Peace in the fairyland (8): Put it in the furnace

That night, news of the conflict between Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian and the outer disciples waiting for them in the courtyard spread again. Everyone who heard the news had a deep impression in their minds that these two people did not get along well!

It was previously discovered that these two people always kept to themselves and were difficult to approach. In just one month, there were two reports of them having conflicts with others.

Regardless of what exactly happened between the two parties, to outsiders, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were the kind of people who would turn against each other without hesitation just because someone said something wrong. Their tempers were a bit too bad.

However, the thoughts of outsiders had no effect on Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian. Once the door was closed, the two of them seized the time to concentrate on their cultivation. Wasn’t that wonderful?

Especially Xia Ruize. Ever since his brilliant elf bloodline was promoted to the top level, he interacted with others based on his personality. After all, the malice emanating from some people was really uncomfortable. Why should he force himself to endure it?

With the pressure of Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian weighing heavily on his head, and having learned that the two had received private lessons from the immortal, Li Shunchen had been stimulated to practice diligently every minute. It was not until he was on his way to the lecture hall one morning that he heard about the conflict that had occurred in the courtyard the previous evening.

The young disciple who brought the message patiently advised: “Brother Li, those two are too arrogant. We are not asking them for anything. I think you don’t need to go up to them and get a cold shoulder.”

Li Shunchen was a little confused. In his opinion, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian were indeed not easy to get close to, but there was no problem for them to get along and communicate with each other as ordinary friends. Why was his perception so different from the image created by others?

After thinking for a moment, Li Shunchen shook his head firmly and retorted:

“I have communicated with both brothers and know that they are not mean and harsh people, nor are they arrogant and complacent. Those who come to them must have done something wrong to cause the brothers to dislike them.

I don’t need to listen to others’ advice on what to do. I have my own judgment. These words should not be said anymore.”

After saying this, he glanced coldly at the person who brought the message.

The other party was stunned, then quickly said yes with a smile.

Today’s class was an alchemy class. After teaching a class to more than a thousand young disciples, the white-haired and white-bearded immortal Luo Qi pointed his finger and a whisk flew out from his sleeve. In a few seconds it grew so big that a person could stand on the handle.

Immortal Luo Qi stepped onto the handle, then invited Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian to stand up as well. The whisk slowly flew up, and he took the three of them out of the lecture hall.

A magnificent palace was built on the White Head Peak of Luo Qixian, with white jade walls and a golden roof. Under the midday sun, it shone brightly with golden light, blinding the eyes.

Only when you actually walk into the hall will you discover that it was even more magnificent inside. The golden ceiling above the hall was actually transparent, and the brilliant sunlight shone through the golden ceiling into the hall, making it extremely bright.

There were three gradually rising circular platforms inside the hall. Each platform was filled with alchemy furnaces of various sizes, and there is a flame burning under each alchemy furnace.

The magical thing was that the flames under different alchemy furnaces were different colors. In addition to the common blue and red, there were also rare and dazzling flames such as pink, white, purple, green, etc.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, who followed Immortal Luo Qi into the hall, looked around and found everything so new that they couldn’t take it all in.

The hall was filled with the fragrance of medicinal herbs. They didn’t know what kind of herbs they were, but they knew that one breath of it would make people feel refreshed and clear-headed.

Immortal Luo Qi led the two of them all the way to the center of the three-layered circular alchemy furnace, pointed at the cushion on the ground, and said casually: “Sit down.”

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian sat cross-legged properly, but saw Immortal Luo Qi lying casually on the mat.

Oh, it turned out that this futon served as a lazy sofa.

Returning to his own territory, Immortal Luo Qi seemed very relaxed and comfortable. After stretching his waist, he half-closed his eyes as if he was half asleep, and said to the two people slowly:

“When your Master Song came to me and asked me to give you private lessons, I actually refused. Teaching is already troublesome enough, and repeating those boring contents twice in a short time is really asking for trouble.

well……

But I don’t want to offend him, and I still have to rely on him to collect materials for me. After thinking about it, hehe, I really thought of a good idea!”

Immortal Luo Qi, who was sighing, raised the last syllable of his words, seeming to be very excited.

Xia Ruize moved his fingers a little uncomfortably. Why did he feel that Master Luo Qi was teasing them on purpose? Was there a look of anticipation for the excitement written all over his body?

Then Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian saw Immortal Luo Qi casually throw out a jade slip, and the palm-sized jade slip floated between the three people.

