One Month Later: Refining Pills in Three Cauldrons at Once, Revealing the Life Spirit Flame

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(300 words removed, summarized in one sentence: the protagonist, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun spar in martial arts)

The graceful charm on her face could no longer be maintained, and she could only beg for mercy repeatedly. Her round, snow-white thighs, like jade pillars, trembled uncontrollably, and she let out low sobs.

Before we knew it, another sunny day had arrived.

Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to burn away the fishy smell from his fingers and tongue, and went to the courtyard with renewed vigor.

It must be said that the three women were truly formidable. Their graceful sparring scenes were like a gentle, snow-covered forest in winter, like freshly steamed, fluffy buns at a breakfast stall, or like delicate pink and white butterflies fluttering in a flowerbed...

As Xiao Yan recalled, his mouth became dry. He picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all in one gulp. Looking at the pale yellow tea, he felt a strange sensation in his heart and savored it carefully.

"I've really been lax..." Xiao Yan shook his head slightly and went to the Quiet Room.

He took out the Earth Fire Lotus Platform, sat down, and retrieved five drops of Zhukun essence blood from his Storage Ring.

He placed the three drops into three jade bottles, intending to hand them over to Hai Bodong, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian later.

With the remaining two drops, Xiao Yan opened his mouth and swallowed them.

The energy spread throughout his body like ink seeping into a pool.

When the "Spirit Devouring Body Forging Mantra" is activated, the [Heaven-Swallowing] Heaven-Swallowing Talent and fifteen Heavenly Flames are activated simultaneously.

The energy from the two drops of semen was quickly absorbed.

Xiao Yan's physical cultivation had already laid a certain foundation at the Mid-Stage Four-Star Dou Sheng, and the energy from the two drops of essence blood was just enough to fill the remaining gaps in his cultivation.

His muscles twitched slightly, and after a moment, his physique successfully broke through to a new level.

Xiao Yan clenched his fist, feeling the newly increased power, and thought to himself, "The speed at which I absorb energy is getting faster and faster now."

Having absorbed two drops of essence blood, it probably hasn't even taken a full day.

With that thought in mind, a Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit quietly appeared in his palm.

He tapped his Storage Ring and called out, "Demon Saint, please step forward."

The Storage Ring trembled slightly, and the soul of the Huang Quan Demon Saint floated out from Storage Ring. Compared to when he first followed Xiao Yan, the soul was much more solid, clearly thanks to the Exquisite Heavenly Ganoderma.

"Senior Demon Saint, it seems your soul is in good condition?" Xiao Yan asked.

The Huang Quan Demon Saint nodded slightly and said calmly, "Thanks to your Spirit Dragon Heavenly Ganoderma, that thing restored a lot of my Origin Soul Qi."

Xiao Yan smiled and handed the Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit to the Huang Quan Demon Saint: "Since that's the case, then please accept this Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit. Absorbing it will help you improve your cultivation faster."

The Huang Quan Demon Saint's eyes flickered as he accepted the Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit. He was not good at expressing his emotions, but simply said earnestly, "I will repay your kindness with my life in the future."

"Also, please stop using honorifics. Your kindness to me far outweighs what I've done for you; I can't accept being called 'you'..."

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Senior Demon Saint, then you should focus on cultivating and repairing your soul as quickly as possible. I will then find a suitable body for your resurrection."

"I will," the Huang Quan Demon Saint affirmed.

Having said that, he returned to his Storage Ring.

A sense of anticipation arose in Xiao Yan's heart.

With this Gold-Grade Soul Infant Fruit, the Huang Quan Demon Saint's soul recovery speed should be no less than that of the Soul Spirit Emperor.

In a few years, he might be able to directly have two powerful backers or assistants.

"We really need to carefully plan the use of these two's bodies and their magical beast blood." Xiao Yan stroked his chin, pondering:

"My third master is very kind. He brought with him a skeleton of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Saint. All I need to do is prepare his essence blood."

Excluding Zhukun, the North Dragon King, who broke through to the Six-Star Dou Sheng in the Dragon Transformation Demon Formation, should be the strongest demonic beast. Using his essence blood to revive the third master would be very appropriate.

But this means we'll have to drag things out and can't resolve things with them too quickly.

Xiao Yan weighed the pros and cons in his mind and chose a suitable body and demonic beast blood for the Huang Quan Demon Saint:

"For the essence blood of magical beasts, use Huang Tian's. He is second only to Zhukun and the North Dragon King. There is no one more suitable than him."

