Origin

"Testing the Hunyuan Cauldron?" Wu Zhongyuan looked at the old blind man. The old blind man didn't know that Wu Zhongyuan was looking at him, but he knew that Wu Zhongyuan's words were directed at him, so he said, "Exactly, the Hunyuan Cauldron has never been used for thousands of years, and Wei Chen once promised to borrow the Alchemy Cauldron." The furnace will be opened in October. Before that, we should test the Hunyuan Cauldron and be aware of it." Hearing the old blind man's words, Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly, "That's fine, if they can't be used, there's nothing we can do to them. I will tell you." Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan agreed to open the furnace, everyone in the hall showed expectations. Everyone has a gambling nature in their bones. It's just that some people have a strong gambling nature and some people have a small gambling nature. The reason why many people are addicted to gambling is that they want to Getting something for nothing is the main reason, but gambling itself does have a certain amount of fun. The strange thing about Hunyuan Ding is that there is great uncertainty. There may be a jade-level elixir, or there may be a bunch of low-level elixirs. A high-grade ordinary elixir. At this time, Zhongtian Hall was filled with his own confidants and there were no outsiders. The group left the Zhongtian Hall and came to the Alchemy Hall opposite. The Alchemy Hall was specially built to store the Hunyuan Cauldron and was guarded day and night by yellow-robed guards. . The yellow-robed guards guarding the Alchemy Palace use fire guns recently made by the arsenal. Since the technology is not very mature, the fire guns have not been mass-produced. Only a few dozen have been made. They are not particularly powerful and have poor performance. It's not very stable either. The entire Dan Hall is built of bluestone, about half the size of the Zhongtian Palace. The Hunyuan Cauldron is located in the middle of the Dan Hall. There are seats and tables for people to rest on the right side of the Alchemy Cauldron. In addition, there are also other things in the hall. There are a large number of boxes stacked up, including iron boxes, copper boxes, wooden boxes, and boxes made of various materials. Inside the boxes are various spiritual objects needed for alchemy. Most of these spiritual objects are deposits received by the old blind man in advance. , and some were moved back from Yanyun Mountain before Wu Zhongyuan left the court. Not many were found later. The Niu tribe is proficient in the art of alchemy. When Wu Zhongyuan first met Jiang Nan, Jiang Nan went to the Southern Wilderness to look for alchemy objects. Due to Jiang Nan's special status, it fell to her to figure out how to use the Hunyuan Cauldron. After half a year of research, After careful consideration and speculation, Jiang Nan has mastered the use of Hunyuan Cauldron, but has not opened the furnace for testing. The Hunyuan Cauldron is two feet high and weighs more than ten thousand kilograms. Legend has it that this object was cast from the remaining Hunyuan things when the heaven and earth were first divided. It contains the universe and forms the five elements. The body of the cauldron is cast with Bagua patterns, and odd numbers are male. Yang, and even numbers are female and yin. The Hunyuan Ding has three curved legs, which shows that this tripod is a male tripod. The three tripod legs are cast with figures of the three talents of heaven, earth and man respectively. The Hunyuan tripod can not only be used to refine elixirs, but can also be used to practice martial arts and smelt metals. There are many complex figures on the top of the Hunyuan tripod, which are divided into three circles. The inner circle is They are the three talents of heaven, earth and man. The second circle represents the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and the outer circle represents the heavenly stems and earthly branches. These figures can be pressed and are equivalent to control buttons. If used for practicing, the inner circle must activate the genius. To smelt metal, press the earth talent, and to make elixirs, press the talent figure. The two circles of metal, wood, water, fire and earth are multiple choices. According to the five elements of the alchemy raw materials, press the corresponding buttons respectively. If the alchemy materials only have earth or water attributes, press the earth and water buttons. If the raw materials are mixed , there are five elements, and all five buttons must be pressed. From this, it is not difficult to find that Hunyuan Ding is not fully automatic in the true sense, and it should be semi-automatic to be precise. The outermost heavenly stems and earthly branches correspond to the opening hours. Many people don’t know that the Chinese earthly branches are actually the twelve zodiac signs in the West. Most modern people are impetuous and eager, pursue superficial pleasures, and have little knowledge. Many people are afraid that they are not connected to the zodiac. We don’t know anything about the twelve houses. To put it bluntly, they are the twelve constellations. The constellations did not originate from ancient Greece, but from ancient Babylon. There is no difference between the Eastern Earthly Branches and the Eastern Earthly Branches. There is an astronomical consensus that there are thousands of mistakes, but only one right. While Jiang Nan was talking, Wu Zhongyuan discovered that there was no fire pit dug or charcoal prepared in the Alchemy Palace. Naturally, he would not ask why the fire pit was not dug, because Jiang Nan was likely to explain this next. As expected, Jiang Nan then explained the operating principle of Hunyuan Cauldron.

