Chapter 495: Yin-Yang as Foundation, Sun and Moon Condensing Qi, Immortal Dao Water Virtue

Qian Chen leaned over to the Miyue Orchid, looked at it carefully, and couldn't show anything on his face.

He Qilang endured the uneasiness in his heart, and suddenly heard Qian Chen say: "Are you learning alchemy?"

"Hmm?" He Qilang raised his head suddenly, his face full of confusion and doubt, not expecting Qian Chen to suddenly mention this.

But under this expression, his vigilance had been raised to the highest level, and the hand hidden in his sleeve had already pressed a broken magic treasure.

Qian Chen pinched a leaf of the Miyulan, picked up the jade bottle with his right hand, and poured it down slowly. A lustrous, clear radiance suddenly rose upon the Miyulan's crescent-moon-like white flowers, transforming into countless specks of light that slowly dissipated, before Qian Chen said: "There is a burnt smell on you from a failed pill condensation... Hmm! Earth-Root Grass, Huang Jing, and Gathering-Origin Flower—this is the recipe for Qi-Condensation Pills!"

He Qilang became more and more vigilant, feeling that he was naked in front of Qian Chen, as if there was no cover at all!

He instinctively sweated on his back and became more cautious: "Can the senior even see this?"

"If you refine more, you will naturally be able to smell it!" Qian Chen said lightly when talking about his old profession.

"You failed in alchemy this time, mostly because of the fire. If you spend a lot of materials to try like this, over time, you will naturally be able to summarize the appropriate fire changes. But always refining alchemy like this can only be regarded as a craftsman, and you haven't even touched the door of alchemy!"

"Is it because you see many alchemy books that don't talk about specific fire, nor do they talk about the specific dosage of medicine, only talking about lead and mercury, talking about yellow teeth and white snow, and you think the predecessors are deliberately hiding the key points?"

He Qilang noticed that Qian Chen didn't seem to have any malice, on the contrary, he seemed to be pointing him out.

Thinking of Qian Chen's ease when refining spiritual roots yesterday, he couldn't let go of this opportunity, so he hurriedly asked: "Isn't it for this reason? Senior! The alchemy books don't mention when to put medicine, how to control the fire, or even the dosage of medicinal materials, how many money and how many hairs, only talking about a little, a small amount..."

"Are the medicinal properties of three-year-old Yellow Essence and ten-year-old Yellow Essence the same? How to compare the Gathering Yuan Flower grown in a place full of spiritual energy with the one grown in a place with poor spiritual energy and deep turbid energy? Even if there is more rain in a year, those fresh spiritual medicines grow more fat and tender, how to quantify these details?" Qian Chen asked back with several obvious questions.

"As you said, the Earth Immortal Realm has been opened for countless years, and every ten thousand years, there will be a major change in climate, spiritual energy, and earth Qi. Wouldn't the ancient alchemy books all become waste?"

He Qilang was dumbfounded and didn't know how to answer.

Listening to Qian Chen say: "It's not your fault. The essence of alchemy lies in the changes of Yin and Yang, and overseas emphasizes the Five Elements and ignores Yin and Yang, so naturally you can't comprehend the principles within. You must know that the way of alchemy is to know white and keep black, and the gods will come naturally. White is gold essence, black is water foundation. Water is the pivot of the Dao, its number is one, the beginning of Yin and Yang, mysterious containing yellow buds."

"There is also the deduction of the Five Elements number, which is relatively simple and not complicated. Raise water to stimulate fire, and the light will be extinguished. The sun and moon erode each other. Often between the dark and the first. Water is prosperous and invades Yang, fire declines and leaves day and dusk. Yin and Yang eat each other, and the intersection is natural!"

He Qilang only felt that what Qian Chen said was like a heavenly book, and his awe grew stronger and stronger.

And Qian Chen picked a leaf of the Miyue Orchid, and with a leisurely posture, raised it to show him: "Why, don't understand? It's normal not to understand, 'One Yin and one Yang is called the Dao, those who follow it are good, those who complete it are nature.' The creation of heaven and earth, none of which is not in line with Yin and Yang, 'All things carry Yin and embrace Yang, and the rushing Qi is harmony'."

