Li Huowang carefully looked at the small alchemy furnace in front of him, with three incense sticks placed beside it for timing.
In this environment without alarm clocks, Li Huowang could only rely on such a crude method to calculate time.
When the last incense stick burned out completely, Li Huowang immediately put out the fire, opened the furnace, and a mixed aroma of strange herbs wafted out from inside.
Li Huowang was overjoyed, the elixir had been refined. The refined elixir was continuously shaking on a sieve, and when all the ash-like residue was sieved away, there were various sizes of black elixirs left in the box.
These elixirs were the Nourishing Blood Pills that Dan Yang Tzu had mentioned, a very simple elixir used to stop bleeding.
A single dosage cannot exceed 500 grams, otherwise there is a risk of complete blood clotting in the body. It sounds useless, and might even be more useful for harming people than treating them, but because it is the simplest elixir, Dan Yang Tzu gave it to Li Huowang to practice with.
Li Huowang carefully counted and found that he had obtained thirteen large Nourishing Blood Pills and twenty-six small Nourishing Blood Pills.
Li Huowang’s gain was not just these elixirs, but also the basic knowledge of alchemy that he learned through the process of refining the Nourishing Blood Pill.
Alchemy was far more difficult than Li Huowang had imagined. In addition to the difference in timing, even the growth direction of different herbs had to be carefully distinguished.
As long as one step went wrong, the medicinal effect and success rate of refining elixirs would be vastly different, as evidenced by a pile of burnt waste next to him.
Li Huowang took out a small bamboo tube and put all the elixirs in it. He then took a deep breath, put on a Taoist robe next to him, and walked towards the door. “It’s almost time, midnight is coming.”
As Li Huowang pushed open the door of the materials room, everyone working there stood up in unison and looked at him in horror. In their eyes, he was now the harbinger of death.
Li Huowang looked at them with a complex expression, walked past them under their gaze, and finally came to Bai Lingmiao’s side.
The white-haired girl’s body trembled along with her hair. She tried hard not to cry, but eventually couldn’t hold back, and tears flowed from the edge of her unique light pink pupils.
With a solemn expression, Li Huowang reached out and took her hand, leaving the materials room and heading towards the alchemy room.
In the moist limestone cave tunnel, Bai Lingmiao choked and confessed her last words to Li Huowang. Li Huowang remained silent and motioned for her to come into his home.
Once inside, he turned and said, “Take off your pants.” Bai Lingmiao’s eyes widened in shock at his unexpected request.
At the third quarter of the Zi hour, Li Huowang brought Bai Lingmiao to the alchemy room, where Dan Yang Tzu had just arrived.
When he saw Li Huowang bring the medicinal herbs without being instructed, Dan Yang Tzu’s face showed a hint of satisfaction, and he found his youngest disciple slightly more pleasing.
“Hehe, good disciple, come here.” With a wave of his hand, Dan Yang Tzu sent Bai Lingmiao flying into the stone jar, where he grabbed her by the neck.
As Li Huowang watched this scene, his heart pounded and his hands clenched tightly.
Just as the several hundred-kilograms stone rod was about to smash down, Dan Yang Tzu suddenly stopped.
“Ah, why did your menstrual cycle have to come now? The properties of the medicine have completely changed,” Dan Yang Tzu frowned, looking at Bai Lingmiao’s blood-soaked pants.
Li Huowang, who saw this scene, breathed a sigh of relief, for his plan had succeeded.
After Li Huowang learned how alchemy worked in this world, he found a solution to the problem.
Since the properties of other medicinal materials are so variable, human medicine may also undergo changes.
Moreover, in his understanding of Taoist theory, a woman’s menstrual blood is considered impure. Li Huowang’s way of dealing with it was to have Bai Lingmiao pretend to have her period.
He had to make sure that Dan Yang Tzu discovered the situation himself to avoid suspicion.
Now it seems that he has achieved his goal and saved Bai Lingmiao’s life.
Dan Yang Tzu waved his wide Taoist robe, and Bai Lingmiao was thrown out of the jar and fell heavily to the ground.
The impact was so great that Bai Lingmiao had to hold her knees and slowly get up after a while. Li Huowang could not help her, he had to stay on the side and watch coldly.
“Xuan Yang, take this medicinal herb back,” hearing Dan Yang Tzu’s words, Li Huowang finally felt relieved. He respectfully bowed to Dan Yang Tzu and said, “Yes, Master.”
