Chapter 328 Second Refining of Medicine

Duan Rong and Yin Cong, each holding a bag, walked out of the three-story quaint building with gray walls and black tiles.

The Qingtong that Duan Rong secretly exchanged was in the bag he was holding.

The whole process was quite smooth. Yin Cong had been absent-minded and didn't pay attention to Duan Rong at all. He might have learned from the last lesson and only remembered the exchange points that Pan Yong told him.

Just now, at the curved counter, the points matched, so Yin Cong thought that there should be no mistake this time.

But for Duan Rong, his task was not completed yet.

He exchanged Qingtong with Shang Xiangyu's star plate, and to ensure that the points matched, he had to exchange 80 points less for other medicines.

If he wanted to complete the exchange of Qingtong without leaving any trace, he had to make up for the missing 80 points of medicine.

However, Duan Rong had already planned for this.

In the list listed by Pan Yong, there were several herbs that he could also exchange at the place where the registered disciples exchanged.

Duan Rong was going to go to the place where the registered disciples exchanged things, exchanged the missing herbs and added them in.

Duan Rong and Yin Cong walked through a gate with a watchtower. There was a dark figure standing on the watchtower, holding a strong bow and a quiver on his back.

Duan Rong paused for a moment and said, "Brother Yin Cong, I'm going to the registered disciples to exchange some things. Wait for me."

"Yes." Yin Cong nodded.

As soon as Duan Rong turned around, Yin Cong suddenly said, "Wait, I'll go with you."

Duan Rong's eyes moved. "Oh, okay!"

Together, they walked towards a row of low buildings in the corner.

When the two of them walked there, Yin Cong said, "Junior brother, I'm going to exchange some medicine for injuries. What do you want to exchange?"

Duan Rong said, "I'm going to exchange some pills for cultivation. Senior brother, are you injured?"

Yin Cong smiled and said, "Not really. Things have been uneasy recently, so I'll carry some medicine for injuries with me to be prepared."

Duan Rong glanced at Yin Cong and understood what he was thinking.

"Then Senior Brother, I'll wait for you here after I'm done exchanging."

Duan Rong said, and then turned and walked towards the room for exchanging pills.

Yin Cong also walked towards the room for exchanging medicine.

Duan Rong walked to the door of the pill exchange, paused, and saw Yin Cong had entered the room for exchanging medicine. Duan Rong immediately showed his body shape, jumped in, and went to the room for exchanging medicinal materials in the middle.

Duan Rong quickly exchanged several medicinal materials, stuffed them into his pocket, and immediately jumped out.

Although Duan Rong's movements were fast enough, it was four herbs after all, so he still spent some time.

The moment he went out, he wanted to use his spiritual sense to scan the outside to see if Yin Cong had come out, but he didn't dare. After all, this was a medicine pavilion. It would be too risky to use his spiritual sense to cover it rashly.

Duan Rong had actually thought of an excuse. If he went out and Yin Cong was already there, he would say that he had exchanged the pills and was a little curious, so he went in to take a look, thinking that Yin Cong would not think too much.

But when Duan Rong stepped out of the door, he saw that there was no one outside the corridor.

Duan Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he stood there for a long time with his bag in his hand, and Yin Cong did not come out.

Duan Rong was wondering in his heart. Does it take so long to exchange a wound medicine?

Just when Duan Rong was worried, a figure walked out of the room where the wound medicine was exchanged.

The man walked away while shaking his head, saying, "It's just a bottle, and it costs 10 contribution points. It's too much!"

Yin Cong walked over, saw Duan Rong, and asked, "Have you exchanged it?"

"Yes, I have."

"Then let's go."

Yin Cong put away the wound medicine in his sleeve, and the two of them left the medicine cabinet and walked towards the iron rope on the edge of the cliff.

The two walked to the iron rope that led to the top of the lower courtyard, and each tied the bag in his hand around his waist.

Yin Cong turned his head and told Duan Rong, "The bag of herbs must be tied up."

Duan Rong said, "Don't worry."

Yin Cong nodded, followed the ropeway, and rowed into the foggy valley, disappearing.

The moment Yin Cong disappeared in the fog, Duan Rong immediately untied the bag tied around his waist.

He immediately squatted on the ground, spread out his pocket, and searched inside for a while before pinching out a small green porcelain bottle from under the medicinal materials.

Duan Rong looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand, his eyes lit up, and inside was Qingtong, an auxiliary medicine for practicing the fourth level of the Taizang Sutra.

Duan Rong put his porcelain bottle into the inner pocket of his lapel, then picked up the pocket on the ground and tied it around his waist again, and then he followed the ropeway into the fog.

When Duan Rong jumped off the iron rope and landed on the hill of the lower courtyard, Yin Cong was already waiting there.

Although both of them were wet, they still had to cross the iron rope from the front and return to the hill on Shang Xiangyu's side, so it was useless to wring it out now.

Together, the two walked forward along the edge of the cliff, leaving a long wet footprint on the edge of the cliff.

