Chapter 413: Qingmu's Face, Water Alchemy

"Master, why are you here too?"

Zhao Jingfan looked at Master Song in the alchemy room and asked in surprise.

Sect Master Song stared at the flame in the alchemy furnace with a frown on his face, his mind calm and his expression focused. He ignored him until the spiritual fire went out, then he turned to look at Zhao Jingfan.

"Why can't I be here?"

Zhao Jingfan hasn't answered yet.

Next to the alchemy furnace, Elder Xiong picked up a freshly refined elixir, looked at it, and sniffed it. A horrifying purple color emerged from the tip of his nose and spread to his cheeks and forehead, as if he had been poisoned.

"call!"

Elder Xiong opened his mouth and exhaled. A stream of black gas spurted out of his mouth, making a sizzling sound in the air, which sounded a bit creepy.

"Erysipelas is too strong."

His face turned from green to white, and then darkened again. He was obviously a little depressed. He looked at Master Song and asked, "What do you think?"

Sect Leader Song pinched his beard, thought about it, and said, "This elixir has some medicinal properties, but the medicinal properties are not enough. Instead, the elixir is extremely poisonous..."

"I'm afraid there are too many impurities."

Elder Xiong nodded, as if agreeing with his judgment, and sighed, "I'm afraid it's still these two herbs. Let's not talk about the Five Elements Orchid. Although I've heard of this Frost Leaf, I really don't know what its effect is. I haven't found it in all the classics in the sect."

"I have used every secret method, but this poison is still so powerful..."

As he spoke, a look of dejection appeared on his face, as if he had lost some control of himself.

"Great Elder, I have ordered all the alchemists above the Golden Elixir level in our sect to come here and work together." Sect Leader Song's tone was extremely resolute, with a kind of momentum that was determined to win. "Secret methods, alchemy formulas, and classics, all should be taken out. Now is not the time to hide anything."

"It's fine if this elixir doesn't work."

"If it is to be successful, it can only be refined by my Qingmu Sect!"

These words shocked Zhao Jingfan.

He now understood that Sect Leader Song was not only helping the Great Elder to refine the elixir himself.

They even mobilized the entire sect just for this furnace of pills.

how so?

He looked at the headmaster, somewhat confused.

Sect Leader Song glanced at him, as if he saw his confusion, and said calmly: "We cannot lose our reputation as the leader of the alchemy sect of the Hundred Immortals Alliance of the Qingmu Sect!"

"oh."

Zhao Jingfan looked obedient, but he was doubtful in his heart.

What kind of reputation is that important?

"You are confused. You will be in charge of the Qingmu Sect in the future. Can't you think this through?"

Zhao Jingfan was at a loss for a moment, but he was smart after all, and he had been in charge of the Zhao family for several years, so he knew some things at a glance: "Alchemist Guild?"

"That's right!"

There was some relief and even some surprise in Sect Leader Song's tone, as if he was very surprised.

Zhao Jingfan always felt that the sect leader's happiness at the fact that he was not a fool was a little insulting.

"Master, I'm not really stupid... We have sold all our ancestral secrets. If the Nine Mountains Sect has something better, then it won't be worth much, right?"

"That's right."

Elder Xiong also sighed and said, "The problem is that it's fine if the Jiushan Sect has it, but what we can't tolerate is... if a group of foundation-building disciples came up with an elixir that we can't make..."

"Aoki clan's reputation is a small matter."

"How we will establish ourselves in the future is the most important thing..."

"Then do we still have a share of the patent rights?"

Zhao Jingfan felt quite educated. He previously thought that Elder Xiong was just having a dispute of personal pride, but now he realized... this was a dispute between two different ways of alchemy.

The parallel experiment mentioned by Zheng Fa has now become a dispute between the traditional Xuanwei Alchemy represented by the Qingmu Sect and the new Alchemy represented by the Jiushan disciples.

This dispute can be said to be related to the future alchemy system of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, or the dispute over the right to speak in the Alchemist Alliance.

"If we can't defeat those Nine Mountain disciples..." Sect Leader Song's expression was also a little heavy, and there was even some lack of confidence in his tone, "Then what about these secret techniques that we have accumulated?"

"A cultivated golden elixir and Nascent Soul alchemist."

"Even our Qingmu Sect, from top to bottom, is not worth mentioning?"

"Do you understand?"

Zhao Jingfan was silent for a while, then muttered, "Great Elder, weren't you quite confident a few days ago?"

At that time, he was telling himself that it was an unfair victory, but now he is frantically calling for people.

