After all the employees at the medicinal material base had eaten and left, Li Yong asked Huzi to close the window, draw all the curtains, lock the door, and then stand guard outside the door to prevent anyone from coming in.

Next, Li Yong started the preparation work before making the elixir. After thinking about it, he took out all the medicinal materials at once, put them in the sink and washed them one by one. Because there were dust and pesticide residues on them, they had to be washed.

In ancient times, there was very little dust and no pesticides. At that time, all natural medicinal materials were available and could be used to make elixirs directly.

Nowadays, the air pollution is serious, and various pesticides are sprayed in order to prevent insects and increase yields. This has indirectly affected the quality of medicinal materials. If it is not cleaned, the refined elixir may not be effective.

After all the medicinal materials were carefully and carefully cleaned, Li Yong divided the medicinal materials into different types, put them in four pots, or boiled, steamed, stewed or roasted over low or high heat.

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Only longevity grass and longevity fruit have not been treated.

Because the longevity grass and longevity fruit were planted by him personally, he has never sprayed pesticides or applied chemical fertilizers, so they are less contaminated. Moreover, these are the main ingredients and do not require any preliminary preparation.

Next, Li Yong kept looking through the different medicinal materials in the four pots, carefully checking their changes; and verified them one by one with the alchemy experience deep in his memory; he found that the current pressure cooker also has the counterpart of the alchemy furnace.

Effect.

It's just that the effect is not very obvious, and in some places it fails to meet the professional requirements of Danlu.

However, without the alchemy furnace, Li Yong couldn't care so much.

He could only find another way and find an alternative way to make alchemy.

Otherwise, you can only watch helplessly as the longevity grass withers and the longevity fruit loses all its vitality.

Rather than waste it, of course it is better to take the risk and give it a try. If it succeeds, it will be a great gain.

Half an hour later, when he saw that it was almost done, Li Yong turned off the fire.

At this time, although the kitchen was full of steam, there was no scent of medicine at all.

This first step only removes the residue from the herbs and does not produce any medicinal smell.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Yong opened the lid, took out the steam from the first pot, the boiled water from the second pot, the roasted oil from the third pot, and the stewed medicine from the fourth pot.

juice. Then pour all these into the pressure cooker, finally add the longevity fruit and longevity grass, and start burning over high heat.

This is the second step in elixir training, where the essence is blended to generate medicinal power.

Although the remaining items had some medicinal power, they were of little use in refining the longevity elixir. Li Yong had no intention of refining other elixirs, so he had to pour them into the sewer and throw them away.

Not long after, with the sound of the pressure cooker sizzling, the large kitchen gradually became filled with the aroma of medicine, and as time went by, the aroma of medicine became stronger and stronger.

After sniffing the aroma of the medicine carefully, Li Yong vaguely felt that it was very similar to the taste of the longevity pill in his memory, but there were still very slight differences; he didn't know whether it was because of the medicinal materials or the way it was refined.

The reason for the different utensils. Li Yong had to pray secretly, hoping that it would not affect the efficacy of the medicine.

He hurriedly opened his clairvoyant eyes and looked inside the pressure cooker. He saw that the essences of more than a dozen medicinal materials had been integrated into one. Only the longevity fruit and longevity grass had not been completely integrated. They seemed to have rejected the heat of the medicinal essences and were still intact.

This situation was very strange and had never happened before in his memory.

Is it because of this that the taste of the medicine is slightly different?

Li Yong thought for a while, but there was no good solution, so he had to continue to increase the firepower, not believing that it would not be cooked.

After more than thirty minutes, the longevity grass and longevity fruit finally changed. As the water in the pressure cooker became less and less and the temperature became higher and higher, they finally split into many small pieces and finally merged with the essence of the medicinal materials.

It was then that Li Yong suddenly realized that the pressure cooker was not as hot as the ancient alchemy furnace.

Because the temperature was not enough, we did not stew the longevity grass and longevity fruit quickly.

This also affects the taste of the medicine, but I don't know if it will affect the effect of the elixir.

Seeing that the concoction had been brewed successfully, Li Yong turned off the heat and waited patiently.

At this time, the aroma of medicinal herbs in the kitchen was strong, wafting out from the cracks in the door and window. Huzi took a few deep breaths and felt refreshed, particularly strong, and full of vitality. This was a kind of youthful feeling.

Feel.

The aroma of the medicine continued to spread into the distance. Even Han Xifeng, who was walking in the medicine field, felt refreshed, as if he had taken a big tonic. He couldn't help but look towards the kitchen and walked over.

When he came to a window, Han Xifeng found that the scent of the medicine was even stronger. He took a deep breath and felt youthful. This made him particularly excited and almost jumped like a child.

He stretched his neck and looked inside, but saw nothing. Then, he came to the door of the kitchen and asked Huzi, "What are you doing standing here?"

