Chapter 141 Pingbei

The way alchemy is manifested in the hands of Zhao Yu is completely different from that in the hands of Hua Tuo and others.

Zhao Yu made elixirs by using his magic power to attract fire from the wood to activate the jade elixir furnace. He used the method of immortality, which was convenient and quick to refine.

But Hua Tuo and others, as well as Zhao Ji and Da Qiao, the alchemy skills they learned were compiled by Zhao Yu in order to facilitate mortals and cope with their abilities.

They have no magic power, cannot ignite the fire in the wood, and cannot activate the jade pill furnace.

After all, the jade alchemy furnace is a semi-magical weapon that has been refined to a certain extent and cannot be activated by ordinary fire.

Therefore, whether it is Hua Tuo and others, or Zhao Ji and Da Qiao, the alchemy furnaces used to learn alchemy are ordinary bronze alchemy furnaces. Burning wood and using ordinary fire is like decoction, with more processes and more complicated refining methods.

They have no magic power, let alone direct use of soul and spiritual consciousness, so when refining, the control of heat and timing relies more on experience and feeling. It is absolutely impossible for them to be like Zhao Yu, who can easily refine dozens of pills in one furnace.

Even if you really learn the art of alchemy, if you open the furnace ten times and refine the finished product two or three times, you are considered to be highly skilled.

It is absolutely impossible to achieve a 100% yield.

This is the limitation of mortals.

It’s really difficult to grasp the heat and timing.

Sometimes Zhao Yu wonders if he could build an assembly line to produce pills in large quantities with constant heat and timing.

But it was immediately rejected because it was impossible.

To refine pills, one must have the most accurate grasp of the properties of the medicine. The medicinal properties of medicinal plants vary from plant to plant. Even if the same two packages of medicinal materials are of the same weight, their medicinal properties will be somewhat different due to different plants.

The difference in medicinal properties determines the timing of the conversion of the heat into a pill when refining the pill, as well as the timing of the pill.

Comparing pill pills with Western medicine in modern time and space, one is in the sky and the other is in the earth. Western medicine can be mass-produced, but the demand for accurate properties of pills is much higher than mass-produced Western medicine. Once there is a slight difference, it can even be used to make poison.

Therefore, for the mortal healer, alchemy consists of two elements: experience and feeling. The more you practice and gain experience, the higher the rate of elixir formation will be. Those with good talent, sensitive senses, and better grasp of timing will also have a blessing effect on the rate of elixir formation.

As a result, the consumption of Chengdan compared with medicinal materials will be greater.

If one hundred kilograms of various medicinal materials could produce two hundred pills in the past, it was because in the hands of Zhao Yu, who knew the basics of alchemy, there was no possibility of failure. In the hands of ordinary doctors, even if they have completely learned the art of alchemy, it is already remarkable if they can refine one-tenth of a hundred kilograms of various medicinal materials, which is twenty pills.

Of course, the higher the alchemist's martial arts cultivation, if the alchemist's cultivation enters the realm of accumulating qi and seeing the gods, the soul will gradually become sharper and the senses will gradually improve, which will also benefit the alchemy technique.

Excluding all the above, the pills refined by Zhao Yu are more than twice as powerful as the pills refined by the simplified and weakened ordinary methods. This is not about the medicinal materials, but about the refining methods. The difference lies in the difference between ordinary fire and fire in wood, the difference between the semi-magical weapon alchemy furnace and the ordinary alchemy furnace, and the difference in power and power.

However, as long as mortals can refine it, it's no problem if the medicine is less effective or more expensive, everything will be worth it.

For several days, Zhao Yu guided Zhao Ji and Da Qiao step by step.

The knowledge of alchemy is all in their minds. In the process of learning and practice, this knowledge is absorbed by them bit by bit. Especially Zhaoji, because of her advanced cultivation, was able to refine the first Yuan Yang Dan only after Hua Tuo. Da Qiao's cultivation level is one level behind, and his grasp of heat and timing is not enough.

But as long as you persevere and gain experience, nothing will be a problem.

Xiao Qiao, on the other hand, saw her sister refining alchemy and wanted to learn it too. But after only two days of studying, I lost interest. In the blink of an eye, I didn’t know where to go and went crazy.

Ru Mi Zhen is not very interested in this. Sun Ren, on the other hand, focused all his energy on practicing martial arts. Her martial arts cultivation is also the highest among Zhao Yu's five wives and concubines, except Zhao Ji.

The three years of Jian'an have passed by in a flash, and the new year is approaching again.

In the depth of winter, the beacon smoke everywhere finally stopped temporarily.

Cao Mengde took the time to visit the other courtyard, chatted with Zhao Yu for a long time, and then left in a hurry.

He was too pressed for time.

On the other hand, Han Shu, Cao Ang and other eleven disciples came to the other courtyard together this time and stayed there for half a month before leaving the other courtyard after the Lantern Festival.

This year is a year of great progress for Cao Mengde.

In the first half of the year, they defeated Yuan Shao, and in the second half of the year, they dealt with the northern Huru barbarians.

At the beginning, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan joined forces with Wuwan and Xianbei, and more than 100,000 Hu cavalry marched south. The momentum was indeed not small.

But in the face of Cao Mengde's powerful military front, everything like Hu Qi and Wu Wan Xianbei were all in vain.

In addition, his internal opinions were not unified, and Gongsun Zan was actually not very willing for Hu Qi to intervene in the internal war of the Han Dynasty.

Although Gongsun Zan did not have great talents, he could be regarded as half a hero to the Han Dynasty. Gongsun Zan has always been tough on his attitude towards the northern barbarians. At the beginning, he even had a huge conflict with Liu Yu of Youzhou because of this.

The reason why Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu cannot be ignored.

Liu Yu was gentle, while Gongsun Zan was violent. Liu Yu thought that he could recruit Wuwan and other barbarians for his own use. But Gongsun Zan thought that people who were not of my race would have a different heart, and the barbarians were afraid of power and not virtuous. Liu Yu recruited him and he went to fight. Therefore, there are many conflicts between the two sides.

In fact, in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, Liu Yu's behavior was wrong. The Hulu will not go south just because you are gentle and kind to him. The weaker the Han Dynasty is, the more likely the Hulu will go south. Gongsun Zan's determination was a strong deterrent to Hulu.

That's why he's half a hero.

Gongsun Zan was half the barrier blocking the barbarians in the north.

Although Cao Meng was powerful and unyielding, and wanted to capture Youzhou after defeating Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan reluctantly agreed to Yuan Shao's strategy of connecting with the barbarians, but there were hidden dangers in doing so reluctantly.

If more than 100,000 Huqi can make some achievements, this contradiction may not be exposed for the time being. But unfortunately, Cao Mengde issued a military order and ordered Xiahou Dun to take the initiative to attack. In Shanggu, he defeated 30,000 Hu cavalry against 100,000 Hu cavalry in a frontal battle, beheading more than 20,000 people, capturing more than 10,000 people, and the rest were defeated.

In this way, the alliance between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan was immediately broken.

As Xiahou Dun continued to advance, Gongsun Zan was killed in western Liaoning, and Yuan Shao fled to Liaodong alone.

Before the end of the year, Xiahou Dun's troops had occupied the entire territory of Youzhou. Yuan Shao fled to Goguryeo, but half a month later, he was sent back to his head by Goguryeo envoys.