Ascension Through Generations

Seeing Zhao Sheng's hesitation, the short and fat old man advised him: "Senior, it's better to buy a first-level high-grade alchemy furnace. If I guess correctly, senior should be getting involved in alchemy for the first time. There is no need to get a spiritual weapon alchemy furnace from the beginning. Practice."

He didn't say it was okay, but this statement made Zhao Sheng settle down.

"I have a book of elixirs here. You can take a look at it first."

After saying that, Zhao Sheng took out the elixir jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to the short, fat old man.

"Really?" Master Jin Ming couldn't help but look happy. He quickly took the jade slip and put it between his eyebrows to read.

Ahem!

After a cup of tea, Zhao Sheng saw that the other party looked obsessed and did not put down the jade slip for a long time, so he deliberately coughed twice.

Master Jin Ming was surprised and put down the jade slip reluctantly, with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"Senior, don't be surprised. Master Shenhezi's writings are really so wonderful. I was so fascinated by them that I lost track of time for a moment."

Zhao Sheng felt that the other party was a bit greedy for petty gains, but he couldn't hold on to such a trivial matter, so he simply said it was okay.

When asked if this elixir book could be exchanged for a spiritual weapon, the elixir furnace, the short and fat old man swore that it could be done, and that it was a top-quality product of the same level.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed and he suddenly said: "The exchange is okay, but I have one condition."

"Senior, please speak." Master Jin Ming said cheerfully.

"I want to learn alchemy, but I just lack a good master, but I don't want to become a disciple. How do you think this can be solved?"

Master Jin Ming said without hesitation: "It's simple. As long as you have enough spiritual stones, senior, Jin will promise to find you a famous teacher to give you detailed guidance on alchemy."

"That's it!"

Zhao Sheng said noncommittally as he withdrew the Dan Jue Jade Slip.

Seeing this, Master Jin Ming felt anxious and said quickly: "Senior, wait a minute. If you have any requests, you can put them forward. I will try my best to do what I can."

He could not let go of the realm of alchemy written by Master Shenhezi himself.

Others often call him a master, but Jin Ming himself knows that in front of a real alchemy master, his skills are simply useless.

Shenhezi was a famous alchemy master in Broken Star Sea for more than a thousand years.

His works are valuable treasures to any alchemist, especially in the Alchemist Association.

Every other line is like a mountain!

Zhao Sheng couldn't guess the true identity of Shen Zhezi at all, so naturally he couldn't predict the true value of this elixir.

Of course, even if he knew, Zhao Sheng would not regret it. Because he has no problem with being self-conscious.

Even if there is an opportunity to take advantage, he will not let it go.

Zhao Sheng reached out and knocked on the jade slip, and said to himself: "I thought about it, and I would be at a disadvantage if I exchanged this alchemy book for an alchemy furnace. If it doesn't work, I won't exchange it at all."

Hearing this, Jin Ming immediately grimaced and said anxiously: "Senior, please think twice! It's a big deal... It's a big deal. Hey, we have it!"

As he spoke, Jin Ming slapped his thigh, his expression became excited, and he said hurriedly: "Senior, I will personally teach you how to refine the elixir, and I won't accept any spiritual stones from you. Do you think this is okay?"

"can you?"

Zhao Sheng drawled, with just the right hint of disgust and suspicion in his eyes.

Jin Ming became even more excited when he heard this, "Why not! Even though I don't look very good, I am a rare second-level alchemist in the guild, and my status is only lower than the two guild leaders."

"Yeah?"

Zhao Sheng nodded noncommittally, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "This elixir can be traded, but it will only be traded to you!"

Zhao Sheng used a heavy tone on the word "one person".

Jin Ming knew what he meant.

He thought for a moment and nodded slightly in agreement.

"In that case, please give me more advice in the future!" Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and pushed the jade slip back.

"Okay, let's pick a good alchemy furnace first."

Jin Ming returned to his true nature as a profiteer, quickly put away the jade slips, and then patted the apricot storage belt around his waist.

Then the green light flashed away, and the three statues were glowing with aura, and the simple and unique alchemy cauldron appeared on the table.

"How's it going? These three are all spiritual weapons and alchemy furnaces collected by me. Each one is a fine product, definitely not an ordinary item!" Jin Ming stroked the nearest cauldron and said with a proud expression.

"It's really good!" As soon as these alchemy furnaces appeared, Zhao Sheng saw the aura emanating from them and the rich fragrance of elixirs.

"Hehe! I am not boasting, but you will definitely not suffer any loss if you choose any of these three pill furnaces!" Seeing Zhao Sheng's somewhat moved expression, the old man said with great joy.

Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and without saying a word to refute, he slowly picked up an alchemy cauldron and slowly explored it with his spiritual consciousness.

"This is the Mofeng Cauldron. The whole body is made of thousand-year-old Mofeng bronze. It contains twenty-three elixirs. It can evenly absorb the temperature of spiritual fire. It has extremely high stability. It can increase the elixir yield rate and is easy to operate..."

