Ascension Through Generations

The next morning, after Zhao Sheng finished his daily homework, he used his flying sword and flew skillfully to the sunset peak.

After the sword light dissipated, Zhao Sheng entered the mountain from the cave entrance at the foot of the mountain, walked through a long corridor, and came to the ground fire chamber area.

Today, there was a new group of guards at the door. Just as Zhao Sheng was about to go in, he was blocked by a tall armored man next to him.

"Where's the access token? Without the token, you can't go in!"

This big man in armor was obviously out of his mind, and he didn't even see the guest token that Zhao Sheng deliberately wore on his waist.

Zhao Sheng shook his head secretly, and then released his Foundation Establishment Realm aura.

"I made an appointment with someone to meet in the Earth Fire Room. Get out of the way!"

"Foundation Building. Senior, please!"

The armored man sensed Zhao Sheng's foundation-building momentum, and was immediately startled, and quickly claimed that it was true.

He just took two steps back, but he suddenly hesitated, with a coquettish expression on his face, wanting to stop but not daring to stop, so he could only look at Zhao Sheng with tangled eyes.

When Zhao Sheng saw this situation, he felt quite funny in his heart, so he took off his guest token and handed it to the person: "Do you recognize this?"

The big man scratched his head and said sheepishly: "I know you, this is your guest's token. Please invite me, senior! I have only been here for two days. If you have just offended senior, please forgive me!"

When Zhao Sheng saw the other party's sensible apology, he nodded lightly to the big man and walked into the corridor.

After walking through a passage paved with fire-proof bricks for several hundred meters, Zhao Sheng appeared in a very spacious circular grotto.

The temperature in the grotto is very high, exceeding forty degrees on average, and the hot air is mixed with the smell of various medicinals and elixirs.

The entire grotto is made of precious fire-resistant stones, with a diameter of nearly thirty to forty feet and a height of five to six feet.

On the stone walls around the grotto, there are eight almost identical black corridors evenly distributed, two feet high and about six feet wide. The tops of the corridor entrances are engraved with runes A, B, C, D and so on.

At this time, there was no one in the grotto, but from time to time there were one or two muffled explosions deep in the corridor, and occasionally there were faint curses coming from the underground fire chamber.

According to Jin Dancheng, the alchemy room at Wanxia Peak has a total of eight earth fire pillars, which are divided into sixty-four earth fire eyes, which means there are sixty-four earth fire chambers.

The higher the serial number of the underground fire chamber in each corridor is, the better and more stable the quality of the underground fire, and the higher the corresponding success rate of alchemy.

The ground fire room No. D on Jiazi Road is Jin Ming's special alchemy room, and Zhao Sheng's destination is also here.

In front of the underground fire room of No. A and D, after Zhao Sheng's spiritual consciousness passed in, the stone door opened automatically soon.

Zhao Sheng walked into the room, and Jin Ming stood up from the futon, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhao, you really gave me a big surprise! If I had known that your basic skills were so solid, I wouldn't have let this young disciple show his embarrassment."

Waving his hand to close the stone door, Zhao Sheng walked closer in two steps and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist Jin, it's not my fault. Zhao also didn't expect that the disciple's teachings were so simple and simple."

Jin Ming stretched out his hand to signal Zhao Sheng to sit down, and said depressedly: "It's my fault that I didn't figure it out beforehand! However, fellow Taoists, have you ever heard of the ancient proverb 'Everything can be made into a medicine, and everything can be made into an elixir'."

Zhao Sheng nodded when he heard this and said with a smile: "I understand what Fellow Taoist Jin means. Of course I will not despise the step of processing medicinal materials."

"That's right! It's gratifying that fellow Taoists can clearly understand the true meaning of this when they first started to practice alchemy. Ordinary alchemists will only use prepared elixirs to make elixirs, but they don't know that a real alchemist will concoct the elixirs with his own hands. In order to be familiar with and accurately control every part of the elixir's medicinal properties, the elixir produced in this way will not only be more in quantity, but also of higher quality.

As for outstanding figures such as alchemy masters and even alchemy masters, they are the ones who turn decay into magic. The birth of each new elixir is often accompanied by more explanations of the properties and pharmacology of unknown elixirs, which also means new developments in the art of alchemy.

Fellow Daoist Zhao, have you ever heard of elixirs such as "marrow elixir"? "

Zhao Sheng nodded slightly and said: "The Marrow Pill is so famous, of course I have heard of it."

Jin Mingtan's expression was slightly excited as he said: "Fellow Taoist, do you know that five thousand years ago, there was no marrow elixir in the Tianzhu world. At that time, no one thought that the brain marrow fluid of monsters could be used to make elixirs.