"The principle of alchemy, none of which is not like this! This is the most basic change of medicinal properties..."

Saying that, Qian Chen's true fire spat out, refining that Miyue Orchid leaf into a group of medicinal liquid, and points of silver brilliance condensed at his fingertips.

Qian Chen's fingers flicked, and that clear brilliance turned at his fingertips: "Why, the Miyue Orchid I refined, if it only has one medicinal property, it cannot change, because there is only Yin, no Yang! Miyue Orchid is Taiyin, isolated Yin does not grow, so although it has the ability to clear the heart, calm the spirit, and nourish the spirit, it is only medicine, not pill."

He raised his hand and took a ray of sunlight from outside the cave dwelling: "But, once there is another medicinal property relative to it, there is a distinction between Yin and Yang, and the mystery of change, even if it is only the weakest ray of sun light..."

Qian Chen waved his hand, and the Taiyin light extracted from the Miyue Orchid leaf turned into a bright moon, reflecting in the water in the jade bottle next to it.

He pointed that ray of sunlight on the water surface, and pointed it into the moon shadow. Suddenly, the moon in the water was pointed into a big sun.

The bright moon on the water surface and the big sun in the water reflected each other, presenting such a strange scene of the sun and moon shining together in He Qilang's eyes.

And Qian Chen reached into the water and pinched that big sun. He withdrew his hand and took out a spiritual pill from the empty water. He Qilang looked at the water surface again, only to see the clear brilliance of the bright moon, and that group of Miyue Orchid medicinal liquid did not even lose a trace!

Qian Chen handed the spiritual pill to him: "The Condensing Qi Pill you want!"

He Qilang carefully probed the spiritual sense and sensed the spiritual pill in his hand. The pure spiritual energy could not be fake at all, and the impurities in the pill were almost zero. The quality was the best He Qilang had ever seen in his life!

Even if this scene happened before his eyes, He Qilang had a feeling that he was under an illusion. He opened his mouth wide, and for the first time, he directly perceived the mystery of the Great Dao.

"Why? Feel incredible?" Qian Chen smiled: "I use water as a furnace, the water surface is like a mirror, projecting the Taiyin medicinal liquid into a bright moon on the water surface, and the water naturally senses a trace of Taiyin Qi. Then, by pointing the moon shadow with the sun's light, Yin and Yang can be combined, and the rushing Qi is harmony. Using water as a foundation to carry the Qi of Yin and Yang, it is the most refined Condensing Qi Pill."

"In this way, the Taiyin medicinal liquid in my hand only lost a trace of spiritual energy, and it can be refined into a spiritual pill."

"Calculate for yourself how many Condensing Qi Pills this leaf can refine. Compared to the original simple medicinal properties, how much more can be utilized?"

He Qilang was dumbfounded, and then heard Qian Chen smile: "One thousand eight hundred, just the medicinal properties of this leaf can refine one thousand eight hundred Sun and Moon Condensing Qi Pills..."

He Qilang almost knelt down for him! He was born in poverty, and he was not a person like Junior Sister Si who didn't know the price of oil, salt, firewood, and rice. Such a Condensing Qi Pill without any impurities, just thinking about the value, he already understood it.

With one thousand eight hundred of these, it is not worse than a whole plant of spiritual medicine!

He Qilang looked at Qian Chen with eager eyes, and only two words were written in his eyes—teach me!

"Therefore, the change of medicinal properties lies in Yin and Yang, not just Yin and Yang medicinal properties, but the combination of one thing and another, its changes are like Yin and Yang. One thing and another combine into one thing; one thing and another exchange to form two things; even one thing and another, with the participation of a third thing, combine into one thing, or exchange two things, while the third thing remains unchanged. Yin and Yang combine, Yin and Yang rotate, Yin and Yang combine three... Any complex medicinal property change, disassembled to the most essential, is still Yin and Yang!"

