Chapter 14 The Process of Alchemy
In the spacious alchemy room, a sudden hissing sound was heard, and then a burnt smell slowly came out from the alchemy furnace. Leng Youran opened the lid of the furnace with a helpless look on his face, and waited for the smoke inside to dissipate before looking at the bottom of the furnace. He saw a lot of black residue at the bottom of the furnace, piled up messily at the bottom of the furnace. Seeing this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and used magic to clean the furnace with a helpless look on his face. First, he used the object control technique to clear out the residue inside, and then carefully cleaned the furnace again. Then he sat cross-legged on the cushion and began to recall the process of alchemy just now, refining medicine, quenching medicine, melting medicine, forming pills, storing pills, and making pills. The process of alchemy just now was recalled in his mind over and over again. What went wrong! She was certain the previous part was flawless, so the problem lay somewhere in the latter stages. If the elixir-forming and elixir-forming techniques were correct, it must be a misstep in the elixir-forming hand seal. She remembered that it was only when she executed that final hand seal that the elixir in the furnace began to malfunction. Only after figuring out what had gone wrong did she finally feel at ease and begin meditating to recover her spiritual energy. An hour later, her spiritual energy and mental strength had finally returned to peak condition, and she began a new round of elixir-refining. Refining, tempering, melting, forming, elixir-forming, and finally, elixir-forming. After completing the final hand seal, she extinguished the fire talisman beneath the elixir furnace and opened it. A burst of medicinal fragrance filled the air, and only then did she fully relax. Once the heat dissipated, she looked down at the bottom. She saw twenty round pills on the jade tray containing the elixir, two of them top-grade, the rest mid-grade, with not a single low-grade pill left. She was instantly filled with ecstasy.
Not everyone can achieve such a result when making an elixir for the first time. I can't say I'm not happy about it. It's just that it consumes too much fire talismans to refine the elixir like this. It would be great if there was earth fire here. But it's also good to be able to refine the elixir successfully. I suppressed the excitement in my heart.
Taking advantage of her good condition, she refined several batches of pills in succession. What surprised her was that these batches of pills were very successful, and there were very few intermediate-level pills in the end. Basically, all the pills were high-quality. In the past three months, she had been constantly learning to refine pills and make talismans in the space. When she was tired, she would plant spiritual herbs, brew wine, practice the Soul Refining Technique, practice the Chaos Rotation Technique, and also did not fall behind in swordsmanship. She arranged her practice time fully and did not dare to stop for a moment.
She didn't dare to stop because she knew that she needed much more time than others and had no extra time to waste. Only by working hard could she gain more.
For three months, she had been refining pills, making talismans, brewing wine, and growing spiritual herbs in the space. Whenever she got tired or bored, she would leave to rest. Cultivating in the space consumed too many spirit stones, which was what she lacked most. The space was primarily sustained by those few top-grade spirit stones, and she didn't have many, so she didn't dare cultivate in it. She also needed to take care of the spiritual herbs outside. She often bitterly thought about when spiritual veins formed in the space, so she could cultivate there. She wouldn't have to be afraid to cultivate in the space like she did now. Then she'd be able to do many things. Unlike now, she couldn't even grow more spiritual herbs because she didn't have many spirit stones. Alas! She couldn't express how helpless she felt. Three months passed, alternating between the space and the outside world. After countless days in the space, her alchemy skills had reached the third rank, making her a third-rank alchemist outside. Her talisman-making skills had also reached the seventh rank, making her a legitimate seventh-rank talisman master. Only then would she be able to protect herself outside.
During the three months, she was as busy as a small spinning top, spinning and accelerating non-stop. Only by learning more could she have the ability to survive.
In a few days, three months would be up. Where should she go to find her mother? How would she get to Xuantian Sect? She decided to go out for a walk and buy a map. Then, she could find out about Xuantian Sect's situation. She also needed to prepare some life-saving items. She also needed to find out how to get there. After all, her current cultivation level was too low, so she still had to find a safe way. With this in mind, she put everything in the yard into her space, closed the gate, and headed to the market.
