In the afternoon, I learned to draw characters with Cai Rujin.
Chen Yun drew without any rules, wasting a lot of yellow paper and red ink.
He originally thought Cai Rujin would curse him.
What surprised Chen Yun was that not only did Cai Rujin not curse him, but he even taught him to draw characters by hand.
This learning lasted for the whole afternoon.
In the evening, after having dinner, I returned to my room.
As soon as Chen Yun returned to his dormitory, he closed the windows and doors tightly.
Take out the small copper furnace.
Take out a piece of medicine from the grid.
Chen Yun did not immediately brew the elixir, but instead took out the book "Da Luo Elixir" to confirm whether there were any mistakes.
This is a book made of an unknown material that is not gold, paper, or jade.
It feels a little warm.
He flipped through the book to the second page.
This page records the formula for the refined elixir.
"The ingredients are ginseng, astragalus, aconite each six money, elderberry, goji berry, Chinese wild asparagus each three money, celosia chinensis one money and two cents, jujube peel two money, reishi one money and red snow lychee fruit one piece. The ingredients are correct."
Because the red snow lychee fruit is very precious, Chen Yun was afraid of making a mistake in the steps of decocting the medicine and wasting it, so he carefully read the precautions in the book.
"Decoct twice with water, take once in the morning and once in the evening. Other than that, it is similar to the foundation soup. It is also a mixture of cool and warm medicinal juice to drink."
There's nothing wrong here.
However, Chen Yun still had a doubt.
The question is whether to discard the remaining foundation soup and drug residue from the small copper furnace.
Although he had completed the foundation construction, the medicinal juice and drug residue had not been processed. The main reason is that he has been busy recently, always busy making money, did not expect to clean up the small copper furnace.
Normally, it is necessary to discard them.
Different prescriptions may have conflicting pharmacological properties, which could potentially affect the efficacy of the medicine.
But the "Da Luo Elixir" book wrote only one sentence: "Continue to brew the previous medicine."
Chen Yun wasn't sure if this "continue to brew the previous medicine" meant that the refined elixir should always continue with the previous medicinal juice for each brewing, or if it should be continued with the foundation soup.
After thinking for a while, he made a decision, "Let's start by boiling the foundation soup."
If he continues to brew the foundation soup and then pours it away, Chen Yun would have no chance of cultivating his own spiritual crystals.
If it's not the foundation soup being brewed, eating it might cause discomfort and some herbs would be wasted, but there are still two red snow lychee fruits left, and he can continue to brew the soup later.
Of course, this is not the main reason why Chen Yun finally made up his mind.
He went through the whole "Da Luo Elixir" book, and every time he switched to a new elixir, it was noted to "continue to brew the previous medicine."
Therefore, Chen Yun felt that continuing to brew the foundation soup was more likely.
Lift the lid of the furnace.
Pour all the herbs into it.
He got up and fetched two buckets of water.
Close the lid of the furnace.
Press the "Lie Gu Hu Jing" button on the cover.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds.
Chen Yun silently counted in his mind.
As expected, the small copper furnace began to steam a moment later.
"After the first boil, pour out the medicinal juice and continue boiling."
Chen Yun followed the instructions in the book and then added more water to continue boiling the medicine.
Another three seconds passed.
The second medicinal juice also boiled.
He didn't pay attention to the medicinal juice inside the small copper furnace; he just waited quietly for the medicinal juice in the big bowl to cool down.
He waited for a long time.
The medicinal juice finally cooled down completely.
"Finally cooled down."
Chen Yun didn't waste any more time.
He poured a small portion of the cooled medicinal juice into another small bowl.
Then, he also poured some of the boiling medicinal juice from the small copper furnace into the small bowl.
Hot and cold, they are mixed together.
He felt the temperature, confirmed it was not too hot, and then took a sip.
Gulp, the medicinal juice went down his throat.
As always, it is bitter and astringent.
Chen Yun was used to it and did not make a face as he had when he first started.
"There is no need to practice cultivation techniques; just wait for the medicine's power to manifest."
He guessed that the refined elixir, like the foundation soup, might have a fixed path of operation.
Just as he guessed, a few seconds later Chen Yun felt his stomach contracting, as if digesting the medicinal juice.
A sense of warmth rose from the stomach, spreading towards the spleen.
Chen Yun quickly paid attention and felt how the spleen was producing nourishing essence.
When that warmth reached the spleen, he clearly felt that a mysterious energy had been born.
This energy had no temperature, but Chen Yun could feel it as if it were a stream of air, dividing into several paths. One part spread to his five internal organs and limbs, while the other entered the Ren and Du meridians and remained dormant.
"Oh, I see, it feels like this when the spleen practices the cultivation of refined grains and essence."
Chen Yun finally understood, "And I guessed right, continue to brew the previous medicine, it's indeed to continue the foundation soup. Fortunately, I didn't pour it away just now."
Chen Yun firmly remembered the feeling of the spleen producing postnatal essence in his mind.
In this case, even if there is no need to take the refined elixir, he can still practice the cultivation of refined grains and essence.
After all, one eats and drinks every day. If not cultivated and digested, it would be a waste.
Additionally, Chen Yun also felt through the power of the medicine how the extraordinary meridians stored postnatal essence.
However, this situation did not last long.
Suddenly, he felt the white jade bead hanging around his neck release a bit of cold air.
These cold air entered his body and transformed the postnatal essence just produced by the spleen's refining of grains and essence into a series of "true Qi".
Chen Yun has not yet learned how to store true Qi.
