Chapter 8 Purple Cloud Gathering Spirit Pill
"Teacher, disciple Xiao Yun requests to see you!"
Xiao Yun bowed respectfully outside Elder Huo's special alchemy room.
At the beginning, Xiao Yun became Elder Huo's disciple only for his own medicine refining resources, and he didn't really have much affection for Elder Huo. But after half a year of getting along day and night, Xiao Yun gradually changed his mind. Although the teacher was very strict with his own practice, in other aspects, he really gave him whatever he wanted. He thought that he had nothing worth Elder Huo's coveting. Elder Huo treated him well, just like an elder treats his own junior, so in his heart, Xiao Yun already regarded Elder Huo as his closest person.
Boom! As soon as the words fell, the stone door that was originally closed opened automatically, and a hot breath came out from inside.
Xiao Yun looked up and saw Elder Huo floating in the air, and a huge medicine cauldron was placed in the center of the alchemy room.
"My dear disciple, you came at the right time. I just want to refine a fifth-grade pill. You should watch carefully and observe my refining techniques carefully. You are now an entry-level alchemist. Be careful about the gap between yourself and the master alchemist." Elder Huo said to Xiao Yun solemnly.
"Hmm..." Xiao Yun nodded quickly. It was a rare opportunity to watch a fifth-grade alchemist refine pills. It would be of great help to low-grade alchemists. If other students in the alchemy department knew about this, they would be jealous to the point of separation.
"Okay, the refining is about to begin. Find a cool place to sit and watch your master's operation." Elder Huo smiled at Xiao Yun, his face gradually becoming solemn. Although he was a veteran fifth-grade alchemist, his success rate in refining fifth-grade pills was only 30% to 40%. He was not sure about the refining this time. His
dry palm, like an eagle's claw, slightly extended, and suddenly, a ball of purple flame appeared out of thin air.
The appearance of the purple flame made the already hot air even hotter, and the air near the purple flame even twisted due to the high temperature. With a wave of his hand, the purple flame flew into the medicine cauldron, and for a moment, a raging fire ignited in the medicine cauldron.
The flames rose for about a minute, and the temperature in the medicine cauldron finally reached the expectations of the fire elder. He waved his palm towards the place where the medicinal materials were placed, and a golden medicinal material that looked like a small grass was thrown into the medicine cauldron by the fire elder. The
purple flame instantly devoured the medicinal material. Under the action of the flame, golden liquid continued to flow out of the surface of the medicinal material, but it was soon vaporized by the high temperature. In an instant, the medicinal material itself withered rapidly.
According to the records in the herbal medicine encyclopedia, Xiao Yun recognized that the herbal medicine that looked like a small grass was called the Holy Soul Grass. It was a fifth-level herbal medicine and was a rare treasure that was worth a fortune.
He stared at the medicine cauldron. Although the flames still looked fierce, Xiao Yun could clearly sense that the temperature had been suppressed by Elder Fire. Therefore, although the Holy Soul Grass in the medicine cauldron was withered on the surface, it was not burned to ashes by the flames. Instead, under the constant burning of the flames, the golden color on the surface of the Holy Soul Grass faded and turned into particles of powder suspended above the flames.
After a while, the golden color on the surface of the Holy Soul Grass completely faded and it completely withered, leaving only some golden powder. Xiao Yun knew that this was because the medicinal power was completely forced out by Elder Fire with the flames, so the herbal medicine itself had lost its effect.
Elder Huo waved his hand, and the withered Holy Soul Grass was transferred out of the medicine cauldron by the fighting spirit, and turned into ashes when it touched the ground.
"As expected of a master of medicine refining, whether it is controlling the flame or refining the essence of the medicinal properties, his level is far superior to mine." Xiao Yun looked at him with enthusiasm, and secretly praised him in his heart. Before, he refined the medicinal materials by burning them into ashes, which only showed that his control over the flames was not as good as the pure green furnace fire. It was nothing like Elder Huo, who used extremely precise temperature control methods to slowly force out all the essence of the medicinal materials without damaging them. When the medicinal power was completely exhausted, he threw them out of the furnace, showing the style of a master!
