Chapter 168 King Qin Asks for Elixir
Everyone looked at Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin blinked and lowered his head thoughtfully.
If the alchemy method that Liu Yunxiu learned in his dream came from that person, then what did it mean to arrange this obstacle and to arrange himself as the person who broke it?
What impact will it have whether you come or not?
Laozi went west through Hangu Pass and left behind 5,000 words on Taoism. He is the well-deserved ancestor of Taoism and one of the Three Pure Ones.
Such an existence has deep meaning in every move, but Jiang Lin just can't comprehend it.
What is the profound meaning of Daozu?
No one present asked this question, but everyone was thinking about it in their hearts.
"Forget it."
Jiang Lin suddenly raised his head and said, "It would be strange if you could figure it out in a short time."
"Just let nature take its course."
After that, he looked at Liu Yunxiu and said, "Since the Taoist master has passed down this alchemy method to you, I naturally hope that you will practice diligently no matter what."
"Although Daozu did not forbid you from passing it on to others, he did not allow it either. It would be best if only you knew the essence of it."
"Although Miaoqing and the princess already know something, nothing has happened. But if you want to tell others in the future, you must hold a sacrifice and ask for permission before you can act."
Listening to Jiang Lin's instructions, Liu Yunxiu nodded obediently. She was still a little confused and didn't know what to do.
After all, he is the ancestor of Taoism, and is more than just a legendary figure.
Now, the Taoist master actually preached to her in a dream...
This made Liu Yunxiu excited, but also a little suspicious.
Are you really qualified?
In other words, did the Taoist Patriarch really favor me and pass down this true Dharma to me?
It is human nature to worry about gains and losses, let alone a teenage girl.
"It shouldn't be..."
Miaoqing suddenly started mumbling.
"What shouldn't be done?"
Jiang Lin looked at Miao Qing and asked with some confusion.
Miao Qing raised her head and looked at Zhou Rou thoughtfully, and asked, "Sister Rou, when we were refining the elixir just now, you were watching the entire process. Did we make any mistakes?"
Zhou Rou was stunned when she heard this, and thought for a long time. Finally, she said hesitantly: "If we follow Yun Xiu's statement, it seems that there are no mistakes or omissions, but I can only see the surface."
"There is nothing wrong with the inside. I am in control of all the mana flow and the timing of igniting the fire."
Miao Qing said decisively, then looked at Jiang Lin and said, "Brother Dao, you should know that when we practice the Mighty Law, the thing we fear most is making mistakes. In this regard, I have confidence."
Jiang Lin nodded in agreement.
Whether it is the Three Emperors Law or the Tianpeng Law, both are one of the five great powerful laws, and practicing them is not a good experience.
The purpose is to make practitioners pay extra attention to caution in this process, and also to teach disciples that the power of this method should be used well.
Therefore, Jiang Lin didn’t know how other family’s magic lineages were, but those who cultivated Tianpeng and Sanhuang were all first-class in controlling magic power.
Even the details will not be wrong. After all, even in daily practice, you are walking on a tightrope thousands of feet high in the air, so it is impossible not to be subtle.
"There is no problem with the ritual process, and there is no problem with the elixir refining method..."
Miao Qing muttered to herself, "The alchemy method passed down by the Taoist ancestors is unlikely to have any problems, but why did the furnace explode?"
At this time, the King of Qin on the side could not help but raise his hand and said, "Master, Master Miaoqing, did you miss anything?"
Hearing this, Jiang Lin and others looked at King Qin.
The latter said hesitantly: "Just like stinky tofu has to be stinky before it is considered successful, maybe... the furnace has to be blown up before the elixir can be successful?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Jiang Lin and Miao Qing looked at each other, and at the same time jumped towards the tall attic.
At this moment, the fire in the attic had been extinguished, and the small half of the building from the roof down had collapsed. Among the half-covered dark ruins, a charred alchemy furnace lay quietly.
This alchemy furnace is not big, only about the size of a wine jar, two feet high and one and a half feet wide.
The bronze alchemy furnace, even though it has been blackened, still has a hint of antiquity. It can be seen that it is a priceless antique in itself.
You can tell at first glance that it is a treasure from the royal palace.
However, this treasure, which is usually worth more than a fortune, is now lying there with the lid tilted on it.
Through the gaps and the hollows on the alchemy furnace, a hint of warm golden light could be vaguely seen.
This golden light formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding darkness.
Jiang Lin and Miao Qing looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
"Your Highness Prince Qin is right..."
Miao Qing secretly clenched her fists, and said in excitement, a little dazedly: "Moreover, it's a golden elixir..."
"Yes, it's still the golden elixir..."
Jiang Lin echoed absentmindedly.
Pills also have good and bad qualities.
The golden elixir is obviously something that can only be found by chance. In most cases, the elixir that is gilded with gold is called the "immortal elixir".
