Without further ado, the two landed in the center of the broad stone platform. Seeing the traces left by Thunder across its surface, Xiao Heng understood that many pills must once been born here.
"Let's begin!"
Xiao Yan spoke, and Xiao Heng nodded slightly. With a casual wave, numerous medicinal ingredients appeared around them, floating in midair wrapped in Dou Qi. The Dou Qi kept their fragrance from spreading, but the sight of so many high-grade ingredients still filled many Alchemists' eyes with greed.
"No rush. We'll first refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill to warm up. Once we succeed, we'll refine the Ninth-grade Golden Pill," Xiao Heng said solemnly.
"Understood. You'll take the lead in this refinement," Xiao Yan said with a slight nod.
"Mm." Xiao Heng nodded. The two sat cross-legged. Just as Xiao Yan was about to condense a Medicine Cauldron from flames, Xiao Heng stopped him.
"Use mine!"
As his words fell, a cauldron crashed down onto the center of the stone platform with a thunderous boom. The Medicine Cauldron was dark red, engraved with dragons and phoenixes in strife and countless beasts stampeding. Even Xiao Yan was surprised by the ancient, weighty aura it exuded.
"Where did you get such a high-grade Medicine Cauldron?" Looking at it, Xiao Heng seemed to return to the days when he had first learned alchemy and seen the Three-Mouth Cauldron. Back then, the Three-Mouth Cauldron had already seemed extraordinarily impressive to him.
"Hehe! Take a guess!"
"Guess my ass! We're not children." Xiao Yan grumbled, then restrained the envy on his face. Still, he desperately wanted the cauldron. After all, a Medicine Cauldron was extremely important to an Alchemist.
The temptation of a good Medicine Cauldron to an Alchemist was undoubtedly immense. His Heavenly Flame-condensed cauldron was not bad, but