Wanfa Daojun, starting from the Little Cloud and Rain Technique

Chapter 236: Master Zhengyang
At the end of noon, in the cave of Chiyan Peak, the underground fire room.

Ji An placed the jade slip against his forehead, pondering the refining of the Huangya Pill.

This kind of medicine requires five ingredients: yellow rice, red flower, black jade ginseng, ice spirit flower and poria cocos.

The main ingredient is still yellow sprout rice, but the requirement for the degree of refinement of yellow sprout rice is one level higher than that for refining fasting pills.

The spiritual rice used to refine the Bigu Pill only needs to be refined once, while the rice used to refine the Huangya Pill needs to be refined three times.

Putting down the jade slip, Ji An lit the Qingling bamboo charcoal and skillfully performed the warm fire finger technique of the Sanyang Danhuo Jue.

The pale blue flame remained stable, warming the Qinglian Fire Cloud Furnace.

Fire clouds drifted on the surface of the alchemy furnace and green lotuses swayed, indicating that the alchemy furnace was already warm.

Ji An used the object control technique to open the lid of the furnace and poured the yellow rice into it, filling one-third of the furnace.

His palms flexibly changed the magic spells, and the flame under the furnace remained a light green.

His finger movements changed from warming the fire to nurturing the fire, and the flames evenly spread across the lower half of the furnace.

The temperature in the furnace was getting higher and higher. Ji An's finger technique changed to fire again, and the flames rose higher.

He easily refined the spiritual rice twice, but when he was refining it for the third time, a "puff" sound suddenly came from the furnace.

The sound was faint, but to Ji An it sounded like thunder.

Wisps of green smoke emerged from the alchemy furnace, and he found that the essence of the yellow rice had turned into a black mass, and the room was filled with a burnt smell.

Ji An bared his teeth, his expedition was not going well.

He used the Small Cloud and Rain Technique to rinse the alchemy furnace, wondering why something went wrong.

After a while, I roughly understood what was going on. The temperature in the furnace continued to rise, exceeding the maximum temperature that the yellow rice essence could withstand, so I needed to use the Three Yang Dan Fire Technique to weaken the flame.

When refining the Qigong Pill, since the medicinal materials only needed to be tempered once, this problem was not taken into consideration at all.

Master is right. Refining this kind of medicine will test your refining experience.

After figuring out the whole story, Ji An began to temper the yellow rice for the second time.

While he was practicing the magic formula, he kept an eye on the temperature inside the furnace, and soon succeeded in refining the spirit rice essence a sufficient number of times.

Ji An continued to refine the essence of spiritual medicines. The red flower, black jade ginseng, ice spirit flower, and poria cocos all needed to be refined twice.

There was a failure once each during the second refining of the Xuanyu Ginseng and the Bingling Flower, but everything else went smoothly.

Half an hour later, Ji An finally refined all five medicinal herbs.

"I need to take in an alchemy apprentice from now on, who will be responsible for tasks like extracting essences every day to reduce my workload."

He muttered something, cleaned the furnace again, and continued refining.

Alchemy emphasizes the main ingredient, the auxiliary ingredient, the assistant ingredient and the guiding ingredient. In the Huangya Pill, the yellow bud rice is the main ingredient and the source of most of the spiritual energy in the pill.

Red safflower and black ginseng are ministerial drugs, which enhance the efficacy of the medicine; ice spirit flower is an adjuvant drug, which strengthens the effects of the main and ministerial drugs; and Poria cocos is a guiding drug, which harmonizes the medicinal properties of various herbs.

When the temperature in the furnace gradually rose, Ji An put the essence of yellow rice into it and waited for it to melt into liquid.

Then, light red crimson flower crystals and light white black jade ginseng crystals were added respectively. The two crystals gradually dissolved, and two distinct colors appeared in the spiritual liquid.

Immediately afterwards, Ji An threw the light blue, almost transparent ice spirit flower crystals into the alchemy furnace.

"Oh!"

There was a sudden explosion inside the furnace, pushing the lid open and spilling the medicine all over the floor.

"Oh shit, there's an accident!"

Ji An smiled bitterly. The Ice Spirit Flower was cold in nature. When adding the essence of this spiritual medicine, the temperature in the furnace should be lowered first, and then the essence should be added.

After the Ice Spirit Flower essence is completely absorbed into the medicinal liquid, add the Poria cocos essence to harmonize the medicinal properties, and finally condense the liquid and make the pill.

Ji An cleaned the alchemy furnace and continued to refine the alchemy.

This minor failure had no psychological impact on him at all; instead, he thought it was a good thing.

It would be better to step into all the pitfalls. The value of elixirs is low now, which is the best time to accumulate experience.

If a problem has never been exposed, that would be the most dangerous.

If an undisclosed problem were to occur while refining a high-level elixir, the loss would be unbearable.

After refining the essence of the medicinal materials, Ji An began the actual refining.

Because I knew exactly where I went wrong, it was much easier the second time I refined it.

After half an hour, Ji An used the method of dividing the pills and condensed four pills. The others were all inferior pills, and there was even a waste pill with extremely high toxicity.

