Learning Alchemy

Xiao Yan, standing to the side, felt somewhat envious when he heard that.

However, he did not speak up.

He also knew that before breaking through to the Dou Zhe level and beginning to cultivate a technique, he could forget about trying alchemy.

After all, without converting his Dou Qi through a technique, he could not even produce flames.

Yao Lao did not refuse and said directly,

"I'll start teaching you tomorrow."

"For your first attempt at alchemy, choose something simple—Blood Coagulation Powder."

"One batch of Blood Coagulation Powder requires one Blood Coagulation Grass, one Vitality Fruit, two..."

"Prepare a hundred sets of ingredients first."

"Have you prepared a cauldron?"

Xiao Yang immediately nodded.

"I already asked Ya Fei to keep an eye out for a cauldron suitable for beginners."

With a thought from Xiao Yang, a red medicinal cauldron nearly half a meter tall appeared out of thin air within the cave.

The instant the cauldron appeared, the three people in the cave immediately felt a faint chill!

One had to know that the temperature outside was not low at the moment!

And Xiao Yang had just been converting fire-attributed Dou Qi inside the cave!

As Yao Lao looked at the red cauldron before him, a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.

"This cauldron is quite good!"

"The heat-dissipation vents around the entire cauldron are actually made from Ice Silver!"

"And it's even a seven-port cauldron. I never expected a place as small as the Northwest Continent to have such a cauldron, much less for it to end up in your hands!"

As he spoke, Yao Lao's gaze toward Xiao Yang became somewhat strange.

The cauldron was entirely crimson and currently emitted faint specks of light.

Beneath it were seven imposing dragon heads.

The seven dragon heads were connected by fire channels. The channels twisted and extended inward, becoming narrower the deeper they went.

At the top of the cauldron was a lid formed by a coiling red dragon.

There was a special opening in the lid, specifically meant for adding medicinal ingredients.

Both the cauldron body and lid were covered in fine holes made from Ice Silver. These openings provided excellent heat dissipation and could prevent the cauldron from exploding due to excessive heat.

Not only that, a transparent mirror made from Cold Ice Essence had been installed at the center of the cauldron, allowing one to clearly observe the activity within.

The surface of the cauldron was covered in carvings of various magical beasts and medicinal ingredients, all lifelike enough to seem real.

However, Yao Lao's expression was indeed somewhat strange at this moment.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Your luck is truly good. Even some tier-six and tier-seven alchemists in the Central Plains would want a cauldron like this."

"Yet you actually managed to obtain it in a little place like Wutan City."

Yao Lao did not continue on that topic. Instead, he changed the subject.

"However, a cauldron like this is not the most suitable for you."

A trace of helplessness appeared on Yao Lao's face.

Xiao Yang was stunned when he heard that.

This was a cauldron he had specially upgraded!

The one he had originally bought had only been a three-port cauldron.

"Why? Isn't this a high-grade cauldron?"

A trace of confusion flashed across Xiao Yang's face.

"The more fire ports a cauldron has, the higher its grade indeed tends to be."

"After all, one cannot simply punch however many holes one wants into a cauldron."

"However, controlling multiple fire ports also requires powerful soul perception."

"At your current level, you can only control one or two fire ports."

"So you cannot make use of this cauldron at all."

Hearing this, Xiao Yang did not know whether to laugh or cry.

Good grief, this cauldron was too good, so he could not use it instead?!

With no other choice, he could only go find Ya Fei later and ask her to help him locate a two-port cauldron.

Basic cauldrons like that were fairly common and not difficult to find.

If he only wanted a one-port cauldron, the Mittel Auction House currently had more than one.

"I understand, Teacher. I'll go buy another one-port cauldron later."

After saying that, Xiao Yang bid farewell to Yao Lao and Xiao Yan first.

After leaving the back mountain, he headed directly to the Mittel Auction House.

Before going out, Xiao Yang also brought several Xiao Clan guards with him.

Ever since he had casually killed Jialie Ao last time, that old man Jia Liebi had gone mad and kept searching for the murderer.

But he could not find him at all.

So he vented part of his anger on Xiao Yang.

The last time Xiao Yang went out, Jia Liebi directly sent clan guards to teach him a lesson!

Although they did not dare take his life, injuring him a little was nothing to them.

Fortunately, he had not been far from the Xiao Clan Market at the time and had directly drawn the attention of the Xiao Clan guards there, who protected him.

After that, Xiao Yang would bring guards whenever he went out.

Once he possessed sufficient strength, he would definitely wipe out the Jia Lie Clan!

In the blink of an eye, the next day arrived.

The ingredients for Blood Coagulation Powder and a two-port cauldron were both fairly common, so Xiao Yang had bought everything yesterday.

Thinking about beginning to learn alchemy today, he had been so excited yesterday that he needed to spend some time calming himself even while cultivating.

A little after five in the morning, as soon as dawn broke, Xiao Yang finished breakfast and went to Xiao Yan's small courtyard to find Yao Lao.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan's powerful soul force meant that he did not need much sleep either.

He was also curious how Yao Lao would teach.

The two headed straight for the back mountain together, and Xiao Yan ate something along the way for breakfast.

Before long, they arrived at the familiar cave.

Without needing Yao Lao to say anything, Xiao Yang took out the medicinal ingredients and cauldron he had bought yesterday.

Looking at the pale yellow two-port cauldron before him,

"This cauldron is rather suitable for beginners."

"It's just of fairly average quality."

There was no helping it. Xiao Yang had requested it at the last minute yesterday, so it could not be anything exceptional.

He did not mind. It was only a beginner's tool, after all.

"First, familiarize yourself with the cauldron."

"Place your hand on the cauldron and circulate the Dou Qi in your body into it."

Yao Lao instructed as he floated cross-legged in the air.

Hearing this, Xiao Yang placed his hand on a fire port and began circulating the Dou Qi within his body, gathering it toward his palm.

A pale yellow glow began to radiate from his hand.

Then Xiao Yang's palm dimmed, and Dou Qi burst from his palm, flowing into the fire port and entering the cauldron.

Puff!

A muffled sound came from within the cauldron. The pale yellow Dou Qi passed through the fire port and was directly converted into tangible pale yellow flames.

Inside the cauldron, a mass of pale yellow fire continuously surged and burned.

Xiao Yang found the sensation rather wondrous.

The fire had erupted from within his body, yet his palm still felt cool, without the slightest sense of heat.

"Not bad. You managed to convert flames on your first try."

"However, what you have converted right now is not alchemical flame. Your current flames are rather violent."

"Now, calm yourself and control that trace of wood attribute within your body. Pour it into the cauldron."

Hearing this, Xiao Yang closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and began sensing the faint trace of wood attribute within his body.