"Therefore, Yin and Yang are the foundation of pill nature and the beginning of change!"

He Qilang only felt a sense of enlightenment in his brain. The various obscurities in the alchemy book and the experience and difficulties recorded in the alchemy notes suddenly had a sense of thorough understanding—the medicinal properties of Yellow Essence do not combine with other spiritual medicines, which is the third thing mentioned by the senior!

The medicinal properties of the Gathering Yuan Flower are the basic changes of the Condensing Qi Pill. The Gathering Yuan Flower is Yang, the Earth Root Grass is Yin, and the Yellow Essence is the Qi of Heaven. Yin and Yang combine three, and the three talents operate, which is the essence of the medicinal property change of the Condensing Qi Pill!

In He Qilang's mind, there was already an idea of changing the order of putting in medicinal materials and clarifying the primary and secondary Yin and Yang changes.

He had an urge to go back and experiment immediately, but he also had countless doubts that he wanted to ask this mysterious senior in front of him!

A long-standing doubt blurted out uncontrollably: "Senior, if there are multiple medicinal property changes in a furnace of pills, how to not interfere with each other and proceed at the same time?"

Qian Chen smiled slightly: "Being able to think of this shows that you have indeed worked hard! You must know that Yin-Yang change is two-by-two relative, not just Yin Qi and Yang Qi. Movement and stillness are Yin and Yang, clear and turbid are Yin and Yang, good and evil are Yin and Yang, rising and falling are also Yin and Yang! When heaven and earth opened, Yin and Yang transformed, clear Qi rose, turbid Qi sank, and there is also the alchemy book saying: Yin and Yang life and death are like lead and mercury..."

"The refining of Condensing Qi Pill is the clear and spiritual Qi, so the medicinal properties rise, and the impurities sink. When you refine this pill in the furnace, you should use the principle of Yin and Yang differentiation, so that the Yang nature rises and the Yin quality sinks."

"In the alchemy furnace, there are often three layers of alchemy rooms divided into upper, middle, and lower. You put medicinal materials in the middle room, and then use the principle of Yin and Yang rising and falling to make the medicinal properties combine in different alchemy rooms. In this way, layer by layer sublimation, to the god room at the very top, naturally can condense Qi into a pill!"

Qian Chen casually listed a formula, very easily clarifying how many medicinal property changes can be carried out in the three alchemy rooms.

Even for water-based spiritual pills with the most similar medicinal properties—all medicinal properties can be combined in water, Qian Chen can also design the program cleverly to make the reaction proceed in an orderly manner.

There are also methods to change the rising and falling changes of medicinal properties with the help of different pill bases.

Such as using true water to make the steaming and rising pill nature turn into pill liquid, controlling the fire, and after the pill liquid is fused, continue to steam into pill Qi, and then carry out Yin and Yang changes in the upper alchemy room.

With the help of certain medicinal stones, absorb the medicinal properties and sink into the bottom alchemy room for Yin and Yang changes, combine medicinal properties, and then re-extract the medicinal stones and steam the medicinal properties.

Qian Chen continued to take that group of Taiyin medicinal liquid as an example, took the sunlight from outside, and continuously deduced four changes of alchemy 'Yin and Yang', 'Rising and Falling', 'Clear and Turbid', and 'Movement and Stillness' for He Qilang.

One by one, the refined Sun and Moon Condensing Qi Pills were continuously refined from water, from air, from fire, from the breath, and from the light of the sun and moon, to the extreme of alchemy.

Although it was only Qian Chen's most basic understanding of alchemy, it also allowed He Qilang to touch the threshold of superior alchemy.

He Qilang suddenly realized that if it weren't for Qian Chen's guidance, even if he experimented thousands of times, even if he invited the most famous alchemist overseas to teach him, he would definitely not be able to comprehend this eight-character formula of alchemy!

Many spiritual medicines on the prescription, which are used for the combination of Yin and Yang medicinal properties, which spiritual medicines are the third thing used to catalyze the combination of Yin and Yang, those spiritual medicines are used for 'rising and falling', and those spiritual medicines promote the change of clear and turbid, secretly matching the way of movement and stillness, He Qilang now looks at the prescription, and only then understands it.