He directly crushed the waste and inferior pills, and then put the yellow bud pills into the medicine bottle.

Ji An closed his eyes and carefully recalled the rhythm of alchemy, thinking about what could be improved and how to improve it.

After reviewing for a while, he opened his eyes and started the third round of refining.

This time it was also successful, and four pills were made.

Although the number of pills produced has not increased, it can be clearly felt that the refining efficiency has increased a lot.

With this success rate, the cost can be recovered.

After refining the three furnaces of pills today, Ji An opened the seal of the earth fire, took out a few fist-sized pieces of meteorite iron ore, and then pinched the pill fire formula.

This set of spells can not only be used to make pills, but is also good for refining ores.

The underground fire gushed out like a fire dragon. Ji An used his fingers to control the fire, and the flames obediently wrapped around the ore under his control.

The underground fire of Red Flame Peak contains a trace of gold-element spiritual inspiration. There is no need to remove it when smelting ore. Instead, these inspirations can nourish gold-element spiritual objects.

The temperature of the ore rose rapidly and began to melt slowly, and the residue and meteorite iron spirit liquid slowly separated.

After refining several pieces of ore, a two-inch long metal bar with a thickness of a little finger was harvested.

The meteorite iron burned red, and as the temperature gradually dropped, it became silvery and bright like water, with a hint of coldness spreading.

This coldness does not refer to temperature, but the touch of spiritual consciousness.

According to the introduction of refining materials, meteorite iron is extremely sharp and is often used to create flying sword blanks or as a material for refining flying swords.

Ji An put the meteorite iron into a jade box and covered the box with a layer of dark yellow soil.

He put the jade box into the storage bag, took out a few pieces of ore again, and began to refine the ore by pinching the magic formula.

Chaoyang Peak, Wuji Palace.

There were more than twenty cultivators sitting in the main hall. Except for the one who was in charge of Mingfeng Mountain, all the Chaoyuan-stage cultivators of the Jinling Sect gathered here.

The leader was an old man with a thin face. He was the sect's Golden Core Patriarch, with the Taoist name 'Zhengyang'. Another Patriarch was named 'Yuxiao' and was currently in charge of Mingfeng Mountain.

Zhenren Zhengyang lived for eight hundred years and was a fifth-level Jindan cultivator. Zhenren Yuxiao lived for five hundred years and was a third-level Jindan cultivator.

"After investigation, we found that there are nearly one million demon beasts gathered around Moyun Valley, including eight Golden Core Stage Demon Kings, and more demon beasts are constantly joining.

According to the records preserved by Luofeng Valley, the scale of the demon beasts gathering at this time has reached the scale of the last demon disaster."

Zhenren Zhengyang paused, looked around at everyone, and said:

"The situation is not optimistic. Within a year or two, a demonic disaster will inevitably erupt. By then, it's very likely that a Nascent Soul stage demonic beast will appear.

We don't have much time left to prepare. We need to gradually tighten up the resources such as various formation plates, formation flags, elixirs, spirit stones, etc., and the weapon refining hall needs to stockpile more magical instruments and spiritual instruments.

After the demonic disaster breaks out, all human cultivators along Mingfeng Mountain must hold their formations and be on guard. Remember not to go out and hunt demons."

When the demon disaster broke out last time, a demon beast in the Yuanying stage, the Sky-Swallowing Clam, appeared in the demon clan. It was only because of the Yuanying master from Zhongzhou that Xizhou was restrained that Xizhou was saved.

"Ancestor, when will the cultivators from Central Continent arrive to support us?"

Lin Jiuxiao asked, if there was no participation of the Nascent Soul monsters, although the monster forces were larger, the power of the Western Continent cultivators might not be able to protect the human territory.

If the power of Yuanying level joins the battle, Xizhou will definitely need help from the outside world, otherwise it will inevitably collapse.

Without the protection of a mountain protection formation of the third-grade or higher level, it would certainly be impossible to resist the attack of the Nascent Soul stage power.

Zhengyang Zhenren pursed his lips and said in a cold voice:
"We received a response from Zhongzhou a few months ago. Support will not arrive for two years."

The Jindan cultivators in Xizhou were very dissatisfied after receiving this reply, but they had to rely on the cultivators in Zhongzhou to resist the possible Yuanying stage monsters, so they could only put on a smile and swallow their anger.

"The cultivators in Central Continent are completely treating us as a buffer zone against demonic beasts. Aren't they worried that if the situation in Western Continent takes a sudden turn for the worse, Central Continent will also be hit by a demonic disaster?"

“If we don’t drain every last drop of blood from the cultivators of Western Continent, the demonic beasts won’t go through the long journey of Lianyun Mountains to attack Central Continent.

We have to fight to defend our homeland, and the monks of Zhongzhou are fearless."

The monks began to discuss and were quite critical of the Central Continent's actions.

Zhenren Zhengyang waved his hand to interrupt the crowd and said in a deep voice:

“The situation is stronger than people, and there is no point in saying this.

We acted according to the original plan and tried our best to defend the Mingfeng Mountain area, even if it meant sacrificing the Mingfeng Mountain's earth veins.

