A strange feeling

Xiao Yu's gaze swept across Huo Yue'er's face. Huo Yue'er was about the same age as him, but he had only reached the Sixth Grade Alchemist level with the help of the system, while Xiao Yan had a teacher like Yao Lao to assist him. Only Huo Yue'er could be said to have reached the Fifth-grade Alchemist level entirely on her own talent!

It's clear who's stronger and who's weaker. That's why Xiao Yu is paying special attention to Huo Yue'er. He really wants to take Huo Yue'er to the Underworld, and perhaps he can give her the position of head of the Medicine Hall!

After withdrawing his gaze, Xiao Yu continued, "Now I will directly refine the Soul Seizing Flower once, and I hope you can gain something from this refinement!"

Then, Xiao Yu flicked his finger, and a dark golden flame shot directly into the Medicine Cauldron, instantly filling the entire Medicine Cauldron.

When the many alchemists saw the dark golden flame, they pointed at it in astonishment and exclaimed, "This... this is Heavenly Flames?"

The crowd was filled with disbelief. The Heavenly Flames that all alchemists desired had actually appeared in the hands of a young man like Xiao Yu!

When Xiao Yu summoned the Chaos Flame, Huo Yue'er was suddenly shocked. She could feel the milky white flame in her body tremble with fear, and the surrounding flame threads dimmed. This shocked Huo Yue'er greatly, as the Heavenly Flames in her body had never shown such a strange reaction in all these years!

Moreover, even when she entered the Inner Academy and wanted to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, she never felt the Heart Flame that appeared in her heart. In the end, she had no choice but to return to the Outer Academy's Alchemy Department concentrate on learning how to refine pills!

Xiao Yu paid no attention to the reactions of these people, nor did he notice the slight change in Huo Yue'er's pretty face. He then picked up a pale white flower from the stone platform and threw it in without hesitation.

Boom!

The moment the Soul Seizing Flower entered the Medicine Cauldron, the Chaos Flame suddenly devoured it, like a tiger unleashed from its cage. Many alchemists' expressions changed immediately, and then they looked at Xiao Yu with some sneers. With such a powerful flame directly devouring the medicinal material, the Soul Seizing Flower was most likely destroyed!

The Soul Seizing Flower is an extremely yin flower, which is incompatible with fire. If the timing is not right, the Soul Seizing Flower will be completely burned. To master the timing, one must not only extract the essence but also do so quickly and accurately. This requires powerful Soul Power to control, which is the effect of cultivating Soul Power!

Xiao Yu calmly moved his slender fingers gently above the Medicine Cauldron, his powerful Soul Power constantly flowing through his fingertips before he looked down at the Medicine Cauldron, gaining a clear understanding of Medicine Cauldron situation inside!

The flames still filled the Medicine Cauldron, and then Xiao Yu slowly controlled the flames to recede. Only then did everyone see that a flower was floating in the flames, which was the Soul Seizing Flower that Xiao Yu had thrown in earlier!

The flames relentlessly assaulted the flower, and under the scorching heat of the Chaos Flame, the outer layer of the Soul Seizing Flower slowly peeled away. Soon, the Soul Seizing Flower was refined into a pool of pale white liquid.

Xiao Yu continued refining the Soul Seizing Flower. Watching the pool of pale white liquid being roasted into white powder, everyone pondered Xiao Yu's refining technique and unparalleled control!

For a long time afterward, Xiao Yu continued to refine medicinal herbs one by one. The crowd became lost in the process, and their initial disregard for Xiao Yu turned into respect!

After Xiao Yu finished refining all the medicinal herbs, the next step was to fuse them into a pill. Xiao Yu poured all the refined medicinal herbs directly into the Medicine Cauldron. Before the herbs even hit the ground, they were directly controlled by the Chaos Flame and floated in the center of the Medicine Cauldron. Under Xiao Yu's control, these medicinal herbs began to fuse!

Everyone watched intently as Xiao Yu fused all the medicinal herbs together to refine a Soul Ascension Pill. At the last moment, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted from the Medicine Cauldron, and everyone who took a sniff felt refreshed and invigorated!

Xiao Yu gently patted the dark red Medicine Cauldron, and a pale white, perfectly round pill appeared in his hand. "This is the Xiao Yu Soul Ascension Pill. It can help alchemists enhance their Soul Power. It's Sixth Grade Pills, and it can't be refined without strong Soul Power. Strong Soul Power is a reflection of your meticulousness during the pill refining process, because alchemy inherently requires multitasking!"

Looking at the pill in Xiao Yu's hand, everyone felt nothing but awe. As expected of Sixth Grade Alchemist, they had no doubt about Xiao Yu's strength now!

After this round of alchemy, Xiao Yu had slowed down his refining and Pill Fusion speeds, but it was still possible to see that many Alchemy Department elders, including Huo Yue'er, had a hint of enlightenment in their eyes!

Elder Huo, seeing that things had progressed sufficiently, addressed the group. "Now that the alchemy is finished, go back and think things through. There will be many more opportunities like this in the future!"

"Huh?" Xiao Yu looked at Elder Huo with a blank expression. Did this old man want him to do it a few more times?

Elder Huo chuckled at Xiao Yu and said, "Don't worry, you won't suffer any losses!"

Elder Huo then continued, "Xiao Yu is currently an elder of the Inner Academy, but after discussions with the academy, he has also established a force in the Black Corner Region, called, uh, what was it again?"

"The Underworld!" Xiao Yu said helplessly, glancing at Elder Huo.

"Oh right, right, it's the Underworld. You can choose to join the Underworld after graduation, so you can continue to receive guidance from Xiao Yu!" Elder Huo said with an awkward smile.

Everyone was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then looked at Xiao Yu with some shock. This guy was actually an Inner Academy elder, and had even established a power base in the Black Corner Region?

Xiao Yu looked at everyone and said, "Elder Huo is absolutely right, the Underworld welcomes you all!"

After saying his goodbyes to Elder Huo, Xiao Yu led Zi Yan outside. Zi Yan glanced at Xiao Yu and asked, "Is this all?"

Xiao Yu looked at Zi Yan and said, "What else can we do? We can't just kidnap them all, can we? But I can have these people help the Underworld refine pills. This will also be a way for them to practice alchemy, so it's not bad. Alright, things here are almost settled. It's time for us to go to Heavenly Snake Valley!"

Zi Yan frowned slightly and asked, "Heavenly Snake Valley?"

"This is where the Heavenly Snake Mansion is located!" Xiao Yu said.

What are you going there for?

"Looking for someone!"

Who are you looking for?

"You're so annoying, why do you ask so many questions? I'm not taking you with me!"

Are you sure you're not taking me?

"Sure!"

"Then I'll tell Sister Cai Lin, Sister Yun Yun, Sister Ya Fei that you went to pick up girls!"

"Wow, where did you learn those words?"

"Snort!"

The two bickered and argued as they walked outside.