Fairy cage

Seven days later.

Yu Lie stayed in the house he rented. In the stone house stood a bronze tripod as tall as everyone else. The whole body was dark, and the blazing charcoal fire was constantly licking the tripod's body.

Yu Lie was shirtless and walked around the bronze cauldron with a serious face, constantly checking the heat of the bronze cauldron.

He was refining an elixir, but the elixir he was refining was neither a blood-strengthening pill nor a beast-subduing pill, but a special elixir recipe that Yu Lie had retrieved from the grocery store after meeting Lao Yutou that day. .

On the table far away from the copper tripod, a golden-red alchemy book was opened, with the words Collection of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire Treasures written on each page!

Among the pages of the opened book, the words lead, mercury, saltpeter, sulfur, refined charcoal, sugar, etc. appeared repeatedly, and there were also strange-shaped utensils imprinted on the pages.

This book is the elixir book that Yu Lie was attracted to as soon as he saw it in the grocery store. It is an elixir recipe for making various kinds of gunpowder!

Gunpowder is a familiar thing to Taoists who make alchemy, and it is an old skill.

In particular, the formula of black powder, the lowest among them, has been simplified by Taoists to the point where it can no longer be simplified.

When Yu Lie first started learning alchemy, he also thought about refining gunpowder to get started. However, gunpowder was classified as a genre of gold and stone alchemy, and it was very dangerous. Except for the most basic elixir recipes, other Even more powerful formulas are not something Taoist boys can have access to at will.

What Yu Lie didn't expect was that he saw the book The Collection of Treasures of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire in the grocery store.

This book is very famous for people in the alchemy world!

It contains the Secrets of the Supreme Holy Ancestor's Golden Pill by the alchemist Qing Xuzi, in which the Fixing Fire Alum Method records the formula of early gunpowder, which is the earliest written record of gunpowder in the world of mountains and seas.

The book discloses in detail the preparation methods of various gunpowders, and also gives the most suitable firearm production drawings for the corresponding gunpowders. For thousands of years, not a single word has been changed.

Even if a mortal obtains this book, as long as he is not afraid of death, can read the text, and has enough materials, it is possible to make a gunpowder firearm that can kill a Taoist boy with copper ribs and iron bones, and seriously injure an eighth-level Taoist disciple.

It is precisely because of this that after causing many tragedies, although The Collection of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire Treasures is a classic work on alchemy, the entire content of it is not qualified for mortals and Taoists to have access to. Only eighth-level Taoist disciples are eligible to purchase reading.

Fortunately, rules are rules and reality is reality. After all, The Collection of Treasures of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire was a classic that was popular all over the world. The Taoist court only restricted this book in regular bookstores and government-run shops, and did not hide this book. The book is about to be killed.

Its specific content is still circulated in the hands of some Taoists and mortals.

The book in Yu Lie's hand was taken from a Taoist boy by Lao Yutou. Moreover, Lao Yutou and the others are not selling it as a prescription, but buying it as an antique.

Because this Collection of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire Treasures is the engraved version of the Black Emperor's early years. Although it is not very different, it is not a cherished version.

But after all, it is an ancient book that is about three thousand years old. It can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. If you find someone you like, it is possible to sell it for one hundred thousand or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

After Yu Lie fell in love with this book, Lao Yutou thought about it for a while and realized that Yu Lie was a member of the alchemy room, and he probably wanted to refine gunpowder to protect himself.

The other party didn't show any reluctance, and generously asked Yu Lie to take the ancient book home directly. Just remember to return it when the time comes.

Old Yutou just reminded Yu Lie: Gunpowder is dangerous, black gunpowder is fine, but if you secretly refine other gunpowder according to this recipe, three out of ten will be blown off, and two more will be blown off. He will be blown up on the spot. Brother Yu, although you have become a man of steel and iron, you are not afraid of being blown up, but you have to take it easy!

After being reminded, Lao Yutou added: Besides, the most important thing about secretly refining gunpowder is not the formula and craftsmanship, but the materials. Basically, the purer the materials, the more powerful it will be, but now the official The control is very strict, and you can’t buy it at all. Although there are some sold in the black streets, the prices are really deceiving, so it’s better to prepare more talisman papers...

The other party talked a lot, meaning that Yu Lie should not spend too much thought on The Collection of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire Treasures, and wait until he has some free time to think about it slowly, so as not to delay other preparations. .

Yu Lie agreed at the time, saying that he was just thinking about it first and promised to return the book in half a month, so it wouldn't take too long.

Seeing that Yu Lie was sensible, Lao Yutou said nothing more.

The other party didn't seem to want to dampen Yu Lie's enthusiasm for alchemy, and decided to sell saltpeter, refined charcoal and other raw materials in the shop directly at cost price, allowing Yu Lie to take as much as he needed.

If it's not enough, wait until the middle-aged man Fang Zheng comes back and let him take Yu Lie directly to the Qi Yuan to buy it. Anyway, the Qi Yuan is engaged in mining and mining all year round. The amount of such things consumed is really large. According to the Qi Yuan's rules, The children also worry about untrustworthy buyers giving them money.

When Yu Lie learned this, his face showed no emotion, but deep down he felt happy.

The step of purifying the raw materials is very expensive for other Taoists. If it is prepared privately, the cost may exceed the price of the finished product in the world.

But Yu Lie has a bronze wine cup in his hand. He only needs to think about it a little and he can come up with materials that are difficult for Taoist disciples to purify!

This Integrated Treasures of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire fell into his hands. It can be said that he has voted for the Ming Lord, and it can be carried forward quickly!

