Alchemy Demonstration

  "Summer Shimei!" Wei Haolan cried out.

  The alchemist named Xia Qing merely furrowed his brow. Irritated, he waved his hand and continued to calculate with a measured tone.

  Wei Hao Lan said helplessly to Mo Tian Ge: "Ye Dao You, would you mind waiting for a bit? I really can't do anything about her."

  Mo Tian Ge smiled: "Alchemists all have some strange habits, I'm not in a hurry, let Wei Zhuang Men do as he pleases."

  Wei Hao Lan smiled apologetically and instructed his disciple to prepare a seat. The two of them sat down again and chatted for a while, when Xia Qing suddenly stood up and shouted: "Alright, let's start refining the elixir!"

  "Xia Shimei!" Seizing this opportunity, Wei Haolan called out again.

  Xia Qing finally heard this time, scratched his head, turned around and said: "Oh, Master's sister, what's up?" His tone was like shooing away a fly.

  Moye couldn't help but laugh, actually Xia Qing looked quite delicate, if she could tidy herself up, she would be considered elegant and lovely. But she was so sloppy, her hair was messy, her clothes were worn crookedly, if not for the aura of a cultivator holding her together, she might have been mistaken for a beggar.

  Wei Hao Lan pulled Mo Tian Ge over: "Let me introduce you, this is a practitioner of the Kun Wu Xuan Qing Gate, Ye Xiao Tian Ye Dao You."

  Xia Qing furrowed her brow, not curious about his identity at all, and simply raised her hand casually: "Met Ye Dao friend." Before Mo Tian Ge could return the courtesy, she immediately asked Wei Hao Lan in front of him, "I'm busy with this, what did you bring people here for?"

  Mo Tian Ge had a sentence stuck in his throat and could only listen to Wei Hao Lan's words.

  "Wei Hao said, "Didn't you say that no one can refine the elixir? Ye Dao is an expert in refining elixirs, I specially invited her to discuss the technique with you."

  "Oh?" Upon hearing this, Xia Qing's attitude changed dramatically, and she warmly grabbed Mo Tian Ge's hand. "This Ye Dao friend of yours, can he refine pills?"

  She looked down at her hand, which had unknowingly become gray with some substance, and replied calmly, "A little."

  "Just some?" Xia Qing asked, "Can you refine the Yuandan? Can you refine the Heart-Protecting Powder? The Fixing Color Pill? Or the Dustless Pill?"

  "It's just a bit." Mo Tian Ge pulled back his sleeve without leaving any trace, "If there are materials, I can refine it, but the success rate of forming a dan is not very high."

  "Wow, you can refine it too, great!" Xia Qing continued to ask, "The success rate of forming a dan is not very high, what is it? Thirty percent? Forty percent?"

  "... probably around 50%, if the state is good, it can be as high as 60%." A success rate of 50-60% in alchemy can be considered a master of alchemy. Mo Tian Ge started practicing alchemy, and she wasn't very talented at first, but she had a large amount of spiritual medicine to waste, so her success rate gradually increased. Therefore, she came to the conclusion that talent or not, if there are countless spiritual medicines to practice with, most people can become masters of alchemy.

  "Six successes!" Xia Qing shouted loudly, and even Wei Hao's eyes lit up.

  "Come on!" Xia Qing immediately pulled A Miao Tian Ge's sleeve towards the alchemy furnace, "The materials here are all ready, try refining a Condensed Yuan Dan."

  "Hmm..." Mo Tian Ge pulled his sleeve back from Xia Qing's hand and looked at Wei Hao Lan, "Wei Dao You, this..."

  It's said that the success rate of Tian Ge Cheng Dan can reach as high as 60%, and Wei Hao Lan is also excited, so he hurriedly says: "Ye Dao friend, why don't you give it a try? If you succeed, as long as you pass on the alchemy technique to Xia Shi Mei, we'll lend you our transmission array for free."

  Got the promise, Mo Tian Ge nodded: "Good."

