My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

After returning to the charity cemetery, he was not in a hurry to make the elixir because he didn't know how to do it, so he simply fed the spirit chicken some food and teased Lao Hei with the animal taming chapter in "The Art of Controlling Spirits".

The method was to hold food in one hand and a stick in the other. After an hour, there was no progress and it almost made the beast angry.

Seeing that this task could not be completed, he simply started practicing again. It was not until the afternoon that Uncle Jiu finished his work with Old Master Ren. Jiang Li hurried forward and said, "Master, I have bought all the herbs. When do you think we can start refining the elixir?"

Uncle Jiu said as soon as he heard it, "I'll go burn incense and take a bath first, then start the furnace. You should prepare everything first, then take out the furnace under my bed and clean it!"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Okay, Master, go take a shower first!"

Jiang Li soon found a one foot two inch three-legged copper stove under Uncle Jiu's bed. He took it outside to clean it and found that there were many rune marks engraved on it. He looked at it for a long time but couldn't recognize them all.

He simply stopped insisting and moved out a table, took out various herbs, bowls, dishes and knives, and finally took down a medicine box from the carriage and took out a syringe from it.

At this time, Wencai also came to the courtyard and said, "Junior brother, what kind of medicine are you going to make?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's the elixir you've always wanted, the one that can speed up your cultivation. It's a pity it's too expensive. One dose costs thirty or forty dollars."

When Wencai first heard that it was a pill that could speed up cultivation, he was ecstatic. Then, when he heard that a dose of the medicine cost thirty or forty yuan, he was shocked. Finally, he looked hesitant and embarrassed, as if he wanted to say something.

Seeing him like this, Jiang Li knew what he was thinking, so he said, "Now these herbs can only be used to refine one or two pills. When there are more in the future, I will give you a few."

Wencai was immediately delighted when he heard this and said, "Junior brother, you are really nice. When I become rich in the future, I will make you a hundred or eighty pills and let you eat them every day."

At this time, Uncle Jiu came out after bathing. He looked at the things that had been prepared in the yard and nodded, saying, "Let's light the fire first. I want to make some ordinary medicine to practice, so as not to waste the spiritual chicken blood."

Jiang Li didn't have any objection because he didn't know how to make pills. Uncle Jiu thought it was almost done, so he put some common medicinal materials into the furnace and started to make some common medicine for injuries.

After an hour of practice, Uncle Jiu had successfully refined three furnaces of medicinal powder. He cleaned the furnace and said to Jiang Li, "Go get five coins of spiritual chicken blood."

Then he began to refine the Essence Pill, putting various herbs into the furnace one by one. He then used his magic power to crush them into powder under high temperature, and let it float in the furnace without touching the inner wall. When he saw that the time was ripe, he told Jiang Li to throw the sliced ​​Polygonatum into the furnace.

After outputting his mana for a full five minutes, Uncle Jiu said, "Inject the spirit chicken blood into the alchemy furnace."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li immediately injected blood into the alchemy furnace. Then Uncle Jiu increased his magic power to make it rotate, and used the blood of the spirit chicken as a catalyst to glue it into a ball. Finally, a lot of impurities were thrown out during the continuous rotation.

Seeing that it was almost ready, Uncle Jiu asked Jiang Li to add some honey to take advantage of its stickiness to make it into a pill. After a moment, Uncle Jiu used his magic power to lift the pill and put it on a plate.

"Dancheng"

Jiang Li and Wencai looked at the three round pills on the plate and sniffed them hard, but after sniffing for a long time they only smelled a hint of honey, but not any smell of medicine.

Jiang Li looked at Uncle Jiu who was sweating slightly and said, "Master, is refining the elixir very consuming? You look very tired."

Uncle Jiu said, "It is indeed a big consumption, but it is not a big problem. It won't have any impact if I refine one furnace every day."

Jiang Li felt relieved after hearing what Uncle Jiu said, and then continued to ask, "Master, have you refined the Essence Pill?"

Uncle Jiu smiled and said, "It has indeed been refined, and the three pills produced are of pretty good quality."

Jiang Li looked at these three blackish red pills with a lot of question marks in his mind. He really wanted to ask, are these considered of good quality?

But he didn't ask in the end. At this time, Jiang Li smelled a burnt smell. He turned around and found that the fire was still there and black smoke was coming out of the furnace. He immediately used a wooden stick to pry open the furnace to check the situation.

When Jiang Li opened the lid, he found a large amount of carbonized slag at the bottom of the furnace. It would catch fire immediately if a spark fell into it.

Uncle Jiu said at this time, "The impurities at the bottom of the furnace are herbal medicines and are useless."

"You should refine these three essence pills as soon as possible, otherwise the medicinal properties will be lost over time."

Jiang Li asked in surprise, "Could it be that this medicine cannot be stored for a long time? Then we have to take it and refine it immediately, which is so troublesome!"

Uncle Jiu smiled and said, "This elixir won't lose much of its medicinal power if left alone for a day or two, but if you want to preserve it for a long time, you have to use top-quality jade as a container and then seal it with a talisman."

Jiang Li understood this and looked at the three Essence Pills again. He said to Uncle Jiu, "Master, there are three of us. Let's just give each of us one!"

Wencai immediately clapped his hands in agreement, but Uncle Jiu said, "These spiritual beasts and medicinal materials are all yours, how can we take advantage of you?"

"Besides, if this herb was cheap, I would have accepted it, but this one costs ten dollars, I'm really embarrassed to accept it."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "There is no need to distinguish between you and me among us, Master. I have not yet repaid you for teaching me the Dharma. As a disciple, I would like to give you a pill as a gift. Please accept it."

Wencai also agreed, "Yes, Master, just accept it!"

Uncle Jiu still refused and said, "I won't take it. You are still at a low level of cultivation and you need this item. Take it quickly!"

Seeing that Uncle Jiu refused to accept it, Jiang Li said, "You consumed a lot of energy in refining the medicine just now, so you have to accept it. Otherwise, how can I let you refine the medicine for me in the future?"

Uncle Jiu hesitated a little after hearing this, and immediately refused, "Forget it this time, let's talk about it next time when we refine the elixir!"

Jiang Li saw Uncle Jiu's hesitation and immediately understood what was going on. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Master. I'll give Brother Wencai one this time. I won't be so generous next time. After all, it may take a month to make a whole batch of this stuff. If you want to eat it again, you'll have to pay for it."

Uncle Jiu sighed and said, "Forget it, since you insist, I won't refuse anymore."

After that, he said to Wencai who was very happy, "Wencai, you are not very talented, and you are lazy and like to eat. It would be a waste to eat this essence pill, but your junior brother will give you one today, so just accept it, and don't ask him for it again in the future."

Wencai was a little discouraged when he heard this, but when he thought about getting a ten-dollar gem for nothing, he became happy again. He patted his chest and said, "Master, don't worry. I know what I am like. I will never have any unreasonable thoughts again."

Uncle Jiu listened to this and nodded, "This is the best."

Then he said to the two of them, "This Essence Pill is used to assist in cultivation. It will be most effective if you restore your mana to full strength before taking it."