He Was Actually Refining a Seventh-Rank Pill

Chapter 22

Xiao Xuan gathered his thoughts and looked at the Ascending Emperor Pill formula in his hand.

A seventh-rank pill.

It could help a peak Dou Wang expert break directly into the Dou Emperor realm.

Such a pill could not be found anywhere in the entire Jia Ma Empire.

He was currently a Six-Star Dou Emperor.

This pill was useless to him.

But he could auction it off.

A seventh-rank pill could fetch at least several million Gold Coins.

With money, he could buy more resources for Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Xuan put away the formula.

He glanced at the ingredients listed on it.

There were seventeen in total.

The main ingredient was the Magic Core of a seventh-tier magical beast.

The supplementary ingredients were sixteen precious medicinal herbs.

These herbs could not be bought in Wutan City at all.

He had to go to the Mittal Auction House in the Imperial City.

Xiao Xuan gathered his thoughts and headed toward the back mountain.

He found a secluded spot and sat down cross-legged.

He took out the medicinal ingredients listed in the formula from his Storage Ring.

During his last visit to the Imperial City Auction House, aside from buying the Mystic Heart Pill, he had also casually purchased some medicinal herbs.

A few of them happened to be needed for the Ascending Emperor Pill.

As for the seventh-tier Magic Core, he happened to have one in his Storage Ring.

He had obtained it from a seventh-tier magical beast in the Magic Beast Mountain Range last time.

Xiao Xuan laid out the ingredients one by one.

He closed his eyes, and the formula and refining method for the Ascending Emperor Pill surfaced in his mind.

Refining a seventh-rank pill was more difficult than refining a sixth-rank pill by far.

Fire control, the order in which the ingredients were added, the timing of fusion.

Not a single step could afford the slightest mistake.

Xiao Xuan opened his eyes.

He raised his right hand.

Golden flames surged from his palm.

The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

A Heavenly Flame ranked fourth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Using a Heavenly Flame to refine a seventh-rank pill would greatly increase the chances of success.

Xiao Xuan tossed the first medicinal herb into the flames.

Under the scorching golden flames, the herb slowly melted.

He controlled the heat and removed the impurities from the liquid bit by bit.

The Xiao Clan's back mountain.

Nalan Su walked up the mountain path.

He had come to find Xiao Xuan today to express his gratitude once more.

When Nalan Su reached the mountainside, his steps suddenly stopped.

In the clearing ahead, Xiao Xuan was sitting cross-legged on the ground.

A cluster of golden flames hovered above his palm.

Within the flames, more than a dozen pools of liquid were slowly merging.

Nalan Su's pupils suddenly contracted.

Alchemy.

Xiao Xuan was refining pills.

He made no sound and quietly retreated a few steps.

He hid behind a tree.

Nalan Su looked at the flames in Xiao Xuan's hand, his heart filled with shock.

Golden flames.

Those were Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Xuan possessed a Heavenly Flame.

And his alchemy technique was extremely practiced.

He was more skilled than any alchemist Nalan Su had ever seen.

Nalan Su suppressed the shock in his heart and continued watching.

Who knew how much time passed.

The flames in Xiao Xuan's hand suddenly withdrew.

A rich medicinal fragrance spread through the air.

At the same time, the sky suddenly darkened.

Dark clouds gathered from all directions, converging above the Xiao Clan's back mountain.

Thunder rumbled.

A bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds.

Pill Lightning.

The birth of a seventh-rank pill had drawn Pill Lightning.

Nalan Su raised his head and looked at the lightning in the sky.

His entire body froze.

Pill Lightning.

This was a heavenly phenomenon that only appeared when a seventh-rank pill was born.

Xiao Xuan was refining a seventh-rank pill.

Nalan Su's mind buzzed.

There were only a handful of Seventh-Rank Alchemists in the entire Northwest Continent.

Nalan Su's hands were trembling.

Lightning struck toward Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Xuan raised his head and looked at the descending lightning.

A deafening boom rang out.

The dark clouds gradually dispersed, and the sky returned to normal.

A pill floated before Xiao Xuan.

It was perfectly round, with seven faint lines on its surface.

