No matter what kind of elixir it is, even the lowest-level elixir must be melted at the same time. Otherwise, once the melted medicinal materials are placed aside and cannot be mixed with other medicinal materials in time, a large number of impurities will be born immediately. The purpose of refining medicinal materials is to remove impurities. If a large number of impurities appear after refining, it is purely a waste of work.

Therefore, any alchemist must be able to extract at least five medicinal materials at the same time. This is the most basic requirement that a beast soul can achieve. However, it is still very difficult for a beast soul to control five fire-attribute true qi with different functions at the same time. It is still difficult for ordinary practitioners who have just started to do it.

Why do Qiuji Si and Xia’s alchemy hall both give some medicinal materials and prescriptions to let practitioners go back and practice on their own? I just want to see how these practitioners understand and see if they can skillfully control the true qi of the five different functions of fire attributes.

If they can do it, they will have the possibility of becoming an alchemist. If they can't do it, then I'm sorry, the door of the alchemist will always be open to you. However, you may never have the chance to come in. Unless you suddenly make great progress.

In order to pass the assessment smoothly, most practitioners will go to ask experienced people after getting the medicinal materials and prescriptions so that their elixir samples can be more perfect as much as possible. Zhang Ling has no relatives, so of course it is impossible for others to ask for advice. In fact, he has no intention of asking for advice from others. He has become accustomed to self-reliance and food and clothing.

It should be known that he has a total of ten beast souls, and it is extremely easy to deal with five medicinal materials at the same time. He can do things that are difficult for others to do without any effort. Even without anyone's guidance, it is not difficult to melt the five medicinal materials at the same time. Anyway, there are five portions of Qiu Japanese silk medicinal materials in total, so he is not worried about consumption.

"Red dates..."

“The mountains are red…”

“Baguo…”

"Pentagonal lotus leaf..."

"Hell Ganoderma lucidum..."

Sure enough, with the help of the powerful true energy, Zhang Ling gradually melted the five medicinal materials.

The juices of these five medicinal materials flowed into the alchemy furnace one after another, and slowly gathered together.

After the medicinal materials are melted, the impurities in them must be removed as much as possible. This step is very particular. How much purity can the elixir be achieved in the final purity of the elixir? This is a very critical step.

Why do we also require that the wood attribute index must reach four or three stars when recruiting alchemists to apply for apprentices? The main purpose is to be able to remove impurities in medicinal materials. The true qi of wood attribute is the best effect in expelling impurities. From the perspective of the five elements of restraint, wood is the one that overcomes earth. The impurities in medicinal materials are mainly earth attributes.

Basically, the stronger the wood-attribute true qi, the more impurities in the medicinal materials can be removed. Therefore, many skilled alchemists have relatively high wood-attribute true qi index. So, within alchemists, whether the wood-attribute index can surpass five stars and become a very obvious watershed. Those who exceed five stars can generally become master-level alchemists. Those who do not exceed five stars will probably not be qualified to become master-level alchemists in their lifetime.

It seems that there is no wood attribute index in the Xia family's alchemy hall, which is more than five stars. The wood attribute index of Xia Yue'e and Xia Chendong's beast soul are just four stars. Otherwise, Xia Yue'e would have become a master-level alchemist and would not have wasted most of her life at the level of a high-level alchemist.

However, it is not enough to have wood-attribute true qi.

The impurities in medicinal materials are ever-changing. If there is only one attribute of true qi, it will definitely not be able to be completely eliminated.

After all, most of the impurities in medicinal materials cannot be the only one kind of earth attribute. Therefore, simply using wood attribute true qi cannot remove all impurities. It is necessary to cooperate with other attribute true qi to be as pure as possible. The question is, where can ordinary practitioners have so many attribute true qi that can be used?

The only exception is probably a strange thing like Zhang Ling. His beast soul has a complete and complete thirteen attributes of true qi, and all of them are large enough to squander. Therefore, he has absolutely no difficulties in expelling impurities. As long as the impurities found by him, he cannot escape his poisonous hands. No matter what attributes of impurities, he can always find the corresponding true qi to kill the other party.

