PNB Chapter 41 Guiyuan Sect Danfeng 7
Chapter 41 Guiyuan Sect Danfeng 7
After a night's rest, the little cloud beast and the little black dragon had recovered considerably.
Unlike the energetic little cloud beast, the little black dragon was very obedient. Cheng Jiu's monotonous cultivation life gained an extra activity: spending time with the little cloud beast to release his energy.
Otherwise, this energetic little cloud beast would keep causing trouble.
When she played with the little cloud beast, the little black dragon would also spontaneously emerge from her wrist and roar at her, indicating that she shouldn't show favoritism.
After circling several times in the sky, the little cloud beast contentedly put Cheng Jiu down, then stared at her with a blank and adorable expression.
Cheng Jiu's heart softened at the sight of the adorable little cloud beast. However, his strong reason prevailed, and he stopped playing with the little cloud beast.
She booked a sixth-grade fire chamber on the fire vein. In fact, Cheng Jiu had also encountered a bottleneck since refining the top-grade pill.
Because when she was refining pills, her sea of consciousness was consumed too much. It was one thing for a first-grade pill to have five kinds of spiritual herbs, but for second-grade and third-grade pills, that is to say, the higher the grade of the pill, the more spiritual herbs it required.
At this moment, Cheng Jiu realized that his method of refining top-grade pills was a stupid one!
She relied entirely on her naturally vast sea of consciousness, which was much larger than others. When refining pills, if her sea of consciousness was insufficient, it was easy to break down and she would be unable to refine them.
How can this be allowed? Are we supposed to live off our talent for the rest of our lives? And what if, later on, her spiritual awareness can't keep up with the level of her alchemy skills?
Wouldn't her talent as an alchemist capable of refining top-grade pills be just a flash in the pan?
So today she's going to improve her alchemy methods!
The mainstream alchemy method in the cultivation world today is actually the one passed down by the Medicine Ancestor from 100,000 years ago.
It can be said that the alchemy methods of 100,000 years ago were almost like a stream of consciousness.
Take the pill seal of the Rejuvenation Pill for example. Before the birth of this Medicine Ancestor, there was no standard at all. Even for such an ordinary first-grade pill, there were nearly 20 different pill seals, and the success rate was also different.
Later, the Medicine Ancestor invented the New Method of Alchemy, which involved first processing the spiritual herbs in a unified manner, then pouring them into the alchemy furnace, and finally forming hand seals.
Previously, you had to form a seal once for each medicinal herb you placed, but the Medicine Ancestor's method allows you to form all the seals at once.
The Medicine Ancestor integrated all the hand seal methods in the cultivation world and summarized a set of efficient and versatile hand seal techniques.
The success rate of alchemy in the cultivation world was greatly improved because of him.
There are two methods of alchemy. One is the "wood-processing method," which involves pre-treating the medicinal herbs before alchemy. This results in fewer impurities in the medicinal liquid when it enters the furnace, making it easier to form the final product.
Another method is fire quenching, which involves continuously using fire spiritual energy during the alchemy process to quench impurities, ultimately purifying the medicinal liquid. The purer the liquid, the higher the quality of the resulting pill.
Cheng Jiu is facing this dilemma. She has a Heavenly Wood Spiritual Root, which does not contain any fire attribute. Therefore, she has to carefully process her medicinal herbs, which reduces her utilization rate of fire.
This time, she wanted to reduce the utilization rate of the processed medicinal materials. Whether she was using her divine sense to soothe or regulate them before, she was actually trying to maximize the utilization rate of the medicinal materials.
Therefore, even without controlling the flames, she was able to refine top-grade pills.
However, she now feels that her method is too clumsy and too tiring, so she plans to take a two-pronged approach, first sorting out 70% or 80% of the elixirs.
The remaining impurities are removed using flames during the alchemy process.
Now that he had a goal and a plan in mind, Cheng Jiu began to practice. The process felt extremely wonderful, just like a novice driver learning to drive.
This car was like a wild horse, constantly swerving left and right.
"Bang!" Cheng Jiu was sprayed with white smoke in his face.
She failed. This was her first failure. But it didn't matter; there's no such thing as an alchemist who doesn't fail.
She poured out the residue from the alchemy furnace, which could be used as fertilizer for the spiritual herbs she had planted.
I summarized the reasons for the failure: I wasn't assertive enough and failed to pull that runaway horse back.
