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Purple Orchid Leaf, White Spirit Ginseng Fruit, Snow Lotus Seed..."

Her beautiful eyes stared blankly at the tiny flower bed as names representing rare and hard-to-find high-grade medicinal herbs spilled from Xiao Yi Xian's rosy lips.

Lin Feng stepped forward and was equally delighted as he looked at the herbs.

The medicinal herbs in the stone chamber were generally quite valuable, mostly used to refine Third- and Fourth-grade Pills.

Although Lin Feng was only a Second-grade Alchemist now, he believed that within two years, he would be able to use these herbs to refine pills.

His gaze swept across the small flower bed before finally locking onto a blade of grass at its center, striped in alternating white and red.

The grass was divided into white and red. Its white stalk was covered in tiny ice-crystal-like specks, while its fiery-red crown looked like a burning flame.

Two utterly opposite colors and attributes had strangely grown upon the same plant. It was truly extraordinary.

A faint mist curled around the plant, making it seem as though it rested amid clouds.

This peculiar grass was called Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

It was extremely difficult to find in the outside world, and it was also an essential ingredient for refining the Blood Lotus Pill.

The Blood Lotus Pill was a Fifth-grade Pill. After being consumed, it formed a strange layer of blood-colored energy armor over the body's surface, and this armor could withstand the scorching heat of extremely high temperatures.

Only with its effects would it be possible to approach Heavenly Flames at close range and seek an opportunity to take the next step.

Although Lin Feng could not refine Blood Lotus Pills yet and did not possess any Heavenly Flames, no one could say whether he might obtain one tomorrow.

Besides, with the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and the Blood Lotus Crystal he had obtained from Myriad Medicine Hall not long ago, he could surely trade them for some excellent items from alchemists who needed them.

"You recognize this too?"

Seeing Lin Feng stare excitedly at the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, Xiao Yi Xian could not help asking in surprise.

"Yes. I want this."

Lin Feng nodded and turned to look directly at Xiao Yi Xian.

"What an annoying fellow. The moment you open your mouth, you want the most valuable thing."

Xiao Yi Xian immediately furrowed her brows and muttered unwillingly.

"Hehe."

Seeing that Xiao Yi Xian still looked somewhat upset, Lin Feng chuckled. "How about this? I get to choose the herbs here first. As compensation, I'll give you five First Grade Pills and three bottles of second-grade medicinal liquid. What do you think?"

"Pills? Only alchemists can refine those, and they're extremely expensive. You have them?"

Xiao Yi Xian raised her delicate brows and eyed Lin Feng skeptically.

Clearly, she did not quite believe he could produce the pills he claimed to have.

"Hehe."

Lin Feng chuckled, brushed his Storage Ring, and several Jade Bottles immediately appeared in his hand. He casually tossed them toward Xiao Yi Xian.

"A Storage Ring?!"

Seeing Lin Feng's movement, Xiao Yi Xian cried out. She hurriedly caught the Jade Bottles and stared at them in astonishment.

She now believed more than half of what Lin Feng had said.

After all, Storage Rings were not cheap. Even the lowest-grade ones cost seventy thousand Gold Coins, something ordinary people could not afford.

She sized Lin Feng up, and her curiosity about his identity deepened.

She opened one of the Jade Bottles with her small hand and poured out a bright-red pill.

A fresh medicinal fragrance immediately drifted out and filled the cramped stone chamber, refreshing her spirit.

"So this is a pill? It really can't compare to my crude method of fusing medicinal herbs with ordinary flames."

Gazing at the pill's smooth, lustrous surface, Xiao Yi Xian sighed helplessly.

Her childhood dream had been to become an alchemist, but her Dou Qi attribute happened to lack fire.

"Enough. I'm giving you pills, not trying to discourage you. These are called Blood Stopping Pills. As the name suggests, they can help people with external wounds stop bleeding quickly. However, they are only First Grade Pills, so they may be powerless against overly serious injuries."

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian wallowing in self-pity, Lin Feng shook his head. "As for the second-grade medicinal liquid, it is called Purple Orchid Spirit Liquid. It can help those in the Dou Power stage cultivate faster, but it has little effect on Dou Zhe."

"With treasures like these, just who are you?"

Xiao Yi Xian carefully put the pill back into the Jade Bottle and looked at Lin Feng curiously.

Lin Feng took out his Alchemist Apprentice Badge and said, "An alchemist."

Xiao Yi Xian was startled, but when she saw the badge in Lin Feng's hand, she immediately said irritably, "That's an Alchemist Apprentice Badge, isn't it?"

"Uh."

Lin Feng looked at his badge, then retorted, "What do you know? I'm just too lazy to take the assessment. Those pills in your hands were all refined by me!"

"Hehe, Lin Feng, then when you refine pills next time, can I watch from the side?"

Seeing Lin Feng's confident expression, Xiao Yi Xian believed him. Her little face immediately took on a flattering look as she clasped her hands together and asked eagerly.

Her childhood dream had been to become an alchemist.

Although her attributes had forced her to settle for becoming a physician, she still deeply yearned for alchemy.

She knew alchemists disliked being disturbed while refining pills, but she truly did not want to miss such a precious opportunity.

"Sure." Lin Feng nodded in agreement. It was no loss to him anyway.

"Hehe, then it's settled. I'll help you gather the herbs in a moment."

Seeing Lin Feng agree, Xiao Yi Xian was overjoyed and also accepted his proposed method of dividing the medicinal herbs.

After Xiao Yi Xian agreed, Lin Feng took out many exquisite Jade Bottles from his Storage Ring.

He then took out a small jade shovel and carefully dug open the soil beside the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

Finally, he gently placed it, soil and all, into a Jade Bottle.

Lin Feng swiftly stored the Jade Bottle in his Storage Ring, grinned, and handed the small shovel to Xiao Yi Xian, signaling for her to begin digging up the herbs.

Xiao Yi Xian watched all the way as Lin Feng placed the Ice Spirit Flame Grass into his Storage Ring. Only then did she reluctantly withdraw her gaze.

For someone like her who loved medicinal herbs, obtaining a rare herb was far more thrilling and exciting than receiving hundreds of thousands in wealth.

But when she remembered what Lin Feng had promised her, she accepted the small shovel and began carefully digging up the precious herbs from the flower bed one by one, placing them into smooth Jade Bottles.

After glancing at Xiao Yi Xian, who was diligently digging up herbs, Lin Feng turned his gaze toward the skeleton in the center of the stone chamber.

He strode over, rubbed his hands together, and nervously pressed his palms together. After bowing to it, he carefully picked up the key in the skeleton's hand.

He silently apologized, then exerted a little force and broke off the skeleton's arm bone. Holding it in his hand, he narrowed his eyes and peered inside.

Through the broken opening above, Lin Feng saw a small scroll hidden within the gaps of the bone.

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