When they returned to the hill over there, the sky had begun to turn dark, and the vast fog rolled in the distant twilight, filled with a strange and depressing atmosphere.

The two walked to the entrance of Pan Yong's cave and gave Pan Yong two bags of medicine and the star disk.

Pan Yong glanced at the points on the disk, nodded, and smiled: "Two junior brothers, thank you for your hard work! Don't go out these few days. I guess we should deal with the herbs again."

The two agreed to Pan Yong and turned away.

Duan Rong and Yin Cong chatted for a few more words on the way, and then went their separate ways.

Duan Rong walked along the cliff, but he did not return to his cave, but turned his footsteps and went to the dense forest.

He walked to a hidden bluestone deep in the dense forest.

Duan Rong sat cross-legged on the bluestone, pretending to practice.

After a while, he made sure that there was no one around, then he suddenly jumped off the bluestone, dug a pit under the bluestone, and buried the small green porcelain bottle in it.

After Duan Rong finished all this, he walked back to his cave.

Although he got this auxiliary medicine, he could not start practicing immediately.

Duan Rong had already thought about this matter. It was too dangerous to practice the Taizang Sutra in Shang Xiangyu, because practicing the Taizang Sutra required building a mandala, which could be easily seen.

However, Duan Rong had already thought of a place for himself to practice the Taizang Sutra.

That was to practice with Xiao Yu. There were statues of the Four Great Ming Wangs carved in Xiao Yu's stone workshop.

Of course, the four statues in the cave where Xiao Yu lived might be too big for Duan Rong.

The statues in the altar will be projected into the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness when practicing the Taizang Sutra.

The shadow of the stone statue projected into the sea of ​​spiritual consciousness is much more powerful than the shadow of the portrait.

This is because the medium is different, the skills are corresponding, and the descending divine power will also change.

Duan Rong felt that with his current soul strength, he might not be able to withstand the pressure of the shadow of the stone statue that was half a person's height.

However, Xiao Yu still has many small statues, so he only needs to let Xiao Yu bring four of them.

The stone archway where Xiao Yu is located is under the jurisdiction of Taipu Hall.

Taipu Hall is the same as the lower courtyard, and many people in it are not even warriors.

Therefore, practicing Taizang Sutra with Xiao Yu should be much safer than with Shang Xiangyu.

However, it is obviously not possible in the next few days. Next, I have to deal with the herbs, and then it is the second time to refine the medicine. Only after this busy period is over, he will find a chance to go to Xiao Yu to refine the Taizang Sutra.

Remembering the explosion of the furnace during the first medicine refining, Duan Rong was still afraid of this second medicine refining.

"I hope there will be no more accidents..."

Duan Rong sighed, and then sat cross-legged on the stone bed in the dark.

Duan Rong turned his five hearts to the sky, circulated his true energy, and after a few breaths, he flipped his hand and threw a Zhengyang Pill into his mouth.

After Duan Rong swallowed the pill, the surging medicinal power slowly dissipated and poured into the meridians.

Duan Rong concentrated his mind and looked inward, controlling the agitation and fusion of the medicinal power and true energy...

In the next few days, Pan Yong, Chen Hu, Duan Rong, and Yin Cong began to process the herbs on the big platform.

The herbs processed this time were basically the same as last time, so although Tang Zhu was missing, the progress of processing the herbs was not affected much.

On the evening of the fourth day, as dusk was about to fall, several people were ready to call it a day.

Pan Yong counted the remaining herbs and they would be able to finish processing them tomorrow. It was estimated that they could start refining medicine tomorrow night.

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On the morning of the fifth day, when Duan Rong crossed the stone fence and walked to a corner of the large platform, Pan Yong, Chen Hu, and Yin Cong were already sitting there.

Duan Rong had just sat down on a stool when Yin Cong clicked his tongue at him. Duan Rong looked at him, and he pointed at the platform opposite with his chin.

Duan Rong looked over there intently. The platform in that corner was usually where the fool moved around.

But at this time, there was only an iron chain thrown there alone. The iron ring at the end of the chain, which was originally tied around the fool's waist, was also opened and thrown on the ground.

Duan Rong's eyes jumped, and he said, "Where is the idiot?"

Yin Cong smiled strangely and said, "Who knows? I came here in the morning, and that's it."

Pan Yong said with a dark face, "Do your job well. Stop talking nonsense."

Duan Rong glanced at Pan Yong's face, and his eyes moved slightly.

He had a feeling that Pan Yong seemed to know where the idiot had gone.

By the afternoon, the herbs that needed to be processed had been processed.

Pan Yong counted them, and smiled with a tired face, "Finally, they are all processed. Everyone can go back and rest for two hours. Tonight we will follow the merchant and go into the cave to refine medicine."

Several people then dispersed.

Duan Rong returned to the cave and did nothing. He sat there and began to close his eyes and rest.

There was no telling what might happen when refining medicine at night. Duan Rong was going to adjust himself and put himself in the peak state, so that if there was any accident, he could deal with it.

