Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Zhang Liang's Pill
Huh? This time, the alchemy ingredients seem to be melting much slower than last time.
Li Si did not dare to argue with the king and stood in the second tier.
But don't look at his age, his eyesight is not bad at all, and he can see clearly even from a distance.
At this time, the lid of the alchemy furnace was open, and one could clearly see the materials inside being burned by the flames.
He calculated the time in his head and immediately figured out the difference from before.
But when I took another look at the materials put in by the national teacher, I felt it was normal.
Unlike the materials from previous times, although Li Si didn't recognize the materials this time, they gave him a very special feeling.
I think it is because of this special feature that they are difficult to melt.
But in this case, the refined pills must be of very high quality.
Thinking of this, Li Si couldn't help but glance at Zhang Liang, who was also in the first position and contributing his luck, and felt a bit of hostility.
Who is this person? He's already surpassed Wang Jian and the others right after he appeared. I wonder if he'll be able to refine my Nirvana Pill in the future with such special abilities?
In the past, Li Si would not have thought too much about it, because in his judgment, he was in the same category as Wang Jian, Meng Yi and others. Even if someone was slightly stronger, he would not be much stronger.
But why is this person who suddenly appeared so different and so strong that he stands out?
Li Si's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad feeling.
Could it be that in the future generations' evaluation, this person's influence far surpassed his own? No, no, no, it could also be that the materials the Imperial Master was looking for this time were rather special.
Yes, that must be it.
At that time, the Imperial Master had just arrived in Daqin and was not familiar with the place. It must have been those materials that affected the finished elixirs of Wang Jian and Meng Yi.
Comforting himself in this way, Li Si forced himself to ignore the uneasiness in his heart.
At the same time, Meng Yi also noticed the difference in alchemy time.
However, he was not thinking about Zhang Liang being special, but about the king.
Meng Yi pondered, could it be that the Imperial Master had been planning to exploit the King's destiny for a long time? He just wasn't sure before, and this time he found some special materials?
He also discovered the strangeness of those materials. Just like cultivators can distinguish them among mortals at a glance, materials containing spiritual energy also look special when placed among a group of ordinary objects.
These people had different thoughts, but Zhu Dan, who was in the center of attention, didn't care.
At the beginning, because he cherished these spiritual materials - he couldn't find a second one in a short time, Zhu Dan deliberately kept the flame very small and didn't dare to turn it on too high, for fear that it would not melt but burn.
However, once I became familiar with the properties of the materials, I increased the heat and focused on that point to make them melt quickly.
In this way, the progress of alchemy will be faster.
The materials are fused one by one, the lid of the tripod is closed, and then comes the most important stage of extracting the luck.
Zhu Dan drew Zhang Liang's first. She had already told Zhang Liang the relevant situation on the way, and Zhang Liang was very helpful.
The luck was successfully integrated into the medicinal liquid. Seeing that the pill was about to take shape, Zhu Dan took a deep breath, his expression became more cautious, and then he used a secret method on Zheng Ge.
Originally, she cared about Zhang Liang the most, but after the variable of Zheng Ge came into being, her attention naturally shifted from Zhang Liang to Zheng Ge.
"I hope it will succeed!" Zhu Dan prayed in his heart for the first time.
As Zhu Dan had thought, it was somewhat difficult to extract Zheng Ge's luck. After only extracting a strand and a half, Zhu Dan felt a sense of crisis in his heart.
She stopped the secret method without hesitation and sent the half strand of light into the alchemy cauldron. However, the next second, the cauldron lid, which was originally tightly closed, suddenly rushed out, knocked off the roof, and flew into the sky.
Zhu Dan's expression changed: "Get out of the way!"
She no longer had the energy to control the lid of the cauldron. She only gave this brief reminder and poured all her spiritual power into the cauldron.
Inside the alchemy cauldron, the elixir liquid that was originally condensing into a pill began to boil, just like pouring a bucket of water into a boiling oil pan, crackling and shaking violently, shaking the cauldron from side to side.
Tangyuan floated out from the wall of the cauldron, his face flushed red: "Master, hurry up, I can't hold on any longer!"
Seeing this scene, the onlookers understood that the alchemy was out of control.
Li Si shouted at everyone to quickly move away from the tripod lid that flew into the sky and then quickly descended under the action of gravity.
In the past, this alchemy furnace would protect them when the blast furnace exploded under Zhu Dan's control, but now it is out of control, and they, the mortals, must stay away.
Cao Teng and the armored guards hiding in the dark all took action, determined the direction where the tripod lid would fall, and quickly moved away the ministers who were too weak to run.
