Fusion of the Peach Blossom Fire Seed

On this trip to Mittel, aside from offending Ya Fei again, Feng Wu had achieved every one of his goals.

Setting the Peach Blossom Fire aside for now, the Mittel Auction House was the only place besides the Three Great Families that could easily take in so many Rank 1 Pills from Feng Wu.

Moreover, the two Qi Gathering Powders were especially rare. At least until Feng Wu's own alchemy reached the required level, he would still have to rely mainly on purchases for high-end goods.

The Qi Gathering Powder was the prerequisite upgraded pill for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Unlike other pills, the unique properties of the Foundation Establishment Pill had made it an essential necessity for Feng Wu's cultivation!

Furthermore, the reason Feng Wu had ordered two at once was this: "Since Martial Artists can use Foundation Establishment Pills, there isn't any fundamental difference between the cultivation stages of magical beasts and humans. Can they use them too?"

Thus, the other Qi Gathering Powder had been prepared by Feng Wu for Little Er Ha.

Feng Wu licked his lips and recalled that soft, springy sensation. When it came to Ya Fei, he did not seem to have gotten the worse end of the deal.

The moment he arrived home, Little Er Ha, whom Feng Wu had taken halfway before driving back, pounced on him. He had nearly done something foolish earlier—if he had brought Little Er Ha along, his identity would have been completely exposed.

Pushing away the clingy Little Er Ha—or rather, the Little Er Ha that wanted to tear his clothes off—Feng Wu sat down in his courtyard and placed the Peach Blossom Fire on the table. After some thought, he decided he could not absorb it yet.

He needed to make more preparations. Although the Peach Blossom Fire Seed was gentle and its danger was worlds apart from a Heavenly Flame, that did not mean it was absolutely safe!

He was only a Two Star Dou Zhe. One mistake, and he could be blown to pieces!

The simplest method was pill assistance!

Among the other three Rank 1 pill formulas Yao Chen had given him were the formulas for a Rank 1 Qi Calming Pill and a Rank 1 Qi Replenishing Pill.

The Qi Calming Pill could calm the mind, suppress violent Dou Qi, and reduce the chances of something going wrong during cultivation.

As its name suggested, the Qi Replenishing Pill could simply allow the user to recover a "large amount" of Dou Qi in a short time, while also accelerating the recovery rate of Dou Qi for a certain period.

Feng Wu decided to use these two pills as support.

With his experience refining Blood Coagulation Powder as a foundation, refining other pills became quite simple. The only troublesome part was truly forming the pill into shape.

That was something powdered medicine like Blood Coagulation Powder could not compare to.

However, Yao Chen had already given him pointers. After relying on his own exploration, Feng Wu finally succeeded late that night!

"Combine!" With Little Er Ha watching expectantly from the side, Feng Wu shouted softly, and the two streams of medicinal liquid within the furnace abruptly merged!

"Condense!" Feng Wu shouted again! The surface temperature of the flames in the cauldron suddenly rose, hot outside and warm within!

The medicinal liquid was gathered by Feng Wu's flames into a fist-sized sphere, then gradually shrank under the roasting heat. In the end, the liquid evaporated and solidified into a thumb-sized pill!

"I did it!" Feng Wu used flames to guide the newly refined Rank 1 Qi Replenishing Pill out of the cauldron, his face filled with delight. "A solid pill—this is a true Rank 1 Pill in the proper sense. From now on, I can call myself a Rank 1 Alchemist!"

Feng Wu still remembered Yao Chen's words: "Without forming a pill, one cannot enter Rank 1!"

"Awooo! Awooo!" Little Er Ha's howls interrupted Feng Wu's thoughts.

It pointed a paw at the waste residue outlet of the cauldron and howled at Feng Wu. (Where's my midnight snack? How did you succeed? You were supposed to fail!)

With their minds connected, Feng Wu understood Little Er Ha's meaning, and his face darkened.

