CH 13

Li Huowang carefully looked at the small alchemy furnace in front of him, with three incense sticks standing beside it to measure time.

In this environment without an alarm clock, Li Huowang could only rely on this simple method to calculate time.

When the last incense stick burned out completely, he immediately extinguished the fire and opened the furnace door, and a strange herbal scent mixed with the air.

Li Huowang was delighted, he succeeded. The refined medicine continued to move in a sieve, and after all useless dregs were sifted out, there were only large and small black pills left in the box.

These pills were the Runxue Dan mentioned by Danyang Zi, which was a very simple medicine used to stop bleeding.

It could not be taken more than one liang at a time, otherwise there would be a risk of complete blood clotting in the body.

Although it seemed useless, it might be more useful to harm people than to cure them. However, because this medicine was the simplest, Danyang Zi gave it to Li Huowang to practice with.

After counting, Li Huowang finally obtained thirteen large Runxue Dan and twenty-six small ones. His gain was not only these pills, but also some basic knowledge of alchemy through the process of refining Runxue Dan.

Alchemy was far more difficult than he had imagined. Apart from the difference in time, even herbs with different growth directions had to be carefully distinguished. If one step was wrong, the efficacy and success rate of the pills would be vastly different, and the pile of burnt waste materials next to them was proof of that.

Li Huowang took out a small bamboo tube and collected all the pills, then took a deep breath and put on his Taoist robe, walking towards the door. "It's almost time, it's almost midnight."

When Li Huowang pushed open the door of the material room, everyone who was working stood up in unison, looking at him in horror.

In their eyes, he was like the King of Hell.

Li Huowang looked at them with a complicated expression, walked past them under their gaze, and finally came to Bai Lingmiao.

The white-haired girl trembled with her body, trying to hold back her tears, but in the end, she couldn't help it and tears flowed from the pale pink pupils unique to her albinism.

Li Huowang held her hand solemnly and left the material room for the alchemy room.

In the damp cave tunnel, Bai Lingmiao choked and gave her last words to Li Huowang.

Li Huowang listened silently, without saying a word. When he deliberately came to the door of his residence, he turned around and pulled her into the house. "Take off your pants."

Bai Lingmiao's eyes widened and she froze in place, seemingly frightened by his actions.

In the first three quarters of the midnight hour, Li Huowang brought Bai Lingmiao to the medicine room, and Danyang Zi had just arrived.

When he saw Li Huowang bringing the medicine over without being told, Danyang Zi showed a hint of satisfaction on his face, and he looked a little more pleased with his youngest disciple.

"Hehe, good disciple, come here." With a wave of his hand, Danyang Zi directly threw Bai Lingmiao, who was grabbed by the neck, into the stone jar of a person.Li Huowang's heart was pounding as he watched the scene, his hands clenched tightly.

Just as the several hundred-pound pestle was about to smash down, Danyang Zi suddenly stopped.

"Ah, why did the menstrual blood come now? The medicinal properties have changed completely." Danyang Zi frowned and looked at Bai Lingmiao's bleeding pants.

Li Huowang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. His plan had succeeded.

After learning about alchemy in this world, Li Huowang found a way to break through. Since the medicinal properties of other minerals, plants, and trees were so changeable, the medicinal properties of human medicine would also change. Moreover, in his impression, menstrual blood in Taoist women was a kind of filth, so he had Bai Lingmiao pretend to have her period as his response. To avoid suspicion, he couldn't let anyone else know, only Danyang Zi could discover it himself.

Now it seemed that he had achieved his goal, and Bai Lingmiao's life was saved.

Danyang Zi waved his wide Taoist robe, and Bai Lingmiao flew out of the stone mortar and fell heavily on the ground.

Although the fall was heavy, Bai Lingmiao could only climb up, holding her knee, while Li Huowang could only watch coldly on the side.

"Xuan Yang, take the materials back." Li Huowang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Danyang Zi say this and respectfully saluted him. "Yes, Master."

When Bai Lingmiao walked up to him, Li Huowang noticed that her head seemed to have been broken, and the bright red blood was flowing down her face.

Even so, Bai Lingmiao still looked grateful to Li Huowang. In the face of death, suffering a small sin was nothing.

"Anyway, we managed to get through this hurdle. It will probably be a long time before Bai Lingmiao has to do this again." Li Huowang led Bai Lingmiao out of the door.

But just as they were about to leave the shadow of the huge alchemy furnace, a light and fluttering voice came from behind Danyang Zi.

"Xuan Yang, since this medicine doesn't work, go and bring another one. I remember there's another white medicine that works. Hurry up and come back, don't delay."

This made Li Huowang's body tremble slightly, and he turned around and respectfully saluted Danyang Zi again. "Yes, Master."

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Li Huowang didn't know how he got to the material room. He numbly walked up to another white-skinned man and pulled him out. The man cried and begged for mercy, kneeling on the ground and knocking his head against Li Huowang. But at this moment, Li Huowang could do nothing. He could only send the man to the alchemy room himself.

The man's cries stopped abruptly under Danyang Zi's pestle, and a faint white smoke rose with a strong fragrance, covering the stalactites above with a thick layer of human oil.

Trembling, Li Huowang turned around to leave, but was stopped by Danyang Zi. "Don't you aspire to the path of alchemy? Come and take a careful look. This kind of complex and rare elixir is not available anywhere else."Li Huowang walked over and carefully observed and listened to Danyang Zi explaining when to add what ingredients and when to increase the fire, like a curious child watching the entire alchemy process.

When the flames under the alchemy furnace extinguished, the furnace was opened, and seven fully-formed black pills lined up in front of Danyang Zi.

"Not bad, not bad. You are very talented. Other disciples are not as studious as you. Come, master will reward you." Danyang Zi took out a pill from his palm and placed it in front of Li Huowang.

"Thank you, master, for the gift of medicine!" Li Huowang respectfully bowed to Danyang Zi, trembling as he held the pill and swallowed it.