After the war broke out, more forces were organized to rush to the front line.

The longer Mingfeng Mountain holds out, the less impact the sect will suffer."

Among the three sects, Jinling Sect and Yuanhe Mountain are located to the west, closer to the heart of the Shiwan Mountains, and have a strategic depth of thousands of miles less than Luofeng Valley.

If the monsters break through Mingfeng Mountain, other small strongholds will fall soon.

Lin Qiubai frowned slightly and said:

"The timing of the demonic disaster is a bit tricky. The Canglan Secret Realm will open in two years. If the demonic disaster breaks out, how many disciples should we send to participate in the fight for resources?"

There is no shortage of resources for refining Peiyuan Pills in the secret realm, so we must not give up.

"Just keep the same scale as before. The resources in the secret realm are of great help to us.

The demonic disaster had just broken out at that time, so the loss of one hundred Foundation Establishment disciples participating in the battle wouldn't have caused much of a dent."

Zhenren Zhengyang stood up and said solemnly:

“From now on, stockpile as much strategic materials as possible, but don’t let it affect prices outside the sect.

The later the independent cultivators learn about the situation, the more thorough our preparations will be. By then, we can use the resources we have to drive them to fight for their lives."

He waved his hand and continued:
"Everyone go down and get ready."

A month later.

Ji An piloted the shuttle and landed on the top of Ningcui Cliff. He had received an invitation from his master yesterday and was attending a small gathering today.

He stepped into the cave and found that only his master and Ge Luoying were inside.

Ji An took a few quick steps forward and bowed, saying:

"Greetings, Master and Senior Sister."

Ge Ying smiled and nodded, saying:

"Luo Ying, this is my disciple Ji An. You have met before."

Groying nodded politely and said calmly:
"Junior brother."

Ge Ying shook her head imperceptibly and continued:
“Ji An is one of my most outstanding disciples. He broke through to the late stage of foundation building a while ago.

Luo Ying, aren't you looking for meteorite iron? Ji An happens to have some, so you can trade with him."

She sent a message to the other party:
“Ji An got 240 Xuanmu Gathering Spirit Pills from me. These pills can be exchanged for a large amount of meteorite iron, which is enough for you to refine your flying sword.

He was only fifty-six years old when he broke through, and enjoyed the treatment of a top-class disciple.

Your cultivation levels are similar, so you should move around more often in the future."

Hearing the words of his elders, Groying's eyes flashed with surprise and scrutiny.

The fifty-six-year-old cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage could be considered an elite of the sect. The other party was younger when he broke through to the late Foundation Establishment stage than she was when she did.

Ji An didn't care about Ge Luoying's attitude. He took out a few jade boxes and said:
"Senior Sister, this is the meteorite iron I refined. Take as much as you need.

If the quantity is not enough, I will collect some more and give them to you when I return."

If the Xuanmu Gathering Spirit Pill is sold as spirit stones, it would cost about 150 spirit stones per pill, and there is no demand for it.

He needs to pay 36,000 spirit stones for his master's 240 pills.

If meteorite iron is sold as spirit stones, it costs about four hundred spirit stones per tael, which is also in short supply. It can be exchanged for nine kilograms of meteorite iron.

Ge Luoying picked up the jade box and opened it. He took out a dozen pieces of meteorite iron and weighed them, adding and subtracting them constantly. He said:
"Two kilograms of meteorite iron is enough. Thank you for your help, Junior Brother."

Meteoric iron is relatively rare and is formed when meteorites fall from the sky into volcanoes.

Now that she has enough materials, her next step is to use the unique secret technique of sword cultivation to replace a certain material in her magic sword with meteorite iron.

After all the materials are replaced, the magic sword will naturally become a spiritual weapon.

Ji An put away the jade box and said:
"Senior Sister, since you want to refine your flying sword, do you need the golden leaves of the Black Leaf Sword Bamboo? I have some second-level golden leaves."

The gold element spiritual liquid refined from bamboo leaves is a good material for nourishing flying swords. With the spiritual liquid, there is no need to use gold element essence.

Groying's eyes were curved like crescent moons, and their light was shining:
"Junior brother, you have a lot of good things in your hands. Of course I want the gold leaves. Five pounds is enough for me."

She didn't expect to have so many extra gains today, and she was delighted.

Ji An took out the gold leaf from his storage bag, weighed it, and handed it to the other party:

“Senior Sister, I have cultivated more than thirty second-level sword bamboos in Scarlet Flame Peak.

If you need gold leaf, just let me know in advance."

Ge Luoying's eyes brightened a little more. After getting five kilograms of gold leaves, she didn't need them at the moment, but she would still need them in large quantities in the future.

“Junior brother, thank you.

Let's exchange mana marks. If there's any need, I'll let you know in advance."

The spiritual liquid refined from gold leaves is most suitable for nourishing gold-type spiritual weapons. All sword practitioners will not think that they have too many gold leaves in their hands.

Seeing Ge Luoying take the initiative to propose exchanging magic power marks, Ge Ying's mouth curled up slightly. This was exactly what she wanted to see.

Only by constantly making contact can you slowly build up friendships.

(End of this chapter)