Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill

"Prepare a set of ingredients for refining a Green Spirit Pill. I'll refine one for you to watch," Xiao Yan said, putting away the blue-gold Heavenly Flame.

"Young Master Yan, do you need me to lend you this Beast Flame? It seems you only have one Heavenly Flame?" Xiao Yun asked curiously, taking back his dark-red Beast Flame.

"No need," Xiao Yan refused.

"No need? Obtaining even one Heavenly Flame is the ultimate dream of every Alchemist on the continent. Could it be that Young Master Yan has a second Heavenly Flame? Or perhaps you have some other high-grade Beast Flame? I'm really looking forward to it."

As Xiao Yun pondered, he swiftly fetched another set of ingredients for refining a Green Spirit Pill.

"You only took one set of ingredients, yet you're so confident in yourself. Just how much of a surprise can you bring me, Young Master Yan? Don't disappoint me."

"Watch carefully."

Xiao Yan sat cross-legged before the Earth Cauldron and lightly slapped it. A bewitching purple flame rose within the cauldron.

"That's a Beast Flame? It seems much higher in grade than the Third-Tier Beast Flame the family provided me."

Xiao Yun sat down beside him and focused intently on the Purple Flame within the cauldron.

Xiao Yan casually tossed in a stalk of Black Sky Hemp. His fingers moved nimbly as he controlled the Purple Flame to burn the Black Sky Hemp. Once it melted into black powder, Xiao Yan tossed in two stalks of Green Flame Grass.

After all the auxiliary ingredients had been thrown into the Earth Cauldron, Xiao Yan began pouring all his soul power into it. He closely monitored the subtle changes as the various ingredients fused together, adjusting the flame's temperature and his techniques at any moment.

With his current realm as a third-tier Alchemist, even with the aid of the Flame Mantra and a Heavenly Flame, he still had to proceed cautiously when refining a peak fourth-tier medicinal pill. After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Yan's soul power sensed that the ingredients within the Earth Cauldron had reached a strange balance. A faint medicinal fragrance was also beginning to drift from within.

Xiao Yan's spirits lifted, and the techniques he sent into the cauldron became increasingly careful and precise.

"There's a medicinal fragrance? The pill is about to form. Back then, I failed at precisely this step of pill fusion."

Smelling the medicinal fragrance, Xiao Yun also tensed and stared fixedly at the medicine cauldron.

"Fuse!"

Xiao Yan sent a complex hand seal toward the Earth Cauldron. Inside, the ingredients that had originally been thick and mixed together suddenly began to gather frantically, compressing and spinning.

A moment later, a green pill with a somewhat uneven surface was taking shape within the cauldron. A faint ring of pill patterns wrapped around its surface, while waves of pleasant herbal fragrance drifted around the Earth Cauldron.

"What grade of Green Spirit Pill is Young Master Yan trying to refine? With the help of a Heavenly Flame, could he be attempting the Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill that I failed to complete?" Xiao Yun wondered as he watched Xiao Yan's movements curiously.

Seeing that the pill fusion had been preliminarily completed, Xiao Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, with a thought, a strand of Dark Gold flame slipped from his finger into the Earth Cauldron through its flame inlet.

"Another Beast Flame? Young Master Yan's hidden cards are truly endless. Hm, no—that energy fluctuation isn't from a Beast Flame. Its energy purity is so high. Could it be another Heavenly Flame?"

Xiao Yun stared at the Dark Gold Heavenly Flame with a horrified expression.

Boom!

As the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame entered, the forming green pill began spinning faster.

As time passed, beside the first pill pattern that had clearly appeared on the pill's surface, a second pattern gradually emerged. The pill also became increasingly round and lustrous.

"Is it coming? The Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill?" Feeling waves of energy fluctuations in the air, Xiao Yun straightened slightly.

Yet Xiao Yan did not open the cauldron. With a point of his right finger, a pale-green flame leaped into the Earth Cauldron once more.

"Hiss! Forget it, I can't even hiss anymore. No more hissing."

"He still hasn't opened the cauldron. Is he trying to refine the legendary Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill? In the entire Jia Ma Empire, aside from Pill King Gu He and Lord Fa Ma, the president of the Alchemist Guild, it seems no one else can successfully refine it."

Xiao Yun stared fixedly at the Earth Cauldron with fervor on his face.

Boom!

The lid of the Earth Cauldron suddenly burst open, and a blue-gold flame wrapped around the pill as it shot toward the sky.

"Did it fail, Brother Xiao Yan?" Qing Lin asked in disappointment as she watched the cauldron lid suddenly explode near the end of the refinement.

At that moment, all of Xiao Yan's focus was immersed in the pill refinement, leaving him no time to answer Qing Lin's question.

"No, not yet. It's still continuing."

The fervor faded from Xiao Yun's face. He rose solemnly and looked at the blue-gold flame in midair.

"Let the third pill pattern appear!" Xiao Yan also stood and shouted in a low voice.

Within the blue-gold flame, a third silver pill pattern quietly appeared!

A moment later, Xiao Yan extended his right hand and lightly pointed at the constantly churning blue-gold flame in the air. The blue-gold Heavenly Flame then gently descended into his palm, carrying the Green Spirit Pill within it.

"Did it succeed?" Xiao Yun stepped forward expectantly, licking his lips.

Seeing Xiao Yun looking even more nervous than himself, Xiao Yan could not help laughing. With a thought, the blue-gold Heavenly Flame returned to his body.

Three green pills lay quietly in Xiao Yan's palm, their surfaces smooth and round, each marked with three silver pill patterns. They continuously emitted an herbal fragrance that made one's heart tremble upon smelling it.

"Hehe, Young Master Yan." Xiao Yun rubbed his hands shyly and looked at Xiao Yan with anticipation.

"Take them. Consider them a gift for our first meeting."

Xiao Yan looked amused at this middle-aged man acting cute. He then took out a jade bottle from his Storage Ring, placed the three Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills inside, and casually tossed it to Xiao Yun.

"Hehe." Xiao Yun caught the jade bottle and impatiently opened it, beginning to carefully inspect the quality of the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills.

Watching Xiao Yun gaze at the Green Spirit Pills with a satisfied expression, Xiao Yan had an idea.

"Elder Xiao Yun, do you want to successfully refine Two-Pattern, or even Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pills on your own?"

"What? Young Master Yan, do you have a way to solve this problem? I can correct the issue of soul power input and techniques, but where would I find flames with such different properties?" Xiao Yun's spirits rose at first, but he quickly became dejected.

"This Third-Tier Beast Flame was something the family went to great lengths to find for me."

At the mention of that dark-red Beast Flame, Xiao Yun treasured it immensely. Clearly, he was extremely satisfied with it.

"Hehe, look at this."

Xiao Yan casually took out a Rouge Jade Bottle, removed a purple medicinal pill, and placed it in his mouth. Once the Purple Flame Pill began to dissolve, Xiao Yan activated his Dou Qi. The refined energy of the Purple Flame Pill mixed with the Dou Qi in his body, and a scorching fire energy was about to erupt.