This is totally unethical! Elder Xiong looked a little embarrassed, and after a long while he said, "Of course I have confidence. Logically speaking, how can a Nascent Soul like me be inferior to a few Foundation Establishment cultivators..."

"Then Great Elder, you..."

"Isn't there Zheng Fa?"

Zhao Jingfan was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Elder Xiong's tone of frustration:

"But looking at Zheng Fa's past, when has he ever been reasonable?"

…

When Zhao Jingfan walked into alchemy room No. 2, he couldn't help staring at Zheng Fa.

Sometimes he felt a little surprised that Zheng Fa wasn't much different now from how he remembered him.

But Elder Xiong was so... fearful.

"What's wrong?"

Zheng Faben was looking down at the pages of experimental records in his hands. He seemed to notice that Zhao Jingfan was staring at him, so he looked up and asked.

"Nothing... It's just that Sect Master Song is now doing his best to help Elder Xiong refine the elixir."

"In fact, everyone in the Qingmu Sect cannot hide anything at this moment."

After hearing this, Zheng Fa's expression remained normal: "Oh."

Oh? This response was too bland, and Zhao Jingfan had a thought in his mind: "Have you thought of this a long time ago?"

"Um."

Zheng Fa raised his eyes to look at him and smiled. This smile made Zhao Jingfan feel cold in his heart...

No shit changed.

Why is Zheng Fa getting dirtier each time?

He felt that he had figured out Zheng Fa's idea.

It may not be important whether this group of foundation-building disciples can refine pills.

The important thing is to make Aoki Sou feel the pressure.

To be honest, Zhao Jingfan had never seen the entire Qingmu Sect working together. Even when the Great Freedom Demon Ancestor attacked, there were still people taking advantage of the situation and hindering each other.

As a result, for Zheng Fa's project, everyone started to work together...

Zheng Fa saw him staring at him with a somewhat frightened look, and he found it funny: He didn't mean it.

But as for the rolling thing, once the atmosphere is there, it cannot be changed by human will.

He was also happy to see Qing Mun's efforts.

As the saying goes, Qingmu works hard today, and Zheng Fa will form his Nascent Soul tomorrow.

Everyone is very happy.

Zheng Fa pointed at the group of foundation-building disciples and asked, "How are they learning the magic formulas?"

"After the splitting, it is indeed much simpler..." Zhao Jingfan looked at the dozen disciples and sighed, "I just realized that this is how you made the external elixir."

"Compared to making external pills, this spiritual pill is not that difficult."

Zheng Fa also looked at those disciples with satisfaction, with some pride in his eyes.

Most of these disciples have gone through the training of the "Golden Elixir Project" and are familiar with this set of assembly line alchemy.

External elixirs are somewhat related to alchemy.

Even as Zhao Jingfan said, in terms of difficulty, external elixirs are actually more difficult to refine than this kind of golden elixir-stage elixir.

Therefore, when it comes to learning the magic formulas alone, the foundation-building disciples of the No. 2 elixir experimental group did not actually encounter any particularly difficult problems.

Their difficulties were the same as those of Elder Xiong and his men—the medicine was not effective enough and there was too much poison.

"Did Xuanhua deliver the new alchemy furnace?"

“Here it comes!”

A disciple replied hurriedly.

Then a brand new alchemy furnace was moved into the alchemy room.

The shape of this alchemy furnace looks no different from the previous one, except that there are many new runes on the surface.

The most eye-catching part is the belly of the furnace, which is made of a transparent colored glass, through which one can see what is inside the furnace.

"What is this for?"

"Observe. Our data is still insufficient and not detailed enough." Zheng Fa introduced while nodding to the disciples, signaling them to start.

Zhao Jingfan stood aside, watching these disciples skillfully chanting the magic spells. The spiritual fire was burning, and through the colored glaze he could see that medicinal herbs such as the Five Elements Orchid fell into the belly of the furnace one by one, slowly burning or melting.

Then he noticed that there were some numbers and curves on the glass that he could not understand.

"This is……"

Zheng Fa did not hide his intentions from him, but smiled and said:

"I know too little about alchemy, so I can only simplify the process. In the end, I think alchemy is nothing more than raw materials and environment."

"As for the secret method, it is just a way to change the environment."

"So what's on it?" Zhao Jingfan thought it made some sense. At least as an alchemist at the Foundation Establishment stage, he couldn't see too many flaws, so he asked curiously.

"We already know the raw materials. Elder Xiong has even helped us figure out the proportions and the reactions."

"At least, from Xuanhua's verification, this path is feasible."

