Chapter 412 Research Difficulties, Parallel Experiments

In the Jiushan Realm, in the alchemy room of Gongkai Island, the fire was blazing, and Elder Xiong was also furious.

He has been studying the nameless pill recipe for about two months.

"With Five Elements Orchid as the main ingredient, Frost Leaves and Spiritual Transformation Grass as the supplementary ingredients, it can be made into a large elixir, which is extremely useful for our cultivation. Unfortunately, Five Elements Orchid is also rare."

This is the original text of the pill recipe.

The Jiushan Sect changed the name of the Jushen Flower back to its original name, the Five Elements Orchid.

Perhaps because they were taboo in their hearts, or perhaps they did not know the complete recipe of the elixir, the predecessors of the Tianhe School did not leave behind any medicinal material ratios or the elixir refining process.

Therefore, Zheng Fa wanted to ask Qing Muzong for help.

Although an old master like Elder Xiong does not know the specific methods of alchemy, sometimes he can roughly see the ideas and processing methods contained in the elixir by looking at the medicinal materials.

This recipe for this elixir is for a golden elixir grade elixir, and it is actually not complicated. It contains no more than eight herbs in total, including the main, secondary, auxiliary and guiding herbs. Elder Xiong is very familiar with six of them. When he puts them together, he can figure out what effect they will have and what method to use to treat them.

Therefore, the research went smoothly at first.

But then I ran into difficulties. For more than a month, there was no progress at all. Failure after failure was frustrating.

In the alchemy furnace, the flames flickered purple and gold, illuminating Elder Xiong's face in varying degrees of brightness.

The magic spells in his hands changed even faster.

Half an hour later, the lid of the alchemy furnace suddenly exploded.

When the fire was extinguished, the pills appeared, but there were only about ten of them, lying black at the bottom of the furnace.

Elder Xiong's face turned even darker. He sniffed and became more annoyed. Spirit fire lit up in his hand and he slapped it towards the alchemy furnace.

His body suddenly stiffened, as if he remembered something, and looked to the side.

There were four disciples from the Jiushan Sect standing there. All four of them were at the foundation-building stage, and one of them had a silver glow in his eyes.

Elder Xiong paused for a long time, waved his hand over there, but turned his neck in the opposite direction, not wanting to look at the expressions of these four people.

Zhao Jingfan, who was standing by, saw that his elder wanted to destroy the furnace of waste pills, but... Zheng Fa made a rule:

Regardless of success or failure, the waste pills must be collected and studied.

He couldn't help but laugh: This great elder has a high seniority and great ability in the sect, and he always acts and speaks without any scruples.

What made him find it even more interesting was that it was rumored in the sect that this elder had extremely high demands on himself. Once he failed in refining the elixir, he would destroy all the wasted elixirs and thoroughly clean the alchemy furnace.

Not only that, he would also sulk.

He couldn't keep it in, and ended up taking it out on the people around him.

He had felt it in the past few days: a few days ago, when he failed in refining the elixir, Elder Xiong scolded him - because he had been looking at the cauldron for too long, his eyelids were sore, and he rubbed his eyes. As a result, the elder said that he disturbed him.

The failure of this elixir furnace was Zhao Jingfan’s fault!

Such a huge grievance! No wonder there were rumors in the sect that Elder Xiong was extremely difficult to get along with, and several disciples dared not even breathe in front of him.

But facing the disciples of Jiushan Sect whom he obviously disliked, Elder Xiong did not dare to scold them...

ridiculous!

"What are you laughing at? Are you laughing because you have learned it?"

Zhao Jingfan was stunned. He looked up and saw Elder Xiong staring at him. He scolded him, "I don't know what you learned in the alchemy room every day. You messed around with this and that, but it's useless."

I didn't dare to blink, for fear that I would move too much and extinguish the spiritual fire in the alchemy furnace. How did it end up in such a mess?

But as soon as he saw Elder Xiong, he followed his gaze and looked at the four Nine Mountain Sect disciples, and immediately understood -

Elder Xiong is making a veiled accusation.

No matter how he looks at these four disciples of Jiushan Sect, he feels disgusted.

The disciple of the Jiushan Sect who knew the "Dongxu Spirit Eye" first looked at those waste pills carefully with silver light in his eyes.

Later, he took them one by one to the newly made aura scanner and measured them.

Finally, a few people discussed for a while and wrote something on paper, seemingly very seriously.

However, Zhao Jingfan noticed some impatience in Elder Xiong's expression.

He also knew why Elder Bear was so impatient:

At first, when these disciples of Jiushan Sect came, Elder Xiong didn't mind.

Just learn it.

He was already preparing to sell his ancestors' secret techniques, so he didn't mind these people learning them.