When Bai Lingmiao walked beside him, Li Huowang noticed that her head seemed to be injured, and fresh blood was flowing down her cheek.
Nevertheless, Bai Lingmiao still expressed gratitude towards Li Huowang. In the face of death, enduring a little suffering was nothing.
“Anyway, we managed to get through this hurdle. It may be a while until Bai Lingmiao’s turn next time,” Li Huowang said as he and Bai Lingmiao walked towards the door.
However, just as they were about to walk out of the alchemy room, Dan Yang Tzu’s voice came from behind them.
“Xuan Yang, since this herb doesn’t work, go and bring another one. I remember there’s another type of albinism medicine. Hurry up and come back quickly, don’t delay,” Dan Yang Tzu said lightly.
Hearing Dan Yang Tzu’s words, Li Huowang’s body trembled slightly. He turned around and respectfully bowed to Dan Yang Tzu again, saying, “Yes, Master.”
Li Huowang didn’t know how he walked to the materials room. He numbly walked up to another man with albinism, took his hand, and led him out.
The man knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy, while Li Huowang could do nothing but send him to the alchemy room.
His cries were abruptly silenced by Dan Yang Tzu’s stone rod, and a faint white smoke with a strong aroma rose up, covering the stalactites above with a thick layer of human oil.
Trembling, Li Huowang turned around to leave but was stopped by Dan Yang Tzu.
“Don’t you long for the path of alchemy? Come here and take a careful look. Such complex and rare elixirs can’t be found elsewhere,” Dan Yang Tzu said.
Li Huowang walked over and carefully observed everything, listening to Dan Yang Tzu’s instructions on when to add herbs and how much fire to use. He was like a curious child watching the entire process of alchemy.
When the flames under the furnace were extinguished and the alchemy furnace opened, seven already-formed black elixirs appeared in front of Dan Yang Tzu.
“Not bad, not bad. You’re very talented. The other disciples are not as eager to learn as you are. Here, this is a reward from your master,”
Dan Yang Tzu took out a pill from his palm and placed it in front of Li Huowang.
“Thank you, Master!”
Li Huowang bowed deeply to Dan Yang Tzu and tremblingly held the elixir in his hands, putting it in his mouth and swallowing it.
Li Huowang carefully looked at the small alchemy furnace in front of him, with three incense sticks placed beside it for timing.
In this environment without alarm clocks, Li Huowang could only rely on such a crude method to calculate time.
When the last incense stick burned out completely, Li Huowang immediately put out the fire, opened the furnace, and a mixed aroma of strange herbs wafted out from inside.
Li Huowang was overjoyed, the elixir had been refined. The refined elixir was continuously shaking on a sieve, and when all the ash-like residue was sieved away, there were various sizes of black elixirs left in the box.
These elixirs were the Nourishing Blood Pills that Dan Yang Tzu had mentioned, a very simple elixir used to stop bleeding.
A single dosage cannot exceed 500 grams, otherwise there is a risk of complete blood clotting in the body. It sounds useless, and might even be more useful for harming people than treating them, but because it is the simplest elixir, Dan Yang Tzu gave it to Li Huowang to practice with.
Li Huowang carefully counted and found that he had obtained thirteen large Nourishing Blood Pills and twenty-six small Nourishing Blood Pills.
Li Huowang’s gain was not just these elixirs, but also the basic knowledge of alchemy that he learned through the process of refining the Nourishing Blood Pill.
Alchemy was far more difficult than Li Huowang had imagined. In addition to the difference in timing, even the growth direction of different herbs had to be carefully distinguished.
As long as one step went wrong, the medicinal effect and success rate of refining elixirs would be vastly different, as evidenced by a pile of burnt waste next to him.
Li Huowang took out a small bamboo tube and put all the elixirs in it. He then took a deep breath, put on a Taoist robe next to him, and walked towards the door. “It’s almost time, midnight is coming.”
As Li Huowang pushed open the door of the materials room, everyone working there stood up in unison and looked at him in horror. In their eyes, he was now the harbinger of death.
Li Huowang looked at them with a complex expression, walked past them under their gaze, and finally came to Bai Lingmiao’s side.
The white-haired girl’s body trembled along with her hair. She tried hard not to cry, but eventually couldn’t hold back, and tears flowed from the edge of her unique light pink pupils.
With a solemn expression, Li Huowang reached out and took her hand, leaving the materials room and heading towards the alchemy room.
