After entering the room, Qin Xin closed the door and urged Danqing to refine pills for him, because they would be entering the Withered Leaf Forest in a few days. Although there were strong members of the clan escorting them, there would inevitably be some dangers in entering that broken Yuan Mansion.
"You brat, are you trying to kill me?!"
Danqing, muttering curses and looking sleepy, slowly floated out of the fragmented image space.
"It's because time is of the essence," Qin Xin grinned.
"You've already entered the Innate Realm, and you still want your master to do hard labor? Dream on!"
Seeing Qin Xin's obsequious smile, Danqing was clearly not buying it and said somewhat impatiently.
"Does the teacher mean I can be taught alchemy now?"
Upon hearing this, Qin Xin was first taken aback, then overjoyed and excitedly exclaimed.
"Naturally, first calm your mind, burn incense and change your clothes."
Danqing gave the instructions calmly and slowly.
Although Qin Xin found it troublesome, he still followed Danqing's instructions.
After burning incense and changing his clothes, Qin Xin sat cross-legged on the bed again. This time, Qin Xin found that it was indeed beneficial, and his mind was more focused.
"Watch closely!"
Danqing took out a Blood-Coagulating Grass, flicked it with his finger, and a golden flame lifted the Blood-Coagulating Grass into the air.
Qin Xin carefully observed the changes in the Blood Clotting Grass. Under the scorching of the golden flames, impurities were continuously removed from the Blood Clotting Grass, eventually leaving only a ball of pure medicinal liquid.
"What did you see!" Before the words were finished, golden flames suddenly rose up, and the pure spiritual liquid evaporated in an instant.
"It seems that countless strands of spiritual energy are woven together within the Blood Clotting Grass," Qin Xin replied earnestly.
"That's right. Alchemy is like peeling away layers of silk to remove impurities from medicinal herbs. The more impurities you remove, the purer the condensed liquid will be, and the better the quality of the resulting pills will be," Danqing nodded in satisfaction.
"Next, try to extract the medicinal liquid from the alchemy furnace."
After saying that, Danqing's palm changed, and a gilded alchemy furnace appeared in the room. Qin Xin had always disliked this alchemy furnace, but he could only make do with it for the time being.
Under Danqing's guidance, Qin Xin mobilized his martial spirit, and his true energy surged from his meridians, swirling between his palms before being poured into the gilded alchemy furnace, whereupon red flames instantly erupted.
Qin Xin was overjoyed to see that he had successfully condensed the true fire.
"With such a big fire, are you trying to barbecue it?!" Danqing scolded Qin Xin in an annoyed tone.
Upon hearing this, Qin Xin suppressed his smile, calmed his mind, and the flames inside the alchemy furnace slowly diminished. Sensing that the time was right, Qin Xin took out a Blood-Coagulating Grass and threw it into the alchemy furnace.
"puff!"
As soon as the Blood-Coagulating Grass entered the alchemy furnace, before Qin Xin could even control it, flames surged up, and in an instant, the Blood-Coagulating Grass turned into a pool of black ash, falling below the furnace and being expelled outside.
"Haha..." Danqing couldn't help but laugh at this scene. Qin Xin's talent in martial arts was truly astonishing; if his alchemy was also like this, it would be unacceptable.
Glancing at the painting that mocked him, Qin Xin was not discouraged. He calmed himself down and stopped adding more medicinal herbs. Instead, he began to familiarize himself with the alchemy furnace and how to control the flames inside.
"Not bad, such strong soul perception."
Danqing couldn't help but admire Qin Xin's performance from the bottom of his heart; only by remaining humble and composed can one achieve the path to becoming a strong person.
For an alchemist, while having fire attribute is fundamental, what is truly important is soul perception. Qin Xin's soul perception now far exceeds the requirements for becoming an alchemist, which seems to have some connection with spiritual cultivation.
Qin Xin closed his eyes, his mind slowly calming down. His excellent perception allowed him to understand why the flames could not be accurately controlled.
It took Qin Xin a full half hour to finally find the real reason why the flames were uncontrollable.
"You found the reason so quickly?" Danqing asked in surprise when he saw Qin Xin's next move. Back when he first learned alchemy, he mastered the fire control technique, but it took him several hours, and he was still called an alchemy genius. Qin Xin only took half an hour, so isn't he even more of a genius?
