Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

The more he spoke, the more excited he became, slapping his thigh. "I didn't expect it! Junior Brother He Ling really took in a good disciple!"

Situ Yan stared at Gu Yuan with fiery eyes, clicking his tongue in amazement.

He had always been obsessed with the art of alchemy. Although he came from a family faction, he had never paid much attention to the conflicts between family factions and the sect lineage.

Because he had no interest and found it meaningless.

As for whether Gu Yuan's talent was good or bad, or what kind of spiritual body he had, he was not interested, and it had nothing to do with him.

But now, after discovering that Gu Yuan's alchemy talent was obviously extraordinary, he became interested!

From the time Gu Yuan began to study under Real Person He Ling until now, it has only been a few months. Excluding the time for cultivation, the time available to study the art of alchemy is probably very short.

In this short period of time, being able to master some basic knowledge of alchemy would already be quite good.

But Gu Yuan, even with the Dragon-Tiger Marrow-Nourishing Pill, a top-grade spiritual pill, could see the intricacies within. In the eyes of a true expert like Situ Yan, this was quite unbelievable.

At the same time, it also illustrated a situation—Gu Yuan possessed a strong talent for alchemy!

Alchemy in the eyes of ordinary people: using true fire to extract the essence of various spiritual herbs, and blending them together according to the proportion and order.

Alchemy in the eyes of a true alchemist: It is necessary to respond to the changes of Yin and Yang, the essence of the five elements, and seize the creation of heaven and earth. It is alchemy, but also comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

The scene of Situ Yan refining pills just now, in the eyes of others, was just baking with true fire.

But in Gu Yuan's eyes, the essence lay in the changes of rising and falling, cold and heat, clarity and turbidity, the balance of medicinal properties, and the quenching of true fire.

Since Gu Yuan could see these essences, it meant that although he might not have refined pills before, as long as he studied with his heart, he could quickly become an alchemist, or even a master alchemist!

This made Situ Yan's heart itch uncontrollably.

"My master has written to me several times before, asking me to give you some pointers on the art of alchemy. At first, I didn't take it to heart, but now it seems that Junior Brother He Ling's vision is really good!"

Situ Yan laughed and looked at Gu Yuan with a bit more appreciation in his eyes:

"How about this, from now on, whenever you have any questions about the art of alchemy, you can come and ask me at any time."

In his words, his attitude towards Gu Yuan was already very different from the beginning.

"Disciple thanks Martial Uncle!"

Gu Yuan was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.

With Situ Yan's words, he could come and go here at will, and no one could say anything.

The key was that this Martial Uncle's alchemy skills were almost miraculous. If he could learn some from him, it would also be a great thing.

On the other hand, Feng Shaojie was dumbfounded.

He hadn't seen his master so excited for a long time, and more importantly, the other party was from the sect lineage.

Even Feng Shaojie himself had never received such praise from his master, Situ Yan, which made him somewhat resentful and even jealous.

Seeing that Gu Yuan had a strong talent for alchemy, Situ Yan also became serious. While maintaining the stability of the true fire, he looked Gu Yuan up and down and suddenly asked:

"Since you want to refine pills, do you have any ideas? After all, you yourself are a water-attribute spiritual body, and you cultivate water-attribute Dao techniques."

Speaking of alchemy, the first impression of most people in the cultivation world is refining pills with true fire.

Generally, they cultivate fire-attribute Dao techniques, or wood-attribute Dao techniques, or both.

And in Medicine King Mountain, refining pills with true fire is the most normal and common.

Generally speaking, cultivating fire-attribute Dao techniques can better control true fire, and refining pills can be more handy.

But in fact, in the eyes of alchemy masters like Situ Yan, the five elements and yin and yang can all be used to refine pills.

For example, there are yin fire, fire in stone, fire in wood, and even refining pills directly with yuanqi instead of true fire.

But to do this, one must be at the level of a grandmaster.

Gu Yuan's water-attribute Dao techniques were pure, which was somewhat incompatible with true fire.

It might not be easy to refine pills with true fire. Even yin fire might not work, and the best result would probably be a discount.

Gu Yuan understood what the other party meant and did not hide it, and said directly:

"I dare not hide it from Martial Uncle, the techniques that this disciple cultivates are special, and are known for being pure and profound. They can condense the most refined, pure, and clean true water."

"Therefore, this disciple intends to take the path of refining pills with true water!"

As he said that, Gu Yuan raised his hand, and a drop of turquoise water overflowed from his fingertips. The dragon-eye-sized water droplet shone brightly, round and jade-like, without any impurities, giving people a pure and clean feeling.

The moment it appeared, there was a faint mist lingering, and even the air had a humid taste.

This was naturally the Taiyuan True Water condensed by Gu Yuan, which was one of many acquired true waters.

"True water alchemy…"

Situ Yan also raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the drop of Taiyuan True Water on Gu Yuan's finger, somewhat surprised.

Whether it is refining pills with true fire or refining pills with true water, the emphasis is on extracting the medicinal properties of yuanqi and compounding them into pills.

In this regard, each has its own advantages.

And what Gu Yuan said was also correct. The true water he condensed was indeed incomparably pure, combining both yin softness and profoundness.

Moreover, what was even more rare was that it would not damage the medicinal properties during the quenching and extraction of medicinal essence like true fire. It was more suitable for alchemy in some aspects.

"Good."

Situ Yan looked at Gu Yuan with even greater admiration. Although the path Gu Yuan took was different from his own, Gu Yuan was absolutely suitable for alchemy with such a foundation (Taiyuan True Water).

It must be known that before refining pills, alchemists first need to prepare true fire.

Those with poor conditions generally breed a few fire crows and fire snakes to spray fire for alchemy.

Those who are more extravagant use the true fire spewed out by the earth's lung fire veins for alchemy.

Or, they simply find some true fire seeds to refine and transform into supernatural powers, which will be more handy.

With Taiyuan True Water, Gu Yuan had most of the prerequisites for alchemy. All that was missing was an alchemy furnace.

Moreover, an alchemy furnace was not necessarily indispensable.

"Although I refine pills with true fire, I also know something about true water alchemy. The mysteries of the Dan Dao are broad and profound, but they all lead to the same goal."

After pondering for a moment, Situ Yan took out an ancient book with the four characters "Essentials of Golden Elixir" written on the cover and handed it to Gu Yuan:

"This is one of the secret transmissions of the Dan Dao of my Medicine King Mountain. It records some unpassed secrets of alchemy. Take it and read it first, but don't spread it."

"Thank you, Martial Uncle. This disciple will definitely study it carefully and will never fail Martial Uncle's good intentions!"

Gu Yuan took it solemnly.

He had naturally heard of this Dan scripture.

Golden nature is immortal, and the key to the Yuanshen True Immortal lies in igniting a bit of immortal golden nature in the Yang God realm. Only in this way can one achieve immortality.

Naming it "Golden Elixir" also means that by comprehending the mysteries of the Dan Dao, one can directly reach the Great Dao.

This is the most superior alchemy method in the sect. If Gu Yuan was interested, even if he had good aptitude and Real Person He Ling's help, he might not necessarily be able to obtain this book.

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