Chapter 139
Although he hadn't practiced making Xuan-level elixirs for a long time, some common recipes were still imprinted in his mind.
This is a recipe for a five-star Xuan-level elixir with the fruit of the banyan tree as the main ingredient, as well as magic rock mineral crystals and Sulong flowers. It is called the Qingxin Pill, and its effect is to hold the breath and detoxify, and it is very useful in adventures.
The banyan tree is poisonous, but its fruit is an excellent antidote.
There are many poisonous spiritual plants in the wild. Sometimes they gather together to form poisonous miasma, which can be fatal if you are not careful. With it, a barrier can be formed in the body to help the spiritualist hold his breath. The effect can last for about an hour. It can also be taken after being poisoned. It is specifically used to treat miasma and prevent poisonous gas from entering the body.
Mu Jiu remembered that there were many poisonous miasma in the ruins this time, which made the exploration more difficult. However, there were often good things in places protected by poisonous miasma, which led to this type of elixir being in short supply in the market not long ago.
Now they have left behind this relic, specializing in the research of this type of elixir, which is indeed very meaningful and very practical for spiritualists.
But this time, the pill recipe Lin Qinghen gave him changed greatly.
The previous pill recipe was very simple, just a few words, the three materials were added in a ratio of 2:1:1, first put in the magic rock ore crystal, refine until melted, then add the joy fruit and Surong flower, and finally refine until the pill is solidified.
Pill recipes have never been very complicated. After the alchemist memorizes them, the right way is for him to practice them repeatedly through his own efforts. But Lin Qinghen has changed it now.
The recipe he handed to Mu Jiu still had these few ingredients, but it was a long, densely packed sheet of paper, and it took Mu Jiu a lot of time just to read it through.
First of all, the proportions are different. The proportion of Su Ronghua is slightly increased, and the proportion of Demon Rock Mineral Crystal is reduced. The biggest change is the alchemy steps. If a higher-level alchemist comes to refine this, like Mu Jiu, he doesn't care about the order of alchemy. It's just a Xuan-level pill. He just throws it in and shakes it casually to get the finished product.
But Lin Qinghen's recipe was complicated, and the steps for refining the medicine were much more detailed.
First, add a certain amount of magic rock crystals, refine until it is half melted, then add half of the joy fruit, wait until the joy fruit is stimulated to the point that the skin peels off, then add three petals of Su Rong flower...
He was very meticulous and precise, down to the exact time and amount. He divided the refining process of the Qingxin Pill into ten steps, and finally handed Mu Jiu a small bottle of potion.
Mu Jiu opened it and took a look, then smelled it.
He couldn't feel anything, only a faint spiritual energy, just like the secret medicine before. He thought that Lin Qinghen probably added something confusing in it so that others could not detect it.
"This, together with the last Joy Fruit, goes into the medicine cauldron. Not too much, only two drops," Lin Qinghen said, "President Mu, please refine it for me."
Mu Jiu is a Heaven-level alchemist, so refining Xuan-level pills is easy for him. He is much faster than the Xuan-level alchemists.
But this time, due to the complexity of the steps, he was somewhat flustered. He felt as if he had not performed normally and spent a little more time. In the end, he finished one batch, which was considered a successful outcome.
Lin Yunsi and Li Yan had already gathered together. Each of them took out one and looked at it. Although Mu Jiu was a little flustered, his level was still high enough.
The pills refined in one furnace are very stable, and basically every pill is of the same quality.
When Mu Jiu saw the finished product of the pill, his first reaction was naturally surprise. His eyebrows raised all of a sudden, and he even forgot what he had planned to say when he came here.
He knew that Lin Qinghen would not do this in vain!
Just looking at the results of the spiritual power detection, this is about 20% better than the common Qingxin Pill, with a higher concentration of spiritual power. Perhaps there will be other more obvious effects after taking it.
This was because Mu Jiu was in a hurry and unfamiliar with the process, and some steps were not completed completely. If he became more proficient, he would naturally be able to improve more.
What was that small bottle of potion that Lin Qinghen gave him?
With this thing, the yellow-grade medicinal base is no longer something to worry about, and it doesn’t matter if I share it with Haihun City!
Could it be that Lin Qinghen has already developed a medicinal base suitable for the Xuan level?
But he was just happy, when he turned around and looked at Lin Qinghen's face, he frowned, as if he looked very dissatisfied, and exchanged glances with Lin Yunsi Liyan. The other two people seemed to have expected it and did not look surprised.
This made Mu Jiu, who was so happy, seem a little out of place, so he couldn't help but restrain himself a little and become serious with them.
Based on Lin Qinghen’s actual experience over the past few days, improving the pill formula is not a difficult task; the main thing is the extent of the improvement.
The difficulty of the system task lies in the fact that it requires a significant improvement in the quality of the finished pills. Improving the Xuan level by 50% and improving the Huang level by 50% have completely different levels of difficulty, especially when the materials are the same. You will understand once you really start doing it.
However, the direction of the system did give Lin Qinghen a reminder.
Many of the existing pill recipes are too crude. Just as the system said, even if we ignore the actual ability of the pharmacist, these simple pill recipes themselves do not bring out the best of the materials. Lin Qinghen can find some problems with almost every pill recipe.
The shortcomings of yellow-grade pills are not that obvious. After all, the materials are simple, and they are assisted by the medicinal base that Lin Qinghen had improved before, so there are generally no obvious deficiencies.
But once the Xuan-level materials become complicated, this problem arises.