Later, some problems arose - one of the disciples of the Jiushan Sect, who seemed to be a fool and a reckless young man, suddenly proposed one day that he wanted Elder Xiong to improve some of his techniques.

The other three were nodding their heads, as if they agreed.

Now, Elder Xiong couldn’t stand it anymore!

Putting aside the difference in strength between Jiushan Sect and Qingmu Sect, there is a huge gap between these Jiushan Sect disciples and Elder Xiong in terms of alchemy and cultivation!

Elder Xiong is the grand elder of Qingmu Sect, the leader of the alchemy sect of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, and a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Although these four people have learned alchemy, their cultivation level is only at the foundation-building stage. How can they compare with Elder Xiong?

Now they even want to teach Elder Xiong how to make pills? How dare they!

From then on, Elder Xiong disliked these four people very much. Although he did not say bad words to them due to Zheng Fa, he could not hold back his anger because of his bad temper, so he could only speak sarcastically and make indirect accusations.

He, Zhao Jingfan, is that mulberry.

These four people probably knew that Zheng Fa valued Elder Xiong very much, and they were afraid of angering the Nascent Soul cultivator, so they naturally didn't dare to say anything...

Just do your own thing quietly.

These days, the two sides didn't quarrel, but they didn't say much to each other either.

The records of those people were getting thicker and thicker. No one knew what was written in them, but Elder Xiong didn't read a single word of them and just ignored them.

Zhao Jingfan was actually quite curious.

After the four disciples finished writing, they saw that Elder Xiong had no intention of continuing to refine the elixir. It seemed that they knew that it would be unpopular if they stayed here, so they tactfully bowed to the two of them, respectfully left the alchemy room, and closed the door.

The booklet recording the experiment was left in the alchemy room.

He leaned his head over to see what was on it.

"cough!"

Elder Xiong coughed very loudly, which scared Zhao Jingfan. He turned around and saw Elder Xiong staring at him with a fierce look, as if he was looking at a traitor.

Old antique! Zhao Jingfan cursed inwardly.

"What do you want to do?"

"I'll just take a look..."

"What's so good about this!" Elder Xiong was obviously dissatisfied with the disciples of Jiushan Sect at this time. "They are just a few foundation-building kids, talking nonsense. What if they are misled by watching this?"

Zhao Jingfan blinked his eyes, feeling that it didn't make sense. How could he have gone astray just by taking a look?

Elder Xiong added, "I don't mind if Alliance Leader Zheng places these people here, but how can the Dao of Alchemy be tarnished by these ignorant people pretending to know something?"

"If I hadn't promised Alliance Leader Zheng, I would have wanted to leave long ago..."

"These disciples of Jiushan Sect have too little respect for the Dao of Alchemy!"

"They know nothing..."

He suddenly stopped talking and looked towards the door. He heard footsteps getting closer and closer.

The man stood at the door without knocking. A hint of satisfaction flashed in Elder Xiong's eyes. He waved his hand and opened the door.

It is Zheng Fa.

When Elder Xiong saw Zheng Fa, the expression on his face became much better.

Zhao Jingfan curled his lips inwardly.

Those four were all disciples taught by Zheng Fa. The courage to guide Yuanying to act was also taught by Zheng Fa. Do you have the guts to scold him?

But he also knew that Elder Xiong smiled at Zheng Fa not only because he was a bully, but also because of another reason:

Zheng Fa has always respected Elder Xiong. For example, just now, when he arrived at the door, he neither knocked nor used his spiritual sense to spy into the room.

I was afraid of disturbing Elder Xiong from refining the elixir.

Very thoughtful.

In his every move, even Elder Xiong, who was so difficult to please, could not say a bad word about Zheng Fa.

"How about it?"

Zheng Fa looked around the room and understood what was going on, but he still asked.

"It failed, and there are still some problems." Facing the real master, Elder Xiong did not act politely, and his voice was a little distressed, "Now the elixir we made can actually produce some reaction to the external elixir, but it seems that the medicinal properties are not enough."

Zheng Fa nodded slightly.

He also learned about this from Madam Xuanhua.

Their current verification of the medicinal properties of the elixir is mainly through Madam Xuanhua's "Golden Elixir Project", that is to say, the elixir refined by Elder Xiong is thrown into the cauldron running the "Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method" to see if there is any reaction.

"If there is a response, it means there is some progress compared to before."

Elder Xiong was anxious, but Zheng Fa smiled: "At least there is more hope than the previous pills."

This at least confirms that this pill is effective for the "Nine Mountains Golden Elixir Method"!

Compared to the previous pills that had no effect, this was a major breakthrough.

Zheng Fa bowed to Elder Xiong and said, "We can have such progress, Elder Xiong...thanks to you."

After hearing this, Elder Xiong chuckled and no longer showed his previous anger.

