Chapter 121: Dianxian Alchemy and Ginseng as Snacks
“Bring that painting here.” Feng Wenyuan waved, and someone immediately came over with a box.
Open the box, and inside is a painting scroll. Unfold it, and a painting appears in front of several people.
The content of the painting is a bit strange. In the mountains, there is a monk sitting in a cave. In front of the monk is an alchemy furnace. In the alchemy furnace, you can see a pill, like a beating and burning flame. A corner of a temple can be vaguely seen deep in the forest.
“This is a painting from the Qing Dynasty. It can be considered an old object, otherwise I would have torn it up long ago.” Feng Wenyuan said.
“A monk makes elixirs. Do monks also make elixirs?” Li Xinzhu asked curiously as he looked at the painting. In his impression, only Taoist priests could make elixirs.
“Legend has it that Zhou Dian is a divine figure who is both Buddhist and Taoist.” While Wang An was speaking, his eyes fell on a few rows of boys in the upper right corner.
Mountain grass, forest ginseng, jade-headed water, cinnabar roots, all kinds of grass are gathered into one furnace, and all the treasures are integrated into one body. The immortal on top casts a wonderful method, and red elixirs grow in the cave.
Dianxian refers to Zhou Dian. This is a picture depicting Zhou Dian refining red pills. This painting was painted by a man named Yan Zan.
Red Dan? Wang An looked at those two words, thinking about the red pill mentioned in his picture, and took the red pill internally to create a fire dragon.
So Zhou Dian was originally good at refining alchemy, and he refined the "red elixir" himself.
"I, I didn't know that this was an ancient painting from the Qing Dynasty. I really didn't want to lie to you, and I didn't dare!" Jin Kuilai said weakly after taking a breath.
“Since you are Mr. Wang’s friend, forget it and give this painting back to you.” Feng Wenyuan put the painting away.
“Hey, thank you, Mr. Feng, I will pay you back the money as soon as possible!” Jin Kuai said, almost kneeling on the ground and kowtow.
"This is not the place to talk. Three days later, I will hold a banquet at Hongtai Tower to express my feelings and look forward to your visit." Feng Wenyuan smiled and said to Wang And.
"This? I have to thank Mr. Feng for showing mercy on this matter today."
"This is different, one code is the same, that's it. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Then Feng Wenyuan left in a car with a group of people.
“Mr. Feng’s business is quite big, it’s so grand.”
"But real estate is not the kind we do. Logistics and foreign trade are the number one person in Hu'an. I didn't expect you to actually save his niece. He is famous for repaying kindness and revenge. Report." Li Xinzhu said with emotion.
“He looks like a leader.” Wang An said with a smile.
“What’s the matter, Mr. Jin, do you want to go to the hospital?” Li Xinzhu came to Jin Kuilai’s side.
“Well, I have to go and take a look. I drank a lot of water and I’m so bloated!”
please.
Three people got into the car.
“Brother, let’s drive slowly, don’t rush this time.” Li Xinzhu emphasized.
“Look at him, how can he not be in a hurry? Saving people is like putting out fire!”
Wang An put the car into gear, stepped on the accelerator, and the car ejected into gear. It sped along and rushed to the hospital at an extremely fast speed.
After getting off the car, Jin Kuilai knelt on the ground and opened his mouth to vomit, vomit, vomit. All the water he had just drank in the warehouse was vomited out.
“Hold the grass!” Li Xinzhu, who got off the car, held on to the car and gasped for air.
"I will never ride in your car again. It's so, so exciting."
After entering the hospital, after some examination, it was found that Jin Kuilai was fine, so he decided to stay here for one night and leave tomorrow.
In the ward, Jin Kuilai explained the whole story. He knew that someone was collecting things related to Zhou Dian. He didn't know that person was Feng Wenyuan at first. He just happened to get such a picture and bought it to the other party for 300,000 yuan. He knew it was an ancient relic, but he really didn't know it wasn't an ancient painting from the Ming Dynasty.
“If I had known that the person buying the painting was Feng Wenyuan, I would not have sold the painting to him.” Jin Jialai sighed.
“This painting should be worth some money. You give me a price and I’ll take it.” Wang And said.
"Ah, this, this is for you. If it weren't for you today, I wouldn't be able to keep my hand." Jin Kuilai was stunned after hearing this.
“That won’t work, just give each yard one yard and set a price.”
“Then, can you give me one hundred thousand?” Jin Kuilai asked tentatively.
“Sure.” Tell the account number and I will transfer the money to you.
“Here, you must not let Feng Wenyuan know about this price.” Jin Kuilai warned again.
“Don’t worry, I know it.” Wang An said with a smile.
“Okay, take good care of it.”
After leaving the hospital, Wang An was about to drive, and Li Xinzhu grabbed him.
