After practicing the ruthless way, the little sister is too strong

After returning to his residence, Xia Ling made preparations in advance. After spending most of the day memorizing the effects of various spiritual plants and common pill recipes, he finally went to sleep peacefully.

At noon the next day, Xia Ling went to the residence of the third elder Guzhu.

Gu Zhu was watering the potted plants in the yard and was a little surprised to see Xia Ling coming.

He stopped what he was doing and looked at her, "Xiao Liu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Since when, the elders all started calling her "Xiao Liu".

Xia Ling stepped forward and said sincerely, "Third Elder, I want to learn alchemy, can you teach me?"

Under certain conditions, it may be better to ask others for advice rather than blindly trying on your own.

Of course, if that doesn't work, you can only rely on yourself.

"What?" Gu Zhu didn't react for a moment.

Zheng was stunned for a moment before repeating to confirm: "You said you wanted to learn alchemy?"

"Yeah, yes!" Xia Ling nodded, "I wrote down the effects of most spiritual plants and all common pill recipes yesterday, but I still don't know how to make the pills specifically."

Guzhu was a little surprised to see that she was indeed serious.

She really didn't expect Xiaoliu to be interested in alchemy, but she was already practicing dual cultivation, and adding alchemy to the mix was almost impossible.

Although Gu Zhu thought so, he did not reject her immediately.

"Since you want to learn, there's no reason for me not to teach you. Follow me."

As she spoke, she walked out of the courtyard and headed towards the alchemy room nearby.

"Thank you, Third Elder." Xia Ling thanked him and hurriedly followed.

Walking into the alchemy room, rows of spiritual plants and porcelain bottles containing various elixirs come into view.

The aroma of medicine almost filled the entire house, making people feel relaxed and happy.

"Since you have already memorized the medicinal materials and the recipe, I won't go into details."

A ball of fire suddenly appeared in Gu Zhu's palm. "The fire spirit root has its own spirit fire, and does not need the help of the outside world. Therefore, it can be said that you are born with the superior conditions to become an alchemist. You have a chaos spirit root and also have the fire element. Try to summon the spirit fire first."

"Concentrate your mind and feel the fire element within yourself. Use your spiritual power to slowly guide it out, and then control it with your mind to turn it into substance."

"The things to note are..."

Guzhu explained the key points of the method and precautions in great detail.

Xia Ling listened carefully and nodded, "Thank you, Third Elder. I understand."

Gu Zhu: "Okay, you try it."

Xia Ling did as she said, but after closing his eyes and concentrating for a long time, he could sense the fire element, but he could not gather it into a ball of spiritual fire of appropriate size.

"Don't worry, take your time." Seeing how difficult it was for her, Gu Zhu comforted her, "When I was learning to make pills, it took me a whole day just to sense the spirit fire."

"Okay." Xia Ling was not in a hurry, but felt a little helpless.

For some reason, she could feel that the fire element in her body seemed to have a temper and did not want to listen to her commands at all.

Could it be that elements also have their own consciousness?

After trying for half an hour without any success, Guzhu was still patient and waited for her by the side, occasionally giving her some tips.

This made Xia Ling feel a little embarrassed.

I complained in my heart and begged: Brother Huo, Sister Huo, please listen to me this time and come out quickly.

It was not known whether the fire element had become a spirit or Xia Ling's efforts had finally paid off, but the next second, a ball of crooked and indescribable spiritual fire really emerged from the palm of her hand and floated quietly in the air.

"..."

Xia Ling was silent for a moment and began to doubt himself.

So she was able to summon it only because she made a wish in her heart?

Could it be that she really has no talent for alchemy?

While Xia Ling was still confirming whether there were any abnormal side effects on her body, Gu Zhu who was standing beside her was already shocked by her.

She had never imagined that Xiaoliu could summon the spiritual fire in such a short time.

Could it be possible that this child could actually become the first triple-level cultivator on the continent?

After making sure that there was nothing wrong with his body and that it was probably just luck that he was able to summon the spiritual fire, Xia Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

"Third Elder, will the shape of the spiritual fire have an impact on alchemy? I can't control it into a more regular shape for the time being."

"It doesn't matter, as long as you successfully summoned it." Gu Zhu came back to his senses, took out an alchemy furnace from his storage ring and handed it to Xia Ling, "Xiao Liu, the next step is to remove the impurities in the spiritual plant and purify it. You take this alchemy furnace."

"Thank you, Third Elder." Xia Ling took it and did not refuse.

Gu Zhu took a dozen spiritual plants from the side and divided them into four parts.

Three of them were given to Xia Ling for practice, and the remaining one was used for demonstration.

Gu Zhu: "Xiao Liu, let me show you first."

"Yeah." Xia Ling nodded obediently, watching her every move carefully.

Guzhu’s elixir refining speed is very fast.

Put in the required spiritual plants, crush them, use spiritual fire to remove impurities one by one, fuse and purify, inject spiritual power, and when the pill is ready, turn off the fire and take the pill.

She completed these steps almost in one go, and the whole process took about the time of an incense stick. (30 minutes.)

After taking out the five pills from the alchemy furnace, Gu Zhu put them in a porcelain bottle and handed them to Xia Ling. "Try it. This is a low-level spirit-gathering pill, and it is also the basis for alchemy. You can move on to the next step only after you have learned how to make this pill."

"I understand. Thank you, Third Elder." Xia Ling poured out a pill and swallowed it.

Sure enough, after taking it, she could feel the surrounding spiritual energy rushing towards her.

Like elixirs and talismans, elixirs are divided into four grades: low, medium, high and best.

1～3级为低阶，4～6级为中阶，6～8级为上品。

The ninth level is the best level, and above the best level is the semi-god level and the god level. It can also be said that the latter two are roughly equivalent to the heavenly spiritual roots of human cultivators.

When Xia Ling first started learning talismans, she drew first-level talismans, while the ones Si Mufeng gave her were fifth to sixth-level talismans.

There is a huge gap between each level, and the effects will be multiplied.

This is why the hundreds of talismans she drew were worth more than a thousand spirit stones, while one talisman drawn by Simufeng was worth more than 200 high-quality spirit stones.

The five pills refined by the third elder all have two lines engraved on them, and are low-level pills.

But Xia Ling could feel that the medicinal effect had been purified to the extreme by her. After all, she had taken this grade of Spirit Gathering Pill before, but the effect of two pills was equivalent to that of one pill now.

I can only say that the Third Elder is indeed a high-level alchemist!

Xia Ling suppressed his sigh and asked, "Third Elder, I'm afraid the furnace will explode. Can I go outside to practice?"

Yesterday she read so many books about alchemy and found that in addition to the quality steps, the most important thing to pay attention to when making an elixir is to completely remove the poison from the elixir with spiritual fire and the problem of furnace explosion.

She didn't have the confidence that she could succeed in one go, so it was better to be careful.

"Of course." Gu Zhu pointed to the surrounding area and said, "Shen Zhi sent me hundreds of spiritual plants yesterday. I have saved the seeds. We have no shortage of spiritual plants. You can practice without any worries."

"Hehe." Xia Ling laughed, "Then I won't be polite, okay? (???)~"

Gu Zhu laughed: "No problem."