Zhao Jingfan watched from the side and found it outrageous.

Why did you look so disgusted with Jiushan Sect just now?

Zheng Fa's compliment, which was not even subtle, made you smile so sweetly? But he also knew in his heart that Zheng Fa really respected Elder Xiong and rarely offended him.

In addition, the beauty of that sentence lies in... Zheng Fa's status.

As the leader of the Jiushan Sect, one of the six sects, his compliment now brought Elder Xiong so much pride that it could be said to be...full and about to overflow.

Elder Xiong puffed out his chest with pride and said proudly, "Alliance leader, give me some more time, I will definitely refine this elixir for you!"

"I naturally believe in the elders."

Zheng Fa was also quite satisfied with Elder Xiong.

At least with the elder's help, they managed to figure out the general steps of the pill recipe.

The problem is, the elixir is so refined and subtle that just a rough estimate of its effectiveness is not enough.

Now we can even eat dead pigs - those are the spirit pigs raised by Jiao Wuji, and they are also the "guinea pigs" of the Nine Mountains Realm today.

Now, if this elixir is eaten by pigs, one will die.

Zheng Fa didn't dare to eat it.

Of course it needs to be changed.

"Elder, do you have any ideas for improvement?"

"this……"

Elder Xiong opened his mouth and seemed speechless.

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"Just...keep trying."

Zheng Fa nodded without commenting, but Elder Xiong still felt the pressure, and there was some cold sweat on his forehead. He explained dryly: "Alliance leader..."

"This Five Elements Orchid was originally lost in the Xuanwei Realm."

"I have searched all the books about this Frost Leaf but have not found any relevant records."

"Really, we can only try our best to save the situation."

His intention was very simple, that is, to use the alchemy techniques he knew to try them one by one...

Whether it will succeed or not depends on luck.

Seeing that Zheng Fa still didn't speak, Elder Xiong couldn't hold back the smile on his face. He said in a muffled voice: "Alliance Master, you may not know that the way of alchemy is definitely not that simple."

"To perfect a pill formula, you have to rely on enlightenment and chance. You can't be impatient."

"The Xuanwei Alchemy Dao has been like this since ancient times."

Seeing his unfriendly tone, Zhao Jingfan glanced at Zheng Fa secretly, feeling a little worried.

But Zheng Fa did not look angry. He picked up the record book left by the four disciples and started flipping through it.

Elder Xiong was already somewhat unhappy, and now seeing Zheng Fa flipping through the experimental records that he disliked, no matter how afraid he was of Zheng Fa, his expression became somewhat gloomy.

Zheng Fa glanced at Elder Xiong and said, "Why don't you take a look at the ideas of these disciples, Elder Xiong?"

Elder Xiong did not directly refuse, but said tactfully: "...Alliance Master, I have some ideas, and I want to try those first."

"If that doesn't work, I want to see your sect's foundation-building disciples' understanding of the way of alchemy."

Although he didn't dare to confront Zheng Fa directly, he paused at the word "foundation building". It was obvious that he had been holding back his dissatisfaction for a long time and couldn't suppress it.

After listening to this, Zheng Fa did not show any anger on his face. He just nodded, said something else, and then left.

Zhao Jingfan couldn't help but look at Elder Xiong worriedly.

"Go prepare the elixir."

"ah?"

"What? Aren't you afraid of offending Alliance Leader Zheng? Now that we have refined the elixir, there is no question of offending him!"

"But……"

"But what? Alliance Leader Zheng is desperate to find a cure, but he is not a stingy person. As long as I make a contribution, he will naturally not say anything." Elder Xiong is very confident.

Zhao Jingfan opened his mouth and understood in his heart that Elder Xiong was so bold because he saw how tolerant Zheng Fa was.

"Can it really be refined?"

"I didn't lie to Alliance Leader Zheng. I feel somewhat confident." Elder Xiong smiled and whispered, "If the things we refer to from those people are useless, then if they are useful, shouldn't we share the credit with them?"

“…”

Zhao Jingfan really didn't expect that Elder Xiong would be so petty.

"Let me tell you, this elixir, except for me, no one else in the Nine Mountains can make it, so what are you afraid of?"

…

There really is someone else.

It wasn’t anyone else, it was Zhao Jingfan.

Zhao Jingfan was called by Zheng Fa to another alchemy room and looked at Zheng Fa in a daze.

"You want me to help you?"

"Yes..." Zheng Fa nodded and explained to Zhao Jingfan, "Did Elder Xiong teach you step by step? Do you know how to make this elixir?"

Zhao Jingfan's mind was confused, but he still nodded.

Zheng Fa said in a serious tone, "In addition to Elder Xiong's alchemy experiment, we will start the second alchemy experiment."

“…”

Zhao Jingfan remained silent.