In the moist limestone cave tunnel, Bai Lingmiao choked and confessed her last words to Li Huowang. Li Huowang remained silent and motioned for her to come into his home.
Once inside, he turned and said, “Take off your pants.” Bai Lingmiao’s eyes widened in shock at his unexpected request.
At the third quarter of the Zi hour, Li Huowang brought Bai Lingmiao to the alchemy room, where Dan Yang Tzu had just arrived.
When he saw Li Huowang bring the medicinal herbs without being instructed, Dan Yang Tzu’s face showed a hint of satisfaction, and he found his youngest disciple slightly more pleasing.
“Hehe, good disciple, come here.” With a wave of his hand, Dan Yang Tzu sent Bai Lingmiao flying into the stone jar, where he grabbed her by the neck.
As Li Huowang watched this scene, his heart pounded and his hands clenched tightly.
Just as the several hundred-kilograms stone rod was about to smash down, Dan Yang Tzu suddenly stopped.
“Ah, why did your menstrual cycle have to come now? The properties of the medicine have completely changed,” Dan Yang Tzu frowned, looking at Bai Lingmiao’s blood-soaked pants.
Li Huowang, who saw this scene, breathed a sigh of relief, for his plan had succeeded.
After Li Huowang learned how alchemy worked in this world, he found a solution to the problem.
Since the properties of other medicinal materials are so variable, human medicine may also undergo changes.
Moreover, in his understanding of Taoist theory, a woman’s menstrual blood is considered impure. Li Huowang’s way of dealing with it was to have Bai Lingmiao pretend to have her period.
He had to make sure that Dan Yang Tzu discovered the situation himself to avoid suspicion.
Now it seems that he has achieved his goal and saved Bai Lingmiao’s life.
Dan Yang Tzu waved his wide Taoist robe, and Bai Lingmiao was thrown out of the jar and fell heavily to the ground.
The impact was so great that Bai Lingmiao had to hold her knees and slowly get up after a while. Li Huowang could not help her, he had to stay on the side and watch coldly.
“Xuan Yang, take this medicinal herb back,” hearing Dan Yang Tzu’s words, Li Huowang finally felt relieved. He respectfully bowed to Dan Yang Tzu and said, “Yes, Master.”
When Bai Lingmiao walked beside him, Li Huowang noticed that her head seemed to be injured, and fresh blood was flowing down her cheek.
Nevertheless, Bai Lingmiao still expressed gratitude towards Li Huowang. In the face of death, enduring a little suffering was nothing.
“Anyway, we managed to get through this hurdle. It may be a while until Bai Lingmiao’s turn next time,” Li Huowang said as he and Bai Lingmiao walked towards the door.
However, just as they were about to walk out of the alchemy room, Dan Yang Tzu’s voice came from behind them.
“Xuan Yang, since this herb doesn’t work, go and bring another one. I remember there’s another type of albinism medicine. Hurry up and come back quickly, don’t delay,” Dan Yang Tzu said lightly.
Hearing Dan Yang Tzu’s words, Li Huowang’s body trembled slightly. He turned around and respectfully bowed to Dan Yang Tzu again, saying, “Yes, Master.”
Li Huowang didn’t know how he walked to the materials room. He numbly walked up to another man with albinism, took his hand, and led him out.
The man knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy, while Li Huowang could do nothing but send him to the alchemy room.
His cries were abruptly silenced by Dan Yang Tzu’s stone rod, and a faint white smoke with a strong aroma rose up, covering the stalactites above with a thick layer of human oil.
Trembling, Li Huowang turned around to leave but was stopped by Dan Yang Tzu.
“Don’t you long for the path of alchemy? Come here and take a careful look. Such complex and rare elixirs can’t be found elsewhere,” Dan Yang Tzu said.
Li Huowang walked over and carefully observed everything, listening to Dan Yang Tzu’s instructions on when to add herbs and how much fire to use. He was like a curious child watching the entire process of alchemy.
When the flames under the furnace were extinguished and the alchemy furnace opened, seven already-formed black elixirs appeared in front of Dan Yang Tzu.
“Not bad, not bad. You’re very talented. The other disciples are not as eager to learn as you are. Here, this is a reward from your master,”
Dan Yang Tzu took out a pill from his palm and placed it in front of Li Huowang.
“Thank you, Master!”
Li Huowang bowed deeply to Dan Yang Tzu and tremblingly held the elixir in his hands, putting it in his mouth and swallowing it.