Walking on the street of the market town, he was still thinking that he had to go to the Mission Hall, which was also the place where he rented the cave, to buy a map. Just as he was thinking, he arrived at the door of the Mission Hall. He walked into the Mission Hall, checked out of the rented cave, bought a map of this continent and was about to leave. As soon as he turned around, he heard people talking about the Xuantian Sect recruiting disciples once every ten years. "In two years, the Xuantian Sect will open its mountain gate to recruit disciples. I plan to let my son and daughter go and have a try. It's not easy for us as independent cultivators. If we can get in, it will be much easier. At least we don't have to risk our lives to earn spirit stones for cultivation like us, otherwise we will have no resources for cultivation." A middle-aged man standing in the Mission Hall watching the tasks said to the people around him in a rough voice, and another taller middle-aged cultivator also sighed! "Yes! I am planning to let my daughter go and try too. If it weren't for the fact that they only accept children under fifteen years old, I would have wanted to go too. At least there is the sect's protection." Leng Youran's heart moved when he heard the conversation between the two. They were talking about the Xuantian Sect recruiting disciples. If he could enter the sect, his chances of finding his mother would be much greater. So he hurried forward and bowed to the two of them, "Greetings, fellow Taoists." The two cultivators understood when they saw a little boy of eight or nine years old, and returned the bow and asked, "Fellow Taoists, are you here for the news that the Xuantian Sect is recruiting disciples?" Leng Youran nodded. The tall middle-aged cultivator was also enthusiastic, so he started to explain to her, "The Xuantian Sect recruits disciples once every ten years, and they recruit children under the age of fifteen. Two years will be the day when Xuantian Sect recruits disciples. If you want to join the sect, you can go all the way there now. If you go early, you can stay in the market for a while. If you go too late, you will miss it. It's still far from here to the Xuantian Sect, and it's very dangerous along the way. You are still young, so you should go to a larger town and take a flying boat. It will be much safer this way." Leng Youran thanked him, asked some questions, and then turned and left.
At the talisman shop in the market, she bought another twenty pieces of talisman paper. The young man couldn't help but ask, "Little Taoist friend, why did you prepare so many talisman papers? I remember you bought so many last time. If you have any talismans to sell, you can bring them here and we can give you a suitable price." Leng Youran deliberately showed an embarrassed smile when the young man asked this. She smiled awkwardly and explained to him, "I'm a pouty person. I used up all the talisman paper last time and didn't refine many. So I came to buy talisman paper again." The young man showed an understanding expression, and said nothing more. He even comforted her a few words. Leng Youran smiled shyly and turned to leave the shop. In fact, she bought so many talisman papers this time because she used up a lot of fire spirit talismans when practicing alchemy. Now she only has a few thousand pieces left, and there are not many blank talisman papers. So she bought some more talisman paper.
After leaving the talisman shop, she went into the pill shop and sold some first-grade pills. Because her pills were all of high and medium grade, and there were more high-grade ones, she earned 860 low-grade spirit stones and left with the shopkeeper's surprised expression, because she remembered that the little boy had bought the pill furnace only three months ago. He should have just started learning to make pills. How could he make so many pills? Could it be that they were made by her family elders? That should be the case.
What he didn't know was that most of the pills were still in Leng Youran's storage bag, and she only sold one-third of what he refined. There weren't many first-grade pills left, because all the pills sold today were first-grade pills, and most of the pills left in the storage bag were second- and third-grade pills.
If he knew, he would be shocked! Leng Youran put the spirit stone into the storage bag and left the medicine shop. He walked around the market and went to another talisman shop. He bought another two hundred pieces of talisman paper, a talisman pen and some cinnabar for himself before leaving the talisman shop.
He walked around the stalls where the casual cultivators set up shop in the market, looking at the various things on the stalls. Occasionally, he would stop and talk to the stall owner. If the price was right, he would buy it, but if the price was too high, he would leave. After wandering around the market for most of the day, he returned to the Mission Hall, asked the deacon inside for the route to Xuantian Sect, and left. Since he was planning to go to Xuantian Sect, he left the market directly and followed most of the cultivators towards the Qingyun Mountains in the east.
Thinking about what she just inquired about, she was thinking about the route to Xuantian Sect and how to get there safely! She didn’t know how many dangers there would be along the way, alas! Thinking of her mother, she couldn’t help but cheer herself up. Come on, Youran, you are closer to your mother. I wonder if your mother misses you and has gone to find her! She thought that if her mother was okay, she should be looking for her too! So she had to go to Xuantian Sect quickly to let her mother find her as soon as possible, because she knew that her mother would feel guilty for losing her, and would definitely look for her everywhere. There was also her father whom she had never met. She heard from her mother that he would like her very much, and the brother that her mother often mentioned, and the grandfather who was like an old naughty boy. She wondered if she would scare them if she suddenly appeared in front of them! Leng Youran thought to herself as she walked, would that be fun!
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