The second time, the car wobbled and swayed as it drove off again. This time, she forcefully controlled the flames, preventing them from suddenly escalating. As she progressed to the middle stage of the process, she became increasingly confused.
It was as if she had embarked on a rugged road, crooked and unsure of which way to go. Her control over the flames was also somewhat lacking, unlike the confidence she had when she was calming the spirit herbs and refining pills.
A burnt smell wafted from the alchemy furnace; it had failed again.
She took a deep breath to comfort herself, "It's okay, it's okay." She poured out the residue and began refining the third batch.
Because of the test drive experience, although the car was winding and twisting, it didn't roll over.
A strange fragrance wafted over; there were five high-grade and three low-grade items, a total of eight.
If we can refine it, we'll definitely be able to make further progress.
Cheng Jiu cheered himself up. With the experience of his previous success, he was now confident in controlling the timing and heat.
She seemed to be able to see inside the alchemy furnace, but in fact she did not probe the furnace with her divine sense; instead, she was focused on the flames.
She controlled the alchemy furnace with her spiritual energy. She continuously formed hand seals and channeled her energy into the furnace.
A unique fragrance wafted out, and upon opening the box again, five round, patterned, top-grade pills were revealed.
Cheng Jiu was overjoyed. She had achieved her goal in just three tries. She really was a genius!
While she still had a good feel for the ingredients, she prepared to refine several more batches of different pills.
They stayed in the alchemy room for three or four days in a row, and the pills piled up like a mountain.
The little cloud beast and the little black dragon were quite happy, although they preferred spirit beast food to spirit beast food.
However, the top-grade pills that Cheng Jiu refined were also delicious snacks for them.
Cheng Jiu didn't stop them from eating. After all, she was always refining pills, and they had been obediently staying here with her. What was wrong with them eating some pills?
In fact, she had suggested that the little cloud beast could go out and play, since she knew it was a lively creature and couldn't stay still.
But the other party insisted on staying with her, spending every day she trained the little cloud beast.
They are all adorable babies; just thinking about them makes Cheng Jiu's heart soften.
Feeling that he had recovered sufficiently, Cheng Jiu packed his things, wondering how his senior brothers and sisters were doing with their injuries.
When she was preparing to go into seclusion to refine pills, it was Senior Brother An Qi who took over the care of her two junior brothers and sisters.
Not only were Yingyue and Wensishu at ease, but Cheng Jiu was also at ease.
"Please, senior brother, please, senior brother, save my sister!" After passing through the Fire Vein Hall branch, they were preparing to settle the points they had accumulated over the past few days.
Then they saw a young boy clinging to the leg of a Nascent Soul stage senior brother, pleading with him.
The boy had an ordinary appearance and wore only the ordinary outer sect clothing of the Guiyuan Sect, and did not belong to the Seven Peaks.
The senior brother sighed helplessly, "Junior brother, it's not that I don't want to help you, but with just this one set of materials, I'm not even sure if I can refine it successfully. If it fails, do you expect me to provide you with more materials?"
"Senior brother, please rest assured, I will never blame you!" The boy cried, tears streaming down his face. "Please, senior brother, she is my only sister."
The senior brother remained indifferent and refused: "It's not that I'm cold-hearted or heartless, but if you could prepare two sets, I would help you practice. However, you only prepared one set, so I really don't have the ability."
"What happened?" Cheng Jiu asked the disciple who helped her with the settlement, curiously.
"He's pitiful too. This Junior Brother Yuan and his sister lost both their parents at a young age. They grew up relying on each other. The two of them participated in the Guiyuan Sect's recruitment conference. He entered the outer sect, while his sister, who was quite talented, entered the inner sect."
The two of them had a bright future ahead of them, but misfortune seems to befall those who are destined for hardship. Her older sister was poisoned by an evil snake while on a mission and needed the White Lotus Elixir to cure her.
Since his sister fell into a coma, Junior Brother Yuan risked his life to go on missions for her sake. He finally managed to gather enough spiritual herbs for a White Lotus Pill during his Foundation Establishment stage.
However, the White Lotus Pill is a fifth-grade elixir, and quite obscure; very few people on the entire Pill Peak have ever refined it. Success on the first try cannot be guaranteed.
But what if they fail? Are they expected to pay out of pocket? Even if this junior brother Yuan doesn't pursue the matter, he and his sister have a deep bond.
The alchemists were also worried that he would blame them for the cause. Even if this Junior Brother Yuan didn't know how, they didn't believe him, so they kept refusing. "This disciple clearly knew a lot," he analyzed.
