Chapter 9 Learning Alchemy

Shi Yue counted them carefully. There were no less than a hundred kinds of spiritual medicines in the whole yard, and the total number of spiritual medicines reached thousands.

Most of these spiritual medicines were seventy or eighty years old, and there were only a hundred spiritual medicines over a hundred years old. According to Shi Yue's estimation, if all the spiritual medicines in the ten acres of spiritual fields were sold, they would be worth at least tens of thousands of spiritual stones.

"How great would it be if all these spiritual medicines were mine?" Shi Yue looked at the large area of ​​spiritual medicines in front of him and muttered to himself, his face full of envy.

He shook his head and walked towards the basement.

Back in the basement, Shi Yue came to the wooden shelf, on which were placed many classics, including jade slips, paper books, bamboo slips, etc.

"Cultivation Methods of Purple Grass", "Spiritual Plant Handbook", "Spiritual Plant Husbands' Tips", "Spiritual Plant Production Increase Outline"·······

Rows of classics on planting were all placed on the shelves.

"Red Cloud Flower Planting Tips", Red Cloud Flower, which looks like a cloud, is deep red, and matures once every twenty years. Red Cloud Flowers over ten years old are the best raw materials for making talisman paper. Red Cloud Flowers need to be planted in places with abundant fire spirit energy. The distance between two Red Cloud Flowers must be greater than one foot. Water them once a month. When they are about to mature, water them once every half a month. The amount of water should not be too much, otherwise it will easily cause withering.

"Ningyan Tobacco Planting Method", Ningyan Tobacco, which is white in color, matures once every five years, has low requirements for the growing environment, and is an auxiliary medicine for refining a variety of elixirs. The distance between two Ningyan Tobacco plants must be greater than one inch. Water them once every three months, and the amount of water should be appropriate.

"Outline of Spiritual Plant Growth", when planting, the seeds of spiritual medicine must be buried in the soil, not too deep or too shallow, the spacing between two spiritual medicines must strictly meet the requirements of the spiritual medicines planted, rain should be applied on time, the rainfall should be appropriate, not too much or too little, fertilization and pest control should be applied regularly, remember to pollinate when the spiritual fruit trees bloom and bear fruit, be careful when picking spiritual medicines and spiritual fruits, don't damage them, and...

Shi Yue flipped through the books on the shelf one by one. These books introduced various spiritual plants in great detail, not only listing the growth environment and efficacy of spiritual plants, but also making relevant suggestions for planting methods.

Since listening to the lectures of Master Yan Ge, Shi Yue has had a general plan for his future. After reading the books on the wooden shelf, Shi Yue's thoughts became active.

The value of a spiritual medicine is basically fixed, but if the spiritual medicine is processed and made into other things, the price can double or even multiply.

For example, a ten-year-old red cloud flower costs twenty spiritual stones per catty. If the red cloud flower is made into blank talisman paper, a dozen blank talisman papers cost one spiritual stone; a twenty-year-old green silk fruit costs thirty spiritual stones per catty. If the green silk fruit is used to brew green silk wine, one catty of green silk wine can be sold for fifty spiritual stones; a thirty-year-old yellow Luo wood costs ten spiritual stones per catty on the market, and it can be burned into spiritual charcoal for thirty spiritual stones per catty.

The speed of time in the mysterious space is ten times that of the outside world. According to this calculation, the spiritual rice that matures once a year will mature in more than a month when planted in the mysterious space.

Selling a large amount of spiritual rice and spiritual medicine at once will easily arouse suspicion from others, and it will also easily expose the secret of the blue bead.

Shi Yue thought about it and planned to learn alchemy. If he became an alchemist, he could refine the spiritual medicine and spiritual grain he planted into pills and sell them. Not only would the profit be huge, but it would also cover up the secret of the blue bead.

However, the spiritual rice and spiritual medicine in the mysterious space are not yet mature, so there is no need to rush to learn alchemy. You can learn planting first to prepare for planting spiritual medicine in the future.

During the day, Shi Yue reads books on planting in the basement, and meditates at night.

He rains on Shuiyuehua once every two days, and each time lasts for more than half an hour. In addition, he has to go into the mysterious space every day to check the situation of the spiritual rice and spiritual medicine, for fear that they will get sick.

