Free Web NovelChapter 1928: Chapter 1925: Heaven and Earth as the Cauldron, Sun and Moon as the Flame
"The Immortal Spring Well of the Zhang Family has not dried up for a thousand years. It is said that the founder used the water from this well to brew elixirs, so this water should meet your requirements." Zhang Lingyu set the water down, the surface was still calm, and said with a steady breath.
Lin Tian glanced at the water in the barrel, faintly seeing a vapor rising, the water vapor brought a chill, comparable to the Yun Family’s spring water. The Zhang Family’s Immortal Spring Well is highly likely to be a sea eye.
"Lingyu, when I say to add the spring water, you help add it." Lin Tian picked up the Blood Vine from the box and instructed.
Although Zhang Guoyao was willing to lend a hand, Lin Tian, as a junior, could not truly command an elder over a hundred years old to work. Zhang Lingyu understood Lin Tian’s intent and nodded in agreement.
The two were not collaborating on elixir making for the first time. The last time on Charlotte’s island, they worked together to improve the Blood Angel, a seamless collaboration, so the two quickly got into the swing of things.
Lin Tian carefully sensed the temperature inside the Eight Diagrams Tripod, feeling one side’s intense heat and the other’s spring coolness, giving a feeling of fire and water harmonizing, and Yin and Yang integrating.
When the furnace temperature reached the requirement, Lin Tian dropped the Blood Vine into the mechanism hole on the tripod’s lid, keeping his insight on the internal scene. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
At this moment, the furnace fire was blazing. Generally, vines thrown in would be quickly scorched to ashes, but the Blood Vine remained unmoved. Zhang Lingyu and the other two could also observe the interior through the view hole, yet they weren’t surprised, as all three were well-acquainted with the Blood Vine’s properties, especially Zhang Ruyan, who cultivated a variant Flower Vine, a type of Blood Vine.
Although it was Lin Tian’s first time seeing the real thing, his familiarity was no less than theirs, and he knew how to purify the Blood Vine’s essence even better.
He cautiously controlled the flames, slowly raising the temperature, and as the temperature increased, the Blood Vine emitted a soft "pop," and its outer skin began to crack.
Soon, the outer layer completely peeled off under high heat, turning to ash. A blow from the furnace sent the ashes to the bottom, where they were expelled through the bottom passage.
The cracking of the outer skin was just the beginning; the second and third layers followed, continuously cracking, shedding a full five layers until the Blood Vine reduced to more than half its size.
"Add the water." Lin Tian said without turning his head.
Zhang Lingyu, already prepared, added the water from the top immediately upon Lin Tian’s command.
Sizz...
As the spring water contacted the inner tripod, it made a "sizz" sound due to the violent vaporization caused by the cool water meeting high heat, with the water resonating within the tripod. Amid the alternating hot and cold and resonance, the Blood Vine exuded a crimson liquid, appearing as if the vine was bleeding, looking very eerie.
Continuing to heat, the red liquid oozed more and more, while the moisture gradually evaporated. When the potion’s viscosity reached that of blood, Lin Tian extinguished the furnace flame, opened the mechanism hole on the tripod’s side, and the red potion flowed out, like a person slashing a blood vessel, with the blood gushing.
Though it looked shocking, what they smelled was a faint herbal aroma, very different from the bloody stench. Lin Tian collected all the potion into a porcelain bottle.
"Phew..." Zhang Guoyao let out a long breath; his expression showed he had been more nervous than Lin Tian: "Your fire-controlling proficiency surpasses those demon exorcists who’ve practiced for decades, yet you’re so young. I truly don’t know how you achieved it."
"You’re eighteen years old. Even starting elixir-making from understanding at three, you couldn’t reach this proficiency." Zhang Ruyan also exclaimed.
In my mind, I simulate the alchemy process every day. What others practice in a month, I complete in half a day. Naturally, I am proficient, Lin Tian thought as if it were a matter of course, though the words remained unsaid.
He merely shrugged his shoulders, looking innocent: "Perhaps I have a better talent for elixir-making, just like Lingyu and Ruyan, who can pass the puzzle array test in half a day, while others may take a month, even half a year."
The two ladies gave him a look, finding him self-absorbed, but Zhang Guoyao nodded in strong agreement.
"What medicine will be purified next?" Zhang Guoyao eagerly asked.
"Jade Flower Bud." Lin Tian opened the jade box and took out the green Jade Flower Bud.
After cleaning the medicine tripod, Lin Tian did not ignite the fire immediately, instead letting Zhang Lingyu put in the water first, then he added the Jade Flower Bud before lighting the Eight Diagrams Tripod.
The Jade Flower Bud floated in the clear spring water, with the water temperature still just warm. Lin Tian pressed his palms against the tripod and then slightly shook it. The other three watched with glowing eyes, for what appeared to be a simple hand movement was actually a rapid series of dozens of vibrations.
Short, concentrated pats on the tripod, which an average person couldn’t perceive, sent the dense wave of vibrations transmitting inside, causing the spring water to hum and resonate.
The Jade Flower Bud was not as tough as the Blood Vine, much more fragile. The tender green bud couldn’t withstand the resonance, shattering in the blink of an eye, quickly dyeing the spring water pale green. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
Only then did Lin Tian rapidly raise the medicine tripod’s temperature, making the potion boil within. This purification was very swift, taking nearly a third of the time used to refine the Blood Vine before he extinguished the furnace flame.
The green potion flowed out into a porcelain bowl, initially liquid, solidifying into a jelly after cooling, luminous and translucent, like the world’s most delicious confection, and most importantly, it exuded a tempting fresh fragrance.
Lin Tian’s peripheral vision just caught Zhang Lingyu, the foodie, staring at the jade bowl for ten seconds without moving her gaze, her pink tongue subconsciously licking her rosy lips.
"Cough, cough, it’s not lunch time yet." Lin Tian teased.
Zhang Lingyu, however, remained composed, retorting calmly: "What does eating have to do with lunch?"
Alright, this is probably the realm of a foodie, delicious is all that matters, no meal times needed. Lin Tian found it amusingly exasperating.
"You don’t say, even I want to eat it looking at it." Zhang Guoyao laughed.
"Don’t worry, once the elixir is finished, you all can eat them like beans." Lin Tian shook his head with amusement.
"Like beans? Can these ingredients make a lot?" Zhang Guoyao asked with delight.
Lin Tian smiled without replying, continued opening the furnace for purification. The Stalactites are already the essence of the essence, no need for further purification. In fact, if without this item, stalactites could still be used to extract, but the purity can’t compare with naturally purified ones.
Nature is the most powerful pharmacist, even upon advancing to a high-level pharmacist, Lin Tian knew he couldn’t compare. A bit of Stalactites, nature purifies over tens of millions of years, a pharmacist certainly can’t achieve that.
Heaven and Earth as the furnace, Sun and Moon as the fire, nature is this powerful.
The Immortal crane blood also requires no purification, for the Immortal crane has been raised on herbs, its properties always purified and accumulated in the blood. The crane’s age is probably even older than Zhang Guoyao, so this is something a pharmacist can’t match.
Lin Tian continued purifying other herbs, time slipping by unawares. Even when it was lunchtime, they didn’t notice, not even Zhang Lingyu, the foodie, who diligently assisted Lin Tian.
