Chapter 182: Not Greedy

This was something Zhang Zhiwen had not expected. After all, he had just succeeded in refining the pill, and the yield was quite good. Why did it fail again?

Zhang Zhiwen did not understand for a moment, nor did he think of any reason. He could only try again. So, he continued to refine the Xuanling Pill, and refined five furnaces at once. Then, in less than an incense stick of time, all five furnaces of pills were completed, but they all failed.

Zhang Zhiwen had to stop and think about the specific reason. Alchemy is not a static thing. Zhang Zhiwen is of course very clear about this. Alchemy is also very specific and specific judgments are made according to the specific situation. Even when the peripheral situation is not the same, the method of refining pills needs to be changed accordingly. Now Zhang Zhiwen is replacing the dried spiritual fruit with the fresh spiritual fruit he cultivated. The changes here are quite huge.

However, this did not bother Zhang Zhiwen. He had experience in this area when he was refining the Peiling Pill. Therefore, he thought about it and improved the refining method. He began to try to refine the ninth batch of pills. This ninth batch was naturally the fifth batch of pill materials. There were still six remaining pill materials. Overall, the pill materials were not in short supply.

Not long after, the ninth batch of pills came out, but only one Xuanling Pill was successful, and the effect was not very good. It was not as good as the previously refined Xuanling Pill as expected. This was quite beyond Zhang Zhiwen's expectations. Logically speaking, the quality of the spiritual fruit is better, and the pill must be better, but this is not the case. The Xuanling Pill that came out this time is obviously worse, not as good as the previously refined Xuanling Pill, and even not as good as He Cuiying's Xuanling Pill.

This made Zhang Zhiwen a little puzzled. He recalled the entire process of refining the pill. He didn't seem to have made any mistakes, and the method seemed to be correct. There was almost no problem in all aspects, but why was it still like this?

Zhang Zhiwen thought for a while, but there was no result. He simply tried again. This time he had to observe carefully. Although the materials for alchemy were sufficient, if he could not find the reason for the failure, how could he refine the exclusive Xuanling Pill in the future? This matter was much more important than sneaking into the He family to refine pills.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen was very cautious and alert, and then began to refine the tenth batch of Xuanling Pills. This time, it was the same as the previous batch of refining techniques, but Zhang Zhiwen observed more carefully. He would never miss any unusual places.

Soon, after one stick of incense, the five furnaces of pills were refined. This time it took a little longer than before. This was because Zhang Zhiwen deliberately slowed down the progress a little bit, so that he could observe more carefully. But after observation, he found that there was nothing unusual, and the pill was still a Xuanling Pill, and it was of poor quality.

At this point, Zhang Zhiwen was a little stumped. This was the first time that this had happened since he started to refine pills. He couldn't find the reason for the failure, and it seemed illogical. Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen simply stopped and thought about what the problem was.

There was no problem with the spiritual fruit, and the alchemy technique seemed to be fine. Could it be that there was a problem with other alchemy materials?

This was all Zhang Zhiwen could think of, but if there was a problem with other alchemy materials, how could he have successfully refined the Xuanling Pill before? This was obviously illogical.

Suddenly, Zhang Zhiwen seemed to think that the spiritual fruit he cultivated was too powerful. Could it be that for this reason, the alchemy process actually did not require such a sufficient amount of other materials? Could it be possible to reduce the amount as appropriate?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwen immediately started the experiment. This is how alchemy is, refine more, think more, and then summarize more. This is Zhang Zhiwen's usual practice. He was not discouraged, especially in alchemy. He had enough patience. This matter was too important, and he had to pay great attention to it.

Therefore, Zhang Zhiwen decided to try one furnace at a time. There are five alchemy furnaces here, and he prepared medicine for each furnace separately. For example, in the first alchemy furnace, he reduced the materials other than the spiritual fruit by half, and in the second furnace, he reduced it by 10%. By analogy, the ingredients of the five alchemy furnaces changed, and there must be omissions in the end. The success rate should be only 20%, which means that even if the dosage is correct, the alchemy may still fail. But it doesn’t matter. Zhang Zhiwen has experience, because even if the pill fails, you can see a clue, such as whether it is due to the temperature, the quality of the alchemy materials, etc. Therefore, as long as you compare which one has the best dosage, Zhang Zhiwen is still confident that the next time the pill will be successful.

It is indeed not easy to refine pills. As the great elder, He Yu privately gave Zhang Zhiwen ten portions of pill refining materials to practice. Ordinary alchemists simply do not have such an opportunity. Even so, Zhang Zhiwen has the opportunity to obtain pills of better quality only because of his rich experience in alchemy and unremitting efforts. Therefore, pills are naturally a resource that major families attach great importance to.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen began to try the experiment of material reduction. Not long after, the experiment was completed. All five alchemy furnaces failed, but this was what Zhang Zhiwen expected. He opened the alchemy furnace and began to check carefully one by one. , finally, he saw a waste elixir that was almost formed and of extremely good quality in one of the alchemy furnaces. This seemed a bit unreasonable. Since it was a waste elixir, how could it be of good quality? Isn't this a contradiction? In fact, it is not the case, because this waste elixir is only partially wasted and cannot be completed. Overall, it is indeed a failure. After all, no one takes this kind of thing out for use. For example, during the cooking process, the rice becomes mushy. There is no way to sell it on the dining table. After all, it smells burnt, and even most people won't eat it. But the part that is not burnt can still be seen as good or bad. At this moment This is the case with this shapeless Xuanling Pill. There is no bad part, but the quality is extremely good. This is enough to prove that Zhang Zhiwen's guess is right. The quality of his spirit fruit is so good that he does not need so many ingredients for dispensing. Otherwise, the Xuanling Pill would not be able to produce the pill successfully. However, after reducing the ingredients, the pill can be produced, and the amount reduced was actually reduced by as much as 20%!

