81、Alchemical Refining

  Solved the troubles of three unlucky devils. Mo Tian Ge found a place to rest.

  It was indeed the time of the Immortal Meeting in Sendai, and the streets were crowded with people. After searching for several inns, all of which were fully booked, I had no choice but to spend a bit more money to rent a small hut from the Tiandao Sect.

  Then she went to a shop belonging to Tiandao Sect, a medicine shop called "Baicao Hall".

  The Senda meeting is near, the Yao Tang is crowded with people, all of whom are buying various kinds of Dan Yao. Only one corner is deserted, where an old man wearing a purple cloud sect miscellaneous servant disciple uniform is dozing off.

  Mogentian looked over and saw that it was indeed the corner in charge of buying and selling spiritual grass, so he walked over and knocked on the counter.

  The old man guarding the counter opened his eyes, glanced at her and lazily asked, "Buy or sell?"

  This attitude is really cold, thinking back to when she hadn't entered the Yunwu Sect and her cultivation was ordinary, the shop assistants of the Yunwu Sect were also very polite to her. Now that Tiandao Sect is the number one sect in Kunwu, a miscellaneous disciple like him dares to be so arrogant.

  However, she was too lazy to care about these things and only said: "I want to buy some spiritual herbs for refining the elixir."

  "Oh?" The old man glanced at her and assumed she was an alchemist, asking, "Type? Quantity?"

  Mó Tiān Gē Dào: "What are the prices of the materials needed for the initial stage of Dan Yao?"

  "Oh..." This sound was different from the previous one, dragging on for a long time. The old man's eyes flashed with a sharp light as he looked at her and said, "Is this fellow Daoist a beginner in alchemy?"

  Mo Tian Ge nodded, there were many who didn't know how to refine elixirs everywhere, and those who wanted to learn weren't in the minority either. This wasn't something that needed to be hidden anyway.

  The old man said: "I also have a few ordinary commonly used Dan Fang, fellow Taoist wants?"

  The stranger was originally going to buy some danfang after making the purchase, and since the other party asked proactively, she took the opportunity to say: "If fellow daoist has any, I am willing to buy."

  Upon hearing this, the old man changed his cold attitude and smiled: "Of course I do. I have Nourishing Qi Pills, Supplementing Spirit Pills, Purifying Spirit Pills, Ice Clearness Pills, etc. If you want them, friend, I'll give you a discount - three spirit stones per piece, how about it?"

  These few Dan Yao are the most common in the Xian Xia world. The Dan recipe is everywhere, not rare at all, so the price is low, but this low price is relative to other Dan recipes that cost hundreds of spirit stones. Three spirit stones are already a lot for ordinary sect disciples, and the monthly allowance from the sect is only around five spirit stones. Even if one works hard to earn money, it's estimated to be only ten or so, let alone loose cultivators. So after saying these words, the old man stared at Mochen Tian Ge's face.

  Seeing that she didn't respond immediately, the old man said in a low voice: "Fellow Taoist, this is not the price of the store. You can go elsewhere to buy it. Generally, they are around five spirit stones, and you won't be able to find such a good deal."

  Mo Tian Ge remained silent for a moment, simply out of habit. She wasn't someone who was wealthy and arrogant, so she naturally tried to save money whenever possible, which is why she didn't respond immediately. After thinking for a bit, she understood the old man's intention at this moment. This old man was selling on his own, putting the spirit stones into his own pocket, which explained his behavior.

  The old man didn't feel half a bit embarrassed when she looked at him like this, he just smiled.

  Mo Tian Ge nodded after a moment and said: "Alright, bring over the Dan formula, I'll choose a few, then you can prepare the materials for me."

  The old man smiled and handed over a piece of animal skin paper.

  Mo Tian Ge then chose three or four Dan formulas from among them.

  The old man took a glance and asked: "How many copies of materials does fellow Daoist need?"

  "Meng Tian Ge thought for a moment and said: 'One hundred sets each. In addition, add the materials of Yang Qi Dan, Bu Su Dan, and He Shen Dan, all one hundred sets.'"

  One hundred sets of materials, that's already a lot, the old man was somewhat surprised but didn't say anything. He turned around and took out animal skin paper from the counter, carefully wrapping each spiritual herb one by one in the back cabinet. There were also several kinds that needed to be kept fresh, which he directly brought over along with the jade box.

  "This is one hundred sets of Dan Yao formula materials, you take good care of them."

  The counter was piled high with them, and several jade slips were placed on top. Mo Tian Ge took a look and indeed they were dan formulas, so he asked: "How many spirit stones?"

  The old man's eyes, shining with a hint of sharpness, glanced around and, seeing no one paying attention, said: "These materials, you're buying so many, it'll be cheaper. One hundred fifty spirit stones, the dan recipe is three portions, nine spirit stones each, total one hundred fifty-nine spirit stones."

  Mogentian nodded, took out the spirit stone from the Qiankun bag, divided it into several portions, and handed it over after a while. Being more cautious also meant that this was already a large sum of money for her, so as not to arouse greed in others. This place was different from Yunwu Sect, with Second Uncle around, she didn't have to worry about others being envious even if she spent hundreds of spirit stones, because it was normal for foundation-building cultivators like them to spend hundreds of spirit stones.

  The old man smiled and took it: "Thank you for your patronage." He had unexpectedly earned nine pieces of spiritual stone, which was not a small business.

  All the materials were collected into the Qiankun bag, and Mo Tian Ge continued to ask, "I wonder if there is a place here that sells Dan furnaces?"

