Chapter 108: First Attempt at Alchemy
The next morning, Chu Yi went to the classroom alone. Their course today was not related to spiritual practice, but an alchemy class taught by the alchemy master Peng Zishi.
For cultivators, the role of elixirs in cultivation is second only to a good martial art. If you can get the best elixir, it won't be difficult to change your talent.
In comparison, it is even more useful than a good set of exercises.
When we arrived at the alchemy room, all the men had already arrived except Jiang Yongyan who was still in seclusion. Several female classmates had not arrived yet, and only Liu Jimeng and Jia Lan were in the classroom. However, after Chu Yi arrived, Gu Qianwen and Shi Fan, two girls who loved to stay in bed, also appeared outside the door.
After greeting each other in a friendly manner, everyone found an alchemy furnace and stood beside it. There were only a few minutes left before class started, and the students were no longer in the mood to chat or laugh. They all took the opportunity to review the alchemy theory that was previously taught before the teacher came.
Chu Yi chose to sit next to her brother Gu Jiayan. After not seeing him for such a long time, she really wanted to have a good emotional exchange with him. Moreover, as the descendant of an ancient family, he has been influenced by orthodox cultivation theories since childhood, and his understanding of alchemy and refining must be better than that of people with no foundation.
When she starts to get started, if she doesn't understand something, she can just ask him for advice.
Although Chu Yi has countless powerful aliases, they are based on the aliases' memories and realms, so she only needs to operate them mindlessly. Now that I am actually on the battlefield, without those memories, my situation is the same as that of my classmates who have no foundation at all.
Moreover, the talent for alchemy is different from the talent for cultivation. She is a genius in cultivation that will never appear in the world, but that doesn't mean she will also be a genius in alchemy and refining. The phenomenon of academic bias exists everywhere.
A few minutes later, Teacher Peng Zishi arrived in the classroom.
Teacher Peng, who looked very kind, walked slowly to the front of the classroom and said with a smile: "Students have learned the relevant knowledge before. Today we will put it into practice. I won't explain it first. You can try it according to your own understanding. If you make any mistakes, I will point them out directly."
"Yes, Mr. Peng."
Everyone has no objection to Teacher Peng’s teaching principles. Practice is the only way to test learning, and this applies everywhere. Anyway, in the early stages of learning, everyone deals with the lowest level of elixirs. The biggest danger is probably that the elixirs turn into slag, and there is no need for a teacher to protect you at all.
However, when it comes to actual operation, everyone really doesn’t know how to start. They all stared at the pile of things in front of them in a daze.
Gu Jiayan was not in a hurry to start. He was still familiarizing himself with the herbs one by one and reviewing the preparation methods of each herb in his mind. He has always been a man who plans before he acts, and will only take action when he is at least 50% sure.
The others also had their own habits. After being at a loss at first, they all stood in front of the table where the herbs were placed and began to take action.
Chu Yi had experience in refining while wearing a suit, so she was more familiar with it than everyone else. After taking a quick look at the raw materials, she picked up the first one and started processing it.
What they practiced today was the Qi Gathering Pill, which was the most commonly used one by cultivators in the enlightenment stage.
This is also one of the few elixirs that can be taken by mortals with no cultivation. Any other slightly higher-level elixirs cannot be eaten by mortals. If they are lucky, they will only cause great damage to their vitality, while if they are unlucky, their bodies will explode directly.
However, this also indirectly shows that the effect of the Qi Gathering Pill is very low, and even a cultivator in the enlightenment period will not be able to use it for long. Basically, after the middle period of consecration, the monks will no longer use it.
In ancient times, the biggest use of this thing was to reward the servants within the sect or family. It was more valuable than silver.
After preparing all the medicinal materials step by step, Chu Yi cast a spell and started the alchemy furnace. The fires used here are all ordinary spiritual fires, and the source of energy is the spiritual veins under the academy. As long as the spiritual veins of Mount Tai are not exhausted, they will never run dry.
At the same time, because it is mixed with a little bit of dragon vein power, the quality is not bad, and it is more than enough for refining high-level elixirs.
After the alchemy furnace was preheated for a while, Chu Yi officially began to try to make the elixir. Without the support of vest memory, everything depends on my own learning and understanding, which feels quite novel.
Recalling the records in the alchemy book and the memories received when he was wearing the vest before, he followed the procedures step by step. There were some bumps and stumbles occasionally, but they were all resolved quickly, so Chu Yi's first experience in alchemy was quite good.
And she unexpectedly had a pretty good talent for alchemy. Although she almost failed at one point because she didn't get the timing of adding the medicinal materials right, she was able to salvage the first batch of Qi Gathering Pills after emergency treatment.
As a burst of fragrance wafted out from the alchemy furnace, the Qi Gathering Pill was officially successful.