It can be seen from this that the quality of the spiritual fruit cultivated by Zhang Zhiwen is so good. Why was He Cuiying so surprised when he saw the spiritual fruit he gave him before, and even had the idea of ​​snatching it? Originally, a child of a big family would not be like this. , but He Cuiying actually had such an idea. The fundamental reason was that the quality of the Spirit Fruit cultivated by Zhang Zhiwen was too good, which attracted the greedy He Cuiying, and He Cuiying died as a result.

Now that he knew that reducing the dosage of ingredients was the key to successfully producing elixirs, Zhang Zhiwen of course continued to refine the Xuanling elixir, and this time, what he refined was his exclusive elixir. This elixir, he They are all looking forward to it. The quality is definitely far superior to the Xuanling Pill refined by He Cuiying.

In this way, after a stick of incense passed, five furnaces of elixirs were refined, and one of the furnaces finally produced the elixir perfectly. Zhang Zhiwen took out this exclusive Xuanling elixir at this moment, and looked at the fluctuations of spiritual power flowing on it. He was very clear about it. , this Xuanling Pill is more than twice as effective as the Xuanling Pill refined by He Cuiying, and even almost triples!

Now, Zhang Zhiwen only has four alchemy materials left in his hand, and he only obtained seven Xuanling Pills, two of which were of very poor quality and therefore useless, and the other four were ordinary Xuanling Pills. Pill, but the medicinal power is already much stronger than that of He Cuiying, and needless to say, this exclusive Xuanling Pill has already It has far exceeded that. Although Zhang Zhiwen doesn't know how effective the Xuanling Pills produced by other alchemy families are, he is almost sure that He's Xuanling Pill will win the favor of more big families at tomorrow's exchange meeting. In this way , Zhang Zhiwen planned to refine all the remaining materials first.

As Zhang Zhiwen guessed, the elixir production rate is only 20%. This is something difficult to change. Unless some extremely special and powerful secret alchemy techniques are used, it is impossible to increase the elixir production rate. For Zhang Zhiwen, this kind of It is impossible to learn secret techniques. He is from a wild background, so it is already quite good to have such a rate of elixir production.

Therefore, in the end, Zhang Zhiwen got thirteen effective Xuanling Pills, four of which were ordinary goods and nine were exclusive Xuanling Pills. However, Zhang Zhiwen felt that if he gave the exclusive Xuanling Pills to other major families, Jian, that thing doesn't seem appropriate , the quality of his exclusive Xuanling Pill is so good, and he is now pretending to be He Cuiying. Just imagine, a seventh-level Qi Refining disciple of the He family can actually refine such an amazing pill for the first time. Isn't medicine too disturbing?

This is still one of the uncertain things. What is He Yu thinking about it? It's impossible for He Yu not to know the details of He Cuiying, right? He Yu has some evaluation of how much his son weighs, right? If Zhang Zhiwen refined an ordinary Xuanling Pill, He Yu would not doubt it, because it is difficult to say how to refine pills. Maybe He Yu felt that his son suddenly made a lot of progress in pill refining. This makes sense. But if he took out the exclusive Xuanling Pill all at once, He Yu would probably be suspicious.

But if you just take out the ordinary Xuanling Pill, it will not be very useful in tomorrow's exchange meeting, because the ordinary Xuanling Pill is only slightly better than the one refined by He Cuiying, and Zhang Zhiwen is really not sure about letting He Cuiying. Jade can get more alchemy resources, so isn't his work in vain?

After Zhang Zhiwen thought about it, he decided to neutralize it a little. In other words, he planned to take some of the exclusive Xuanling Pills and mix them with ordinary Xuanling Pills. He had also done this before. Didn't Zhao often sell adulterated pills? The elixir? Zhang Zhiwen is also very familiar with this, but he is not adulterating it, but lowering the quality of the exclusive Xuanling Pill. Otherwise, it may be too scary when taken out, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In this way, Zhang Zhiwen made a decision and began to add the ingredients of the exclusive Xuanling Pill to the ordinary Xuanling Pill. Of course, he must not add too much, just add a little bit and then blend them together. This is a piece of cake for him, an alchemist. Alchemy is not necessarily very powerful and reaches the top level, but can it still be faked?

Therefore, a mixed Xuanling Pill appeared. This is a mixed pill mainly based on ordinary Xuanling Pill. The ingredients of ordinary Xuanling Pill account for 80%, and the ingredients of exclusive Xuanling Pill account for 20%. Zhang Zhiwen feels that this is about the same, because ordinary Xuanling Pill is better than He Cuiying's Xuanling Pill. Add 20% exclusive Xuanling Pill, and it will be good. It should be quite marketable. Of course, Zhang Zhiwen is not greedy. As long as he can achieve a good effect, he will not let the major families rush to bid for his mixed Xuanling Pill. He does not have such a big appetite. As long as the He family gets more resources, he will definitely get more benefits by lurking in the He family.

At this time, the sky was just getting light, and there was a knock on the door.

"Cui Ying, how's the pill refining going?" He Yu's voice sounded expectant and a little nervous, and it was obvious that He Yu might not have slept well the whole night, so there was a hint of tiredness in his voice. He Yu couldn't wait to run to his son's door early in the morning and squat there, wanting to see as soon as possible what the pill Zhang Zhiwen was refining was like. This was really difficult for such a great elder who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.