LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 011: Laozi's Alchemy Inheritance, Alchemy
There are seven gourds on the Xiantian Gourd Vine.
The first purple-gold gourd was picked by Taiqing Laozi, who used it to store the elixir he refined. In Journey to the West, two alchemy boys stole this gourd to the lower world and turned into King Jinjiao and King Yinjiao, causing Sun Wukong to suffer a great loss.
The second purple-green gourd was picked by Yuanshi Tianzun, who used it to nourish the magic weapon he refined, so this gourd is also called the Pregnant Treasure Gourd.
The third purple-yellow gourd was picked by Tongtian Jiaozhu, who later put two water and fire unicorns in it, so this gourd is also called the Water and Fire Gourd.
The fourth purple-white gourd was picked by Donghuang Taiyi, who later made this gourd into a flying knife to kill immortals and gave it to his nephew Lu Ya, so this gourd is also called the Immortal Killing Gourd.
The fifth purple-green gourd was taken away by Nuwa, who turned it into a demon-summoning banner that could summon all the demons in the world, so this gourd was also called the demon-revelation gourd.
The sixth purple-red gourd was taken away by Hongyun, who turned it into the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Red Gourd. Later, Hongyun died because of the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and this gourd fell into the hands of Zhen Yuanzi.
As for the seventh purple-black gourd, the Xiantian gourd vine withered before it was bred.
Now Tongtian Patriarch gave Zhang Tianchen the purple-yellow gourd, but it did not contain the water and fire unicorn.
Zhang Tianchen planned to use this gourd to hold his Wuliang Sword, and the name was also chosen, which was Wuliang Gourd.
"Practice well after you go back. If you don't understand something, you can ask me." Tongtian Patriarch said.
This statement showed that Zhang Tianchen's status in Jiejiao had been greatly improved. Although he was still an outer disciple, he enjoyed some privileges of a direct disciple.
"Thank you, teacher. I'll take my leave."
Zhang Tianchen bowed and took his leave, returning to his cabin.
This competition, Zhang Tianchen can be said to have gained a lot. Not only has his status in Jiejiao been greatly improved, but he has also obtained Laozi's alchemy inheritance and the Wuliang Gourd awarded by Tongtian.
Zhang Tianchen took out the Wuliang Gourd and began to refine it.
The Wuliang Gourd is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure with a total of 42 restrictions.
Refining restrictions is actually to comprehend the runes on the magic weapon.
The runes on the Wuliang Sword were all carved by Zhang Tianchen himself, so he didn't need to refine them at all. He could use it directly after marking his own soul mark, and he could also exert the maximum power of the Wuliang Sword.
Three hundred years later.
Zhang Tianchen refined all 42 restrictions of the Wuliang Gourd.
Such a speed can be said to be very terrifying.
Even if the Daluo Jinxian came to refine the Wuliang Gourd, it would take at least tens of thousands of years.
Zhang Tianchen refined it in just three hundred years, mainly relying on his extraordinary understanding.
After imprinting his soul mark on the Wuliang Gourd, Zhang Tianchen put all his Wuliang Swords into it.
"The number of Wuliang Swords is still too small, and I have to refine more in the future."
The power of the Wuliang Sword Formation has no upper limit. The more Wuliang Swords there are, the stronger the power of the Wuliang Sword Formation will be. To reach the power of the Hunyuan-level formation, at least 129,600 Wuliang Swords are needed.
After refining the Wuliang Gourd, Zhang Tianchen began to comprehend Laozi's alchemy inheritance.
When he first received Laozi's alchemy inheritance, Zhang Tianchen had already realized that this alchemy technique would be of great help to his future cultivation.
Let me give you a simple example.
Ordinary ten thousand year spiritual medicine is useful for the Heavenly Immortal Realm, but it has little effect on the True Immortal Realm, and basically has no effect on the Mysterious Immortal Realm.
