fairy cage

Chapter 118 Refinement
After some hasty selection and deliberation, voices sounded from time to time on the two high platforms facing each other: "Yes."

"No."

After intense discussions, Yu Lie and Fang Lao selected several prescriptions for the competition.

Among these several prescriptions, there are antidote, poison, and gunpowder. There are different categories, and the power is strong or weak.

Among them, the one selected by Yu Lie can be refined, and the one selected by the old party, although Yu Lie can't refine, but he also knows some properties of medicine and can be on guard against it.For Fang Lao, the same is true.

"The prescription has been determined!" The two Taoist boys shouted.

They held up the prescriptions approved by Yu Lie and Fang Lao, and passed them among the crowd of onlookers to show justice.

Noisy discussions sounded around the high platform, and the Taoist boys muttered about the prescription and the medicinal materials needed:
"Gunpowder? I don't know which one of the two, but I really chose gunpowder. If there is a slight mistake in the refining process, and there is a bang explosion, it may collapse the high platform and lose the competition!"

"Wait a minute, take another look, it's not just one kind of gunpowder, but two kinds, and the other poisons and antidotes are mostly in pairs. It seems that Hall Master Fang and Superior Yu are both of them. Gunpowder was chosen."

After the uproar was over, Yu Lie and Elder Fang gave orders one after another to ask the Taoist boys in the alchemy room around to take all the medicinal materials from the entrance of the hall as much as possible according to the prescription.

If it is missing, you can directly find the Taoist who has the medicinal materials on the spot to buy it.

Daoist Danfang didn't dare to disobey the orders of the two, he was busy in the open space like hardworking ants.And there are veteran Taoist boys stationed at the entrance of the hall watching the excitement while giving pointers.

Soon, cans of sulfur and saltpeter were piled up, jars and altars of medicinal powder were placed in the middle of the high platforms on both sides, as far away from the remaining columns as Fang Lao's, so that they could take them at will. .

The medicinal materials are arranged, and the two people who need to compete have already discussed about the same.

Among them, the old man Fang even urged: "Hurry up, hurry up, finish the match sooner, the old man has to go back to sleep for a sleep!"

Boom boom boom!
Then there was a sound of a gong, and the Daoist who was holding the prescription just now led a group of people, and asked everyone to get out of the way and retreat.

They also shouted in their mouths: "Back! Back! Back!"

"If you get hurt later, don't blame the brothers for not reminding you that you are innocent!"

The alchemy competition that Yu Lie and Fang Lao will use is a martial arts battle. Once the elixir is refined, they may be used. Others can only watch from a distance and not get too close, otherwise there is a danger of harming the fish in the pond.

After driving away the crowd, the Daoist who was beating the gong called out to the two people on the high platform: "You two, can we start?"

Yu Lie sat cross-legged in the center of the high bamboo platform, and nodded calmly. The old Fang opposite him also raised his chin, and let out a cold snort:
"Start anytime!"

So the Taoist boys who were beating the gongs threw the gongs on the ground, and then ran to the crowd of onlookers in a hurry, not daring to stay at the scene for an hour longer.

As the night wind blew, it seemed that only the creaking sound of the high platform rang in the ears of everyone present.

Hundreds of pairs of eyes stared closely at the two people on the stage, expecting an earth-shattering scene.

But after being quiet for more than a dozen breaths, to everyone's disappointment, they only saw two people on the high platform swaying, and they didn't look like they were going to show off their tricks.

This made the spectators slightly disappointed, and the murmurs resumed.

At this time, Yu Lie and Mr. Fang were on the two high bamboo platforms, just processing the medicinal materials as quickly as possible.

Whether it is saltpeter and sulfur for refining gunpowder, or powdered juice for refining poison, none of them are finished products, and they cannot be directly refined, and they need to process them by themselves.

Among them, the first to be processed in the remaining columns is the ingredients of gunpowder.

Although the refining of gunpowder is very dangerous, it is also quick to refine, so he kept asking the poisonous Daotong in the audience to fetch the corresponding medicinal materials through the hanging basket, and then he processed it himself.

For less than half an hour, both sides were meticulous and seized the time to process the medicinal materials.

After the saltpeter is processed, the bone meal is processed, and after the bone meal is processed, the juice is extracted... all kinds of things are cumbersome but not economical.

And Yu Lie and Fang Lao both agreed to prepare the materials involved in several alchemy recipes together, and then when refining alchemy later, they will not be in a hurry, and they can refine multiple medicines at the same time.

Because the first half an hour is for the two to process the materials separately, and there will be no delay.

Finally, after half an hour, green smoke rose from one side and yellow mist rose from the other side of the high platforms.

The Taoist boys who had waited for half an hour cheered up and hurriedly pushed the people next to them: "There is movement! Look!"

Yu Lie sat cross-legged on a high platform that was ten feet wide. On the left was a small red clay stove, and on the right was a large porcelain vase with a wide mouth for stirring and mixing. There was a fine sieve in front of him. Pick the right thing.

The yellow mist floated from right in front of him.

After Yu Lie picked out the medicinal materials neatly, he put them into a porcelain bottle, intending to mix them into one.

But just as he shook it a few times, he heard the sound of a bell, which was ringing on the high platform opposite!

As soon as Yu Lie looked up, he found that it was the old man ringing the bell.

The other party flicked his sleeves, and took out a jar of liquid that was emitting a sizzling sound in his hand, and said arrogantly:
"Rotting bone and corpse water, the old man has already prepared it. Young man, do you want to taste it?"

As he said that, Fang Lao held up the jar in his hand, eager to try, as if he wanted to throw it towards Yu Lie.

The other party's actions immediately attracted the attention of the Taoist boys in the audience, and many of them had bright eyes, and they almost shouted and clamored.

But before Yu could make a sound, Fang Lao smiled again and said:
"Forget it, I'll give you a little more time, so that no one will say that the old man is bullying the small. After you finish refining the first medicine, the old man will try the medicine again!"

After finishing speaking, the other party lowered his head again, and went to look after the other refining containers in front of him.

When Yu Lie heard the other party's words, his eyes showed surprise: "This old guy really has a few hands. I have already started refining oil and gunpowder, and I am still one step behind him."

He subconsciously wants to speed up, but when he thinks that the gunpowder must be arranged in an orderly manner, he suppresses the impatience in his heart and slowly adjusts the medicinal materials in his hand.

What Yu Lie didn't know was that this was Mr. Fang's scheme.

The reason why the other party shouted at Yu Lie triumphantly was because he wanted to create a feeling of oppression for Yu Lie, and the medicine that the other party refined was not only the fastest for this person to refine, but also saved a few herbs , reducing the efficacy of the drug.

This person hoped that after Yu Lie was stimulated, he would be in a hurry and fall directly into a disadvantage, and then show his failure.

There was another sound of bell knocking.

The two parties had already refined the first medicine, but Yu Lie was not in a hurry to use the other party's medicine for testing. Instead, after reminding the other party, he was busy preparing the second medicine.

The sound of bells and chimes continued to ring.

But the Taoist boys who watched the battle never expected that the old and young on the stage would not rush to use the medicine every time after refining the medicine, but kept it.

Time goes on.

Finally, both parties on the stage raised their heads and looked at each other coldly.

They are all only the last medicine left at the bottom of the box, and they are still refining. As for the others, they are almost refined, but the types and quantities are different, but they can be seen by each other!

(End of this chapter)