Chapter 266
byWhen Xiao Fusheng was testing Xia Ning Shang , Yang Kai and Dong Qingyan also sat upright and listened quietly.
Obviously, Elder Xiao wanted his apprentice to learn some knowledge about alchemy from it. As for Yang Kai, he was probably just a foil.
This test lasted for a whole day. Elder Xiao asked various questions about the way of alchemy, from simple to profound, step by step, from easy to difficult.
Xia Ning Shang answered them one by one, with a serious and meticulous attitude.
Half a day later, Elder Xiao’s expression became a surprise, and one day later, it turned into shock. The way he looked at Xia Ning Shang also changed.
It was as if he had discovered a peerless treasure. His two eyes were shining with green light, full of greed.
Meng Wuya was chuckling strangely.
Dong Qingyan also looked at Xia Ning Shang with admiration and worship in her eyes. Only Yang Kai’s expression remained normal.
One day later, Elder Xiao let out a long breath.
“How is it?” Meng Wuya glanced sideways at Xiao Fusheng, looking smug.
Xiao Fusheng looked solemn, lost in thought, and it was a long time before he corrected his expression and said, “The basic skills and theoretical knowledge are very solid. Many experiences are not inferior to this old man of mine.”
During the process of testing Xia Ning Shang , Elder Xiao also benefited a lot from her various answers. This was rather a mutual exchange than a test, except that Xiao Fusheng was asking questions and Xia Ning Shang was answering them.
“That’s natural!” Meng Wuya said indifferently.
But the pride and complacency on his face could not be hidden no matter what, and the corners of his mouth were almost pulled back to his ears.
Xiao Fusheng chuckled and gave him a meaningful glance, saying, “Theory is theory. Sometimes, no matter how good the theory is, it’s not the same when it comes to action.”
Meng Wuya immediately became like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and said in a strange tone, “Old man Xiao, you just give the questions. If my apprentice can’t make you convinced, I’ll change my surname to yours and call you daddy！”
Dong Qingyan couldn’t help it and burst out laughing on the spot. She covered her stomach with her hands and her shoulders shook non-stop.
Xiao Fusheng also smiled bitterly and sighed. Looking at Xia Ningchang, he asked, “So far, what is the highest level of pills you have refined？”
“Mysterious grade lower product…” Xia Ningchang answered softly.
Xiao Fusheng’s body trembled. His old face immediately changed color, and he looked at her in disbelief, as if trying to see the slightest hint of joking in her expression. But those star-like innocent eyes were free of any impurities and extremely bright. Where was there any trace of lying？
Mysterious grade lower product…
Didn’t that mean that at her young age, she had reached the level of a mysterious grade lower product alchemist？
Qin Ze, the number one genius of the Medicine King Valley, is thirty-five years old this year and is only a heaven grade upper product！ In terms of age, Qin Ze is almost twice as old as her.
How could there be such a prodigy in the world！
“What is your success rate in refining low-grade Profound-level pills？” Xiao Fusheng asked seriously.
“I’ve only refined it once… and it was a bit strenuous.”
“Oh…” Xiao Fusheng couldn’t help but let out a breath, thinking that this was still reasonable. It seemed that the one time was also due to good luck to be able to refine a low-grade Profound-level pill, which didn’t count.
He quickly changed the question：
“I haven’t failed.”
“What！” Xiao Fusheng looked shocked, “No failure？”
Xia Ning Shang nodded slightly.
“Impossible！” Xiao Fusheng’s brows furrowed, “Even if I were to make a move and refine it myself, I couldn’t ensure a 100% success rate.”
Alchemy always carried a certain risk. Although Xiao Fusheng had reached the peak in the way of alchemy, he couldn’t completely avoid this point. It could only be said that his failure rate was very, very small.
Meng Wuya let out a strange laugh：
Xiao Fusheng’s face was dark and uncertain. It took him a long time to stand up and waved to the crowd, saying, “Come with me！”
He went ahead first, and the crowd hurriedly followed.
They followed him into the room where he usually lived. There was a secret passage in the room leading directly to the underground. Youdaoplaceholder0, there was also a great deal of fame under the Yunyin Peak.
The group were all martial artists and landed lightly. They walked around several bends underground and suddenly came to a huge stone chamber.
This stone chamber was as large as a dozen rooms. It was filled with all kinds of cauldrons, and there were many medicine racks around. The medicine racks were filled with all kinds of medicinal materials. The quantity and abundance of the storage were astonishing.
“You have a lot of things here.” As soon as Meng Wuya entered, he looked around, picked up this and looked at that, and couldn’t bear to let go.
Xiao Fusheng didn’t care at all and snorted： “This is the result of my lifelong hard work.”
Anyone who asked Xiao Fusheng to refine pills would always send many natural treasures as a reward. Over the years, they had been slowly stored up, and this was the grand occasion in front of them.
Standing still in the stone chamber, Xiao Fusheng looked at Xia Ningchang and said： “Niece, you can use all the things here. Choose the pills you are best at refining and let me take a good look at your skills.”
“Yes！” Xia Ningchang responded and then wandered around the stone chamber.
Dong Qingyan and Yang Kai also hurried up to help. Whenever Xia Ningchang found any medicinal materials, the two would hold them for her.
After a short while, the few people walked back. Xiao Fusheng stepped forward to check the medicinal materials and couldn’t help but frown： “These materials are all for refining mid-grade Heaven-level pills. Are you sure, niece？”
Xia Ningchang nodded slightly.
“Then let’s start. Use whichever cauldron you like. I have quite a few cauldrons here.” Xiao Fusheng smiled slightly.
