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Zhang Xiaoshan stood up slowly, walked lightly to the alchemy furnace, and glanced around.

Seeing various medicinal materials for the Bigu Pills on the table beside him, he opened his lips slightly and whispered to himself: "

The refining of the Bigu Pill is actually similar to the practice of magic, and both require following specific steps.

First, use the fire-burning technique to heat the alchemy furnace, and the heat inside the furnace must be just right.

Then, the screened medicinal materials need to be refined, which is a crucial step.

Finally, put the refined herbs into the alchemy furnace one by one, and then start refining the Bigu Pill. "

As he spoke, Zhang Xiaoshan squatted down, reached out to pick up the firewood beside him, threw it under the alchemy furnace, and started a fire.

After a while, he began to study the technique of refining the Bigu Pill and prepared to try to refine it. During the whole process, he tried again and again tirelessly.

Whenever he felt tired, he would immediately sit aside and practice his magic to restore his energy and spirit.

In this way, he would come to the hall of the Alchemy Pavilion early every day, and after Taoist Shen checked everyone's alchemy results and left, he would enter the private space bead in the alchemy room again and continue to work hard on his alchemy.

The days passed one by one, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Zhang Xiaoshan not only mastered the art of fire-making, but also, after many attempts to refine the Bigu Pill, his alchemy skills also improved greatly and became much more sophisticated.

Now, when he was refining the Bigu Pill, he seemed to feel that his techniques had become one with the alchemy furnace and the medicinal materials.

One morning, the sun shone into the courtyard of the palace. After Zhang Xiaoshan and Zhu Wuhong had breakfast, they walked together to the Alchemy Pavilion.

"Junior Brother Zhang, today our master is going to give all of us instructions on the alchemy process, which makes me a little worried."

Zhu Wuhong frowned and said to Zhang Xiaoshan worriedly.

"What's there to worry about?"

Zhang Xiaoshan glanced at him and answered calmly.

In the past three months, Zhang Xiaoshan would go into the alchemy room alone almost every day.

Only after making sure that no one would disturb him would he enter the space bead and continue to practice the fire-making technique and try to refine the fasting pill alone.

During this period of time, on the surface, Zhang Xiaoshan stayed alone in the alchemy room for three months, but in fact, the time flow rate of the space bead was ten times that of the outside world.

Therefore, he spent the equivalent of two years and seven or eight months in the space bead.

During this period of time, he completely mastered the art of fire-making, knew the recipe of the Bigu Pill like the back of his hand, and was able to refine the Bigu Pill skillfully.

Every time after refining a certain amount of fasting pill ingredients, he would use the extra time to practice magic in the space bead, so that the spiritual energy in his dantian would increase little by little.

Zhang Xiaoshan always keeps his goal in mind.

In addition to learning the art of alchemy and becoming familiar with the properties of various medicinal materials, what he values ​​most is improving his own cultivation.

During the time he stayed in the space bead, he would diligently practice magic every day to increase the spiritual energy in his dantian.

Not only that, he also learned a magic spell from the palace, and his progress in practicing the spell also made great progress.

Zhang Xiaoshan did not take to heart the problems that the master would instruct all disciples on during the alchemy process today, because he had fully mastered the technique of refining the Bigu Pill and had a clear idea of ​​it.

Not long after, Zhang Xiaoshan and Zhu Wuhong arrived at the Alchemy Pavilion.

After entering the hall of the Alchemy Pavilion, Zhang Xiaoshan glanced around and saw that three senior brothers had already arrived, and more than thirty boys who were burning firewood were also on the scene.

At this moment, everyone had different expressions, and many were whispering to each other.

"This is terrible. My master taught me how to make Qi-inducing pills half a year ago, but I haven't made any progress so far. What should I do?"

"What? You haven't made any progress in the areas that Master has taught you?

In this way, if the master finds out about your problem this time, he will probably reduce the amount of herbs you need to make the Qi-Inducing Pill."

"I can't help it. I'm also worried that Master will reduce my share of medicinal materials because of my slow progress in refining the Qi-Inducing Pill."

“Then what’s wrong with you?

I remember that you have been concentrating on refining Qi-inducing pills for the past six months. Why haven't you solved the problem pointed out by the master?"

"It's not that easy, I have average talent and my comprehension is a little worse than yours.

Moreover, refining the Qi-Inducing Pill requires particular attention to the technique and the temperature of the alchemy furnace.

Besides, six months ago, seven of the nine of us had problems with our refining techniques, and I don’t know if they have made any progress now.”

“How can you compare with them?

The master has different requirements for each of us. "

When Zhang Xiaoshan heard this, he looked at Zhu Wuhong who was a little nervous and asked:

Senior Brother Zhu, are you worried because Master also pointed out the problem with your alchemy half a year ago, but you haven't improved?"

"Yeah, I didn't expect you to guess it right."

Zhu Hong Wuhong sighed, nodded, and said:

Half a year ago, when I was refining the Qi-Inducing Pill, my master gave me guidance on the fire control and techniques of the furnace.

In the past six months, I have only solved the problem of fire control in the alchemy furnace, but I have not made any progress in my technique.

I also don’t know if Master will reduce the amount of medicinal materials I use to make Qi-inducing Pills once he finds out there is something wrong with my refining technique.”

"Brother Zhu, from what you said, it seems that you all care about the amount of medicinal materials."

Zhang Xiaoshan said.

"Of course I care!"

Zhu Wuhong rolled his eyes at him and said,

If we want to become an alchemist, we have to make more pills so that we can make progress.

Qi-Inducing Pills, our master gives us ten portions every day, and we can refine ten furnaces of Qi-Inducing Pills every day.

If we want to refine additional Qi-inducing pills, we will need to spend a lot of money to buy the medicinal materials for the Qi-inducing pills. "

"I understand."

Zhang Xiaoshan nodded and said, "Brother Zhu, come on."

Zhu Wuhong said directly: "I won't say any more to you. I want to quickly refine a furnace of Qi-inducing Pills before the master comes to see if I can adjust my alchemy technique."

As he spoke, Zhu Wuhong quickly went to the alchemy furnace nearby, lit a fire, and refined the medicinal materials.

The rest of the people were whispering to each other.

Half an hour later, Taoist Master Shen, wearing a purple Taoist robe and with a calm face, stepped into the Alchemy Pavilion and walked in through the gate.

Suddenly, the boys who were burning wood and were still whispering shut their mouths.

In an instant, the hall in the Alchemy Pavilion became quiet.

Everyone's eyes were on Taoist Shen as he walked step by step to the front of the group.

Zhang Xiaoshan stood beside Zhu Wuhong, watching him quietly as he finished refining a furnace of pills.