The Hunyuan Cauldron is a created thing and does not need to be heated by charcoal fire. It will dissolve the spiritual energy contained in the spiritual objects and provide heat for itself. After briefly introducing the use of the Hunyuan Cauldron to everyone, Jiang Nan activated the Alchemy Cauldron. Since the Hunyuan Cauldron was being used for elixir refining, he pressed the talent icon, and the Hunyuan Cauldron immediately turned red. After the alchemy cauldron changed color, Jiang Nan began to fill the alchemy cauldron with alchemy materials including inner elixirs and spiritual objects. Theoretically, all things containing spiritual energy can be used as raw materials for alchemy, but the raw materials are mainly of various grades. It takes hundreds or thousands of various inner elixirs to open a furnace. This is a very scary number, because one inner elixir is a living life. Naturally, everyone would not leave Jiang Nan busy alone. Li Tai, Jiang Zhen and others stepped forward to help. Wang Xinran took the opportunity to walk to Wu Zhongyuan and talk to him in modern language. The content of the conversation was naturally what Wu Zhongyuan had experienced during this period. Wu Zhongyuan told the truth about what happened and did not hide anything. Wang Xinran listened to whatever Wu Zhongyuan said. The reason why she asked was because she didn't understand why Wu Zhongyuan was dragged away and what he had experienced in recent times. She didn't wonder if Wu Zhongyuan had been neglecting his job and not thinking about Shu in the past six months. "Have you found out where the ancestors of the people in Leprong Ridge were exposed to radiation?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. When the accident happened on Xinyue Island, he had just gotten the debit note from Leprongling Ridge and rushed there before he could read it. Xinyue Island. "I'm new here, and I can't even figure out the names of places. How do you want me to check?" Wang Xinran shook his head and said, "But what is certain is that this cauldron is not radioactive enough to cause genetic mutation." "That debit book Where are the notes?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. "Still in the harem." Wang Xinran said. "When we go out for a walk after this busy period, I always feel that the radiation suffered by the ancestors of Leprong Ridge is related to the mysterious man and woman who bewitched Jiang Zheng back then." Wu Zhongyuan said. "Okay." Wang Xinran nodded. She specializes in dealing with supernatural events in modern times and is very interested in such things. Naturally, the old blind man could not understand what the two of them were talking about, but when outsiders were present, talking in a language that others could not understand was somewhat disrespectful of others. Therefore, Wu Zhongyuan did not continue to talk to Wang Xinran, but asked the old blind man about Min. Has the mountain temple ever been built? The old blind man replied that it had been built and sent people to perform sacrifices, and the iron plates that sealed the Hunyuan Cauldron had also been moved back. At this time, most of the ironware was pig iron, which was not very tough and easy to break. Usually it could only be Farm tools were smelted and cast, but the iron plates from Minshan were not only tough, but also much harder than the copper weapons commonly used at that time, and could be used to make weapons and metal parts for large bows and crossbows. Seeing that there were so many spiritual objects used in alchemy stored in the Alchemy Palace, Wu Zhongyuan asked the old blind man, "Sir, how many people have offered their spiritual objects to borrow the alchemy cauldron?" "There must be more than ninety people," the old blind man said. , "I have ordered people to register one by one and submit it to the Holy Emperor for review later." Wu Zhongyuan hummed and said nothing more. It was already the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and there were basically only a few people who wanted to borrow the alchemy cauldron. That's all. If all those who made an appointment in advance and paid a deposit can collect the materials needed for alchemy, they will have to open the furnace more than ninety times, and we will also have to open the furnace more than ninety times. It's not a small amount. It really doesn't count. few. Although Wu Zhongyuan didn't say it clearly, the old blind man had already