Chapter 44: Refining Treasures Institute
Ever since Xu Yang learned the Five Elements Flame Technique and obtained the Flame Wheel Spirit, the dream he had before suddenly became more frequent and clearer.
In the center of a simple magic circle, a red egg hovers. Occasionally, the figure of a girl appeared inside the eggshell. This girl had no clothes on her body, and her curled-up jade body, with its smooth lines, hung there quietly like a silver moon. The red hair is like a waterfall, falling on the white cheeks, making it difficult to see the face. The jade arms are like lotus roots, and there is a faint plump curve in the arms that rises and falls with the breathing. From time to time, there were whispers: "Come and help me, come and help me."
What kind of strange dream is this? Where is this red egg? Who is the girl in the eggshell? Puzzled.
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In recent days, Xu Yang has become more diligent in his cultivation, and the few pills he originally had have been exhausted.
"You have to think of a way to earn spirit stones. Otherwise, the elixirs and pills from taking care of the spirit orchard won't be able to help you at all. What talent do you have to earn spirit stones? What you are best at is making wine, but ordinary mortals Wine is not popular in the world of cultivation. If you want to brew spiritual wine, you don't have the recipe for spiritual wine. With that, the nightmare beast can turn ordinary wine into spiritual wine, and the spiritual wine can be exchanged for spiritual stones.
Then I thought again, it was absolutely impossible. The effect of the spiritual wine produced by this nightmare beast is comparable to the best elixir for restoring mana. Once this wine enters the market, people will inevitably notice the abnormality, and the matter of the Nightmare Beast will inevitably be exposed. The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade, which may lead to death. "Xu Yang was pacing in the room, thinking about it.
"I major in fire-attribute exercises, and I have learned a lot about spiritual herbs during my time at the Wood Spirit Academy. I think it will be of great help in refining elixirs. Since I don't have any spiritual stones to buy elixirs, why not make my own elixirs?" Go to the sect’s Treasure Refining Academy to be a guest disciple and learn how to refine elixirs?”
Since the realm was promoted to the realm of transformation in a short period of time, Xiao Yue'e, the head of the Wood Spirit Academy, also valued Xu Yang.
In the lobby of Mulingyuan. Xiao Yue'e, the headmaster, was wearing a purple brocade shirt and was sitting in the lobby. Xu Yang stood respectfully in the hall.
"You are going to be a guest disciple at the Treasure Refining Academy this time. If you find Elder Li, he will naturally take good care of you. I have something here that I promised to give to Elder Li a few days ago. You can give it to Elder Li by the way. "
As he spoke, Elder Xiao took out a square jade box from his storage bag. A female disciple of the deacon next to her quickly took the jade box and handed it to Xu Yang.
Xu Yang put away the jade box, thanked him, and exited the lobby.
The Treasure Refining Institute is located on Huoyun Peak within the Tiangui Sect. It is the branch of the Tiangui Sect responsible for refining elixirs and magical weapons.
Under the Fire Cloud Peak is a huge fire attribute ground vein, which is the place where the Tiangui Sect's fire attribute spiritual power is most abundant. Compared with the ancient and elegant style of Mulingyuan, the architectural style of Lianbaoyuan seems a bit old-fashioned. Perhaps for the sake of fire prevention, the buildings of Lianbaoyuan are all made of huge bluestones. They are more than spectacular but not beautiful.
In a hall of Lianbao Academy.
Sitting on a spring chair was a middle-aged man with a round, red face. This person is Elder Li who Xiao Yue'e asked Xu Yang to find. He is also a very famous alchemy master in the alchemy academy.
Elder Li held the jade box brought by Xu Yang in his hand. When he opened the jade box and took a look, he suddenly smiled and said with a smile: "My junior sister Xiao is really considerate. I just need this to refine a pill." After that, an ambiguous smile appeared on his face.
