Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

"Dad, go ask around. Maybe it's Grandpa Huang or his second or third uncle who's buying the herbs."

Zhu Gaochi had naturally considered these possibilities, but he didn't want to investigate these people.

"That's all I can do."

"I know something about buying herbs." Zhu Zhanji came out and led the carriage out of Jingxin Mansion.

The two men looked at Zhu Zhanji.

"Didn't the envoys of the princes from all over the country come to Beijing a few days ago?" Zhu Zhanji explained, "I noticed that the envoys of King Ning seemed to be buying herbs in large quantities."

"The envoys of King Ning? King Ning's fiefdom is far away in Nanchang. Why did he buy so many herbs in Beijing?"

Nanchang is not so deep in the mountains and forests, but there are still many mountains, so there's no shortage of herbs.

There's no need to buy medicine in Beijing.

Zhu Gaochi pursed his beard, and his intuition told him that this matter was not simple.

The issue of the princes has always been a headache in the Yongle Dynasty.

If the treatment is too generous, the court will feel the pain.

If the prince is treated harshly, the Zhu family will lose face.

After all, according to the ancestral precepts left by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Zhu family is not allowed to go out to work.

"I'll go and ask around to see if Prince Ning only buys medicinal materials in the capital or along the way."

Just after walking a few steps, Zhu Gaochi came back and said, "Zhankan, you should pay more attention to the medicine refining."

Zhu Zhankan nodded. Now that all the medicinal materials are complete, it's time to start refining the elixir.

Alchemy room.

The room was recently renovated and built, and the huge space looks very clean.

In the middle are three completely different medicine cauldrons and alchemy furnaces.

After pulling many medicinal materials into the empty room, Zhu Zhankan put his hands on the medicine cauldron to feel whether the spiritual energy passed smoothly.

After a moment, he opened his eyes and nodded with satisfaction.

These medicine cauldrons and alchemy furnaces are really good, and his efforts are not in vain.

He finally got out several good swords of Fatty Dad, and then melted and reforged them to make several medicine cauldrons.

It should be said that the material of Fatty Dad's swords is really good, and there is absolutely no problem in guiding the spiritual energy to flow in them.

After confirming the medicine cauldron, he lit the flame under the medicine cauldron.

The shadow cast by the flame made the edge of the room wall jump with fangs and claws.

Zhu Zhankan focused on the flame in the cauldron and paid attention to the changes in the medicine cauldron.

"Two taels of mountain ginseng at a time, half a tael of Xu Changqing at a time..."

Zhu Zhankan carefully recalled the pill formula in his mind and separated the many medicinal materials first.

Today he was going to refine three kinds of pills.

Qidao Pill: Pills that help ordinary people enter the Tao.

Qixue Pill: Pills he uses to refine the body.

Reyansan: This is the pill for his horse, Xiaohong, to help it guide the spiritual energy into the body as soon as possible and become a spiritual beast, so as to complete the system task.

To refine pills, the first thing to do is to open the furnace.

Of course, only the refining of Qi Dao Dan requires the furnace and fire to be turned on in advance. Other elixirs do not have such high requirements for furnaces and fires.

He threw a handful of medicinal materials into the medicine cauldron.

The furnace is turned on with the medicinal properties contained in the medicinal materials.

After putting the medicinal materials for the furnace, Zhu Zhankan needs to use spiritual energy to enter the medicine cauldron and pay attention to the changes in the medicine cauldron at any time.

Otherwise, the furnace is likely to fail.

After putting all the medicinal materials in, he looked at the medicine cauldron and snapped his fingers casually.

A small flame suddenly appeared at the fingertips, hot but not scalding.

Zhu Zhankan used this handful of small flames to slowly test the burning medicine cauldron.

This is a relatively simple application of spiritual energy, the ignition technique.

Similar principles include water diversion techniques, wind gathering techniques, etc., which are also one of the few tricks that can be used in the early stage of refining essence into gas.

Under the guidance of spiritual energy, the medicinal materials thrown in began to achieve solid-liquid separation.

The black residue was lifted out by Zhu Zhankan with his spiritual energy, and the liquid slowly took shape and condensed under the protection of the spiritual energy.

This process seems to consume a lot of spiritual energy, but in fact, the spiritual energy consumed is not much.

The spiritual energy that protects the elixir liquid has the characteristics of sustainable use, and it does not disappear instantly after being integrated into the elixir.

Of course, if you plan to refine some elixirs that harm people, you can integrate the two spiritual energies into the elixir.

However, this method of refining elixir by integrating your own spiritual energy is indeed a bit wasteful.

The shelf life is short, it is difficult to preserve, and it is troublesome to make.

If you have the time to refine elixirs to harm people, you might as well go and hit the opponent directly.

After the range of the liquid medicine gradually narrowed, Zhu Zhankan began to carry out the last step of removing impurities and condensing the elixir on the liquid medicine.

The spiritual energy consumed was not much, and the elixir was successfully born.

"This thing is not difficult to refine, it is true, it is just an elixir used by ordinary people."

Zhu Zhankan took out a elixir and rotated it with his fingers.

"They are quite round. There are nine pills in total. People with ordinary qualifications should be able to enter the Dao with one or two pills, right?"

"Let Dad try one. The other eight should be enough for Grandpa Huang, Second Uncle, and Third Uncle. Oh, and give Mom a few more."

"Forget it. I won't take advantage of Grandpa Huang. I'll pay for it myself."

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhankan began to refine another furnace of Qidao Pills.

Chapter 45: The pills are completed, Zhu Di is excited

Soon another furnace of pills was refined.

The Qi and Blood Pill that Zhu Zhankan needed to use was also successfully refined.

"Now the only thing left is the Reyan Powder that Xiaohong needs to use."

The pills that other humans take are really not a lot of work for Zhu Zhankan.

There are only so many medicinal materials needed, and there is no other expectation for the effect.

But Reyan Powder is different. This thing is for spiritual beasts.

And it is a medicine that can be used both internally and externally.

So the amount of Reyan Powder is very huge, and it is more troublesome to refine.

"No, this thing can't be refined by yourself. Otherwise, give Big Brother a Qidao Pill, let him enter the Tao first, and then..."

The advantage of Reyan Powder is that it doesn't require so much spiritual energy.

As long as Zhu Zhankan injects the medicine liquid to lay a good foundation, and then there is a person with cultivation to stir it.

It doesn't matter how high or low the cultivation is.

[Family achievement task: There is a cultivator in the family. ]

[Task target: Among the nine clans, except for yourself, three people have entered the Tao entry stage. (1/3 people)]

"Oh, someone has successfully entered the Dao? Is it Big Brother, Fatty Dad, or Second Uncle or Third Uncle?"

After a while, Zhu Zhanji's unconcealed excitement came from the yard.

"I have entered the Dao! I have entered the Dao!"

Zhu Zhanji still remembered what Zhu Zhankan said, not to shout loudly in the sect mansion.

So he chose to shout softly, and still bared his teeth and claws in the yard.

"Big Brother has entered the Dao..." Zhu Zhankan raised a sly smile at the corner of his mouth. Isn't there a tool for alchemy?

"Big Brother! Congratulations on your entry! It's just right to teach you some new knowledge, new knowledge about alchemy!"

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Zhu Zhanji was concentrating on holding a large iron ladle and stirring it in a large medicine jar.

On his slightly pale face, a few drops of sweat vaguely appeared.

Stirring the iron ladle for a long time is obviously a somewhat tiring job.

Not to mention that he also needs to operate the skills to stir, which is really tiring.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanji had just entered the Tao, and was not a master who had reached several levels of refining essence into qi.