Flying Cloud Peak, Flying Cloud Hall. Zhan Chen knelt in front of Zhao He and said loudly, "Disciple pays his respects to Master."
Zhao He looked at Zhan Chen and couldn't help but be stunned. He murmured, "Zhan Chen, did you really break through?"
"Yes, according to the method you told me, teacher!" Zhan Chen stood up and said excitedly.
"How can it be so fast?" Zhao He still couldn't believe it. How long had it been since Zhan Chen broke through to the twelfth level of the Martial Disciple realm? Although he was known as a genius back then, he had accumulated at the twelfth level of the Martial Disciple realm for an entire year before he found the opportunity to break through.
But now, Zhan Chen seemed to have skipped this accumulation process and his cultivation directly went up.
Zhan Chen scratched his head and said in confusion, "Teacher, I don't know how I broke through. Maybe it was a coincidence."
Zhao He looked at him and couldn't say anything for a long time. This in-name disciple had brought him too many surprises, so he could only say, "Forget it, there's no need to delve into the cause and effect. Since you can break through, it means that it's your opportunity. But remember, don't be arrogant and impatient. You still need to continue working hard. Your next goal is to become an elite disciple. "
"Yes! Master. "At this time, Zhan Chen's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.
Zhao He nodded and said, "I once said that after you break through to the Martial Master realm, you can officially become my disciple and enter my Flying Cloud Peak. Are you willing?"
"Disciple is willing!"
"Good!" Zhao He stood up from his seat and handed a token to him. He said, "From today onwards, you are my fourth disciple. Before you, there are three disappointing senior brothers and sisters. In two days, it will be time for me to teach you alchemy. At that time, you can come over and meet them."
"Alchemy? I've already chosen to cultivate metal attribute true qi. Can I still learn? " Zhan Chen couldn't help but ask. In his impression, alchemists were usually users of fire or wood attribute true qi.
"Why not? It's true that fire attribute true qi can produce twice the results with half the effort. Wood attribute true qi can increase the spirituality of the pill. However, if the possessors of other types of True Qi learn humbly, they can still become very good alchemists. Controlling the alchemy fire requires precise control of True Qi, not the attribute of True Qi. Do you understand? "
Zhan Chen was still not convinced and asked again, "Teacher, is there really no effect?"
Zhao He was silent for a while before he said, "If you really want to talk about the influence, then it's because the user of the other attribute's essential Qi will consume twice the amount of essential Qi compared to the user of the fire attribute's essential Qi. But don't worry, as your cultivation increases, this effect will become smaller and smaller.
Zhan Chen's eyes flashed as he said, "Teacher, if that's the case, then I'll learn this alchemy technique!"
When Zhao He heard Zhan Chen's words, he finally laughed out loud. "Hahaha, good! "You're ambitious. I was waiting for you to say that. If you become my disciple and don't learn alchemy, won't you be a joke?"
Zhan Chen also laughed. Indeed, learning alchemy would be of great help to him in the future! Not only could he refine some pills that he needed, such as the Heaven Spirit Pill, but he could also rely on the pills he refined to earn money.
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Two days later, in the main hall of the Flying Cloud Palace, Zhao He introduced his two senior brothers and one senior sister to Zhan Chen one by one. After the four of them greeted each other, Zhao He said, "Zhan Chen, you're new here. Let me explain the principles of alchemy to you first."
He took out a bronze alchemy furnace from his Cosmos Sack. It was about the size of a soccer ball. He held it in one hand and said, "This is the second-grade alchemy furnace that we most commonly use. Generally, the higher the grade of the alchemy furnace, the larger the volume, the more exquisite the workmanship, and the more complicated the formation inside the furnace."
"When we refine pills, we just need to put our hands near the furnace and transfer Vital Energy into it. Then, we can activate the formation inside the furnace and form the alchemy fire to refine the pills."
