Alchemy Chapter

"Heavens, that kid is actually refining medicine!"

"Heavens, he can actually condense real flames!"

"Heavens, is he a genius?"

"Not good!" Yao Lao immediately withdrew his soul perception in excitement.

Xiao Fan looked around suspiciously. He had just sensed someone watching him. None of this felt like a mistake. "Was it that soul body?"

"I hope you don't do anything reckless. Otherwise, with only a remnant soul, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

Xiao Fan continued refining the herbs. Medicinal fragrance filled the room as all the ingredients floated in the air under the influence of Dou Qi, turning into liquid substances. "Who would have thought a dignified ninth-grade alchemist would need to refine medicine with such difficulty..."

"Qiluo Fragrance can help the body grow..."

"Nine Nether Flower tastes delicious..."

"Add some honey and sugar."

Xiao Fan suddenly froze. Wasn't I refining medicine? Why am I making Sugar Pills?

Looking at the Sugar Pills that had already taken shape, Xiao Fan paused again. "Forget it. I'll treat them as gifts prepared in advance for that little foodie."

After storing away several dozen Sugar Pills, Xiao Fan began refining the ingredients again.

"Condense!"

Xiao Fan, who had thought there was no room for error, suddenly noticed something was wrong. "Not good. Even though I have enough Dou Qi right now, the flame's temperature still isn't high enough."

As the various ingredients that had originally fused together gradually began to fall apart, Xiao Fan inwardly cried out in alarm. Damn it, the furnace is going to explode!

Sweat began to form on Xiao Fan's forehead as he considered his options. If others learned that a ninth-grade alchemist like him had blown up a furnace while refining a second-grade pill, it would be utterly humiliating.

"Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, emerge!"

Gu Xun'er, who was cultivating cross-legged in her room, suddenly sensed that something was wrong. The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame inside her body erupted once again without warning.

"Hiss... mm."

Ignoring Gu Xun'er, who was suffering unbearable pain from the Heavenly Flame's eruption.

Xiao Fan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and removed the two finished pills from the alchemy furnace. Two pills from one furnace, both of superior quality.

"Not bad. If the ingredients had been a few years older, they would have been perfect."

Yao Lao, residing within the Storage Ring, was startled. Although the phenomenon caused by a second-grade pill taking shape was practically nonexistent, Yao Lao had keenly detected that ripple of energy.

"It actually succeeded!" The shock in Yao Lao's heart was immense. "And this energy ripple is at least that of a second-grade pill, yet it far surpasses a second-grade pill while falling short of a third-grade pill."

"Why is it so strange?"

Yao Lao could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought. At that moment, he wished he could rush out of the ring to investigate. After all, Yao Lao could never have imagined that someone had developed the bizarre technique of producing multiple pills from one furnace solely to speed up the making of Sugar Pills.

"The young truly deserve respect..." Yao Lao sighed inwardly. Then he looked at the brat Xiao Yan beside him, who was actually planning to peek into the women's bath at the back mountain...

"He really isn't like this old man at all... We simply cannot see eye to eye."

At the back mountain, beside a natural hot spring.

Xiao Ning was leisurely soaking in the hot spring, relaxing his body and mind.

"Phew... I wonder how my sister found this place. In one word, comfortable~"

Xiao Ning never imagined that a dark figure would quietly slip into the hot spring from the other side.

It was none other than the little pervert Xiao Yan. He slowly swam toward the figure within the white mist. The vaguely visible silhouette had a graceful figure, and the haze only added to her charm. Even from far away, Xiao Yan could tell that she had to be a stunning beauty.

"Hehehe..."

As he drew closer, Xiao Yan became even more excited. He thought to himself, What fair legs!

"I'll just touch them once!"

That touch gave Xiao Ning a huge fright. As if struck by lightning, he immediately sprang out of the water.

Xiao Yan was also startled by Xiao Ning. His breathing hitched, and after choking on water, he had no choice but to surface.

"Glub glub... th-three legs?"

Xiao Yan stared at the little tadpole before him, completely dumbfounded. He swallowed the hot spring water he had just gulped down. (One mouthful each as a reward.)

"Where were the fair, smooth, slender legs I was promised?!" Xiao Yan roared.

"Xiao Yan! It was you!"

Xiao Ning raised his fist as if he were about to strike, but Xiao Yan bolted away at full speed.

"Xiao Yan, don't run!"

"You really aren't human!"

"You're a complete pervert!"

When Xiao Ning thought about how a man had actually lusted after his body and had even drunk the water he had soaked in, a shiver ran through him from head to toe.

Then, remembering that he was no longer clean, Xiao Ning let out a tremendous roar. "Aaaah! Xiao Yan, just you wait!"

Xiao Fan likely never expected that the grudge between Xiao Ning and Xiao Yan, which should no longer have happened, would arise again through the tricks of fate.

From that day onward, the Xiao Family gained a little pervert whom everyone wanted to beat up, as well as someone who spent every day searching for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Fan looked at the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame swaying endlessly in his hand, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"Could Gu Xun'er's Heavenly Flame have erupted?"

Over the past three months, Xiao Fan had not spoken to Gu Xun'er, but he could sense that she was always appearing near him. That left him rather confused.

"I'm leaving soon. I have to get as much out of Gu Xun'er as possible!"

With that, Xiao Fan put on the Black Gilded Mask, avoided numerous guards along the way, and quietly arrived at Gu Xun'er's residence.

"Hm? Why is this kid here again? What a coincidence."

Ling Ying watched the sneaky Xiao Fan in confusion, but he did not stop him. His young lady had given orders that Xiao Fan was not to be obstructed if he came, while no one else was allowed inside.

Xiao Fan first went to the door and listened for a while. He clearly heard Gu Xun'er's moans from within the room. Perhaps he would once have felt sorry for her, but now his heart was filled only with wild delight.

"So the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame really erupted! I can fleece it again. Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, hurry up and grow stronger."

Xiao Fan inspected his surroundings. When his gaze swept across a patch of shadow, he paused briefly before pushing open the door and entering.

"Power bank, I'm here!"

Gu Xun'er was not unconscious as she had been before. Seeing someone enter her room, she instinctively snapped, "Get out!"

But when she saw that familiar mask, her stern attitude instantly softened. A trace of reassurance rose within her heart, and she gently said to the visitor, "You... came."

Her struggling body immediately fell unconscious.

"Hm?" Xiao Fan considered Gu Xun'er's reaction just now. "What kind of emotion was that? Dependence?"

"How could that be? Gu Xun'er has never given me a kind look."

Xiao Fan sat down beside Gu Xun'er as the Spirit Devouring Art began to operate silently.

All the overflowing Heavenly Flame energy was absorbed, but the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within Gu Xun'er's body was unwilling to accept it. "I finally erupted for once, and you're going to suck me dry!"

Even Xiao Fan was stunned by this situation. "Hey, hey, hey, what's going on? I've only absorbed a little, and you're already done?"

"Erupt for me!!!"

At that moment, Xiao Fan even wanted to provoke the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame within Gu Xun'er's body, but clearly, the person in the room would not let him do that...