Chapter 187 Pre-Qin Xu Fu
I felt confused and as if I was falling into an abyss.

The next moment, smoke appeared in front of Li Daoxuan's eyes, and several books appeared before his eyes.

He wanted to light the talisman, but then he changed his mind and thought that if Uncle Jiu had not returned, he would have wasted this opportunity to concentrate on observing the Dharma.

"The current situation is unpredictable, and I don't know what will happen tomorrow. If Uncle Jiu doesn't come back, then my trip would be in vain. In addition to talismans and Taoism, there are also alchemy, formations, magic weapons and magical powers. Should I go somewhere else to find an opportunity, maybe it will be worth the trip?" Li Daoxuan thought in his heart. He didn't choose Taoism, and he was still a little afraid to get along with Yan Chixia. Looking at the rest, he would choose one of the other four.

Li Daoxuan hesitated for a while, then stretched out his hand and pointed at the elixir.

The fog in the illusion dissipated, and a courtyard under a peach tree appeared.

The courtyard was carefully built with bamboo, and every corner was a natural haven.

Li Daoxuan stood outside the bamboo garden, looking at the yard, then walked forward and knocked on the door gently.

"Come in." A gentle voice of a middle-aged man came from the yard.

Li Daoxuan felt relieved after hearing this. He pushed the door open and saw a bronze tripod standing in the middle of the yard. Next to the bronze tripod, a middle-aged man in a robe was stroking his beard and looking at him.

"You're here." The middle-aged man said with a smile.

"Hello, senior. May I know your name?" Li Daoxuan bowed respectfully to the middle-aged man and asked very politely.

"Perhaps you have heard of my name." The middle-aged man nodded and smiled, and threw the dust in his hand towards the bronze tripod. Then he saw a blazing fire under the bronze tripod.

There was a thick smoke in the cauldron and there seemed to be a sound of thunder.

"My name is Xu Fu, and my courtesy name is Junfang."

"Xu, Xu Fu?!" Li Daoxuan widened his eyes when he heard the name. He looked at the middle-aged man again, somewhat unbelievable.

Who hasn't heard of Xu Fu's name? Even children know the alchemist who found elixirs for Qin Shihuang, but now such a famous person actually appeared in the illusion, which made Li Daoxuan feel very surprised.

He originally thought that the visitor would be a Taoist, but he did not expect it to be Xu Fu, a pre-Qin alchemist.

But on second thought, aren't Taoists also people who possess alchemy skills? It is natural for Xu Fu to appear here.

Thinking of this, Li Daoxuan did not hesitate and sat cross-legged beside Xu Fu, watching him make the elixir.

"I already know why you are here." Xu Fu said in a gentle voice. He stroked his beard, looked at the alchemy furnace, and then spoke slowly.

"The way to make alchemy is based on fire and born from the law. If you want to learn this way, you should naturally start by learning how to make fire."

"Please give me some advice, senior." Li Daoxuan said respectfully.

"Have you ever learned Samadhi True Fire?"

"No." Li Daoxuan shook his head.

"Can you use civil and military fire?"

"I don't know either." Li Daoxuan said with a bitter face. The Maoshan talisman technique is powerful, but the fire technique is ordinary.

Although the sect has the secret method of cultivating Samadhi True Fire, it is not complete. After all, each sect has different methods of cultivating Samadhi True Fire, so the power of Samadhi True Fire will also be different.

That day in Longling, the Samadhi Fire used by Emei Baili was more powerful than that cultivated by ordinary Taoists. This was because their inheritance was different, so the power was also different.

"Then, do you know the Six Ding Divine Fire?"

"Senior Xu, please don't make things difficult for me anymore." Li Daoxuan said with a sigh.

All the things Xu Fu asked about were divine fires, be it Samadhi True Fire, Nanming Li Fire, Sun and Moon True Fire, Six Ding Divine Fire, Ziwei Heavenly Fire, Nine Heavens Mysterious Fire or Netherworld Ghost Fire. Being able to control and wield any kind of divine fire requires an unfathomable skill.

"Haha, in that case, I will not embarrass you anymore." Xu Fu smiled happily and waved away the dust.

The fire in the alchemy furnace became weaker, and the thundering sound in the cauldron gradually disappeared.

"In that case, I will first teach you the method of the civil and martial fires. When you are able to control both the civil and martial fires, I will then teach you the method of the Samadhi True Fire. What do you think?"

"Of course I will follow your instructions." Li Daoxuan kowtowed quickly. He knelt down three times respectfully to Xu Fu, then stood up and said seriously. "Senior, you have taught me the true method, and you will be my master from now on. Master, please accept my disciple's greetings."

Li Daoxuan naturally knew that the Taoist master-disciple relationship was strict and that he could not have a second master except his own master. However, if he really wanted to learn a skill that his own master did not have, he could only learn from the teacher.

But the people I met in this fantasy world were all amazing, and they were all happy to give me some advice.

