Chapter 4359: Fire Condensing Furnace

When Zuo Feng faced a humid environment on the left and a very dry environment on the right, he had to make a decision in a very short time.

As a person, Zuo Feng would never decide his next direction just for a general goal or for a herb.

There are actually many herbs that grow in this environment and adapt to dry environments, but the Mimu Flower is definitely one of the top choices.

Not only because the Mimu Flower has good medicinal properties, but also because there is a great chance of digging out the Flame Crystal where the Mimu Flower grows, which is Zuo Feng’s second goal.

For Zuo Feng, if he activates the Yunlang Palm technique, he can strip the spiritual energy in his body of a single attribute, especially the fire and wind attributes.

However, with Zuo Feng’s current level and physical condition, even if the fire attribute spiritual energy is stripped out, it can’t be used to help him use the mixed medicine technique.

Therefore, if Zuo Feng wants to use the means of mixed medicine, he must find another way, and the only remaining option is the Flame Crystal.

Normally, mixing medicines can basically be done without any spiritual energy. Everything depends on various complex processes and precise control of medicines.

It is precisely because of this that Zhuang Yu, who has no cultivation ability, can complete the practice of mixing medicines and produce various kinds of medicine powders.

But this does not mean that the method of mixing medicines cannot be completed with spiritual energy, or that the combination of spiritual energy will destroy the art of mixing medicines. On the contrary, if spiritual energy is only used, it will only improve the mixing of medicines.

Although the combination of spiritual energy can improve the effect and efficiency of mixing medicines, there are only a few people who can truly combine spiritual energy with the art of mixing medicines in the Yao family.

There are no more than three people who can do it, and even Zhuang Yu is not in this category. Even if Zhuang Yu can reach the top three in the Yao family for the simple art of mixing medicines, she cannot practice herself, so she cannot use the spiritual energy she has mastered to mix medicines.

Zuo Feng learned the method of mixing medicines from Zhuang Yu. Logically speaking, he could not master the method of using spiritual energy in combination. However, by chance, he met Yao Xun in Luancheng, and the two of them also formed a fate.

As for Yao Xun, he not only recognized Zuo Feng's ability and talent in refining medicine, but also admired Zuo Feng's character very much, and originally intended to bring him into the Yao family.

When he later learned that Zuo Feng's foundation in refining medicine was taught by Zhuang Yu himself, Yao Xun willingly took the initiative to teach Zuo Feng the mixing of medicines and the Yao family's advanced refining skills.

In Yao Xun's eyes, although Zuo Feng did not explicitly join the Yao family, he was equivalent to his last disciple in refining medicine.

Originally, this method of mixing medicines, even if it uses spiritual energy, still has a more complete set of means and refining sequence. In this situation, Zuo Feng has no conditions to follow the steps, and can only act in an emergency.

Among the many medicinal materials in his hand, the Mimu Flower was the last one he got, but now he took the lead in dealing with the pistil of the Mimu Flower.

However, if a discerning person sees the Mimu Flower in Zuo Feng's hand, he will immediately understand why he chose to deal with the pistil of the Mimu Flower first.

When it was just picked, the stamen was not only somewhat hard, but also very bright in color. Even on the surface of the stamen, you can see a shiny oily luster.

But in just a moment, the stamen not only became dim, but also began to become soft. This is of course related to the gray smoke and dust emitted by the Mi Mu Flower just now, but even the stamen of the Mi Mu Flower is very difficult to preserve without a special container.

In this case, Zuo Feng certainly did not hesitate to start with the stamen of the Mi Mu Flower. After being urged by him, the spiritual energy was directly injected into the Yan Jing, and a trace of flames also sprang out of it.

It’s just that this flame is a bit special. After it came out, it seemed to turn into countless silk threads and entangled with the stamen in Zuo Feng’s hand.

Zuo Feng just looked down at the flame in his hand, and the expression on his face was slightly relaxed. Because Zuo Feng could clearly feel that the flame released by the Yan Jing became very obedient in his hands, and could change its form and the size of the heat according to his consciousness.

Before this, Zuo Feng was not sure whether the flame released by Yan Jing could be controlled at will. Especially since his current cultivation level was only at the middle stage of bone refining, which was too low for any alchemist.

As a result, when the flame turned into a thread and was controlled by Zuo Feng at will, Zuo Feng immediately realized that the control of the flame mainly relied on mental power. As for the strength of cultivation and spiritual energy, it was actually just a supplement.