When Lin Qinghen asked Lin Yunsi and Li Yan to come to refine medicine, he watched carefully on the side. After his own ability was upgraded to the Xuan level, he could withstand the impact of these spiritual powers. When the alchemist did not reject him, he could get close to Yao Dinghen and directly observe the process of refining medicine.
The spiritual energy sensing abilities of these two people also helped a lot at this time. Compared with ordinary alchemists, they could maximize the effectiveness of the materials, and the alchemy process became much more detailed, which was more conducive to Lin Qinghen's observation.
It is very intuitive and clear to see how the materials put into the medicine cauldron exert their effects and what changes they undergo in what time period.
Moreover, Lin Yunsi was also brought up by him. He had made a lot of progress compared to before. As an alchemist, he could also add a few words about things that Lin Qinghen had not discovered. The same was true for Li Yan. When the three of them worked together, with Lin Qinghen taking the lead, their efficiency was much higher.
Lin Yunsi and Li Yan had never expected that elixirs could be refined in this way.
Each step is adjusted to the perfect position, so there is no sense of blockage in the medicine refining process and the spiritual power is much smoother.
In the past, the spiritual world was too obsessed with "talent" and didn't care much about other things. In addition, no one had Lin Qinghen's meticulous observation skills, which were enhanced by his affinity for nature, to help alchemists exert their abilities in the formulation of pill recipes.
Taking Qingxin Pill as an example, according to the original recipe, some steps were carried out too hastily, and it was obvious that the previous ingredients had not been digested before they were added, causing some spiritual power that could have been used to be lost in vain.
By constantly adjusting the steps, each material can be used to its best advantage, and the finished pill will naturally be better when they melt and combine at the right time. Of course, in addition to adjusting the steps, Lin Qinghen also added some other things, which can be regarded as a small discovery in the process to help improve his own pill recipe.
"The small bottle I gave you is not a base either," Lin Qinghen said, "How can there be a universal base for Xuan-level medicine? They all need to be adjusted according to the conditions of each type of elixir. This bottle of stuff is only suitable for elixirs that contain Joy Fruit."
After spending a long time with the banyan tree, Lin Qinghen gained more than just being treated as a cat by it. To some extent, they could even communicate with each other. When the banyan tree was happy, it would tell him some special news that no one else knew.
Its old leaves can be used as medicine. You don't need a lot, just a little bit is enough. If you control the proportion well, you can stimulate the effectiveness of the joy fruit to a greater extent.
The old leaves of the banyan tree have no spiritual power. A large number of them fell under the tree and can be picked up casually. Normally, no one wants them. After picking them up, there is only a faint spiritual energy on them, and a little bit of undetectable toxins.
Lin Qinghen was most skilled at controlling the proportions. He first refined it, then conducted repeated experiments several times before finally finding its appropriate position in the formula.
Mu Jiu couldn't tell how the potion was made, and thought that Lin Qinghen had added some disguise. In fact, there was nothing added. It was like this after the old leaves of the banyan tree were refined. Some spiritual crystals were added to facilitate catalysis, and there was nothing else. However, no one could find where the raw materials were.
But Lin Qinghen still felt a little disappointed. He held the pill in his hand, feeling a little listless.
Previously, Lin Yunsi and Li Yan worked together to refine medicine. With the bonus of the Shen family's special spiritual marrow, the improvement of the Qingxin Pill could barely reach 40%. If an ordinary alchemist came, with skill, the improvement should be more than half, about 25%.
Just now, Mu Jiu, the Heaven-level alchemist, has proved this point. Although he was a little slow and confused, Mu Jiu is Heaven-level, and the concentration of his spiritual power is unattainable for ordinary Earth-level alchemists.
In any case, it is still far from the 50% required by the system, so the system has been silent for the past few days.
This task is indeed not so easy to accomplish.
During the time that Lin Qinghen stayed in the medicine garden, he also modified more than just this one pill formula. He and Lin Yunsi modified everything that could be modified according to the concept of meticulousness and precision. The efficiency was very high, but the results were similar.
Many pill recipes don't have extra leaves as an incentive like Banyan Tree. Just based on this point, the degree of improvement is only around 10%. Qingxin Pill is already the best one in comparison.
Mu Jiu didn't understand why Lin Qinghen's face was so serious, especially since the other party not only took out this pill recipe later, but also the Joy Fruit was one of the common auxiliary ingredients for Xuan-level detoxification pills. There were a lot of pills that could be made with it, and it was the most varied among the bunch.
Although it is useless to the system, it is still somewhat useful for the current situation. In order to establish a unified Alchemist Association, Lin Qinghen has to come up with something if he wants to become the president.
There are medicine stores in Lingguan, Haihun City, and Lei City. According to Lin Qinghen's ambition, after the integration, no matter where or what forces they originally belonged to, they will have to listen to him.
But for now, he still has to appease them. After all, they followed him when he had nothing. It is indeed different if they come in later. Lin Qinghen will not let them suffer any loss.
"Although it failed a bit, it can be used temporarily. It's been a while since the ruins were opened. Jiuxiao is discussing that they will be opened again sooner or later. You have to prepare these detoxification pills first," Lin Qinghen said to Mu Jiu. "I have other preparations for Zhou Xian. He will come to see me in the afternoon. There is no rush for the Alchemist Association."
Mu Jiu: ...
Lin Qinghen's focus was to tell him not to worry too much about the fusion and lose his composure, but Mu Jiu's focus was different.
He finally understood why Lin Qinghen was unhappy when he saw the pill.
So, he calls these a bit of failure?
This world is something I don’t understand.
Mu Jiu was speechless.
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