The entire batch of Body Tempering Liquid would take nearly four hours to boil. Would the induction cooker break? Shuhang was a little worried.
Through the tempered glass lid of the pot, he could see the ginseng slices rolling in the pot. He was inexplicably excited — this was alchemy?
Yes, this was alchemy.
But why did he feel that this wasn't much different from the noodles he usually cooked?
Was it because his style wasn't right?
His phone was set to stopwatch mode. Song Shuhang stared at the ginseng slices in the pot while keeping an eye on the time on his phone.
Five minutes later …
He immediately opened the lid and put in the second herb, goji berries.
The two herbs rolled in the boiling water and quietly dyed the boiling water with a faint layer of yellow.
Heat control and time all required the accumulation of experience.
And Song Shuhang had nothing like experience.
Therefore, all he could do was watch the time and put in the herbs once the five minutes were up. As for heat control — the induction cooker would do its best.
"Sure enough, it still feels like I'm cooking noodles."
If three hours later, what he cooked was just a bowl of ordinary Chinese medicine soup, how would he feel?
Would this Simplified Body Tempering Liquid pill formula be able to completely shatter the worldview he had held for the past eighteen years? Or would the dream of cultivation that he had been in contact with for the past few days vanish again?
As the heat in the pot rose, the temperature in the kitchen also rose.
At this time, a burst of coolness came from the ice bead on Shuhang's neck, making Shuhang feel cool all over. Not only that, the ice bead also made Shuhang's mind clear. Unknowingly, he entered a state of extreme concentration.
He gently pinched the ice bead on his chest.
This magical ice bead gave him a little more confidence in the body tempering liquid.
"Don't let me down. If possible, even if the alchemy fails, at least let me see the true existence of 'cultivation'."
Song Shuhang pinched the third herb, and his calm mind was slightly disturbed. This third herb was something that Song Shuhang couldn't find on the Internet. It was called "Morning Dew Mysterious Grass"!
In terms of shape, the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass was not much different from ordinary grass. They were all green plants. However, upon closer inspection, one could see that the mist on the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass did not dissipate, as if the morning dew on the grass was faintly discernible.
The numbers on the stopwatch on his phone were jumping rapidly. Five minutes were up!
Song Shuhang picked up the lid of the pot, threw the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass that he had pinched between his fingers into the pot, and quickly covered it again.
He had some expectations in his heart. After all, this was a special medicinal herb. It would definitely cause some special changes to the medicinal herbs in the pot.
Just like the previous two herbs, the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass floated in the boiling water.
Song Shuhang's eyes were still fixed on the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass. The ice pearl in front of his chest gave him a slight chill, allowing him to focus his mind like never before!
Gradually, the three medicinal herbs in the pot became larger in his eyes!
At this moment, Song Shuhang's world was only filled with medicinal herbs, nothing else.
He didn't know if it was because he was extremely focused, or if it was the special effect of the ice pearl in front of his chest, but Song Shuhang could gradually sense every minute change in the three medicinal herbs in the boiling water.
Every time it rolled, a light yellow medicinal effect was boiled out of the medicinal herbs and integrated into the medicinal soup. When the ginseng slices released the medicinal effect, their bodies swelled after melting in the water.
It was a wonderful feeling!
"The heat seems to be a little insufficient?" Song Shuhang suddenly had such a feeling.
He felt that the medicinal herbs in the pot needed more heat, especially the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass. It needed a higher temperature to stimulate it!
Thus, he pressed his finger on the temperature control of the induction cooker and increased the temperature without hesitation.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh ~
The water in the pot boiled even more, and the lid of the pot shook under the steam.
Song Shuhang's eyes widened. After increasing the temperature, the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass really changed!
The Morning Dew Mysterious Grass that was originally floating on the water suddenly melted!
Song Shuhang didn't know how much time and how much heat it took to cook an ordinary grass until it was soft, but in less than five minutes, it was impossible to cook the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass to the point where it melted even if the heat of his small induction cooker was turned on at full power.
This was the special property of the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass.
As the Mysterious Grass melted, the medicinal soup was dyed with a layer of dark green medicinal liquid. This dark green medicinal liquid seemed to have a mind of its own as it wrapped around the ginseng slices and goji berries in the pot.
After the two medicinal herbs were wrapped up, they also began to slowly melt and mixed into the dark green medicinal liquid.
Song Shuhang's heartbeat sped up slightly.
What a magical change!
At the same time, he vaguely guessed that perhaps the Body Tempering Liquid did not need to add water at the beginning, but used a special method to heat the ginseng and goji berries. The moment the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass was added, the medicinal liquid would melt.
He didn't know if this pot of medicinal liquid had already failed.
Fortunately, he had already prepared for failure. The main purpose of this refining was to familiarize himself with the process and record the problems in the refining process.
The five minutes time was up again.
This time, Song Shuhang calmly took out the fourth medicinal herb and threw it into the pot.
The fourth medicinal herb was also wrapped up by the dark green medicinal liquid and slowly melted into the medicinal liquid.
"With this degree of heat, the time needed for the fourth medicinal herb to completely fuse with the medicinal liquid is about five minutes. This should be the reason why Medicine Master said 'about' five minutes. Because of the difference in the size, shape, and age of the medicinal herbs; the difference in the temperature of the fire, and the quality of the pill furnace, it will cause the 'five minutes' time to fluctuate. "Song Shuhang's eyes were still fixed on the medicinal herbs in the pot as he became more and more enlightened.
He had a better understanding of Medicine Master's pill recipe.
To be able to have such an improvement, firstly, it was the effect of the ice bead on his neck. This ice bead allowed Song Shuhang's heart to be as calm as still water, allowing him to concentrate and think clearly.
On the other hand, Song Shuhang seemed to have a kind of innate and sensitive intuition towards refining pills. This was an innate talent, and if he wanted to become a pill refiner in the future, this talent would allow him to get twice the results with half the effort.
As his understanding of Medicine Master's pill recipe became more and more thorough, Song Shuhang began to no longer be bound by the fixed 'five minutes' time limit.
He began to determine the next time he threw in the medicinal herbs according to the degree of fusion of the medicinal liquid in the pot. Sometimes, he would throw in a medicinal herb after four and a half minutes. Other times, he would extend it by more than five minutes.
Unknowingly, forty-six minutes had passed …
When Shuhang started to throw in the tenth medicinal herb, he was already trying to control the temperature of the fire. Based on the degree of fusion of the medicinal liquid, his fingers would increase or decrease the temperature of the induction cooker.
He was no longer stubbornly sticking to the time, and his entire being became busy.
After fusing the sixteenth medicinal herb, the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass in the pot reached its limit of fusion. At this time, according to the pill recipe, Song Shuhang threw in another special medicinal herb, the Three-Lives Fruit Core.
As expected, just like the Morning Dew Mysterious Grass, the Three-Lives Fruit Core once again took on the responsibility of fusing medicinal herbs.
After the first ladle of water, Shuhang did not add any more water. The medicinal liquid in the pot did not dry up after burning for more than one and a half hours. Instead, it increased slightly.
Throwing in the medicinal herbs, paying attention to the degree of fusion, waiting, and then throwing in the medicinal herbs again. It was a dry and tedious process, but it did not allow for the slightest bit of carelessness.
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