Chapter 118 Learning to Make Alchemy (Part 2)
Xu Feng took a deep breath and came to the alchemy furnace.
He picked up a few pieces of spiritual charcoal from the ground and put them at the bottom of the alchemy furnace. Then he used the fireball technique to ignite it, imitating Liang Lao's way.
Unexpectedly, such a simple action would lead to Liang Lao's scolding.
"There are still slags in the alchemy furnace that have not been cleaned up. Why are you in such a hurry to light the fire?"
You didn't teach me this, how can I know?
Although he thought so in his heart, Xu Feng's hands were not slow at all. He first extinguished the spiritual charcoal, then cleaned up the residue in the alchemy furnace, and then continued to preheat.
Then when he felt that the temperature was about the same, he threw a white jade ginseng into the alchemy furnace, before his consciousness probed into the alchemy furnace.
A crackling sound came out, and a burnt smell came, and his first alchemy was declared over.
He opened the alchemy furnace and took a look. It was full of black and gray spiritual medicine residues.
Xu Feng smiled bitterly, thinking that alchemy was not that easy.
"Continue."
Old Liang had no expression on his face, and did not point out where he was wrong, and directly ordered.
Seeing this, he could only continue, and began to repeat the previous steps, cleaning the residue and preheating the furnace.
However, he also guessed the reason for the failure just now, which should be caused by the high temperature.
So this time, he hurriedly threw the spiritual medicine in before the preheating was completed.
This time, everything seemed normal, until he threw all three spiritual medicines into the alchemy furnace, and no abnormal changes occurred.
This made him very happy, and he thought he was a rare alchemy genius.
But when his spiritual sense scanned the interior of the alchemy furnace, he found that the three spiritual medicines were lying intact at the bottom of the alchemy furnace.
This made him a little annoyed, and he directly added a few more pieces of spiritual charcoal to the bottom of the alchemy furnace and increased the firepower.
But in just a few breaths, first a few muffled sounds came out, and then the smell of burning came again, and the second alchemy also failed.
"Continue."
Old Liang looked calm and continued to order.
Just like that, three hours passed quickly, during which Xu Feng failed six times in total.
The best time was to roast out the essence of the elixir, and then failed when they were fused together.
As for condensing the elixir into a pill, it had not reached that step at all.
However, at this moment, he was not discouraged, but even more motivated, because his system panel was updated again.
[Name: Xu Feng]
[Age: 18]
[Realm: Fifth Level of Qi Refining]
[Skills: Basic Qi Refining Technique]
[Cultivation Arts: Talisman Making: First-class Upper Grade (0/1500), Drawable Talismans: First-class Lower Grade (Small Fireball Talisman, Golden Sword Talisman, Wooden Shield Talisman, Earth Prison Talisman) First-class Middle Grade (Golden Light Talisman, Wind Blade Talisman, Earth Escape Talisman).
[Spiritual Planting Technique: First-class Lower Grade (7/10) Spiritual Medicine that can be cultivated: Wind Spirit Grass]
[Alchemy Technique: First-class Lower Grade (0/200) (Not yet started)]
This time, there is an additional column for alchemy. Although it is marked as not yet started, it finally appeared.
This means that as long as he is willing to continue to refine pills, he will be able to refine pills one day and become an alchemist.
After observing for a few hours, Liang Lao also found that Xu Feng did not show a very outstanding talent for alchemy.
This made him a little disappointed. He had originally decided to pass on his mantle to Xu Feng.
However, he admired Xu Feng's indomitable and courageous performance.
Because he also came from the path of alchemy apprentice, he knew how much of a blow it was to a new learner to fail in alchemy.
However, Xu Feng did not seem to see any of this. He always had an extremely confident look on his face.
This made him understand that his new apprentice seemed to be a little different.
Thinking of this, he stopped Xu Feng, who was excited and ready to continue refining the elixir, and began to point out the mistakes he made when refining the elixir just now.
"The reason why you failed the first two times was that you had poor control over the temperature.
The third time was because the time for refining the elixir was not enough, and a lot of essence was wasted.
The fourth to sixth times, the time for refining was too long, so the essence condensed into liquid medicine too early, making it difficult to fuse.
The seventh time..."
As the problems were pointed out one by one, Xu Feng showed an expression of understanding, and then began to think and reflect.
"Okay, you watch, I will show you again."
Then Liang Lao adjusted his state, and then played the spell, sacrificed his consciousness, and started refining the elixir again.
He slowly threw all the elixir into the elixir furnace, and then kept forcing out the essence of the elixir, and then made them all fuse together. Finally, when he saw that the time was almost right, he pinched the elixir condensation spell with his hand to make the elixir completely formed.
When he opened the elixir furnace, he saw that there were eight identical elixirs lying there, just like last time.
"Do you understand? If you do, try it again."
Xu Feng continued to refine pills, and all of them failed as expected.
However, his progress was very significant. The last time, he was almost at the stage of condensing the pill.
"Yes, I admit that I was wrong just now. You are still very talented in the way of alchemy.
If time passes, it won't be long before you can refine the first finished pill."
Old Liang's mood was obviously different at this time, and the look he gave Xu Feng changed from disappointment to surprise.
He found that as long as he pointed out the problem, his disciple would avoid making the same mistake again the next time he refined the pill.
This strong self-correction and learning ability was unique in his life.
"But let's stop here for today's practice! Refining the pill consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness. You should go back and rest early. We will continue tomorrow."
Looking at Xu Feng's pale face, Liang Lao directly extinguished the spiritual charcoal and then ordered.
"Master, I think I can still hold on."
Xu Feng didn't feel any fatigue at this moment, but only had the desire to successfully refine the pill. In other words, he was a little too excited now.
"No, listen to me. Although you don't feel tired at this moment, as long as you withdraw from this state, you will be so tired that you can't even stand. Go back and rest."
Although he didn't agree in his heart, he could only nod his head when he saw Liang Lao's serious expression.
Then he put all the slag in the alchemy furnace and the ash left by the burning of the spiritual charcoal into a worn storage bag.
Then he performed the cleaning technique to clean up the alchemy room, then opened the door and followed Liang Lao out.
Although he had not really refined the finished pill, Xu Feng was full of confidence at the moment.
Just as they stepped out of the alchemy room, Liang Wan'er, Luo Xinran, and Xu Tinglan immediately surrounded them and asked nervously.
"Brother Xu, did you make the pill smoothly?"
"Xiaofeng, how do you feel about learning to make pills for the first time?"
"Have you made pills yourself?"
Facing these various questions, Xu Feng smiled slightly and then answered:
"Don't worry, the learning progress is very smooth, and I have tried to make pills several times. Although I didn't succeed, I gained a lot."
Liang Lao stroked his beard, smiling, and kindly agreed:
"Feng'er is right. He has an extraordinary talent in alchemy. It's only a matter of time before he becomes a real alchemist."
After listening to Liang Lao's words, the women cheered and jumped for joy, happier than if they had learned to make pills themselves.
Just now outside the alchemy room, they were always worried, fearing that Xu Feng would suffer a blow for not having the talent for alchemy.
Liang Lao returned to the room first, and the remaining four came to sit next to the stone table.
The three women were very interested in Xu Feng's process of learning alchemy, and kept begging him to talk about it.
But when his butt touched the stone bench, he understood what Liang Lao said.
The sequelae of direct alchemy occurred, and he fell asleep on the stone table.