"Of course, alchemy is not a simple process. It is mainly divided into three steps. The first step is refining, which is to put all kinds of medicinal materials into the furnace and burn them one by one. Then, the essence is extracted."
"The second step is condensing, which is to use various finger techniques and hand seals to condense the medicinal power into pills."
"The third step is nourishing, which is to keep the refined pills in the furnace and carefully temper them with a gentle fire. This can further remove the impurities in the pills and improve the quality of the pills."
"Zhan Chen, do you understand?"
Zhan Chen nodded and said, "I understand, Master."
"Okay, follow me to the alchemy room at the back."
So, Zhan Chen followed Zhao He and the others to the alchemy room at the back of the hall through the side door.
It was a large room with an area of nearly 100 square meters. In the middle of the room, there was a large alchemy furnace that was the most eye-catching. It was as big as a water tank and half a person's height. It was made of gold and there were many dragon patterns and flower decorations carved on it. It looked graceful and elegant.
Zhao He looked at the large alchemy furnace in the middle of the room and couldn't help but smile. He said, "Zhan Chen, this is your first time here. This is your master's treasure. It is the only fourth grade alchemy furnace in the sect. Using it, I can refine up to fifth grade pills. Unfortunately, your master's skills are not good enough. At most, I can only refine top grade fourth grade pills. "
Top grade fourth grade pills! Zhan Chen tried his best to imagine, but he couldn't imagine what kind of effects such a pill would have.
"Go and revise how to refine the Miracle Cure Pill first," Zhao He said to everyone except Zhan Chen.
"Ah! Master, it's the Miracle Cure Pill! That is only a first grade pill. We have already refined it hundreds of times, "the three of them said in unison.
"Hmph! What else can I do? You guys are so disappointing. You can't even refine the Miracle Cure Pill to your master's satisfaction. How can I be at ease to teach you more advanced alchemy skills? You have to know that a small Miracle Cure Pill contains the three major processes of alchemy. This is the foundation. You guys haven't even learned how to walk, and you want to learn how to run? "Zhao He saw the three of them revealing impatient expressions and scolded them angrily.
The three of them didn't dare to make a sound after being scolded. They could only pick up three alchemy furnaces from the shelf at the side and continue refining the Miracle Cure Pill.
At this time, Zhan Chen noticed that there were more than ten alchemy furnaces of various sizes placed on the shelf at the side.
Zhao He said to Zhan Chen, "Zhan Chen, those are all second grade alchemy furnaces. Go and pick one."
Zhan Chen randomly picked an alchemy furnace and returned.
"Come, sit in front of me and place the alchemy furnace here." At this time, Zhao He was already sitting on a praying mat at the side and pointed to the floor in front of him.
Zhan Chen followed his instructions.
"First, try to start this alchemy furnace. I will demonstrate it for you."
Zhao He stretched out his right hand and sent a stream of True Qi towards the alchemy furnace on the ground. Through the fine ventilation holes on the furnace, an orange-yellow flame could be seen rising from the furnace. Zhao He quickly stopped the transmission of True Qi, and the flame in the furnace was extinguished.
"You try it too."
Zhan Chen curiously followed Zhao He's example and sent a stream of True Qi into the furnace. Sure enough, he only heard a loud sound and the flame that had just disappeared started burning again.
Seeing this, Zhao He couldn't help but smile and said, "How is it? This is easy, right? Alchemy is not as complicated as you think. "
Zhan Chen nodded excitedly, but he had a question in his heart. He asked, "Teacher, since alchemy is not complicated, then the continent should be overcrowded with alchemy masters. But why haven't I seen such a situation? On the contrary, only one in ten thousand can become an alchemy master. "
"Hehe, there are many reasons. Actually, alchemy is not as simple as you think. First of all, although the requirements are not high, it requires all kinds of techniques to control True Qi. This is at least something that Martial Disciples are unable to do. Therefore, to become an alchemy master, one needs to be at least a Martial Master. So on and so forth, the higher the grade of the pill, the higher the cultivation of the alchemy master is required. "
"Secondly, to practice alchemy, one needs a good teacher. Every alchemy master treats their own unique alchemy techniques, finger techniques, and hand seals as treasures. They won't easily pass it on to others. And these details directly determine the quality and efficacy of the pill. Some precious pills even need special techniques and hand seals to be successfully refined. "
"Finally, learning alchemy is a money-burning job. The success rate of a novice is very low, so without a certain amount of financial support, it is very difficult to continue learning."
