I am a hero in online games

Chapter 9 Alchemy
The sun is like a ball of fire, basking on the surface of the river, and even the flowing river water is steaming.It was noon, and He Ergou, wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a bamboo basket, sat by the river behind the mountain.

"Why is it so hot..." He Ergou sighed, stabilized the heavy bamboo basket on his back, stood up and continued walking towards Xiaoyao Valley.

"Master, I'm back!"

With a sound of "pass", He Ergou unloaded the bamboo basket and put it on the ground.

Xian Yunzi was taking care of some unknown flowers in front of the house. Seeing He Ergou coming back, he went to the side room, opened the door, and pointed to the inside: "Ergou, move in."

This side room is the largest room in Xiaoyao Valley, larger than everyone's room.The room was very empty, with no tables, chairs, bed cabinets, and all four rooms were empty, except for a bronze stove in the middle.

This is the alchemy room of Xiaoyao Valley, and every class of Xiaoyao disciples will come here to learn alchemy.

Panting, He Ergou carried a large box full of herbs into the house.

More than half a month has passed since He Ergou and Ling'er were in danger in Xiangyang. He Ergou's injuries have basically recovered. In order not to cause trouble, Ling'er never mentioned going down the mountain again, and He Ergou has not recovered either. Martial arts.

These days, He Ergou went up the mountain to collect herbs every day according to his master's instructions. Under the master's guidance, he got to know a lot of herbs: ginseng, angelica, yellow flower, sealwort, cinnamon, Fushen, Corydalis...everything listed by the master He Ergou collected a large basket full of various herbs.

He Ergou himself wondered: "Is the data unbalanced in this game? There are too many herbs on a small mountain..."

After collecting the herbs, Xian Yunzi took He Ergou to the alchemy furnace.

"First of all, alchemy is divided into internal refining and external refining. External refining means not mixing internal skills, and only relying on controlling the temperature to make a fire to refine the elixir. The elixir refined in this way can only reach the third grade at most. The internal refining is Refers to the use of internal strength to urge the concentration of herbal essence, and at the same time supplemented with perfect heat, the elixir refined in this way is divided into second-grade and first-grade. The elixir refined by those whose strength has reached the fifth level and above is the second-grade elixir, and the strength is at the seventh level. The elixir that is refined in-house above the rank is a first-grade elixir."

Xian Yunzi paused for a moment, then continued: "After taking the third-grade pill, people with matching strength can improve their original strength and improve their martial arts slightly. Similarly, people who meet the conditions of the second-grade pill can have a great effect after taking the second-grade pill. Qun, the cultivation of martial arts has been improved to a higher level. And those with strength above the seventh level can even directly increase their strength by one level after taking the first-rank pill. But internally refining this first-rank pill will cause extremely serious physical injury and exhaustion. The physical strength will eventually lead to a shortened lifespan, and after taking Yipin Dan, the muscles and physique will be greatly improved in a short period of time, and the physical burden will exceed the limit, so few people are willing to practice internally and take Yipin Dan."

"Wait," He Ergou interrupted Xian Yunzi, "Master, what do you mean by the levels of strength you mentioned just now?"

"Class is an important division of strength for my knights from the Central Plains. The class system takes the first rank as the mediocre, and the ninth rank as the extreme. In the annual martial arts rookie contest, the martial arts rookies who come to participate will be subject to host during the competition. The examiner's comments, and this will tell the level of this person's strength."

"As expected of a game world," He Ergou thought to himself, "Sure enough, there is still a system for dividing ranks. Presumably there will be a world leaderboard in the future."

"Now, Ergou, follow my instructions and put in the herbs."

"I'm ready, master."

"Pollen!"

"Yes!" He Ergou quickly found Puhuang from a bamboo basket surrounded by a large circle on the ground.

"Liu Jinucao!"

"Yes!"

"Agrimony!"

……

After being busy, with the help of his master, He Ergou refined a third-grade Yangmai Pill.

This pill is exquisitely round, with a fiery red body, and there are patterns of the color of cattail on it.He Ergou looked at the small pill and thought: "Sure enough, the game is still a game. Just add a few herbs to the stove and control the heat to make such a pill. If only it was so convenient." It's... I can't eat this..."

"Forget it, practice more and take it down the mountain to sell!"

With this mentality in mind, He Ergou learned to refine the other three elixirs.But when each kind of elixir was refined for the first time, Xian Yunzi was there to help control the heat.

After Xian Yunzi left, He Ergou kept busy until night fell, almost used up all the herbs, and failed to make a decent elixir, either half-baked or scorched...

On the contrary, the whole Xiaoyao Valley is shrouded in smog, as ethereal as a fairyland.

He Ergou put out the fire fiercely, clapped his hands angrily, and planned to call it a day.

"There are only four pills, one each..." He Ergou muttered in frustration.

"Hey! I just went to the back mountain to practice kung fu for a few hours, why is the valley like this?"

He Ergou froze in place, the voice was... Ling'er!
He Ergou smiled awkwardly and said hello: "Ling, Ling'er, are you back?"

"Huh?" Ling'er crossed her hips angrily, and looked at He Ergou with her mouth pouted.

If you put this in the eyes of others, you must think this girl is extremely cute, but He Ergou feels that there is a hungry tigress standing in front of him...

Ling'er opened her mouth, but didn't say anything, just stood there motionless.He Ergou didn't know what to say, and the two looked at each other in silence.

He Ergou was so afraid that he couldn't speak, he was afraid that this little junior sister would not be able to restrain himself, and ran over to punch him, his small body would not be able to bear it...

After a long time, He Ergou couldn't bear such silence, so he spoke first: "Junior Sister..."

Before He Ergou could say the word "sister", Ling'er exerted force on her feet, dodged behind He Ergou for a moment, hugged He Ergou into her arms, pressed He Ergou's mouth firmly, and lowered her voice. Said, "Quiet."

He Ergou was taken aback, and then obediently held his breath.

There was another long silence. He Ergou couldn't hold his breath anymore and began to gasp. Ling'er let go, stood up and ran out of the alchemy room. Before leaving, he only left one sentence: "Back Mountain Waterfall!"

He Ergou got up, not knowing why, but felt dizzy due to suffocation.But seeing Ling'er leaving in a hurry, there must be some emergency.

He Ergou hurriedly staggered and ran out, looking for the waterfall in the back mountain...

(End of this chapter)