This is almost one of the laws of alchemy. To refine the golden elixir, one must be an immortal or above.
Just like the elixir given to Jiang Lin by Zhong Mingzhen, it is habitually called the golden elixir.
But now, this law, which is basically common sense for practitioners, has been broken.
The three little girls had practiced for less than twenty years in total, and one of them was a mortal.
With such a combination, the golden elixir was produced at the cost of only half of the attic being burned down and the alchemy furnace exploding!
This price is almost no price at all.
Just find a practitioner of alchemy in the world and tell him that all he needs to do is blow up a furnace and burn a house to make the elixir.
Then, this practitioner will definitely say that except for the place where the ancestor meditated, other places can be burned at will!
Jiang Lin and Miao Qing looked at each other and walked forward.
"Dang Cang."
Jiang Lin bent down and raised his hand to remove the lid of the alchemy furnace, and the faint golden light was completely revealed.
The gold color is not too pure and is a bit dull, but it is already the result that all alchemy practitioners in the world dream of but cannot achieve.
"one two Three……"
Miao Qing pointed at them one by one and exclaimed, "Actually... there are ten?"
Jiang Lin didn't say anything, but the surprise in his eyes was no less than Miao Qing's.
He considered himself to be worldly-wise, but this was the first time he had seen such a scene.
The three newbies were just trying to do something simple, just following the instructions, without any experience at all, yet they produced ten golden pills in the first furnace!
Even if it is a low-quality golden elixir, it is still a golden elixir!
Jiang Lin picked up one carefully and found that the pill was not round, but had some pits and twists.
This is clearly the result that would only be caused by a beginner, who had no experience when forming the elixir and just forced things together, resulting in this.
Jiang Lin picked up another one and compared it carefully, and found that the two coins in his hand were slightly different in size.
Although they are roughly the size of a peanut, their sizes are uneven.
Good, another typical beginner mistake, not being able to distribute the doses.
Rough, the technique is extremely rough.
Originally, with this method, it would be a stroke of luck to be able to produce a pill, but now not only did it work, it was a golden pill.
This is hard to accept.
I can only say that this is worthy of being the alchemy method taught by the Taoist master himself. Even with countless debuffs added, he still managed to create the golden elixir in the end.
It can be predicted that if this is replaced by a veteran alchemist, not to mention an immortal, even a cultivator on earth will be able to stably produce high-quality golden elixirs!
"The medicine is mild, so it shouldn't blow up the furnace."
Jiang Lin lowered his head and smelled it. Although he had never dabbled in the art of alchemy, he still had some insight. This batch of pills was clearly a warm and nourishing pill forged from mild precious medicines. How could the furnace explode?
"do not know."
Miao Qing scratched her hands. She was even more confused than Jiang Lin. At the beginning, she had done it purely for fun.
Jiang Lin knew that he couldn't get anything out of Miao Qing, so he put away the ten golden pills and jumped to the bottom of the attic.
King Qin and Mr. Baihua leaned over to take a look. The former was fine, but the latter exclaimed in disbelief.
"What kind of elixir are you refining? What does it matter?"
Jiang Lin looked at Liu Yunxiu curiously.
Unexpectedly, Liu Yunxiu hesitated, and so did Zhou Rou beside her.
The two girls' faces turned a little red.
Miao Qing, on the other hand, said in a carefree manner, "It can strengthen male sexual function, nourish Yin and invigorate the kidneys. According to Yun Xiu, this elixir can warm up a man's inner essence and spirit, making it flourish like a spring."
Hearing this, Liu Yunxiu and Zhou Rou's faces turned even redder.
King Qin was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up uncontrollably.
Jiang Lin and Mr. Baihua didn't react much.
Because this is normal in the eyes of practitioners.
Any novice who practices alchemy for the first time often cannot escape the three types of elixirs.
Aphrodisiac, aphrodisiac, and poison.
There is no other reason, it’s just because these three are the simplest.
The first two are essentially warming and nourishing medicines. It only depends on their medicinal properties. There is no obstacle to combining them.
Poison is even simpler, and it can be said that there is basically no threshold.
These three are most suitable for practicing. Even if you fail, the dregs can be placed in an ordinary pharmacy and become top-notch medicine.
"Perhaps, this is also the reason why the alchemy furnace exploded."
Mr. Baihua said thoughtfully: "I don't know much about elixirs, but I also know that the extreme yang will dry up."
"I guess when the pill was being made, the Yang energy of the medicinal materials was too strong, which ignited the pill fire, but it was not suppressed, which caused the furnace to explode."
“It’s just that before the furnace exploded, it had actually already become a pill.”
Jiang Lin nodded in agreement and said, "That should be the case."
It seems that the facts are not what the King of Qin guessed, and this elixir does not require the furnace to be blown up to be successful.