Zhu Dan had no energy to pay attention to that side. She could only hope that they were smart enough and still had a breath after finishing the alchemy. She had a lot of rejuvenation pills on hand.
At this time, a large amount of spiritual energy was drawn out from the storage area of the alchemy furnace and was absorbed by the medicinal liquid in a hurry. In order to suppress the riot of the medicinal liquid, Zhu Dan also released his spiritual consciousness to assist.
Finally, under the high-intensity compression from external forces, the spiritual liquid rotated rapidly and began to condense into a pill.
Zhu Dan was sweating profusely, and her face gradually turned pale: "You must hold on!" she shouted in her heart.
Finally, when only a trace of spiritual power was left, a golden ball of light flew out.
Zhu Dan reached out to pull it back, but it was not as smooth as before.
After several pulls like fishing, the ball of light finally hit the ground with force. Zhu Dan fell backwards as if exhausted, and was caught by Ying Zheng who was staring at her closely.
"Hurry, my pill..."
Ying Zheng gave Wang Changshi a look, and Wang Changshi ran over quickly. When he saw the landing point of the ball of light, he gasped.
This fist-sized ball of light actually created a pit as deep as ten feet!
Looking at the stone slab above, there was only a crack the size of a fist, neat and tidy, as if it was cut by an extremely sharp weapon, without affecting the surroundings at all.
Unbelievable.
Wang Changshi couldn't reach it at all, so he quickly called out to the guards beside him: "Quick, come and dig it up. The elixir, the elixir has fallen down there."
At this time, Zhu Dan was already sitting on the chair that Yun Qiu brought over. Upon hearing this, he immediately wanted to stand up to see what was going on. However, as soon as he stood up, he fell back because his limbs were weak.
Yun Qiu said helplessly: "Mr. Zhu, don't worry, the elixir is right there and it won't run away..." After saying this, she fell silent for a moment.
She also saw the struggle between Zhu Sheng and the pill just now. How could it be that he couldn't escape?
Unlike the pills refined before, this one is really too spiritual.
Yunqiu was a little worried that it might run away underground?
"How about I help you over there, Mr. Zhu?"
Zhu Dan nodded vigorously; she had the same concerns.
In fact, she had encountered such troubles when refining pills in the world of cultivation, but that was after she became the Pill King. The pills she refined in the early stage did not have such strong spirituality.
Yun Qiu helped Zhu Dan to the place where the pill fell to the ground. The guards were digging the soil nearby. Zhu Dan stretched out his hand towards the gap, trying to summon the pill back, but the pill was as dead as a rock and did not move at all.
In the end, it took the guards a long time to dig deep enough to retrieve the pills.
What surprised Zhu Dan was: "Has this pill gotten bigger? I remember it wasn't this big before."
"I also think it's gotten bigger." Ying Zheng stretched out his hand and clenched it into a fist. "It should have been this size before."
It suddenly grew from the size of a fist to the size of a child's head. It would be strange if you couldn't notice such an obvious difference.
Zhu Dan pondered: "Could it be because he absorbed the earth's energy?"
It is because of the earth energy in the soil that plants can grow.
After resting for such a long time, Zhu Dan regained a lot of strength. She squatted down and felt the soil. "I do feel like something is missing, and..." She looked around and suddenly said, "Fill this soil back in."
Jiawei quickly did as he was told.
"There's actually a section missing?" Li Si was incredulous. "Could it be that there's still some soil left to fill it in?"
Jiawei quickly explained: "Sir, the excavated soil is all here."
Zhu Dan thought to himself, "As expected."
The elixir cannot grow so big just by relying on the earth's energy. It feeds not only on the earth's energy but also on the soil.
However, when thinking about the effect of this pill, Zhu Dan felt that there must be a divine will in all things.
After inputting a trace of spiritual energy, the round pill in his hand expanded rapidly, as if an invisible hand was quickly carving it.
Not long after, it turned into an extremely exquisite architectural model.
"This is... Lantian County?!" Li Si squinted his eyes to identify the name on the plaque on the wall of the largest building, his voice full of surprise.
Meng Yi and Wang Ben quickly squeezed through the crowd.
Meng Yi's family had a villa in Lantian County, and he would go back there occasionally. Of course, he recognized the buildings in Lantian County and looked beyond the plaque at the city gate to see everything inside the city.
"So familiar!" It was Wang Jian who blurted out.
Meng Yi suddenly remembered that Wang Jian also bought a house in Lantian County, and it was said that he often went to Liuye to teach a group of children. His familiarity with Lantian County was no less than his own, so it seemed that what he said was not nonsense.
"Is this really Lantian County? The national master actually used his divine power to carve out a Lantian County?" Meng Yi was extremely surprised and couldn't help but look around.
