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Text Chapter 10 Alchemy (1)

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    The days passed day by day, and it was the middle of winter in a blink of an eye.  In three months, apart from the heavy schoolwork, Tieheng successfully completed the agreements reached with Baoxiang Pavilion and the Prefect's Mansion every month. The practicality of stun bombs also began to spread in Tianfeng City and surrounding areas.  Word spread among the demon slayers, and the demand was getting bigger and bigger. Unfortunately, Tie Heng's production was really limited.  Despite this, a lot of materials and money were exchanged for Tie Heng, and with the academic rewards promised by Feng Shiyou, Tie Heng became quite wealthy in terms of material conditions.  Under such circumstances, Tie Heng, who had no worries, had made rapid progress during this period of time, whether it was the learning of martial arts, alchemist skills or the mastery of all kinds of knowledge in his memory.

    On the other hand, Tie Heng received a reward of 500 red dollars per academic year from the school and a monthly benefit equivalent to one-third of an ordinary teaching position, which made him even more famous within the school.  Although improving the existing basic spells is not a great achievement, as a first-year freshman, it is quite worthy of praise.  The school also takes this opportunity to set an example, so it is natural that the rewards will be generous.

    On this morning, there was light snow in the sky, and the ground, roofs, branches and trees were all covered with a layer of crystal white.  But inside the school, it was warm and cozy.  There was an alchemy class going on at the moment. There were more than thirty students in the class, and each of them had a stove on their desk. On top of the stove was a small bronze alchemy furnace.  The elixir was being smelted in the furnace, and the charcoal fire underneath gave off light and heat, making the room smell fragrant.

    "Alchemy is not about blacksmithing. It does not mean that the higher the temperature of the flame, the better." On the podium, the old man sitting behind the large desk said loudly: "Each elixir has its own optimum in the refining process.  temperature and the most suitable fuel."

    The old gentleman stroked his long, gray beard.  "Take Qingjing Powder as an example. Ordinary charcoal can meet its smelting requirements. But you guys, don't just fan the stove blindly, and don't keep adding charcoal, otherwise the heat will be overheated.  There will also be waste elixirs, and in mild cases, the heat in the medicine will be too strong, reducing the efficacy, which is a waste. Remember, frugality is a virtue, and you can save more"

    Listening to the old gentleman¡¯s earnest teachings, most of the students in the classroom secretly rolled their eyes, and Tie Heng was also one of them.

    This old gentleman is the teacher who teaches them alchemy. His surname is Liu.  He looked to be in his sixties, but his eyes were clear and his energy was strong. The wide-sleeved robe on his body was a little white from the washing. It was obvious that he had been with him for many years, but he was very clean and tidy.  And he wears a high crown on his head and walks on square shoes, looking like a well-educated old scholar.  Just looking at this appearance, who would have thought that this old man who advocates frugality and leads by example is a fifth-grade pharmacist and a very senior instructor in Kunyuan Academy.

    Liu Jiaoyu is knowledgeable and profound in alchemy, and he is also very good at teaching students.  However, he also has a problem that gives students a headache, and that is his verbosity.  He always likes to repeat some things over and over again several times, until the students' ears can hear the calluses before he gives up.  This may be one of his teaching methods, but for students like Tie Heng who can understand everything immediately, it is a bit intolerable.  Because their foundation is quite solid, they no longer need such nagging to constantly remind them to pay attention.

    "Having talked about the fire and fuel, sir, let me review with you how to grasp the timing of opening the lid and adding ingredients." Liu Jiaoyu picked up the tea cup on the desk and took a sip, moistened his throat, and continued on.  explain.  The students, however, were silently lamenting while observing their own small alchemy furnaces.

    "To what extent the medicine in this alchemy furnace has been refined, whether it is time to add subsequent raw materials, or when it is time to refine spiritual power, in addition to seeing with your eyes, the more important method is to smell it with your noses." Liu  Jiaoyu nodded his nose.  "To become a qualified pharmacist, it is essential to have a nose with a sensitive sense of smell. Most types of elixirs will emit different smells at different stages of refining. Some are obvious, while others are very different.  It¡¯s weak, it depends on whether you can notice the difference. Also, sometimes the nose can¡¯t help you. Does anyone know why?¡±

    "Sir, I know!" Some people responded positively to Liu Jiaoyu's question.

