Whether it's the Abyss of Demons or the Abyss of Angels, as long as he still has value to Jing Hongying, he won't let him die.
“Okay, it’s a deal.” Yun Qingran nodded proudly, raising her chin.
Medical skills are not one's comfort zone, but one's domain; a mere marrow-cleansing elixir is all one needs.
"Here, this is the prescription." The old man threw half of the prescription in her face.
There are several types of alchemy, among which alchemy is the most difficult. The prescription for an elixir is generally divided into two parts. The first prescription is the method for making the medicinal embryo; the second prescription is the method for slowly adding the medicinal materials to the embryo in the alchemical furnace, and the order in which they are added.
"How rude." Yun Qingran took the prescription off her face, glanced at it, and her pupils widened in shock.
The prescription contains twelve medicinal herbs, meaning that she needs to add twelve medicinal herbs to the medicinal embryo during the entire refining process.
Adding twelve medicinal herbs is already difficult enough, but what's even more difficult is that these twelve herbs have completely different properties. For example, the first herb added is Prunella vulgaris, which cannot be processed over high heat, otherwise the entire pill will burn. However, the eighth herb, tiger bone, requires high heat to refine.
This requires complete control of the heat and time in the early stages, so that the medicinal effects of the Prunella vulgaris can be incorporated into the pill. When adding the eighth ingredient, tiger bone, a high heat can be used.
"Can you even read the prescription?" the old man continued sarcastically. "Young people these days just love to brag. At your age, you can't even play with mud properly, yet you're thinking about alchemy."
"You'll find out soon enough whether I'm bragging or not. If you start mocking me now, you'll be proven wrong later," Yun Qingran said with a grin.
"Hmph, I won't be proven wrong." The old man crossed his arms, tilted his head stubbornly, and said confidently.
"Then you'll be proven wrong soon," Yun Qingran said with a gentle smile.
Although the Marrow Cleansing Pill is difficult to refine, it's not impossible. With some effort, she could definitely refine it.
"Old man, what are the effects of this Marrow Cleansing Pill?" Yun Qingran asked with a smile, holding the prescription and moving closer to the old man.
This pill is so complex, it must be no ordinary pill. If it's some kind of divine elixir, how could she let it go?
"My Marrow Cleansing Pill has two effects. The first effect is that it can improve one's internal strength cultivation. The second effect is that it can quickly open the dantian and introduce internal energy," the old man said proudly. "If I successfully refine this Marrow Cleansing Pill, all martial arts practitioners in the world will call me their ancestor."
"What does it mean to open the dantian and introduce internal energy?" Yun Qingran asked curiously.
“Those who practice martial arts must cultivate internal energy. However, cultivating internal energy is not only a difficult and arduous process, requiring constant challenges to the body's limits, but it also takes a very long time, ranging from one or two years to three to five years. But by consuming my Marrow Cleansing Pill, this step can be eliminated.” The old man raised his chin even higher.
If I were to successfully refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill, unifying the martial world would be a piece of cake. Once I've unified the martial world, the first thing I'll do is kick that bastard High Priest's ass to pieces!
"So amazing!" Yun Qingran looked at the prescription in her hand and was very tempted. She was looking forward to cultivating her inner strength, and this Marrow Cleansing Pill had come at just the right time.
Moreover, this elixir has such great effects on martial arts practitioners. If I possessed this prescription, wouldn't I have taken another big step towards becoming extremely wealthy?
"Stop dawdling and hurry up and refine it. If you can't refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill today, I'll throw you into the Abyss of Demons," the old man urged.
"Okay, I'll start now." Yun Qingran was full of energy and immediately began to check the medicinal herbs and preparations on the table.
"This Marrow Cleansing Pill is already a sixth-grade pill in terms of medicinal quality. It's only one grade away from being a top-grade pill. Even I, Green Immortal, who has been studying medicine since I was a child, couldn't refine it. There's no way a young girl like you could refine it." Green Immortal sat in his rocking chair, picked up the teapot, and leisurely sipped his tea.
The reason he gave Yun Qingran half of the recipe for the Marrow Cleansing Pill and told her about its effects was because he was certain that she wouldn't be able to refine it and would surely die today.
The reason I gave her a chance was simply to kill time out of boredom, to see how this little thing would feel hopeful, and then how that hope would be dashed and hope extinguished.
Yun Qingran didn't speak. She looked at the medicinal herbs on the prescription again and again, recalling their properties in her mind over and over again.
After everything was ready, she closed her eyes, cleared her mind, took a few deep breaths, and then slowly opened her eyes.
When she opened her eyes, her expression was calm; her once cunning eyes were now as still as water. She was completely different from her lively and energetic self just moments before.
When Green Immortal saw her like this, his heart skipped a beat. Could this girl really know how to refine pills?
Yun Qingran first put the prepared medicinal embryo into the alchemy furnace. Three minutes later, she opened the lid, brushed a layer of summer-dried grass onto the pill, and then closed the lid again.
Her eyes were fixed on the alchemy furnace, her mind calculating the time second by second. Each time she added medicinal herbs, she remained calm and composed, her movements clean and efficient.
When the sixth ingredient was added, Green Immortal stood up and went to the alchemy furnace.
"Shut up," Yun Qingran said to him.
“I didn’t say anything!” said the Green Immortal.
“But you’re prepared to say it, aren’t you?” Yun Qingran glanced at him.
Green Immortal shut his mouth; he was indeed about to speak.
Yun Qingran added the seventh and eighth ingredients to the medicinal embryo together. Green Immortal wanted to ask her why she added them together, but he was afraid it would affect her.
Time passed slowly, and finally, all twelve medicinal herbs were added. After continuing to refine the herbs for another quarter of an hour, Yun Qingran pulled the firewood out of the stove.
"What a rich and comforting medicinal aroma!" Green Immortal sniffed the aroma that filled the air, then looked at the alchemy furnace with burning eyes. "Quick, quick, open it and see."
Yun Qingran wrapped the lid of the alchemy furnace in cloth and gently lifted it up. The two of them stared intently at the furnace. As the lid was removed, a pale green pill slowly came into view.
"It's done!" Green Immortal looked at the pale green pill in the furnace in disbelief.
Ancient books record that the Marrow Cleansing Pill, once refined, is light green.
"This is the Marrow Cleansing Pill." Yun Qingran reached out and picked up the smooth Marrow Cleansing Pill from the alchemy furnace, playing with it.
"Be careful, don't break it." Green Immortal reached out to take it.
Yun Qingran withdrew her hand, clutching the Marrow Cleansing Pill in her palm and then behind her back. She then pretended not to remember and asked him, "What kind of bet did we just make?"
"If you can refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill, I'll call you my great-aunt," said the Green Immortal, bowing his head and exhaling.
Who the hell would have thought that a girl in her late teens or early twenties could actually refine a Marrow Cleansing Pill?
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