Zhao Jingfan listened and understood what Zheng Fa meant: "So now we only need to consider the environment?"

"It's not that we just need it, but we can only focus on the environment now." Zheng Fa was quite modest. He pointed at the colored glass and explained, "We have collected several kinds of environmental data on it."

"The temperature and the pressure in the furnace."

He learned this in chemistry class.

"And an aura scanner."

This is to control the concentration of spiritual energy in the alchemy furnace. After all, the biggest difference between the alchemy of the Xuanwei world and modern chemistry lies in the presence or absence of spiritual energy.

The concentration of spiritual energy may be the most important environmental variable when refining elixirs in the Xuanwei Realm.

"The last one is the microscopic magic array."

"With the help of the Dongxu Spirit Eye, we can not only observe the types of spiritual energy inside, but also figure out the reactions in the alchemy furnace under different environments."

Zheng Fa's words were so clear that Zhao Jingfan understood them immediately. He frowned and questioned:

"Will this work?"

Zheng Fa shook his head slightly, looking at the pill gradually taking shape in the furnace: "This is just a hypothesis about the way of alchemy."

"Whether the assumption is correct or not... I don't know."

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Zhao Jingfan understood. When it comes to alchemy, the Jiushan Sect cannot even compare to the Qingmu Sect.

So he had to find another way and a new framework, but Zheng Fa had no confidence that it would succeed, and it seemed like he was just relying on luck.

That's why Aoki Clan needs to follow the old direction.

Soon, he discovered... Zheng Fa was a little too modest! The disciples of Jiushan Sect definitely did not rely on luck! "Master!"

Zheng Fa looked at the several elixirs in the fire and ordered, "Send them to Madam Xuanhua and Jiao Wuji for verification, and proceed to the next group."

"yes!"

Watching his disciple go away, Zhao Jingfan looked at the experimental records curiously.

"…Is this, repeating the Great Elder's alchemy?"

"Elder Xiong practiced this nearly a hundred times, and two of them were particularly noteworthy."

Zheng Fa handed him a thick experimental record and explained:

"The thirty-seventh time, the medicinal properties of the elixir are the strongest."

"The eighty-second time, this time the pill was successful. Although the medicinal properties are not strong, the pill poison is also the weakest."

"Our experiment started from these two times."

Zhao Jingfan flipped through the records, his mouth opened wider and wider, and his tone was incredible: "You even recorded the yawn of the Great Elder?"

"Could the reason for that failure be that I rubbed my eyes?"

"How come you remember everything!"

Zheng Fa smiled. He felt a little embarrassed. They remembered a lot and what Zhao Jingfan saw was just the tip of the iceberg.

They not only have written records, but also visual records left by photo symbols.

They knew exactly what spells Elder Xiong used every time he refined the elixir, how long the spells lasted, and even how much spiritual power he used.

Elder Xiong has been analyzed frame by frame, so there is no question of privacy.

I don’t know if Elder Xiong knows that he likes to bite his thumb the most when he releases his spiritual fire…

After the two experiments were completed, Zheng Fa took the test report sent back by Madam Xuanhua and read it carefully. After a while, he looked up and said:

"These two times the pills were made, just like Elder Xiong's two times. One has a stronger medicinal effect, and the other has a weaker elixir."

Zhao Jingfan listened and was not surprised, but he didn't know what the use of it was.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Elder Xiong used fifty-seven and sixty-two spells respectively these two times, and thirty-four of them are exactly the same. The only difference is that the spells last for a different period of time or the spells themselves are different."

"We can only use the stupid method and try them one by one."

“See what will change the properties of the medicine and what will reduce the toxicity.”

Zhao Jingfan thought about it and felt that although this method sounded stupid, it sounded very feasible.

He accompanied Zheng Fa to start formulating the experimental plan, and they came up with more than 200 experimental plans at once.

"The first round of experiments begins!"

"The second round of experiments..."

"The third round of experiments..."

Zhao Jingfan watched as the disciples of Jiushan Sect experimented tirelessly, verifying various plans day by day.

Very dull.

Very boring.

Even most of the disciples looked embarrassed.

But for some reason he felt that they were climbing a high mountain with a purpose.

A few months later.

More than 160 plans were tested one by one.

The disciples in the alchemy room had not stopped yet, but their expressions were somewhat numb when they were performing the spells.

"Master!"

A disciple rushed in and shouted, "Last time the pill was made, Madam Xuanhua said that the efficacy has reached its original maximum value!"

"Lab report!"

A disciple handed over the lab report.