A purple flame wrapped around golden powder. Xiao Yun was a little surprised when he saw Elder Fire's unusual preservation method. He stared at the flame, but found that although the flame wrapped around the powder, it did not directly touch the powder. He was startled for a moment, his eyes turned, and he seemed to understand something.
"Ordinary people preserve the medicinal properties of elixirs by placing them in jade bottles. After the medicinal properties are completely extracted, they return them to the medicine cauldron for refining. Although it is simple, it can easily reduce the activity of the medicinal properties."
"So your master created a unique fireball technique. The refined medicinal essence is wrapped in a ball of fire to maintain the original refining temperature. This preservation method not only ensures the temperature and activity of the medicinal properties when they are out of the furnace, but also will not be affected by air impurities. However, this method is very demanding on the proficiency of flame control and the ability to multitask. Those who are not strong enough will cause the refined medicinal essence to be wasted if they make a mistake." Elder Huo explained slowly.
Nodding slightly, Xiao Yun memorized this secret in his heart and would practice it when he had the strength in the future.
After sealing the essence of the medicinal properties, Elder Huo began to refine other medicinal materials. His control of the flame and his smooth operation made Xiao Yun beside him unable to help but learn from him. His hands unconsciously turned and formed various seals.
It took Elder Huo half a day to refine all the other medicinal materials, and it was dark outside. It must be said that refining the fifth-grade elixir is an extremely tedious and laborious job. The refining of the medicinal materials alone took up most of the day. Fortunately, Elder Huo was a Dou Wang strongman with deep strength. Even though he had been refining the medicinal materials for most of the day, Elder Huo was still energetic. On the contrary, Xiao Yun, who was watching, was a little depressed.
On the second day, Elder Huo finally refined the last material, a fifth-level water beast core, into a pile of azure powder.
This alone took more than ten hours. Because of the conflicting attributes, the resistance of this fifth-level beast core far exceeded the previous medicinal materials. It contained rich water energy, which Elder Huo also suppressed in the medicine cauldron.
Xiao Yun watched the confrontation between Elder Fire and the water magic core from the side, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous. If Elder Fire's flame was a little lower, it might have been extinguished by the rich water energy.
However, no matter how difficult the process was, the refining was finally completed. On the second day, after a day of scorching by the purple flame, the medicinal essence and the magic core powder gradually weakened their mutual repulsion and finally merged together.
Fusion is the most important step in the process of refining pills. As long as there is a slight mistake during the process, the medicinal essence that has been finally refined will disappear in an instant. So at this step, Elder Fire looked solemn, not daring to be distracted at all. All his soul power was concentrated in the medicine cauldron, staring at the pill with full concentration to fuse.
Fortunately, Elder Huo is a veteran fifth-grade alchemy master. Although this step is extremely dangerous, under the control of Elder Huo, the alchemy master, it was finally passed safely. In the medicine cauldron, a purple pill prototype slowly appeared. With the appearance of the pill prototype, Elder Huo increased the temperature of the flame, and his soul power stirred up the energy of heaven and earth, constantly filling the appearance of the pill prototype.
As time went by, the irregularly shaped pill gradually became rounder, and the bright light emanated from it, rendering it like a purple gem.
At the moment when the pill burst into bright light, Xiao Yun was somewhat shocked to find that circles of energy ripples like substance were spreading out continuously from the medicine cauldron. Xiao Yun, who was pushed against the corner of the wall by the powerful energy, swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He didn't expect that just refining a fifth-grade pill could cause such a strange phenomenon in the world. What about pills above the fifth grade?
"Bang!" The lid of the medicine cauldron was blown open, and a pill slowly rose from it, accompanied by bursts of pill fragrance. "Come on, open your mouth!" Elder Huo waved his palm and used his fighting spirit to attract Xiao Yun from the corner. Xiao Yun obediently opened his mouth, and the purple pill went directly into his mouth. As soon as
the pill entered his mouth, Xiao Yun felt like he had swallowed a fireball, which went down his throat into his body. Then his whole body became hot, and his skin turned red, like a cooked shrimp.
"Circulate the Dou Qi in your body, and spread the medicinal power throughout your body along the meridians!" Elder Huo shouted, awakening Xiao Yun, and injected his own Dou Qi into his body, leading Xiao Yun's own Dou Qi to circulate in the meridians in his body.
