Begin Alchemy, Prepare to Condense the Cyclone

After returning to Su Garden in the Xiao Clan, Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan prepared all the magic cores and medicinal herbs, then began learning alchemy.

Xun'er very sensibly did not disturb Su Qingyun's cultivation, instead silently guarding him.

As for Old Ya's existence, Su Qingyun did not deliberately hide it from Xun'er. Aside from being lecherous, he trusted Xun'er's character, and under Su Qingyun's instructions, Xun'er would not reveal Old Ya's existence to anyone else.

Inside Su Garden.

When Old Ya saw that Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan had actually gathered all-element magic cores so quickly, he was somewhat surprised as well.

Old Ya did not hesitate either, and immediately demonstrated for Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan the method of refining Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.

With a hum, white flames directly swallowed the Purple Leaf Orchid Grass, Bone Cleansing Flower, and wood-attribute magic core... The flames churned, and the herbs were burned one after another into a small lump of pale green liquid. As the Heavenly Flames continued tempering them, they soon turned into a jade-like precious liquid, emitting abundant energy fluctuations.

"True Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid is a Grade 2 Pill. Even for a Dou Zhe, it has a very good nourishing effect. But you're both beginners, so refining first-grade Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid will be enough."

"With the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid I refine, Qingyun, and especially you, Stinky Kid Xiao Yan—your Dou Meridians and physique are far inferior to Qingyun's, so you must pay even more attention. You can drip some into clean water every day and bathe in it. It will nourish the Dou Meridians and Dou Qi in your bodies very well."

"All right, next, it's your turn to try. The greener the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid is, the better its quality."

After Old Ya explained the alchemy knowledge related to Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, he floated off to the side and let Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan begin the first alchemy attempt of their lives.

Under Old Ya's guidance, faint fire-attribute Dou Qi began to coil around Xiao Yan's hands. He focused with all his might and slowly sent it into the small medicinal cauldron before him.

Time slowly passed, and sweat began to run down Xiao Yan's face.

A full four hours later, Xiao Yan finally could not hold on anymore and ended his first attempt at alchemy.

When he opened the medicinal cauldron and looked, although the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid inside contained quite a few dregs and impurities, it had already roughly taken shape. It was pale green, indicating that it had some medicinal effect.

Old Ya nodded slightly. "For a first attempt at alchemy, and without even reaching the Dou Zhe realm, logically speaking, refining pills should be extremely difficult. To reach this level is already quite good. You've already surpassed the first attempts of most alchemists This Old Man has seen. Keep working hard, and you will surely accomplish something."

Next was Su Qingyun.

Old Ya was full of anticipation. Although Xiao Yan was already outstandingly talented, Su Qingyun was the truly peerless one among men.

Sure enough, Su Qingyun, who possessed Spirit Realm Soul Power and All-Element Affinity, took only a quarter hour to refine the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.

Moreover, the spiritual liquid was crystal clear, exceptionally pure, and emerald green, enough to rival the quality of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid Old Ya had just refined.

Although Old Ya was currently still a soul body and his alchemy level was inferior to his peak, a starving camel was still bigger than a horse. Even Grade 3 or Grade 4 alchemists could not compare to Old Ya's level in his remnant-soul state.

From this, it could be seen just how high Su Qingyun's alchemy level was.

However, Old Ya was not surprised at all. After all, over these past two months, he had been surprised far too many times. He already had extremely high expectations for Su Qingyun.

"As expected, Beloved Disciple, you are a natural prodigy. In every aspect, you possess talent that surpasses others. Your all-element attributes allow you to have affinity with and refine any medicinal herb, while Spirit Realm Soul Power allows you to have no bottlenecks when refining pills of Grade 7 and below. As long as you can raise your Dou Shi Realm, no one will be your match."

"However, for an unparalleled person like you, whenever you encounter a bottleneck, breaking through will also be harder than for ordinary cultivators. The pills you require are the same."

"For a Stinky Kid like Xiao Yan, under the nourishment of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, he can smoothly break through to Dou Zhe. But for you, Beloved Disciple Qingyun, Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid is far from enough."

"You may need a special kind of 'Qi Gathering Powder.' Ordinary Qi Gathering Powder can only allow a Nine Segment Dou Qi cultivator of the corresponding attribute to condense a Dou Qi Cyclone with a hundred percent success rate. But what you need is all attributes. In the entire Dou Qi Continent, perhaps even in the Ancient Era, this has never existed before. Do you have the courage to pioneer this Path of Alchemy?"

There was not the slightest hesitation.

Su Qingyun nodded calmly.

At once, Old Ya shouted, "Good!"

Having fallen to this state, yet still being able to pioneer something unprecedented in the Alchemy World—for an alchemy grandmaster like him, this was one of life's greatest joys.

A black medicinal cauldron was directly manifested by Old Ya.

This cauldron was rather large and sturdy, and a faint, steady aura lingered around its entire body. On the surface of the cauldron, lifelike flame totems were also drawn. As the cauldron slowly rotated, these flame totems actually seemed like real objects. Vaguely, one could even sense faint fire energy condensing around the medicinal cauldron.

Xiao Yan could not help being amazed by this cauldron.

Old Ya continued, "This Black Demon Cauldron of mine is a Heaven Ranking Cauldron. Even ordinary Grade 3 or Grade 5 alchemists would find it difficult to control. Logically speaking, since you've only just come into contact with alchemy, you should be completely unable to handle a medicinal cauldron of this level. However, Beloved Disciple, your physique is special, and ordinary medicinal cauldrons cannot withstand the energy from fusing all-element magic cores. We can only use this cauldron as the vessel."

"Besides, the Space-element Magic Core and Light-element Magic Core are far too rare. There is only one of each. This means..."

"It needs to be formed in one go!"

Over the next few days, Su Qingyun stayed in Su Garden, using the Black Demon Cauldron to practice Alchemy Techniques and control, all to settle himself down and prepare for refining the Immortal Grade Qi Gathering Powder.

Precisely because of this, faint mist always lingered around Su Garden, with various elemental powers swirling about, making it into a mysterious place.

It drew the Xiao Clan's disciples to become incomparably curious about this area.

Unfortunately, Su Garden had long since been protected by the Xiao Clan's elders. The original Dou Zhe guards had also been replaced by the Second Elder personally standing watch, often lingering outside Su Garden.

Any Xiao Clan disciple who tried to get close would be thoroughly cursed out by the Second Elder.

As time passed bit by bit, Jialie Bi truly could not swallow the fact that Jialie Ao had died so miserably. He had already begun secretly recruiting troops, spending large sums of money and treasures to hire some Dou Shi, and even a Da Dou Shi to help.

Jialie Bi even fooled Aoba Pa, dragging Aoba Pa along to nibble away at the Xiao Clan together.

Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence. Jialie Bi was not actually certain of Su Qingyun's identity. He merely wanted to make Aoba Pa make up his mind, yet by a lucky mistake, he told him that the peerless Beloved Son-in-Law he had taken a fancy to back then had not died, but had been saved by the Xiao Clan and had been raised in the Xiao Clan all along.

Now that he was about to come of age, he would probably marry a woman of the Xiao Clan.

Only then could Aoba Pa no longer sit still. He repeatedly came to the Xiao Clan to demand the person, even starting arguments, resulting in quite a few conflicts.

And on this day, in Su Garden, a burst of Immortal Spirit Aura shot into the Cloudy Sky, drawing everyone's attention.