Blood Coagulation Powder, a First-Tier Pill!

Looking at the row of jade boxes before him, even Yao Lao could not help feeling a little emotional.

Xiao Yang's rate of progress was simply too fast!

It was not just Yao Lao; Xiao Yan beside them noticed it as well.

He had not made a sound earlier, merely watching quietly from the side.

When he had watched Yao Lao refine medicine before, it had seemed quite simple.

But now, even without refining anything himself, merely watching Xiao Yang extract the medicinal ingredients made him feel that it was far from simple.

No wonder everyone wanted to become an alchemist, yet true alchemists were pitifully few.

The learning process was not only expensive, but also grueling.

The medicinal ingredients consumed just now would have been enough for an ordinary Dou Zhe to use for several years.

That money could even have allowed an ordinary person to live without worry for the rest of their life!

Very soon, after cultivating for over half an hour, Xiao Yang was full of vigor again.

Seeing Xiao Yang recover, a trace of surprise flashed through Yao Lao's eyes.

He had not expected Xiao Yang to recover so quickly relying solely on the Burning Mantra, which had yet to be upgraded.

"Since you're awake, continue."

Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yang and spoke indifferently.

Xiao Yang did not complain in the slightest and directly took out a Vitality Fruit to begin trying.

With his experience extracting Blood Coagulation Grass, Xiao Yang's process of extracting the Vitality Fruit and Poppy Flower became much easier as well.

Fewer than ten stalks of the two medicinal ingredients combined were wasted.

Another two hours later, a large amount of pale white powder, tiny black granules, and bottles of pale red liquid lay before Xiao Yang.

These were respectively the extracts of Blood Coagulation Grass, Vitality Fruit, and Poppy Flower.

After combining the essences of these three medicinal ingredients, they could be refined into Blood Coagulation Powder.

"Begin trying to fuse them."

After saying this from the side, Yao Lao once again emphasized the steps for fusing medicinal essences to Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang first placed the Blood Coagulation Grass powder into the medicinal cauldron.

He controlled the flames to roast the Blood Coagulation Grass powder. Once the powder had turned slightly red, he poured the Poppy Flower medicinal liquid into it.

The instant the Poppy Flower medicinal liquid was poured in, it began boiling.

Bubbling sounds continuously rang out from within the medicinal cauldron.

Under the effect of the flames, the essences of the two medicinal ingredients slowly fused together, becoming a lump of dark red paste.

Xiao Yang hesitated for a moment before pouring in the tiny black granules extracted from the Vitality Fruit.

This time, however, the tiny granules could not merge with the dark red paste no matter what.

Just then, Yao Lao spoke.

"Different medicinal ingredients have different resistance to flames."

"You need to properly control the temperature in every part of the medicinal cauldron."

"Some areas need to be hotter, while others need to be cooler."

"Only then can you perfectly fuse the essences of the various medicinal ingredients."

Hearing this, Xiao Yang began trying.

He split his soul power into two portions and began controlling the flame temperatures in different areas of the medicinal cauldron.

This step was extremely difficult because it required him to divide his attention.

And he could not make the slightest mistake.

Xiao Yang tried for a long time before finally succeeding.

As the flame temperature beside the tiny granules in the medicinal cauldron rose, the Vitality Fruit granules finally could not endure it any longer and burst apart.

Pinches of black powder melted into the dark red paste, making its color increasingly deep and profound.

When the last traces of black powder merged into it, Xiao Yang let out a breath of relief.

He stopped pouring in Fighting Qi, withdrew his hand, and slowly took the lump of deep red paste from the medicinal cauldron.

Just then, a system notification suddenly sounded beside Xiao Yang's ear.

"Congratulations to the host for refining the first-tier pill Blood Coagulation Powder. Reward: ten Origin Points!"

"Detected that the host has refined a first-tier pill for the first time. Reward: one hundred Origin Points!"

Hearing the system notifications in his mind, the originally exhausted Xiao Yang immediately perked up.

He had finally found another way to earn Origin Points!

Wasn't this far easier than killing magical beasts?

At this moment, Xiao Yang seemed to see countless Origin Points rushing toward him.

With a thought from Yao Lao, the lump of paste flew before him.

Yao Lao tapped Xiao Yang's Storage Ring, and over a hundred small jade bottles flew out, arranging themselves across the cave floor.

With a casual wave of Yao Lao's hand, the lump of paste was precisely divided into over a hundred portions and flew into the jade bottles one after another.

"Congratulations. Your first attempt at refining medicine succeeded."

Looking at the somewhat impure deep red medicinal liquid, a trace of delight flashed through Xiao Yang's eyes.

After fusing medicinal essences twice more and refining one batch of Blood Coagulation Powder, Xiao Yang returned to his small courtyard.

He had no choice. His soul power had been depleted too severely, and his head was beginning to ache.

All he could do now was go back and get a good night's sleep.

The reason he had refined only one batch was that while fusing the second batch of medicinal essences, his soul power had been depleted too much, causing a headache. In a moment of carelessness, he had burned away the tiny granules extracted from the Vitality Fruit.

Yao Lao had noticed this as well, which was why he had told Xiao Yang to return and rest first.

After all, fusing medicinal essences consumed far more Fighting Qi and soul power than extracting medicinal ingredients.

Soul power in particular, because fusing medicinal essences required divided attention. It was consumed as quickly as water being pumped out by a water pump—frighteningly fast.

Thus, Xiao Yang could not hold on after merely three fusion attempts.

The utterly exhausted Xiao Yang struggled to make it back to his residence.

He was extremely glad that his residence was at the foot of the back mountain, so he could return home as soon as he descended.

Otherwise, every additional step would have been torture for him now.

Xiao Yang forced himself to stay awake and took out the wooden barrel containing Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

Then, he directly climbed into it.

Xiao Yang had no intention of cultivating at all. Drowsy and muddled, he leaned against the wooden barrel and immediately fell asleep.

Fortunately, the effects of Foundation Building Divine Liquid far surpassed those of Foundation Building Spirit Liquid.

Even though Xiao Yang was not actively cultivating, streams of green energy carrying specks of golden light continuously emerged from within the wooden barrel and poured into his body.

After this medicinal power entered Xiao Yang's body, it gradually nourished him.

A small portion of it flowed into Xiao Yang's dantian.

His Fighting Qi Vortex spun continuously, refining the medicinal power into his own Fighting Qi.

And so, the next day, Xiao Yang unusually slept until ten in the morning.

The eyelashes of the youth in the wooden barrel twitched slightly, and his tightly shut eyes slowly opened.

Xiao Yang subconsciously shuddered at that moment.

After all, he was still soaking in the Foundation Building Divine Liquid.

Xiao Yang, who had not slept in for a long time, stretched lazily.

The soul power he had nearly exhausted yesterday had now almost completely recovered.

Looking at the Foundation Building Divine Liquid beneath him, Xiao Yang could not help sighing.

His best method of recovering soul power now was sleeping.

But that would reduce his cultivation time.

If only he had a soul cultivation technique.

Then he could cultivate Fighting Qi while recovering his soul power at the same time.

He could even improve his soul realm.

Just then, Xiao Yang suddenly thought of something.

Wait, Xiao Yan had indeed obtained a damaged soul cultivation technique in the original story!

Although it only had a few short lines of incantation!

But he could try upgrading it!