The Key to Breaking Through to the Spirit Realm with Soul Strength

As the aged voice faded, a person who appeared to be Pill Tower Elder appeared before Xiao Yuan and his companions. Judging from his strength, he was probably a Dou Zun expert.

"This old man's words are laughable. When that person attacked me, you didn't stand up for justice. After I killed him, you came out and said that I don't take the Danta seriously? Do you think your words represent the Danta's opinion? Or are you saying that just because you are a Three-Star Dou Zun, you can look down on us just because you have the Danta behind you?"

Xiao Yuan had never been interested in this kind of person. A mere Three-Star Dou Zun, and he thought he could use him to establish the prestige of the Danta? "I really don't know where you get the courage."

Xiao Yuan shook his head, then turned and left.

If he didn't leave, he was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist punching Old Deng in the face.

"You'd better stay where you are. I can't kill the people from Danta, but if necessary, you and those people from before will serve as a warning to you."

Heavenly Flame Venerable glanced coldly at the defiant Pill Tower Elder, then unleashed a powerful aura that shook the entire building.

Seven Star Dou Zun is already the overlord of a force; even in the Danta, few can reach this level.

Moreover, Heavenly Flame Venerable had cultivated the five flames born from the five internal organs that Xiao Yuan had given him to a considerable degree. Although they were slightly inferior to the Heavenly Flames when taken out individually, if they were combined and used together, their power would rank among the top ten even in the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

With the amplification of that flame, coupled with the Five Round Fire Separation Method Dou Technique, Heavenly Flame Venerable would not be afraid even if he faced Nine Stars Dou Zun, and naturally would not take a Three-Star Dou Zun seriously.

Even the Danta cannot afford to offend a powerhouse like Heavenly Flame Venerable.

"I will report your actions today to the Pill Tower Elder Danta."

Upon hearing this, the elder's expression darkened, and he said in a deep voice.

But he was stopped halfway through his sentence by the aura of the Heavenly Flame Venerable and could not continue.

"So noisy!"

Xiao Yuan gave a cold shout, and the terrifying soul power of Eighth Grade Alchemist crashed towards the Pill Tower Elder like a giant wave.

At this moment, everyone on the top floor suddenly looked incredulous! That boundless soul power contained a rich spirituality, a symbol only Eighth Grade Alchemist had advanced their soul realm to the Spirit Realm!

This handsome young man, barely twenty years old, is actually Eighth Grade Alchemist? No wonder he has two Dou Zun expert accompanying him. With such strength, if he participated in the Alchemist Convention, winning the championship wouldn't be difficult! "Go ahead and complain to the Council of Elders' Council. Tell them that an Eighth Grade Alchemist and his two Dou Zun expert had their traded items stolen on the Danta's territory, and you just stood by and did nothing until we dealt with the Xuanming Sect people, and then you came out to spout this nonsense! The Danta Danta to the alchemists, not the Xuanming Sect. You know perfectly well whose side you're on, right? Otherwise, I wouldn't mind cleaning up the Danta's ranks."

Xiao Yuan turned around, walked up to the elder, stared into his eyes, and said firmly.

"Xiao Yi Xian, Senior Heavenly Fire, and Wang Lao, let's go."

Xiao Yuan turned around and walked downstairs. As he left, he didn't forget to call the alchemist surnamed Wang who wanted to learn from him.

At the top of the stairs, Xiao Yan and the others were waiting, having forced back the guards of the Danta.

"Brother, are you alright?"

Xiao Yan came forward and asked.

"Don't worry, your brother isn't one to suffer a loss!"

Xiao Yuan nodded, waved his hand, and led everyone downstairs.

Inside the building, many people looked at the elder of the Danta with strange expressions. Xiao Yuan's words just now were undoubtedly implying that he was colluding with the Xuanming Sect. Regardless of whether it was true or not, the Danta could not ignore the fact that an Eighth Grade Alchemist had said it. Otherwise, how could it be called the holy land of alchemists?

Even if everyone present wasn't trying to befriend Xiao Yuan, but simply to ensure the safety of their transactions at the Danta, they would still take this matter to heart. If not handled properly, the Danta's image might be damaged! Moreover, to have such mastery of alchemy at such a young age, this young man must have at least an Eighth-Tier- grade Alchemic Grandmaster as his teacher.

