Crimson Fox Alchemy (Seeking Monthly Votes, Follows, and Tips)

No sooner had Ye Xinghe entered the rear courtyard than quite a few cultivators arrived at the shop.

They clamored to buy spirit pills, saying they would take however many were available.

The sight made Ye Xinghe even angrier, yet he could not vent his rage at the moment. Some of these cultivators were planted stooges, but there were genuine customers among them as well.

The trap laid by the other three families had struck at precisely the right time. With Taiyi Sect's conscription, the Ye Family's main alchemists and artifact refiners had all been summoned away.

The cultivators left behind simply lacked sufficient proficiency!

Now they were also being bottlenecked by the earthfire chambers, dragging the refining process down without end.

This was practically a dead end, unless the Mo Family, one of the Purple Mansion families, was willing to lend a hand.

But judging by the Xu Family's actions, the Mo Family would never offend the Xu Family!

"Jinghao, go tell your Thirteenth Aunt that all spirit pills covered by the contract are to be purchase-limited. Also, during this time, I'll continue sending messages back to the family and offer a premium to buy from other families!" Ye Xinghe began issuing orders one by one.

Now that things had come to this, he could only grit his teeth and handle it as best he could.

"Jingyun, Jingcheng, Jingli—I have acquaintances in the Mo Family who can provide an earthfire chamber. The three of you will take turns and refine as much as you can!" Ye Xinghe said.

One month was terribly tight. His hopes still rested mainly on Ye Xingyu, so he had deliberately reserved a chamber just for him!

As for the remaining chamber, the three of them could only take turns using it.

If they failed to refine enough, he would not blame them. Of the three, only Ye Jingli had reached twenty-five years of age; he had originally been brought in to put out the fire.

"As for everything else, I'll keep trying to negotiate with the Mo Family!"

"Elder Uncle, let Jingli and Jingyun take turns using it. I may not need an earthfire chamber," Ye Jingcheng suddenly suggested.

The expression on Ye Xinghe's face had yet to ease, but he would not discourage a junior. He merely looked at Ye Jingcheng curiously.

"Elder Uncle, my spirit beast is a Crimson Flame Fox. It can breathe fire, and I've already tested it back at the family!" Ye Jingcheng said.

He then released the Crimson Flame Fox. In an instant, a crimson fire fox appeared in the courtyard, blazing red as flames and handsome as a wolf.

Its fur was exceptionally sleek, shimmering with spiritual light.

There were even faint spirit patterns on its forehead.

With a wave of Ye Jingcheng's hand, the Crimson Flame Fox opened its mouth, and a blaze of terrifyingly high-temperature fire surged forth, abruptly raising the temperature in the room by quite a bit!

The sight left Ye Xinghe utterly astonished!

Even Ye Jingli beside him stared blankly. Along the way, he had often wanted to show Ye Jingcheng his Azure-Scaled Snake!

After all, his Azure-Scaled Snake really was big and thick!

But compared with Ye Jingcheng's Crimson Flame Fox, his Azure-Scaled Snake was simply not worth mentioning.

It looked like a toy by comparison. One had to know that he had chosen before Ye Jingcheng back then.

At this moment, he even felt a trace of regret.

"Elder Uncle, this Crimson Flame Fox had suffered grave injuries. It was thought to be beyond saving, so the family exchanged it to me. Who would've thought it would pull through? Its injuries completely healed, and it has grown especially fast!" Seeing Ye Xinghe's expression, Ye Jingcheng hurriedly explained.

This time, it was not because he had acted rashly. This hurdle had to be crossed eventually. Since he had come here to refine pills, he had no desire to keep going to some earthfire chamber. He could refine freely now; he had both fire and a pill furnace.

Once he became more familiar with the market, he also intended to buy the medicinal ingredients for that pill formula from the ancient book and refine a pill that would allow the Crimson Flame Fox to grow a second tail.

It would be exposed sooner or later. This moment happened to be a fitting opportunity.

"Good, good, good! Jingcheng, worthy indeed of being someone from the Jing generation who can come here and shoulder the burden. Then I'll leave Elder Uncle's affairs to you. Tell me if you need any medicinal ingredients!" Ye Xinghe said "good" three times in a row.

If Ye Jingcheng did not need an earthfire chamber, then the Ye Family effectively had three usable earthfire chambers. Though it was not four, it was far better than expected.

As long as they could complete this task, the ones left sickened would not be the Ye Family, but the other three Foundation Establishment families. All the time they had spent buying the Ye Family's pills would go straight down the drain.

"These are pill-formula jade slips. One copy each for the two of you!" Ye Xinghe took out jade slips and gave one each to Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingcheng.

Then he hurriedly led Ye Jingyun and Ye Jingli toward the Mo Family's earthfire chambers within the market.

In this market, all earthfire chambers were controlled by the two major Purple Mansion families. Other cultivators who wished to refine pills or artifacts had to pay a fee.

They also had to reserve them in advance.

"Jingcheng, here are the medicinal ingredients. There's also an anti-disturbance array disc in here!" Ye Xinghong handed Ye Jingcheng a storage pouch as well.

"Thank you, Thirteenth Aunt!" Ye Jingcheng nodded repeatedly.

"Also, if there are medicinal ingredients you need, you can inscribe them on a jade slip and give it to me. I'll either purchase them or have them transferred from the family!" Ye Xinghong added.

Ye Jingcheng nodded in understanding. This was exactly the result he wanted.

After receiving the medicinal ingredients, Ye Jingcheng began examining the jade slip.

He had never tried refining pills with the Crimson Flame Fox, but he felt it ought to be even better than using earthfire.

His mind was linked with the Crimson Flame Fox. It could control the heat to whatever degree he wanted, without needing him to manage it.

He only needed to keep hold of the pill furnace and the spirit patterns.

Over the past year, the Crimson Flame Fox's greatest improvement had not been its physical body!

Ye Jingcheng took out the array disc and entered the room.

The first pill he refined was the Qi-Blood Pill. It had only one effect: replenishing blood and nourishing the body. If a cultivator was injured in battle and lost too much blood, taking this pill could rapidly restore them.

The Qi-Blood Pill was not difficult to refine either. With his current skill of producing three batches of Azure Spirit Pills out of five furnaces, he was full of confidence in refining Qi-Blood Pills.

After returning to his room, Ye Jingcheng took out a fresh jade slip and began analyzing, deducing, and carefully studying the pill formula.

Perhaps at times, his knowledge was insufficient for him to get to the bottom of it, but it was enough to leave a deeper impression on him.

Then, whenever any problem arose during pill refinement, he would be able to pinpoint the source of the mistake at once. That alone was enough.

After spending half a day on it, Ye Jingcheng took out an array plate and began setting it up inside the room.

This array plate was a simple Spirit-Isolating Array plate.

It could block sound and seal off divine sense.

It was also extremely simple to operate.

Before long, the array was set up. A faint layer of spiritual light now covered the edges of the entire room, looking exceptionally wondrous.

Ye Jingcheng released the Crimson Flame Fox again, then took out the three-eared pill furnace Ye Jingli had exchanged for him.

He began wiping it over and over. This time, he even used the mountain spring water he had obtained in the Taihang Mountain Range.

After all, this was his first pill furnace.

After all that repeated wiping, a faint spiritual glow actually emerged from the pill furnace. It looked radiant and as good as new. If not for the missing ear marring its appearance, this pill furnace could definitely have sold for a better price!

"Yip yip!" At Ye Jingcheng's signal, the Crimson Flame Fox gave a low growl. The next moment, it spat out a ball of crimson fire that burned against the pill furnace.

The pill furnace slowly heated until it glowed red.