As the carving began, the building, which was originally as big as a child's head, began to expand and eventually became as big as a football. Everything inside was lifelike, and it was so immersive that when you looked into it, it felt as if you had walked into Lantian County.
Both the houses and the weeds on the roadside looked so vibrant, but there was no one who should be living inside.
Meng Yi's gaze continued forward until it finally landed at the border. There was a cloud of mist there, and he could faintly see deeper and farther places. It actually made him feel that this place encompassed not only Lantian County, but also the entire Daqin.
Meng Yi felt a sharp pain in his eyes and unconsciously took a step back and looked away.
It's all so wonderful.
"Yunqiu, go get some salt." Zhu Dan's voice broke the silence.
Everyone who was originally immersed in this special atmosphere came back to their senses and asked curiously.
"National Master, what's going on?"
"Why do I feel like the Imperial Master used his divine power to shrink Lantian County countless times and move it here?"
"With the power of the national teacher, moving mountains and seas will certainly not be a problem." There are people who praise Zhu Dan without thinking.
"It would be great if this secret technique could be used on the Huns. The Huns are cunning and often hide in grasslands, forests and deserts. If we have such a treasure, we can see everything about them clearly." Meng Yi couldn't help but speak.
The first person he thought of was his brother Meng Tian, who was fighting against the Huns at the Great Wall.
If we can defeat the Huns, my brother can go home.
Ying Zheng also thought of this, but his thoughts were bigger than Meng Yi's.
The rivers and mountains can all be seen clearly. If the people in them can also be photographed, wouldn’t it be possible for me to tour the Qin Dynasty several times in a day without leaving my house?
Ying Zheng's heart was pounding.
He couldn't help but look at Zhu Dan, who created this elixir.
Of course, Ying Zheng had asked other people whose luck was extracted how they felt in advance, but he found that he was different from them.
He could clearly feel the process of his luck being extracted, and could see exactly how much was extracted. The moment the secret technique connected with him, he also saw his own luck.
Compared to what he has, what he took is just a drop in the bucket.
Just a drop in the bucket can achieve this effect. If he extracts more, he may be able to achieve what he wants.
In an instant, Ying Zheng's eyes looked at Zhu Dan even more passionately.
For a top-tier control freak, there's no better gift.
"Mr. Zhu, the salt is here." Zhu Dan didn't notice their wandering thoughts. He took the salt jar handed to him by Yun Qiu and quickly purified the salt.
The salt at this time was different from the mud salt she had used when she first arrived.
Zhu Dan used the Transformer to simulate a complete set of salt drying and boiling equipment, which has been put into use.
Except for some conditions that could not reach modern standards, the people of Daqin were finally able to eat relatively fine snow salt.
However, just in case, Zhu Dan carried out a further purification of the fine salt.
The purified salt was even cleaner and whiter. Perhaps it was because the spiritual power had not dissipated, but Zhu Dan felt that the salt was no longer an ordinary thing.
She calmed herself down, picked up some salt grains and carefully threw them into the building model, monitoring the entire process with her spiritual sense, not missing any details.
The moment the salt particles entered the building, the spiritual field of vision suddenly changed, and the immersive feeling seemed to break through the limit in an instant and reach 100%.
Zhu Dan felt that he was not looking at an architectural model, but was teleported back to the real Lantian County.
She stood in the air, looking down at the buildings below. The salt grains sprinkled in sparkled like fine pieces of gold.
Zhu Dan's heart moved, as if there was a mysterious force wrapping up the salt grains.
When the salt grains came into contact with the white snow, it was like one little sun after another. The thick snow began to decrease visibly until the golden light disappeared.
Some of the melted snow water seeped directly into the ground, while some dripped down the eaves, forming icicles, but the icicles were not very large.
Zhu Dan was a little surprised. Salt melting into snow would also absorb the surrounding heat, which is why it is not cold when it snows but cold when the snow melts.
But the salt she sprinkled in did not seem to affect the surrounding temperature when the snow melted. On the contrary, Zhu Dan sincerely felt a sense of warmth through the touch of her spiritual sense.
It was as if it was not salt, but sunlight scattered in.
The sun's rays shone warmly on the snow. Fire and ice conflicted, but the fire was slightly stronger, bringing only the warmth of a spring breeze, a warmth as precious and gentle as the winter sun.
At the same time, Lantian County.
Erlin was leading the craftsmen in the willow leaves, busy with the work of preparing the kang. They were going in and out, carrying yellow mud and clay, and their breath was all white air.
I was sweating all over while working, and when I took a break, I felt that the heat was quickly gone. I couldn't help shivering and quickly moved closer to the fire to warm myself.
