Volume 1 Chapter 50: The Art of Alchemy

Shi Yan was completely confused. He didn't understand what the sect leader meant. What did he mean by "our relationship is more than just master and disciple?"? He thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what other relationship there was between him and the sect leader.

After thinking for a long time, Shi Yan finally gave up. He was not a person who could persist. Since he couldn't figure it out, he would not think about it. Why bother himself? Shi Yan always believed that the truth would come out one day.

As soon as he walked out of the hall, Mingxiang and other girls who usually had a good relationship with Shi Yan came to greet him, "Now, we have to call you Big Brother."

"Yes, yes, this is the first time that the title of Senior Brother has appeared in my Huajian Sect. It is truly unprecedented!"

"Hehehe..." Everyone giggled. They usually joked like this, so they didn't care about what they said. Shi Yan also liked to bicker and play tricks with these little girls in this way.

"My fellow junior sisters, you are getting prettier and prettier. I don't know what kind of elixir you used, but you all look like juicy peaches. Just looking at you makes me want to take a bite!"

The girls rolled their eyes. Although their hearts seemed to fly up when Shi Yan praised them, they still couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks about him. They walked along the way in a noisy and lively manner. It was very lively.

Finally, Mingxiang pushed Shiyan and said, "Big Brother, I think you should go home and wait. There will be a lot of people visiting you in the next two days, and you will be busy."

"Why?"

"My eldest brother, your current identity is very different from before, and your thinking should also change!" The girls agreed with her words.

Although Shi Yan was puzzled, when they arrived at Dongleng Valley, they found that there were already people waiting outside the valley.

Mingxiang smiled and winked at Shiyan, saying playfully, "I'm right."

Shi Yan shrugged and walked forward helplessly to entertain the people outside the door.

"Oh my, Brother Shi is back!"

"I told you that with Big Brother's talent, wouldn't it be easy for him to become the head disciple?"

"Brother Shi, this is just a small token of my appreciation. It's not just respect, but please don't despise me..."

Shi Yan suddenly felt overwhelmed. He didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing, but he didn't want to hit a smiling person. He was going to decline, but after noticing the sad looks in these people's eyes, he accepted it. Sure enough, when they saw him accept the gift, they all looked happy.

Seeing that Shi Yan accepted the gift, these people were sensible and shouted for Shi Yan to have a good rest, and then dispersed all at once. Only then did the East Leng Valley return to peace.

But the quiet time did not last long, and someone started knocking on the door again... Just as Mingxiang said, these days, there was an endless stream of guests coming to visit Dongleng Valley, whether they were disciples from the Huajian Sect or outside the sect, some known to them and some not, and the process was almost non-stop.

Even the soil outside the valley was rubbed lower, and the gifts inside the room had filled up the entire room.

He finally understood what Mingxiang meant by that. From being a flower-picking man in the outer sect, he became a disciple of the head of the Huajian Sect overnight. The difference between the two was a world of difference. Although he felt that there was no difference, it did not mean that others thought so. Especially Gong Yangyu's words that day, aroused people's strong interest in him. Everyone wanted to see what the person who could convince Gong Yang Crazy looked like.

Shi Yan was busy receiving visitors, while Ye Yier had been sitting cross-legged in meditation for the past few days and had not woken up. The happiest ones were Xiao Baoer and Xiao Xun. The gifts sent by the visitors included many good elixirs, which added a lot of good candies to Xiao Baoer's candy store. He now lay on the candy pile with a smile all day and was unwilling to get up.

Xiaoxun, on the other hand, was different from Xiaobao. He was a child from a poor family and did not have such a petty bourgeoisie lifestyle. He helped Shiyan entertain the guests. In his spare time, he also helped him sort out the piles of gifts. Sometimes Shiyan would pick out some gifts from the piles for Xiaoxun to take back to the village for everyone to use. Xiaoxun was reluctant at first, but under Shiyan's insistence, he still picked out a few not very expensive things and put them away.

Looking at Xiao Baoer who is surrounded by candies, and then looking at the honest Xiao Xun, the gap between the two is really too big!

After a few days, the number of people who came to visit him gradually decreased. Shi Yan did nothing these days but greeted these people. Perhaps the headmaster also knew about his recent situation and did not summon him. But today, when he was free, the headmaster summoned him.

Shi Yan came to Liusu Courtyard and saw the beautiful leader again. She was standing among the flowers. Even the delicate and beautiful flowers were so ashamed of her beauty that they couldn't raise their heads.

Hua Ruo leaned over to pick the flowers and asked without turning her head: "What level have you reached in your cultivation now?"

Because of the accessories given by Canglan, all energy and detection were blocked, so outsiders could not see through his cultivation.

"Reporting to the master, I have reached the peak of the eighth level of the Meridian Transformation Realm."

Hua Ruo nodded, speaking in a gentle tone: "You are not discouraged in the face of adversity, and you go against the current. That's great! I didn't have too many expectations of you at the beginning, but I didn't expect that in just a few days, you have achieved such success. You can achieve what you have today, all thanks to your own efforts, which is rare."

