"Okay, thank you so much, Xiaomu. Don't worry, I promise I won't disgrace you."
Liu Zheng's face was flushed with excitement, and he promised excitedly.
"You should persuade your family first and wait for my call."
Fang Xiaomu shook his head and hung up the phone with a wry smile, wondering how to talk to Captain Xiao.
He knew Liu Zheng, his old classmate, quite well. Liu Zheng had excellent grades in the police academy and was indeed a good candidate to be a criminal policeman.
However, he was the only son in his family. His parents thought that a criminal policeman was too dangerous, so they arranged for him to go to the security brigade regardless of his objection, which made him extremely dissatisfied.
This was also the reason why Fang Xiaomu did not directly agree to transfer him, but borrowed him for a period of time. With this buffer period, he could first see the reaction of his family before making a decision.
If his family reacted violently, he would really just borrow him; if he could persuade his family and they could accept it, it would not be too late to transfer him officially.
But now was not the time to think about this. The most urgent thing was to reply to Consultant Ding.
After receiving Fang Xiaomu's text message, Ding Ning just smiled and simply replied with three words, "Thank you for your hard work."
In fact, he had already known the result. With two Hummingbird cameramen, as long as he wanted to know, there was nothing he couldn't know.
Last night, the study of lighting was finally interrupted by Qiao Xinyu's phone call, and Qingyun and the other two women witnessed his magical alchemy skills as they wished.
Therefore, Ding Ning did not idle at all that night. In the first half of the night, he personally refined the elixir for them, explaining the elixir recipe and the steps in detail; in the second half of the night, he let them try to refine the elixir, while he watched them, pointing out their mistakes and correcting them at any time.
Throughout the night, only Qingyun managed to refine a finished elixir. Although it was only the lowest Human-level Low-Grade elixir, which could not even be called an elixir in Ding Ning's eyes, it still made her very excited.
Although the gentle and gentle Bai Xun 'er had a high comprehension ability and had mastered all the essentials of alchemy, in actual operation, she could not grasp the most critical heat, which led to no harvest, and was very frustrated.
Ding Ning was not surprised by this. Alchemy was an extremely rigorous thing, and the requirements for heat had reached an outrageous level. Otherwise, most of the alchemy skills would not have been lost.
As the saying goes, the slightest error can lead to a huge error.
Even if there was a temperature deviation of a few tenths of a point, it would seriously affect the success rate of the pill.
The reason why Qingyun could refine the lowest level of medicinal pills was not that she had a better comprehension ability than Rourou and Xun Er, but because she was born with a Fire Spirit Body and was extremely sensitive to the change of temperature. Therefore, she had a unique advantage in controlling the fire.
Ding Ning, who knew this very well, did not say it out loud. Neither Rourou nor Xun Er was willing to admit defeat. Only when they knew shame and bravery could they be more motivated. In order to catch up, they would work harder to study alchemy.
As for whether Qingyun would become arrogant and complacent, he wasn't worried at all. This girl had a great interest in alchemy. She didn't need him to urge her at all. She was already practicing the art of controlling fire conscientiously.
"Bang!"
Wen Rourou was eager for quick results, so she pushed the flame a little fiercely. Before the medicinal liquid was completely integrated, it had a chemical effect under the high temperature, and the furnace exploded with a bang.
The amulet suddenly flashed, and the halo protected Wen Rourou and kept her safe. The broken alchemy furnace kept wriggling and soon recovered to its original state.
However, they were obviously used to this kind of situation. They continued to mix the medicinal materials as if nothing had happened and prepared for the next alchemy.
Ding Ning smiled bitterly. Although it was only a recipe of Human-level Inferior Grade, those wild medicinal materials that were only 10 or 20 years old were very ordinary for him, but they were also extremely precious wild medicinal materials in the secular world. It would cost at least hundreds of thousands of medicinal materials to make up a furnace of such medicinal materials.
The value of the medicinal materials wasted in the furnace explosion tonight was at least hundreds of millions. Only he, who had the Spiritual Medicine Ring, could spend so much. Otherwise, even the Holy Medical Family might not be willing to pay such a price to let them practice.
Of course, medicinal materials were only one aspect, and the alchemy furnace was also a big problem that couldn't be ignored.
Fortunately, he had made preparations before and specially refined a few low-level alchemy furnaces with the Immortal Stone for them to practice. Otherwise, the explosion of the furnaces alone could make him go bankrupt.
There was also the amulet. Although it could protect them from being hurt when the furnace exploded, it consumed a huge amount of spiritual energy. In the case that the spiritual energy could not be replenished in time, they could only use spiritual crystals to maintain the protective effect of the amulet.
"Being an alchemist is really a money-burning profession."
Ding Ning muttered with a painful expression.
He had reduced the cost to the minimum, but he still had to pay such a high price. He really didn't know how the alchemists in ancient times practiced and how many precious resources they had to consume.
He didn't know that the alchemists in ancient times spent more than ten or twenty years to carefully figure out the prescriptions of elixirs and slowly collect medicinal materials. It might take months or even years to collect the medicinal materials needed for an elixir prescription. After collecting all the required medicinal materials, they had to take a bath and change their clothes, clean their hands, pray, and start the alchemy with a pious heart.
Alchemist Gu didn't need to practice, or it could be said that he didn't have the conditions to practice. He could only make up for his shortcomings by practicing the skill of controlling fire every day and turning the skill of controlling the temperature of the flame into an almost instinctive level. He would also constantly deduce all the steps of alchemy in his mind in order to keep improving and never make any mistakes.
