The experience of living in the cold palace

Chapter 18 shows off his skills (please collect and read)

"Today is a good day, everything in my mind can be accomplished..."

Li Xuan hummed a tune from his hometown, picked up all the water for today, and poured it into the water tank.

He was just about to go out and practice "Strong Bull Demon Fist" for a while when he heard a muffled sound coming from behind him.

An unpleasant smell suddenly filled the air.

Li Xuan couldn't help but turn around and saw bursts of black smoke igniting from the alchemy furnace behind him.

The fumes made the little eunuch fanning beside him cough.

Seeing this, Imperial Physician Hua, who was dispensing medicine, grabbed a handful of powdered medicine, opened the alchemy furnace, and threw it in.

Chi Chi Chi!
After a while, the black smoke gradually disappeared.

Then, a pool of black liquid flowed out of the outlet.

This liquid gave off a burnt smell, and it was obviously a spent elixir!

Seeing this, the little eunuch on the side quickly knelt down and kowtowed:

"The little one deserves to die, the little one deserves to die, please forgive me, Doctor Hua!"

Doctor Hua cleaned the alchemy furnace and shook his head:

"Forget it, I can't blame you entirely. You have to fan the air and add firewood all by yourself. It's understandable that you can't control the heat."

He also felt a little helpless. Originally, there were two eunuchs in his pharmacy.

However, one of the eunuchs contracted tuberculosis due to years of smoke and fire, and was kicked out of the palace yesterday.

It's not easy to find another eunuch who cooks medicine.

Although the eunuch who cooks medicine only needs to fan the air and add firewood, he also needs to have a certain degree of control over the heat.

This requires special training in pharmacological knowledge, so that they can understand how much firewood and fanning are required when refining each type of elixir.

Not only that, the physique of the eunuch who cooks medicine must not be too bad, otherwise he will not be able to withstand the smoke all year round.

After all, medicine is a three-part poison. If an ordinary person works as a medicine eunuch for one or two years, he will suffer from various health problems.

When Li Xuan saw this, his eyes moved slightly.

Now that the eunuch who cooks medicine is missing one person, isn't this his opportunity?

He has mastered the "Five Elements Alchemy Technique" for several days. It is more than enough to be an ordinary alchemist, not to mention a eunuch decoction.

If he could be appreciated by Imperial Physician Hua and get the opportunity to make alchemy, he could even get an extra income.

You know, a ninth-grade Qi and Blood elixir is worth three or four coins, and the price of those eighth-grade, and even seventh-grade elixirs will only be higher.

The most important thing is that the superiors will regularly allocate various medicinal materials to the pharmacy for making elixirs, so there is no need to spend money to buy medicinal materials yourself.

It's like having sex for nothing!
Li Xuan heard from the eunuch who cooked medicine that the Hua Imperial Physician could earn five or sixty taels of silver a month just from making elixirs.

Think about it here.

Li Xuan no longer hesitated and said: "Mr. Hua, I have learned some alchemy techniques in my early years. If there is a shortage of people here, I can take over for a while."

"You?" Doctor Hua turned to look at Li Xuan, with a trace of suspicion in his eyes.

In his mind, Li Xuan was just an ordinary water carrier. Apart from being good-looking, there was nothing noteworthy about him.

After spending more than ten days together, he didn't even know Li Xuan's name.

Li Xuan said: "It just so happens that Imperial Physician Hua is also short of people, why not let me give it a try."

Imperial Physician Hua pondered for a moment and said calmly: "Making an elixir is not as simple as carrying water. I have to take another test. If you can answer it, I would like to let you be a temporary eunuch for decoction."

He couldn't find a suitable replacement for a while, so he didn't mind giving the little eunuch in front of him a chance.

Li Xuan hurriedly said: "Please ask Dr. Hua to examine me."

Dr. Hua thought for a while and then said: "Let me ask you something simple. What ingredients are needed for the ninth-grade elixir Huoxue Dan?"

"The main ingredient of the blood-activating pill is red snake gallbladder, and the auxiliary ingredients are purple orchid, orchid heart grass, and blood lotus essence..." The answer instantly appeared in Li Xuan's mind.

Upon hearing this, Imperial Physician Hua stroked his beard and said, "Yes, it seems that you do have some foundation. Let me ask you again, what kind of wood do you need to refine Su Xin Dan?"

