Chapter 55: Beginners in Alchemy
Tianshui College, wooden house by the lake in the backyard.
Shui Lanxin and Leng Man are still recovering, and Lin Chuan has also stayed at his residence during this period.
[You carefully nurtured the golden flame earth fire, and you have gained something. The quality of the golden flame earth fire has slightly improved. ]
"Puff!"
A slight sound came, and the golden flame earth fire in the dantian burned violently.
"It's done!"
Lin Chuan slowly opened his eyes, and a flash of fire burst out in his eyes.
After nurturing for so long, the golden flame earth fire has finally grown to the point where it can be used to refine medicine. The next step is to learn to refine medicine and make a preliminary attempt.
After obtaining the "Alchemy Decision", although Lin Chuan cannot practice it for the time being, he has never given up theoretical knowledge. He has memorized the steps of refining medicine, and also memorized a large number of medicinal materials and their characteristics. Now that the fire is in place, it's time to make the first attempt.
Sit cross-legged, empty your mind, and adjust your state to the best.
Lin Chuan flicked his fingers, and the medicine cauldron bought from Gengxin City appeared in front of him, and at the same time, several bamboo baskets appeared, with various medicinal herbs neatly placed in them.
All of them were asked from Shui Lanxin. Although the beautiful dean didn't know what Lin Chuan was going to do, she still sent the herbs over very quickly.
"Time is running out. It's best to learn how to make medicine before going to the Sunset Forest this time!"
The fairy grass in the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire must not fall into the hands of others.
Lin Chuan took a deep breath and began his first journey of making medicine.
The so-called medicine making is to refine various materials, refine their essence, and then integrate them into one, so as to maximize their medicinal properties.
Therefore, the first key to making medicine is to learn how to control fire.
Each medicinal material has a different tolerance to flames. Many are suitable for fierce fire, many are suitable for warm fire, and many even need to be repeatedly tempered with flames. Just like cooking, the materials will be burned if you are not careful.
Therefore, controlling fire is also the basic skill of a pharmacist, and it is also the foundation.
Lin Chuan naturally knew this very well, so he did not rush to start, but practiced controlling fire.
He raised his hand and offered the golden flame earth fire. The flame was red and hot. It gradually changed with his mind, sometimes big and sometimes small, and the temperature sometimes rose and sometimes fell, like a spirit snake.
[You practiced fire control seriously once, and you gained a little. Your fire control proficiency has improved. ]
[You practiced fire control seriously once, and you gained a little. Your fire control proficiency has improved, and your mental power has increased slightly. ]
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For half a day, Lin Chuan was practicing fire control. The subtitles in his mind jumped countless times, and the results were quite gratifying.
"It's time!"
Throwing the golden flame earth fire into the medicine cauldron, the medicine cauldron began to heat up.
Lin Chuan also took this opportunity to adjust the soul power output to control the concentration and temperature of the flame. Soon the golden flame earth fire formed a cycle in the medicine cauldron.
The golden flame swirled in the medicine cauldron, forming a vortex-like shape.
Lin Chuan continued to pinch the seal with one hand, and his mental power was concentrated on the flame. The flame in the medicine cauldron was immediately attracted and began to change with his mind.
After confirming that it was stable, Lin Chuan picked up a herb and threw it into the medicine cauldron.
He pressed the seal again, and the herb was instantly swallowed by the flame, but it was not randomly ignited, but was burning and quenching the herb.
The whole process was relatively smooth, and a trace of medicinal fragrance escaped.
Soon a pool of medicinal powder was quenched.
Lin Chuan waved his hand to weaken the golden flame and earth fire, and frowned slightly at the bottom of the medicine cauldron. A small part of the medicinal powder was normal, but there was black slag in the middle, which made people feel very uncomfortable at a glance.
Obviously, the quenching just now was not successful.
The flame was not in place, and the time was not accurate, resulting in some medicinal materials being damaged.
[You carefully quenched the medicinal materials once, and gained a little. The proficiency of fire control was improved, and the proficiency of medicine refining increased slightly. ]
"Come again!"
Lin Chuan didn't care too much. After a brief reflection, he cleaned the extracted medicinal powder from the cauldron, and then picked up the second same herb and threw it in.
The flame rose up and began to refine again.
After a few breaths, the herbs gradually withered and condensed, and turned into powder again.
Feeling the changes in the medicine cauldron with his mental power, Lin Chuan's eyes condensed, and he pinched the seal in his hand, and the golden flames and earth fires instantly dispersed, revealing the high-temperature powder.
Compared with the first time, there was obviously much less black slag this time.
[You carefully refined the herbs once, and gained a little. The proficiency of fire control has improved, and the proficiency of medicine refining has increased slightly. ]
"Come again!"
Two consecutive failures did not discourage Lin Chuan. On the contrary, the visible progress made his heart filled with a faint joy.
The third batch of herbs was refined, and the essence of the herbs was all turned into clean powder.
"Next is the second one."
Lin Chuan waved his hand to take out the refined powder and put it aside, and then threw another kind of herbs in separately, and began to refine the second material.
With a high level of concentration, although there were twists and turns in the process, it was not a big deal. Instead, with repeated practice, Lin Chuan became more and more adept at controlling fire and extracting medicinal materials, and his progress was quite amazing.
After a busy period, there were four more medicinal essences in front of him.
"Huh, it's really a meticulous job!"
Lin Chuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt a little tired. It turned out that not everyone can be a pharmacist.
He didn't rush to continue, but sat cross-legged and began to meditate.
After regulating his breath, Lin Chuan began the last step, fusing the essences of various medicines together, which is also the most difficult step in refining medicine.
Controlling the flame with one hand, the other hand threw the refined materials into the medicine cauldron one by one.
These materials, liquid or solid, were fused together one by one.
"Refine!"
Lin Chuan's eyes condensed, his mind was highly concentrated, and he wrapped all the materials with the flame, while also carefully sensing the fusion reaction between the essences of various medicines.
There was almost no rejection, and it gradually began to take shape.
Refining, condensing, and forming pills.
The three steps of refining medicine are indispensable!
Soon, a faint medicinal fragrance permeated from the medicine cauldron.
"Now!"
Lin Chuan waved his hand to remove the golden flame and the ground fire, and the temperature in the wooden house dropped a lot instantly.
He couldn't wait to look down at the medicine cauldron, and saw three light red pills lying quietly inside, with fire still remaining on them.
[You carefully refine medicine once, and you have gained a little. Your fire control proficiency has improved, and your medicine refining proficiency has increased slightly. 】
"It's done!"
Lin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to suck out the pill, and looked at it carefully.
It doesn't look particularly round on the outside. If you look closely, you will find that there are small pits and bumps on the pill. It's not perfect, but as a beginner, it's already pretty good to be able to condense the pill in one go.
"I should be considered a first-class alchemist now, right?"
First-class Qi-recovering pill, three pills in one furnace, which is pretty good for a novice.
But it's far from enough, it's just the beginning.