It would be fine if he was a fellow Taoist or his own ancestor, but the Xu Fu in front of him was not related to him at all. Li Daoxuan felt guilty for accepting his teachings rashly, so he originally thought of worshipping him as "Sir", but he felt that Xu Fu was a person from the pre-Qin period, and the term "Sir" might not be appropriate.

The note in the Book of Rites: “Xiansheng means a person who has retired.” At that time, “Xiansheng” did not mean “teacher.”

He thought that this was a natural and legitimate world, and it was actually another world, so it would be better to avoid the red tape. Even if Master Changming knew about it in the future, he would surely not blame him.

"Ha, my friend, you..." Xu Fu was a little amused and was delighted by Li Daoxuan's sudden request to become his disciple.

He probably didn't expect Li Daoxuan to be so direct and worship him as his master on the spot. In his opinion, in the pre-Qin period, it was not easy to worship a master.

"Master, please don't look down on your disciple." Li Daoxuan said respectfully.

"Forget it, forget it. In this case, I will accept you as my disciple." Xu Fu sighed and a smile appeared on his face.

Although this apprenticeship was sudden, he was quite willing to accept Li Daoxuan as his disciple.

Asking him to stand up, Xu Fu pointed towards the center of the house.

"Disciple, bring me seven kinds of medicine. These medicines are: ginseng"

"Yes, Master." After hearing Xu Fu's words, Li Daoxuan walked towards the house.

He looked at the densely packed medicine shelves in the room and felt his scalp tingling, but this was the first thing his master had told him to do. He could only recite the herbs Xu Fu had told him to do and look for the corresponding herbs on the shelves one by one.

Fortunately, he had a good memory and remembered the seven medicines firmly in his mind.

Climbing up and down the ladders, he collected medicinal herbs from thousands of species.

Then he weighed the herbs and took them out of the house.

"Master, here are the seven medicinal herbs you requested." Li Daoxuan handed the medicine respectfully to Xu Fu.

Xu Fu just looked at the herbs and then asked him to put them on the ground.

Although Li Daoxuan didn't know what Xu Fu was going to do, he still did what he said.

He spread the herbs on the ground, then sat on the mat and waited for Xu Fu's instructions.

"It's time to start the furnace." Xu Fu chuckled, and before Li Daoxuan could react, he waved his dustpan. The next moment, there was a loud thunderclap, and the lid of the furnace, which was as tall as a person, flew up. Billowing smoke filled the courtyard and enveloped Li Daoxuan.

A strong smell of medicine came over him, and Li Daoxuan felt a mixture of sweetness and bitterness after just taking a sip.

He was dazed in the smoke, looking at the furnace in front of him and asked, "Master, what are you doing?"

"This is the Qidan furnace, named Chongtian." Xu Fu smiled and waved his sleeves. A breeze swept by and blew away the smoke.

He sat on the ground, pointed at the alchemy furnace, and said to Li Daoxuan.

"Go get a pill from the furnace."

"Yes!" Li Daoxuan was quite excited and quickly stood up and walked to the alchemy furnace.

This was his first time watching someone making elixirs, and also his first time taking elixirs. Although he didn't know the difference between the elixirs made by Xu Fu and those outside, Li Daoxuan still had some expectations when he thought of Xu Fu's identity.

But as soon as my hand touched the furnace wall, I felt a burning pain.

Li Daoxuan withdrew his hand in pain and looked at the alchemy furnace in astonishment.

His hands were burned by the high temperature and blisters appeared instantly.

"Can blisters be formed from burns in a fantasy? And it hurts so much." Li Daoxuan felt the pain coming, which was no less painful than being burned in reality. But then he thought again, when he was practicing martial arts with Yan Chixia, didn't he also have sore arms and swollen thighs?
"Master." Li Daoxuan looked at Xu Fu with a bitter face.

"You idiot, don't you know how to circulate qi and protect your hands?" Xu Fu scolded with a smile, "This furnace is of course scorching hot, you will definitely get hurt if you take the medicine like this."

"I understand." After listening to Xu Fu's words, Li Daoxuan realized how stupid what he had just done was.

He tried to circulate the Qi in his palms and slowly moved closer to the furnace.

"Ouch!" As expected, he was scalded again.

"And you have to stay on the surface." Xu Fu reminded.

"Come again!" Li Daoxuan refused to admit defeat and continued to test the alchemy furnace with his hands.

"Ouch!" The next moment he was burned again, but it was much better than the previous two times.

He immediately perked up and continued to test the alchemy furnace.

After the ninetieth attempt, Li Daoxuan finally took the pill out of the furnace.

He held the pill in his hand and said to Xu Fu excitedly, "Master! Look, I took it out!"

"Very good, you take it." Xu Fu said again.

Upon hearing this, Li Daoxuan stuffed the pill into his mouth without hesitation.

Although he didn't understand the effect of this pill, he believed that Xu Fu would definitely not harm him.

(End of this chapter)