Chapter 17
Under the fierce fire, a translucent gelatinous substance like solidified fat first emerged on the surface of the elixir in the pot, and then the gelatin melted and turned into a sticky and stringy slurry.
Yan Luoyue picked up a chopstick, picked up a strand of medicine, looked at the color against the light, and nodded with great satisfaction.
Well, it's time.
The next second, Yan Luoyue made some hand gestures and drew out a fire snake that was still carrying smoke from the stove.
She held the spatula in her left hand and stirred a small vortex counterclockwise in the center of the pot of medicine. With her right hand, she controlled the fire snake in the air, making it dive into the center of the vortex as if it were her own arm.
The flames shot into the liquid medicine like an arrow, but it neither exploded nor went out.
It coiled at the bottom of the pot like a real snake, clearly separated from the medicine in the pot, yet simultaneously one with it, refining away all the residues deposited at the bottom of the medicine.
If there is an alchemy furnace, the step of putting fire into the pot can be skipped.
Because when using the alchemy furnace, the residue from which the essence has been extracted will directly settle at the bottom of the furnace without the need for additional processing.
But Yan Luoyue didn't have an alchemy furnace, so he had to use superb operation to replace the alchemy furnace.
If there was an instrument refiner present at this moment, he would be able to see that the technique used by Yan Luoyue was the advanced instrument refining technique "Water Enveloping Fire".
Such a skillful and standard textbook-level operation, let alone dealing with a mere medicinal residue, if a better fire could be replaced, even refining water into clothes would not be a problem.
Sang Ji and Yan Gan watched intently.
They didn't believe that Yan Luoyue could make the medicine just now, but now they only have admiration in their hearts.
After all, the techniques used by Yan Luoyue were so exquisite that even laymen like them could see it at a glance.
Yan Gan whispered to Sang Ji: "My sister is really amazing."
"My sister, this is also my sister." Sang Ji said seriously, "Our sister is really amazing."
Yan Gan stared at the big pot of stew nervously: "Is this almost done?"
"It's still too early." As the son of an elder, Sang Ji had more experience than Yan Gan. "I heard that no matter whether it's refining pills or refining weapons, the final step is the deciding factor in success or failure."
"This move is called 'rejuvenation' in alchemy and 'quenching' in refining instruments. If you fail at this last step, all the previous efforts will be in vain."
Yan Gan became even more nervous after hearing this: "In your opinion, how well does my sister master 'Rejuvenation'?"
Sang Ji said coldly: "If I could see it, why would I still be here? I could just set up a stall at the street corner and charge five spirit beads for one divination. In less than a month, I could buy ten big stoves for my sister!"
“…”
Unable to take care of the two funny brothers who were bullying each other, Yan Luoyue focused all her energy on the medicine pot.
The medicinal residue was burned into a handful of fine ashes. Yan Luoyue wrapped the ashes with flames and scooped out the medicinal liquid.
Immediately, the technique she was holding changed, and the flame in the pot also changed shape.
If the flame that was winding at the bottom of the pot just now was a snake, then what was now spreading in the liquid medicine was a handful of tiny, bright stars.
This is one of the special techniques used by instrument refiners for quenching, "Starry Sky".
The sweet and delicious pill was invented by a food cultivator, identified by a pill cultivator, and after countless verifications, it was finally confirmed that it was an unprecedented special pill recipe with a higher success rate for weapon refiners than for pill refiners.
Because when it comes to the final step of "fixing the liquid into elixir", the alchemist should not use the "rejuvenation" method of alchemy, but the "quenching" method of instrument cultivation.
Only in this way can the efficacy of this medicine be maximized.
Scattered flames like stars flew around in the medicine liquid at the same time.
Under the quenching of the flames, the flowing liquid medicine gradually solidifies and finally freezes into a paste-like solid state.
Yan Luoyue let out a long breath and moved his arms lightly a few times.
She already knew all the techniques involved in making it.
But don’t be fooled by the fact that Yan Luoyue appeared to be so relaxed throughout the whole process. In fact, there were two difficulties in this training.
Firstly, her cultivation was still in the shallow end. If she discovered that her spiritual power was insufficient just halfway through refining the medicine, the whole pot of medicine would have to be wasted.
Secondly, she used ordinary fire to refine the medicine, and the flame was mixed with the smoke from burning wood. This part of the impurities had to be removed together with the medicine residue, otherwise it would affect the quality of the medicine.
However, the accidents that Yan Luoyue was worried about did not happen, and she was very satisfied with the final product.
Her skills are not rusty, and it seems that she can cook a few more pots today.
Yan Gan was the first to rush to the pot.
When he saw the pot full of black ointment, he thought Yan Luoyue had failed, and hurried to comfort her:
"It's okay, sister. This is your first time making medicine. This is normal."
Yan Luoyue smiled and said, "No, I succeeded."
"Eh, but this...?"
Sang Ji nodded thoughtfully: "I have heard that although the name of the elixir is "Dan", some special elixir recipes may not produce a round pill. Sister, what does your medicine do?"
"It can be taken orally or applied externally. It can stop bleeding, relieve pain, dissolve pus, remove blood stasis, and heal broken bones."
Sang Ji nodded, and understood: "So it's an external application pill, that's right."
All external medicines are ointments or powders. I have never heard of anyone taking out pills and asking people to stick them on the wound.
The medicine has been refined, and all that remains is to package it.
When Yan Luoyue was buying raw materials earlier, she also bought several hundred bamboo boxes from the grocery store next door.