This question is actually somewhat difficult.

After all, Su Xin Dan is a seventh-grade elixir. After taking it, you can feel calm and calm, which can make people focus more on practice.

These are useful elixirs for those in the Xiantian realm.

"We need to use yellow mud wood produced in Liusha Country. Wood that is hundreds of years old has the best effect." Li Xuan thought for a while and said.

Upon hearing this, Imperial Physician Hua's eyes lit up: "Okay, I can see that you have indeed put some effort into refining alchemy."

Next.

He asked Li Xuan a few more questions, such as how many times to add firewood when refining Qi and Blood Pills, when can the pills be taken out, etc.

Li Xuan naturally responded fluently.After a while.

Doctor Hua smiled and said: "Okay, okay, next I will make a furnace of Qi and Blood Pills, and you will watch the heat."

This is a test of my practical ability... Li Xuan's eyes flashed: "Yes."

Doctor Hua stopped talking, walked to the medicine cabinet, and took out the main medicine and auxiliary medicine for refining the Qi and Blood Pill.

Perhaps because he was already extremely skilled, he directly put various medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace without even weighing them.

"Fire!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan quickly threw the light golden charcoal on the side into the charcoal storage basin of the alchemy furnace.

After adding three sticks of charcoal.

Li Xuan stopped, picked up the fan on the side, and started to fan.

The blazing flames burned fiercely and rushed into the alchemy furnace.

The medicinal materials in the alchemy furnace gradually melted into essence.

Seeing this, Imperial Physician Hua nodded slightly: "The heat is well controlled."

He was a little surprised. This little eunuch seemed to have better control over the fire than he had imagined.

"Physician Xie Hua praised me." Li Xuan fanned the wind vigorously and increased the intensity of the fire.

He knew that what he was doing now was just the first step in refining the elixir, which was called melting medicine.

Refining the elixir is divided into four steps.

The first step is to melt the medicine, melting all kinds of herbs into medicinal liquid.

The second step is filtration. Use a special fine mesh to filter out some large particles of residue in the liquid.

The third step is purification, which removes useless or harmful components from the filtered medicinal solution.

The fourth step is to make the elixir. The purified liquid is cooled into a solid state and turned into an elixir.

Generally, the most critical are the last two steps. The concentration of purification determines the quality of the elixir when it is finally made into an elixir.

When forming an elixir, controlling the temperature of the liquid determines whether the elixir can be formed.

If one of them is bad, the furnace may explode directly.

An hour later.

hum!
As the alchemy furnace trembled, bursts of alchemy fragrance emerged from the alchemy furnace.

next moment.

Four blood-red elixirs rolled out from the elixir outlet.

One of the pills actually has a striking stripe.

'Huh?This time, there were actually four finished pills, and one was a high-quality pill with pill patterns, which was pretty good. '

Doctor Hua picked up these pills with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Immediately.

He looked at Li Xuan and said with a smile: "Your name is Xiao Xuanzi, right? Your performance is very good. You have grasped the timing of adding firewood and fanning the wind very well. Otherwise, you will not be able to produce high-quality elixirs. Don't carry water in the future." Now, focus on helping me refine the medicine, I will go and tell your Eunuch Chen, this medicine is my personal reward for you."

talking room.

He threw a Qi and Blood Pill to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan took it and bowed: "Thank you, Imperial Doctor Hua."

The eunuch who prepared the medicine on the side looked at Li Xuan with a look of envy in his eyes.

Their eunuchs who cook medicine can only get one elixir as a reward every month.

Unexpectedly, Li Xuan would be rewarded as soon as he arrived!

It's really annoying to compare people to people.

Imperial Physician Hua smiled and said, "If you can refine fine elixirs in the future, I will still reward you."

You know, although this Qi and Blood Pill is only a ninth-grade pill, once the pill pattern appears, its effect is comparable to that of an eighth-grade or even seventh-grade pill.

One pill is enough to cover ten pills, otherwise Imperial Physician Hua would not be so generous.

"Yes!" Li Xuan's eyes brightened slightly.

This Qi and Blood Pill can be sold at a small night market for at least three or four taels of silver, which is an extra income for him.

Moreover, once he becomes more familiar with the pharmacy, he can find an opportunity to try refining elixirs by himself.

By then, he won’t have to worry about money anymore!

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