Chapter 284 The foundation building pill is completed, the master's misfortune (first update)
The pill furnace contains five colors of light, bright and dark, following Liu He's pill formula.
The furnace then made the sound of water boiling, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and a faint gray smoke curled up from the reserved pores.
Liu He said softly: "The elixir is conceived with the five elements to balance its properties. Humans are born with all five elements. Only in this way can this foundation-building elixir be universal."
Li Qinglueyi Looking back, I found that the elixir I just put in was basically balanced among the four elements except for the water attribute.
The essence of Xuanshui contains all kinds of elixirs and reacts with them, which is in line with the balance of the five elements.
As for Liu He’s elixir operation, although the key point is not clear, it is ultimately inseparable from the principle of the five elements’ interdependence and natural cycle.
Subsequently, Liu He invested in a variety of spiritual materials.
Some are in complete form, and Li Qing can understand what they are at a glance; but some have gone through multiple processes and have lost their original appearance.
Sometimes Liu He would explain something, but sometimes he wouldn't mention it at all. Obviously some links involved secrets that couldn't be told outside.
But Li Qing also roughly understood the properties of these spiritual materials based on the prescriptions he had obtained. He went back to follow the clues and found out how to prepare them. It was not easy, but it was by no means impossible.
Finally, the fourth main ingredient, Chongmingcao, was thrown into the furnace by Liu He.
With a muffled "buzz" sound, all the light from the alchemy furnace was extinguished, leaving only the alchemy fire slowly baking.
Chongmingcao is a second-level mid-grade spiritual grass. It has a light orange glow since it sprouts.
Every winter, Chongmingcao will fall into a deep sleep, and its light will fade away. It won't appear again until next summer.
In this way, after nine summers and nine winters, Chongmingcao is fully mature and its light is restrained before it can be used as medicine.
The most stringent thing is that Chongming grass cannot be stored for a long time. It must be used within three days of picking, otherwise it will lose all its effectiveness.
Liu He was silent for a moment and then said: "This step is to use the characteristics of light and destruction to make the spirituality of the Foundation Establishment Pill nine turns. The pills achieved in this way are the purest."
Li Qing raised his eyebrows: "This step is the same with Jiuxuan Fruit, right?"
Liu He said "hmm" and quietly looked at the alchemy furnace in trance. After a long while, he said: "Strictly speaking, Chongmingcao is the inferior substitute of Jiuxuanguo."
Li Qing smiled and said: "In my year, there happened to be frost in June and ice disaster in summer. The harvest of the seasonal Chongming grass was almost impossible, so I had to use Jiuxuan fruit instead."
Liu He ordered it. Nodding: "Except for the seasonal Chongming grass, other low-year ones have also died. Neighboring countries have imposed an embargo on the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it will take nine years to sow and harvest again."
"But I, Jiazi Shou, The time is coming and we can’t wait for nine years, so we can only take the risk of planting Jiu Xuan Guo,” Li Qing said.
"There's just one thing that I haven't understood. I gave you the Nine Profound Fruits. Brother Dao, how did the Leng family ancestors know about your alchemy refining?"
If it wasn't for the Leng family ancestors. With a little intervention, Li Qing could at least get a genuine foundation-building pill, and maybe the foundation-building wouldn't fail.
Although it is lost in the east, it is gained in the mulberry tree. Li Qing was able to build a foundation in the way of heaven and was the best among his peers, but his disappointment at that time was real.
Liu He was silent.
Li Qing didn't need to think about it, the answer was already self-evident: it was just one of Liu He's disciples who didn't keep his mouth shut, and the news leaked out.
At that time, because of his extraordinary knowledge of alchemy, he was introduced by Liu He as his old friend. Perhaps he really irritated many people.
So when he refined the Foundation Establishment Pill, someone tipped him off; when he planted the Jiuxuan Fruit, someone else went to Yanling Valley to tip him off.
The human heart is easy to understand but difficult to understand.
