18. Fourth Grade Pill

After looking over the formulas for the two pills, Xiao Tian felt a sharp pain in his balls!!

"Earth Demon Root, Soul Piercing Leaf, Fourth-Grade Wind Magic Core."

"Soul Piercing Leaf, Fourth-Grade Red Magic Core, Fourth-Grade Wood Magic Core!!"

Doesn't this mean I need to hunt all kinds of Fourth-Grade Magical Beasts?! Damn it, I just beat a third-grade one, and now I have to grit my teeth and risk my life against Fourth-Grade Magical Beasts!!

Xiao Tian cried out inwardly, "Wifey~ where are you? Hurry over!! I miss you~ boohoohoo!"

"Host, I've suddenly realized you're becoming more and more pathetic!!" Er Gou Zi, get lost!! "Are you short on money, Host??" I—wait, that's right!! I'm fucking rich.

"The Host is too stupid. The hole in your brain is getting deeper and deeper. This system has decided it doesn't want to talk to you anymore." Get lost, Crappy System!! "Damn! I kindly reminded you, and you insulted me! You're such a dog, Host." Same to you~ Er Gou Zi! "Your system has gone offline and thrown a pile of shit at you!" Fuck!

Xiao Tian: So disgusting, stupid dog!

The system thought, "I have to say, after this system's training, this dog Host has become more and more dog-like! I've decided to talk to him less in the future, so he won't piss me off. I'd be better off playing mahjong."

Now that Xiao Tian had a way to obtain magic cores, he immediately headed for several nearby cities and began buying Fourth-Grade fire, wood, and wind magic cores in bulk!

After going back and forth for two days, he sighed. "Whew~ I've spent all my savings, and I only have enough materials for twenty batches of pills. Each pill needs ten different ingredients, and I've already searched all the nearby areas. Fourth-Grade Magic Cores really are hard to get in the Jia Ma Empire!!!"

Xiao Tian had already mastered the use of his Heavenly Flames and Purple Fire, so he was confident that he could refine a Fourth Grade Pill! What he wanted to refine now was the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill. He summoned the Furnace Cauldron he had exchanged from the Crappy System.

He began his first attempt at refining a Fourth Grade Pill, but he was worried he might fail. After thinking it over, he decided to use the Third Grade Qi Recovery Pill materials he had prepared earlier for practice. He still had five portions of materials left. No point letting them go to waste!

He raised the cauldron, gathered the fire, tossed in the ingredients, and began refining. Following what the original novel had said, he started sensing with his soul while using the Heavenly Flames to burn the ingredients. He had no idea whether his first Third Grade Pill would succeed!

He shook his head, no longer dwelling on such distracting matters, and calmly began refining the Third Grade Pill! After some time, with the perception of his soul and the skilled coordination of the Heavenly Flames, the first Third Grade Pill was about to take shape!

Excited—he was incredibly excited!! It was fair to say he was absolutely thrilled!! After all, this was the first Third Grade Pill he had ever refined himself!

Boom boom~ Crack~ The flames continued to roar without pause. After a while, the first Third Grade Pill, the Qi Recovery Pill, was complete! He inhaled its medicinal fragrance. Not bad. Let's eat one and try it! "If there were a Third Grade Alchemist here, he would definitely say, 'What a waste, what a waste! You're just going to eat a Third Grade Pill like that?!'"

After swallowing the pill, he felt the Dou Qi he had used earlier slowly replenishing itself. It was not much, but it was still far better than normal recovery. Whew~ He let out a relieved breath! Good! Not bad.

He then refined all the remaining portions of materials, repeating the same steps over and over. By nightfall, he had successfully refined five Third Grade Qi Recovery Pills!

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad—I succeeded! Er Gou Zi, Er Gou Zi!" "What is it, dog Host??" I succeeded! I successfully refined a Third Grade Pill!! "That's it??" Yeah! Isn't that amazing?? "You interrupted me over that?! You trash!! It's just a Third Grade Pill." Fuck, get lost! Crappy System. I wanted you to share my joy!! Not argue with me. "But you interrupted my sleep!"

Xiao Tian: I don't want to talk to you anymore. Er Gou Zi, you'll have no friends if you keep acting like this. Crappy System?? Fuck!! You're just ignoring me?? Damn it!!

Forget it. Xiao Tian comforted himself inwardly. Why should I get angry at a Crappy System? It's not worth it, not worth it!! I'll endure it.

After resting for the night, he would begin refining the Purple Heart Breakthrough Pill and the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill tomorrow! Xiao Yan could do it when he was a Dou Master, so I definitely can too!!

Early the next morning, Xiao Tian got up and casually washed up. Then he opened the cauldron and continued refining pills—the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill! He began~ After tossing one set of ingredients into the cauldron, he started burning and refining them.

Boom~ His first attempt failed!

An hour later, he had already failed twice in a row~ Xiao Tian: Fuck, what the hell is this!!! Damn it!! This is such a trap. What exactly am I doing wrong??

That's right. If one flame doesn't work, then I'll try two!! Saying so, he began once more. Boom~ Flames ignited in both his hands, a deep crimson flame in his left hand and a purple flame in his right. Xiao Tian did not hesitate. He brought both hands together in the middle, fusing the two flames. Though Purple Fire was not a Heavenly Flame, it was still an extremely powerful beast flame!