"After the thirteenth spell, the concentration of spiritual energy rose to... spiritual energy type... temperature... pressure value... the frost leaf began to melt and absorbed the five elements orchid powder?"

"melt……"

Zheng Fa turned his head suddenly and asked, "What about the plan with the least poison?"

A disciple flipped through the vast amount of experimental records and found a booklet, which he handed to Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa flipped it over and over, as if he was looking for something. After a while, he whispered, "The mixture of Five Elements Orchid and Frost Leaf, when the concentration of spiritual energy is..., turns into powder, and..."

He looked at Zhao Jingfan and suddenly asked, "Elder Xiong, are you saying that the strong toxicity and weak efficacy of the medicine may be due to too many impurities?"

"Um!"

Zheng Fa's eyes suddenly lit up, and he murmured, "There are too many impurities. On the one hand, there are too few active ingredients, so the efficacy is low. On the other hand, the impurities may be toxic..."

"If we reduce the impurities..."

"Frost leaves melted... extracted?"

Zhao Jingfan didn't quite understand and was about to ask, but Zheng Fa closed his eyes as if he was talking to someone.

After a while, Zheng Fa opened his eyes and explained to Zhao Jingfan: "Fairy Xiao has finished exploring the cave of the Yuanying Alchemist."

"So fast? Fairy Xiao is really..." Zhao Jingfan was surprised and asked again, "Did you gain anything?"

"Some alchemy furnaces, magic tools and techniques are not very useful."

Although it is just a golden elixir now, the legacy of a Nascent Soul Alchemist is indeed not that helpful to Zheng Fa.

At most, it can enrich the Jiushan Sect's accumulation and make up for the deficit on the books.

"As for the elixir, it has also decayed."

Zhao Jingfan felt a little disappointed after hearing this.

"But Fairy Xiao was afraid that we would get anxious, so she read the alchemist's legacy first, and she did find something..."

"What did you find?"

Zhao Jingfan cheered up.

"There are no other clues, only a pill recipe. The recipe uses Frost Leaves, but I can't understand it... Take the Tongjian and go ask Elder Xiong."

Zhao Jingfan rushed to Elder Xiong's alchemy room and shouted, "Great Elder, Fairy Xiao has found clues about the Frost Leaf!"

Elder Xiong was startled when he heard this, and quickly stretched out his hand and shouted, "Let me see!"

He took the Tongjian and looked at it, muttering, "Huanglongsan? Never heard of it. Is it a lost recipe?"

“This method…”

He was stunned for a while, then suddenly slapped his head and shouted, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Sect Leader Song and several golden elixir masters in the room all looked over.

"I was wondering why I've heard of Frost Leaf but never used it... This elixir needs to be processed with water!"

"Water alchemy?" Sect Master Song understood immediately and said, "My Qingmu Sect is not good at this. No wonder we can't do anything..."

Elder Xiong walked around the room, thinking and saying, "This is not something that our Qingmu Sect can solve..."

Zhao Jingfan was stunned.

After hearing the news about Xiao Yuying, Elder Xiong actually gave up? Admit defeat?

"You don't understand the difficulty of refining the elixir with water. This is a relatively unconventional way of making elixirs. My Qingmu Sect does not have any inheritance in this area. In fact, I have been trying to find out... but I have not gained much." Elder Xiong shook his head and said, "Now it seems that if you don't understand this secret method, it is impossible to refine this elixir!"

Sect Leader Song also nodded.

"This secret method is also a secret that many sects do not pass on... If we continue in this area, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time."

Elder Xiong thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "I see that Alliance Leader Zheng is quite anxious. Well, I know a master of alchemy who can make elixirs with water. I have some friendship with him... Let's make the elixir first!"

Sect Master Song also agreed: "That's good too. As long as this elixir is made, my Qingmu Sect will be the first to achieve this."

…

Elder Xiong pulled Zhao Jingfan and quickly ran to the outside of Zheng Fa's alchemy room, pushed open the door, and shouted:

"Alliance leader, I understand! I know what's going on with Frost Leaf!"

"It's the water method of refining medicine, which is an extremely precious secret method. It's definitely not something I can figure out in a short time!"

"I know someone who..."

Zheng Fa was holding a transparent glass cup in his hand. There was a solution in the cup. The solution also emitted a faint blue aura, and there was frost condensed on the wall of the cup.

He glanced at the stunned Elder Bear, then looked back at the simple, plain Frost Leaf Solution in his hand, his face blank:

"This thing is called Water Alchemy?"

"precious?"

(End of this chapter)