Chapter 314: First Experience of Alchemy

Lin Changqing also felt that what Sixth Grandpa said made sense, so he no longer paid attention to this issue.

He continued, “Sixth Grandfather, I have memorized the spiritual medicine atlas and the first-level pill recipe you gave me.

I have cultivated all the magic skills and formulas needed for alchemy to the minor success stage. I am here today to accept your assessment."

Lin Fanxuan was a little surprised. This was much faster than he had expected. He couldn't believe that he had memorized and absorbed so much content so quickly.

So he said, "Did you read it carefully? Wait a minute, I'm going to test you.

If there is a question you cannot answer, even if you have not passed, just go back and try again after you have memorized and digested it!

Lin Changqing said confidently: "Okay! No problem, you come up with the questions!"

Seeing his confident look, Lin Fanxuan believed him a little, so he nodded and said, "Then come with me!"

Then, he took Lin Changqing into the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion and came to a pavilion in the back garden.

After the two of them sat down, Lin Fanxuan started asking questions directly.

"First, tell me about the three main ingredients of the Qi Gathering Pill, including their medicinal parts and their corresponding medicinal properties."

Lin Changqing nodded and answered directly: "The three main ingredients of the Qi Gathering Pill are Qi Gathering Grass, Iron Wire Grass, and Small Salvia miltiorrhiza.

The whole plant of Qi Ju Cao can be used as medicine, and its medicinal properties are…”

Just like that, the two of them sat in the pavilion and began a question-and-answer session. The whole process lasted for more than an hour, almost two hours.

Lin Changqing answered all the questions asked by Sixth Grandpa correctly, which made Lin Fanxuan very satisfied and relieved. Of course, this also meant that he had passed his assessment.

He said with a smile: "Not bad! You have basically memorized it all. It seems that you have mastered it very well. I am very satisfied. You have passed the test!"

Lin Changqing was very happy to finally hear the expected result. He asked quickly, "That's great. When can I start watching you make the elixir, Sixth Grandpa?"

"That depends on you. New apprentices basically choose one type of elixir to practice making, and ignore the others for the time being, focusing on practicing making one type of elixir.

When the success rate of this kind of elixir reaches more than 30%, it can be considered as breaking even, and it can also be considered as that you really know how to refine this kind of elixir.

It will be much easier to learn other pill recipes of the same level then, so you have to decide now, which pill you want to learn to refine first?"

Lin Changqing didn't need to think about this question at all, and answered directly: "Sixth Grandfather, I have already thought about it. I will learn how to refine the Qi Gathering Pill first.

It just so happens that the main ingredients of the Qi Gathering Pill are all grown in my spiritual fields, so I can produce and sell them myself!"

After hearing Lin Changqing's answer, Lin Fanxuan laughed and nodded, "Self-production and self-sales are good! It's still very advantageous for a spiritual plant master to learn alchemy!
Moreover, the types of elixirs chosen are also very good. Most people, including me, choose this type of elixir as the first type of elixir to learn.

It just so happens that I am going to refine ten furnaces of Qi Gathering Pills for the family today, so you should follow me and observe and learn carefully!"

Lin Changqing was overjoyed. He could start observing and learning immediately. He quickly agreed, then stood up and followed Sixth Grandpa and walked towards the alchemy room.

They saw three or four alchemy rooms on the way, but the restrictions on the doors were all activated, so they came to the innermost one.

After entering, Sixth Grandpa also activated the restriction on the door and began to introduce: "It is best to refine the elixir in an environment with abundant spiritual energy and quietness.

After all, if there is any interference, it will easily lead to the failure of alchemy."

Lin Changqing nodded. He understood this principle.

Then Sixth Grandpa took out an alchemy furnace and a dozen jade boxes and placed them beside him, within reach. Then he opened one of the larger jade boxes, took out a red stone from it, and called Lin Changqing to his side, pointing at the black stone in his hand.

He started to introduce: "This is a first-level red inkstone, of course some people just call it flint.

The characteristic of this thing is that it is easy to burn, the flame it releases is of high temperature, and it is relatively continuous and stable. It is also convenient to control the temperature by applying the fire control technique on it.

We haven't built a special underground fire channel in Jiufeng Mountain, so we use this kind of red ink stone to make pills. There are first-level and second-level ones.

A portion of first-level red ink stone costs ten spirit stones and can burn for about ten hours. A portion of second-level red ink stone costs fifty spirit stones and can burn for about twenty hours.

This thing is sold in the General Affairs Hall, both first and second level. When you need to make pills, you can go there and buy them yourself."

Lin Changqing nodded, took the red ink stone from Sixth Grandpa and began to study it.

He found that holding this thing in his hand was not as heavy as he had imagined, and it was not too oppressive. It gave him the feeling that it was a bit like the coal mines he had seen before, but this thing was much more expensive than a coal mine!

Sixth Grandpa continued, “You must know the alchemy furnace, so I won’t introduce it to you!
A first-level alchemy furnace is nothing special. If you can be promoted to a second-level alchemist in the future, try to make a second-level alchemy furnace with red-refined crystal copper as the main material.

This thing can improve the success rate of alchemy. The only bad thing about it is that it is extremely expensive.

A second-level low-grade one would cost 20,000 to 30,000 low-grade spirit stones, which is equivalent to half a foundation-building pill, and it is not easy to come across this thing. "

After hearing this, Lin Changqing laughed in his heart. He should have this thing, and it seemed that he had quite a lot of it.

The problem is that I don’t know whether Junior Sister Hu has finished refining the things in the more than one month since he came back!

If he succeeds, Sixth Grandpa will personally teach him how to make the elixir. He would like to find an opportunity to give him an alchemy furnace as a thank you.

Then Sixth Grandpa cast another spell on the alchemy furnace, and the furnace grew several times larger. He then used the fire-starting spell to ignite a piece of red inkstone and placed it under the alchemy furnace.

He continued to introduce: "The first step in our alchemy is to preheat the alchemy furnace.

The specific preheating temperature needs to be determined according to different elixirs, and it is not fixed.

Wait a minute, when I start putting the first main ingredient in, you can put your spiritual sense in there, feel the approximate temperature inside, and then remember it."

After saying that, he performed a fire control technique on the burning red ink stone, and the flame suddenly became bigger.

After a while, Lin Changqing felt that the temperature of the alchemy furnace was very high, probably around 70 or 80 degrees.

At this time, Sixth Grandpa took action again and said: The second step is to start adding the medicine. Pay attention to the order of adding the medicine and the changes in the spiritual medicine inside. "

After saying that, he used a soul-capturing technique to open a medicine delivery port on the alchemy furnace, and then began to feed in the first main medicine, iron wire grass.

Lin Changqing quickly probed his spiritual sense in, felt the temperature inside, tried hard to remember it, and observed the changes of the wire grass.

After a while, the second main medicine came, and then the third...

In this way, Lin Changqing has been observing the six grandfathers continuously refining ten furnaces of Qi Gathering Pills.

Sixth Grandpa deliberately slowed down the refining speed of the first few furnaces.

Later on, the speed became faster and faster, so fast that one furnace could be refined in about a quarter of an hour.

(End of this chapter)