Chapter 12: The Hidden Effects of the Thunderfire Pill
"Oops, I've been discovered."
When Luo Xuan looked up and saw him, the figure sped up even more.
As he drew closer, Luo Xuan finally saw that he was a burly man.
He was tall and broad, standing one or two heads higher than Luo Xuan. At that moment, the man wore a simple, honest smile.
Luo Xuan was certain he had never seen this man in the tribe. Perhaps he was a life-form from another race.
But now that the Witch-Demon Tribulation was underway and humanity had yet to rise, could he be a Witch?
The burly man chuckled. "Little brother, what are you doing here?"
As he spoke, the man glanced at the Alchemy Furnace beside Luo Xuan.
Seeing his appearance, Luo Xuan found it somewhat amusing. "I'm refining pills."
Only then did Luo Xuan notice the hard bow strapped to the man's back. It looked like an extraordinary-grade item.
"Refining pills? No wonder it smells so good."
The burly man twitched his nose, looking utterly salivating.
Luo Xuan found his expression somewhat amusing.
After chatting for a while, Luo Xuan learned that the burly man belonged to the Witch Clan.
"How strange. They said there were lots of Demon Race members around here, but I've been searching for ages and haven't seen a single one."
The burly man scratched his head, his face full of confusion.
Most of the Demon Race members in the area had been taken back to the tribe. The rest had probably fled as well. How could there still be any Demon Race members?
Luo Xuan laughed inwardly.
Suddenly, as if he had remembered something, he asked, "By the way, you seem to know quite a lot about pill refinement?"
Apart from a few mighty figures, hardly anyone in the Primordial World knew how to refine pills. The flourishing scene of every human household refining pills could be said to exist nowhere else.
The Witch Clan man waved his hand. "I once went to Kunlun with several Ancestor Witches. There were a few fellows there called the Three Pure Ones. I got some pills from them."
"You know the Three Pure Ones?" Luo Xuan immediately became interested.
The burly man curled his lips. "I wouldn't say we know each other. Those three fellows claim to have been formed from Father God's Nascent Soul, and they're always fighting with us over the title of Pangu's orthodox lineage."
Luo Xuan was stunned. "And the Three Pure Ones still gave you pills?"
The burly man laughed indifferently. "What's so strange about that? We've been arguing for so long."
"Once we drive those beasts from the Demon Race away, we'll continue arguing with them."
After their conversation, Luo Xuan gained a rough understanding of the relationship between the Witch Clan and the Three Pure Ones.
Because of issues left over from history, the two sides were rivals, and their relationship could not be considered good.
But they were not the kind of enemies who would start fighting the moment they met.
As expected, novels were all lies!
They had claimed that the conflict between the two sides was incredibly intense.
The burly man turned to look at the Alchemy Furnace, then looked back at Luo Xuan. "Little brother, how about giving me a few of those pills to try?"
After talking for so long, he still could not get around to anything but the pills.
"Big brother, these pills are all reserved for humanity. You can't just eat them casually." Luo Xuan was caught between laughter and tears.
The burly man's eyes widened. "What? Are you looking down on me? You're not giving me any pills?"
"How could I? All right, all right, I'll give you some right now."
Luo Xuan pondered for a moment before finally agreeing. After all, following their conversation, he felt that the burly man was straightforward.
He was worth befriending.
The moment he heard Luo Xuan say that, the burly man immediately turned from anger to delight.
Luo Xuan did not waste any words. After finding the spiritual roots he needed nearby, he immediately began refining pills.
The Skyfall True Flame surged upward, and one spiritual root after another was thrown into the Alchemy Furnace.
Before long, the rich fragrance of pills once again drifted out of the furnace.
The burly man stared at the furnace and swallowed hard, looking impatient.
At the very end, Luo Xuan spread out five fingers, and a mid-grade Magic Treasure Lightning Talisman appeared in his hand.
Immediately afterward, the Lightning Talisman transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot into the Alchemy Furnace.
[The host has been detected refining five third-revolution Thunderfire Pills of superior quality.] [Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Divine Ability: Swallow Clouds, Spit Mist.]
Before long, several pills covered in lightning patterns appeared in Luo Xuan's hand.
"All right, these pills are for you, big brother. But remember, you absolutely mustn't eat them recklessly..."
