Chapter 18: Buying Materials and Refining Medicine
Yang Huaian did not beat around the bush and directly stated his request, and Hu Mu was very pleased with the words "Brother Mu".
"Okay, Master Huai'an, when do we set off?"
Hu Mu replied with a faint smile, and finally clapped his hands. Soon several guards followed in and bowed to Yang Huaian.
"Now, let's go early and come back early. It's getting late."
Yang Huaian thought about it and then spoke.
"Yes, sir."
So a group of six people, excluding Yang Huaian and Hu Mu, and four guards, got on the carriage and left the Qin family mansion.
This trip out to purchase medicinal materials was generally smooth. After all, it was a business, so why worry about not being able to buy things with money in hand?
However, Yang Huaian did not expect that medicinal herbs were quite expensive. He originally thought that one tael of silver should be enough to buy one portion, and the other ones were fine.
However, there was one medicinal herb, the ten-year-old fairy grass, which was quite expensive, costing fifty taels of silver per portion.
The key point is that a ten-year-old spiritual grass can only produce four pills at most.
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According to this calculation, even if Yang Huaian succeeded every time, the cost of the medicinal materials would be around fifty taels, which was somewhat different from what he thought.
The key point is that Yang Huaian only has 500 taels in his hand, and if he buys all of them, there will only be ten copies.
"Forget it, a ten-year supply of fairy grass is too extravagant, just take some ordinary ones."
In the end, Yang Huaian could only think of a compromise and bought some of the most common fairy grass, that is, those of no age.
This thing is much cheaper, only five hundred coins.
In this way, Yang Huaian exchanged all the five hundred taels of silver for medicinal materials, a total of five hundred sets, which required a carriage to transport them away.
After returning home, Hu Mu personally led people to unload the medicinal materials and sent them all to the study room designated by Yang Huaian.
Yang Huaian doesn't have an alchemy room yet, and Qin Meng didn't expect that he would be able to start making alchemy so soon.
After all, in the eyes of others, even if Yang Huaian was fast, it would take him more than half a year to understand those prescriptions in the alchemy books.
With the materials in hand, Yang Huaian was eager to try it out. He went straight into the study and closed the door.
Hu Mu knew about this matter. As Yang Huaian's personal bodyguard, he was naturally worried.
After all, alchemy is no small matter. If he is not careful, he might blow his young master to death, and that would be a great sin for him.
Therefore, Hu Mu chose to wait outside the door, and once he heard any noise, he would rush in to rescue people immediately.
This is a child who is less than two years old, but he has already started making elixirs. It is shocking if you tell others about it.
Not only did Hu Mu not leave, but the four guards also stood guard in the yard to protect Yang Huaian.
Yang Huai'an was completely unaware of anything happening in the outside world.
He sat cross-legged on the bed, restoring his mental strength to its best state. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, a pair of bright eyes emitted two rays of golden light, which were exceptionally dazzling.
"It should be time to start."
Yang Huaian thought about it and took out the alchemy furnace he had prepared.
Although Yang Huaian has learned all the theoretical knowledge, it is ultimately just theory and is very different from practice.
Yang Huaian decided to take out a dose of medicinal materials first and practice his skills.
Pushing the Netherworld Fire in his body, a ray of cool flame emerged, and Yang Huaian immediately put it into the alchemy furnace.
Almost instantly, the alchemy furnace lit up, but it emitted a strange, dark blue flame.
Yang Huaian did not stop, and quickly put the medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace step by step according to the prescription.
In fact, the process of refining the elixir is not too difficult. After a brief familiarization, Yang Huaian has become proficient in it.
Burn the outer skin of the medicinal materials to extract the essence, then use flames to burn away impurities.
Finally, all the essences are fused together, and with the blessing of the burning flames, find the most suitable opportunity for fusion and create the elixir in one fell swoop.
Whether the elixir can be made well and the quality of the elixir depends on the final step of making the elixir, which is also the most important step.
The quality of the resulting elixir directly determines the level of an alchemist.
Of course, it was good enough that Yang Huaian succeeded in refining the elixir for the first time, and his level would be discussed later.
Yang Huaian spent nearly an hour practicing this Blood Gathering Pill, and finally a unique fragrance of the pill emanated from the alchemy furnace.
Although the taste is not too strong, its lingering feeling is unmatched by any other spice.
"Success!"
Yang Huaian was excited, and with a thought, the Blood Gathering Pill that was still spinning in the alchemy furnace flew out with a whoosh and landed in Yang Huaian's hands.
After leaving the alchemy furnace, the fragrance of the elixir was obviously even stronger, and even Hu Mu outside the door could smell it clearly.
"This... seems to be the smell of the Blood Activating Pill? No, this rich pill fragrance is much better than the Blood Activating Pill!"
Hu Mu was extremely surprised. He didn't expect that Yang Huaian would succeed in refining the elixir for the first time, and it was a kind of elixir he had never seen before.
Yang Huaian looked at the round blood-gathering pill in his hand, a satisfied smile on his little face.
This pill is much more perfect than he had imagined. This is the first time Yang Huaian has achieved such an achievement in alchemy. He is already very satisfied.
"continue."
Without much hesitation, Yang Huaian continued to take out medicinal materials, still the Blood Gathering Pill.
Since there is nothing else to do right now, I might as well use this time to make pills and hone my skills at the same time.
Yang Huaian knew that talent alone was useless and he had to practice diligently to master all the alchemy techniques.
Once you have mastered this grade of elixir, you will have the opportunity to advance to the second grade of elixir in the future, and move up step by step until the final ninth grade, or even the divine grade!
Of course, the goal is still far away from Yang Huaian, and what he needs to do now is to keep his feet on the ground.
Yang Huaian, who was confined in his study room refining medicine, had no idea that the courtyard was already in an uproar.
Yang Huaian succeeded in refining the elixir on his first try, and the elixir seemed to be of a fairly high grade.
The news spread so quickly that many servants and maids gathered outside to watch the fun.
Yang Huaian's time for completing a pill started out as one hour, but later he shortened it to an hour, and then to half an hour. His proficiency was so high that it was obvious to the naked eye.
Another hour passed before Yang Huaian came out of the study to get some fresh air.
There was no other way. This Netherworld Fire was too energy-consuming, and Yang Huaian also had to distract himself to control the extraction of medicinal materials.
If you keep going on like this, your little head will explode sooner or later. You should take a break when it's time to rest.
"Master!"
Seeing Yang Huaian coming out, Hu Mu and others immediately came forward to greet him.
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