Those old monsters have lived for countless years, and their accumulated connections are probably terrifying. As a result, even the Danta cannot provoke such beings.

It is even quite possible that the teacher of this young Eighth Grade Alchemist may have had a good relationship with some elders of the Danta, which is why this young man is so fearless and has no fear of the Danta.

And this possibility is obviously very high.

This means that this elder of the Danta is probably in big trouble! With such an incident, everyone naturally lost their desire to continue shopping. They walked out of the trade fair venue without any hindrance and returned directly to Ye Courtyard.

Upon returning to Ye Courtyard, Xiao Yuan led Heavenly Flame Venerable and Xiao Yan into the room.

Inside the room, the three people sat around a table, on which lay the strange bronze piece they had just obtained.

The copper sheet is pale yellow, and it is covered with many twisted, earthworm-like green patina. It is these patinas that have corroded and covered up some of the patterns on the copper sheet.

As for the alchemist surnamed Wang, Ye Zhong was tasked with entertaining Ye Zhong.

"Senior Tianhuo, are you sure this thing is truly an ancient artifact?"

Xiao Yuan stared intently at the ordinary bronze piece. He had used various methods, even carefully copying the patterns on the bronze piece, but still hadn't obtained any useful information from it.

Heavenly Flame Venerable smiled as he looked at Xiao Yuan, who had tried various methods to no avail. He chuckled twice and said in a pretentious manner, "Boy, if the secrets here could be cracked so easily, do you think it would be your turn to reap the benefits?"

Seeing the Heavenly Flame Venerable's appearance, Xiao Yuan rolled his eyes at him, then looked at the ring on Xiao Yan's hand and said, "Teacher, would you like to take a look?"

Upon hearing this, the figure of the Yao Lao floated out from within, his soul power sweeping over the jade piece, examining the details on it, and then he smiled.

"Hehe, you two take a closer look."

Yao Lao and Heavenly Flame Venerable exchanged a glance and nodded slightly. Then they looked at Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan exchanged glances, and then carefully scanned the copper plate with their soul power to examine it closely.

But the copper sheet looked ordinary; apart from the crooked patina on it, there was nothing special about it.

After a moment, Xiao Yuan squinted and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

This patina looks a little different!

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Yuan picked up the copper piece, and then condensed his soul power into tiny soul needles, carefully picking off the patina.

The bluish-green patina was held in mid-air by the power of the soul, condensing into a small sphere.

Xiao Yan, standing to the side, blinked, somewhat confused, as he watched his actions.

Xiao Yuan didn't bother to explain to the bewildered Xiao Yan. After spending more than ten minutes, he finally managed to remove all the green patina from the copper piece. Just when Xiao Yan thought he was about to solve the mystery of the copper piece, Xiao Yuan casually tossed it away to Xiao Yan's astonishment.

"This..." Xiao Yan stared at Xiao Yuan's actions, first stunned, then reacted and said in surprise, "It's this rust?"

Xiao Yuan nodded, then grabbed the thumb-sized green copper ball formed from the patina back into his palm and said with a smile, "Yes, this is the patina. The copper sheet is just an ordinary copper sheet, but this patina is different!"

After Xiao Yuan finished speaking, dark golden flames rose from his palm, placing the green copper ball inside and burning it fiercely.

After this firing process, everyone discovered some peculiarities about the copper rust. No matter how much the dark gold flame increased the temperature, the copper ball showed no signs of melting. "There's definitely something special about it."

With a sigh of admiration, Xiao Yuan hurriedly increased the temperature, and after nearly ten minutes, the green copper ball finally showed signs of melting.

As the copper ball melted more intensely, Xiao Yuan suddenly noticed that the green color on the copper ball was gradually fading. Tiny particles of pale yellow dust quietly fell off from the melting copper rust and then floated in the flames, flickering like elves, giving people a very strong sense of spirituality.

The pale yellow dust gradually fell off, and after about two minutes, it stopped falling off. As the dust fell off completely, the copper ball vanished in an instant. With the annihilation of the copper ball, five pale yellow dust particles, shimmering with a spiritual luster, floated within the flames. No matter how the emerald green flames burned them, they did not undergo any other changes.