"The body... Gu Lie is quite suitable."

A hint of killing intent flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes.

He would kill this Black Annihilation King who was targeting him at every turn sooner or later!

However, he is now the son-in-law of the Ancient Clan, so he has to consider some things.

On the surface, he cannot take action against Gu Lie; killing Gu Lie would be difficult from all sides.

But if we use the Soul Clan... it might not be impossible!

Time flies.

A month has passed since Xiao Yan absorbed the essence blood and raised his physical cultivation to the Late Four-Star Dou Sheng.

For an entire month, he did only one thing.

conceive and create a prescription!

The elixir formula he created is called the Holy Spirit Precious Pill. Its effects are simple and unpretentious. After taking it, one's cultivation level as Dou Sheng can be directly increased by One-Star, and the highest level can be increased to Three-Star Dou Sheng.

It took him ten days to create this prescription, and only then did he produce a semi-finished prescription that ensured the pill's effect was to enhance his cultivation to the One-Star Dou Saint.

Whether the pill can be successfully formed, or whether the quantity of Medicinal Herbs should be increased or decreased in order to achieve the desired result, are not within Xiao Yan's consideration.

Since he possesses the Heaven-Swallowing Talent [Balance], achieving the Core Formation stage has never been a problem for him.

Unlike other Alchemist create prescriptions, even if they have a direction, they still need to consider whether these Medicinal Herbs can be combined to form a pill. In order to form a pill, they have to add or subtract the amount of Medicinal Herbs, which may result in the final pill not achieving the expected effect.

This is also the main reason why the higher the grade of a medicine prescription, the rarer it is.

Xiao Yan, who possesses the Heaven-Swallowing Talent of [Balance], directly skipped this most time-consuming and grueling step.

Even so, it still took him almost a month to create this prescription.

Of course, this is also related to his somewhat lax attitude.

The three women, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Yun Yun, possessed astonishing recovery abilities, and he had to personally subdue them every day, which consumed a great deal of his energy and time.

Otherwise, the prescription could have been created even faster.

Fortunately, it didn't delay our important business in the end.

He instructed Xiao Ding Xiao Ding to organize an exchange meeting, which was completed the day after he created the prescription.

Xiao Yan didn't pay much attention to this exchange meeting.

After all, his main purpose was to showcase the Life Spirit Blaze he had subdued at this exchange meeting and attract that old dog Yao Wangui, not to make a name for himself.

Even so, the exchange meeting still generated considerable buzz.

None of the invited Alchemist refused; they all chose to attend this Alchemist Exchange Conference.

These people had a very simple purpose: they wanted to see Xiao Yan refine pills again, learn from him, and improve their own alchemy skills.

then,

Let the exchange meeting begin on the same day.

Beside Tian Shu City, a newly built, huge Square was teeming with people.

In the very center of the Square, on a not-too-high circular platform, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged, closing his eyes to rest.

The areas around its circular platform were occupied by close associates and those highly skilled in alchemy.

Gu He, the master of the Pill Hall, is one of our own and is not far from reaching the Eighth Tier.

A Sixth-Rank Alchemist from Burning Flame Valley, not a close acquaintance, occupied this place through connections within Burning Flame Valley.

The three giants of the Pill Tower: Xuankong Zi, Tianleizi, and Xuan Yi.

The three of them exhaled deeply, carrying a hint of sainthood, clearly having taken the Bodhi Pill they had won at the auction and broken through to the Initial Half-Saint cultivation. Their faces were filled with joy.

Besides the three, there was an old man beside them. The old man's aura was restrained, but Xiao Yan could sense that the old man's aura was obviously above that of the three giants of the Pill Tower, and even surpassed that of the Fire Cloud Ancestor in the audience.

Considering that the old man had come here with the three giants of the Pill Tower, Xiao Yan deduced that this person was the Little Pill Tower Grand Elder, Old Monster Lin.

A Two-Star Dou Saint with Heavenly Realm Soul, currently second only to the Pill Tower Ancestor in the Pill Tower Tower's power.

Besides the people from the Pill Tower, there was also Gu Yan, who was sent by the Ancient Clan to spar with Xiao Yan on alchemy.

And other Eighth-Rank Alchemist on the continent.

It can be said that in just one month of preparation and promotion, the Alchemist Exchange Conference attracted most of the top Alchemist on the continent.

