Xiao Yan: So I Had to Take This Beating No Matter What?

After about two and a half minutes, Medicine Elder flew out holding an exquisite jade slip.

"You're a lucky kid. This contains a secret art suitable for Magical Beasts to cultivate. It lets them freely grow larger or smaller. An old friend from the Fox Clan gave it to me back then..." At this point, Medicine Elder grew somewhat melancholy. He had no idea where Hu Jiujiu had gone after leaving the Dou Qi Continent, nor did he know whether she was still alive.

"Thank you, Medicine Elder!" Chen Yang cupped his hands toward Medicine Elder. He roughly knew who the Fox Clan friend Medicine Elder had mentioned was.

It had to be said, Venerable Yao was quite the sentimental man!

"Ah... don't thank me yet. What Pill did you say Xiao Yan could use? I need to see whether it's worth it first!" Medicine Elder tucked the jade slip behind his back, making Xiao Yan anxious just watching him.

He had just wanted to say that it would be fine even if Medicine Elder simply gave the item to Chen Yang, but Medicine Elder shot him a glare.

"Hahaha..." Chen Yang burst into laughter at the little exchange between master and disciple, then explained the effects of the three Fifth-grade Pills.

"Ice Fire Body Tempering Pill, a Fifth-grade Pill. After Taking it, you must be whipped for three hours every day for Seven Days by a natural Spiritual Object containing both ice and fire attributes. Take it continuously for six months, and your physical body can be strengthened to rival a Tier 5 Magical Beast!"

"Yin Yang Creation Pill, a Fifth-grade Pill and the companion Pill to the Ice Fire Body Tempering Pill. Its medicinal effect can only be activated after you have taken the full three hours of beatings. It can restore your injuries completely within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, but its effects only last three days!"

"Ice Heart Pill, also a Fifth-grade Pill. After Taking it, your body temperature will remain at the freezing point for two hours. It is generally used to preserve the lives of those on the verge of death while they wait for life-saving Medicinal Pills. However, if you are swallowing Heavenly Flames, this Ice Heart Pill is perfectly suited for it!"

All three Pills came from Yan Di of the Endless Fire Domain in the Great Thousand World. The first two had been privately commissioned by Wu Zu, Lord of the Wu Realm, while the Ice Heart Pill had been created by the future Yan Di for the younger generation of the Ice Spirit Clan. Ordinary people might freeze into ice after taking it, but for Ice Spirit Clan juniors cultivating Ice Attribute Spiritual Power, it was twice the result with half the effort!

Of course, that was all for Wu Zu's sake.

"This..."

"A Spiritual Object containing both ice and fire attributes? How could such a thing exist..."

Xiao Yan was in the middle of speaking when he suddenly thought of something and turned to Medicine Elder.

"Teacher, your... your Bone Spirit Cold Flame..."

Xiao Yan Glanced At Medicine Elder, then at Chen Yang, his heart filled with shock. Were these Pills really not custom-made for him?

And now that the Pills existed!

His Teacher's Bone Spirit Cold Flame met the requirements too, so did that mean he had no choice but to take this beating?

"The value of these Pills combined exceeds that of my secret art!"

Medicine Elder looked at Chen Yang with a complicated expression and let out a long sigh.

"Then... Medicine Elder, how about giving me two more high-grade Ice Attribute Dou Techniques?"

Chen Yang looked at Medicine Elder and smiled.

"Ice Attribute ones... let me take a look. I tossed some things into my Storage Ring without much thought back then, and it's been so many years..." Medicine Elder muttered before diving back into the Bone Ring to search again.

This time, Medicine Elder returned quite quickly. He floated out in less than twenty-five seconds, clutching three Scrolls in his hand.

"Here... two Mysterious Tier High-grade ones and one Earth Tier Intermediate one. They're useless sitting with me, so you can have them all!" Chen Yang had asked for two, but Medicine Elder took out three. Neither he nor Xiao Yan could use Ice Attribute Dou Techniques; they had merely been part of his collection as Venerable Yao. After all these years, he had no descendants, so he might as well use them as resources to nurture his own disciple!

With a wave of his hand, Medicine Elder Handed To Chen Yang the three Dou Techniques and jade slip, then floated back before Xiao Yan.