Zheng Fa made this arrangement after careful consideration.

He was able to receive reports from the four foundation-building disciples, so he naturally knew about the conflict between Elder Xiong and those disciples.

To be honest, in the view of Xuanweijie, the disciple who offered the "suggestion" was overstepping his authority.

But Zheng Fa did not blame him. These were disciples trained by him. He sometimes even deliberately encouraged those disciples to "overstep their authority" or to dare to put forward opinions.

But Elder Bear couldn't stand it.

This time he went to the alchemy room, originally wanting to make some adjustments and see if he could get Elder Xiong to improve his experiment according to the records - it seemed a bit difficult.

Most Nascent Soul cultivators have lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years, and are admired by almost everyone in the Xuanwei world.

Not only are they arrogant, but their thinking is also often rigid.

Zheng Fa knew that he might be able to convince the other party - or rather, to overwhelm the other party.

But after thinking it over again and again, I gave up.

"But the Great Elder said he has an idea..."

Zhao Jingfan directly sold out his own eldest elder.

Zheng Fa smiled and said, "Then I will wait for good news from Elder Xiong, but we also need to do Experiment No. 2."

"Why?"

"I believe Elder Xiong is indeed working hard, and I know he has confidence in himself, but starting with one idea is naturally not as good as trying two different ideas separately."

Zheng Fa explained to Zhao Jingfan: "It is naturally a good thing that Elder Xiong succeeds."

"If it doesn't work, I would also like to try our Jiushan Sect's own improvement method."

Zheng Fa's choice was simple - parallel experiment! Nowadays, perfecting the "Jiu Shan Jin Dan Fa" is the most important thing for Jiu Shan Sect. It can be said that this matter is related to Zheng Fa's infant formation and the perfection of Jiu Shan Sect's fundamental law.

In the long run, this concerns whether the Jiushan Sect can quickly cultivate a large number of Nascent Souls.

All the resources and manpower of Jiushan Sect are centered around this matter, the most important of which is the research on this pill formula.

They have the resources to conduct two experiments with different ideas, and they are qualified to take them all!

The first one is to follow Elder Xiong's idea and understand and analyze the pill formula as a traditional alchemist of Jiushan Sect.

The second method is to observe and record, and then improve slowly based on the techniques Zhao Jingfan has learned.

To put it simply, it was almost entirely based on the superficial chemical knowledge that Zheng Fa had learned that was used to perfect the elixir formula.

Deep down, Zheng Fa was not sure that his path would be better than Elder Xiong's, nor did he intend to slap Elder Xiong in the face.

He just... wanted to increase his success rate.

Now, the entire sect is burning money and manpower, just waiting for this experiment to succeed - you know, the Jiushan Sect is already in deficit in order to build the Shenxiao battleship.

Of course he was anxious, but he didn't think of using this thing to fight.

Besides, walking on two legs is always more stable than walking on one leg.

If this one doesn’t work, maybe that one will?

It was precisely because of this that, after thinking it over, Zheng Fa decided to allow Elder Xiong to conduct the experiment according to his ideas - maybe Elder Xiong was right and the results would come out faster.

Zhao Jingfan understood Zheng Fa's idea and asked blankly, "What can I do?"

"Our experiments must also be based on Elder Xiong's current achievements, so you need to teach these disciples how to make this kind of useless pill."

If you want to improve, you must first learn the current basics before you are able to talk about improvement.

Although those disciples have recorded every technique of Elder Xiong, it would naturally be better to have Zhao Jingfan, the successor of Elder Xiong, to guide them.

Judging from the previous experimental process, this elixir requires an alchemist at the Golden Elixir level.

The Jiushan Sect does not have it now.

According to Zheng Fa and Madam Xuanhua's judgment, relying on the experience of the "Golden Elixir Project", with the help of the immortal formation method, and relying on the foundation-building alchemist, they can almost meet the requirements of the experiment.

Zhao Jingfan looked a little conflicted after hearing this.

"Well, go back and ask Elder Xiong." Zheng Fa saw what he was thinking. "If he agrees, you can come and help us. If not, we can just research it ourselves."

Zheng Fa did not force it.

Zhao Jingfan nodded, and after a long pause, he said, "If he doesn't agree, I'll go and ask the Sect Master to plead for mercy."

He returned to his residence and told Elder Xiong about this.

"Agree! Why wouldn't I agree? I was willing to teach this secret method to Jiushan Sect!" Elder Xiong sat on the chair, leaned back, and sneered.

"Now Alliance Leader Zheng wants to use a group of foundation-building disciples to compete with me, a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"If I don't dare, wouldn't it be a disgrace to our Qingmu Sect's alchemy?"

"You go and teach them, teach them well, and don't hide anything!"

"Because they will say we won unfairly!"

(End of this chapter)