Even though Zuo Feng's current cultivation level was only at the level of the fifth level of the middle stage of bone refining, he already had a sea of ​​thoughts. This was a condition that even Yin Wuliu did not have, or in other words, it was a special condition that other people's main soul consciousness could not have after entering this space except Zuo Feng.

Zuo Feng obtained the sea of ​​thoughts and mental power at such a low level. This result of pure cultivation of thoughts can be called a miracle on the entire Kunxuan Continent.

Originally, Zuo Feng was worried about how to complete the change of steps and some of the techniques of mixing medicine in such a bad situation. Now that the control of the flame is no longer a problem, many problems have been solved at once.

The flames, like threads, seemed to have life. They swayed and entangled on the pistil.

If you look closely, you will find that the thin flames are actually a little bit away from the pistil and are not directly attached to it.

If there is an intermediate or higher-level alchemist here, he will be surprised to find that the flame threads controlled by Zuo Feng were directly condensed into a medicine furnace.

In the absence of a medicine furnace, Zuo Feng simply relied on the subtle control of the flames to condense a flame medicine furnace. I believe that ordinary alchemists, even if they can think of such a method, do not have such ability. Even if they have such ability, it is difficult to process the medicine just right.

Usually, the process of processing medicine before mixing medicine has a lot of knowledge in it, and there are also many details.

Because mixing medicine is not an ordinary medicine refining, it does not condense the medicine through refining, but through a special "mixing" to make the medicine achieve the desired effect.

Therefore, the treatment of medicine before mixing medicine actually replaces the process of refining medicine. Now Zuo Feng not only has to complete the drug processing before mixing, but also needs to use new methods, which is simply a huge challenge.

This is also the third reason why Zuo Feng chose the Mi Mu flower as the first drug to process. The stamens of the Mi Mu flower are the most fire-resistant, or in other words, they like high temperature and dryness very much. This can be seen from the process of finding the Mi Mu flower.

Now Zuo Feng must try new methods, and even add the method of refining the medicine furnace with flames, so it is most appropriate to start with the stamens of the Mi Mu flower at this time.

As the medicine furnace constructed by the flame silk thread is completely formed, the temperature inside is also rising sharply, and this is exactly the effect Zuo Feng needs to achieve.

The relatively complex characteristics of the treatment of medicinal materials for mixed medicines are that they have to go through many processes, not only to remove the useless parts of the medicinal materials, but also to stimulate the essence.

Therefore, the methods of drying and steaming are also very common when processing medicines, but even the steaming process that can be seen every day in the kitchen will have many changes when processing medicines, and there are too many subtle points to pay attention to.

When steaming at high temperature, in addition to the temperature, there is also a function of applying pressure to the medicine. Applying pressure at high temperature can remove the excess part of some medicinal materials, and some can stimulate the internal essence.

Now Zuo Feng certainly has no time to dry it, so he directly uses the fire line medicine furnace in front of him to complete the drying and steaming process.

The stamens did not show any changes in the high temperature, but as the moisture in it evaporated little by little, it began to become harder and harder.

By controlling the flame, Zuo Feng can observe the subtle changes of the stamens in the flame anytime and anywhere. Especially when he found that the stamens were gradually becoming harder, he began to gradually converge the heat released by the flame.

However, Zuo Feng did not have the idea of ​​taking the stamens out of it. Instead, he began to adjust the flame and squeeze the dry air inside into the stamens.

In this way, Zuo Feng simulated the process of high-temperature steaming medicine, but when he completed the "steaming" process, he still did not forget the process of removing the internal moisture.

In just a few blinks, the pistil had changed. In addition to the light water vapor being "squeezed" out and then disappearing under the high temperature, there was also fine gray dust that slowly "drilled" out of the pistil.

Seeing this change, Zuo Feng was very excited, but just as he showed his joy, his palm trembled unconsciously. Because he clearly felt that the pistil in his palm was showing cracks and debris was falling.

Slightly startled, Zuo Feng hurriedly adjusted the flame and kept a farther distance from the pistil. But even though Zuo Feng reacted quickly, part of the surface of the pistil still broke and fell.

Seeing this, Zuo Feng casually scratched his fingertips with his fingernails, and then flicked a few drops of blood onto the pistil. The pistil, which was extremely dry, immediately absorbed the blood beads the moment it came into contact with them.

It was also at the moment when the blood beads entered the pistil that the cracks on the surface of the pistil stopped spreading at once. After a few more pieces fell off, the pistil finally stopped breaking on its own.

In just a few moments, almost a quarter of the pistil had broken into powder.