  For alchemists, the secrets of alchemy are rarely passed on to others, but Mo Tian Ge doesn't rely on alchemy to earn spirit stones. Therefore, there's no need for concern. Besides, her secrets of alchemy were just some conclusions she drew after practicing for a long time and didn't have any special features. Even if she taught them to Xia Qing, it would only save her some time searching around. Anyway, since Mo Tian Ge found Xia Qing tolerable, teaching her wouldn't be unbearable either.

  She nodded in response, and Xia Qing immediately waved her hand: "Bring up the materials."

  "Yes." Many Lianqi disciples responded in unison and one by one brought over the spiritual medicine they were each responsible for.

  Mogentian read it through. The materials were all ordinary, among which the main ingredients of Ningyuan Dan, Ziyincao and Yuesheng Lingzhi, only had an effect of 500 years, let alone other ingredients, some of which even had less than a hundred years.

  It doesn't matter, the Yuanyuan Dan is a basic dan for the Condensation Period anyway. The requirements for the materials are only two points: the Ziyincao and the Yuesheng Lingzhi must both be over 500 years old, and the other ingredients don't have high requirements. However, the higher the age of the Lingyao, the better the effect of the refined dan. With these current materials, the efficacy of this Yuanyuan Dan can only be said to be mediocre.

  In fact, it's just that she would think this way, the spiritual grass of over a thousand years is no longer easily obtainable, even for those who have formed the elixir, they are all generally using spiritual grass of over five hundred years. Who would be like her, having a sī person yào garden where she can casually refine the elixir, and it's almost all spiritual grass of over a thousand years.

  Noticing that Mo Tian Ge's eyebrows furrowed slightly, Wei Hao Ran looked at the materials and asked: "Ye Dao You, is there a problem with these spiritual medicines?"

  "It's nothing." Mo Tian Ge lightly shook his head, checking all the spiritual medicine. He then signaled a Qi-refining disciple to bring over an empty tray, lined with clean cotton cloth, and began taking out the amount he needed.

  She simply used her hands to scoop it up and put it directly on the cotton cloth, without even needing to weigh it. Soon, dozens of portions were divided up.

  Wipe your hands clean and say to the refining air disciple holding the tray: "Put it over there, be careful not to mix them together."

  The Lianqi disciple responded with a sound and carefully handed it over.

  Xia Qing puffed out a breath and praised, "Ye Dao You, I won't mention anything else, but you actually managed to separate the required quantity without using calculations or scales. This is something I couldn't do, impressive."

  Moyan Song just smiled and said, "The more you refine the pill, the more you'll have a number in your heart." This is the truth, nothing fancy. However, it's rare for someone to be like her, completely not having to worry about materials, so it's also rare for someone to reach this level.

  Of course, it's not that there aren't any. Almost all of Kunwu's alchemy masters can do it, let alone the alchemy masters. They are either trained by their sect or have a powerful immortal family as their backing. From this perspective, alchemy is just piling up spiritual medicine, and it can also be said to be piling up spiritual stones. Unfortunately, Bi Xuan Pavilion is located in Lin Hai, even if there is a transmission array that connects with Kunwu, they are not rich enough to casually buy a pile of materials at will.

  Weihao Lan was also full of praise at this time, secretly thinking that the Xuanqing Gate was not inferior to the Liandanmen School. This Ye Daoyou didn't seem very old either, yet he had such a high level of alchemy skills, it could be seen that Kunwu was indeed a gathering place for talents, and it was no wonder that it was the sacred land of Tianji's immortal cultivation.

  The materials were ready, and Mo Tian Ge looked at the already heated dan furnace, sank for a moment, stretched out her hand to test the temperature of the earth fire, and touched the thickness of the dan furnace. This dan furnace was much thicker than the purple wood tripod she used, and the earth fire was slightly inferior, so the firing time had to be delayed a bit. She had to pay attention to this degree with her divine consciousness at all times.

  Everything checked out, she washed her hands clean and ordered: "Fire up the stove!"

  Xia Qing could no longer wait and waved his hand hastily: "Start the furnace, start the furnace!"

  There was a nun behind, urging them on. These refining Qi disciples didn't dare to slack off and quickly arranged the materials, poured in the clear spring water, and then joined forces to lift the furnace cover.

