"It's very good, thank you." Xiao Ling nodded with a smile.
"Then I'll leave first. It's up to you to do the rest." After leaving a word, Hai Bodong left the room.
When he was the only one left in the place, Xiao Ling walked to the table and chairs in the center of the room.
His fingers lightly brushed across the storage ring, and suddenly, the medicinal herbs that Hai Bodong had given to Xiao Ling earlier appeared on the table.
He stretched out his hand again, and a medicine cauldron appeared beside the table and chairs. Although this medicine cauldron was not one of the ones on the Heavenly Cauldron List, it was enough for Xiao Ling to use now.
Holding the pill recipe that recorded the method of refining the "Breaking Adversity Pill" in his hand, Xiao Ling began to read the refining method recorded in it.
In the original novel, even Yao Chen, the continent's number one alchemist, made a mistake while refining the Breaking Adversity Pill and wasted some medicinal materials.
Although it was only in the state of soul, and its strength was not as good as it was in life, but with Yao Chen's rich experience in refining medicine, he failed once, which also showed that the refining method of this Breaking Adversity Pill was quite complicated.
After memorizing the contents in the pill recipe, Xiao Ling took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
Walking to the medicine cauldron, Xiao Ling raised his arm and pressed it on the fire opening of the cauldron.
With a thought, the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame in his body emerged from the Dou Crystal, followed the tendons in his body, and jumped into the medicine cauldron.
When the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame appeared, a scorching temperature filled the room.
After using the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame to burn the medicine cauldron, Xiao Ling stretched out his hand and waved it rapidly on the table beside him. He held priceless herbs in his hand and then put them into the medicine cauldron.
After all the herbs were put into the cauldron, Xiao Ling took his hand away from the cauldron. His face was calm, and his fair palm suddenly waved rapidly, as if picking flowers and leaves. As his fingertips flicked, the hot golden flames inside the cauldron obediently turned into several tiny flames, which wrapped up the herbs that had been thrown in.
In order to be able to refine the Breaking Adversity Pill in one go, Xiao Ling put in his utmost effort and demanded perfection in every step.
Inside the quiet room, golden flames danced between the medicine cauldrons, and a faint medicinal fragrance filled the air.
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Jia Ma Empire, Wutan City.
A carriage with the royal emblem of the Jia Ma Empire drove into Wutan City from the city gate.
Behind the carriage followed more than fifty royal guards wearing light armor. The murderous aura emanating from each soldier showed that these people were all experienced fighters on the battlefield.
Yao Yue, who was sitting in the carriage, stretched out a sharp wrist, opened a corner of the curtain, and looked at the buildings of Wutan City with great interest.
"Is this the place where Xiao Ling, the 'first genius of the Jia Ma Empire', lived when he was a child? I wonder if I will encounter some interesting things here." Yao Yue muttered to herself.
At that time, she was still studying alchemy with Vice President Qie Mi Er in the Alchemist Guild. But her sister came to her and wanted her to go to Wutan City.
Originally, Yao Yue was planning to refuse. Wutan City was a remote small city that she had never heard of.
However, she heard from her sister that this was the birthplace of Xiao Ling, the "first genius of the Jia Ma Empire", and that this trip was to escort Xiao Ling's fellow clansmen to live in the imperial capital.
As the little princess of the Jia Ma Empire, Yao Yue naturally knew about Xiao Ling's news, so she was also somewhat interested in the place where he was born.
Moreover, Xiao Yan, who his teacher mentioned from time to time, seemed to be from the Xiao family in Wutan City. When the time comes, she could go and see what kind of strange person he is that even her teacher could not see any problems with him.
Under the awed gazes of the residents of Wutan City, the royal guard arrived at the Xiao family's courtyard and stopped.
The middle-aged officer in the lead waved to his subordinate, who then dismounted and came to the Xiao family's guard and said, "Hello, we are the royal guards, here to take the Xiao family members to the imperial capital."
The captain of the Xiao family's guard had already received information from within the clan, claiming that the Jia Ma Empire's guard team would arrive in the next few days.
The captain of the guards replied to the soldier: "I will go and inform the clan leader first. Everyone, please go to the reception hall and take a rest. The clan leader will be here soon."
After he finished speaking, he muttered a few words to a guard beside him and walked towards the patriarch's office.
The guard led the royal guards to the Xiao family's reception hall.
After the captain of the guards reported, clan leader Xiao Zhan immediately brought several elders to solemnly welcome the royal guards.
The two sides decided on an itinerary, and tomorrow morning everyone would set off for the imperial capital.
On the last night before leaving Wutan City, Xiao Zhan also invited the leaders of all the forces in Wutan City, big and small, to come to the Xiao family to hold a dinner party.
The patriarchs of the other two major families in Wutan City, Jia Lie Bi , the patriarch of the Jia Lie Clan, and AoBa Pa, the patriarch of the Ao Ba Clan, naturally also received Xiao Zhan's invitation.
The patriarchs of the three major clans, who were originally somewhat hostile to each other, now started drinking at the dinner because the Xiao family was about to leave Wutan City.
...
While the dinner was going on, Xiao Yan was wandering around the Xiao family alone. As the third young master of the Xiao family, he was naturally qualified to attend the banquet, but he felt it was boring to sit in the hall after dinner alone, so Xiao Yan left the banquet early.
Xiao Yan pinched off a piece of dogtail grass on the roadside and held it in his mouth, tasting the slight bitterness it exuded. He walked to the pond in the Xiao family's backyard, lay on the grass, and enjoyed the cool evening breeze.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps approaching from afar reached Xiao Yan's ears.
Xiao Yan looked in the direction where the sound came from and saw a young girl walking along a bluestone path towards the pond.
The person who appeared was wearing a purple dress with silver patterns. She had an exquisite appearance. Under the influence of the royal family, she exuded an innate noble temperament. Her slender waist was tied with a purple belt, which showed off her slender waist to the fullest. She didn't seem to be very old, and looked about the same age as Xiao Yan today. She had a smile on her pretty face, which made her look elegant and peaceful. However, every time she glanced around, Xiao Yan found that this seemingly ladylike girl had some quirky smiles in her watery eyes. Obviously, she was not a quiet person as she seemed.