Immortal Luo Qi suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, then reminded them: “Watch carefully.” After that, he closed his eyes again.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other without saying anything. They concentrated their mental power on the jade slip as instructed by Immortal Luo Qi, and a blank page immediately appeared in their minds.

Just as they were slightly surprised, a line of words suddenly appeared on the blank page, clearly written in the voice of Immortal Luo Qi:

[The good idea I came up with is that we can take the class through jade slips. This way it will be more convenient for communication and you can learn more.]

After this line of words was displayed, Immortal Luo Qi was obviously not prepared to see what reaction the two would give. Basic knowledge related to elixirs began to appear on the blank page one by one.

“Isn’t this a high-end input method? What you think is what you get. It’s really convenient!”

Seeing this, Xia Ruize couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, this was probably what writers in the real world wanted most. As long as their brains were active enough, they could probably produce tens of thousands of words a day easily?

Immortal Luo Qi was very pleased with the teaching method he had come up with. He used his spiritual power to record the knowledge he wanted to teach on a blank jade slip for his disciples to view. It was really easy and convenient for him as a teacher.

The only thing that was not very friendly was probably the young people who had just embarked on the path of cultivating immortals and whose spiritual power was not strong enough to look at the jade slips for a long time.

But this was good news for him. Hehe, when the two little guys complain of headaches, he could just throw the jade slips to them and let them go back to read and study on their own. Hehehe…

When he thought about how he would be able to deal with the two little guys soon, Immortal Luo Qi became more and more pleased. He was very proud of himself, and he used his divine consciousness to quickly record line by line on the jade slip.

Finally, after a quarter of an hour, Immortal Luo Qi recorded all the contents of the two classes on the jade slips. He paused and glanced at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian who were immersed in the jade slips across from him, and said casually:

“Okay, take your time to watch it. If you have any questions, ask me. Don’t worry. If you can’t finish it, you can take it home and continue watching it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Ruize across from him opened his eyes and asked:

“Master Luo, what exactly does the so-called ‘Upper Furnace Method’ mean to test whether a disciple has the talent for alchemy?”

Immortal Luo Qi was stunned. At this moment, Cheng Huaiqian opened his eyes and looked at him curiously. Immortal Luo Qi immediately said unhappily:

“Learning and cultivation require you to be down-to-earth and take one step at a time. You can’t chew too much. First, read through the contents of the jade slip and understand them clearly, and then think about the rest!”

The ‘Upper Furnace Method’ was mentioned in the last part of the content recorded by Immortal Luo Qi. If they read it in order, the next class would indeed introduce the Upper Furnace Method in detail.

The reason why Immortal Luo Qi was unhappy was because he felt that Xia Ruize raised this question now, which obviously meant that he had not studied the contents of the jade slip carefully and jumped directly to the end, which made Immortal Luo Qi very unhappy.

He worked very hard to carve the jade slips, how could you belittle his efforts so openly?!

As for the possibility that Xia Ruize had already learned all the contents in the jade slip, Immortal Luo Qi had never even thought about it.

He was a big shot in the Golden Core Stage. No matter how talented these two guys were, they had just started practicing after all. Their spiritual power was not strong, and their viewing speed could not catch up with his recording speed.

Then Immortal Luo Qi saw Xia Ruize saying innocently, “We have indeed read through everything and figured it out.”

Immortal Luo Qi was even more displeased. He sneered in his heart, “How dare this little fellow speak so arrogantly?” He immediately prepared to teach Xia Ruize a lesson and said in a cold voice:

“Since you said you’ve finished reading it, well, let me test you.”

After saying this, he took back the jade slip floating in the middle, and then began to ask questions about the contents of the jade slip.

Immortal Luo Qi asked a question quickly and hastily, and Xia Ruize answered it neither quickly nor slowly. He would not only answer based on what he learned from the jade slips, but also add his own ideas and even further thoughts.

Immortal Luo Qi didn’t believe it and asked another question, and Xia Ruize still answered it perfectly.

Just like that, after taking five or six questions in succession, Immortal Luo Qi had to believe that Xia Ruize had truly learned and mastered all the contents in the jade slips. In fact, based on his level of mastery, he would definitely get first place in the ten-day exam again.

With mixed feelings, Immortal Luo Qi turned around and stared at Cheng Huaiqian. He also asked a few questions to test Cheng Huaiqian’s level of mastery, and Cheng Huaiqian also answered them very well.