He waved his sleeves, opened the lid of the furnace, and made a gesture to collect the pills. A pile of small pills gathered at the bottom of the furnace shot out and were caught by the jade box in Chu Yi's hand.
Currently, all the equipment in Xunzhen College is provided by the state. Including collections of herbs, minerals, etc., as well as the jade box containing elixirs in Chu Yi's hand.
Fortunately, the number of cultivators in the first batch was limited, and the burden on the country was not particularly heavy. Otherwise, the jade boxes and jade bottles required for alchemy alone would have been a huge expense. Although the recovery speed of the jade mine will be accelerated after the revival of spiritual energy, it still takes time.
If the consumption rate is faster than the regeneration rate, it will be another headache.
Because there are not many places on Blue Star that produce bathing jade at present, growing flowers is one of them, and the output is quite large. But after years of mining, jade reserves in various places are also worrying. In addition to flower cultivation, there are several other countries neighboring flower cultivation that also have reserves, but their reserves are not as abundant as those of flower cultivation.
Moreover, jade is now useful to people with special abilities in various countries. It is not only used by cultivators, but also by other people with special abilities in a variety of ways. Therefore, other countries will not export jade easily. Some countries are already restricting its circulation. After all, they must first ensure their own domestic demand.
I heard from Duan Shi before that someone in the flower planting community has proposed listing jade as a national strategic resource, and quite a few people support this.
After careful consideration, the Chairman was also very interested in this proposal. There are many places where jade can be used in the cultivation of Taoism, and they also need to prepare for a rainy day.
However, it is not so easy to promulgate a regulation. It requires a very long period of discussion and determination before it can be notified to the public. The people above are still arguing now, so it will probably take some time if we want to wait.
Seeing Chu Yi refining a furnace of medicine skillfully, Peng Zishi walked over while stroking his beard. After looking at the quality of the medicine in the jade box, he praised with a smile: "Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill, 70% success rate, not bad. If nothing went wrong just now, the quality should be high-grade, and the success rate can reach 80%."
"This result is already very good for a novice. Chu Yi's talent in alchemy is also good. He can further develop it in the future."
From Peng Zishi’s words, the students could all hear his approval of Chu Yi, and could also hear how talented Chu Yi was. The quality of a novice's pills is medium, and the success rate is 70%. According to Teacher Peng, this is a result that many famous alchemists in ancient times did not achieve in their early stages.
Is it possible that this genius is completely different from ordinary people? Otherwise, why are others so good in every aspect, while I stumble and have difficulty even completing tasks successfully?
Faced with this brand new field, among the group of people, even geniuses like Qin Hang and Gu Jiayan ended in failure in their first attempt.
Qin Hang made a mistake in his preparations. There were problems with the preparation of several medicinal materials, which caused the medicinal properties to change. The reason for Gu Jiayan's failure was similar to Chu Yi's. When he was maintaining the input of mana, there was a slight fluctuation, which caused the herbal extract that was being fused to fail, and then the whole thing collapsed.
Peng Zishi had nothing to say about their two mistakes. They were the most common problems faced by newcomers. After experiencing them once, they would not make the same mistake again. So after he encouraged them for a while, he let them continue practicing on their own.
Compared to these three people, the other students’ problems are bigger. Peng Zishi walked over and gave them guidance one by one.
Although their talents are not as good as Chu Yi and the other two, they are still pretty good among ordinary cultivators and have the potential to continue to develop. Even if you can't become a famous alchemy master, you can still make some common elixirs for yourself.
After everyone had been instructed, Peng Zishi stood beside Tang Wenlin. His problem may be the biggest among this group of students.
Chu Yi had discovered the secret in his body before and had specifically asked Long Jun for help, which made Tang Wenlin flattered. Later, Long Jun removed the seal in Tang Wenlin's body with just a flick of his hand, allowing him to see his own body clearly for the first time, and also opening the eyes of his classmates.
I didn't expect that this classmate, whose background couldn't be more ordinary, actually had ancestors who were members of the royal family.
What Chu Yi and Long Jun saw before was a trace of dragon energy that had been sealed in his body along with the inheritance of his bloodline. In ancient times, the emperor was called the true dragon emperor, who was protected by dragon energy and could kill evil spirits and keep ghosts away. The royal family members certainly have this power within them, and while it's not as strong as the emperor's, it can still give them different talents.
And this is different from talent. It is not affected by external interference. Even though the spiritual energy has dissipated for so many years, the dragon energy of the Tang family is still passed down from generation to generation. However, this dragon energy cannot be used directly by humans. It needs to be activated and awakened. After awakening, it needs to be slowly trained.
