Chapter 53 The False Elixir
"Don't be busy with salutes..." Zhen Daoren said proudly: "The one you deserves to be taught is still behind."
"Ordinary monks cannot detect the hands and feet that are done in the pills, what are the impurities, and whether the medicine is full, but if the monks who practice this path will be different. Therefore, in addition to the pill association, if there are pill masters who are trustworthy, they can also make trades by tasting the pills."
Wei Taiping showed joy and said hurriedly: "The Taoist priest talked about this alchemy, and he must be an expert. Can we appreciate it and open our eyes."
Daoren Zhen looked at Qian Chen and smiled and said, "Daoist still wants to exchange the map with spiritual pills? If he can pass this level..." He had an unfinished meaning in his words, so he turned to look at Wei Taiping.
Wei Taiping was indeed aware of the situation and clapped his chest and said, "Then I will make the decision and exchange the map of Jiuzhen Daze for fellow Taoists."
Qian Chen was in no way. He was afraid that Dao Ren Zhen would not know the goods, so he specially put away the Biyuan Spirit Tempering Pill that he had originally planned to exchange for. In this way, the spiritual pill of the true qi is not directly effective enough. Dao Ren Zhen sounds quite reliable, but what if he gets out of the way? It has been replaced by the Yiqi Pure Yang Pill that increases his cultivation... I guess he would not have read it wrong!
The pure yang elixir of Yiqi is pure red in color, but the medicinal properties are very gentle, and it is refined by vital energy, with almost no impurities.
Qian Chen held it in his palm, and it looked really good, naked and round. When the spiritual sense penetrated into the hot spring, it made people feel comfortable. Qian Chen thought that this kind of spiritual elixir would never be looked down upon.
But he saw Taoist Zhen take the spiritual pill, look at it for a long time, and suddenly sneer.
This time, Qian Chen was really shocked. He specially selected the elixir with the best appearance and the simplest medicinal properties. What else can happen?
Only then did Daoren Zhen say: "The way of alchemy is to burn fire for ten years and practice eye skills for three years, so that you can observe the color of fire and understand the temperature of fire. If you have ten years of picking medicine and studying elixirs hard, you can try to refine elixirs with simple medicinal properties. During this period, you can study hundreds of volumes of alchemy books, and you are familiar with the properties of medicine in the chest... and you must also refine the nose and orifices to distinguish the properties of medicine and detect changes in the properties of medicine from the fragrance of medicine emitted by the alchemy furnace. Finally, you can open the tongue and orifices to taste the defects of the heat of the elixirs in the elixirs and constantly adjust them."
"It will take thirty years before the furnace can be officially opened to refine alchemy."
"A good pot of elixir must be selected from the spiritual medicine, taste the medicine with your tongue, and notice that the medicine is shallow and strong, and then measure it with the medicine property, one less and one more cent. No matter how good the pot is refined, it is all waste pills. Then choose the appropriate timing, location, and even the alchemy cauldron. Before opening the furnace, you must also warm the furnace and sacrifice the furnace... What kind of water and fire are used, you must pay attention to it."
"After the furnace is officially opened, the heat will not be bad as the medicinal properties in the furnace change."
"During the period, the magic power is protected, and it is difficult to persist with a strong body of magic power... When the furnace was finally opened, the techniques of making medicine were secretly passed down. During this period, various techniques were also called alchemy techniques, which were the inheritance of the alchemist as life. It is not a disciple who entered the house, so you should not take a look. Even during the alchemist meeting, the alchemist could hide the use of alchemist techniques."
"Not mention the method of receiving medicine in the end, even the birth date and horoscope of the boy who collects the elixir, the physique foundation is given. Pure yang pills should be used as pure yin virgins, and Pure yin pills should be used as pure yang pills..."
Is it so difficult for Qian Chen to secretly stumble on his tongue to refine the alchemy?
What kind of eye technique, nasal or tongue orifice, isn’t it natural for spiritual awareness to observe slightly after breaking through the induction? The medicinal properties are the vital energy of heaven and earth. As long as you can detect vital energy, you can naturally observe the medicinal properties?
What? You still need to see the changes in the temperature with your eyes?
Didn’t it rely on spiritual awareness?
Also, why do you need to use your nose to smell the fragrance of medicine to distinguish the changes in the furnace? Shouldn’t it be to look directly at the qi?
It is also worth learning for ten years that the change of medicinal properties is also worth learning. And why do you have to memorize the properties of spiritual medicines one by one? There are unique species in every world of heaven and earth. In this way, wouldn’t you just stay in the same place to refine elixirs? What should you do when you encounter spiritual medicines you don’t know? Why don’t you directly observe the changes in the origin of medicinal properties? All medicinal properties are vital energy, and it will not change at all!
Qian Chen has a graduate student using finite element when analyzing mechanically, and met a big shot who was working on empirical formulas...
Although it is very hard to learn a thick finite element analysis of the boundary value problem of partial differential equations, the kind of ruthless person who memorizes the three-foot-high empirical formula is really awesome!
When a college student with normal IQ sees an intellectually disabled person who has a hard memorization of the 99 multiplication table to solve the quadratic equation of the 100% quadratic equation, he finally achieves something, and his deep sympathy and motivational excitement.
Such a strong man, how can he not be admired by mountains and rivers?
Qian Chen's alchemy technique is hundreds of times stronger than Zhen Daoren. Even so admired that everyone in the hall became more and more awe after hearing this hard-earned alchemy technique. Even an old fox like Wei Lecheng was shocked. The precious alchemy in this world. If Zhen Daoren really knew how to refine alchemy, his status was precious and he would never be inferior to the master of alchemy.