  Upon hearing this question, the old man once again revealed a sincere smile: "Fellow Daoist, you're really asking the right person. I'll sell you my dan furnace, although it's not some high-quality item, it's enough for a beginner to use. Of course, if you want to buy a top-grade dan furnace, please go to our Tian Dao Sect's specialized equipment store 'Wan Qi Tang', which is just next door."

  Moy Tian Ge said: "I'm just a beginner. No need for top-grade dan furnaces, let me take a look at what kind of dan furnace you have."

  The old man nodded repeatedly, took out several censers from under the counter and placed them on the counter: "Look."

  These dan furnaces are small, only one foot square, and the large ones are as high as three feet. Mo Tian Ge thought of Qin Xi's dan furnace that he had seen before, which was only a little over a foot tall, but was full of spiritual energy. It seemed that size didn't matter when it came to refining dan, so he casually picked a small one: "How many spirit stones?"

  "All of these for one price, fifteen pieces of spirit stone."

  Mo Tian Ge nodded, counted out fifteen pieces of Ling Stone, and put away the Dan furnace into his Qian Kun bag.

  The two men were both very satisfied, and as the old man's voice called out "welcome back again", Mo Tian Ge left Baicao Tang. For some reason, listening to the old man's voice made him feel like he was hearing the solicitous tone of a madam sending off a customer in a brothel, and he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.

  Returning to the temporary residence, Mo Tian Ge set up his Down Array Formation and took out the dan furnace he had bought, wiping it clean before placing it in front of him. Then, he took out a few books and began to flip through them.

  Second Uncle said that the Ye family had almost no one who practiced alchemy for generations, and only a few alchemists existed, which was also a long time ago. Therefore, there were not many materials about alchemy left behind. The ones that survived were lost when the Ye family moved out of Qingmeng Mountain. Fortunately, a few years ago in Misty Valley, he obtained several books, one of which was about alchemy. The other books were good, so he thought this one wouldn't be bad either and took it out to study carefully.

  The most basic Dan Yao in the refining period is Yang Qi Dan, and of course, start from this.

  First pick up various materials and then review the notes, pay attention to the true fire of alchemy and the application of various hand seals, confirm that everything is clear in mind before putting down the book.

  Sitting cross-legged on a cushion, concentrating his breath in the dantian, after a moment, a stream of spiritual energy naturally emerged from the palm of his hand and instantly turned into a fiery red flame.

  Seeing the flame in her palm, Mo Tian Ge let out a smile. This was the fire of the dantian, and even if one didn't have a fire-type spiritual root, it could still be released. However, having a fire-type spiritual root had its advantages. It had an additive effect on the fire of the dantian. Although her spiritual roots weren't good, that was only in terms of their quantity. Her second uncle had tested her before, and individually, each of her spiritual roots were not bad, which was why she could bring out the fire of the dantian so easily.

  With a gentle pull of the spiritual energy in his hand, the fire in his lower abdomen transformed into a long line that reached the bottom of the alchemical furnace and quickly spread to fill the entire base. Soon, the alchemical furnace was heated up.

  The idle hand suddenly shot out a stream of spiritual energy, lifted the lid of the stove, and quickly threw in various ingredients before covering it again.

  Apart from this, she also extended a strand of divine sense into the furnace, carefully sensing the fusion conditions of these materials.

  The fire of Dantian is much hotter than ordinary flames, and soon the materials inside melt one by one. At this time, a dull "puff" sound comes from inside the furnace.

  Mo Tian Ge stopped the fire in his dantian, opened the lid of the furnace, and gazed at the materials inside with a gloomy expression.

  Most of these materials had melted, but they did not merge perfectly together, instead turning into a pool of black water, emitting a hissing sound as it released hot air.

  Mo Tian sighed and poured out all the failed medicine dregs, then washed them with clear spring water before putting the dan furnace back.

  Refining the elixir is indeed not a simple matter. This book says that although there are rough quantities for various materials, the subtle details still require the alchemist to slowly grasp and understand in order to control the minute differences.

  This pill furnace failed in this melting link because she didn't feel the composition of the pill, and couldn't grasp the quantity.

  Changed a material, and failed once again, but Mo Tian Ge managed to force out a smile. This time when her divine sense entered the dan furnace, she could already feel the subtle sensations between the materials, so she washed the dan furnace clean once more and continued to refine the dan.

  Quickly added the materials, the divine sense entered the alchemy furnace, feeling that the materials inside were melting and then fusing with each other... A moment later, it finally turned into a complete elixir liquid, and the thick fragrance of the elixir could also be smelled.

  Swallowing several Spirit Replenishing Pills, Mo Tian Ge guided the spiritual energy into his dantian, and an even more intense flame burst out from his dantian, covering the entire pill furnace.

  The elixir in the crucible begins to boil and shrink little by little under high temperature.

  Mogentian's song is constantly swallowing and eating spiritual elixirs to maintain the fire in his dantian.

  It's time to condense the elixir, and a stable high-temperature fire is needed, but the spiritual energy of the Qi-refining cultivator is too weak, so she can only rely on the Spiritual Supplement Pill to maintain the fire in her Dantian.

  It was unknown how much time had passed or how many Spiritual Recovery Pills were consumed, but finally the liquid in the pill furnace slowly shrank into a solid form. These solids then began to condense into pills...

  When the medicine pellet has taken shape, Mochen Song joyfully stops the fire in his dantian and opens the alchemical furnace.

  But the next moment, her face was gloomy again. This dan yao had taken shape, but it burst open at the moment she opened the furnace. She knew that this was because the firing time was not right.

  Refining elixirs is indeed not such a simple matter.