Fortunately, this is not a big problem. Tang Wenlin's talent is very good. He is an excellent fire spiritual root. The dragon energy is affected by his talent and also has fire attributes. After being activated in this way, it is very likely that he will awaken the Dragon Flame.
This is a kind of flame that cultivators dream of. It is ranked among several high-quality flames and is the best auxiliary flame for refining equipment. Since the only condition for the birth of Dragon Flame is Dragon Qi, in ancient times some evil cultivators and demon cultivators would frantically kidnap royal members in order to obtain it, which once resulted in many mortal countries being left with only the emperor.
Later, the righteous monks could no longer bear it and collectively took action to ruthlessly kill a large number of evil monks who dared to act recklessly, thus stopping this evil trend. Later, they would unite to conduct such hunting of evil cultivators every once in a while to prevent them from showing up.
However, this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution. The temptation of Dragon Flame is too great. Taking a risk once can bring hundreds or thousands of rewards. Few people can resist the temptation. It's just that after the obvious threat, everyone has become more cautious.
Therefore, it was not easy for Tang Wenlin's ancestors to avoid such disasters and successfully pass their bloodline to later generations.
Originally, the awakening of Dragon Flame was a matter of chance and might not necessarily succeed, but with the Dragon King, a true dragon, taking action, how could it fail? Tang Wenlin easily obtained the Dragon Flame without even suffering any physical pain.
In the past two days, he even suspended his practice of martial arts in order to successfully control the flame. Unfortunately, as a world-famous legendary flame, its temper is proportional to its fame. It is very unruly and gave Tang Wenlin a lot of trouble.
Well, it is said that this flame is the best flame for refining medicine and weapons, so Tang Wenlin tried to use it to refine the Qi Gathering Pill. The flame, which had not yet been completely tamed, was completely disobedient. After being put into the furnace, it almost blew up the materials and the furnace together.
When Peng Zishi walked up to him, he was frantically trying to retract his fire into his body. However, the flame became much more active after it came out and refused to obey, staying on his palm and refusing to move.
Looking at Tang Wenlin's forehead covered with cold sweat, Peng Zishi shook his head helplessly and smiled, "How can the Dragon Flame be tamed so easily? Otherwise, it wouldn't be revered by so many cultivators. With your current cultivation, if it hadn't been born from you, it wouldn't have given you the chance to control it."
After saying that, he stretched out his hand and lightly tapped, and the dragon flame obediently followed Tang Wenlin's force and returned to his body.
Tang Wenlin breathed a sigh of relief. The flame looked small, but it consumed a huge amount of mana. In just a short while, his pitiful magic power in the enlightenment period was almost used up. If the teacher didn't take action, it would probably go crazy.
After all, I overestimate myself. He is still a rookie in the enlightenment period, but he is thinking about completely conquering the flame. He can't wait to try it before he succeeds. He has no self-awareness at all.
After suffering a severe blow and despising himself, Tang Wenlin finally calmed down the restless mood he had been experiencing over the past two days. Because of this extraordinary flame, he became a little dizzy, and the distracting thoughts in his mind began to hinder his cultivation progress.
It's ridiculous that he gets so easily upset. He's still too immature.
After stabilizing his mentality, Tang Wenlin stopped doing those fancy things and just honestly practiced step by step based on what he had learned in previous classes.
After seeing that his techniques were all correct, Peng Zishi walked away, stroking his beard with satisfaction. Although this group of students have their own minor flaws, they are not a big problem and can be awakened with just a little guidance. Moreover, their overall character and personality are relatively good, and they are good candidates who can go a long way in the path of cultivation.
Since the students are so good, teachers like them are naturally willing to give them more guidance. After all, Chu Yi hopes that the first batch of cultivators can grow up within a hundred years.
To achieve this goal, both teachers and students have to work hard.
After dealing with Tang Wenlin's situation, Peng Zishi went to see the results of other people. It was discovered that Chu Yi’s second batch of medicine was about to come out of the oven. Judging from the medicinal fragrance in the air, the quality should have a breakthrough and could reach top grade. The success rate of pill making should also be able to go up, at least to 80%.
Gu Jiayan, who was beside her, finished his second furnace earlier than Chu Yi, and it was just coming out of the furnace when Peng Zishi looked over. Having learned from his first failure, Gu Jiayan performed flawlessly the second time, comparable to many experienced alchemists.
Peng Zishi's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but walk quickly to his side. Looking at the glittering pill in the jade box, he finally couldn't help but reach out and pat Gu Jiayan on the shoulder, praising him vigorously: "Top-grade Qi Gathering Pill, 95% success rate, your talent in alchemy is definitely not inferior to cultivation. When I first made pills, I was not as good as you."
With a pleased smile, Peng Zishi looked at Gu Jiayan with a kind look, "It seems that my legacy has been passed down to someone else."
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