I don’t know how many aristocratic families want to make friends.
Wei Taiping said even more explicitly: "The Taoist Master knows that this hard work must be the master of alchemy. Talking about the spirit pills like this is really an eye-opener. If the Taoist Master does not dislike it, I am willing to run for the Taoist Master..."
Zhen Daoren did not answer directly, but instead changed the topic: "Treating spiritual elixirs is also inseparable from the four secrets of 'seeing and hearing' in the alchemy method."
"Take the quality of the spirit pill, first look at its color. The top-grade spirit pill has the color of the pill, but not evil, pure but not gorgeous..."
"The purer the color, the fewer the impurities. Once the heat is lighter, the color of the elixir will be lighter. Once the heat is heavy, the color of the elixir will be burnt. This elixir seems to be extremely positive, and it is not mixed. When observing with eye techniques, there is no impurities..."
Qian Chen listened carefully. This pure yang pill of Qi Yi is indeed extremely positive and has no impurities. Why did this person sneer at it?
Zhen Daoren shook his head and smiled, "But the alchemist probably has done too much. The color of this pill is too pure. There is no trace of the medicine and the smelting of the spiritual medicine. The pill comes out of the fire, but there is no trace of the fire. Moreover, even if it is water to refine the spirit pill, there is always a process of gathering the spirit pills. The traces of human creation, and the wise alchemist can even detect how the syrup condenses, time and process."
"This pill...it seems like a natural achievement, born so naturally, without any trace of condensation..."
"Is this the spiritual pill refined by the alchemist?" Zhen Daoren sneered.
Qian Chen said silently in his heart: "Because it is transformed by vital energy and condenses into one body. There is no elixir of grass and trees, and there is no need to use the fibers of plants to smelt into a elixir shape..."
"The second is to smell..." Zhen Daoren handed the pure Yang Dan of Yiqi in his hand to Wei Taiping and said, "You smell it."
Wei Taiping carefully put his nose in front of the pill and sniffed hard. His face was wrinkled into a ball with excessive force, which made the boy who was accompanying him laugh. However, Wei Taiping did not find himself funny, but nodded and said, "I smelled hard, and only smelled a faint fragrance of pill... There was no smell of pill at all."
"Yes, the elixir can distinguish the properties of the medicine. There is no problem with the properties of this elixir. It replenishes qi and nourishes essence, but such a shallow elixir fragrance means that the properties of the medicine are also shallow." Zhen Daoren explained.
Wei Taiping also realized that after smelling the fragrance of elixir, his true energy had improved slightly, but it was not easy to detect, and his effectiveness was really shallow.
Of course, he could not tell the difference between his true energy and his pure energy, and he could not tell the difference between the stimulating spiritual medicine with excitement and the gentle and pure vitality replenishment.
Qian Chen couldn't help but say, "The fragrance is too strong, won't it leave?"
"What?" Wei Taiping didn't expect that someone would dare to refute. He suddenly felt that he offended the master in his heart and asked sternly.
Qian Chen kindly explained: "It's just that the medicine has lost its properties!"
Zhen Daoren laughed and said, "This is the third mistake..." He took out a bottle of crystal bottle from the leopard skin on his waist. It was light and transparent inside, like a liquid of clear water. Zhen Daoren shook the crystal bottle and said, "This is a pill wax. In order to prevent the medicinal properties from evaporating with the fragrance of the medicine, the alchemist will apply a layer of pill wax on the surface after refining the spiritual pill to prevent the smell from evaporating. When tasting the spiritual pill, he often has to rub a little pill wax with his hands before sniffing the fragrance of the medicine..."
"Where is your elixir?"
Qian Chen can't explain it. I can't say that my alchemy technique is completely beyond your understanding. It is to use the vital energy to refine the alchemy. After the elixir is made, the inert vitality is transformed into a pill shell, and the pure yang vital energy is sealed into it. The pill shell transformed by the inert vitality is equivalent to your pill wax!
Master Zhen Dan had no concept of elixir refining at all, and he was considered a liar when he said it.
"This is the wrong market positioning! High-end products should be positioned as high-end customers like Cui Dan. What should I come to the low-end market to show off..." Qian Chen lamented in his stomach.
Master Zhen Dan finally weighed the pure yang pill of Qi Yi, shook his head and said, "In the end, don't you think this pill is too light?"
"Because there is a stream of vitality inside..." Qian Chen was powerless to refute.
"It is only three zhu heavy. The spiritual pill weighs one to three qian depending on the material of the elixir. By observing the amount of impurities and weighing the weight, you can determine the medicinal properties. The mineral golden pill is slightly heavier, with eight qian to three liang. Different spiritual pills have different specific gravity, and they can often calculate whether the medicinal properties are heavy or there are too many impurities based on the weight."
"Of course these are very subtle and need to be adapted to local conditions, but no matter which spiritual pill is, it is not so light!"
"I even suspect that this is just a shell!" Zhen Daoren sneered.
Qian Chen sighed secretly: "You are right! This is really a layer of shell..."
Daoren Zhen threw the spiritual pill back to Qian Chen and said, "It's so clear that I can't hear it... This kind of pill is not worthy of savoring it with me, so just skip the last step! This pill is of inferior quality... Although there are few impurities, the medicinal properties are even shallow. Although it is not the worst 'poison pill', slightly better than 'waste pill', it is also a 'pseudo-pill'... It's not worth the big swamp map."
Dao Ren Zhen looked at Qian Chen coldly, but Qian Chen reflected in his heart: "When did I offend this Dao Ren Zhen? I have never seen him!"
Chapter completed!