“You’ve been drinking, so you can’t drive.”
"I've woken up a long time ago and I was scared by you!" Li Xinzhu said. He was indeed much more stable when driving than Wang.
“Hurry up, hurry up, your Xingyi punch is so strong, how can you drive so softly?”
“Brother, this is not about driving a racing car or competing against others on the track. When driving, safety comes first.” Li Xinzhu said. He sent Wang An back to his residence and entered the house.
“This painting is related to Zhou Dian. Could it be that he painted it himself?”
"Probably not, think about it. Zhou Dian was from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and this painting was painted by someone from the Qing Dynasty, more than two hundred years ago! Besides, he made alchemy by himself, then painted a painting, and then mentioned it It’s not necessary for a poem, right?”
“I can’t believe that this monk can actually make elixirs? Why does he make elixirs? Is he going to become an immortal?”
“Well, maybe.” Wang An looked at the painting in his hand. “I think the painting will increase in value.”
“Appreciation?” Li Xinzhu was stunned after hearing this and looked at the painting. "Not to mention, these lines, this ink, and this scenery are really well done!"
Haha, Wang An smiled.
Li Xinzhu stayed here for about ten minutes and then went back. Wang An was alone in the room looking at the painting.
Chi Dan, the picture in his hand, and the clay Buddha are all related to Zhou Dian. Chi Dan is a pill and a silver. That painting should be a formula for cultivation, but he has not understood it yet. What about the clay Buddha? What's the secret? !
When he got home, he searched online for the things mentioned in calligraphy and paintings.
Of the things mentioned in the poems in the painting, he could only understand "forest ginseng" and knew that it should refer to ginseng. He didn't understand the rest of the things.
After searching on the Internet for a while, he found cinnabar root, which is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine that has the functions of detoxifying and reducing swelling, activating blood circulation and relieving pain, and dispelling wind and removing dampness. As for Yamanakacao and Yutoushui, he searched for a long time but couldn't find the answer he wanted.
I wanted to ask Zhao Zhiyuan, but after looking at the time, I decided to ask again tomorrow.
Wang An sent a message to Zhao Zhiyuan the next morning, and more than an hour later, Zhao Zhiyuan called back.
"Why do you ask this question so suddenly? As far as I know, there is no herbal medicine called Shanzhongcao. It generally refers to Chinese herbal medicine in the mountains. As for Yutou water, I have never heard of it."
“Thank you, are there any Chinese herbal medicines with strong medicinal properties that will make the whole body feel hot after taking them?” Wang An thought for a while and then asked.
“There are many Chinese medicinal materials that meet this condition. Most of the medicines used to treat kidney yang deficiency will have such reactions, such as Epimedium, Cuscuta, Morinda officinalis, etc.
In addition, people who eat ginseng and deer antlers will also feel this way. Why do you suddenly ask this question? Is there something wrong with your body? Shouldn't it be right? Your body is very strong, don't use medicine indiscriminately, it is three-part poison. "Zhao Zhiyuan emphasized.
“There is nothing wrong with my health.” After chatting for a while, Wang An hung up the phone.
“It is impossible to deduce the formula of this red elixir based on these lines of poems alone. Moreover, these lines of poems may not be true. How could a person hundreds of years later know the materials used in Zhou Dian’s alchemy?
Wang An thought about it for a while, then rode out in the afternoon and went to the most famous Heruntang Pharmacy in Hu'an and asked for ginseng.
“Sir, would you like wild ginseng or American ginseng?”
“Mountain ginseng.”
“Wild or artificially cultivated?”
"wild."
“Okay, please wait a moment.”
After a while, the staff took out several boxes and opened one of them first. Inside was a chubby wild ginseng.
“This is ten years of forest ginseng, worth fifteen hundred yuan.”
“Is there anything better?”
After hearing this, the staff member opened the second box. There was also a ginseng inside, but it looked much thinner and the beard was longer.
“This is ginseng grown from 15 years old, priced at 5,000 yuan.”
Wang An looked at the unopened third box. The staff member smiled and opened the box. The ginseng inside had a somewhat "human" appearance.
“This is 20-year-old ginseng, worth fifteen thousand yuan.”
“Twenty years, wild?”
“This grows in the mountains and forests.” The staff member said.
"Is there something wrong with your words? It grows in the mountains and forests and is artificially planted?"
“Sir, there are not so many wild ginsengs anymore. The nutrients and medicinal power contained in this ginseng are not much different from that of wild ginseng.” The staff explained patiently with a smile.
"Cheaper."
“The price is already very favorable.”
“Ten thousand.” After hearing Wang An’s words, the smile on the staff’s face froze.
“Sir, this is a pharmacy, not a vegetable market, nor an antique shop.” The staff member said with a smile.
“Can’t we negotiate the price of the medicinal materials here?”