After personally checking it, Immortal Luo Qi no longer felt unhappy. He stroked his long beard uncomfortably and said, “Ahem, well, the break time is over. Let’s continue with our studies.”

After saying this, he threw out the jade slip again, as if nothing had happened before, closed his eyes and continued to record the contents.

Another quarter of an hour later, Immortal Luo Qi recorded the entire content of the two classes. This time he did not come in vain. After recording, he directly blessed:

“Tell me when you’ve finished reading, and I’ll give you some questions to test you.”

Then, he unexpectedly and predictably saw Xia Ruize open his eyes, look at him with sparkling eyes, and say with youthful vigor: “Master, please ask a question!”

Luo Qi: …

While asking questions to test Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, Immortal Luo Qi kept thinking, were these two guys really born in ordinary families in the secular world? Were they really not the illegitimate children of some Mahayana Realm boss who inherited extraordinary talents?

Oh, that’s right. He was born with such a strong divine consciousness and extraordinary talent that he couldn’t be the biological son of the Mahayana Realm boss. He must be the illegitimate son of Heaven, haha…

After answering the question, Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian saw Immortal Luo Qi straighten up from a semi-lying position, frowning with a complicated expression as he looked at the patterns on the wall of an alchemy furnace. He was silent for a while, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Luo Qi was thinking about what to teach next. Teaching a genius was not an easy task, and there were many things that needed to be considered.

No wonder Old Song was in a hurry to ask them to give these two little guys individual lessons. There was really no time to delay any longer.

After frowning and thinking for a while, Immortal Luo Qi seemed to have made up his mind. He relaxed his body and continued to lie on the mat. He said to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian leisurely:

“Alchemy is very different from talismans. It is normal for cultivators to be unable to draw talismans, but it is also difficult to find a few people who cannot draw talismans at all. As long as one has received orthodox sect training, he or she should be able to draw the most commonly used simple spells.

It is different with alchemy. It is difficult to find someone who can make alchemy because the number of alchemists is too small compared to the number of immortal cultivators in the entire fairyland.

The three paths of alchemy, weapon refining, and formations are considered minor paths by the immortal cultivators in the fairyland. Cultivating to become an immortal is the right path. Haha, tens of thousands of years earlier, they were even considered unorthodox paths.

The reason is simple. These three paths have extremely high entry barriers. If you are not talented enough, you will not be able to enter. Even if you are lucky enough to enter, it is still very difficult to achieve a certain level of success in alchemy.

Fortunately, generations of our ancestors continued to explore and expand, and finally widened these three roads.

Apart from anything else, the status of alchemists has been greatly improved, and now people come to them with materials and ask for help in making pills.”

As he spoke, Immortal Luo Qi shook his head with emotion, and then continued to explain:

“The sect arranges classes on alchemy, weapon refining and formations for new disciples. The main purpose is to let the disciples learn more miscellaneous knowledge.

For example, knowing which pills to take in different situations and which pills you absolutely cannot take, being able to choose your own weapons, and being able to identify and resolve formations, so as to avoid losing your life due to ignorance while training outside.

Although these courses can also help to discover successors to each discipline, there is no rush for this.

For example, in the art of alchemy, if one wants to know whether a young person has the talent for alchemy, the simplest and most commonly used method is the “Upper Furnace Method” to test talent.

According to the practice of previous years, it is usually around half a year after the newcomers have entered the sect that they will gradually arrange for disciples to take the furnace test. Do you two…want to try it now?”

After saying this, Immortal Luo Qi looked at Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian with a scorching gaze, as if he was going to teach them a lesson if they dared to answer “no”.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian looked at each other and understood what Immortal Luo Qi meant. It turned out that since they were learning fast and their cultivation level could keep up, he wanted to let them go to the furnace now to test whether they had the talent for alchemy.

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian also wanted to know the answer, so they nodded quickly to show their willingness.

Immortal Luo Qi immediately revealed a comfortable smile, thinking in his heart, these two little guys were so talented, if they had the talent for alchemy, they may also improve quickly. He would definitely be in a good mood to teach them, unlike those stupid guys before, who almost pissed him off when he was teaching them.

The happy Immortal Luo Qi flicked his fingers and a jade slip flew in front of Xia Ruize. He instructed: “The jade slip contains a very basic fire control technique. You should start learning it now and try it on the furnace first.”

As he spoke, he waved his left hand and then his right hand, and the cushions scattered on the ground around the three people were piled far away, leaving the middle area empty. An alchemy furnace with a red flame burning underneath flew between the three people.