After Duan Rong rested well, he went to the dense forest, shot a pheasant and roasted it at the entrance of the cave.

After he had eaten and drunk enough, he sat by the fire at the entrance of the cave and wiped his Minghong sword.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Duan Rong sheathed his sword, stood up, and walked towards the dense forest, where the elixir was being refined.

As soon as Duan Rong entered the dense forest, he saw Chen Hu's figure from afar. He deliberately slowed down his pace and kept a distance from Chen Hu.

When Duan Rong walked into the huge cave where the medicine was refined, he saw several burning torches on the red stone wall.

The huge red cave was as bright as day.

Shang Xiangyu was sitting cross-legged on a platform, wearing his wrinkled and shabby Taoist robe. His white hair was scattered behind him, his face was calm, and his eyes were closed.

Not far from the entrance of the cave, Pan Yong and Chen Hu were already standing there. When Duan Rong walked into the cave, both of them looked at him.

Duan Rong walked into the cave and stood not far from Pan Yong and Chen Hu.

On the stone pit in the center of the cave, the double-layered furnace was still there, but somewhere on the second layer of the furnace, there was a small pit.

The ground near the furnace was already filled with various medicinal materials and some bottles and jars, which were obviously placed in advance by Pan Yong.

At this moment, Duan Rong's eyelids trembled suddenly.

He suddenly saw that in the corner behind Shang Xiangyu, there were two large tripods. In one of the tripods, there seemed to be a person lying, with only his hands, feet and half of his head exposed.

Although Duan Rong could not see the face of the person inside, he had guessed who was inside.

It was a fool!

But Duan Rong was puzzled. Why would the fool lie in that big tripod? And he was motionless as if he was asleep.

Some time ago, Duan Rong had heard Yin Cong say that the fool was actually Shang Xiangyu's son.

But Duan Rong always felt that it was not like that, the age difference between the two did not seem that big.

Just as Duan Rong's eyes flashed with contemplation, Yin Cong also walked into the cave and stood beside Duan Rong.

After the four people arrived, they all stood on one side, silently, and no one spoke.

Because Shang Xiangyu was sitting cross-legged not far away.

After about half an incense stick, Shang Xiangyu suddenly opened his eyes, half raised his head, and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

He glanced at the four people standing on one side of the cave entrance, stood up, and said: "Get ready to refine the medicine."

The four people followed and returned to their positions.

Duan Rong and Yin Cong still stood on two wooden ladders, guarding the two medicine-adding ports on the second floor of the furnace.

After Tang Zhu died, there was temporarily one less person. Pan Yong was responsible for the two medicine-adding ports on the first floor, and Chen Hu was responsible for the other medicine-adding port.

Shang Xiangyu saw that several people had returned to their positions, so he slowly walked to a corner of the cave, where he saw a large black stone lying on the ground, like a huge black coffin.

Shang Xiangyu stood beside the large black stone, raised his hands horizontally, and slowly raised them from his dantian. At the same time, the heaven and earth energy in his body began to surge through his meridians.

Shang Xiangyu held one side of the large black stone with both hands, and suddenly exerted force to lift the large black stone. The veins on Shang Xiangyu's forehead burst out, and he pushed the large black stone to stand sideways, which showed the weight of this stone.

As the large black stone stood sideways, gurgling magma gushed out from under the large black stone, along the channel, and flowed into the large pit under the alchemy furnace.

As the magma as hot as iron juice gushed out, the cave instantly began to roll with hot air.

After a few breaths, the temperature also climbed to a terrifying level.

Shang Xiangyu stood beside the furnace, watching the fire. When the furnace was red for a few breaths, he suddenly said in a deep voice: "No. 1 medicine adding port, Rehmannia glutinosa."

Pan Yong had already held a white porcelain bottle and was guarding the No. 1 medicine adding port. As soon as Shang Xiangyu called out, he poured the liquid in the porcelain bottle into the furnace.

As the medicine juice entered the furnace, bursts of white mist filled the furnace...

Shang Xiangyu stood beside the circle of transparent water jade, staring at the subtle changes in the furnace. His eyes were calm and crazy, just like a trader who stared at the opening of the market after crazy leverage, and like a weird scientist who was focusing on some experiment to destroy mankind.

Under Shang Xiangyu's command, several people kept adding various medicines to the furnace.

Duan Rong felt that the medicine he added was almost the same as the last time he refined the medicine, but the amount of each herb seemed to be much more.

As time went by, there were not many bottles, jars and herbs left on the ground beside the furnace.

Shang Xiangyu stared at the furnace through the circle of transparent water jade. The fluorescence on his face kept changing colors. Suddenly, Shang Xiangyu straightened his waist. He knew that he had reached the most critical point.

He wanted to use the blood pill method to make the blood spring pill!

Shang Xiangyu pursed his lips, turned his head and looked at the big cauldron in the corner.

The moment Shang Xiangyu turned his head, Duan Rong clearly saw Shang Xiangyu's body trembling slightly.

At this time, Shang Xiangyu had already walked slowly towards the big cauldron in the corner...