At this moment, Qin Xin once again mobilized his martial spirit, lightly tapping the alchemy furnace with his finger, and a stream of cyan true energy flowed into the gilded alchemy furnace.
The flames inside the alchemy furnace, upon contact with the azure true energy, immediately became gentler, transforming from an uncontrollable explosion into something easily manipulated by Qin Xin's thoughts.
The true energy that Qin Xin injected was his other true energy attribute, wood attribute true energy.
Qin Xin already understood the principle of wood fueling fire. He knew that all spiritual herbs and medicinal materials in the world were primarily of the wood element. Therefore, when alchemists refined medicine, they would sense the wood element within the herbs and combine it with fire. This made the flame more persistent and controllable during the burning process, reducing the amount of true energy consumed in refining the pill and increasing the probability of successful pill formation.
Although Qin Xin forged a new path by utilizing his dual fire and wood attributes, this is a characteristic possessed by martial artists with dual fire and wood attributes.
"These are the steps for refining the hemostatic powder. Try refining it yourself." Seeing that Qin Xin could control the flames, Dan Qing floated forward, reached out a finger and lightly tapped Qin Xin's forehead, transmitting the information about refining the pill into the latter's mind.
"The most important aspect of the Life-Refining Pill Method is to introduce the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to refine the pill a second time at the moment of pill formation."
Sensing the information in his mind, Qin Xin seemed to have gained some insight.
Qin Xin waved his hand lightly in front of the Qiankun bag, and a dark red Blood Coagulation Grass with three leaves reappeared in his hand. After a slight hesitation, Qin Xin adjusted the temperature of the flames in the gilded pill furnace and then put the Blood Coagulation Grass into the furnace.
This time, Qin Xin concentrated intently, controlling the flames while sensing the changes in the Blood Clotting Grass.
Under the scorching heat of the flames, the leaves of the blood-clotting herb began to twist, and the medicinal liquid gradually separated out.
This time, the Blood-Coagulating Grass survived in the flames for a long time. However, just as the medicinal liquid was completely separated and impurities were being removed, a spiritual energy fluctuation emanated from the liquid. Under the influence of this spiritual energy, the flames suddenly rose. Although Qin Xin immediately suppressed it, the medicinal liquid had already completely evaporated under the high temperature.
“Spiritual herbs are different from ordinary medicinal materials; they contain spiritual energy, so care must be taken when refining them,” Danqing’s leisurely voice came.
"Hindsight is 20/20!" Qin Xin retorted irritably, but this only drew criticism from Dan Qing.
"You brat! I've never taught a disciple before, who knew you wouldn't even know something this simple?" Danqing said, puffing out his beard and glaring.
Qin Xin wiped the sweat from his forehead. This time, he didn't use the blood-clotting herb again, but instead used other hemostatic powders as supplementary medicines to practice.
The process went very smoothly. Bottles of purified medicinal liquid were placed in front of Qin Xin. Through repeated practice, Qin Xin managed to grasp the knack of alchemy.
Qin Xin threw in another Blood Clotting Grass, his expression grave. He meticulously controlled his wood-attribute true energy to manipulate the temperature of the flames inside the furnace, staring intently at the Blood Clotting Grass being scorched by the flames.
In a short while, the leaves of the Blood-Coagulating Grass began to twist, and the medicinal liquid inside gradually separated out. This time, Qin Xin was prepared for the fluctuation of spiritual energy. As the flames changed, the impurities in the Blood-Coagulating Grass liquid were removed.
The next crucial step involves blending the auxiliary medicinal liquid with the hemostatic herbal liquid to create a hemostatic powder.
With a wave of his hand, Qin Xin sent a bottle of refined auxiliary medicine liquid into the alchemy furnace.
When the two medicinal liquids came into contact, they made a crackling sound, seemingly due to the different properties of the herbs causing them to repel each other.
Qin Xin stared intently at the churning medicinal liquid in the cauldron, trying his best to suppress it.
"Bang!"
The sound of the furnace exploding filled the air. Qin Xin had no time to dodge, and the flames inside the furnace directly ignited his hair. Fortunately, Qin Xin was quick enough to extinguish the flames.
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