    "Okay, Zuo Shangfu, you can answer." Liu Jiaoyu raised his hand to indicate that he could stand up.

    "Because some special elixirs do not emit odor during refining, if you want to determine the stage of refining, you must start from the changes in the strength of the spiritual power they contain. This requires a keen perception of spiritual power.  ." Zuo Shangfu stood up and replied.??, and then added another sentence.  "In addition to continuous training, talent is more important for this kind of perception. Some people have poor talent, and it will be useless no matter how hard they work."

    "Haha, student Zuo Shangfu answered correctly, please sit down." Liu Jiaoyu nodded with a smile, Zuo Shangfu showed a trace of pride on his face, straightened his back and sat down again.  "But your last sentence is a bit biased. No matter how talented you are, you need to recognize yourself and practice hard, otherwise you will achieve nothing in the end. On the other hand, even if your talent is mediocre, as long as you persevere and practice reasonably  , there will always be a day of harvest. You are all still young, and anything is possible. What you fear most is getting discouraged and losing confidence in yourself. Remember, children, nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so."

    When the old gentleman said this, his eyes passed over the faces of the students with the lowest grades in the class, and the heat in his eyes made them feel warm.  If you can enter the Fa Dao branch of Kunyuan Academy, every student's talent will naturally be good.  But this is also relative. Compared with top students like Zuo Shangfu, the qualifications of these students are quite ordinary. Several of them are children of ordinary people, with the worst foundation, and they are inevitably often criticized by other students.  ridicule and discrimination, just like Zuo Shangfu used the topic this time.  But there are very few teachers like Liu Jiaoyu who give them encouragement and advice.

    Zuo Shangfu looked a little uncomfortable. He looked at those classmates and just sneered. Several other students with excellent backgrounds also sneered and murmured softly. It was obvious that they did not agree with Liu Jiaoyu's words at all.

    Tie Heng raised his eyes and glanced at the old gentleman, and his respect for him deepened, but he still complained a little in his heart: "This old man is good at everything, but he is too verbose."

    In a blink of an eye, he saw Tang Tang on his right hand writing something on a booklet with a brush dipped in ink.  He took a closer look and found that the little girl had memorized Liu Jiaoyu's words, "Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so!" Tie Heng couldn't help but smile.

    The quiet girl seemed to notice the change in Tie Heng's expression and knew that the other person was paying attention to her, but she didn't dare to turn her head and look.  There was a blush on his face, and he hurriedly put away the booklet in his hand.

    Tie Heng¡¯s smile became even stronger.  He has long known the purpose of this booklet. It contains some sentences that Tang Tang thinks are thought-provoking.  There are some idioms, proverbs, poems, and a lot of vernacular, a large part of which Tang Tang heard from Tie Heng when he got along with him, and even included many strange words that Tang Tang couldn't understand.  The little girl secretly recorded them, thinking that Tie Heng didn't know the secret!

    "We can't let him see it." Tang Tang felt a little timid. Apart from the wonderful words and strange words Tie Heng had said, there was one thing in the booklet that she didn't want Tie Heng to discover.

    Gently open the title page, and a piece of green bamboo leaf is sandwiched between the pages. Under the protection of Tangtang's magic, it is still as fresh and tender as when it was just picked. If you bring it close to your nose, you can still smell the faint scent of bamboo.  The leaves are fragrant.  In this cold winter month, this touch of green and this fragrance can directly penetrate people's hearts.

    "Tangtang, please fan yourself quickly, the fire has weakened." Lu Shan's warning voice came from her right.

    "Yeah!" The little girl looked at her stove and saw that the fire inside was indeed decreasing.  She quickly closed the booklet and put it close to her body. Then she picked up the fan on the table and fanned it into the stove a few times. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the flames quickly rising.

    "What are you thinking about? If you are so careless, be careful to refine the waste elixir!" Lu Shan asked her.

    "I didn't think about anything!" Tang Tang naturally didn't dare to tell the truth, so he had to stick out his cute little tongue and talk away the topic.

    At this time, the face of the old gentleman in front of the classroom suddenly darkened. He stood up and twitched his nose a few times, as if he had discovered something bad. His sharp eyes also glanced back and forth on the students' papers, which frightened everyone.  Dare to move.  But soon his expression returned to its original state, and he slowly sat back down.

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