While Immortal Luo Qi continued to cast spells at the alchemy furnace, he patiently explained to the two people:

“The predecessors discovered that even though they were all cultivators, each person had a different physique. They roughly divided them into five types: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. People with a fire physique are needed to refine alchemy.

How to determine whether you have a fire constitution? It depends on whether you can quickly master the fire control technique I just gave you and use it to control the flame of the alchemy furnace.”

Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian exchanged glances tacitly. Although they were from different worlds, they generally did not escape the framework of the Five Elements. They knew each other’s physical attributes well. If nothing unexpected happened, Xia Ruize was likely to have a fire constitution.

As he was talking, Immortal Luo Qi cast countless spells, causing the alchemy furnace between the three people to shake more and more violently. Finally, after the alchemy furnace spewed out a burst of thick white smoke, the furnace lid opened, and dozens of pills flew out of it, one by one flying into the white jade bottles that Immortal Luo Qi had prepared in advance.

This batch of pills filled five white jade bottles. Immortal Luo Qi threw two of them to Xia Ruize and Cheng Huaiqian, and said with a smile: “You two are lucky, these are the freshly made Guyuan pills. Take them.”

Immortal Luo Qi cast a spell to clear the alchemy furnace, then put some materials into it. The lid closed automatically. Immortal Luo Qi cast a few spells at the alchemy furnace, and after a while of feeling it with a serious expression, he said to Xia Ruize who was constantly practicing the Fire Controlling Technique:

“I’ll count down to three, and you’ll use the Fire Controlling Technique on this furnace to make the flame burn more vigorously until it can no longer hold on. Remember?”

Xia Ruize nodded to show that he understood, while continuing to quickly deconstruct the Fire Controlling Technique in his mind.

“Three, two, one…”

When the last number fell, Immortal Luo Qi stopped casting the spell, and at the same time Xia Ruize quickly cast a Fire Controlling Technique on the alchemy furnace.

When the Fire Controlling Technique touched the alchemy furnace, Xia Ruize suddenly had an epiphany. The fuel that supplied the flames under the alchemy furnace was actually the spiritual power of the cultivator, and the function of the Fire Controlling Technique was to regulate the amount of spiritual power supplied.

After understanding this, Xia Ruize immediately tried to supply more spiritual power at the same time. Sure enough, the flame under the alchemy furnace burned more vigorously, and the raging flame instantly rose more than ten centimeters.

Xia Ruize thought of Immortal Luo Qi’s request for the flame to be as vigorous as possible. After finding the pattern, he continued to increase the supply of spiritual power. Suddenly, the flame continued to rise upwards. The flames that originally reached the side walls instantly enveloped the entire alchemy furnace, and the leap was even higher than the furnace lid.

Xia Ruize was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at the expression of Immortal Luo Qi, but saw that Immortal Luo Qi’s face was full of surprise.

“Go on, go on, ahem, go on.”

Immortal Luo Qi, who prided himself on being knowledgeable, reacted instantly and hurriedly concealed his absent-mindedness.

After hearing what he said, Xia Ruize felt relieved and continued to maintain the maximum output of spiritual power. In the meantime, he found that the Fire Controlling Technique was gradually becoming ineffective, so he quickly cast a new Fire Controlling Technique to make up for it.

Because of his high concentration and keen observation, he added new Fire Controlling Techniques in a timely manner, so the flame was hardly affected and remained at its most vigorous state.

The red flames made Xia Ruize’s face glow red. He was not able to isolate himself from the heat of the flames and soon broke out in a sweat.

Cheng Huaiqian on the side moved his fingers, wanting to wipe the sweat off his lover’s face, but he was afraid of affecting his condition, so he had to hold back.

After a cup of tea, Xia Ruize’s spiritual power was exhausted and he was unable to supply the alchemy furnace. He had to stop and the blazing flames quickly went out.

Xia Ruize stopped, and Cheng Huaiqian, who had been holding back for a long time, immediately came over, wiping Xia Ruize’s sweat with a handkerchief in one hand and fanning him with a palm-leaf fan in the other.

Immortal Luo Qi cast a spell with a complicated expression to open the alchemy furnace. A thumb-sized emerald green block flew out of the alchemy furnace and spun in front of Immortal Luo Qi “This is what you refined. Put it in your sleeves to drive away flying insects.”.

After carefully observing the emerald green block, Luo Qi sighed, handed it to Xia Ruize, and looked at Xia Ruize with an extremely complicated look.