Therefore, the success rate of Alchemist Gu was actually very low. Out of ten sets of medicinal materials, it would be considered quite successful if he could successfully refine three sets, and it would be absolutely a pleasant surprise if he could successfully refine five sets. Unlike what Ding Ning had thought, he had to at least ensure a success rate of more than 70% to barely pass.
It was a pity that even his master was ignorant of the common sense of alchemy, let alone his three poor female apprentices who knew the terrible failure rate of alchemy. They thought that he didn't work hard enough and didn't understand the essence of alchemy, so they desperately consumed medicinal materials and devoted themselves to the practice of alchemy.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The sound of furnaces exploding came one after another, which made the master feel distressed and gratified. His apprentices and wives worked so hard, so how could he not be deeply gratified?
But Qingyun was fine. The alchemists who had been trained by the Holy Medical Family knew her well, so she could always keep a calm mind and made two successful pills in succession. Although Ding Ning still didn't like them, their quality was much better than the previous one, and they already had the embryonic form of an elixir.
But the more it was like this, the gentler Bai Xun 'er became. She felt that she was too useless and worked harder to make the elixir, but the more impatient she was, the less likely it was to succeed, and the frequency of furnaces exploding became higher and higher.
"Well, that's all for today. Tomorrow, I will build a separate alchemy room. You can practice when you are free. Now go to have breakfast. There are still a lot of things waiting for you today."
Ding Ning clapped his hands and stopped them from continuing to make elixirs.
How could he not see through their mentality? But it was useless to say some things. Only by letting them comprehend, explore, and summarize on their own could it be something that belonged to them.
The gentler Bai Xun 'er looked a little depressed, feeling very useless in her heart. Why did Qingyun make three elixirs, but they didn't succeed even once? Was it because they didn't have the talent for alchemy?
"Alchemy is not something that can be achieved overnight. It needs to be explored and comprehended carefully. In fact, you have done very well, but you didn't control the temperature well, which is the most difficult thing to control in the process of alchemy. It is basically impossible to make elixirs in one night."
Ding Ning still encouraged them, lest they lose confidence.
"I know you don't believe it and think why Qingyun can make elixirs successfully, but you can't. Don't forget that Qingyun has stayed in the Holy Medical Family and has more experience in alchemy than you."
Seeing the disbelief on the faces of the two women, Ding Ning said in an unquestionable tone before they could argue.
Seeing Qingyun's somewhat complacent expression, Ding Ning didn't forget to pour a basin of cold water on her head. "Of course, Qingyun, don't be complacent. What you made can not be called elixirs at all. At most, it can be regarded as the prototype of elixirs. Although you have good control of the temperature, there are too many flaws in the method of pill closing. You need to continue to work hard."
"Yes, I know, Master!"
Qingyun stuck out her tongue and replied respectfully.
Although they were all Ding Ning's women, imparting knowledge was a very sacred thing. When learning alchemy, they only had one identity, that was, they were his apprentices.
"Qingyun is born with a Fire Spiritual Body, so she is most suitable to become an alchemist. Rourou is of the earth attribute, but earth gives birth to fire. As long as you are willing to work hard, it is not difficult to control the temperature to the extent that you can move your arm. And Xun Er …"
Seeing that their attitudes were very proper, Ding Ning still said some encouraging words, but when he mentioned Bai Xun 'er, he paused slightly, and after organizing his words, he said softly, "Xun' er, although you are not of the fire attribute, you have abundant blood power, not to mention that you also have the innate magical power of decomposition and stripping. In terms of alchemy, this is far more unique than having the fire attribute. If you are willing to study hard, I will teach you the alchemy skills of the Ghost Valley."
Bai Xun Er's eyes lit up. Although she didn't speak, she nodded heavily to express her determination.
She liked to read books in her spare time, and she especially liked to study the history of Shenzhou. She had long been fascinated by the famous Gui Guzi in the history of Shenzhou. It was definitely a great temptation for her to be able to learn the alchemy skills of Gui Guzi.
Qingyun and Rourou glanced at Bai Xun Er enviously. Although they also wanted to learn the alchemy of Gui Guzi, they knew that there was a limit to one's ability.
The medical skills of Yan Huang alone were enough for them to study for a long time. If they learned the alchemy of Gui Guzi's lineage, they would only be biting off more than they could chew and waste their energy and time.
Ding Ning also had his own considerations for this arrangement. After all, Xun Er was of the Demon Clan, so it would be easier for her to make full use of demonic beast bones, Nascent Elixir, Qi, blood, and hair.
What's more, she had the supernatural power of petrification, penetration, decomposition, and stripping. When dealing with demonic beast bones and minerals, she could get twice the result with half the effort.
It should be known that demonic beast bones were not so easy to deal with. Ordinary sabers and swords could not easily break their defense. Even with magic weapons, if they were not handled well, their blood, qi, and essence would be lost, and the loss would outweigh the gain.
There were also some ores that could be used as medicine. If ordinary people wanted to extract useful substances from them, they needed to carry out continuous chemical reactions. The procedure was extremely complicated, and the useful substances that were finally extracted would go through many chemical reactions. Not only would their purity be greatly reduced, but their medicinal properties would also be greatly reduced, and the utilization rate would be extremely low.
But in front of Xun Er, who had the supernatural power of decomposition and stripping, these problems were no longer a problem. Not only was her efficiency very high, but she could also maximize the use of useful substances. She was definitely the best natural successor of Gui Gu's alchemy.
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