In the alchemy room, Xiao Yun and his disciple both sat cross-legged, and Elder Huo placed his hands on Xiao Yun's back, continuously transmitting Dou Qi to Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun's face was horrified, his body was red, and his head was still steaming. He was trying his best to circulate the fighting spirit in his body to dissolve the powerful medicinal power brought by the pill he had just swallowed. Even though he had tried his best, a large part of the medicinal power was still not dissolved, rushing around in Xiao Yun's body.
After a long time, Xiao Yun finally calmed down. The medicinal power was still not completely dissolved, but Elder Huo used the fighting spirit to seal it, waiting for Xiao Yun to slowly absorb it in the future.
"Teacher, what kind of medicine did you give me that has such a strong effect?" Xiao Yun said with a wry smile. He just thought that he was about to explode from the huge power of the medicine. Fortunately, Elder Huo at the side sent him fighting spirit in time to help him dissolve the power of the medicine, otherwise he would have been in great danger.
"Hahaha, isn't it okay? The medicine I just gave you is the Purple Cloud Spirit Gathering Pill, a fifth-grade high-level pill! I found the recipe for this pill from a ruin, and it can improve some of your fighting spirit and soul power. Feel it carefully, have you found that your fighting spirit has improved and your brain has become refreshed?" Elder Huo touched his beard awkwardly. This pill is for the younger generation to improve their talent and strength. He has no descendants, only Xiao Yun as his disciple, so he has never refined this pill before, and naturally he didn't know that the effect of this pill was so overbearing. If he had known this earlier, he would have refined some auxiliary medicines to help Xiao Yun absorb the medicinal power.
Hearing this, Xiao Yun quickly closed his eyes, and in his mind, he summoned the guard to carefully observe his own changes.
Name: Xiao Yun
Age: 7
Condition: Slightly injured
Cultivation: Nine-star Fighter (98/100)
Skill: Jiuhua Fire Art (earth level low level)
Fighting Qi attributes: Fire, Wood
Qualification: Top level
Soul Power: Mortal Realm Intermediate
Nine-star Fighter! Only one step
away from breaking through to the Fighter Master realm! You have to know that in the past six months, he has been focusing on refining medicine. Although he also cultivates fighting qi at night, the speed of practice has finally slowed down. In half a year, he has only reached the realm of an eight-star fighter. However, the pill Xiao Yun took today, even though most of the medicinal power in his body had not been absorbed, directly promoted him to the peak of the nine-star fighter, and he only needed two points of progress to break through to the fighter. And most importantly, his soul power was greatly enhanced. With the soul power of the middle level of the ordinary realm, Xiao Yun had already obtained the ticket to advance to the sixth-grade alchemist in advance.
"Teacher, I feel that my cultivation has reached the peak of the nine-star fighter, and I can break through to become a fighter at any time, and my soul perception has also become much stronger." Xiao Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead and told Elder Huo about his situation truthfully.
"Not bad, not bad, just refining a small half of the medicinal power can make your cultivation increase so much, it's worth the effort I spent to refine this medicine." Elder Huo smiled and stroked his gray beard, and was relieved to see that Xiao Yun was fine.
Although Xiao Yun's current cultivation level of the peak of the Nine-Star Fighter was improved by the pill, he did not feel that the fighting spirit in his body was empty, but rather quite condensed. It can only be said that it is worthy of being a fifth-grade high-level pill, the effect is good!
"Teacher, do you have any more of this kind of pill? I think I can take another one."
"God damn it, do you think this Purple Cloud Gathering Spirit Pill has such a good effect that you can take more? The recipe says that you can only take one pill in your lifetime, and taking more will have no effect. Moreover, the difficulty of refining it almost cost me my life, where can I find a second pill for you?" Elder Huo was furious when he heard what Xiao Yun said.
"Since you feel that you can break through to the Fighter level, then break through here, and I can protect you to prevent you from making any mistakes."
"Well..."
Xiao Yun nodded, sat down anywhere in the pill refining room, sensing the rapidly surging energy between the heaven and earth around him, made a cultivation seal with his hands, and then sank his mind into his body.