The reason for this is Xiao Yan's own status Tier 9 Precious Pill Grandmaster.

A Tier 9 Precious Pill Grandmaster was refining medicine in public, and any Alchemist who wanted to advance further in the art of alchemy would not refuse to come and watch.

In addition, the growing influence of the Tian Shu Alliance is also a contributing factor.

In particular, the last time Xiao Yan went out, he brought back an Ancient Thunder Dragon at the Dou Sheng level, which brought a top-notch existence to the entire Tian Shu Alliance, enough to keep the situation in check.

With the Tian Shu Alliance now openly represented by two Dou Sheng Yao Lao and Lei Long, the various forces on the continent have naturally changed their attitude and are treating the Tian Shu Alliance with greater seriousness.

On the circular platform in the center of the Square, Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes, his calm gaze sweeping across half of the Square before he spoke in a deep voice.

"Welcome all Alchemist to the Alchemist Exchange Conference hosted by our Tian Shu Alliance."

Unlike the Alchemist Conference, the Exchange Meeting, as the name suggests, aims to allow everyone to exchange ideas and improve their alchemy skills.

Our Tian Shu Alliance simply provides a space where everyone can freely discuss matters.

This exchange meeting will only focus on three things.

First, medicine making.

However, it's not mandatory. You are free to refine pills at any time, as long as it doesn't bother others.

Second, communication.

We encourage everyone to find like-minded individuals to exchange alchemy techniques. We also ask top-tier Alchemist with exceptional skills to answer questions and provide guidance to lower-level Alchemist, thereby raising the overall level of our Alchemist community and promoting the development of alchemy.

Third, exchange.

Medicinal Herbs, Medicine Cauldron, Beast Flame, Magic Core —everything related to alchemy can be traded under our witness.

Finally, I said no more.

I hereby declare the exchange meeting officially open!

In an instant, the entire Square erupted in excitement.

Many Alchemist followed the trend and began refining their own pills.

Someone successfully refined a pill and immediately asked the Alchemist next to them for suggestions on how to improve it. The Alchemist generously offered advice, and then they exchanged ideas with other Alchemist.

The atmosphere in the entire Square became lively and friendly.

Below the circular platform, Elder Old Monster Lin Little Pill Tower Grand Elder, nodded slightly, revealing a gratified smile.

Xiao Yan stepped down from the circular platform and strolled around the Square. Under the admiring gazes of the surrounding Alchemist, he would occasionally offer advice to a few of Alchemist.

For example... Yao Ling.

"Your fire control technique still has a lot of room for improvement. Try it again as I said," Xiao Yan instructed.

Yao Ling nodded, and as she listened to Xiao Yan's explanation of the details of fire control, her eyes lit up, and the flames she manipulated became noticeably more compliant.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly and turned to leave, unaware that Yao Ling was watching his retreating figure with a look of adoration tinged with affection.

The exchange proceeded smoothly.

Xiao Yan gave the Alchemist in the Square some brief instructions before returning to the circular platform.

His actions drew the attention of almost all the Alchemist, who were filled with anticipation.

Everyone knew that no matter how nicely this exchange was presented, their real purpose was to watch Xiao Yan refine pills.

Now, it's quite clear that Xiao Yan is going to refine elixirs.

Those refining pills stopped, those exchanging alchemy techniques ceased their conversation, and everyone focused their attention on Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan did not disappoint their attention; with a wave of his hand, the familiar Myriad Beast Cauldron appeared on the round platform.

After taking out the Medicine Cauldron, Xiao Yan waved his hand, and three flames appeared.

One is the red Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, one is the purplish-black Three Thousand Burning Flame, and one is the emerald green Life Spirit Flame.

The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame was poured into the Myriad Beast Cauldron, while the Three Thousand Burning Flame transformed into the shape of Medicine Cauldron, hovering beside the Myriad Beast Cauldron.

The Life Spirit Flame was the same, transforming into an emerald green Medicine Cauldron, suspended beside the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

In the Square, the eyes of many Alchemist were fixed on the Life Spirit Flame.

Most people don't recognize this top-tier Heavenly Flames with its boundless vitality, but they can still sense its Heavenly Flames nature.

However, what intrigued them even more was why Xiao Yan used two flames to condense into Medicine Cauldron.

Xiao Yan quickly answered their questions.

