Primordial Era: Apprenticeship Under Laozi, I Forge the Mythical Golden Elixir

The alchemist looked annoyed. "Damn it, what's wrong with this fire? This batch of pills should have been successfully refined..."

Luo Xuan stepped forward and observed carefully for a moment, his eyebrows twitching slightly.

"Blazing fire shrouded in dust... such a powerful aura."

Just then, the door to the alchemy room burst open with a "clang."

"Greetings, Old Ancestor." Everyone lowered their heads as Suiren Shi entered.

Suiren Shi directly pulled Luo Xuan out of the alchemy room, his eyes filled with worry.

"Luo Xuan, a woman just came to Shouyang Mountain, and she specifically asked for you by name."

"A woman?" Luo Xuan's eyes showed contemplation.

Suiren Shi nodded and said, "I can't see through her cultivation, but she has several Golden Immortals following behind her."

"They look extraordinary. Could it be the Demon Clan seeking revenge?"

As he spoke, Suiren Shi glanced at Dang Hu's corpse.

Luo Xuan smiled. "Old Ancestor, don't worry, she's probably not from the Demon Clan."

Seeing Luo Xuan's cheeky grin, Suiren Shi became angry. "You still have the nerve to smile? Find a place to hide quickly, and we'll figure out a way to stall her."

"Don't worry, Old Ancestor. If I'm not mistaken, that woman should be Hou Tu, the Ancestor Witch of the Witch Clan."

Seeing Suiren Shi's anxious expression, a warmth flowed through Luo Xuan's heart.

Suiren Shi's eyes widened. "The Ancestor Witch of the Witch Clan?"

Luo Xuan chuckled. "Didn't I mention not long ago that someone from the Witch Clan would come to discuss pills?"

"But you didn't say it would be an Ancestor Witch."

What kind of person was an Ancestor Witch?

They were beings they couldn't even meet usually! They were on the same level as the Three Pure Ones.

For mere pills, even an Ancestor Witch had appeared?

When did Luo Xuan gain such influence?

The more Suiren Shi thought about it, the more shocked he became.

Led by Suiren Shi, Luo Xuan finally met a beautiful woman.

Her skin was wheat-colored, and her slender body seemed to contain immense power.

This must be Hou Tu, Luo Xuan thought, as he saw Hou Yi and several burly men behind her.

Each of them possessed the cultivation of a Golden Immortal.

"You must be Luo Xuan," Hou Tu said, cupping her hands.

As Luo Xuan sized them up, Hou Tu was also observing him.

However, no matter how Hou Tu looked, Luo Xuan was merely an Innate Human of the Mysterious Immortal Realm.

Luo Xuan smiled and said, "There's no need for pleasantries. Since Ancestor Witch Hou Tu has come to Shouyang Mountain, you must be interested in our pills."

"Straightforward."

Seeing Luo Xuan get straight to the point, Hou Tu felt a sense of goodwill towards him.

"Since you sent Hou Yi to deliver a message asking to see me, an Ancestor Witch, you must feel that some things are useless to say even to Hou Yi, right?"

"Tell me, what do you want? As long as it's not excessive, I can satisfy you."

"Good!"

Luo Xuan smiled and held up two fingers. "First, provide our Human Race with Spiritual Roots and earthly materials for alchemy."

"Second, protect the Human Race from invasion by other beings in the Primordial Era, especially the Demon Clan."

Hou Tu's eyes narrowed slightly, and she said in a deep voice, "Your demands are quite numerous."

Instantly, the majestic Law of Earth seeped out from Hou Tu's body, coiling around Luo Xuan.

The atmosphere in the room became much heavier.

Luo Xuan seemed completely unfazed and smiled. "We are responsible for alchemy, and you provide the materials. It's reasonable."

"As for protecting us, Ancestor Witch Hou Tu, you wouldn't want the Demon Clan to find out and wipe us all out, would you? Then there would be no one left to refine pills for you."

To think that someone in the Early Profound Immortal stage could resist my Law of Earth?

Hou Tu looked at Luo Xuan expressionlessly, but her interest in him grew.

A moment later, the Law of Earth receded into Hou Tu's body like a tide. She spoke, "These two demands are fine."