Erlin also reminded his younger brother: "Hurry up and dry your clothes, otherwise you will be in trouble if you get cold."
"I know, I know. Don't worry, second brother, I'm not stupid." Sanlin had also caught a cold, and it was very uncomfortable.
"Where's my brother?" Erlin looked around and asked.
His sister-in-law, who was also warming herself by the fire, replied, "Your eldest brother went over there to check on the house. It's snowed quite heavily recently, and a thick layer of snow has piled up on the roof. Xiaohua plans to have someone push the snow off the roof. Although the house was repaired some time ago, we still need to be careful not to let it collapse."
Erlin couldn't help but nod. Indeed, the house in the willow leaves was quite sturdy.
The housekeeper and Zhu Dan were not short of that little money, so they almost demolished the house and rebuilt it. They used good materials and it didn't leak much.
Even without a kang, it would still be warm, but the family's fear of the house collapsing was ingrained in their bones.
Even if Xiaohua hadn't reminded them, they would have gone to the roof from time to time to take a look.
Because they were grateful to the young lady for giving them jobs and lending them a house to live in, in addition to the side they lived in, they would also help Xiaohua with some extra work.
So, while he was busy with the kang, he was also thinking about checking the snow on the other roofs in Liuyeli.
Suddenly, Dalin's frightened voice came from outside: "Come out quickly, Erlin, Sanlin, Dad and Mom, the sun is shining brightly in the sky, no, it's raining, or something else..."
The big brother outside was talking incoherently and his words were barely fluent. Erlin's heart was pounding and he didn't even bother to dry his clothes and hurried out.
When I opened the door, I saw a row of rain curtains under the eaves, with big drops of water pouring down.
It's raining? Erlin was puzzled, but shouldn't it be snowing in this weather?
He looked further away and saw that it was drizzling, and it was only on the roof that it was raining. There was clearly fine snow falling outside!
For a moment, Erlin was a little afraid to go out.
When Dalin saw him coming out, he waved to him. He gritted his teeth and rushed out.
Sure enough, it was not raining outside, only the eaves were raining.
It's not just their eaves, but other places as well. Even though it's raining heavily, there's still a row of icicles under the eaves. This is so strange, Erlin thought.
"Brother, aren't you cold?" Sanlin, who also came out of the room, shivered and looked at his two brothers standing outside.
"Cold?" After being reminded by his younger brother, Erlin finally realized that he didn't feel cold at all.
Looking at his older brother, he wasn't wearing very thick clothes when he went out to work, but his face was red and he didn't curl up into a ball.
"I'm not cold." Dalin shook his shoulders. "It doesn't seem to be that cold outside. It's warm like the sun shining on you."
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can there be sunshine today? Mother said this morning that it had been cloudy for most of the day, and the snow kept falling so heavily that it was scary. Fortunately, our family is doing well this year, otherwise who knows what would have happened." Sanlin wondered if his elder brother was confused due to the cold.
Unexpectedly, his second brother also said: "I'm not really that cold. If you don't believe me, come out and feel it for yourself."
Sanlin walked out doubtfully, then was completely shocked: "What's going on? Why do I feel like it's warmer outside than inside? We even have firewood burning in the house!"
"Could it be that the ancestors appeared?" Dalin blurted out.
Erlin was also superstitious, or perhaps it was common among Qin people. He agreed, "It's very likely. It's almost snowing for a month, and we don't know how many people are ill-prepared for winter and will freeze. It must be that our ancestors or the gods couldn't bear it and cast a spell, so we're not cold at all right now. Look at this roof, it's actually been melted by this invisible fairy fire."
The more Erlin spoke, the more he felt that his guess was true.
Sanlin, on the other hand, muttered, "What gods? Every household in our city has always offered sacrifices, so how could there be any gods or ancestors appearing? To me, all gods are cruel. Our family can have the good life we have today thanks to the kind-hearted young lady! If any god is to appear, I think it's the young lady!"
Erlin was stunned. Unlike his elder brother and younger brother who only focused on their work, he was very good at making friends and knew more information than the average person.
For example, he secretly heard the housekeeper call the young lady the imperial teacher.
National Master, it is said that he is a disciple of a god who has come down to earth!
So, to this statement that seemed a bit absurd to others, he nodded in agreement: "You are right, maybe the young lady really saw that we were in trouble and couldn't bear it, so she secretly cast a spell."
Maybe she used her own divine power, or maybe she invited a divine master to come.