Ever since refining the Thunderfire Pill, Luo Xuan had gone farther and farther down the path of playing with lightning.
The Thunderfire Pill was one of Luo Xuan's research achievements.
Although it also had lightning patterns, the Thunderfire Pill was completely different from the Thunderfall Elixir.
The pill's effect was to borrow the power of thunderfire, thereby activating the potential hidden within the body and unleashing battle power far beyond one's normal limits. However, it had severe side effects, so Luo Xuan rarely refined Thunderfire Pills.
The Witch-Demon war would begin soon. Luo Xuan had thought of this, which was why he chose to refine Thunderfire Pills.
They could save his life at a critical moment!
But before Luo Xuan could finish speaking, the burly man had already popped a pill into his mouth.
Luo Xuan's eyes nearly bulged out. This was something that could save a life, and the man had just eaten it without a second thought?
Crackling sounds came from the burly man's body, as if muffled thunder were rumbling inside him.
Luo Xuan was speechless. He had been planning to treat the side effects, but the burly man's face instead showed an expression of utter comfort.
"Refreshing! Little brother, this pill of yours is really something."
As he spoke, the burly man unhesitatingly tossed all the remaining Thunderfire Pills into his mouth.
Luo Xuan was dumbfounded. Unlike other pills, the Thunderfire Pill had fierce medicinal power.
After taking so many, anyone below the True Immortal realm would be unable to withstand it and would ultimately explode and die.
Yet after a series of muffled thunderclaps, the burly man shook his body and looked completely unharmed.
"You ate all those pills..." Luo Xuan was at a loss for words.
The burly man laughed. "Of course. Weren't these pills meant for me to eat?"
"Little brother, I, Hou Yi, have decided that you're my friend."
"Hmm... wait. Did you say your name was Hou Yi?" Luo Xuan finally came to his senses.
He looked at the burly man in shock, then at the hard bow behind him.
Luo Xuan felt rather foolish. He had not thought of this even after so long.
In those novels, Hou Yi was a renowned Great Witch of the Witch Clan, second only in status to the Twelve Ancestor Witches.
During the Witch-Demon war, Hou Yi would even shoot down Di Jun's ten Golden Crows.
Hou Yi looked at Luo Xuan strangely. "That's right, I'm Hou Yi. Could it be fake?"
He moved closer to Luo Xuan and gave an honest smile. "Little brother, can you refine a few more of these pills? I want the warriors of my tribe to try them too."
Hou Yi looked at Luo Xuan and the Alchemy Furnace, visibly tempted.
Those pills had vaguely strengthened his physical body. Hou Yi was overjoyed. The pills actually had the effect of helping the Witch Clan temper their bodies!
Even Laozi's pills did not have such an effect.
Although the effect was minuscule for him, what if other members of the Witch Clan ate them?
At the thought of every Witch in his tribe making a huge leap in cultivation, Hou Yi felt delighted.
Luo Xuan had only just calmed down from his excitement.
Before he could answer Hou Yi's question, he heard an arrogant laugh coming from the distance.
"An Alchemy Furnace? Just as I thought!"
"I didn't expect to encounter a human pill refiner before even reaching Shouyang Mountain."
"Come on! Capture that pill refiner for me!"
Chapter 13: Cooperation Between Humanity and the Witch Clan
High in the sky, countless birds of prey flew densely through the air.
The one at the front was so large that its rear body was almost impossible to see. Only two thick mustaches could be seen fluttering up and down.
Luo Xuan's expression changed slightly. "The Demon Race? There are so many?"
Dang Hu laughed arrogantly. "Come on! Capture that pill refiner for me!"
Among the birds of prey, two giant birds let out loud cries before diving straight toward Luo Xuan.
"Seeking death!"
Luo Xuan snorted coldly. With a flash of mystic light, the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler instantly appeared in his hand.
"What a treasure!" Hou Yi's eyes lit up.
At that moment, the two giant birds were only a few hundred meters from Luo Xuan.
Hongmeng aura surged from the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler in an instant and burst out from Luo Xuan's hand.
It rapidly expanded with the wind.
In the blink of an eye, the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler had grown larger than the two giant birds.
Their auras were suppressed, and the two giant birds' expressions changed drastically.
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