The Path to Immortality

Returned to his own courtyard.

After drinking a glass of water and taking a short rest, Fang Ping took out the jade slip that recorded [The Beginning of the Alchemy].

This time, he was not as perfunctory as he had been when he read the Tianxin Pharmacopoeia before, but took out the energy of reviewing for the college entrance examination that year and began to study hard.

Starting from the basic theory, to the explanation of pharmacology, the changes in medicinal properties, the temperature and techniques of alchemy, and the accompanying common spiritual herbs, he read carefully from the shallow to the deep.

In addition to practicing every day, the rest of the time was full of this alchemy book, so much so that he even dreamed of reciting the medicinal properties of spiritual medicines.

The systematic education he received before crossing over was still useful after all.

When Fang Ping really took out the energy of desperately, it took only one month to read [The Beginning of the Alchemy] thoroughly.

But reading thoroughly is reading thoroughly, whether you can get started is another matter.

"Other newcomers who learn the way of alchemy cannot afford to burn medicinal materials. They can only ponder and ponder repeatedly before refining the elixir to improve their grasp as much as possible. But I have the Yuan Ding, so I can practice in actual practice!"

This is Fang Ping's unique advantage.

Fang Ping released the Yuan Ding from his Dantian, took out a set of materials for the Bigu Pill prepared by the Dan Ding Fang, and put the materials into the Yuan Ding.

After adding a small amount of mountain spring rich in spiritual energy, Fang Ping followed the basic techniques recorded in [The Beginning of the Way of Alchemy], pinched the formula, and continuously raised the spiritual fire.

Compared to the ordinary Xiao Huan Dan, the Bigu Pill is much more strict about the fire.

Fang Ping needs to make fine adjustments from time to time according to the characteristics of the spiritual medicine and the requirements of the Bigu Pill formula.

As the spiritual fire rises, the liquid medicine and medicinal materials in the Yuan Ding begin to roll and boil.

As in previous attempts, the invisible restriction in the cauldron automatically activated, imprisoning all the liquid medicine and the lost medicinal power in the cauldron without any loss.

Thanks to Fang Ping's initial understanding of the Dao of Alchemy and his careful study of the recipe, the initial refining went smoothly.

But after only a few minutes, Fang Ping made a slight mistake in controlling his mana, which caused the temperature of the spiritual fire to be slightly high, and the fusion of the spiritual medicine in the cauldron immediately became abnormal.

"Sure enough, the real spiritual pill is not that easy to refine!"

Seeing that the small mistakes continued to trigger a chain reaction, causing the refining of the Bigu Pill to fail completely, Fang Ping shook his head and launched the first backtracking of the day.

The mysterious and vast light of time emerged, bringing everything back to the beginning!

After summarizing the failed experience and experience of the first attempt, Fang Ping did not stop and started the second attempt.

"The fire is still too high, backtracking!"

The third attempt!

"This time there is a problem with the timing of adjusting the changes in the medicinal properties, backtracking!"

The fourth attempt!

"When the liquid needs to be condensed, the mana control has a slight fluctuation, try again!"

………

After repeated attempts, Fang Ping suffered failures again and again, until the nine backtrackings of the day were all used up.

This kind of failure was also sharpening his Dao heart invisibly.

When a person has a clear goal and has enough motivation to move towards the goal, time will pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was a month.

This day.

Fang Ping stood in front of the Yuan Ding and continued to refine the elixir.

In the past month, he made full use of the Yuan Ding's opportunity to go back and refine at least nine furnaces of elixir every day.

It seems that he has only started refining elixir for more than a month, but under this high-intensity attempt, he has actually refined hundreds of furnaces of Bigu Pills.

Although all attempts ended in failure, with the help of repeated attempts at zero cost, Fang Ping gradually figured out some tricks.

He could clearly feel that his control of mana was becoming more and more meticulous.

He was also more sensitive and accurate in controlling the changes in the medicinal properties and the temperature in the cauldron.

When he made the last furnace yesterday, he was actually very close to success.

