Chapter 81: Purchasing a Dan Furnace

The so-called alchemy, is the Taoist through some secret method of burning pills, used to serve, to play some change in the physical quality of the divine effect, was originally centered on the human being, nudging their own yin qualities, into yang. The elixir so made is for longevity, of course, there is also a part of the main to the formation of tonic appeared, so the elixir since ancient times is divided into two categories, one is the longevity of the Dan, a type of big tonic Dan, but the original intention is the same, are for longevity.

The Yin Tonic Pill and Yin Longevity Dan, in fact, it is also the change of these two kinds of pills, used in the ghost, the receptor by the human into a ghost, the vast majority of the materials and supplies have not changed, the biggest change is the yang qi thing, into a ghost oil. For example, the mercury used as a solvent, the alchemy of the furnace, have not changed.

Ye Jiannan found a piece of paper and listed all the items needed, collecting these items, it would take three or four days, and they were all hard to find some things, except for the mercury which was easier to find than before, the others were rarely seen in the market almost.

For example, the Dan furnace, now there are very few, perhaps Feng Shui specialized stores such as Taoist stores have.

Required materials a total of seven, one, ghost oil, this is almost enough; second, mercury, this market can be bought; third, sheep embryo, this will need to kill the sheep to take the embryo; fourth, poly yin grass, "maoshan art" description is not much, but the "maoshan atlas" has a picture, but gave Ye Jiannan a lot of convenience, but this thing in the market can not be purchased, the good thing is that the northern region is not a shortage of this kind of herbs; Fifth, yin and yang grass, the same is common in the northern region; Sixth, Ganoderma lucidum, this although there are sold, but the price is relatively high, good thing not much needed; Seventh, lilac flowers, belongs to change the flavor of the elixir, dispensable.

The next day, Ye Jiannan started to collect these items, the fat man drove the car, and found a Feng Shui specialized store in the city, a relatively large one, the Feng Shui line, has been passed down for a long time in this land of China, and it's not a superstition, or ghosts and monsters, so the government of such a store is allowed to exist.

Ye Jiannan just stepped into it, there was a seventeen or eighteen year old lady who came out to serve, "Welcome to Feng Shui Specialized Shop, may I ask what kind of help do you need?"

"May I ask if you have alchemy equipment here?" Ye Jiannan asked.

"Sir is considered to be in the right place, we are doing the business of alchemy here in addition to the Feng Shui business, a few of you please follow me!"

Ye Jiannan's three followed this lady down to the basement, the lady introduced, "Generally upstairs are some cheap things, precious items like alchemy equipment are in the basement!"

Ye Jiannan's trio answered the promise and followed into a secret room. The secret room was not very spacious, twenty to thirty square feet, but displayed these three rows of shelves, on the shelves were placed all kinds of exotic items, many of which were only used in the business of being a warlock.

"Here is the alchemy furnace, different materials and workmanship, the furnace is divided into upper, middle and lower three grades, may I ask which quality of alchemy furnace you need, due to the different materials, the success rate of alchemy varies, the more upper grade furnace, the higher the success rate of alchemy!" The lady continued to explain.

Ye Jiannan's gaze was directly cast on the top grade furnace row, it was not easy to take a drop of Ghost Oil, it must not be scrapped due to the furnace's problems.

Just when he looked all over the top grade furnace, he couldn't help but shake his head, although alchemy is a layman, but according to the book, a good furnace should be made of ancient copper, and the so-called top grade furnace at the moment is only built of fine copper, there is no roughness anymore, this kind of furnace is not useful to look at.

"Sir, this is already the best Dan Furnace in the city, and our prices are reasonable, many of the Dan Furnaces used by Warlocks are from us!" The lady said hurriedly when she saw Ye Jiannan shaking his head.

"It's too exquisite!" Ye Jiannan returned, turned to Qin Shuang, the fat man and said, "Let's look elsewhere!"

With that, the three of them turned to leave.

"Wait, we still have a superb Dan Furnace, I'll ask the owner if he wants to sell it!" The lady said hurriedly.

Hearing the word Extreme Grade, Fatty skimmed his lips and said quietly, "It feels like we've arrived in the cultivation world!"

"You've read too many cultivation novels!" Qin Shuang glanced at Fatty.

Ye Jiannan responded to that lady, and the three of them stood waiting in the secret room.

That young lady came to a corner of the secret room and knocked on the wall, after waiting for a while, the wall actually moved and opened a door, if one did not look closely, one could not really see that there was a secret passage left at this place.

After the door opened, out came an old man, seventy or eighty years old, with the long hair of a Taoist priest, just a little bald, with very little hair left, which was organized in a well-ordered way with hairpins.

The old man glanced at the three and said to the lady, "What is it?"

"These three guests are connoisseurs and want a good Dan furnace!" The young lady whispered back.

The old man's bright gaze watched the trio once more before finally stopping his gaze on Ye Jiannan, "Hehe, at a young age, there aren't many people with a Dao like yours anymore!"

Ye Jiannan's trio was secretly shocked, and admired the strength projected behind the old man's words, generally speaking, only those who had broken through the mediumship stage could tell how high or low a mediumship practitioner's dao skill was, which meant that the old man in front of them was already a Pay Spirit class expert, and throughout the entire country, there weren't too many people with dao skills like this already.