But this alchemy technique can refine dozens of ordinary ten thousand year spiritual medicines into a golden pill that can improve the cultivation of the Mysterious Immortal Realm.
In the prehistoric world, ten thousand year spiritual medicines cannot be said to be everywhere, but they are not rare things.
If Zhang Tianchen is willing to spend some time looking for it, it is not particularly difficult to find a hundred thousand year old spiritual medicine or a million year old spiritual medicine.
In the blink of an eye, a thousand years have passed.
Zhang Tianchen has already comprehended Laozi's alchemy inheritance, and what he lacks now is practical operation.
Laozi's golden elixir is divided into one-turn golden elixir, three-turn golden elixir, six-turn golden elixir and nine-turn golden elixir.
One-turn golden elixir is useful for Xuanxian, three-turn golden elixir is useful for Jinxian, six-turn golden elixir is useful for Taiyi Jinxian, and nine-turn golden elixir is useful for Daluo Jinxian.
"Come out to find some spiritual medicine and try this alchemy technique."
Kunlun Mountain is a top-level cave paradise. There are many spiritual medicines in the mountain. The spiritual medicines below ten thousand years old are generally not valued by the disciples of the three religions.
Zhang Tianchen digs away all the old ones as long as he sees them.
He plans to dig up those with low years and plant them to cultivate a medicinal field of his own.
After sweeping the Kunlun Mountains for a thousand years, Zhang Tianchen found many ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines and several hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines, but unfortunately, he did not find a million-year-old spiritual medicine.
After returning to the cabin, Zhang Tianchen first planted the spiritual medicines below ten thousand years old, and then took out some materials and refined an alchemy furnace.
If you want to refine the elixir, the alchemy furnace is indispensable.
However, Zhang Tianchen had very limited materials on him, and this alchemy furnace was just a low-grade acquired spiritual treasure with six prohibitions.
"For now, it should be enough. When there are materials in the future, I will refine a better one."
After Zhang Tianchen prepared everything, he began to refine the elixir.
He pinched a spell with both hands and pointed at the fire mouth of the alchemy furnace, and a blazing flame ignited in the alchemy furnace.
Then, Zhang Tianchen threw a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine into the cauldron. The spiritual medicine slowly melted under the calcination of the flame, and the impurities in it were burned to ashes, and finally only a ball of golden liquid was left.
While controlling the golden liquid, Zhang Tianchen put other spiritual medicines into the cauldron for refining.
It took 7749 years to extract the essence of dozens of ten thousand year spiritual medicines.
"Condensate!"
Zhang Tianchen's gestures kept changing and he began to condense the pill.
Condensing the pill is a technical job. If it is not controlled properly, the pill will be ruined.
Moreover, condensing the pill is a slow process.
It took Zhang Tianchen 9981 years to integrate the essence of dozens of ten thousand year spiritual medicines into a round golden pill.
"It's done!"
Seeing that he succeeded in refining the pill for the first time, Zhang Tianchen's face showed a touch of joy.
However, this golden pill is a first-turn golden pill that Zhang Tianchen used to practice, which is only effective for Xuanxian and below.
Zhang Tianchen is in the early stage of Zhenhua Zhenxian, and his cultivation is comparable to that of an ordinary late Jinxian. The first-turn golden pill is no longer useful to him.
Putting away this first-turn golden pill, Zhang Tianchen continued to refine the pill. This time he wanted to refine the third-turn golden pill.
The third-turn golden elixir is usually made of one or several hundred thousand-year-old spiritual herbs as the main ingredients, combined with hundreds of ten thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.
In terms of refining techniques, in addition to the increase in the number of spiritual herbs and the higher age of the spiritual herbs, which makes it more difficult to extract and condense the elixir, the third-turn golden elixir has an additional step, which is smelting.
After the third-turn golden elixir is condensed, it needs to be smelted twice to make the medicinal properties more integrated.
These two smeltings are the "two turns" that the third-turn golden elixir has more than the first-turn golden elixir.