"However, hearing is not as good as seeing. Although Hou Yi said your alchemy skills are miraculous, I still want to witness them myself."

"Lord Hou Tu, didn't you already take the Thunderfire Pill..." Hou Yi muttered.

"Silence!"

Hou Tu shot Hou Yi a slightly chiding glance, causing him to swallow the rest of his words.

Luo Xuan smiled indifferently, "Since Ancestor Witch Hou Tu wishes to observe, of course, she may. I've recently devised a new elixir formula, but it requires the blood of the Witch Clan."

"Witch blood? Absolutely not!"

As soon as Luo Xuan finished speaking, a member of the Witch Clan standing behind Hou Tu retorted.

Hou Tu's eyes also showed some hesitation. She recalled exchanging elixirs with the Three Pure Ones using her vital blood before, and it had been of no use in the end.

Luo Xuan looked at the witch and chuckled, "The blood of a Golden Immortal-level witch will suffice."

"Alright." Hearing this, Hou Tu no longer hesitated.

Luo Xuan's eyes brightened slightly.

What he intended to refine was the Body Tempering Pill that everyone in the alchemy room had just been making.

He was very curious about what would happen if he used the blood of the Witch Clan to refine it.

After the witch took out a few drops of vital blood from within their body, Luo Xuan immediately began refining the elixir.

"What potent blood energy. This is far more robust than the flesh and blood of Danghu."

Luo Xuan listened to the occasional light sounds coming from the alchemy furnace, his eyes shining brighter.

"Collect!"

At a certain moment, Luo Xuan swallowed the Skyfall True Flame into his mouth.

At the exact same moment, golden auspicious clouds once again gathered above Shouyang Mountain.

Chapter 16: Four-Turn Elixir, Three Descensions of Merit

The moment the Skyfall True Flame was withdrawn.

Everyone could clearly feel the potent blood energy within the alchemy furnace.

Hou Tu looked at the alchemy furnace with some surprise.

She had only felt such potent blood energy from Great Witches like Hou Yi.

The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique was the supreme dharma of the Witch Clan, and each revolution brought immense improvement to them.

To achieve the status of a Golden Immortal, even the fifth revolution, known as 'a thousand hammers and a hundred refinements,' would not be an exaggeration.

And Luo Xuan, merely by using a few spiritual roots, earthly materials, and the vital blood of the Witch Clan, had refined such potent blood energy?

While everyone marveled, Luo Xuan frowned slightly.

"It's still not enough..."

In his anticipation, after the refinement process, the blood energy contained within the elixir, and the elixir qi that permeated outwards, should not have been like this.

"Hah!"

Luo Xuan let out a clear shout, and the elixir pill within his body began to spin rapidly, driving the purple-gold immortal power outwards.

Luo Xuan raised his hand and summoned, completely enveloping the alchemy furnace.

The blood energy immediately became much weaker.

Hou Tu and the others then seemed to awaken as if from a dream.

As they opened their eyes, they saw the room filled with golden mist.

"Merit?" Hou Tu's eyes widened in astonishment, and she then saw this merit split into two, surging towards the elixir in the alchemy furnace and towards Luo Xuan.

Just by refining an elixir, it could also attract merit?

Hou Tu was even more astonished.

If she knew this wasn't the first time Luo Xuan had attracted merit, and it was the third time, who knew what she would think.

[Detected that the host has refined nine Four-Turn Earth Blood Body Tempering Pills. Due to the absorption of merit, the quality has been upgraded from low-grade to high-grade.]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining three Innate Spiritual Root Yellow Middle Plums.]

Luo Xuan collapsed onto the ground, wiping the fine beads of sweat from his forehead.

He felt as if his body had been completely drained.

"It's just a Four-Turn elixir, and it can still bring down merit?"

Hearing Luo Xuan's indifferent tone, Hou Tu didn't know what to say anymore.

She had originally just wanted to witness his alchemy skills, but who would have thought he would directly attract merit.

Kunlun Mountain.

The Three Pure Ones stared at each other.

"Merit again?"

"Still that kid Luo Xuan?"

The three of them looked at each other, dumbfounded.