Now, the three of them gathered around the big iron pot, each holding a rice spoon and pouring the ointment into the bamboo box with a strange expression.
Sang Ji was a little curious about this.
"It is said that the best medicinal pills need to be stored in containers with corresponding properties. You chose a bamboo box on purpose. Is it because bamboo can induce the medicinal properties?"
"No," Yan Luoyue said honestly, "because after packaging, it will look more formal and can be sold at a higher price."
For specific examples, you can refer to the moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival.
As for why it is a bamboo box...
"This kind of box is the cheapest. If you buy more than 100 at a time, the boss will give you a 30% discount."
Sang Ji: “…” He was overthinking.
Yan Gan was very happy to hear this: "No wonder you thought of selling pills to make money, my sister is really good at business."
"My sister, this is also my sister." Sang Ji corrected again, "Our sister is really good at doing business."
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All the monsters in the Pingning Mountains gathered and lived around the Yunning Lake.
The markets in the human world are open during the day, but the demon tribe's trading markets are held at night.
Every five days, when the moon is rising, the monsters who need to trade will go to the bank of Yunning Lake to participate in the Yueming Fair.
Yan Luoyue and the other two arrived very early. As soon as school was over, they went to the back mountain to catch a pheasant, and then rushed to the location of Yuemingji and found a prime location to set up a stall.
Yan Gan was looking forward to it: "I wonder how much I can sell today."
Yan Luoyue had already prepared herself mentally: "This is our first day setting up the stall, and this medicine has never appeared in the market before, so we probably won't be able to sell it today."
However, the quality of Tianzizi Delicious Dan is there, so returning customers are bound to be inevitable.
Sang Ji suddenly realized: "My sister means that we should not be in a hurry and build a good reputation first."
"No." Yan Luoyue said firmly, "What I mean is that good wine needs no bush, let's get started with marketing!"
Before she finished her words, she took out a handwritten red cloth medicine banner from the Zuixianse storage bag on her waist and inserted it in front of the stall with a bang.
Yan Gan Sang Ji took a closer look and saw the following words written in vivid ink on the banner: A well-known demon recommends this medicine! It can cure all diseases! This is a magical medicine that you should not miss in your demon life!
Yan Gan opened his eyes wide in surprise: "Sister, when was this prepared? How come I don't know about it? Also, where can we get a famous demon to certify it for us?"
Sang Ji was very interested in the medicine banner, and for some reason, he felt that the handwriting on it looked familiar.
Taking two steps closer, Sang Ji almost put his eyes close to the cloth, and then he saw that in front of the four words "famous monster", there were actually two words written as small as a mosquito and even smaller than an ant - "future".
Sang Ji: “…”
So, the full content of this sentence is actually "Future famous demon passionately recommends", right?
Yan Luoyue patted his chest without any shame and said to Yan Gan: "I will guarantee it."
As for this medicine banner, she asked Mr. Jiang to help write it this afternoon.
Jiang Tingbai encouraged Yan Luoyue's spirit of hard work and study.
As for this exaggerated language art, Jiang Tingbai did not raise any objection.
He even cooperated by writing the word "future" in very small letters, probably because he had seen even more extreme business practices in the human market.
After staring at the ink words on the medicine banner for a while, Yan Gan still felt weak in his knees and his heart was empty.
"Sister." Yan Gan called her softly, "This, it can cure all diseases... Isn't this a bit exaggerated? Isn't it a bit not so good?"
Yan Luoyue looked up at Yan Gan, blinking her big eyes: "But I didn't lie."
"Here." Yan Luoyue turned the flagpole and flipped the flag to the back. "Look, this is the main treatment range of this medicine. I really wrote a hundred diseases on it."
On the back of the red banner, there were densely packed small characters like fly heads, which read: This medicine is mainly used to treat falls, bruises, abrasions, rolls, bites, scratches, bumps, collisions, burns, and skin injuries; it can cure knife sores, sword sores, axe sores, hook sores, fork sores, arrow sores, halberd sores, and mace sores; it can dissolve blood stasis, relieve pain, clear away heat, reduce inflammation, correct bones, and relieve hunger...
Yan Gan: “…”
Sang Ji: “…”
They all felt that something strange had sneaked in.
"Oh, there's this too." Yan Luoyue rummaged through her small pocket. After searching for a long time, she finally found two rolls of paper with great effort.
"Brother, Brother Ji, please familiarize yourself with the contents above. When you sell things later, just read them according to the instructions."
The two unfolded the paper and found that it had a fixed set of selling lines, which were full of routines.
"With a box of twenty spirit beads, you won't suffer a loss or be cheated, but you can buy the protection of your family and your own health!"
"We promise that we will only sell 20 spirit beads in one box, without raising the price. We will also give discounts. Three boxes will be 20% off, five boxes will be 30% off, and ten boxes will be 10% off!"
"On the Moonlight Festival, here are the top ten gifts that the banshees are most looking forward to receiving. For your beloved, what are you waiting for?"
"You love me, I love you, the universal magic medicine is sweet~"
While they were reading the note, Yan Luoyue remained calm and composed. She turned the medicine banner back to its front side and slowly placed the bamboo boxes on the stall one by one.
While Yan Luoyue was not paying attention, Yan Gan held the note and spoke quietly to Sang Ji, his tone full of emotion.
"How can my sister be so smart?"
"My sister, this is also my sister." Sang Ji corrected her habitually, "How can our sister be so smart!"