He reached out and stroked his Storage Ring, taking out a large number of Medicinal Herbs. Each one was an incredibly rare and tempting Medicinal Herbs. Some of these Medicinal Herbs were even more coveted by the three giants of the Pill Tower and Eighth-Rank Peak Alchemist like Gu Yan. Upon seeing them, they couldn't help but breathe heavily.

The sheer quantity of Medicinal Herbs was so large that it filled the entire circular platform, drawing astonished looks from everyone present.

Xiao Yan is far too wealthy; with so many Medicinal Herbs, he could easily refine three Grade Tier 9 Precious Pill...

As soon as this thought crossed his mind, the profound mysteries of the three Medicine Cauldron suddenly resounded. Could it be that Xiao Yan was about to refine three Tier 9 Precious Pill?

One gaze after another, filled with shock and disbelief, fell upon Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan calmly arranged the Medicinal Herbs as if he hadn't noticed anything, dividing Medicinal Herbs into three parts and piling them in front of the three Medicine Cauldron.

Seeing this, the Alchemist in the Square immediately understood that Xiao Yan was indeed planning to refine three Tier 9 Precious Pill, and they became even more excited.

However, they still had some doubts, not understanding why Xiao Yan used two other flames to conjure a second and third Medicine Cauldron.

Isn't the supreme Medicine Cauldron, the Myriad Beast Cauldron, enough?

Xiao Yan quickly answered their questions.

He simultaneously increased the temperature of all three flames and added all three portions of Medicinal Herbs at the same time.

He wants to refine three Tier 9 Precious Pill simultaneously!

Not for any other reason than to show off in front of others.

He had suppressed his feelings far too many times before, all for the sake of his safety.

Now that there's no need to worry about life anymore, we can simply follow our hearts.

At the same time, he also wanted to see where his limits lay!

Boom!

Flames shot into the sky, dyeing the heavens a strange color.

Amidst the flames, the Medicinal Herbs transformed one by one into a pure medicinal liquid.

Even while simultaneously controlling three flames to refine three different pills, Xiao Yan still managed to do so with ease.

His Flame Control Technique have already reached their pinnacle!

In the Square, all the Alchemist stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded.

Even Old Monster Lin was so shocked that he swallowed hard.

"Even Yao Chen today could never achieve this level of Flame Control Technique. Where did this boy learn it? Could it be purely due to Heaven-Swallowing Talent?!" Old Official Lin exclaimed incredulously.

Not far from him, Yao Ling's eyes flashed with surprise, and she murmured to herself, "Is the clan leader's Flame Control Technique really this good?"

Yao Ling asked a question, but she already had a definite answer in her heart.

'No'

Even though the clan leader was Tier 9 Profound Pill Alchemist, she could confirm that he did not possess such Flame Control Technique!

Refining three Tier 9 Precious Pill in one go is not something that can be achieved through hard work; it requires Heaven-Swallowing Talent, Heaven-Swallowing Talent that surpasses everyone else's!

As the entire Square fell silent, Xiao Yan, who was simultaneously refining three pills on the circular platform, suddenly frowned.

He seemed to suddenly remember something, his voice low but not suppressed. "How could I forget this Medicinal Herbs Medicinal Herbs? We can't do without it."

The hearts of the many Alchemist in the Square skipped a beat.

How could you make such a basic mistake as not having all the necessary elixirs prepared?!

Xiao Yan didn't seem to care much; his brows quickly relaxed, and he said to Gu He below, "Do you have any Medicinal Herbs seeds? Give me one."

Gu He seemed to have anticipated this, and directly took out a Medicinal Herbs seed from his Storage Ring.

The surrounding Alchemist all wore puzzled expressions. What use would a seed be at a time like this?

Unexpectedly, after obtaining the seed, Xiao Yan directly threw it into the emerald green Medicine Cauldron.

The Alchemist in the Square were even more puzzled.

Only Old Monster Lin and Gu Yan stood up at this moment, exchanged a glance, and seemed to realize something at the same time.

The very next second, the seed, which hadn't even sprouted yet, was immediately enveloped by a brittle green flame after entering the emerald Medicine Cauldron.

Within the emerald flames, wisps of life emerged and were infused into the seed, which quickly sprouted and matured, growing into a mature Medicinal Herbs in just a short time.

Old Monster Lin and Gu Yan's lips trembled, and they exclaimed in unison, "The Life Spirit Flame!"