Erlin thought about it and felt that it was a bit absurd. However, apart from the young lady, he didn't recognize anyone else who had anything to do with gods.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft, stop talking nonsense! Don't blame the gods! My two younger brothers are ignorant..." The eldest brother muttered several times in a low voice. He felt that he had apologized to the gods before scolding his two younger brothers. "I think you have eaten too much in the past few months, so you have become so bold. How dare you talk about gods? Shut up! A lady is a lady, and a god is a god."
Although he also admired the young lady, he was not crazy yet.
Erlin didn't say anything about this. He had some understanding of Zhu Dan's plan and thought: If you think like this now, maybe in the future you will spontaneously worship the young lady as a living god.
Zhu Dan, who was far away in Xianyang, didn't know that Erlin and others had guessed it right by accident. Although she was not a god now, the snow really started to melt because of her.
"Mr. Zhu, can I have a try too?" Ying Zheng fixed his eyes on the architectural model without blinking, feeling very excited.
Who wouldn’t be moved by the feeling that the whole world is under control?
Zhu Dan didn't know if it would work, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to give it a try, so she pushed the salt shaker towards the other person.
Ying Zheng grabbed a handful, reached into the model, loosened his fingers slightly, and the salt grains fell through his fingers.
Zhu Dan quickly instructed: "Let's spread it evenly, don't let it get caught in one spot."
Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly, and soon his action of sprinkling salt became more skillful from the initial unfamiliarity. He also spread it more and more vigorously, and spread it outside Lantian County, to places that were unclear due to the clouds and mist.
Li Si was jealous and quickly squeezed over: "Master, can I have a try too?"
Although Zhu Dan had just bullied him, he was not so stingy. He stood aside and signaled that he could also join in.
Zhu Dan also wanted to see the limits of this special sandbox pill.
Yes, she named it Sandbox Dan.
In fact, sand table pills are also fine, because Zhu Dan originally planned to make a sand table, use pills to connect the sand table and the luck of a place, and try to make changes to the sand table to see if they can be reflected in reality.
However, Zhang Liang's luck had helped her to make some changes in her alchemy furnace and it was no longer useful.
At this time, the building model was directly refined. Zhu Dan felt that this was much easier than building it by himself.
"Hey, why can't I put my hand in like the king?" Li Si complained, looking at Zhu Dan sadly.
Zhu Dan immediately clarified: "I didn't do anything!"
"But if you can't do it—" She looked at the other ministers thoughtfully, "You can come and try it too. Is it just him who can't do it, or is it everyone who can't do it?"
In the end, everyone tried one by one and found that only Zhu Dan, Ying Zheng and Zhang Liang could do it.
Li Si's anger calmed down: "This must be because the three of you worked together to refine this pill."
He looked at the building with regret, wondering why his luck couldn't allow him to refine this kind of elixir?
It would be great if he could refine it. He also wanted to try to reach in and touch those little houses like the king. It would definitely be fun.
After spreading the salt grains, Zhu Dan probed into his spiritual sense again and found that the snow in the whole world had become much thinner. If the snow could touch the knees before, now it couldn't even cover the ankles.
This level was already sufficient, and noticing that the potency of the elixir seemed to be running out, Zhu Dan coughed twice to remind Zheng Ge, "Your Majesty, it's time to send someone to Lantian County to check on the situation, as well as Xianyang. Your Majesty has lived in Xianyang for a long time, and this model has been integrated with your luck. I imagine that sprinkling salt just now will have had an impact. Why don't we go outside the palace to see how the snow is melting?"
In fact, it would be fine to find a remote palace.
This place for alchemy was chosen by Zheng Ge himself for Zhu Dan. Its importance was second only to the National Master Palace where he resided and Zhu Dan's. The palace servants would naturally not neglect it and would sweep the snow every day, so nothing could be seen for a while.
Ying Zheng knew that what Zhu Dan said was true, and he reluctantly withdrew his hand. He watched as the exquisite little house returned to its original simple spherical shape after Zhu Dan withdrew his hand.
He couldn't help but ask, "How about leaving this thing in my palace?"
"Ah?" Zhu Dan was stunned and said subconsciously, "But its medicinal power has been exhausted. Even if I inject more spiritual power into it, it can't be restored. I can only keep it as a collection."
"It's okay, I'll use it as a souvenir." Ying Zheng rarely insisted.
"Alright, Your Majesty, whatever you like." Zhu Dan always indulged her idol on such insignificant matters, but—an idea struck her: "Your Majesty, if you like this, I'll make you a globe someday."
If Brother Zheng knew that there were endless overseas lands besides our Central Plains, would he be tempted to unify the world? Zhu Dan recalled his original intention.
When she was in high school, she hated English the most, which was a required subject in the college entrance examination.
The globe is arranged.
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