Refining Pills? Boiling Grass?
Under the curious gaze of Little Yue 'er, Qin Shaofeng began his first attempt at refining pills.
It was not that Qin Shaofeng had not seen some Alchemists refining pills, but he had only seen some apprentices.
In Blue River City, the people who were called Alchemists were not real Alchemists. They were just Alchemy Apprentices.
There was only one real Alchemist in the entire Blue River City.
That was the Wang Family, a merchant family, who had spent a lot of money to invite a beginner level Alchemist.
Yes, a beginner level Alchemist, but even if it was a beginner level Alchemist, to be able to stay in the Wang Family, it was still a joyous matter for the Wang Family.
When that beginner level Alchemist joined the Wang Family, he specially organized a Pill Refining Assembly in the Blue River City, and refined pills in front of countless people.
Qin Shaofeng clearly remembered that when the Alchemist was refining pills, he had made a cauldron that was nearly three meters tall. Then, there were more than ten Alchemy Apprentices. When he was refining pills, they added wood under the cauldron to make it burn.
Thinking of this scene, Qin Shaofeng could not help but feel a little apprehensive in his heart.
He was using the System's Pill Refining Technique, so during the refining process, there should be no need to use wood to make the fire, right?
Although in his heart, Qin Shaofeng was still a little uncertain.
This was also one of the reasons why he chose to use a big cauldron.
If he used a big cauldron, it would be more convenient to burn.
But before that, he still wanted to give it a try, if he only used the System's Pill Refining Technique, would he be able to refine pills.
After setting up the big cauldron, Qin Shaofeng began to put in the Essence Grass.
Under normal circumstances, one stalk of Essence Grass could be used to refine a Qi Replenishing Pill.
This time, Qin Shaofeng was refining pills, he did not put in much, only one stalk of Essence Grass into the big cauldron.
But his actions, in the eyes of the little girl, were strange.
Grass?
When she saw Qin Shaofeng toss something into the wok, the little girl looked at it closely. However, when she saw that it was only a blade of grass, her eyes went as wide as saucers. Her crescent-shaped eyes were now as bright as a full moon, filled with suspicion.
Was Young Master going to cook the grass?
But why didn't they light a fire?
Cooking grass?
If Qin Shaofeng were to know what the little girl was thinking at this moment, he would probably be so angry that he would directly grab the little girl and then give her a serving of bamboo shoots fried with meat.
I, your Young Master, am concocting pills, what cooking grass!
However, at this moment, Qin Shaofeng was so nervous that he didn't notice the little girl's expression and let her escape.
Not paying attention to the little girl's strange expression at this moment, Qin Shaofeng closed the lid and pressed the big cauldron with his right hand. He immediately said to the big cauldron in his heart, "Concocting pills!"
The moment Qin Shaofeng murmured the words "Concocting pills" in his heart, he felt that his Dantian slightly moved, and then a small stream of Internal Qi instantly flowed out and directly entered the big cauldron through his right hand.
Then, a scene that surprised Qin Shaofeng happened.
The Internal Qi that entered the big cauldron seemed to act as Qin Shaofeng's eyes, so that he could sense everything in the big cauldron, as if he could see what was happening in the big cauldron at this moment.
Buzz!
As soon as the Internal Qi entered the big cauldron, the big cauldron shook slightly, and then …
There was no "then". The elixir that Qin Shaofeng expected did not appear. When he just "saw" everything in the big cauldron, the Qiyuan Grass suddenly burst into flames and directly turned into a pile of black ashes.
At this moment, Qin Shaofeng also cut off the connection with the stream of Internal Qi that entered the big cauldron, and could no longer "see" the scene inside the big cauldron.
Uh, this is?
Qin Shaofeng was slightly stunned, and then he immediately opened the lid of the cauldron to have a look.
Sure enough!
Just like what he "saw" before, there was no Qiyuan Grass in the big cauldron at this moment, only a handful of black ashes!
Uh, did this mean that I failed?
Looking at the Qiyuan Grass that was burned into ashes, Qin Shaofeng's eyes flashed with a trace of disappointment.
However, Qin Shaofeng pulled himself together quickly.
It was the first time, and failure was normal.
As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. I can't give up.
As if comforting himself in his heart had a great effect, Qin Shaofeng immediately swept the ashes out of the big cauldron, and then put in another Qiyuan Grass.
However, the situation this time was the same as before. As soon as the alchemy skill was activated, the green Qiyuan Grass instantly turned into black ashes.
Failed again?
Looking at the ashes in the big cauldron, Qin Shaofeng was somewhat speechless.
"Damn it, I don't believe that I can't refine a Common Level One Star Qi-replenishing Pill!"
Muttering softly, Qin Shaofeng began to put in the Qiyuan Grass again.
However, the following situation was no different from the previous two times.
Failed!
Failed!
Still failed!
After failing several times in a row, Qin Shaofeng was a little confused about the situation.
It can't be, right? This is only a low-level Qiyuan Grass, and it's only a One Star Qi-replenishing Pill. But I've already refined it five or six times, and I still haven't succeeded once?
Bewildered in his heart, Qin Shaofeng once again looked at the Alchemy skill on his status interface.
That's right, the success rate of this Alchemy skill was based on the level of the Alchemy skill and the pills refined!
No matter how low the success rate of a Level One Alchemy skill was, it shouldn't be to the extent of failing five or six times in a row, right?
Could it be because of this big cauldron?
