Chapter 27: One Dan's Spiritual Confusion

  This is just a guess by Xiao Baozi, although legend has it that there is another realm above the ninth rank, called Tongxuan. However, in the martial arts world, the realm of Tongxuan is only a legend, and the best interpretation of this legend is one sentence: "Jump out of the three realms, not within the five elements!"

  Transcend the three realms, beyond the five elements!

  What kind of person is this?

  Immortals are the only ones who can jump out of the Three Realms and are not bound by the Five Elements!

  As for these, the little leopard didn't think much about it, and this wasn't what he was thinking about now. His mind was all on the five elixir formulas in his hand, each with detailed instructions on how to refine the medicine, as if they were the little leopard's notes from a past life, very detailed.

  "This Dan Fang has been sandwiched in this 'Tang Tou Ge Ju' all along, Sun Hua that little kid, a prodigal son, although he can read, but what interests him is probably the first two books, as for this one in my hand, heh heh, I'm afraid he's never even taken a glance at it!" Xiao Baozi thought to himself with emotion, his brain however didn't stop for a moment as he memorized the five Dan Fang and alchemy techniques on it.

  This kind of thing can't be difficult for someone who has passed the English six-level exam and is also a major in Chinese, right?

  Although the tiny characters on this piece of paper are densely packed, after all, it's just one page. Memorizing it would take no more than a few days' effort. Moreover, in his lifetime, he had already memorized an entire book of "Lihuo Heart Method", and for memorizing secret skills, he also had some experience.

  On the second day, he no longer went out and stayed in Wu's ironware shop to forge iron. At the same time, he silently memorized the Dan Fang (Elixir Formula). After several days passed, he had already memorized several Dan Fangs and the refining techniques by heart. After confirming several more times, he finally burned that Dan Fang with a single flame.

  These days, even when he was forging iron, he would recite the contents of that Dan Fang, and several had reached the point of madness, to the extent that he had ruined several weapons. He didn't care about it at all, but Qin Xuanlong, who had half of the monitoring duties, saw that something was wrong with Little Leopard. A few days later, one day, while eating, he called Little Leopard over and asked if he had any worries, how could he ruin so many weapons in just a few short days?

  As for this, Little Leopard had thought of a way to deal with it long ago, and just said that his recent state was not good, wanting to take a two-day break.

  Qin Xuanlong was also pleased with the straightforwardness of the request. After hearing Xiao Baozi's words, he agreed and gave him a three-day leave.

  Anyway, there are still many days left, and with Xiao Bao's current level of skill, it shouldn't be a problem to complete this month's target.

  After bidding farewell to Qin Xuanlong, Xiao Baozi left Wu's blacksmith shop and started wandering around the streets. After a few hours of wandering, he finally returned to Wu's ironware shop with big and small packages in hand.

  The people in the shop saw his strange appearance with big and small bags, thought it was strange, came over to ask, turned out that Xiao Baozi was buying medicine for his parents, so they didn't ask anything else.

  "Alas, I'm exhausted!" As soon as he returned to his own room, Little Leopard hastily threw all the big and small packages in his hands onto the bed. These packages contained medicine, but not what he had bought for his parents, rather they were materials for preparing the Mind Confusion Pill.

  The prescription on that piece of paper looks very impressive, and he has also memorized it, but is this true or false? He needs to verify it.

  How to determine?

  Of course, the medicine was refined, but whether it was the Bone Tempering Pill or the Tendon Transformation Pill, the materials needed were not something he could obtain at present. He had also memorized the Song of the Medicine Cauldron, and there were many medical books in this room, but the materials required for these two pills were beyond what Little Leopard could imagine.

  The little leopard had read a lot of medical books and could recite the basic decoction songs, so he asked himself if he knew a lot about medicinal materials. However, among the six Dan Fang formulas, except for the Mysterious Spirit Pill which required common medicinal materials, the others were strange. The Bone Tempering Pill was okay, as he recognized most of the required medicinal materials, except for one or two that he had never heard of before. They were all extremely precious and even if he spent all his wealth, he couldn't afford them. The Easy Tendon Pill was different, as he had only heard of a small part of the required medicinal materials, while the others he had never heard of. As for the Pulse Stabilizing Pill, he had only heard of a few of the required medicinal materials, and they were all precious or even rare in the world. The Blood Changing Pill and the Marrow Washing Pill were not worth mentioning, as he didn't have any hope.

  However, although the materials of Duan Gu Dan are also very precious, they can still be gathered.

  Of course, before the search, the little leopard must first determine whether this Dan Fang is genuine or not. If it spends all its effort searching for the medicinal materials only to find out that the Dan Fang is fake, then it would be a waste of time.

  On the same Dan Fang, the easily available Mysterious Spirit Dan became his first choice.

  The materials needed for the Mysterious God Pill were not precious, in fact, except for a medicinal herb called Bitter Wheat Grass that made him run to several stores, all the others were easily available. In addition, he also bought a small ceramic pot, which was used for decocting medicine.

  That page of Dan Fang not only has the medicinal materials needed for refining Dan medicine, but also detailed refining methods. What materials to put in first, what materials to put in later, what is the correct order, which medicines need to be crushed first, which medicines require freshness, how much of one medicine to add, how long to simmer before adding another medicine, when to add water, how much water to add, during the refining process, how much more water to add, after three bowls of water have been reduced to one bowl, how much more to add. The stove inside needs big fire at what time, small fire at what time, how big a fire, how small a fire, etc., etc. It's complicated and precise. No matter which step is wrong, it will affect the efficacy of the medicine.

  Refining the elixir is not like it was in the past when cultivating immortality, where a crucible and other things were needed. To refine this mystic elixir, all that's required is just a small earthenware pot, placed on top of a stove to simmer. Following the order on the prescription for the elixir, add medicine, water, ignite the fire, and finally simmer until it becomes paste-like. Use your hands to knead it into small pellets the size of soybeans, then place them under the sun to dry, and it's done.

  Most of the elixirs in this world are like that, as for the alchemy furnace, it is used to burn incense in the temple, and very few people use it to refine medicine.

  Because it was every time refining medicine, Little Leopard's hands were very skilled, and after several refinements, when the medicinal materials were about to be wasted, there was finally a result. A large bowl of grayish medicine paste was simmered out, and then one by one, they were rolled into yellow bean-sized pellets. Although those pellets weren't standard spherical objects, dozens placed together had quite a danwan-like flavor.

  After drying these medicinal pills, they became 34 grains of dan pills.

  Danwan is formed, but what after it's formed? It still needs to be tested for efficacy.

  Tan Fang said that this medicine has a very strong effect, but how strong it is and whether it really works can only be known after trying it.

  It's okay, in the iron shop of the Wu family, there were many large wolf dogs guarding the house. The little leopard secretly melted five grains into a large water tank used for the dogs to drink from. This didn't scare the little leopard, but the water tank was really too big and the size of the Dan was small, so the little leopard was afraid it wouldn't be enough. In the end, the result scared the little leopard silly.

  This Mysterious Spirit Dan is also very strange, after drying it, it easily dissolves in water, can be said to be instantly dissolved, after dissolving in water, it is colorless and tasteless, even those few big wolf dogs with sensitive noses didn't notice anything unusual, after drinking, the dozen or so big wolf dogs raised by Wu's Ironware Shop soon fell asleep, no matter how they were called, they couldn't wake up.