The sensation produced by the fusion of the two flames made his scalp tingle. Is this what it feels like to fuse Heavenly Flames?? As time passed, Xiao Tian went from barely managing the control to gradually adapting to it. Rumble rumble~ Rumble rumble~

It was as though the two flames were resisting each other, fusing while letting out strange cries~ Sizzle sizzle~ Half a day later, whew~ whew~ whew~ Xiao Tian: Fuck me, why is this so hard to succeed?! Fuse for me!!

Boom~! His two hands finally came together. The fusion had succeeded! Feeling the power of the flame, Xiao Tian smiled. His whole day of effort had not been wasted!!

Looking at the purplish-red flames intertwined in his hands, Xiao Tian realized something from fusing the Heavenly Flames. The reason he had failed to refine the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill was simply because he did not know how to control the pill fusion process!

After eating several Qi Recovery Pills and resting for a while, he began refining again! This time, I'll definitely succeed!! He raised the cauldron and tossed in the ingredients. The two flames first burned separately. Boom boom boom~

When the pill inside the cauldron was about to fuse together, Xiao Tian pressed his palms together and released the new flame to continue burning it. A purplish-red fire dragon coiled around the cauldron as if wrapping itself around it.

Boom~ Rumble rumble~ Xiao Tian continuously supplied Dou Qi to the purple fire dragon, making it blaze fiercely!!

An hour passed~ Xiao Tian looked at the completed pill before him—and it was a Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill with three pill patterns!! Whew~! I finally succeeded! I'm a Fourth Grade Alchemist now!! Hahaha.

It was said that this pill could help a Da Dou Shi, or someone breaking through to the Da Dou Shi realm, increase their cultivation by around three stars! It could also cause backlash! Hmph, what a joke. I have protagonist plot armor. How could I possibly suffer backlash!

After resting for a while, he swallowed it and sat cross-legged to cultivate. Before long, the pill's medicinal power began to surge. The powerful Dou Qi inside his body urgently needed Xiao Tian to guide it.

Three full hours passed, and Xiao Tian had already advanced to a Four-Star Da Dou Shi. Yet the medicinal power had not stopped; it was still surging, though its energy was no longer as intense as at the beginning~!

The next morning~! A youth of about sixteen had already become a Five-Star Da Dou Shi! He could be called the strongest person in the current Xiao Family.

Even Xiao Zhan was only a Five-Star Da Dou Shi~ There was no need to explain how formidable Xiao Tian now was. He was unquestionably the number one person in the Xiao Family.

After finishing his morning cultivation, Xiao Tian came out and arrived beneath a waterfall. He instantly appeared there and sat down cross-legged. Feeling the bone-chilling droplets crashing down upon him, Xiao Tian felt exceptionally refreshed~!

After refining pills with his fused Heavenly Flames yesterday, Xiao Tian had suddenly felt an especially strong desire. Though he did not know why, the feeling was terribly unpleasant! So early in the morning, he had come out to find a waterfall and plunged into it.

The freezing droplets battered the scorching lustful fire throughout Xiao Tian's body. Once his heart gradually calmed, Xiao Tian began stabilizing his cultivation here. He forcefully suppressed the cultivation that had been on the verge of rising again. Advancing too quickly was not good for him; haste made waste. Xiao Tian understood that much.

It was not until night that his cultivation had stabilized. Xiao Tian opened his eyes, instantly leaped out of the waterfall, spread his wings, and gathered Dou Qi in both hands toward the waterfall. Two flames burst forth with a boom~

"Dragon's Wrath Light Wave!"

Trying to imitate Sun Wukong from Dragon Ball when he fired energy blasts, Xiao Tian formed a fireball from the flames in his hands. Then a purplish-red beam of energy shot toward the waterfall—boom~

The rushing waterfall was vaporized in an instant. Though the water flowed down again less than a second later, this show-off move had landed perfectly!! Hahaha, so it could be used like this.

This was much more interesting than a Fire Lotus. He had long envied those people in Dragon Ball who fired blasts whenever they disagreed. Especially that saying among Dragon Ball fans: "If you compete in energy blasts with the Son family, you're either foolish or stupid!"

A Dou Qi technique I created myself! What should I call it?? For now, I'll call you: Dragon's Wrath Light Wave! This power should be comparable to an Earth Rank Middle technique, right?

This genius is amazing! Oh hahaha~ I'll go back and refine a few more Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pills! Then I'll auction them off. I'm going to get rich~! As he hopped toward home, he spotted a huge black bear. That big black bear should be a Fourth-Grade High-Level Magical Beast, right?!

Why was it here? Xiao Tian stopped and observed it. The large bear was digging beneath a tree, though he had no idea what it was digging for.

Xiao Tian decided that if it was something valuable, he would fight it! But after the bear dug up a jar, scooped something out with its paw, and stuffed it into its mouth, Xiao Tian saw the honey all over its paw. Xiao Tian: What a waste of my time!! Fuck, I thought it had found some great treasure. (Hehe, just messing around~ lalalalala~!)

With that, he continued racing toward the valley. This place was like his home! Xiao Tian had grown used to it. He had even set up a simple perimeter around the area, so at least low-level magical beasts could not enter.

Sigh~ He would be leaving this place soon. Who knew when he would be able to return? Shaking his head, Xiao Tian thought, You're becoming more and more pathetic, Xiao Tian! Xiao Yi Xian and the others are still waiting for you!!