A Special Strange Fire

"Holy crap!! The Little Green Bottle!!" Yun Shu stared at the Heaven Palm Bottle in his hand, completely frozen for a moment.

This was Heavenly Venerate Han's Heaven Palm Bottle!!

A supreme treasure that possessed the power of time, could even help one comprehend the Time Law, and then travel through time!!

Though traveling through time was probably something for the much later stages. For now... he could only dream about it.

Still, this thing was absolutely a supreme treasure for an alchemist!! An even more important treasure than Strange Fire!!

Thanks to the power of time, it could directly ripen Medicinal Herbs. This was the most important cheat in the early stages!!

Looking at the divine treasure in his hand, Yun Shu finally came back to his senses and immediately stored it in the system's Storage Space. It was better not to casually take out something this precious.

"Phew~" Only after putting away the Heaven Palm Bottle did Yun Shu realize that his heart was beating a little too fast. This was the first cheat he had drawn, aside from the system itself, that could accompany him all the way to the end.

A Strange Fire might be an incomparably valuable treasure, but compared to the Heaven Palm Bottle, it truly fell far short. After all, this thing could allow someone to comprehend the Time Law.

This was the first time Yun Shu had realized that his system was actually this awesome...

Far more awesome than he had imagined...

After dealing with everything at hand, Yun Shu finally began trying his hand at alchemy.

He spent another entire day carefully studying the Alchemy Art manual Chek Nao had left behind.

Boom!!

With a wave of Yun Shu's hand, a black Medicine Cauldron appeared before him. It was one of the cauldrons he had obtained from Chek Nao's Ring of Holding.

He had no idea what brand it was, and Chek Nao did not know its origins either. The book merely mentioned that it had been given to him by someone who needed a favor.

"Whatever! As long as it can refine medicine!" Yun Shu took out some Medicinal Herbs, materials that could be used to make Healing Medicine.

Although they did not really count as pills and could only be called medicinal powder, a single batch could still sell for several hundred Gold Coins.

As long as he could make money, he would be in demand~

So Yun Shu had to quickly learn how to make this Healing Medicine, then work with the Xiao Family.

As for why Yun Shu insisted on choosing the Xiao Family, there were actually two reasons.

First, Yun Shu had been alone for the past few months. He was a normal person too, and he was afraid that if it went on too long, he would become withdrawn.

Second, he did not trust the other clans. Only the Xiao Family—he had seen the plot and could trust some of the people in that family.

For example, Xiao Zhan. If you treated him well, he would treat you well in return. The same went for his son, Xiao Yan.

Working with the Xiao Family as an alchemist might not have been the optimal choice, but it was definitely the choice that put Yun Shu most at ease.

"Blood Coagulation Grass, Poppy Flower..." Yun Shu selected several Medicinal Herbs and placed them beside him so he could reach for them easily.

After choosing the herbs, it was time to transform the flame for the first time...

Yun Shu placed his hand against the fire port of the Medicine Cauldron and circulated the dou qi within his body, feeding it into the opening.

Puff!

With a muffled sound, the dark red airflow passed through the fire port and instantly transformed into tangible dark red flames.

"Dark red flames... is it because of the Crimson Flame Art?" Yun Shu narrowed his eyes. The flame produced from the dou qi generated by Xiao Yan's Flame Devouring Art had turned purple after it first devoured Beast Flame, and after devouring the Azure Lotus Core Flame, his dou qi had turned cyan again.

The Earth Rank technique Yun Shu cultivated was called the Crimson Flame Art.

The literal meaning of crimson flame was clearly dark red fire. It seemed that the color of one's dou qi was the color of the flame it produced.

It seemed his cultivation technique was somewhat special.

However, after noticing nothing unusual, Yun Shu stopped paying attention to the flame produced by his dou qi. Instead, he closed his eyes, focused his mind, located that trace of Wood Attribute within his body, and poured it into the Medicine Cauldron.

Flames without a Wood Attribute could not be used for alchemy. Yun Shu had long known that. Otherwise, alchemists would not be so rare; fire had to contain wood.

But Yun Shu's attributes were different. He did not merely have wood within fire—he possessed three attributes: fire, wood, and earth.

Thus, in only a few seconds, Yun Shu found the Wood Attribute within his body and guided it into the Medicine Cauldron before him.

"Okay!" Yun Shu raised his brow. This stage seemed fairly simple.

After being infused with the Wood Attribute, the violent dark red flames within the Medicine Cauldron stabilized, gaining greater controllability and endurance.

"If I remember correctly... the flame's temperature shouldn't be too high at the start." Yun Shu narrowed his eyes and began sending his Soul Strength into the Medicine Cauldron, controlling the flames within as they gradually softened...

"Tsk! It's not as good as my Fallen Heart Flame. At least that one can be controlled..."

"Hm???" At that thought, Yun Shu suddenly remembered that he clearly had Strange Fire. Why was he using this difficult-to-control dou qi flame for alchemy?

"That was stupid!" Yun Shu hurriedly withdrew the dark red flames from the cauldron and slapped his forehead. He clearly had the more easily controlled Fallen Heart Flame to use, yet he had been so dumb.

Come to think of it, it was strange. Aside from consuming a great deal of dou qi like a normal Strange Fire, his Fallen Heart Flame did not seem particularly violent.

Even after being subdued, normal Strange Fire could not easily change its nature. That was why the Buddha Fury Fire Lotus was so powerful—because Strange Fire was still Strange Fire, one of the most violent energies in heaven and earth.

But his Fallen Heart Flame...

Why did it feel like a child, lively and full of energy?

"Could it be because this Strange Fire was a system reward?" Yun Shu scratched his head. After the system rewarded him with the Strange Fire, he had barely needed to suppress or control it.

Instead, he only needed to expend some dou qi to command the Strange Fire as he pleased...

"Could it be..." With that thought, Yun Shu immediately summoned the Strange Fire within his body into the black Medicine Cauldron before him.

"Lower the temperature... lower... make it smaller..."

"Holy shit!!" Yun Shu was utterly stunned when he saw how obedient and stable this Strange Fire was.

Was this really the Strange Fire from his memories?!

With flames this easy to control, the difficulty of Yun Shu's alchemy had practically been reduced by 99%!!!

The difficulty of alchemy lay in controlling the temperature of the flames at any point within the cauldron. It could not be too high, nor could it be too low.

But now, with just a thought, Yun Shu could control the temperature of the Fallen Heart Flame...

"I'm rich!!" Yun Shu stared at the Strange Fire within the Medicine Cauldron, trembling all over with excitement.