"Then thank you, Medicine Elder!" Chen Yang accepted the jade slip and Dou Techniques, smiling as he Nodded. He then waved his hand and Took Out paper and a brush from his Storage Ring, quickly writing down all the Medicinal Materials required for the three Pills. Then he Took Out a card that Xiao Yan found extremely familiar!

"Other than the Medicinal Materials needed for the Ice Heart Pill, none of the ingredients for these Pills are expensive. You'll have to find a way to get the Ice Spirit Cold Spring needed for the Ice Heart Pill yourself. Oh, right, you need a Blood Lotus Pill to swallow Heavenly Flames, don't you? Do you need me to refine it for you? I have Ice Spirit Flame Grass and a fourth-tier Ice Attribute Magic Core here. Just bring me that Blood Lotus Essence you bought from my family's shop!"

"For Medicine Elder's sake, I'll only charge you Shi Wan Gold Coin for this Blood Lotus Pill!"

"One Fifth-grade Pill, and you only need to provide one Medicinal Material. You're making a killing!"

Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yan and chuckled.

"I..."

Looking at the Purple Gold Card on the Tabletop, the one Nalan Yanran had compensated him with, then listening to Chen Yang's words, Xiao Yan was utterly speechless.

"Brother Yang, leave me some Gold Coin, please!"

Xiao Yan felt that he was about to become a pauper again. The Ice Spirit Cold Spring and the other Medicinal Materials would cost money. The Gold Coin in his hand was not enough—nowhere near enough!

"What does a child need so much Gold Coin for?"

"Shouldn't you exchange it for cultivation resources and turn it into your own strength?"

With a bitter expression, Xiao Yan took out Shi Wan Gold Coin handful by handful and placed them on the Tabletop. It was quite a sight seeing Shi Wan Gold Coin pulled out like that; they nearly formed a small mountain.

Chen Yang gave Xiao Yi Xian a look. She stepped forward and stored all the Gold Coin in her Storage Ring. Xiao Yi Xian's Storage Ring had been purchased by Chen Yang at the Mittel Auction House in Black Rock City over the past two days. It held fifteen cubic meters and had been very expensive. It was already among the largest-capacity Storage Rings in Black Rock City.

According to the Dou Ling-level manager of the Mittel Auction House, most Dou Wang Strong Persons in the Jia Ma Empire used Storage Rings with a capacity of fifteen cubic meters.

Chen Yang thought about it. His own twenty-cubic-meter Storage Ring did not seem all that large. Hopefully, when they reached Desert City, Hai Bodong's Storage Ring would have more space.

Of course, even fifteen cubic meters was far larger than the Storage Ring with only three cubic meters of space that he had given Xiao Yi Xian At First.

After paying, Xiao Yan Took Out the Blood Lotus Essence and Handed To Chen Yang.

Chen Yang Nodded, then Took Out his Medicine Cauldron and immediately began refining the Pill.

"Chen Yang, this Blood Lotus Pill is a Fifth-grade Pill. Are you sure you don't need to adjust your condition a little first?"

Medicine Elder looked at Chen Yang as he spoke.

"It's only a Fifth-grade Pill. No big deal!"

Chen Yang Waved His Hand as dense, seven-colored flames poured into the Medicine Cauldron. Then he tossed all the Medicinal Materials in at once.

"Damn... Brother Yang, you..."

Xiao Yan had never seen anyone refine a Fifth-grade Pill like this.

Compared to Xiao Yan, Medicine Elder saw things more clearly. With such exquisite technique alone, Chen Yang was definitely not merely a newly advanced Fifth-grade Alchemist.

This kid's Alchemy has probably already reached Seventh Grade. His clan elders must have sealed part of his Alchemy to temper him.

Otherwise, he couldn't possibly be this proficient!

The reason Medicine Elder had not suspected Chen Yang of being an Eighth-grade Alchemist was that an Eighth-grade Alchemist required Spirit Grade Spiritual Power, and Medicine Elder had not sensed Spirit Grade soul perception from Chen Yang.

"Let's go, kid. Refining a Fifth-grade Pill will take at least half a day to a day. Let's collect the Medicinal Materials on this list first!"

"We also need to ask around for information on the Ice Spirit Cold Spring!"

"No matter what, you'll need that item."

As Medicine Elder spoke, he Nodded to Chen Yang and entered the Bone Ring on Xiao Yan's hand.

After bidding Chen Yang farewell, Xiao Yan left the inn...