Chapter 32: Alchemy

Xiao Hua smiled bitterly: "Master, the disciple's hand is certainly unexpected and powerful, but... who would stand there and let the disciple beat him hard? The disciple saved Cai Zhuoxia that day and also scared them. When they saw the disciple's method, they saw that the disciple was young, and mistakenly thought that the disciple was a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, so they ran away in a panic. Now they are afraid that they have already woken up and are looking for disciples everywhere!"

"Hmph, why are you afraid?" Xiao Yuehong's face showed disdain: "Isn't it just Pilan two bears? If you can kill them first when you meet your master, you will vent your anger for you!"

But then, he thought: "That's right, your fist is not as good as magic tricks and yellow talismans. You can only get close to it. But in normal fighting, who will let you get close to it? It's so difficult!"

"I didn't plan to use this hand as a common use, so it's better to practice seriously!" Xiao Hua said with a smile.

"Well, okay, that's right. All kinds of magic tricks require magic power. Only with advanced cultivation can you have stronger magic power." Xiao Yuehong laughed with his palm.

"By the way, the young master of Baicao Sect asked his disciple to bring a Peiyuan Pill." Xiao Hua asked: "Will the master take it away, or should he hand it over to his senior sister?"

"Hmph~" Xiao Yuehong snorted from his nose and brushed his hands and said, "You can go to the Danfang by yourself."

After saying that, the boat-carrying magic weapon behind him floated up again, and Xiao Yuehong, who was frowning, turned to the sun.

Seeing this, Xiao Hua bowed and flew to the alchemy room on Xihua Peak.

Although the Danfang is located on Xihua Peak, it is not the same as the Medicine Garden. It is a bright place at the foot of the mountain. A cave with several people is leading directly into Xihua Peak. The three big words "Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dance" above the cave are "Alchemy Room".

In the past, Xiao Hua was always guarding the entrance of the cave and did not take a step further. Now, with Xiao Yuehong's approval, he stepped in.

The cave was very dry, and there were many Minghua stones embedded in the stone walls around it, revealing the tiny lights of the cave. Xiao Hua looked around curiously and walked in. The mountain path in the cave was not straight. After a while, he circled down. It took a bag of cigarettes to arrive on an open space of about ten feet in radius. There were three more stone caves in front of the open space. Just as Xiao Hua was entering at which entrance, Zhang Qingxiao came out of the stone cave at the far left. When he saw Xiao Hua, he smiled and said, "Xiao Hua, can you finally come to the alchemy room?"

"Is Xiao Hua coming?" As he spoke, Gong Mingwei and Xiao Xianrui also walked out from behind Zhang Qingxiao with some strange things in their hands, and asked with a smile.

"Yes, senior brother." Xiao Hua took a step forward, answered respectfully, and handed the storage bag on his waist to Xiao Xianrui.

"That's great! We'll be relaxed when you come!" Xiao Xianrui felt relieved, took the storage bag, and handed some of the things in her hand to Xiao Hua.

Looking at the things in his hand, Xiao Huaqi said, "Are these... all used for alchemy?"

"Of course, every time Dad refines an alchemy, we have to prepare for a long time. It's quite complicated. I have told Dad a long time ago that you will come, but your cultivation has not made any progress. Dad is a little worried..." Xiao Xianrui said without any concealment.

"Haha, please teach me, senior sister, I will be responsible for the matter of the Danfang in the future!" Xiao Hua said warmly in his heart.

"Come on, we've all prepared almost this time. Let's wait for next time!" Zhang Qingxiao curled his lips, and then walked towards the cave in the middle first.

Before walking to the cave, Zhang Qingxiao pointed to the cave and said, "This is the real alchemy room." Then he pointed to a yellow talisman on the left side of the cave and said, "This is the yellow talisman given by the master. Every time he comes to the alchemy room, he must stick the yellow talisman there, otherwise there will be extremely powerful restrictions in this alchemy room."

As the three of them entered the cave, a hot breath came to his face. Xiao Hua was slightly stunned. When he could see the scene in the cave clearly, he was a little dazed again!

Because, the arrangement in the alchemy room... he looked very familiar, as if... he was very familiar.

But the alchemy room is no different from the ordinary alchemy room. In the center of the alchemy room, there is a huge alchemy furnace. The three feet of the alchemy furnace stand firmly on a platform, which is more than half a foot higher than the ground. On the left side of the alchemy furnace are several rows of shelves, with some scattered jade bottles placed on it. On the right side of the alchemy furnace, there are also some yellow talismans, some spirit stones, and some similarities to what Xiao Hua holds.

Some jade boxes containing zhewu grass brought by Xiao Hua from Baicao Gate were also placed on the ground in front of the alchemy furnace. There were more than a dozen jade bottles and jade boxes around these jade boxes. Xiao Hua recognized those jade bottles as the Yuan Cao that taught Xiao Yuehong.

"How is this so? I...I have never seemed to be here before!" Xiao Hua thought to himself.

"Hehe, how? Xiao Hua? Are you shocked when you look at this alchemy room?" Zhang Qingxiao put down the things in his hand, looked at Xiao Hua in a daze, and smiled and said, "Although our Shang Huaming is a small sect in Xi Kingdom, the alchemy furnace in this alchemy room...hehe, it can be compared with the three major sects of Xi Kingdom!"