  To be honest, this cauldron is far inferior to Zitian Ge's own Purple Wooden Cauldron. The Purple Wooden Cauldron was once used by a Xian Tian cultivator, and even if it was only once, it's still different from ordinary objects. This cauldron, on the other hand, is just a magical tool, not even a treasure.

  It's not surprising, with the scale of Bi Xuan Ge, there are only three Jie Dan cultivators in total, and they're not good at alchemy, so it's naturally difficult to have top-grade dan furnaces. However, this dan furnace isn't bad either, at least it's worth over a hundred spirit stones, much better than the rough goods Mo Tian Ge used at first.

  After ordering the furnace to be opened, Mo Tian Ge did not immediately start refining the elixir, but instead closed his eyes and sat in meditation. Although the quantity had already been divided, when refining the elixir, one still needs to adjust according to the changes in the furnace fire at that time, either increasing or decreasing it, which requires full concentration, without a single thread of distraction.

  There were two other foundation-building cultivators present, as well as dozens of Qi-refining cultivators. None of them dared to make a sound, for they had all seen Xia Qing refine pills before. Given Xia Qing's temperament, anyone who made even the slightest noise during pill refinement would be immediately expelled from the refinement chamber and demoted to being an odd-job disciple. Only disciples who were well-versed in the rules and had undergone long-term testing could remain here.

  After calming down, the dan furnace was hot enough. Mo Tian Ge first took out the Tian Kui powder and Zi Yin Cao, mixed them together, threw them into the dan furnace, and ordered: "Cover the furnace."

  Several disciples of Lianqi immediately acted quickly and carried out the order.

  Mó Tiān Gē closed his eyes, and a strand of his spiritual sense entered the Dan furnace. He felt the Zi Yīn Grass slowly melting into a purple liquid, while the Tiān Kuí powder dissolved in the Zi Yīn Grass liquid.

  As the temperature of the dan furnace rises, these two materials merge into one, gradually becoming indistinguishable from each other and forming a new substance.

  The temperature in the furnace has reached a boiling point, and the liquid of the purple grass is rapidly evaporating, slowly forming into lumps.

  Mo Tian Ge opened his eyes: "Start the furnace."

  No need for Xia Qing to emphasize it again, these Lianqi disciples moved quickly and immediately opened the lid of the alchemy furnace.

  This time, Mo Tian Ge only left a few materials behind, throwing most of them into the furnace and instructing to cover it with Dan again. Then he entered meditation as usual, sitting still without moving.

  At first, Xia Qing could still stare tightly at the Dan furnace, but she didn't dare to probe out her spiritual sense. Because when alchemists refine pills, their spiritual sense must be focused on the inside of the pill furnace at all times. If someone else's spiritual sense interferes, they might feel something go wrong. Xia Qing thought that since both of them were in the foundation building stage, their spiritual senses would have strengths and weaknesses, but wouldn't differ too much, so she would be disturbed. However, she didn't know that Mo Tian Ge's spiritual sense was not something that a cultivator of the same rank could influence, because after practicing the Refine Spirit Technique, her spiritual sense had surpassed that of an ordinary cultivator and wouldn't be easily affected.

  Later on, perhaps when Xia Qing was refining the elixir, she became restless and couldn't sit still. However, she didn't dare disturb Mo Tian Ge, so she stood up and walked around in circles, occasionally making some hand gestures towards Wei Hao Ran.

  Wei Hao Lan couldn't understand what her gestures meant, so he simply nodded randomly.

  At last, just as Xia Qing was about to lose his patience, Mo Tian Ge opened his eyes and gave the order for the third time: "Start the furnace."

  Wait until the Qi-refining masters opened the cauldron, she first poured in clear spring water, then put in only a few remaining spiritual herbs: "Alright, cover it up, you can rest now."

  The cultivators who were waiting on the sidelines let out a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to make any noise either. They each retreated and quietly waited.

  This time they waited even longer than last time, and Xia Qing couldn't help but speak up: "Ye Daoyou, isn't it too long?"

  Mo Tian Ge didn't enter a trance this time, but when he heard the words, he just shook his head: "Don't worry."

  After saying this sentence, she stopped talking, and Xia Qing was anxious and kept circling around her.

  Mo Tian Ge remained calm and composed, quietly gazing at the dan furnace.