Only then did he comprehend the principles within. As long as he goes back and experiments, he can delete and change at will.

At this time, he realized that the lead and mercury in the alchemy book, and the true water yellow teeth, were the essence of the alchemy prescription.

The dosage of spiritual medicine and the change of fire are just minor details!

When Qian Chen stopped preaching, He Qilang woke up and saw that the Sun and Moon Condensing Qi Pills in the gold basin in front of Qian Chen had piled up like a mountain, and the Golden and Silver Boys next to him were constantly refining the Taiyin medicinal liquid into pills like laying eggs.

The Golden Boy held the sun dew that was dried today, sprinkled the dew on the medicinal liquid like a bright moon in the air, and when it fell to the ground, it turned into spiritual pills, which were received by the Jin Jin Yin Tongzi with a gold basin and sent to He Qilang!

"Now let's talk about what kind of spiritual root you want to use this Miyue Orchid to exchange for me to plant?"

Qian Chen sat on the cushion and smiled and asked He Qilang.

He Qilang felt inspired, clasped his hands and bowed: "Senior's few words pointed out my superior alchemy, which is a priceless treasure. This is already a great bargain for me, so how dare I be greedy for others?"

"Do you really have something to gain?" Qian Chen looked at him with a smile.

He Qilang respectfully bowed: "The disciple should have something to gain!"

"If you don't regret it, then take these Condensing Qi Pills and go back!" Qian Chen waved his hand to drive people away.

He Qilang looked back and saw the Golden and Silver Boys constantly searching for Condensing Qi Pills from the gold basin and stuffing them into their mouths like chewing beans.

He got up and said: "I have already obtained a priceless treasure. Even if it is a hundred times more spiritual medicine, it is not enough to repay the senior's words. Today I have gained countless things, and this spiritual medicine is definitely not enough to repay. The junior will definitely do his best to find a high-quality spiritual plant for the senior!"

Qian Chen laughed, not taking this to heart.

After He Qilang left, Qian Chen pulled his hand out of his sleeve, and a wisp of dark blue spiritual light lingered at his fingertips.

Listening to Qian Chen sigh: "It turns out that Water Virtue is different from the other four virtues. Goodness is like water. Water Virtue is the virtue of the Immortal Dao! Preaching and teaching, saving people to achieve the Dao, only then has this virtue. No wonder I have always been unable to condense Water Virtue. It was only today that I had a flash of inspiration and realized the principle within."

"In this way, finding a magic treasure to carry Water Virtue is already imminent, and I can't be lazy anymore!"

Qian Chen looked up slightly, showing a look of regret.

"However, today I passed down alchemy and answered questions for a person with great fortune, and only then condensed a wisp of Water Virtue. The virtue of preaching and teaching is small, and the merit of opening a path is relatively large. In this way, I have to save at least nine people to achieve a brand-new Golden Core Great Dao before I can condense enough Water Virtue external medicine for my Golden Core formation."

"It seems that even if I have been silent for thousands of years, I still can't escape the innate mission of the old grandfather!"

Qian Chen suddenly remembered something, his face changed, and he scolded: "No! I calculated wrong! Who said I didn't save anyone? I clearly saved the Supreme to achieve the Dao. This is how much merit? Why didn't you count it for me?"

"Immortal Dao was opened by the Supreme borrowing me. Who is it? Who deducted my merit? When the Supreme merged with the Dao, he created the Merit Great Dao, and even refused to record the merit of my opening the Immortal Dao. But he forgot, who saved you to achieve the Dao?"

Qian Chen blinked his eyes, waiting for the monstrous merit to descend. After a long time, he found that there was still no movement, so he was frustrated: "First there is the Supreme and then the Immortal, the spiritual light of the other world is still in front. Opening the ancient merit path, but writing off the credit!"

"In the end, it was wrong!"

A sigh echoed faintly in the stone room. ===== CHAPTER 496 =====