After listening to his teacher's analysis of the various aspects of alchemy, Zhan Chen finally had a deeper understanding of the knack within it.
"As the saying goes, 'The teacher leads the way, but the cultivation is up to the individual.' As your teacher, I can only pass on what I know to you. If you want to walk further on the path of alchemy, you still need to put in a lot of effort and even have many coincidences. These are all things that I, your teacher, cannot help you with."
When Zhan Chen heard this, he bowed to Zhao He again and thanked him, "Teacher, your kindness is the same as giving me a new lease on life. This disciple will never forget it."
Zhao He waved his hand and said, "Hehe, don't bother with empty things. Actually, your teacher is optimistic about your future, that's why I am willing to invest in you. This can also be considered a kind of investment."
Zhan Chen stood up and said solemnly, "No matter what, you helped me. This will not change."
"Think whatever you want. Let's start by refining the first grade Rejuvenation Pill. I will demonstrate it once. Later, your main task is to memorize my hand seals for condensing the pill. This is the most basic thing. "
Zhan Chen nodded his head and began to pay attention to Zhao He's hand seals.
He saw Zhao He open the lid of the alchemy furnace and put in the medicinal herbs required for the Rejuvenation Pill. He closed the lid and began to transfer his True Qi into the alchemy furnace.
With a "hu" sound, a flame rose from the furnace, wrapping all the medicinal herbs and carefully burning them. Not long after, some of the impurities in the medicinal herbs turned into gas and evaporated into the air, while the rest turned into slag and fell to the bottom of the furnace.
Only a thick mass of essence was left, dancing in the flame. At this time, Zhao He's hand continued to transfer True Qi into the alchemy furnace, while his other hand quickly left the furnace and wrote in the air. Wherever his fingertip passed, five True Qi Runes would quickly condense.
Then, he fiercely shouted, "Condense!" His finger pointed towards the alchemy furnace, and the five True Qi Runes quickly entered the furnace.
Then, a magical scene occurred. The mass of liquid in the furnace rapidly shrank, and slowly turned into dozens of small pills, rolling in the furnace.
Then, Zhao He reduced the transfer of True Qi, and the fire in the furnace instantly became smaller. This continued for another fifteen minutes, and a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out from the furnace.
At this time, the corner of Zhao He's mouth revealed a trace of a smile, and with a wave of his finger, he shouted, "Open!"
The lid of the furnace automatically sprang open, and the pills inside flew out, falling into the jade bottle he had prepared in advance.
Zhan Chen could not help but ask, "Teacher, is it done?"
Zhao He happily nodded his head and said, "Yes, take a look."
Zhan Chen quickly took the jade bottle in his hand and opened it. He poured out the contents, and sure enough, it was no different from the Rejuvenation Pill that he usually took. Immediately, a happy expression appeared on his face.
"Just now, when I was condensing the pill, did you see the hand seals clearly?" At this time, he heard Zhao He ask.
"En, write it down."
"Good! Now it's your turn. "
"Are we going to start now?" Zhan Chen asked hesitantly.
"Why are you not confident?" Zhao He provocatively looked at him.
"Yes!" Zhan Chen was no longer pretentious.
"This is the medicinal herb for the Rejuvenation Pill!" Zhao He took out a medicinal herb from his storage pouch, and handed it to Zhan Chen.