Whenever Zhao Sheng picked up a furnace and took a closer look at it, Jin Ming would chatter and praise it non-stop. His smug look made people laugh.

"That's it!" Zhao Sheng inspected all three alchemy furnaces and pondered for a while, then pointed at a black alchemy furnace with three ears and six legs and nine red fire dragons engraved on the inner wall, and said to the old man.

"Tsk tsk! Senior really has a good eye. This Nine Dragon Cauldron is definitely the most suitable for senior. Although it is only a low-grade spiritual weapon, it is inlaid with Nine Dragon Fire Apertures and can accommodate up to nine kinds of heaven and earth spiritual fires. For each additional spiritual fire, this cauldron The grade will be improved. If the nine fires can be gathered together, the Nine Dragon Cauldron will not be inferior to the high-grade spiritual weapon Dan Furnace."

Jin Ming was a little surprised when he saw that Zhao Sheng picked the lowest grade one, but his expression turned normal immediately, and he praised the Nine Dragon Cauldron as a flower in a few words.

After Zhao Sheng put away the Nine Dragon Cauldron, he asked Jin Ming again: "Master Jin, can you refine the Foundation Building Pill?"

Jin Ming was stunned when he heard this, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he quickly said: "I am not boasting, there are no more than three people in the entire Jiuzhen Island who can refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, and my senior brother is one of them. "

After saying that, he coughed and said hesitantly: "You are a senior foundation builder, and you have not accepted me as your master. I really don't dare to be a master once. I'll take the big shot here. You and I might as well treat each other as Taoist friends from now on."

"Okay, let's do this from now on. My real name is Zhao Chonghe, and I just joined the Spring and Autumn Alliance a few days ago." Zhao Sheng said cheerfully.

After saying that, Zhao Sheng asked again: "Fellow Daoist Jin, I dare to ask, do you have the recipe for the Foundation Establishment Pill in your hand?"

Jin Ming was stunned again when he heard this, then nodded after thinking about it, "I really have the recipe for the Foundation Establishment Pill, but I can't trade it to you for the time being."

"Why?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhao doesn't know that the formula for this foundation-building pill is too important. It must be a second-level alchemist of the Alchemist Association, and only after being unanimously confirmed by the two guild leaders can it be exchanged for treasures of equal value. If you really want to do so, fellow daoist In order to exchange for this elixir, you must first join the Alchemist Association." Jin Ming explained patiently.

"I see, I wonder how this alchemist will join? What are the requirements?" Zhao Sheng asked with a hint of surprise on his face.

"It's very simple. As long as you can successfully refine ten first-level elixirs with a success rate of more than 50%, and you are promoted to a first-level alchemist, you can join the Alchemist Association." Jin Ming said with a smile.

"Thank you, fellow Taoist, for telling me." Zhao Sheng changed his mind and thanked Jin Ming.

Then, the two discussed for a while and decided in detail on how to teach alchemy in the future.

Half an hour later, the two of them reached a consensus, and Zhao Sheng left the Alchemy Cauldron Hall on the pretext of having something to do.

Five days later, Zhao Sheng initially refined the Nine Dragons Spirit Cauldron and came to Sunset Peak!

After arriving at Sunset Peak, he entered through the cave entrance at the foot of the mountain. After showing his guest token to the guard, Zhao Sheng entered the mountainside smoothly and walked for a while along the passage paved with fire-proof bricks.

In the fire room No. A and D of the alchemy room, Zhao Sheng finally saw Jin Ming sitting upright.

Next to him stood a young man with slender limbs and dark yellow skin. This man was wearing a white Qingding Dan robe.

When they met, the two briefly exchanged greetings before Zhao Sheng found out that the young man's name was Jin Dancheng, a descendant of Jin Ming's family and his great disciple.

Jin Ming looked at Zhao Sheng and said bluntly: "Zhao Daoyou is new to alchemy. The first step is not to learn how to make elixirs, but to learn to identify the type, origin, quality, pharmacological properties, etc. of elixirs. Once you get started, then Learn how to handle medicinal materials and how to control fire. Finally, try to make alchemy. So you first learn from the alchemy process, and then ask me if you don’t understand anything."

Seeing Zhao Sheng's expression of dissatisfaction, Jin Ming emphasized: "Refining alchemy is not an easy task. It is several times more difficult than cultivation. Of course, with the foundation-building level of Taoist friends, it may not be necessary to learn this knowledge of alchemy. several years."

Zhao Sheng groaned after hearing this, nodded and said: "Okay! Then I'll trouble you, little friend Dancheng."

Upon seeing this, Jin Dancheng hurriedly raised his hands and saluted: "I don't dare, I don't dare. I will definitely try my best to let my seniors master all the basics of alchemy as soon as possible."