"This is?"

Xiao Yuan stared in surprise at the five pale yellow dust particles within the flames, somewhat bewildered. This was clearly not something he was familiar with.

After a moment of bewilderment, Xiao Yuan turned his gaze to Heavenly Flame Venerable beside him, only to see that he too had a pensive look on his face. After a long while, he slowly exhaled and said in a deep voice, "If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be the ancient Spirit Nurturing Powder!"

"Hehe, you were right to trust me! You've really struck gold!"

"Spirit Nurturing Powder?"

Seeing the sudden burst of excitement on Heavenly Flame Venerable's face, Xiao Yuan raised an eyebrow and murmured softly.

"What is the use of this Spirit Nurturing Powder?"

Inside the room, Xiao Yuan stared intently at the five tiny, pale yellow dust particles within the flames, licked his lips, and asked.

The Yao Lao looked thoughtful. After a moment, he spoke up and said, "I have heard of it. This Spirit Nurturing Powder was quite famous in ancient times. It is not only an essential ingredient for refining Eighth-Tier and above pills, but if it is integrated into the soul, it can nurture the soul and gradually enhance the Spiritual Energy within the soul, thus allowing one to step into the so-called Spirit Realm."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan nodded, and some memories of the Spirit Nurturing Powder surfaced in his mind.

"In ancient times, alchemists who had reached the Spirit Realm would do everything in their power to obtain this Spirit Nurturing Powder. This thing is like a magnet that can attract spirituality. If it is integrated into the soul, it can make the Spiritual Energy within the soul become more and more abundant without you even realizing it. Moreover, it also has an extremely good catalytic effect on certain states of enlightenment."

The Yao Lao stroked his beard and said.

"Looks like I've made a good deal by taking on this 'nominal disciple'!"

Xiao Yuan smiled upon hearing this and couldn't help but nod.

"This kind of Spirit Nurturing Powder can only be refined by a few Eighth Grade Alchemist who know the refining method. However, I think the refining method for Spirit Nourishing has probably been lost."

Heavenly Flame Venerable stared curiously at the glittering dust within the flames. He had only seen such things in ancient books, but had never actually seen them in person.

"If you want to refine Rank 8 Pill in the future, adding this Spirit Nurturing Powder will greatly increase your success rate, and the quality of the pills you successfully refine will be purer than other Rank 8 Pill."

The Yao Lao added.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan, who was standing to the side, also showed a look of surprise. He had never heard of adding this so-called Spirit Nurturing Powder to refine Rank 8 Pill before.

Xiao Yuan seemed to be deep in thought.

We definitely need to give some of this to Xiao Yan, one for his own use and the other for use at the Pill Gathering, just in case.

Additionally, it could be used in the pills that I'm about to refine, which will allow people to break through to the Spirit Realm.

By the way, the Spirit Nurturing Powder used on Xiao Yan can be directly refined into the pill. Such a good thing as testing Rank 8 Pill is still best done by brothers!

"Hehe, the secret of this thing has been cracked. I've completed my mission, so as not to tarnish my senior image in your eyes, kid." Seeing Xiao Yuan's expression, Heavenly Flame Venerable smiled, stood up, and said, "Judging from your expression, you've got some ideas again. I won't disturb you any longer. You three alchemists can think about it carefully!"

After saying that, he turned and walked out of the room.

Watching Heavenly Flame Venerable leave the room, Xiao Yuan smiled and turned his gaze to the five pale yellow dust particles in the flames in front of him. He separated two of them and flicked them toward Xiao Yan.

"Keep two of these. You'll need them when Pill Gathering refining pills at the Pill Refining Conference," Xiao Yuan instructed. He then carefully put away the remaining three Spirit Nurturing Powder, turned to look at Yao Lao, and added, "Teacher, perhaps we'll have a result today regarding what we discussed before!"

"Hmm, this Spirit Nurturing Powder is extremely magical. If it can be used as the main ingredient in refining, it might really be possible to create a new prescription!"

The Yao Lao nodded, his face beaming with joy.

As an alchemist, nothing is more exciting than this!