A fresh start for the New Year.
The sound of firecrackers is still echoing outside.
Chen Yun, who had eaten dinner, returned to the dormitory early.
Today is the Spring Festival, and the dinner is sumptuous. If he had followed his usual "hunger ghost reincarnation" temperament, he would have eaten to his heart's content. However, today he only ate two bites casually, and even caused confusion from Zhou Qian and Li Si, two of his good brothers who were close relations in the past.
They couldn't know that Chen Yun was in a hurry to brew the Foundation Building soup.
In the bedroom.
Chen Yun secretly took out the book, which he didn't know what material it was made of, and looked very ancient.
The book was elegantly inscribed with the characters "Da Luo Ling Soup" in dragon and phoenix script.
When he opened it, the first page on top clearly wrote the formula for brewing foundation-building soup.
Chen Yun checked it carefully and thought: "Astragalus membranaceus 6 money,Angelica sinensis, white peony root, and raw replenishing land each 3 money,shea-shell and peony root 2 money respectively, main drug Yin-Yang star grass one stalk, water decoction twice,taking a small bowl of cold medicine juice to mix with boiling medicine juice together drinking down stomach,could take three times then after taking two times before Yin-Yang star grass ,would add other medicines according to previous record dosage to continue brewing."
The recipe is written quite clearly.
It just means putting these ingredients of the specified dosage into the pot, then adding water, and boiling it twice.
The first time, wait until it boils, pour out the soup and wait until it cools down.
Immediately add more water to boil and reheat, pour a little of the second boiling soup out, and mix it with the cooled part of the first batch of medicine that has been boiled, only then can it be taken.
A total of two doses are taken.
Once taken twice, then need to add all other ingredients except Yin-Yang star grass to brew again, and then repeat the above process.
However, Chen Yun was a bit puzzled, "Boiling the medicine twice by water decoction is fine in theory, but how can one ensure that the medicine juice stays boiling in the second round? Do we need to keep adding fresh water to boil it? And after taking two doses, do we not need to pour out the medicinal residue before adding new herbs to re-boil?"
This is completely different from the process of boiling medicine that Li Si had told him.
Chen Yun was really puzzled.
Of course, he had a way to keep the second batch of medicine juice warm, after all, he had the magical little bronze furnace.
"By the way, when boiling medicine, the fire should be controlled. There is no mention of how long to boil in this book, only that after boiling, the medicinal juice is poured out and then fresh water is added and boiled again."
Chen Yun thought it was weird and wondered how to cook medicine without knowing the fire level.
Don't end up burning the medicine later.
He only had one stalk of Yin-Yang star grass. If the medicine-boiling process went wrong, it would be difficult to obtain another one.
If it wasn't for the amazing little bronze furnace, he even had some doubts whether the recipe was someone joking with him.
"Ah, right, I have the little bronze furnace."
Chen Yun suddenly woke up.
He remembered that the cover of the little bronze furnace was inscribed with buttons such as "Building Foundation in a Hundred Days" and "Refining Vitamins into Essence", and pressing these buttons would instantly start boiling.
Before, Chen Yun didn't understand why there were buttons on the cover of the little bronze furnace.
Today, he faintly understood.
"Could it be that this little bronze furnace was designed specifically for refining the 'Da Luo Ling Soup' recorded in the book? As long as the ingredients are put in and the button is pressed, will it enter 'dumb mode' to brew the medicine?"
Chen Yun thought it was possible.
For example, the small compartments that can be pulled out on the wall of the little bronze furnace are very likely to be used originally for storing medicinal materials.
"Should we try it?"
To be honest, he was a bit hesitant.
Because he only had one stalk of Yin-Yang star grass, if the prediction was wrong, he didn't know when he would be able to brew the foundation-building soup again.
But Chen Yun thought again that he needed the Yin-Yang star grass completely because of the foundation-building soup recorded in the "Da Luo Ling Soup".
Since that's the case, why not take a chance?
"Alright, let's give it a try."
Chen Yun made up his mind and silently recited "come out".
The next moment, the palm felt heavy, and the little bronze furnace appeared in his palm.
He gently pressed the body of the furnace to take out the medicinal materials, then opened the lid and placed the materials according to their respective quantities.
After the ingredients were placed, Chen Yun stood up and walked to the corner of the room, picked up a pot, and scooped about two big bowls of water into the bronze furnace.
After doing all this, Chen Yun replaced the lid of the furnace back into place.
"Hu, I hope it works."
He silently prayed for a moment in his heart, then reached out and pressed the button inscribed with "Building Foundation in a Hundred Days" on the lid.
Chen Yun had used the little bronze furnace to boil water before, and it usually took only three seconds to bring the water to a boil.
He didn't know if the boiling time would be the same, so he kept staring.
After one second, the little bronze furnace showed no reaction whatsoever.
Two seconds passed, and there was still no movement from the little bronze furnace.
However, when the third second came, something miraculous happened.
Chen Yun clearly saw white steam rising from the top of the bronze furnace.
Clearly, it had boiled.
He secretly thought, "As recorded in the 'Da Luo Ling Soup', the medicine can be extracted after boiling, so I will do as written."
Chen Yun lifted the lid of the furnace.
A bitter taste with a faint fragrance came surging towards him, somewhat similar to the smell of decocting Chinese herbs from his previous life.
He picked up a nearby bowl and placed it in place, then carefully poured out the medicinal juice from the bronze furnace, without spilling any outside.
These medicinal juices cannot be taken yet, as they need to cool down first before being mixed with the second batch of water-boiled medicine and consumed.
After pouring out the first batch of water-boiled medicine juice, Chen Yun scooped two more bowls of fresh water from the wooden bucket and added it to the furnace.
Just like before, he closed the lid of the furnace.
Chen Yun pressed the "Building Foundation in a Hundred Days" button again.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Chen Yun silently recited the numbers in his mind.
When the numbers were finished in his mind, the little bronze furnace again emitted a wisp of white steam.
This time, Chen Yun did not pour out the liquid, as the first batch of water-boiled medicine juice had not cooled down yet.
He was a bit puzzled at this point, "Since the little bronze furnace is now kept in a boiling state, what if I wait for the first batch of water-boiled medicine juice to cool? Would all the water in the furnace evaporate?"
Chen Yun was thinking like this in his heart.
But what surprised him was that the little bronze furnace stopped after emitting water vapor for about one to two minutes.
"Could it be that the water has evaporated?"
Chen Yun's heart tightened, and he quickly opened the lid to take a glance.
He saw that the medicinal juice inside the little bronze furnace was still boiling, but it no longer emitted water vapor, making it particularly mysterious.
Chen Yun heaved a sigh of relief, "As long as the water hasn't evaporated, that's fine. As for these medicinal juices, since the little bronze furnace preserves and keeps warm the quality, it doesn't matter how long I wait for them to cool down."
He sat there quietly waiting, occasionally reaching out to feel the temperature on the bowl's wall, and how much it had dropped.
Fortunately, it was winter, with freezing temperatures.
Chen Yun didn't have to wait long before the medicine juice had completely cooled down.
At this moment, he was somewhat excited, as he finally brewed the foundation-building soup!