But Yanagi Hejin was willing to take risks, and while avoiding the leakage of the secret information, he taught the secrets of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill one by one. In fact, it was more of an apology to Li Qing.
As for the two guys who betrayed him, one has been silenced by Liu Yuan's master; the other has not been encountered in Liuhe Cave, and it will be difficult to encounter him in the future.
"Puff puff puff..." The heat in the alchemy furnace rose, awakening the two people who were looking at each other in silence. Li Qing looked intently, and there was already a vision of Yin Yang and Five Elements looming in it.
Liu He gave a soft drink, recited the formula in his mouth, held the finger formula in his hand, and formed a special restriction to fly into the furnace.
There was only a loud "clang" sound, and the top cover of the alchemy furnace was opened directly.
Li Qing clearly saw that there were actually five pills in it.
Just two round tudors, shining brightly, making people's hearts sway. The other three were pitted, cracked, and uneven.
“Are these two genuine pieces and three inferior pieces?” Li Qing asked softly.
Liu He shook his head: "We can't make a conclusion until the last moment." As he said that, he threw in the last main ingredient, Black Snake Slough.
The Black Snake Slough, as the name suggests, is the skin of a second-order high-grade spiritual beast called the Black Snake.
What is special is that the skin of the black snake is peeled off completely. After the nine orifices are sealed, it will be perfect and leak-free.
The spiritual fire burned brightly, and the originally ordinary snake slough suddenly expanded violently, turning into a snake shape and swallowing five pills in sequence.
Liu Hedao: "The Foundation Establishment Pill is jealous of Heaven. Only by using spiritual materials such as black snake slough to transform it once and survive the catastrophe of becoming a pill can it be considered complete."
Li Qing nodded, knowing that this thing had similar effects to the elixir he had obtained, Golden Cicada Slough.
It's just that the golden cicada is small and can only swallow one foundation-building pill, so it needs to be invested as needed. It is not as convenient as the black snake's shedding, but the price will be much cheaper.
Suddenly, there was a crisp "click" sound from the black snake's shed.
Liu He was a little regretful: "There are only four left. I thought there were more, so I will give you one."
Before he finished speaking, there was another "pop" sound. , obviously another foundation-building pill was useless.
"What's going on!" Liu He was furious and full of doubts. "With the quality of this xuanyang ginseng, the probability of becoming a pill should be very high."
Li Qing couldn't help but be stunned, and carefully Exploring the Foundation Establishment Pill wrapped by the Black Snake Slough, he suddenly discovered something: "Brother Dao..."
Liu He raised his eyes and found that he was pointing somewhere under the Black Snake Slough's neck. There were actually two small holes leaking air.
"Why is there any missing part of the black snake's slough?" Liu He was furious. But this object was taken out of his storage bag and never left his sight. For a while, he couldn't find the reason.
Li Qing reminded: "No matter how the snake slough is damaged, there are still three foundation-building pills in it, waiting for fellow Taoists to save it."
Liu He suddenly stirred up his spirit and quickly fired a series of alchemy techniques.
Finally, the black snake shed its golden light, expanded violently, and filled the room with starlight.
In the furnace, a foundation-building pill is still round and shining, which is really gratifying.
Although the other two elixirs had their edges smoothed and the dents filled, they were altered after all and were not as smooth as the original ones.
"What a pity! Hateful!" Liu He kicked the alchemy furnace over, "If I knew who was behind it, I would definitely not be able to spare him!"
He didn't have time to explain the Foundation Establishment Pill to Li Qing anymore. He lifted the restriction with a wave of his hand and walked out the door with three pills.
"Cheng Dan made a mistake today. There is only one genuine product and two inferior products. Let's distribute them as agreed in advance!"
Li Qing lowered his head and looked at the collapsed elixir furnace. Thinking of the leaky black snake slough, I had a vague guess in my heart.
“Tsk! What evil did Brother Liu Dao do in his previous life? Only in this life did he end up with these debt collectors?”
(End of this chapter)