Under Shi Yue's careful care, the spiritual rice and spiritual medicine in the mysterious space grow very fast, changing every day.

Shi Yue patiently waits for them to mature.

During this period, he went to the Deacon Hall again, bought some spiritual rice seeds, planted them in his own yard, and rained on time.

There is no time in cultivating immortals. In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

Compared with a month ago, Shi Yue's magic power has condensed a lot, but what makes him most happy is that the spiritual rice planted in the mysterious space has matured.

Perhaps because the environment in the mysterious space is better than the outside world, the spiritual rice planted in the mysterious space has full grains and bright colors.

Shi Yue took out the scissors, cut off the rice grains one by one, and put them into the storage bag.

More than an hour later, when he cut off the last rice grain, a smile appeared on his face.

He checked the growth of the Fiery Sun Grass and the Condensing Tobacco, and after giving them rain, he retreated.

After leaving the yard, Shi Yue flew to the Sutra Library.

A quarter of an hour later, he landed in front of a giant tower 30 feet high.

From time to time, there were cultivators entering and leaving the giant tower, which looked very lively.

Walking into the stone tower, a wide hall about an acre in size came into view. There was a bluestone counter at the entrance. A thin-faced old man in gray sat behind the counter, responsible for copying the jade slips of the classics.

Behind the gray-clothed old man, there is a bluestone staircase leading to the second floor. Only foundation-building cultivators can enter the second floor.

In the center of the hall, there are seven tall shelves, each with a sign, which are talismans, magic tools, elixirs, formations, planting, miscellaneous studies, and exercises, corresponding to the books on the shelf.

As soon as Shi Yue walked in, he went straight to the shelf with the elixir sign.

There are many books on the shelves, most of which are recipes for various elixirs, and some are the alchemy experience of alchemists.

After half a quarter of an hour, Shi Yue's eyes lit up, and he found the target of this trip - the elixir of life.

Immortal cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage cannot fasting. After taking a fasting pill, they don't need to eat for three days. Taixu Sect has thousands of Qi Refining Stage disciples and needs a large number of fasting pills.

The Bigu Pill is a low-level pill. It is the first pill that many alchemists make when they first learn to make pills. It is also Shi Yue's first choice.

According to the jade slip, the Bigu Pill is made of three materials, namely spiritual rice, blood fruit, and purple apricot. These three materials are harvested once a year.

Shi Yue has more than 100 kilograms of spiritual rice, but lacks blood fruit and purple apricot.

"Uncle Qian, I want to copy this jade slip," Shi Yue said to the gray-clothed old man behind the counter after putting the jade slip recording the method of refining Bigu Pill on the counter.

"The old rules, copying a book costs ten spirit stones," the gray-clothed old man said lightly.

Shi Yue nodded, took out ten low-level spirit stones from the storage bag, and put them on the counter.

The gray-clothed old man put away the spirit stones and handed the copied jade slip to Shi Yue.

Shi Yue took the jade slip, walked out, and flew to the Deacon Hall with his flying tool.

As soon as he walked onto the third floor, Shi Yue quickly walked to a counter and asked, "How much do you sell a year's worth of blood fruit and purple apricots?"

"Blood fruit is three spirit stones per pound, and purple apricots are five spirit stones per pound. I wonder how much you want," the steward disciple behind the counter asked with a smile.

"I want five pounds of blood fruit and three pounds of purple apricots," Shi Yue thought for a moment and said so.

The steward disciple nodded and weighed five pounds of blood fruit and three pounds of purple apricots for Shi Yue.

After paying the spirit stones, Shi Yue hurriedly left the steward hall and flew away.

After a cup of tea, he came to a bare red mountain.

The mountain was five or six hundred feet high and was an active volcano. The crater was spewing thick smoke, molten lava and flames. The air was filled with a pungent smell of sulfur, and the fire attribute aura was very rich.

This mountain is called Danxia Mountain. It is the only volcano in Taixu Sect and is where Taixu Sect disciples refine pills and cultivate qi.

Shi Yue has not yet established his foundation, so he can only use the volcanic fire to refine pills.