds of spiritual flames in his previous life. When it comes to playing with fire, he is a professional.
Secondly, spiritual flame is necessary for refining elixirs. Spiritual flame is formed by spiritual power. When purifying the essence of herbs, it can undergo qualitative changes and achieve the conditions required for the production of elixirs.
Jiang Ning stared at the white spiritual flame, and suddenly slapped it downwards. The spiritual power formed an air wave, and more than a dozen medicinal herbs flew into the air.
Looking at the spiritual herbs in front of him, Jiang Ning's face showed embarrassment. He forgot that he was no longer the Yuanying Zhenjun from his previous life. With his current spiritual power, if he tried to extract many herbs at once, he would definitely fail.
After thinking about it, the herbs fell down again, leaving only a green herb hanging in the air.
His spiritual sense covered the herbs, and with Jiang Ning's extensive knowledge of herbs, he instantly determined the age of the herb, its color, remaining medicinal effects, and the spiritual flame temperature and method used to extract its essence.
There must be no mistake in any of these things, otherwise the effect of the pills being refined will be greatly reduced, or even the refining will fail.
Jiang Ning snapped his fingers, and the spiritual flame rolled over the herb, wrapping it completely.
As soon as the herbs came into contact with the spiritual flame, they burned like paper into a ball of green liquid. The liquid rolled in the spiritual flame, reflecting the bright moonlight outside.
This is the time that tests one's skills the most. If the temperature of the spiritual flame is too high, the medicinal liquid will evaporate. If the temperature is too low, it will not be able to refine the herbs. Only when the temperature is suitable can the spiritual power contained in the spiritual flame be absorbed into the medicinal liquid, allowing water and fire to blend together.
Jiang Ning concentrated on controlling the spiritual flame, his spiritual consciousness hovering tightly.
Soon, black spots appeared in the green liquid, looking extremely abrupt.
The spiritual flame separated and turned into a sharp needle, which pierced into the medicine liquid to remove the black spots. These black spots were impurities, and if they were not removed, they would greatly affect the subsequent alchemy.
Black spots appeared one by one and were removed one by one by Jiang Ning, until finally, no spots appeared in the medicine anymore.
At this point, the liquid medicine has shrunk to half its previous size.
Crystal clear, like a gem, it has undergone a qualitative change from the original.
This liquid medicine cannot be produced by current human technology because it involves the field of spiritual power.
This also means that the medicine liquid is qualified. Jiang Ning waved his fingers lightly and the medicine liquid was transferred to a slightly farther location.
He breathed a sigh of relief, picked up another herb and began to extract the essence. This time, the liquid formed by the herbs was scarlet, like drops of blood.
Next comes the next dozen or so herbs. The whole process is extremely complicated and tests one's mental strength, magic power, and spiritual awareness.
When all the herbs were extracted, clusters of medicinal liquid and medicinal dust appeared in front of Jiang Ning.
Some herbs are dry, so after quenching, the essence is contained in the medicinal dust.
The next step in alchemy is the most skill-testing step, which is to fuse the ingredients into a pill.
Jiang Ning did not delay. He mobilized his spiritual power and the medicine liquid began to blend according to fixed steps. If someone who did not understand blended it without authorization, the medicine liquid would be destroyed in vain.
The two groups of medicinal liquid merged, and the contact of different properties was like hot oil touching cold water, and suddenly a "hissing" sound was made. In an instant, countless black spots appeared.
Jiang Ning didn't waste any time. His spiritual flame formed needles. Nine spiritual flame needles formed in a row and stabbed towards the medicinal liquid together. He gently pushed away the impurities and completed the movement in one go.
Extreme technology is art. If Xue Yuantong was next to her, she would definitely not dare to say that she could have sex with her.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ning smiled faintly.
Clusters of medicinal liquid and medicinal dust merged, steam rose, and the formed medicinal liquid was as big as an egg. Or it could be said that it was not medicinal liquid, because this cluster of medicinal liquid began to transform into a solid, and it already had the prototype of a pill, which is often called a medicinal embryo.
Jiang Ning looked at the last ball of sticky milky liquid in the air, which was the auxiliary liquid needed for the Qi Gathering Pill.
"enter!"
At Jiang Ning's command, the milky-colored liquid covered the medicine embryo. As soon as it came into contact, a fresh medicinal fragrance wafted out, which made people feel refreshed and comfortable all over.
The medicinal fragrance lasted only a moment.
"Lock!"
Jiang Ning used magic to lock the medicinal fragrance to prevent the medicinal power from evaporating.
He cast another spell, and the medicine embryo, which was originally the size of an egg, suddenly disintegrated and dispersed into twelve white medicine embryos.
The spiritual flame rolled it up and rolled it together. The spiritual flame rotated rapidly to form a vortex of fire.
Twelve white medicine embryos are spinning rapidly in the vortex.
This step is called "polishing", the purpose of which is to encapsulate the medicinal power and achieve the effect of warming and nourishing the medicinal embryo so that it can become a pill.
And during the continuous rotation, the medicine embryos gradually shrank and finally became about the size of a fingertip.
The spiritual flame finally went out, and twelve Qi Gathering Pills were suspended in the air, glowing white all over. An ancient symbol was engraved on the surface. This was the unique symbol of Jiang Ning, the master alchemist.
This is a work by Jiang Ning, the True Lord, which means "not stupid".
After admiring it for half a minute, Jiang Ning waved his hand in the air, and an exquisite white jade bottle on the table suddenly flew over, sucking the pills into the bottle, and finally sealed it with a stopper.
There was only one Qi Gathering Pill left, and Jiang Ning swallowed it directly into his stomach. The medicinal power exploded and turned into surging spiritual power that rushed into his meridians, causing them to swell and ache.
Jiang Ning is a natural spiritual root, and his efficiency in absorbing medicinal pills is extremely high.
"This Qi Gathering Pill is about 50% less effective than the pills made by the Luoyun Sect's alchemist. It's not that my alchemy skills are inferior to the alchemist's, but the effectiveness of herbs in this world cannot compare to those in the immortal realm."
Even so, one pill is equivalent to three or four days of hard practice. Swallowing one pill every day can more than triple the practice speed.
What a pity. If it were the Qi Gathering Pill from the world of immortal cultivation, it would at least be able to increase the cultivation speed by seven times.
“If we want to go faster, we have to pay more attention to the quality of the herbs.” Jiang Ning already had an idea in his mind.
While refining the medicinal power, Jiang Ning was thinking about his future plans.
Later, I can refine a batch of pills with targeted effects, find a glove to be the spokesperson, and launch them into the market.
Jiang Ning of later generations knew how huge the profits of medicines were, and that there were many fields that could be involved, including ophthalmology, cosmetology, and hair growth. Any direction would allow him to plunder a large amount of assets.
With this financial resources, he purchased land, set up a large formation, absorbed spiritual energy from the world, and nourished medicinal herbs.
He, Jiang Ning, wants to use the resources of this world to produce a Jindan cultivator.