"Brother Yong asked me to stand here and not let anyone in." Huzi answered truthfully.

"Oh, what is Xiaoyong doing inside? This smells so good!" Han Xifeng suddenly became interested: "Is he cooking dinner for us? This kid doesn't even cook at home, how come he comes here to cook?

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"I don't know either." Huzi replied.

"Let me go in and take a look." Han Xifeng ordered.

"No, Brother Yong has an explanation, no one can go in." Huzi blocked him.

"I am his grandfather." Han Xifeng said in an old-fashioned way.

"No one can do it, including grandpa." Huzi said helplessly.

Han Xifeng had no choice but to give up. Since Li Yong wouldn't let him in, he estimated that even if he went in, Li Yong might be unhappy. However, he didn't leave because this special fragrance made him so comfortable, as if he was too much.

One puff will make you look younger. So he gathered around the door of the kitchen and waited.

Not long after, Han Dongtao and Sun Xiaomei also came and wanted to go in.

This time, there was no need for Hu Zi to stop him. Han Xifeng had already said: "If you can't even get in, then don't even think about it."

So, they waited outside together, waiting for the moment when Li Yong took the initiative to open the door.

Let’s see what Li Yong is doing.

Some employees from the medicinal material base also gathered around, greedily breathing in the scent of medicinal materials in the air.

In the kitchen, Li Yong waited until the pressure in the pressure cooker dissipated, then opened the lid and poured out the concoction inside.

A full half pot of water was boiled for more than two hours, and only half a bowl was left.

Moreover, the color is still dark, like seriously polluted river water, which looks extremely unclean. If it weren't for the refreshing medicinal fragrance that always exudes, almost everyone would not drink it if it was given to others.

Moreover, the amount is still very small. If Li Yong drinks it, he can drink it cleanly in three sips at most; but in these three sips of the essence of the medicinal materials, half is actually impurities.

Although the temperature of modern pressure cookers is close to the height of alchemy torch, it cannot automatically remove impurities like a professional alchemy furnace, let alone automatically form pills like a professional alchemy furnace.

This is also a helpless choice. If there is a Dan stove, who would use a half-baked product like a pressure cooker instead?

Next, in order to condense the essence of the medicinal liquid into pills, Li Yong needs to perform the third procedure, manual removal of slag, and the fourth procedure, manual condensation of pills. Manual? Yes, manual.

Let’s talk about manual slag removal first. This is a very old method and it is almost impossible.

Just stand there upright, hold the edge of the bowl with your fingers, and shake it back and forth at a uniform speed and in the same direction. The purpose is to make the impurities sink down and the essence liquid to float.

For example, just like frying sesame oil, the freshly fried sesame oil and sesame residue are mixed together. You need to put it in a large pot and shake it back and forth to let the sesame residue sink, and then you can take out the sesame oil.

Li Yong stood there shaking for more than half an hour, and finally the medicine residue sank down.

Seeing that there was only a small mouthful of medicinal liquid essence left on it, Li Yong sighed and shook his head slightly.

I have been working on it for so long and I am so tired. I really don’t know if I can condense it into one thing.

Putting the bowl gently on the dining table, Li Yong used the small spoon he usually used to drink soup, and it was also the smallest spoon, and gently scooped out the essence of the medicinal liquid on it in small spoonfuls and small spoonfuls.

Fortunately, he has a pair of doctor's hands. He has been specialized in acupuncture for more than a year, and what he does is inherently meticulous work.

Now, it is quite easy to do the job of scooping out the essence of medicinal liquid.

Not long after, he scooped all the essence of the medicinal liquid into another small bowl. Visually, it was only as much as a mouthful of water.

After the essence of the medicinal solution is separated from the impurities, the impurities are black and have little value; the essence of the medicinal solution is slightly yellow in color, looking like thick old rice wine, which makes people appetizing.

After waiting for another ten minutes, when he saw that the essence of the medicinal liquid gradually cooled down and solidified like lard, Li Yong started the fourth process, manually condensing the elixir. He took it out of the bowl.

A small piece is put into a ball in the palm of the hand, like a ball of mud, and a bright yellow and round pill is formed.

There are also his fine palm prints on it, which look like origin patterns and are full of mystery.

After holding it between his fingers for a moment, he saw that it was only half the size of a fingernail. However, Li Yong shook his head and said to himself: "It's big." So he divided the pill into two and formed a ball.

Got two.

Originally, one pill could prolong life by about five years, but if it was divided into two pills, the effect would be reduced by half, and it could only prolong life by more than two years.

Seeing that the pill in his hand was only as big as a soybean, Li Yong nodded with satisfaction.

He put the pills into the white medicine bottle that had been prepared. Then, he lumped the remaining solidified liquid essence into pills one by one, and finally got six pills.

"So few! After working for a long time, I only got six pills." Li Yong sighed with emotion.
Chapter completed!