"Old sir, we want the Extreme Dan Furnace, I wonder if you can buy it here?" Ye Jiannan threw away the reverie of the dao line, what bird is not in the forest, the great China, how many strange people, to see a senior in the artisan world, this is not surprising.

Now it is the turn of the old man secretly alarmed, do this line of work, in fact, the strength symbolizes everything, sometimes to get a person dead, than to get an ant is still simple, the old man is because of this statement, is afraid of someone messing up, just Ye Jiannan's calmness, has far exceeded his expectations.

"Uh …… Xiao Die, bring them in!" After the old man finished speaking, he returned to the secret room.

"Several people, please, please follow me!" Ye Jiannan nodded and followed him in.

The moment he entered, Ye Jiannan turned back and said, "You guys wait here, I'll just go!"

Qin Shuang immediately nodded, the warlock world was a place of deceit, when dealing with outside warlocks, one must be cautious, or else one would die without knowing how, and the warlock world was full of people who killed and seized treasures, and plotted to kill, even more so.

Fatty, however, was reluctant, as if Ye Jiannan was going to eat something good and left him behind.

Qin Shuang glared at the fatty and made a wink, only then did the fatty look enlightened and stood at the door in a good manner.

Ye Jiannan entered it, inside there was only a bed, four chairs and a square table, nothing else.

Ye Jiannan looked at the old man with vigilance, unable to see the treasure, his heart was a little uneasy, usually the best quality dan furnace, are two to three hundred thousand yuan it, enough for the warlock to seek money to kill.

The old man seemed to see Ye Jiannan's heart, smiled, walked to the corner of the wall, very rhythmically knocked more than ten times the wall, then the wall once again opened, only this time opened only a square meter or so of the grid.

The old man beckoned to Ye Jiannan, "Dan furnace from the Daming period, all crude copper!"

Ye Jiannan walked into the furnace, saw that it was only one meter high and low, with some green patina on the whole body, it looked like it was really an unearthed ancient crude copper furnace.

He walked closer to take a closer look and smiled, "Can I touch it?"

The old man nodded and returned, "Make yourself at home!"

Ye Jiannan touched his hand on the patina for a moment, then after looking at his fingers, there was a hidden patina appearing on his fingers.

Immediately afterward, he still shook his head and said, "If this is all you have here, I think I'm in the wrong place!"

In fact, long before he came, Ye Jiannan had already researched the way to identify the Dan Furnace to a tee, just for fear of buying a piece of inferior product, unexpectedly, this time out, he not only encountered an inferior product, but also encountered an imitation.

"Sir, this one is already a rare Dan Furnace from the Ming Dynasty, nowadays technology can't make such a good rough copper Dan Furnace." The old man said with a compensatory smile.

"If burying it in the ground for eight or ten years turns it into a dan furnace from the Ming Dynasty, I think I can make a few of them!" Ye Jiannan said back.

When these words came out, the old man's face changed slightly, "Indeed, you are a connoisseur, since you are a connoisseur, I won't hide it from you, the best Dan Furnace circulating in the market right now is merely the top grade, of course, the ones made by the ancients belongs to the very best amongst the top grades, my store currently only has one bronze Dan Furnace from the end of the Ming Dynasty, if Mr. genuinely wants it, come over here to take a look at it!"

Ye Jiannan was secretly shocked, this old man was so deeply scheming, if he hadn't been prepared, he would have probably gone home holding a second-rate product or an imitation.

Once again, a window-like lattice was opened, within which was displayed a green-colored ancient bronze dan furnace.

Ye Jiannan approached and identified it again, it was indeed a treasure, not guaranteeing that it was from the Ming Dynasty, the age must be more than a hundred years.

"How much?" Ye Jiannan smiled, finally saw a thing that works.

"Two hundred thousand dollars, a dime less is exempt!" The old man replied dryly.

This made Ye Jiannan even more certain that he had encountered a treasure, and smiled back, "Mount it, I'll take this Dan furnace!"

The old man then greeted the lady who was serving him and came over, looking for a wooden box to pack the furnace and put it into the box.

While that lady was packing, the old man and Ye Jiannan chatted, the business was settled, the old man smiled and asked, "What kind of dan does mister want to make, this dan furnace has been placed in our store for more than thirty years, no one has ever recognized it."

"Immortality Pill!" Ye Jiannan smiled back.

The old man also smiled, in his heart, he admired Ye Jiannan even more, he knew very well that there was no immortality pill in the world, saying such a name meant that he was not willing to disclose it.

"Mr. this year twenty-one or two years of age, right, where is the teacher, in this land of China, there are many old monsters who have dealings with me?" The old man continued to ask.

"I won't hide it from you, I am uneducated!" Ye Jiannan still answered concisely.

……

The two of them chatted for a few moments, the Dan Furnace was already loaded, and Ye Jiannan paid the payment for the goods and left carrying the box.

Ye Jiannan had just walked out the door when the old man had a hidden smile at the corner of his mouth, took out a paper doll, three inches high, recited a few incantations in his mouth and threw it out, the paper doll flew away in the air.