"Good for you! You've been hoping this whole time that I'd fail at alchemy! You stayed beside me just for a bite to eat?" Annoyed, Feng Wu grabbed Little Er Ha's huge head and gave it a fierce rub!

"Awooo! Awooo!" (My midnight snack! My midnight snack!)

Little Er Ha howled angrily. After breaking free, it began hopping left and right around the room in dissatisfaction, leaving another mess behind...

Everything was difficult at the beginning. After gaining experience, Feng Wu successfully refined the Qi Calming Pill during the next day as well.

He placed both the Qi Replenishing Pills and Qi Calming Pills on the table. As for how to improve the success rate of refining these two pills, that would be something for the future.

After casually investing less than ten experience points, both bottles of pills were upgraded to Second Grade.

Everything was ready; only the east wind was lacking.

By evening, Feng Wu woke from a satisfying nap. His mental state, Soul Power, vitality, and Dou Qi had all reached their peak!

"It's time to begin!" After calling Little Er Ha over and instructing it not to let anyone enter the courtyard to disturb him, Feng Wu's palm released a gust of wind, shattering the jade bottle. He then drew the Qi Calming Pill into his mouth and swallowed it.

The moment the Second Grade Qi Calming Pill entered his mouth and its medicinal power spread, Feng Wu's first sensation was clarity of mind. His Dou Qi circulated more smoothly, as obedient as an arm or finger.

Feng Wu felt that if he refined pills now, his success rate would definitely be very high!

He opened the Crystal Bottle containing the Peach Blossom Fire and guided it with his Dou Qi. The Peach Blossom Fire followed the Dou Qi, transforming into a pink streak of flame that entered Feng Wu's body through his open mouth and throat!

"Urgh!" Feng Wu had still underestimated the flames of the Peach Blossom Fire!

Though it was merely a tiny seed flame, as thin as a thread.

The moment it touched Feng Wu's Dou Qi, it suddenly ignited and swelled! Before it had even fully entered his throat, it had already burned his throat beyond recognition!

"Cough—!" Feng Wu could not suppress it any longer and spat out a mouthful of stagnant blood, nearly falling out of his meditative state!

The blood was scorching hot. When it landed on the floorboards, it sizzled like hot oil frying food, leaving behind a large dark red mark on the wooden floor!

Feng Wu felt as if all five of his internal organs were burning. He did not dare delay!

Without even daring to wipe the blood from his mouth, he hurriedly used a large amount of Dou Qi to suppress the eruption of the Peach Blossom Fire!

If this continued, Feng Wu's meridians would surely be severed!

Using his Soul Power, he guided the Peach Blossom Fire step by step along its circulation route into his dantian. Only then did Feng Wu have time to gulp down a bottle of the Second Grade Blood Coagulation Powder he had prepared in advance!

The disturbance caused by refining the Peach Blossom Fire was not large enough to refine Feng Wu himself, but the danger was not minor in the slightest!

The moment the Peach Blossom Fire entered Feng Wu's dantian, it seemed to have found a warm room and began to surge wildly!

In mere moments, Feng Wu's dantian had become a great furnace filled with peach-pink flames!

Whenever Feng Wu suppressed the flames in the east, flames in the west would leap up. Whenever he suppressed the west, the flames in the east would flare back to life!

For a moment, Feng Wu was thrown into complete disarray!

If Feng Wu's dantian walls had not undergone Perfect Foundation Establishment and been protected by the large amount of Dou Qi he had arranged within them, they would have been burned through by now!

"What should I do?" Feng Wu was secretly growing anxious. Without genuine heavenly treasures to protect him, trying to fuse with Rank 5 Beast Fire as a mere Two Star Dou Zhe was indeed too rash!

Feng Wu gritted his teeth and directly picked up the Second Grade Qi Replenishing Pills from the table, pouring them into his mouth.

Before long, an immense amount of Dou Qi was generated within Feng Wu's dantian from the medicinal power that had just entered his stomach!

"I'm going all in!"