However, the Bigu Pill he refined had a lot of flaws and the appearance was slightly black, which could only be regarded as a defective product, and he finally went back.

"Maybe it will work today!"

With some expectation, Fang Ping pinched the magic formula from time to time, fine-tuned the flame in the cauldron, and adjusted the medicinal properties in succession at the right time.

Finally!

With a subtle sound coming from the cauldron, all the medicinal materials were fused into a milky white liquid.

Fang Ping no longer hesitated and stopped refining. After the invisible restriction of the Yuan Ding dissipated, he used a basic method of dividing the elixir recorded in the first explanation of the alchemy to grab the liquid medicine in the cauldron that was about to condense into a pill.

In the normal alchemy process, it is impossible to perfectly divide all the liquid medicine. After the furnace is opened, the spiritual energy and medicinal power contained in the liquid medicine will quickly lose at high temperature, so there will be more or less waste.

A skilled alchemist can increase the output of pills within a certain range through more accurate and efficient methods of dividing the elixir.

For example, when refining the same Bigu Pill, an ordinary alchemy apprentice may only make seven or eight pills in one furnace, while a first-level alchemist who has mastered the exquisite method of dividing pills may make ten Bigu Pills.

The extra two or three finished pills are the embodiment of the difference in level between the alchemist and the alchemy apprentice, and also directly affect the final profit of alchemy!

At this moment, although Fang Ping only used the ordinary method of dividing pills, after many practices, it still gave people a dazzling feeling.

It seemed that in just a blink of an eye, the liquid medicine in the cauldron that was about to condense into pills was just about to evaporate, and it was divided into white round pills by Fang Ping and completed the packaging.

"Six Bigu Pills!"

After the last step of dividing the pills was completed, Fang Ping looked at the six pills lying quietly in the porcelain bottle, and his heart was a little excited.

Hundreds of furnaces failed, but only one medicinal material was used.

The first successful alchemy, six pills were produced!

If it weren't for the help of Yuan Ding, Fang Ping would never dare to dream that he could achieve such an achievement.

Of course, one should remember the well digger.

Fang Ping also did not forget which great man was willing to blew up his own life magic weapon and cross the void to send Yuan Ding to him.

"Master Qingyang, he is really, I cry to death!"

After thanking someone for his silent contribution in his heart, Fang Ping looked at his first furnace of finished products. He took out one from it, tasted the effect, and compared it with the fasting pills he had used in the past.

After a moment, Fang Ping had a bottom line in his heart.

"Except for the two last pills that are slightly inferior in effect and can be classified as inferior, the first four pills are fine and can be bottled and sold directly!"

"In the market, a bottle of Bigu Pills has ten pills and the market price is one spirit stone."

"But the materials for five Bigu Pills are also only one spirit stone."

If the apprentice of the alchemy sect can produce eight pills per furnace on average, and all five are successful, a total of 40 Bigu Pills can be produced, which means they can be sold for four spirit stones!

After deducting the material cost of one spirit stone, an astonishing net profit of 300%!

Of course, in fact, it is impossible to have such a high success rate.

Considering that Bigu Pills are, after all, low-grade basic pills that are not difficult to refine, it is not difficult for some skilled apprentices of the alchemy sect to achieve a success rate of 50% to 60%.

Even if the success rate is 50%, five furnaces produce an average of 20 Bigu Pills, which still has a 100% net profit!

The 100% net profit here does not take into account the depreciation of the alchemy furnace, the labor cost of the alchemist, and the initial investment.

Even so, the high rate of return of the alchemy can be seen.

"However, I have the help of Yuan Ding, and the initial investment is zero!"

"Such a treasure should not be as easy to wear out as ordinary magic tools... so there is no need to consider depreciation costs."

"In addition, there are nine times of backtracking every day."

In this case, Fang Ping's rate of return on alchemy will far exceed that of ordinary alchemy apprentices.

This is just a basic elixir that can be found everywhere, with a stable price and no room for price increase. If it is a medium-grade basic elixir that can increase cultivation, such as Ningyuan Dan, or even a real first-grade elixir...

Hiss~

I dare not think about it, I dare not think about it!