…

After a cup of tea, Jin Dancheng took Zhao Sheng to an elixir shop in Danhuofang.

This shop named Zhenyao Pavilion was opened by Jin Ming. It covers an area of ​​more than 20 rooms and is considered a large medicine shop in Danhuofang.

In the warehouse that stores elixirs in the backyard, densely packed brown medicine boxes are lined up on the medicine shelves, and the rows of medicine shelves are neatly arranged like library bookshelves, filling the entire warehouse. Deng.

Jin Dancheng walked to the first row of medicine shelves, pulled out a medicine box, and opened the box, revealing a layer of withered yellow material as thin as grass silk inside.

"Senior, please look, this is yellow grass, it——"

"I know this!"

In the middle of Jin Dan's words, he was rudely interrupted by Zhao Sheng: "Huangcao has a bitter taste and color, and has cold medicinal properties. It often grows in tree roots and mountain valleys... Xuhuangcao, which is more than a hundred years old, is used to refine Yuhuang Dan. The main ingredient, Yuhuang Dan is a first-level detoxification pill, mainly used to detoxify poisonous snakes and scorpions..."

Seeing Zhao Sheng talking non-stop, Jin Dancheng couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a look of disdain on his face.

"...That's all I know. Does Mr. Jin have anything to add?" After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, Jin Dancheng looked sincere.

"No more! Senior summarized it very well. Let's look at the next elixir. Well, this is Wuling Seed."

Jin Dancheng had just finished speaking when he was interrupted by Zhao Sheng: "I also know a little bit about these Wuling seeds. They are born on the Wuling tree. They bear one seed every ten years and the seeds never fall when they are ripe..."

…

Half an hour later, in the elixir storehouse,

"Where are the Dendrobium dendrobium beads?"

"Well, I know a little bit..."

As each medicine box was opened, Jin Dancheng opened the boxes faster and faster, and his expression became lower and lower.

Because he suddenly discovered that the foundation-building senior in front of him knew more about elixirs than he had imagined.

Although he didn't know all the elixirs, he could tell a few things about most of them when he saw them, and some were more comprehensive and detailed than he knew.

No joke!

Zhao Sheng lived for several lives. In the third life, he collected elixirs for most of his life. In the fourth life, he searched and read through various ancient scriptures, exercises, talismans, elixirs, tools, insects, formations, etc. for any cultivation of immortality. Don’t let go of knowledge or insights.

After so many years of accumulation, it can be said that Zhao Sheng's theoretical knowledge is very rich, and his understanding of elixirs is not inferior to that of ordinary alchemists.

Throughout the whole day, Zhao Sheng and Jin Dancheng went through the entire warehouse with constant lectures and instructions.

For this reason, Jin Dancheng was deeply hit and almost became autistic.

That night, when Jin Dancheng reported Zhao Sheng's miracle to his master Jin Ming, Jin Ming was inevitably shocked.

Of course, he only thought that Zhao Sheng had worked hard for many years to learn alchemy, and he never thought that the other party was involved.

Jin Ming then thought about it and realized that this was a good thing for him, so he directly ordered: "If you do this, start teaching him how to handle medicinal materials tomorrow. If he is still like today, you can directly teach him how to concoct the elixir. Get down!"

"Yes, master!" Jin Dancheng nodded in agreement and stepped back.

…

Early the next morning, Zhenyao Pavilion, inside the pharmaceutical hospital.

Jin Dancheng took Zhao Sheng into a spacious room with a strong medicinal aroma.

There are four rows of long wooden tables in the room, with various special tools on them, as well as a variety of fresh elixirs.

Jin Dancheng stepped forward, picked up a palm-sized brown Ganoderma lucidum, turned back to Zhao Sheng, and said confidently: "This is the sea Ganoderma lucidum, a specialty of Broken Star Sea. It grows on the seabed. It is most taboo to dry it with fire. It usually uses water jade... …”

To Jin Dancheng's surprise, Zhao Sheng did not interrupt him this time, but listened with interest.

"Okay. Just give it a try!"

Jin Dancheng became more confident and asked Zhao Sheng to try to concoct Ganoderma lucidum from the sea.

"good!"

Zhao Sheng took the Ganoderma lucidum without hesitation, picked up the water jade pestle, and gently squeezed the Ganoderma lucidum canopy. The excess water quickly dripped from the edge of the Ganoderma lucidum.

Jin Dancheng looked at Zhao Sheng's skillful and professional skills and was speechless again.

I said I'm just a novice, why is my technique so sophisticated?

Is it a lie? !

Ever since, the process of preparing the elixir has once again started accelerating, accelerating and accelerating again.

In just seven days, Jin Dancheng has become slumped. He feels as if his body has been hollowed out and it is difficult to squeeze out fresh juice. Well, it is knowledge!

"What? He's finished studying again!"

At night, after listening to his apprentice's report, Jin Ming was so shocked that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.