Outside, the boy clutched the rare medicinal herbs he had painstakingly gathered, weeping in utter despair. He knelt on both knees, repeatedly kowtowing, blood seeping from his forehead, hoping that a merciful alchemist would take pity on him and refine medicine to save his sister.
Cheng Jiu watched this scene and touched her heart, feeling that it was still beating. She walked over and said, "Senior brother, if you believe me, I can help you refine it."
Why would I agree? Not because she's a saint, but because it's a basic human conscience: the successful should help others, while the poor should focus on their own well-being.
She has the ability to help this junior brother; everyone in this world has difficult times.
Just like back then, she also took a gamble and didn't care about anything when she went into the black market to buy pills that would make someone faint for three days.
For her, there couldn't be anything worse. She wanted the best she could get, and the best she could calculate.
At this point, there's no point in thinking about anything, because she's just a mortal, and in the eyes of cultivators, she's nothing more than an ant.
What ants do, and does it matter to humans?
Actually, she felt incredibly lucky to have met Liu Qi.
Even though she knew she was being used by Liu Qi, at that moment she was very grateful that Liu Qi was standing there, beckoning to her and telling her that he had a pill that could make someone faint for three days.
Although the scenarios and circumstances are different, she is willing to lend a helping hand as long as she has the ability to do so.
Moreover, since the incident happened right in front of us, wouldn't it be too cold-blooded not to help?
The young man looked at his junior sister and tears streamed down his face. Although he didn't believe she could refine it given her age, he was still incredulous.
But having been here for so long, only this junior sister was willing to lend a helping hand, and that kindness alone was enough to move him! At least the world wasn't so cold-hearted.
Looking into Cheng Jiu's sincere eyes, he felt uneasy. Should he believe her?
Thinking of his sister, he decided to give it a shot. Even if his junior sister failed, he would never blame her, because she had already tried her best.
If it's true, really... then they can only blame their bad luck!
His gaze gradually hardened as he handed the medicinal herbs in his arms to Cheng Jiu.
Cheng Jiu took the medicinal herbs and rented another hour from the fire room.
The White Lotus Pill is a fifth-grade pill. Cheng Jiu had also copied his pill formula, but thinking of the other party's sister, she still chose to use her divine sense to refine the pill.
This is a safer approach with a higher success rate. Cheng Jiu never considered providing a second batch of medicinal herbs himself.
If she really did give it up, then she would be the one who got ripped off; no alchemist in this world would say that.
As the alchemy furnace slowly opened, six top-grade pills appeared inside.
Cheng Jiu carefully collected the five pills. This was the rule for alchemists: prepare three sets of medicinal materials, and regardless of how many times they succeeded or how many pills they refined, only one pill would be given to the client. The rest were for the alchemist himself.
If all attempts fail, then giving nothing is the default.
The young man's mind was in turmoil, like a rollercoaster, while he was filled with hope that his junior sister could successfully refine it.
On one hand, he cursed himself inwardly. His junior sister was so young. What if she couldn't refine it? He had such high expectations. Wouldn't he blame his junior sister then? That would be really inhuman.
He kept pacing outside the room, his mind in turmoil.
When the alchemy room opened, he looked at Cheng Jiu expectantly.
Cheng Jiu tossed him a jade bottle: "I have fulfilled my mission!"
The boy carefully opened the jade bottle, and upon seeing the pills inside, tears streamed down his face.
He immediately knelt down before Cheng Jiu, who promptly helped him up, saying, "What are you doing? A man's knees are worth gold! Don't kneel like that."
"Thank you, junior sister, thank you, junior sister." The boy wiped away his tears and stuffed a green bead into Cheng Jiu's hand. "When my sister was attacked by the evil snake and fainted, she was holding this in her hand."
I know the rules for alchemists; consider this a thank-you gift from my junior sister. Don't worry, I will definitely repay you in the future.”
Before Cheng Jiu could say anything, he suddenly ran out.
Cheng Jiu looked at the bead in his hand with curiosity. As soon as he touched it, he could feel the enormous wood spiritual energy inside.
She took a closer sniff of the bead and realized it was a rare medicinal bead.
It can promote the growth of medicinal herbs, and medicinal herbs that grow in places with medicinal beads will even have better effects.
What was originally an act of kindness turned out to be a worthwhile outcome; good deeds are indeed rewarded.
Because she helped someone, her mood improved.
After returning home, she buried the medicinal beads in the ground in the yard.