3 month after The assassination incidence,
Lu Yan practises different types of alchemy and talisman refining methods. Alchemy and Talisman refining is not simple.
Alchemy… a gifted profession.
Without talent, usually no one can easily make a pill by alchemy. That's why alchemy masters are respectable throughout the continent.
For alchemy, one needs 3 things.
A cauldron
Knowledge about fire control
Knowledge of different ingredients to melt, and form a pill.
Lu Yan buys a cauldron secretly. This is an old cauldron from a nearby city. This cauldron's quality is not good enough to make some Qi condensation realm pill, but for a black level pill, it is enough. This cauldron is ivory white in color. Some crack is present in this cauldron. Lu Yan buys it for its low price and to practice…
He has the knowledge of different ingredients, and how to melt it.
Like an ingredient called moon leaf, if the leaf melts at high temperature for 1-2 seconds, then it burns. And if the leaf melts at medium temperature for 4 seconds then it melts perfectly.
Other Ingredients like crocodiles scale, it's difficult to make it melt. So it needs a higher temperature for minutes to hours depending on the type of fire.
Some ingredients need a specific type of fire, like Phoenix fire, green earth fire, white and black fire etc. But they are never seen by anyone here. So along with fire control, type of fire is also important to melt the ingredients.
After melting one ingredient, then add other ingredients one by one to melt, and during these melting procedures, every melted ingredient should be separated by an energy force called soul force. Every living being has some amount of soul force. One can easily have soul force by cultivating soul enriching methods. But they are not available in this region.
So many people have a small amount of soul energy to perform the alchemy.
During these melting procedures, all the melted ingredients must be preserved in a specific low temperature.
After melting all ingredients, melted ingredients are fused in a chronological order with specific time intervals to completely fuse these melted ingredients. The order must be in a way that the positive and negative energy stays in a balance. If one positive energy gets excessive, then whole melted ingredients mold burns, if the opposite happens, then all the melted ingredients mold become iced….
So it's important to remember every detail during pill making.
Pills can be leveled as black level, Qi condensation level, foundation level.. so on, and they are also divided into 4 grades… low grade, middle grade, high grade and top grade. Legend talks about another grade…. Supreme grade. But nobody knows what it looks like.
Leveled is usually checked by its color.
Black → Red → Pink →… and so on. Black for black level, Red for Qi condensation level, Pink for foundation level and so on.
For grades….
The low grade has one leaf symbol,
The middle grade has two leaves symbol,
The high grade has three leaves symbol,
The top grade has four leaves symbol….
But for supreme grade… nobody knows.
Lu Yan starts to practice…
He has knowledge about alchemy….
But he can easily form black level middle grade pills. But now he wants to try to form Qi condensation level low grade pills. He practises his fire control,
For the last three months he successfully forms a few Qi condensation level low grade pills, but after making some pills, he feels a severe headache, as they need a huge amount of soul energy.
Talisman, formation and array….
Three distinguished professions with the same principles.
They have many symbols which are connected by small single lines.
Symbols are drawn by brush on paper using spiritual energy. The materials are very important for drawing talismans. Different blood or specific liquids are used to draw talismans. The higher the quality of liquid or blood to draw the talismans, the higher grade the talisman is.
Like alchemy pills, talismans are also leveled as black level, Qi condensation level, foundation level and so on. Grades are also divided into 4 grades, low grade, middle grade, high grade and top grade.
The paper used in talisman has a different grade. The higher the grade of this paper, the higher the grade of talisman can be produced.
Talisman levels are recognized by the number of symbols it contains.
Black level has 8-10 symbols
Qi condensation level has 11-12 symbols
Foundation level has 13-14 symbols
Core condensation level has 15-16 symbols and so on…
Grades are recognized by the number of connecting lines.
Low grade has one connecting line
Middle grade has two connecting lines
High grade has three connecting lines
Top grade has four connecting lines.
Lu Yan can produce Qi condensation level low grade talismans.
Formation and array master are a profession similar to talisman. But on a large scale…
Formation or array can be made by using different objects having different packages of symbols. Then they are arranged in a specific location and then they are connected by a specific material called connector. Connectors can be made by any materials. But the higher the quality of these materials, the better the formation is.
But the lowest level is core condensation level. The grade is divided into low, middle, high and top grades…
Lu Yan researched these matters in detail.
Now Lu Yan's age is 7 years. And his cultivation level goes up to the 5th stage of the body refining realm. Lu Qui's age is 8 years as well. And her cultivation level goes up to the 3rd stage of the body refining realm.
During this period, construction of villages including village headquarter is going on at a rapid pace. Lu Yan sometimes goes out, and when he is single without any protection, he picks members for shadow feet. .no there are 30 members. All of which have some mandatory work to do. Then they can cultivate as per need.
" Your Highness, some people from the Western village come to this village, one of them is connected to a member of assassination. We have checked their identity. Their purpose is to come here to give compensation to the village head. They know your guardians' performance. They will be in the village headquarters within 30 minutes. Is there any instructions sir? " Shadow feet's member mentioned.
" Stand by where you are, do not open yourself." Lu Yan answers.
Lu Yan does not want to appear in this meeting. So he called his third uncle and gave him the instructions about the meeting. His third uncle is puzzled. How can Lu Yan learn about the meeting? The third uncle suspects that Lu Yan has some hidden capability to see the circumstances.
The meeting went well. Representatives of Western villages give the compensation for assassination to the third uncle. They all seem to be friends with this village. Does not say anything. But his attitude is in a positive mood.
Lu Yan wants to see the forest, what is in the forest. He was curious from the beginning of his life in this world. He calls the 4th uncle, and mentions going to the forest for a walk.
"Thank you for not being aware of the situation in the forest. Sorry, I suggest you wait for a few days. This time I will check the security concerns for you to walk in the forest." Fourth Uncle says
Lu Yan knows the intention of his uncle. So he kept his mouth shut and waited for the time to go for a walk.