Soon, Qin Shaofeng seemed to have found the reason, and his gaze was firmly fixed on the big cauldron.
Alas, a big cauldron is a big cauldron, and it's not an alchemy cauldron. Failing in alchemy is normal!
Yes, the problem is definitely not with me, but with this big cauldron.
It seems that I can only find a real alchemy cauldron.
Lightly sighing in his heart, Qin Shaofeng didn't know if he was looking for comfort or an excuse, but after muttering for a while, he blamed all the failures on the big cauldron.
At this time, the little girl on the side saw that Qin Shaofeng had remained silent for a while, and looked at the big cauldron, and then looked at the little bit of ash on the ground.
The little girl couldn't make sense of the situation!
Young Master obviously didn't light the fire, so why was the grass burnt?
She didn't understand!
However, the little girl didn't think too much about it. Instead, after thinking for a while, the little girl hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Qin Shaofeng, "Young Master, if you're boiling the grass, you should add more water. This way, the grass won't be burnt!"
Qin Shaofeng, who was thinking about where to get an alchemy cauldron, suddenly heard the little girl's words, and almost fell to the ground.
Boil … boil the grass?
This little girl actually thinks that I, the Young Master, am boiling the grass for half a day?
This time, Qin Shaofeng couldn't take it anymore.
"Little girl, you don't understand. I, the Young Master, am refining pills, what do you mean by boiling the grass? Where did you come up with such a weird idea? "
Qin Shaofeng seemed to want to defend his Young Master's demeanor, and warned the little girl.
Where did she come up with such a weird idea?
The little girl suddenly felt a little wronged in her heart, and couldn't help but mutter softly, "Isn't it because I saw you doing this, Young Master, that's why I thought this way?"
Uh …
Qin Shaofeng was speechless.
However, the little girl recovered quickly, and then suddenly looked at Qin Shaofeng with admiration, and said, "Refining pills? I didn't expect Young Master to be able to refine pills, could it be that Young Master is also an alchemist? "
Uh …
Qin Shaofeng was still speechless.
Alchemist?
He had the skills to refine pills, and it seemed that he could be considered an alchemist.
However, he hadn't successfully refined a single pill yet.
But the little girl didn't care about this, and continued to talk excitedly.
"Little Yue 'er, I heard people say that alchemists are very powerful people! Even in our Blue River City, only the Wang family has one alchemist, and that person is an old man with a white beard. Young Master is much younger than him. "
"However, Little Yue 'er also heard that when alchemists refine pills, don't they use those big cauldrons? Young Master, why do you use a big pot? "
A series of crisp sounds like jade beads rang out, and the little girl began to talk.
At the beginning, it was still okay. Listening to the little girl's worshipful tone, Qin Shaofeng was a little proud for a while.
However, there was something wrong with the latter part of the sentence. Especially the last sentence, it made Qin Shaofeng feel a little awkward.
If it was anyone else, Qin Shaofeng would definitely think that the other party was mocking him. However, facing this little girl with a face full of worship and a pair of crescent-shaped eyes that sparkled like stars, Qin Shaofeng knew very well that this little girl was not mocking him at all.
But even if he understood this, at this moment, Qin Shaofeng's face was slightly red, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Your Young Master, I, deliberately used this big pot, but the problem is that I can't find the cauldron for refining pills!
But the more the little girl was like this, the more Qin Shaofeng wanted to successfully refine a Qi Replenishing Pill.
Seeing the little girl's excited and worshipful look, Qin Shaofeng was also motivated.
A big pot is a big pot, I don't believe that I can't refine a Qi Replenishing Pill!
Once again, he took out a stalk of Qiyuan Grass, threw it into the big pot, and then covered the pot with the lid, and once again started the alchemy skill.
Alchemy skill!
With this incantation in his heart, Qin Shaofeng's Internal Qi decreased by 10 points in an instant, and then a familiar scene happened again.
Qin Shaofeng "saw" the situation in the big pot again.
But this time, Qin Shaofeng's heart was moved, and he could not help but have an idea.
The previous few times, he just "watched" and let the Internal Qi act naturally. What if he controlled that small amount of Internal Qi himself this time?
Although Qin Shaofeng was not clear about the general principle of the process of refining pills, he thought that it was nothing more than the process of melting the medicinal herbs to get the medicinal liquid, and then the melting process to condense the medicinal liquid into pills.
If that was the case!
With a flash of light in his eyes, Qin Shaofeng moved slightly and began to try to control that small amount of Internal Qi in the big pot.
Who would have thought that this attempt would actually succeed?
It really worked?
Qin Shaofeng was delighted, but he was not careless.
Thinking of the previous scenes where the Vitality Grass was burned to ashes in an instant, Qin Shaofeng carefully controlled that small amount of Internal Qi and approached that stalk of Vitality Grass in the big pot little by little.
This test really worked!
Just a little bit of Internal Qi approaching, that stalk of Vitality Grass was not burned to ashes in an instant, and it even began to melt little by little.
Sure enough, this was the case!
Qin Shaofeng finally understood what was going on when he 'saw' this scene.
It was not his problem, nor the big pot's problem. The previous failures were because he did not control his Internal Qi, and the Vitality Grass was burned to ashes by his Internal Qi.
But Qin Shaofeng did not know that it was really the big pot's fault.
Generally, alchemists would use standard alchemy tripod cauldrons to refine elixirs because alchemy tripod cauldrons had the ability to moderate the Internal Qi released by alchemists.
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