It wasn't until the appearance of Master Chen Mo that he came up with this idea when he was still an alchemy apprentice. After nearly a decade of hard work, Grandmaster Chen Mo finally succeeded in refining the first marrow elixir: Dragon Beard Fish Marrow elixir. "

No need for Zhao Sheng's praise, Jin Ming spoke faster and faster, "The Fish Marrow Pill can actually improve the spiritual power of immortal cultivators, and the price is very cheap. This simply goes against the normal principles of elixirs. Therefore, as soon as the Dragon Beard Fish Marrow Pill came out, it immediately It triggered an unprecedented discussion. Very few people in the entire Broken Star Sea alchemy community supported Grandmaster Chen Mo. Most of them criticized and ridiculed. Some even believed that the Dragon Beard and Fish Marrow Pill had great hidden dangers and must be destroyed as soon as possible.

At this critical moment, Master Chen Mo unexpectedly refined a second marrow elixir: the Zhangmui elixir, which was made from the brain marrow of the transformed Haizhang. Zhangmui Pill is still a pill that can enhance the spiritual power of immortal cultivators. "

At this time, Jin Ming spread his hands with a mocking expression and said with a bad smile: "After the Zhang Marrow Pill, there is the Golden Crystal Beast Marrow Pill, and then a series of Marrow Spirit Pills. Grandmaster Chen Mo then refuted the world's opinions on him with iron-clad facts. Questioning. Those alchemists who mocked him had their faces swollen. Now, after thousands of years of expansion and improvement, the marrow elixir has grown into a famous category of elixirs."

After listening to his words, Zhao Sheng touched his chin and suddenly said: "Fellow Taoist said so much, does it mean that the first spiritual elixir you taught me to refine today is the marrow elixir?"

"That's right! Fellow Daoist Zhao is really smart. No wonder he succeeded in building the foundation at such a young age. Today I'm going to ask you to refine the Dragon Beard and Fish Marrow Pill. It is a first-level elixir, and it is not difficult to refine. It is very suitable for practicing. ." Jin Ming couldn't help but praise.

After speaking, he took out twelve bottles and jars from the storage bag, and finally took out a square porcelain box.

Opening the porcelain box, there were nine fist-sized transparent glass bottles inside, containing half a finger's worth of clear, jelly-like slurry.

Zhao Sheng lowered his head and looked over, while Jin Ming also opened other bottles one by one and asked: "Do you remember the prescription of Dragon Beard Fish Marrow Pill?"

"Remember! One portion of dragon's marrow liquid, three qian of Zhilan stone powder, three liang or six qian of Amaranthus quinquefolia, and one thirty-year-old worm carcass..." Zhao Sheng said skillfully.

Jin Ming smiled happily after hearing this and praised: "Fellow Daoist Zhao, you are really very attentive. However, alchemy is a very practical skill. No matter how much you know about the elixir, it is better to try to refine the elixir once."

"Come on, let me first introduce you to the facilities of this underground fire room."

With that said, Jin Ming stood up from the futon and walked to the center of the stone room. Zhao Sheng also walked behind him and observed the surroundings carefully.

I saw that the entire earth fire chamber was roughly circular, with an area of ​​about four to five feet, and the surrounding stone walls were all fire-preventing stones. A one-foot-high stone platform was built in the inner part of the stone room. In the center of the stone platform, there was a sunken circular pit as thick as a bucket.

On the outside of the pit, there are eight underground fire pipes as thick as an arm inlaid in the entire circle. The mouth of the pipe is the head of a red clam, with its big mouth open. And the mouth is raised up, just above the center of the pothole, making a spitting posture, which is very realistic.

At this time, Jin Ming had already taken the initiative to explain to Zhao Sheng, pointing to the hole and saying: "This is the underground fire outlet, and the underground fire spurts out from here. However, refining first-level elixirs generally does not use the main fire outlet, but these eight One fire outlet is enough.

You see, this red clam has a fire-adjusting array embedded in its mouth. You can use your spiritual power to adjust the size and height of the ground fire. Of course. Fellow Taoist, it is more convenient for you to use your spiritual consciousness. "

At this point, Jin Ming changed the topic and said: "Although it is convenient to make elixirs with earth fire, it is not as good as using heaven and earth spirit fire. In the future, if you have the opportunity, fellow Taoist must try your best to refine a kind of heaven and earth spirit fire. Otherwise, you will not be able to use it." The potential of the Nine Dragon Cauldron.”

Zhao Sheng nodded silently after listening.

At this time, Jin Ming briefly explained a few precautions for alchemy and the rules for using the underground fire chamber.

The use time of the Earth Fire Chamber is calculated as one day, and one day requires fifty points of merit, which is calculated as eighty yuan per day in terms of spiritual stones.

If you don’t have enough merit points, you can rent it for a few hours. But it takes at least three hours to start.

"Okay, let's stop talking here for now, let's start making alchemy!"

After Jin Ming finished speaking, he turned back to the futon and sat down cross-legged. When Zhao Sheng saw this scene, he felt a little excitement and nervousness.

He immediately sat next to Jin Ming, released his consciousness, and concentrated on observing Jin Ming's every move.

"go"

After a low shout, a silver-white three-legged alchemy cauldron suddenly expanded several times in size and turned into an alchemy furnace the size of a water vat. It flew down onto the pit, and the bottom of the furnace completely covered the pit.

"The first step is to warm up the alchemy furnace!"