guessed what his concerns were, "In urgent matters, we can't verify the details of these people one by one. If we think about it carefully, it is indeed possible to borrow the alchemy cauldron to help the enemy. I only blame the ministers for worrying about things." Not careful." "Sir, there is no need to blame yourself," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "This move is a double-edged sword. Although the enemy can use the alchemy cauldron to improve its strength, our strength can also be improved quickly." The old blind man nodded, Then he said, "In order to prevent someone from trying to destroy the alchemy cauldron, even if they borrow the alchemy cauldron, they are not allowed to do it themselves. They have to wait outside the palace. The door of the palace will then be opened wide, allowing them to witness the alchemy process with their own eyes." "Sir, what you want. Thorough." Wu Zhongyuan said. "Ashamed, ashamed." The old blind man waved his hands modestly. While the two were talking, Jiang Nan and others had been loading alchemy materials. If they wanted to activate the Hunyuan Cauldron, the total amount of spiritual energy contained in the loaded raw materials must reach the Jade Spirit Reserve. When the loaded raw materials reach a certain level, the cauldron will emit The resonance buzzes, and at the same time, the outlet for talents will be closed on its own. Just when Wu Zhongyuan was picking up his tea cup and wanted to drink water, he suddenly heard someone making noise outside the palace. He listened carefully and found that it was the wild donkey Hu Tong. At this time, Hu Tong was shouting his name at the top of his lungs. Hearing Hu Tong's call, Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly put down his teacup and stood up, "I'm going out for a trip and will be back soon." Earlier today, Hu Tong asked him for a black iron weapon, and he agreed, only saying that he would give it to him later. It turns out that if it is open, this problem will be forgotten. Hu Tong couldn't wait any longer and shouted outside the palace. After leaving the Alchemy Palace, Wu Zhongyuan went to the Zhongtian Palace, opened the mechanism and entered the Bear Clan Temple. The bear spirit bones in the temple had been destroyed by Wu Ao, and he has been using the temple as a safe since then. Hu Tong used sticks, but the black iron weapons he left behind were all high-quality, and there were no sticks among them. After pondering for a moment, he decided to give Hu Tong a sacred object. This object was also in the collection of Yanyun Mountain, but it was not a black iron weapon. The Fuso stick was made from the Fuso sacred tree. Infused with spiritual energy, it can generate flames. It is extremely powerful and magical. It was originally used by Wan Shanhong for lighting, but he brought it back afterwards.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan coming out of the palace, Hu Tong stopped talking. When he saw clearly that Wu Zhongyuan was holding a wooden stick, Hu Tong bared his teeth and curled his lips, "Your mother, you agreed to give me a black iron weapon, why did you take the wooden stick?" Are you trying to trick me?" "You ignorant fool, if you dare to scold me again, I will break your legs. To tell you the truth, this thing is much more magical than the black iron weapon. There is only one like this in the world, and it is unique. An orphan." Wu Zhongyuan said. "Seriously?" Hu Tong looked at the stick dubiously. "This thing is called the Fuso Magic Stick. It is a pure Yang thing. It is a bit harder than black iron. Infusing it with spiritual energy can generate fire, which is invincible." Wu Zhongyuan activated his spiritual energy while speaking, and the Fuso Magic Stick instantly produced blazing fire. Seeing how magical the Fuso Magic Stick was, Hu Tong turned from anger to joy, and came up to him with a shy face, "What a good treasure, good brother, I wronged you, give it to me quickly." "I gave it to you, how can you thank me? ?" Wu Zhongyuan asked with a smile. "Everything is possible." Hu Tong coveted. Wu Zhongyuan was eager to go back and test the alchemy cauldron, so he did not bother with Hu Tong and sent him away without leaving him a spiritual token. Back at the Alchemy Palace, everyone has finished loading and is closing the Alchemy Cauldron. "How long do you need to wait?" Wu Zhongyuan looked at Jiang Nan. "It only takes an hour..."