And this day.

Yu Lie was in seclusion in the stone house, trying to refine the orange gunpowder for the Tribulus-thorned Fireball in The Collection of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire Treasures.

This flavored gunpowder is packed in a tribulus sphere. When thrown into it, it will explode and dozens or hundreds of spikes will fly out. It can kill wild boars and bears in a room, even if it is a Taoist boy with copper muscles and iron bones. , and you have to be confused for about ten breaths.

In the stone chamber, the flames under the copper tripod were blazing, and the tripod lid suddenly trembled slightly.

When Yu Lie saw this movement, his eyelids trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to jump away.

He had been refining gunpowder for the past few days and was bombed three times a day. He had already been bombed and had to hide his face and tighten his body when he saw the lid of the cauldron moving.

This is also the reason why he moved back to the small yard from the drug mouth. Other people in the poison mouth still have to work. If the quiet room is really destroyed, or even a fire breaks out and the medicinal materials in the mouth are burned, the loss will be too great.

The rented stone house is cheaper, and it also has a yard, which makes it easier for Yu Lie to run around.

The only ones who suffered were the patrons of the landlady next door in the past few days.

Because Yu Lie was not skilled in his craftsmanship, he would ring several bells a day, and occasionally the noise would be so loud that the next door neighbor would think it was an earthquake. The timid patrons would become weak on the spot and would be so frightened that they would leave naked and even forget to pay.

Fortunately, Yu Lie had experience in refining blood-strengthening pills. Although the pill formula was different, it still had some merits. He made rapid progress and did not completely stop the landlady from doing business, nor did he let himself be kicked out.

Huh!

Yu Lie tensed up and found that the lid of the bronze tripod did not rise into the sky.

He settled down, then walked over, tapped the nine positions of the cauldron body with a special technique, and then opened the cauldron body.

Yu Lie looked inside the bronze cauldron, and in a burst of smoke of saltpeter and sulfur, he saw that the body of the cauldron was a clear yellow color, slightly tinged with orange.

There was joy in his eyes, and then he stretched out his fingers and scraped some powder with his fingernails into the copper tripod. He sniffed it first and then licked it. A look of great joy suddenly appeared on his face:

Orange gunpowder, it's done!

Yu Lie excitedly wanted to pat Ding in celebration, but as soon as his hand was about to land on Ding, he shuddered and stopped, with a look of resentment on his face.

Gunpowder, especially black powder or above, do not dare to flapping it at will, you are asking for trouble!

Immediately, Yu Lie moved the bronze tripod down, then took the ox bone knife and the clay pot, scraped off all the orange gunpowder in the bronze tripod, and filled most of the clay pot.

After the completion, Yu Lie looked at the clay pot and was filled with joy.

He thought to himself: It's really amazing to be able to make elixirs! With just this clay pot, I can make at least ten or twenty fireballs with thorns.

A piece of tribulus thorns fireball, killing pigs, bears, tigers and elephants is easy, and due to restrictions, the price is fifty to one hundred yuan. Most of Yu Lie's jars cost nearly one thousand yuan, but the cost was less than one hundred. When he became more skillful, the cost could be even lower.

And the remaining ingredients are all purified by wine glasses, and their power is stronger and more powerful than the ordinary thorn fireballs on the market!

After putting away the clay pot, Yu Lie did not put out the charcoal fire, but walked to the table again and started reading The Collection of Treasures of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire.

His eyes twinkled and his face was excited.

The thorn fireball is just a second-rate firearm on top of firecrackers and fireworks in The Collection of Lead and Mercury Flying Fire Treasures.

Similar to it, but with different uses, there is also the Flying Sand and White Snow Fireball. After being smashed, it can be attached to an object and burn violently. It will not be extinguished when buried in the sand, and will not be extinguished by water bubbles. The Taoist boy under the copper ribs and iron bones can only It can scrape flesh and extinguish fire, it's very poisonous!

There are also Single Flying Magic Arrows, Heavy Rain Pear Blossom Arrows, Miasma Poison Smoke Arrows used with bows and arrows, etc.

As for the higher level, Yu Lie aimed at a firearm called the Sacred Fire Flying Crow.

This device is shaped like a crow and is made of tin and iron. It is filled with dense gunpowder inside. There are two fire cartridges on each side of the tin-iron flying crow. The cartridges are connected to the gunpowder in the crow's body with a powder wire.

If you hold this thing, you can hit it wherever you go.

During the fight, the Taoist blows a fire, and the flying crow can shoot up to 300 steps away. When it hits the ground, it is like thunder. The middle Taoist boy will be killed immediately, and the upper Taoist boy will suffer a few more, and he will not die but will be disabled.

On top of the Sacred Fire Flying Crow, there is also a firearm called Fire Dragon Out of Water, which can fly farther, can also be thrown out of the water, and can easily break mountains and rocks.

This object is the firearm in The Collection of Lead, Mercury and Flying Fire Treasures that can seriously injure or even kill an eighth-level Taoist disciple. Converted to monsters, it is enough to kill seventh-grade spirits, which is already comparable to the Qiwu Paper Man Talisman used by Yu Lie at the beginning!

Unfortunately, its production is more difficult and dangerous, and the control of medicinal materials is also stricter, making it difficult for ordinary people to obtain it.

But Yu Lie thought about it, gritted his teeth, and said to himself:

Such a killer weapon! Even if it's difficult to get, you still have to get two or three in hand as a precaution!

He decided in his mind and began to think about where to get the raw materials.

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