6kv Chapter 38 In Faerûn, Hardcore Alchemy
Chapter 38 In Faerûn, Hardcore Alchemy
Ronan moved the alchemy furnace into the basement.
What needs to be done now is not to refine elixirs, but to process the elixir furnace.
According to the "Heavenly Book", when forging an alchemy furnace, patterns need to be engraved on the outer wall of the furnace.
With the patterns and incantations, one can draw upon the surrounding energy, accelerate the alchemy process, and increase the success rate of pill condensation.
Ronan, of course, wouldn't let the dwarves know about these patterns.
So, just now, he went to another blacksmith shop and spent 30 gold coins to buy an iron awl made of high-quality steel, intending to carve patterns on the outer wall himself.
To carve patterns, flames are needed to soften the outer wall.
Where did the flames come from? They came from his mouth, of course.
He is now a cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and both the quantity and quality of his magical power are vastly different from what they used to be.
The flames he exhaled were hot and long-lasting enough.
Ronan then prepared several buckets of water to cool the furnace walls as soon as the carving was completed.
His current house, after being renovated by the believers of Gonde, has a tap connected to a spring, making it very convenient to get water, unlike before when he had to go to the square to fetch water.
Once everything was ready, he had a thought, and his true energy transformed into magical power, flowing from his meridians to his throat, and then to his mouth and nasal cavity.
Immediately, it opened its mouth and spat out a raging flame that crashed into the alchemy furnace.
"I wonder how my flame-breathing technique compares to the red dragon's breath?" Ronan thought to himself.
Then he wondered if his white dragon bloodline could manifest.
If he could, he could unleash his icy breath.
Ronan thought for a while, then focused his mind, recalling the patterns in the "Heavenly Book," and gripped the iron awl tightly.
He concentrated the flames and sprayed them in one spot to increase the temperature of the flames and soften the steel.
Then, the carving began.
He now has a constitution of 20 points, which represents not only recovery ability but also concentration.
Therefore, his hands are now very steady, and he can perform very precise movements.
Gradually, he carved out the twisted yet mysterious patterns on the furnace wall.
He wanted to carve eight sets of patterns.
According to the "Heavenly Book", these eight sets of patterns are called the "Eight Trigrams" of "Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, and Dui".
However, he saw that the Bagua recorded in the "Heavenly Book" was very complex, composed of twisted patterns, but when combined, it vaguely had the meaning of the Bagua of the previous life.
He felt that these eight patterns were like variations of the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) under the rules of this world.
At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder what the relationship was between the continent of Karatu and the world he lived in in his previous life.
Thinking of this, he thought of his White Dragon father in this life.
Old Man White Dragon said he wanted to go to the continent of Karatu to find the secret of his mother's origins.
He also wanted to know this secret, and he was waiting for Old Man White Dragon to tell him next time.
However, I wonder where Old Man White Dragon is now?
I wonder if we've found any evil thoughts?
Has the dark impulse in your heart been suppressed?
For Ronan now, carving is no longer a difficult task. After carving for a while, he became very skilled, and even when he was distracted by other things, the carved patterns were flawless.
Six hours later, the pattern was carved.
A complete alchemy furnace is finally finished.
He went to the shop and bought marble tiles and firewood.
A furnace base was built using stone bricks—that is, a platform beneath the alchemy furnace used for burning fire.
Then, the alchemy furnace was carried onto the furnace base.
Looking down from above, the furnace base is a square with only three sides, and the three legs of the alchemy furnace stand firmly on the furnace base.
Then he stuffed firewood into the opening of the furnace base.
With a spit, a flame shot towards the firewood.
The next moment, the firewood burst into flames.
The alchemy furnace is mainly divided into two layers.
These two layers give the alchemy furnace a "凸" (convex) shaped structure.
The lower level, which is the large belly of the alchemy furnace, contains an inner cauldron for holding alchemy materials.
The materials will then react at high temperatures inside the cauldron.
The essence extracted from the materials in the inner cauldron will rise to the upper layer through the intricate structure of the alchemy furnace, and finally condense into an elixir in the upper layer.
Therefore, the upper level is the pill-condensing area.
Ronan opened the feeding port of the alchemy furnace, used pliers to put a portion of material into the inner cauldron on the lower level, and then pricked himself with an iron awl, adding his own blood into it.
After closing the feed outlet, he began chanting the incantation as instructed in the "Heavenly Book".
Soon, he pronounced "临、兵、斗、者、皆、列、阵、前、行" clearly and distinctly.
After reciting the mantra, he made a Three Mountains Seal and pointed it toward the alchemy furnace.
The incantation and hand gestures were ones he had seen in his previous life. As he was wondering if they would be useful under the rules of this world, he suddenly realized that after he pointed, all the magical energy around him flowed toward the alchemy furnace.
Immediately, magical energy ignited the flames in the furnace base, which then seeped into the furnace through the ventilation openings. Under the high temperature, the materials inside began to react.
"It's done."
Ronan breathed a sigh of relief.
According to the "Heavenly Book," it takes him seven days to refine one batch of elixirs.
For the next seven days, he only needed to chant incantations regularly, pay attention to the reaction of the materials in the furnace from time to time, add or subtract firewood from the furnace base, and control the size of the furnace fire with his magic power.
He had prepared seven days' worth of food in advance, and in the days to come, apart from needing to use the restroom, he could spend the rest of his time observing the fire in the basement.
While observing the reaction of the materials in the furnace, he practiced the "Zhou Tian Yin Qi Jue" (a method of circulating qi in the body of the furnace).
He was already very familiar with the meridian circulation of the "Zhou Tian Yin Qi Jue" (a method of cultivating qi through the body), and even when he was distracted by other things, his cultivation efficiency did not decrease much.
Five days passed quickly.
The furnace was blazing, and Ronan emitted a divine light as images of the materials reacting appeared in his mind.
Perhaps the cinnabar and yellow buds in the alchemy materials are already in their final form, which saves some steps.
Therefore, the alchemy process was accelerated considerably, and after only five days, he felt that the pill was about to condense.
Immediately, he perked up and stopped practicing the "Zhou Tian Yin Qi Jue".
In alchemy, condensing the elixir is the most crucial and also the most difficult step.
At this point, the fire in the stove must be controlled very well.
Even the slightest mistake can lead to disastrous consequences and complete failure.
"I wish someone could cast a divine guidance spell on me."
After the thought suddenly popped into Ronan's mind, he immediately focused his attention and concentrated on controlling the flames of the alchemy furnace.
The essence of the materials continuously rises to the condensation zone at the top of the alchemy furnace.
The magical materials flowing in from the surrounding area continuously compress the essence of the materials.
Moreover, the liquid essence of all the materials is also condensing together.
Gradually, circular objects began to form in the condensation zone, growing larger and larger.
Three hours later, Ronan saw that the time was right and immediately made a hand gesture.
The surrounding magical energy was immediately withdrawn from the core-condensing area, and the furnace fire below was extinguished at the same time.
The next moment, with a clang, the pill landed on the tray in the pill-condensing area.