“This is the first time I’ve seen Mr. Xiang bargain like this.”
“Then you have to get used to it.”
Wang An wasted five minutes and reduced the price of this ginseng tree to 14,000. When he saw that the staff refused to give up the price, he ordered three ginseng trees.
“Sir, did you buy the ginseng to give it to others?”
"eat by yourself."
“Here are some medicinal instructions for ginseng. It is recommended that you read it carefully before using it.” The staff member put a copy of the ginseng instructions into the gift box.
“If I eat this ginseng all at once, it won’t be a big problem, right?” Wang An asked casually.
“Huh?!” The man was stunned after hearing this.
“Although ginseng is a good nourishing product, it is still recommended that you consume it in moderation. After all, too much is never enough.”
"OK, thanks."
After returning home, Wang An washed the ginseng in water and chewed it directly.
“Well, the taste is a bit weird, not as good as carrots.” After eating a piece of ginseng, after waiting for a while, I slowly felt that my body began to heat up slightly.
After feeling the changes in his body, Wang An practiced Wu Qin Xi twice in the yard, and his whole body suddenly became warm.
“Well, it’s working.” Wang An immediately took another one. Then continue to practice Wu Qin Xi, practice over and over again.
I feel that my whole body is getting darker and hotter, and this time is different from the past. In the past, the warm feeling mainly came from the muscles, and there was also a warm feeling in the internal organs, but it was not as strong as this time.
At this time, he felt as if a warm flame was burning in his internal organs. This fire radiated heat and then spread throughout his body.
Then he practiced the Tiger and Leopard Thunder sound of Xingyiquan, using the trembling method to internally train the internal organs.
[You took two ginseng transplanted in eighteen years, and your qi and blood were strengthened. ]
“Eighteen years, so you say I was deceived?” Wang An couldn’t help but sigh after looking at the prompt. This time-honored brand has also begun to deceive people. Sure enough, the world is declining and people’s hearts are not as old as they used to be.
The strong qi and blood flow through the whole body under the guidance of Wuqinxi, and penetrate into the internal organs under the vibration of tiger and leopard thunder sounds. The medicinal power of the two ginseng trees was almost completely absorbed by him, and as a result, the whole person became more energetic.
He now even feels that he will not feel tired even if he has not slept for three days and three nights.
At this time, Wang An was thinking, what would it be like if the qi and blood were strong to the limit? What effect will it have on the body?
The so-called prerequisite for making up for the missing is that when one's own Qi and blood are strong enough, one's own body can produce amazing self-healing capabilities. Wang An thought about his teeth that had grown back.
“Is it possible for my broken finger to grow a new one?”
The heat on the body slowly dissipated after a while.
“This ginseng is good and can be used as a snack. It’s just that it’s a bit expensive and the taste is a bit off, but otherwise there’s nothing wrong with it.” Wang Anxin said.
The next two days were very peaceful. Wang An ate ginseng like carrots every day, and then practiced Wu Qin Xi and Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound to stimulate his body's strength and blood.
Three days later at night, Wang An came to Hongtai Tower. This is a famous time-honored brand in Hu'an City, with a history of nearly a hundred years. After entering the reserved private room, Feng Wenyuan, who had arrived a step earlier, stood up to greet him.
"welcome."
“Mr. Feng, you are too polite.”
After sitting down, Feng Wenyuan immediately motioned to the waiter on the side to serve the food. After a while, all the dishes were served. It was a very rich table of dishes for just the two of them.
"Thank you, I'll do it first as a token of respect." Feng Wenyuan drank the wine in one gulp.
“Mr. Feng, I rarely drink alcohol on weekdays.”
“Then eat vegetables, eat vegetables.” Feng Wenyuan said with a smile.
“What industry are you in?”
“It’s considered a freelance job.” Wang An said with a smile. He is actually an “unemployed vagrant”.
“Freelancing, okay, is it free? You don’t have to be governed by others.” Feng Wenyuan said with a smile after hearing this.
This is the second time the two people have met. They can only be considered acquaintances with each other, not familiar at all. However, although Feng Wenyuan looks rough, his speech is quite interesting and he is very good at communication.
He has nothing else to say today but simply thanks and makes a friend. The process of this meal was quite good, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
When I came down from Hongtai Building, I happened to encounter another wave of people coming down. It seemed that they were also having a business banquet.
Wang Anduo took a look at one of the people. He was in his early thirties, not tall and not strong. He was an inconspicuous person. It was just the man's walking pace that caught Wang An's attention. His walking posture was slightly weird. Upon closer inspection, it seemed that he was "bouncing" when walking.
“This man is an expert, so he should be able to move quickly.” Wang An thought.
After leaving Hongtai Tower, Wang An returned to his residence.
(End of this chapter)