Chun was just Miaoqing who started without fully understanding the textbook, and only knew how to follow the instructions rigidly, but still missed some steps, which led to the furnace explosion.
As for Miao Qing's previous assertion that there would be no mistakes in the details, she was actually right, because there was indeed nothing wrong in the details, but she just missed a whole link...
This is just like calculating the accounts and finding that 10 million does not match 15 cents.
The latter is a catastrophic disaster, and although the former is not a big deal, it is also inevitable to have some twists and turns.
After sorting out the cause and effect, Jiang Lin looked at Liu Yunxiu and said, "Although this proves that the true method bestowed by Daozu is of a very high status, you should not practice blindly. It is better to have someone watching you."
After thinking for a while, Jiang Lin continued, "The abbot of the Shangqing Temple outside Kyoto, Taoist Master Wei Yuan, is a close friend of my master. He is also a disciple of the Great Taoist Ancestor and is proficient in alchemy."
"If you want to learn this alchemy method, I will write a letter and ask Miaoqing to take you to visit. I think it is not a big deal."
Although the actions of the three people proved that the lower limit of the alchemy method passed down by the Taoist Ancestor was extremely high, we cannot always focus on the lower limit.
It just so happens that Taoist Master Weiyuan is a genuine disciple of Taiqing and is well versed in alchemy.
Even Jiang Lin couldn't help but wonder, could this also be arranged by Daozu?
No, using the term "arrangement" is obviously a bit disrespectful to the Taoist Ancestor. I think it's just something that comes naturally.
In other words, it was the Taoist ancestor who had the idea of passing on the art of alchemy to Liu Yunxiu, which led to the presence of Taoist Master Weiyuan, who was the most suitable guide in every way.
Tao follows nature, but the Taoist ancestor, to some extent, is already the embodiment of Tao.
Cause and effect exist in the Tao, and there is no inevitable distinction between before and after.
"it is good."
Liu Yunxiu nodded without hesitation and agreed. He looked at Jiang Lin and asked seriously, "If I master this alchemy technique, will it be helpful to you, Taoist priest?"
She wanted to say "profound", but she immediately realized that if she wanted to master the alchemy method passed down by the Taoist ancestor, it might not be possible in a short time.
So, in the end, I changed to the entry level.
Jiang Lin was stunned when he heard this.
Miaoqing blinked, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
King Qin and Mr. Baihua looked at Jiang Lin meaningfully, while Zhou Rou pursed her lips.
Jiang Lin and Liu Yunxiu looked at each other in silence for a while, nodded slightly, and then said: "No one would dislike an alchemy master, but, if it is just my opinion..."
He paused for a moment and continued, "If you don't like this, you don't have to force yourself for any reason."
"I think even if he is the Taoist master, he won't force you to go..."
"I want to learn."
Liu Yunxiu said firmly, unexpectedly interrupting Jiang Lin's words.
She smiled and narrowed her eyes, like two crescent moons, and said in a brisk tone: "I told you a long time ago. When Daozu asked me in my dream, I told him."
"I want to learn."
"it is good."
Jiang Lin smiled and nodded.
"Then I'll send Yunxiu over now?"
Miaoqing popped her head out and asked with a smile.
"Sooner rather than later."
Jiang Lin nodded, took out a blank piece of talisman paper, imprinted his own magic power on it, and then handed it to Miaoqing.
"okay."
Miao Qing put the talisman away and was about to speak when Zhou Rou looked up and said, "Master, I wonder if I can go with you to broaden my horizons?"
Jiang Lin heard this and glanced at King Qin. Seeing the latter nod slightly, he smiled and said, "Of course."
The King of Qin acted quickly and soon prepared the carriage. Mr. Baihua drove the carriage and took Miaoqing and three others to Shangqing Temple.
At the gate of the palace, Jiang Lin and King Qin watched the carriage go away, and Jiang Lin glanced at King Qin.
Not sure if it was an illusion, but Jiang Lin always felt that the King of Qin was a little... impatient and... shy?
"Cough cough."
On the way back to the main hall of the palace, King Qin looked at Jiang Lin several times, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just coughed a few times.
Jiang Lin smiled secretly in his heart. He had already understood King Qin's thoughts and knew that the coughing was a reminder, but he pretended not to understand.
When they reached the main hall, Jiang Lin smiled and said, "If Your Majesty has nothing to do, I will go and meditate now."
“Yeah, hehehe…”
King Qin laughed dryly, and seeing that Jiang Lin was about to turn around, he hurriedly grabbed Jiang Lin's sleeve.
"Master, let's not talk nonsense..."
The King of Qin smiled somewhat flatteringly, and rubbed his hands in response to Jiang Lin's pretended puzzled look.
"You are young and vigorous, and you have great Taoist skills, but I am old. No matter how well I take care of myself, in the end... that elixir... cough cough..."
(End of this chapter)