Sure enough, Zhang Ling repeatedly used thirteen different true qi to wash the impurities of the medicinal materials back and forth, and the effect was quite good. Basically, as long as the impurities he could find were all removed. As for those that could not be seen, smelled, or felt, he would be powerless for the time being. That required precipitation of experience.

After careful cleaning of the impurities in the medicinal materials, they will be fused with the elixir.

The most important thing in fusion of elixirs is not to condense the elixirs together, but to remove all the excess impurities.

It turns out that when cleaning medicinal materials, individual medicinal materials are removed one by one. Generally speaking, most of the impurities in single medicinal materials will be removed. However, different medicinal materials will be fused together and a large amount of impurities will be generated.

If we use the Earth's proprietary terms to explain, the fusion of medicinal materials requires a chemical reaction. Sometimes, the chemical reaction is very intense. After the chemical reaction of medicinal materials, many new substances will be produced. Some of these substances are impurities, and even some of them are toxic impurities. These toxic impurities are the erysipelas mentioned earlier.

For example, the most common medicinal materials, the star anise lotus leaf and water yellow lotus, will produce slight toxicity if they are mixed together. Obviously, this toxicity must be removed. Otherwise, the toxicity will remain in the elixir in the future, and this is not a elixir but a toxicant.

The five different medicinal materials are mixed together and the toxicity will naturally be more. Those with a little mathematical concept will know how many possibilities there will be. The more medicinal materials you mix at the same time, the more types and quantities of impurities you produce. And the alchemist must understand all the possibilities. For any impurities they produce, you must think of ways to deal with them. Otherwise, the quality of the final elixir will be terrible.

Why do the quality of elixirs need to be measured by purity? It depends on the useful ingredients. Pills with 50% purity mean that only half of the useful parts are used. The other half are useless and even harmful. Such elixirs have a very bad effect. If you are not careful, you will cause death.

In fact, even elixirs with a 50% pureness are difficult to refine.

After all, no matter which step in the alchemy is in, there are too many impurities to be removed. The ones that can be seen, smelled, and felt may not be completely removed. And those impurities that cannot be seen, smelled, or felt are even more impossible to be removed. Therefore, 50% of the purity level is generally not achieved without three to five years of hard work.

If the elixir refined is more than 50%, it can be considered a junior alchemist. A junior alchemist can embroider a three-leaf clover on his clothes to indicate his identity as an alchemist.

As long as you become an alchemist, you can enjoy a certain amount of gold coins. Every empire in the Beast Martial Arts Continent attaches great importance to alchemists and the construction of the alchemist team. In the process of fighting against the demon clan, alchemists do play a crucial role. No one dares to ignore their existence.

"Sure enough, there are some ways!"

During the process of alchemy, Zhang Ling said to himself.

There are so many impurities that appear when different medicinal materials are mixed together.

These impurities are all kinds of and all-inclusive. They have all attributes and all characteristics.

If he had not had ten beast souls and rich true energy with thirteen attributes, he would have no way to deal with these impurities.

No wonder it is so difficult for ordinary practitioners to become a junior alchemist. Even a family like Qiuji Si has a large number of skilled alchemists and rich experience in alchemist cultivation. It will take at least two years to train an alchemist to become a qualified primary alchemist. As for what level can you be promoted to after becoming a junior alchemist, it depends on your personal efforts and talent.

To be honest, if there is only one beast soul, only two or three types of true qi with less powerful attributes, it is impossible to remove all of these impurities. Your true qi is not distributed enough! A good woman cannot cook without rice. Without enough true qi, there is no way to talk about anything. Even after three or five years of repeated refining, she is very familiar with the medicinal properties and various steps, and there is still a large number of impurities that will be missed.

What's even more serious is that the process of elixir fusion is also affected by the surrounding environment. The surrounding environment may also add a lot of impurities to the elixir. If the vital energy of a certain attribute around it is too strong, it will affect the purity of the elixir. The more complex and changeable the environment, the more serious the impact on the quality of the elixir.

There is no doubt that it is the most difficult to refine alchemy in the wild. Ordinary alchemists will refine alchemy in the alchem ​​room as much as possible. The building quality of the alchem ​​room itself also seriously affects the quality of the elixir. Those skilled alchemists all have high-quality alchem ​​rooms. Some are even more than one. They will choose different alchem ​​rooms according to different alchem ​​requirements.
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