It gave off a rich medicinal fragrance.

The Ascending Emperor Pill.

Xiao Xuan put the pill into a jade bottle and rose to his feet.

Nalan Su stepped out from behind the tree.

"Young Master Xiao."

Xiao Xuan turned to look at him.

"When did you arrive?"

"Not long ago," Nalan Su hurriedly said.

"I saw Young Master Xiao refining pills and did not dare disturb you."

Xiao Xuan said nothing.

Nalan Su looked at the jade bottle in Xiao Xuan's hand.

"Young Master Xiao, this pill is..."

"The Ascending Emperor Pill," Xiao Xuan said.

Nalan Su froze for a moment.

"A seventh-rank pill?"

"Yes."

Nalan Su took a deep breath.

"Young Master Xiao, what is the effect of this Ascending Emperor Pill?"

"It can help a Dou Wang expert of any level break directly into the Dou Emperor realm," Xiao Xuan said.

Nalan Su's eyes widened instantly.

Any level of Dou Wang could directly break through to Dou Emperor?

He had never even heard of such a pill.

Nalan Su's breathing grew rapid.

"Young Master Xiao, this pill..."

He did not finish his sentence.

Xiao Xuan looked at him.

"You want it?"

Nalan Su hurriedly nodded.

"Young Master Xiao, how do you plan to handle this pill?"

"If Young Master Xiao is willing to part with it, the Nalan Clan is willing to purchase it at a high price."

Xiao Xuan put the jade bottle into his Storage Ring and turned to walk down the mountain.

Nalan Su watched his retreating back, his eyes filled with eagerness.

Nalan Su returned to the guest room.

Nalan Jie was sitting at the table, drinking tea.

Seeing his son so absent-minded, he frowned slightly.

"What happened?"

Nalan Su walked over and sat down in front of him.

"Father, I just saw Young Master Xiao refining pills on the back mountain."

Nalan Jie set down his teacup.

"Refining pills?"

"And he was refining a seventh-rank pill. I saw it with my own eyes, and it even drew Pill Lightning."

Nalan Jie's expression changed.

A Seventh-Rank Alchemist.

Not even one could be found in the entire Jia Ma Empire.

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure," Nalan Su said.

"And the pill he refined was called the Ascending Emperor Pill."

"It can help a Dou Wang expert of any level break directly into the Dou Emperor realm."

Nalan Jie abruptly rose to his feet.

"What did you say?"

"Any level of Dou Wang can directly break through to Dou Emperor," Nalan Su said.

Nalan Jie's breathing grew rapid.

He was a Dou Wang expert himself.

He had been trapped at this realm for more than a decade.

If he could obtain this Ascending Emperor Pill, he could break through to Dou Emperor.

Nalan Jie paced back and forth through the room.

After a while, he stopped.

"Where is he?"

"He should still be on the back mountain," Nalan Su said.

Nalan Jie turned and headed outside.

The back mountain.

Xiao Xuan was sitting cross-legged on the ground, regulating the Dou Qi within his body.

Refining a seventh-rank pill had consumed a great deal of energy.

He needed to recover for a while.

Footsteps sounded behind him.

Xiao Xuan opened his eyes.

Nalan Jie walked over.

"Young Master Xiao."

Xiao Xuan looked at him.

"Clan Chief Nalan, do you need something?"

Nalan Jie sat down across from him.

"I heard that Young Master Xiao refined an Ascending Emperor Pill."

Xiao Xuan looked at him without speaking.

Nalan Jie took a deep breath.

"This old man has been stuck at the Dou Wang level for more than ten years."

"If Young Master Xiao is willing to sell this pill to me, the Nalan Clan is willing to pay any price."

Xiao Xuan fell silent for a moment.

"Clan Chief Nalan, I don't intend to sell this pill privately."

Nalan Jie froze for a moment.

"Young Master Xiao means..."

"Auction it," Xiao Xuan said.

Nalan Jie fell silent.

He understood what Xiao Xuan meant.

A seventh-grade pill would fetch at least several times its price at an auction house.

But if it went to auction, there would be more competitors.

Whether he could win it then was still unknown.