“No need…” Xia Ningchang said softly.
“No need for a cauldron…” Before Xiao Fusheng could finish a sentence, he saw Xia Ningchang’s true essence suddenly surge.
Her small hand picked up one of the medicinal materials, and the true essence turned into wisps of crystal-clear silk threads, penetrating into the medicinal material in her hand. The medicinal power was quickly condensed from this medicinal material and suspended in mid-air. A drop of crystal-clear raindrop-like, fragrant medicinal liquid was quickly formed.
With a flick of her fingers, this drop of medicinal liquid was transferred to the other hand and hover in the white palm.
Xia Ningchang picked up another medicinal material and did the same. Soon, another drop of crystal-clear medicinal liquid appeared.
All the materials from which the medicinal power had been extracted had lost their spirituality and became like a section of dead wood.
“My God…” Dong Qingyan’s eyes were full of horror, and her face was also shocked.
This is simply not alchemy. All kinds of magical means are shocking.
Xiao Fusheng’s expression was also puzzled, and he murmured in his mouth: “How can the medicinal liquid be refined like this? How is this possible? How is this possible?”
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the medicinal materials had been condensed into medicinal liquid and converged in Xia Ningchang’s small hand.
She danced with her hands, sending strand after strand of true essence into those medicinal liquids. Moments later, she suddenly clenched her hand. The energy between heaven and earth quickly converged. No one knew what kind of transformation had occurred within. When she opened her hand again, a green medicinal pellet had took shape.
It was all round and full, without the slightest impurity. On the pellet, there were lines like patterns Make the entire pellet look full of spirituality and mystery.
“Dan patterns！” Xiao Fusheng’s eyes suddenly widened, and he suddenly shouted in surprise.
Yang Kai’s heart moved.
He still remembered the first time he saw Xiao Fusheng. He had just refined a medicinal pellet. At that time, when he walked out with that medicinal pellet, the sentence he muttered to himself was also related to the dan patterns.
“Uncle, please check！” Xia Ning Shang pinched that medicinal pellet and handed it to Xiao Fusheng.
“Gently, gently. My little auntie, don’t let your fingernails damage those dan patterns…” Xiao Fusheng stretched out his hands and tremblingly took that medicinal pellet, as if on a pilgrimage, with a pious expression on his face.
“Useless！” Meng Wuya taunted in a timely manner.
“Outsider, what the hell do you know！” Xiao Fusheng cursed, and then carefully pinched the medicinal pellet and looked at it in front of his eyes.
“It’s really Danwen… It’s really Danwen.” At this moment, Xiao Fusheng had no trace of the demeanor of a master at all. He was completely like a bumpkin who had never seen the world and suddenly walked into a big city, making a fuss. He had lost all his grace.
“Master, what is Danwen？” Dong Qingyan asked softly.
“Danwen…” Xiao Fusheng let out a soft breath. “Danwen is the manifestation of the highest attainments of alchemists. It is the pattern on the elixir. Just like the meridians in our bodies, Danwen is the meridians of the elixir!
“Elixirs are divided into profound, celestial, earthly, and ordinary grades. However, for elixirs of the same grade, there is a big difference between those with Danwen and those without Danwen. The elixir with Danwen is to seize the good fortune of heaven and earth. The medicinal effect is twice as strong as that of the elixir without Danwen！ Moreover, the existence of these Danwen can also prevent the loss of the spiritual energy of the elixir. No matter how many years it is placed, the medicinal effect will not be lost by a single bit！” Xiao Fusheng sighed with emotion： “I have been refining elixirs for many years. In recent years, I have been researching Danwen, but I can only occasionally get a few elixirs with Danwen when refining ordinary-grade elixirs. Earth-grade elixirs basically don’t have any, and as for heaven-grade elixirs… I have never had one.”
Changing the topic, his eyes looked at Xia Ningchang with burning eyes： “Niece, what is the probability that the heaven-grade elixirs you refine will have Danwen？”
Xia Ningchang bit her lip and timidly looked at Meng Wuya, not knowing how to answer.
Master Xiao has suffered enough blows today. She really can’t bear to tell the truth.
Meng Wuya chuckled and said, “Just say it.”
“Probably about five or six out of ten！”
“Hiss…” Xiao Fusheng took a deep breath.
Five or six out of ten of the pills can have Danwen. Each Danwen pill has twice the efficacy of others. Such means…
It’s amazing！
His expression shocked, Xiao Fusheng asked again, “What about Danyun？ Has the Danyun above Danwen ever appeared？”
Xia Ningchang slowly shook her head.
Well, it should be that the strength is not enough. If you can reach the mind you should be able to refine Danyun.” Xiao Fusheng nodded repeatedly, pacing in the stone room with trembling hands and feet. After a while, he suddenly said, “You all go out. I have something to say to Brother Meng!”
The expressions of the three young people became serious, and they quickly saluted and left.
A moment later, Meng Wuya’s angry shout came from below： “You’re daydreaming！ I have only one apprentice in my life. How could I give her to you? If I had known you were such an ungrateful wretch, I shouldn’t have saved your life back then and let you die in the mouths of those few sixth-order monsters, once and for all.”
Xiao Fusheng said, “One thing is one thing. You don’t know how to refine pills. What can you teach her？ Such a good piece of beautiful jade is simply a waste under your hands. It’s only right to worship under my door.”
Meng Wuya laughed strangely： “I can’t teach, and you can？”
“I can impart all my life’s learning！ I can make her reach the rank of Upper Mysterious Grade Alchemist in the shortest possible time！”
“Upper Mysterious Grade is nothing. You look down on my apprentice too much.”
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