So, he found that the "true Qi" generated was absorbed by his body, but most of it was expelled through the pores.
"Wasted medicine power."
Chen Yun took off the white jade bead.
He directly threw it into the dark compartment of the small copper furnace.
Hmm, not taking it off affects the refining of grains and essence.
"This shows that if I could reach the refinement of essence stage, the white jade bead would definitely be helpful for cultivation, but it is not needed for the refining of grains and essence stage and would even waste postnatal essence."
Chen Yun made an immediate judgment.
The stage of refining essence into Qi is still far off.
He temporarily cleared his mind and continued to feel every step of the medicine power actively "refining grains and essence".
It lasted for about half an hour.
The medicinal power gradually faded and disappeared.
At the same time, he felt that his five internal organs, six meridians, and muscle skin membranes seemed to have become stronger.
"Is this the effect of taking the refined elixir for the first time?"
He was quite surprised.
Although he was surprised, being able to enhance his physique was a good thing. Chen Yun had no reason to be unhappy.
Finally, I have entered the stage of refining grains and essence.
His mood became very wonderful.
Chen Yun got up, tidied the room, then covered himself in the quilt and slept soundly.
......
Oh!
Oh oh!
The big rooster raised at the Taoist temple is crowing again.
Chen Yun heard the cock crow and immediately got up to brush his teeth and wash his face.
He went to the open space in front of the dormitory.
Zhang Qian, Li Si, Wang Siyan, and Tang Shixiong and others had already gathered.
"Hey!"
"Haha!"
Everyone was practicing their boxing techniques.
Wang Zaixi, as the "teacher of transmission," should be coming soon. However, he hasn't seen anyone yet.
As the "Transmitting Teacher," Wang Zixi should come over later, but he hasn't been seen yet. Perhaps due to teaching students according to their aptitude, not everyone is practicing the same boxing technique.
For example, Wang Siyan and Yu Lüping are not practicing the Five Elements Fist.
Chen Yun didn't pay attention to the others; he just stood still and adjusted his breathing by himself.
He began to assume postures, with his head slightly raised, his eyes closed slightly, showing a slit looking at the tip of his nose, his mouth seemed to be closed but slightly, as if he was smiling but not quite. His tongue was placed on the upper root of the upper tooth, and his body was bent slightly with the chest contained and the back straightened. The waist should be straight, and the legs were slightly bent at the knee, with a tucked buttocks and standing on both feet wide open shoulder-width apart with the toes facing forward.
According to the records in "The Perfecting Essence Gong," he practiced boxing with breathing and exhalation.
As Chen Yun inhaled, his hands were raised from his sides to the left and right sides of his head, with the forearms rotating outward, the palms facing diagonally outward. He practiced the nostril breathing in a clockwise direction.
As he inhaled.
His belly was slightly protruding.
He began to practice the boxing techniques.
Three peaks!
Three clenches!
Three rounds!
I don't know if it's because he has entered the stage of refining grains and essence, but there are quite a bit of postnatal essence stored in the meridians of the eight trigrams.
Today, Chen Yun practiced the Five Elements Fist. With each punch he threw, he felt a powerful force while the qi and blood inside his body also became explosive.
And, he felt subtly that when he practiced the Five Elements Fist, the postnatal essence was continuously absorbed, and his physical strength was gradually increasing.
Hu chī.
He threw a punch.
The punch cut through the air, making a piercing sound.
Chen Yun was focused on practicing his boxing techniques.
At this moment, Wang Zixi walked over from the east with his hands behind his back.
Chen Yun noticed him and greeted while practicing his boxing, "Senior Wang, good morning."
"Mm."
Wang Zixi nodded slightly and walked straight ahead.
Chen Yun knew that he had a cold personality, so he didn't care about his response and continued to practice the boxing techniques by himself.
Who would have thought that Wang Zixi had already taken a step forward, only to suddenly step back one step, with a shocked and doubtful gaze fixed on Chen Yun.
Chen Yun hadn't noticed at first because he was practicing boxing and had turned his body, but just as he was returning a blow, he almost hit Wang Zixi.
He stopped practicing boxing immediately.
Chen Yun cleared his throat and said, "Senior Wang, why are you looking at me with such an expression?"
Everyone noticed Wang Zixi's abnormal behavior and looked over.
Wang Zixi said with a puzzled tone, "You... have refined grains and essence?"
Ah?
Did he refine grains and essence?
Zhang Qian, Li Si, Wang Siyan, Tang Shixiong, and others all hesitated for a moment, looking utterly incredulous.
It's known that refining grains and essence is very difficult. For a ordinary person, even feeling the transformation of the spleen to produce postnatal essence takes a long time, let alone storing it and letting the body absorb it quickly.
Exactly because refining grains and essence is difficult, except for Chen Yun, all of the 12 long workers on the spot are stuck in this realm.
Even Zhang Qian, who has been at the Taoist temple the longest, is the same.
Back then, Zhang Qian spent more than a year and a half on the first level of cultivation, and another seven months on feeling the operation of the spleen to refine grains and essence. In addition to that, he had spent an entire year learning human anatomy. So, it took him a total of three years and one month before he finally entered the stage of refining grains and essence.
Li Si has a bit higher talent than Zhang Qian, but it took him more than two and a half years to truly enter the stage of refining grains and essence from the moment he joined the Taoist temple!
The others were similar, with most taking between two and a half to three and a half years.
Chen Yun, however?
He entered the Taoist temple less than two months ago and has already reached the stage of refining grains and essence?
Everyone was somewhat incredulous, so they all perked up their ears to listen to Chen Yun's response.