Realizing that he had lost his composure, Elder Li's face hardened, and he pretended to be serious and said: "Since it was personally recommended by Xiao Zhangyuan, you can practice alchemy here with me."
"Thank you, Elder Li." Xu Yang said respectfully.
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In this way, Xu Yang became a guest disciple of the Treasure Refining Academy and learned alchemy under Elder Li.
In the alchemy room, a bronze alchemy furnace was placed on a small magic circle underground. Below the magic circle was a small fire-attribute earth vein.
If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. The alchemy furnace used in alchemy is one of the most important tools for alchemy. The price of a top-quality alchemy furnace is very expensive, far more than other magical weapons of the same level. Proficient fire control is the basic condition for alchemy, and good alchemy masters are fire control masters.
Xu Yang received some simple alchemy materials from the medicinal material warehouse of the Refining Institute, and decided to start trying to make elixirs according to the records in the refining method.
"Solid pill" is a very common pill. The refining materials are relatively cheap. The pill can strengthen the body. It is only taken occasionally by low-level monks, and has little effect on high-level monks. Xu Yang decided to try the "solid pill" which was easier to refine.
Making alchemy for the first time.
Xu Yang was sitting in front of the alchemy furnace, with several prepared materials beside him. The alchemy furnace is divided into two layers: the upper layer is the roasting layer where the elixirs are placed, and the lower layer is the furnace fire layer.
Holding your breath and concentrating, use the fire control technique on the Five Elements Flame Technique to try to guide the earth fire several times. After feeling more proficient, a magic trick led the earth fire to the lower level of the alchemy furnace. Let go of your consciousness and stare at the flames in the furnace without blinking. He pointed at the alchemy materials next to him with his right hand and fired out a burst of magic power. Several alchemy materials flew into the upper level of the alchemy furnace one by one in order. Control the alchemy furnace to close the lid, continue to use fire control to control the size and temperature of the flame, and observe the refining status of the elixir in the furnace at any time.
An hour passed. Xu Yang hit a magic formula on the bottom of the furnace, stopped the fire, opened the furnace lid, and took out the elixir in one go.
Originally, this furnace was enough for eight "solid pills", but when Xu Yang took out the refined pills, he found that only three of them were formed. Looking at the three pills in his hand, one of them seemed a little burnt, and the other was a little stiff. Only one of them looked similar to the finished pill described in the book.
Xu Yang took this seemingly successful "solid pill" and took a small bite. It tasted bitter with a hint of medicinal fragrance. The taste and medicinal power were the same as the inferior "solid pill" described in the book, and he felt a little comforted. Although only one of the eight materials was successful, it was the first time in his life to refine pills.
You should know that many novices in alchemy may not be able to refine a finished pill after practicing for a few days. I thought, although I am good at controlling flames by practicing the Five Elements Flame Art, this alchemy is a subtle and profound way, and it is not a simple way to succeed by following the instructions. It seems that I still need to work hard.
In the next few days, Xu Yang tried to activate the wheel flame spirit in his body and guide the power of the flame spirit into the furnace fire to refine the pill. As a result, the refining of earth-attributed elixirs was extremely successful, with not only a very high success rate, but also a high grade. However, it had no obvious effect on refining elixirs of other attributes. This discovery made Xu Yang very happy.
Time flies, and a month has passed in a blink of an eye.
On this day, the Refining Treasure Academy issued an internal notice that the biennial internal assessment would be held in seven days.
This assessment was divided into two groups: refining tools and refining elixirs. As a disciple of Li Changlong, Xu Yang was eligible to participate in the assessment of the first group of refining elixirs.
The reward for the first place was a top-grade refining furnace. The reward for the second place was three top-grade elixirs. The reward for the third place was three hundred middle-grade spiritual stones.
The content of the assessment was that the academy listed the three levels of elixirs of the primary, intermediate, and high grades according to the difficulty of refining. Only by passing the three levels of assessment in turn could you have a chance to get a good ranking. The success rate and quality of refining elixirs are the key to scoring.