Xiao Hua came to his senses, put the things in his hands one by one, and smiled and said, "Please ask the second senior brother to teach me, what is the difference between our Shang Huaming's elixir and other ordinary sects?"

"The alchemy technique is not available in all sects. Otherwise, the Baicao Sect and Wanhua Valley, sects that specialize in refining elixirs, will have no survival value. But even if other sects have alchemy techniques, they will not be very complete, and they can only refine the most basic elixirs for replenishing qi and healing. However, I, Shang Huaming, are different. Although my master only refines Wuliu Pills on weekdays, it can also be refined by Peiyuan Pills, Marrow Cleansing Pills, and even Foundation Building Pills!" Gong Mingwei said proudly.

After Gong Mingwei finished speaking, Zhang Qingxiao kept seeing the alchemy furnace in front of him and smiled: "Did you see it? This alchemy furnace is called 'Jihao'. It is a alchemy furnace used by my Shanghua Ming Chuang Sect. It has been passed down to this day. Hehehe, although he is not famous in Xiguo, I can tell you that it is more powerful than the 'Suohua Furnace' of Baicaomen!"

Xiao Hua thought about it, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you need to use an alchemy furnace to refine alchemy? Why is there a difference in this alchemy furnace?"

Zhang Qingxiao, who looked like a good teacher, walked to the front of Jihao Furnace, pointed to the platform below the alchemy furnace, and said, "See, this platform is earth fire, which is used for alchemy. If there is no alchemy furnace, how can you, the spiritual herb, beneficiary, be refined into elixirs?"

Xiao Hua said embarrassedly: "Second Brother, what you said... doesn't seem to answer my question!"

"Haha, don't listen to your second senior brother's nonsense." Gong Mingwei couldn't watch it, and smiled: "He also had a slight understanding. This alchemy technique is very mysterious. Even the master does not fully master it, let alone teach it to me. What he said just now was the master's guidance."

Then he looked at Xiao Xianrui and turned his head and said, "According to the master, this alchemy technique flew to the upper, middle and lower levels. The lowest alchemy technique does not use earth fire, but uses saltpeter, fire gourd and other objects specially made by the Flame Gate as fire source, and is refined with ordinary furnaces. These fire sources and alchemy furnaces cannot provide spiritual energy, and the manipulation techniques are extremely simple, so they can only refine the most ordinary elixirs; and the medium alchemy technique is the main thing to do with Baicaomen and I Shang Huaming's alchemy room, mainly with earth fire, supplemented by fire gourd and other fire storage objects, and then use special ones.

The alchemy furnaces are refined, and these alchemy furnaces also require specific magic formulas to be activated and supported by spirit stones. The magic formulas used are also high-level. Medium alchemy can refine foundation-building pills, marrow-cleaning pills, and even elixirs used in the Golden Elixir stage; while the advanced alchemy technique is led by earth fire and mainly by heart fire. The alchemy furnace... is even more special. According to records in the sect, the alchemy furnace can be large or small. When refining advanced elixirs, it can be turned into the size of a fist. When refining low-level elixirs, it can be the same size as our "Jihao"..."

Hearing this, Xiao Xianrui sighed and said, "Oh, in fact, such a elixir can already be called a magic weapon. Can the elixir refined with magic weapons be comparable to the elixir such as 'Jihao' that cannot even be called a magic weapon?"

Xiao Hua was stunned. He knew that the small boat used by Xiao Yuehong was a magic weapon, and the magic weapon was something more powerful than the magic weapon. However, he did not expect that in advanced alchemy, the alchemy furnace that only refines the alchemy is a magic weapon.

"So, junior sister, only the advanced alchemy technique can refine the legendary Infant Transformation Pill. In this episode, Hao Hao didn't even dare to think about it!"

"Infant Transformation Pill?" Xiao Huaqi said: "What kind of pill is that?"

"Tsk tsk, Infant Transformation Pill..." Zhang Qingxiao looked fascinated: "That's the key to the seniors in the Nascent Soul stage breaking through the Nascent Soul realm and heading to the God Transformation Phase!"

"Wow, isn't that the effect like the foundation-building pill?" Xiao Hua woke up.

"Bah~" Zhang Qingxiao was amused and glared at him fiercely: "You have been building a foundation in your life, and you are building a foundation pill every day. Will you not have higher ideals?"

Xiao Hua curled his lips and looked as if he was taken for granted: "I have only refined a qi level. If I don't want to build a foundation, can I still want to transform into a god?"

"Listen carefully, Senior Brother is consolidating your heart of Taoism!" Zhang Qingxiao saw that Xiao Hua was not convinced and almost jumped up.

Gong Mingwei stood aside and was funny, without stopping. Zhang Qingxiao has always been a junior brother. Finally, there was a Xiao Hua who was much younger than him. How could he not take the airs of being a senior brother?

At this moment, Xiao Xianrui said quietly: "What the elder brother said is ordinary division. According to my father, it seems that there are... more advanced alchemy techniques above this advanced alchemy!"

"Oh? Really?" Zhang Qingxiao immediately stopped educating Xiao Hua, turned around and asked, "What does that look like?"

"The alchemy technique mentioned just now is bound to the alchemy furnace. The quality of the elixir depends on the quality of the elixir. If you don't have a high-level elixir, you cannot refine more advanced elixirs!"
Chapter completed!