"I don't have any requirements. Since you are now my disciple, I will naturally teach you something. I see that you have learned a good mental method, is that right?"

"Master, what you said is right." Shi Yanchui said respectfully.

"Since you already have a good mental method, I won't teach you anything more in this regard. The mental method is not about the number of grades, but the suitability. Finding a mental method that suits you is a very important thing for a cultivator." Hua Ruo picked a colorful peony, put it under her nose and smelled it, and said: "Tell me, what do you want to learn now?"

Shi Yan thought about it and realized that he wanted to learn a lot of things, including talismans, formations, alchemy, refining tools, etc. These techniques that could earn spirit stones were what he was eager to learn. On the contrary, he was not very interested in some secret ancient scriptures. Shi Yan himself had cultivated the Tenth-grade Heart Method "Heavenly Immortal Technique", and the heart method covered many secret techniques, which Shi Yan had not yet comprehended thoroughly. On the contrary, "Heavenly Immortal Technique" did not mention some more practical techniques, so he was eager to learn techniques that could earn spirit stones first.

Although in the three regions of Bianyun, one has to invest in the cultivation and evolution research of spiritual beasts to make money, but that requires years of experience accumulation and is not something that can be learned just by studying, so Shi Yanxiang thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

"Master, I want to learn how to make pills."

"Alchemy?" Hua Ruo looked at Shi Yan in surprise. She had never expected that Shi Yan actually wanted to learn alchemy.

"Why don't you consider it again?" Hua Ruo advised, "Although alchemy is good, it is of no benefit to cultivation. What you should be most concerned about now is to improve your own cultivation. Perhaps you can consider scrolling scriptures. I know about ten scrolls. How about that?"

Shi Yan shook his head and said, "I have decided. I will learn alchemy!"

Seeing that he was so persistent, Hua Ruo stopped forcing him. "I have advised you, but the path you choose is your own. Since you want to learn alchemy, I will teach you. The alchemy method of my school is mainly based on flower pills. Maybe it will be good for your "Knowing Fragrances"."

The dark night covered the sky like an indissoluble thick ink. The stars were as bright as diamonds scattered on the black sky. A sickle-like crescent moon hung in the sky, casting its hazy light on the earth.

Hua Ruo did not teach Shi Yan how to make the elixir directly, but taught him a method of meditation called "Pure Mind". You should know that the mentality of the person when making the elixir and the surrounding environment also affect the success rate. As the saying goes, internal factors determine the essence, and external factors affect the effect. The state of mind also has great requirements for alchemy. Alchemy is a boring subject. People with bad mentality will do harm to the study of alchemy.

At this moment, the moon is bright and the stars are high in the sky, and the air is peaceful and quiet. It is a good time to make the elixir. Shi Yan has broken through to the state of mind, which makes it easier for him to stabilize his mentality. With the help of "Purifying the Heart", he maintains a calm and peaceful mood, which invisibly meets the requirement of unity of mind and spirit.

Shi Yan came to the valley and sat cross-legged on the grass. He first followed the exercises taught by the headmaster, silently circulated the spiritual energy in his body, and then took out a small bronze tripod and some spiritual flowers as materials.

There are several first-class spiritual flowers, including the split-petal orchid, the thread-column iris, the butterfly flower, as well as the autumn daffodil and the moon fairy's tears.

Although the "Small Alchemy Sutra" taught by the master is incomplete, it is enough for a beginner like Shi Yan.

It was recorded above that using the combination of Autumn Narcissus and Moon Fairy should be able to refine the elixir that Shi Yan is currently in the stage of solidifying his foundation. Combined with several spiritual flowers such as the Split-petal Orchid, the iris, and the butterfly flower, the flower elixir refined is suitable for situations like Shi Yan's unstable foundation.

"Ah, why did I fail again... I was clearly following the steps of alchemy in the secret book, and I've tried it more than ten times. How come I didn't succeed even once?" Looking at the empty alchemy furnace without even a trace of slag, Shi Yan was really puzzled.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of materials, otherwise he would not forgive himself for such a waste. These wasted spiritual flowers can be sold for a lot of spiritual stones. It seems that before refining pills and earning spiritual stones, he still has to spend a long time.

"Nonsense, it's strange that you can be useful like this!" Cang Lan suddenly appeared beside Shi Yan, smelled the medicinal fragrance of the cauldron, and said: "The fire you use is not an ordinary fire, but the Golden Crow Fire that is stimulated by the extremely yang energy with the power of the Golden Crow. It can melt everything in the world. Therefore, when refining the pill, the required materials must be increased in quantity, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the baking of the Golden Crow Fire and cannot be condensed into shape."

"So, you either need to improve the quality of the materials or lower the grade of the fire. Otherwise, every time you refine the pill, you will destroy the materials. By then, even if you refine through the copper tripod, you still won't be able to refine a good pill."