Seeing the reward for the first place, Xu Yang was a little tempted. He didn't have many spiritual stones and couldn't afford to buy a high-grade alchemy furnace. The first prize is a replica of the "Nine Dragons Red Gold Furnace". Although it is a replica, it is also a top-grade spiritual weapon.
After reading the rules of the competition, Xu Yang was secretly happy. With Xu Yang's current alchemy level, he can't even get into the top 30, let alone the top three.
But with the help of the Wheel Flame Spirit, the confidence of refining earth attribute pills is still very high. As long as you choose an earth attribute pill to refine every time and strive for a good ranking, you can still give it a try. Although it is a bit tricky, it is also due to ability.
After deciding to participate in the assessment, Xu Yang thought carefully and chose an earth attribute pill called "Underworld Black Blood Pill" as the ultimate goal of this assessment.
"Underworld Black Blood Pill" is made of the crystal of the underworld and the blood of the ghost black monkey from the ghost howling land. This pill is extremely difficult to refine. The effect is to nourish the blood of the monks who practice the ghost way, which is very beneficial to breaking through various bottlenecks in cultivation. This pill is almost one of the auxiliary pills for ghost monks to form the true pill realm. Since it can be used by all levels of cultivators, the demand is high, the materials are precious, and it is extremely difficult to refine. Therefore, this pill is of high value.
The disciples who participated in the assessment were assigned to small closed alchemy rooms in the examination hall. Before refining the pill, the contestants were required to be searched to prevent the contestants from bringing in the finished pills.
Xu Yang was in the No. 23 alchemy room.
The assessment began.
According to the formula of the pill selected by the contestant, the materials of the competition were placed in front of each alchemy room by the deacon disciples one by one. Then, after the three competition supervisors took turns to check, the assessment disciples could collect the materials into the alchemy room for refining.
"The primary assessment begins!" With the command of the competition supervisor, the primary assessment began.
A cup of tea passed.
The first red flag was erected outside the No. 23 alchemy room, indicating that the refining was completed.
"No. 23, the refining is completed."
The competition deacon took away the five "Earth Dragon Pills" placed on the tray by Xu Yang, brought them to the competition supervisor, and gave them scores.
Five is the maximum number that can be refined with these refining materials, and the success rate is 100%. Each brown pill refined by Xu Yang has three silver lines on it, which is a top-grade pill.
When the five "Earth Dragon Pills" were brought to the competition supervisor. The three elders responsible for scoring all showed satisfaction on their faces.
After that, other disciples finished refining one after another.
Xu Yang successfully passed the primary assessment.
The process of the intermediate assessment is exactly the same as the primary assessment. In order not to attract excessive attention from others, Xu Yang did not take out the refined pills immediately. Instead, he waited until the two people in front of him finished refining before handing over the pills.
There were still five pills, each with three silver lines.
In this way, Xu Yang successfully entered the last level, the high-level assessment.
In the alchemy room No. 23.
In front of Xu Yang was a small green porcelain bottle and a slightly larger white porcelain jar.
When he opened the green bottle, a strong smell of blood came to his face, and there was a faint bitter taste in the blood.
"Ghost black monkey essence blood." Xu Yang said to himself.
The other porcelain jar contained the Netherworld Crystals that Xu Yang had seen in the Netherworld Illusion Killing Formation in the Ghost Howling Land. Each Netherworld Crystal was the size of a soybean, irregular in shape, and flashing with black crystal light and a hint of ghostly energy.
He recited the refining process twice in his mind before he began to formally refine it.
Xu Yang carefully crushed the Netherworld Crystal into fine powder. Then he mixed the blood essence and the Netherworld Crystal powder in a certain proportion and made them into pills. Five purple-black pills were neatly placed on the refining baking tray and then placed in the baking chamber of the pill furnace.