Chapter 13: Alchemy
Li Huowang carefully looked at the small dan furnace in front of him, and next to it stood the three pillars of incense used to keep time.
In this environment without an alarm clock, Li Huowang could only rely on this rudimentary method to calculate the time.
When the last incense burned out completely, he immediately extinguished the furnace fire and opened the door of the dan, a smell mixed with the aroma of peculiar herbs wafted out from inside.
Li Huowang's heart rejoiced, it had been refined. The practiced dan material was continuously shaken within a Luo sieve, when all the dan dregs that were useless to become ash were sifted away, eventually some large and small black pills were left in the box.
These pills were the Blood Moistening Pills that Danyangzi had spoken of, a very simple pill that was used to stop bleeding.
One could not eat more than one or two at a time, otherwise the blood in the entire body would be in danger of completely coagulating.
It sounded very ribald, and it might be better used to harm people than to cure them.
But because this elixir was the simplest, Danyangzi gave it to Li Huowang to refine his hands for use.
After careful counting, Li Huo-wang finally obtained thirteen big blood moisturizing pills and twenty-six small blood moisturizing pills.
Li Huo Wang's gains were not just these, but through the process of refining the Blood Moistening Pill, he also learned some basic knowledge of alchemy.
Refining pills was far more difficult than he had imagined, in addition to the difference in time, even herbs that grew in different directions had to be carefully distinguished.
As long as one of the wrong step, the potency of the elixir and the rate of pills will be very different, the pile of charred black waste next to him is the proof.
Li Huowang took out a small bamboo tube and put all these pills in it, followed by taking a deep breath and putting on a side of Taoist robes and walking towards the door. "It's almost time, the Zi Hour is almost here."
When Li Huowang reached out and pushed open the door of the material room, everyone who was laboring stood up in unison and looked at him in horror.
Right now, he was the King of Hell in the eyes of the others.
Li Huowang looked at them with a complicated expression and walked past them under everyone's gaze, eventually arriving in front of Bai Lingmiao.
The young girl's white hair trembled along with her body, she wanted to force herself not to cry, but in the end she couldn't hold it back, and tears flowed down from the side of her albino's characteristic light pink pupils.
With a grave expression, Li Huowang reached out and took her hand, leaving the material room and walking towards the alchemy room.
Inside the wet cave tunnel, Bai Lingmiao choked up and explained her last words to Li Huowang.
Li Huo Wang listened in silence, saying nothing, and when he purposely came to the door of his quarters, his body turned and pulled her inside. "Take off your pants."
Bai Lingmiao's eyes widened and froze in place, seemingly stunned by the other party's actions.
Three moments before Zi Hour, Li Huowang brought Bai Lingmiao to the Pill Room, and at that moment, Danyangzi had only just arrived.
When he saw that Li Huo Wang did not need to be instructed by himself to bring the pill guide over in advance, a trace of satisfaction appeared on Danyang Zi's face as he looked at this youngest disciple slightly more agreeably.
"Hehe, good disciple, come over." With a casual call from Danyangzi, Bai Lingmiao flew directly over and was thrown into that one's stone urn by his neck.
Seeing this scene Li Huowang's heart pounded and his hands clenched.
Seeing that the several hundred pounds pounding stone rod was about to be smashed downwards, Danyangzi suddenly stopped.
"Hey, how come the red falls at this time? The medicinal properties have all changed now." Danyangzi said with a slight frown as he looked at Bai Lingmiao's pants that were oozing blood.
Seeing this scene Li Huo Wang was relieved, his plan had succeeded.
Once Li Huo Wang understood what was going on in this world's alchemy, he found a way to break the ice.
Since the medicinal properties of other goldstones and grasses were so varied, the human medicine guide would be equally varied.
And in his impression, in Taoism a woman's fallen red is some kind of defilement, letting Bai Lingmiao pretend to be menstruating was his means of coping.
And this kind of thing in order to avoid the other party's suspicion, can't be said by others, must let Danyangzi he himself found out to do.
Now it seemed that his purpose had been achieved, Bai Lingmiao's life had been saved.
Danyangzi's wide daoist robe waved, within the stone weng within the Bai Lingmiao directly flew out, heavily fell to the ground.
This fall was very heavy, Bai Lingmiao half a day before covering his knees to climb up, but Li Huowang can not help, his can only be on the sidelines indifferently watching.
"Xuan Yang, bring back the material guide here." Hearing Danyang Zi say this, Li Huo Wang was completely relieved and respectfully saluted Danyang Zi, "Yes, Master."
When Bai Lingmiao walked to her side, Li Huo Wang then realized that the other party's head seemed to have been knocked through, and bright red blood flowed down her cheek.
Even so Bai Lingmiao still threw her gratitude towards Li Huo Wang, in the face of death, suffering this little crime was nothing anymore.
"No matter what it's finally muddled through, next time I guess it'll take a long time for Bai Lingmiao's turn." Li Huo Wang led Bai Ling Miao towards the door.
But just as they were about to walk out of the black shadow of that huge Dan furnace, a light word from Dan Yangzi rang out from behind.
"Xuan Yang ah, since this pill guide doesn't work, go and bring another one here, I remember there is another one of this white pill guide, go and return quickly, don't miss the hour."
These words caused Li Huo Wang's body to tremble slightly, immediately afterward he turned around and respectfully saluted Danyang Zi once again. "Yes, Master."
Li Huo-wang didn't know how he made it to the stockroom, he could only numbly walk over to the other albino man and reach out to pull him outward.
The other man was crying out in despair, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to himself repeatedly to spare his life. But Li Huowang could do nothing at this point. He could only personally send this man to the alchemy room.
His cries came to an abrupt end under Danyangzi's pill pounding stick, and wispy white smoke rose up to the alchemy room with a strong fragrance, hanging a thick layer of human oil on the stalactites above.
Trembling Li Huowang turned around and was just about to leave when Danyangzi called out, "Aren't you yearning for the way of alchemy? Come over and take a closer look, such a complex and rare refining of pills can't be found anywhere else."
Li Huo Wang walked over, carefully watching and observing, listening to Danyang Zi talking about when to put what ingredients, when and how much fire to add. Like a studious child observing the entire alchemy process.
When the flames under the Dan furnace went out, the alchemy furnace opened, and the seven black pills that had long since formed into bodies just lined up in front of Dan Yangzi.
"Not bad, not bad, you are very talented, the other disciples are simply not as good at learning as you are, come, master reward you." Danyangzi took out a grain from his own palm and placed it in front of Li Huowang.
"Thank you master for the medicine!" Li Huo Wang discreetly made a big salute to Danyang Zi, his hands trembled as he cupped the pill and put it into his own mouth and swallowed it.