Following this explanation, Jin Ming pinched the magic formula with both hands, and eight rays of spiritual light flew out from his fingertips, shot into the mouth of the red clam, and disappeared in a flash.

The next second, eight arms-thick cyan flames spurted out from the mouths of the eight clams. The flames gathered at the bottom of the alchemy furnace, and suddenly a large cyan fire burned blazingly.

After a few breaths, the temperature in the ground fire chamber rose rapidly, the air became hot and dry, and the silver-white elixir furnace quickly became scalding hot.

Jin Ming hit the alchemy formula one after another on the alchemy furnace.

After a while, the furnace wall began to glow faintly red.

At this time, Jin Ming looked serious and whispered: "There are countless alchemy techniques, but they are generally divided into fire refining and water refining. Nowadays, the mainstream of alchemy is mainly fire refining. Just watch it, I will start adding elixirs."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lid of the silver-white alchemy furnace suddenly opened a gap, and Jin Ming pointed at the bottle on the ground in front of him.

Suddenly, a four-foot-long insect corpse with thick arms and light blue scales flew out of an earthen pot that was thin at the top and thick at the bottom.

The insect corpse flew high into the sky, flew over a distance of more than ten feet, and fell into the alchemy furnace.

At the same time, Jin Ming hooked his finger and saw gray powder flying out of a transparent glass bottle and quickly submerged into the alchemy furnace.

boom!

The furnace lid suddenly returned to its original position, and Jin Ming continued to play the spiritual light spell. The fire in the mouth of the eight red clams weakened a lot and became as thick as a finger.

While Jin Ming carefully observed the alchemy furnace, he did not forget to explain to Zhao Sheng: "The current step is to refine the alchemy base, which takes about two-quarters of an hour."

Zhao Sheng touched his chin, feeling gradually excited.

Although he had not tried alchemy in the past two lives, he had spent a lot of time studying the art of alchemy in his spare time.

Therefore, he is not unfamiliar with the method of alchemy.

Zhao Sheng knew that the success of the elixir mainly depends on the temperature of the elixir when refining the elixir, the degree of fusion of the medicinal properties, and most importantly, the grasp of the time to complete the elixir.

It's too early, the elixir has not yet been fused, and the elixir is not yet formed.

If it's too late, the elixir will burn into a pile of dregs.

As for the ingredients and quantity of the elixir to be added, it is clearly stated in the elixir recipe after countless practical summaries by predecessors. Generally, there is no need to worry about these.

Of course, if you want to improve an elixir, it is not impossible to increase or decrease the quantity or purity of certain elixir ingredients, as long as you can afford the loss of elixir failure.

But it sounds simple, but it is extremely difficult to put it into practice!

There is a jingle in the world of immortality: "If you are poor, you can make talismans but if you are rich, you can refine weapons. If you have a mine at home, you can learn to make elixirs."

There is also a common saying that "the sun, the moon, and the talisman are used for several years, but refining elixirs will only be painful for one life."

It means that the cost of resources and time to train an alchemist is too high.

Let me just talk about two difficulties, one is to accurately control the temperature of the alchemy furnace, and the other is to accurately grasp the opening time of the furnace.

These two difficulties can be called the nightmare of any alchemist. Even the alchemy master will inevitably admit with shame that the success rate of alchemy is really not high. If you have more than half the success rate of refining a high-level elixir, you can celebrate.

The world of immortality recognizes that alchemy is a skill that requires a lot of experience and is highly practical.

In terms of difficulty, among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, only divination and formations are difficult to learn, master, and advance.

Thinking like this, two quarters of an hour flew by.

"The next step is to smelt the medicinal properties!"

Jin Ming gave a low shout, and several auxiliary elixirs flew out of the bottles in front of him. When the furnace lid was opened, they fell into the alchemy furnace at the right time.

"Fire! Three quarters of an hour, pay attention!" Jin Ming became more concentrating and spoke more concisely.

As he fired several spiritual light spells, the earthly fire spouted from the mouths of the eight red clams suddenly became thicker, and the temperature in the room quickly increased.

At this moment, Zhao Sheng's expression changed, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

He is in the foundation-building realm and has already developed spiritual consciousness.

Compared with Jin Ming who only relied on observation and experience, Zhao Sheng's spiritual consciousness had already penetrated into the alchemy furnace and used his spiritual consciousness to accurately observe the smelting of the elixir in the furnace and the many phenomena of the precipitation and mutual reactions of the medicinal properties.

This is very intuitive and shocking!

Divine consciousness can be called a weapon for alchemy, and it is also the advantage of foundation-building monks.

Time passed little by little as Zhao Sheng observed the reaction changes of the elixir in the furnace and secretly memorized all the reaction phenomena.

Three quarters of an hour later, a ball of fist-sized, light brown, semi-solidified elixir floated up and down in the center of the alchemy furnace. Under the invisible high-temperature baking, the medicinal properties in the elixir were almost completely fused.

In the underground fire room, Jin Ming occasionally fired an elixir and controlled the intensity of the fire at all times, with a few drops of sweat dripping from his forehead.

But at this time, he didn't care about wiping it at all, and estimated that the fire was almost done.