Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn into the Xiao Clan, Starting with Xiao Xuan's Inheritance

"And as it happens, that batch contains the medicinal ingredients you need!"

As soon as Yafei finished speaking, she turned to the attendant behind her and said,

"Go at once. Bring the medicinal ingredients listed on this note—two portions of each!"

A glint of excitement flashed through Xiao Yi's eyes at those words.

At last, the ingredients were complete!

With Yao Lao's help, he could finally find out what a fourth-grade pill tasted like!

A moment later.

The attendant from before entered the room carrying several brocade boxes.

He then respectfully placed them all before Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi.

"Sir, these are the materials you required..."

"Purple Salvia, Meridian-Unblocking Vine, a Condensation Flower with a hundred years of medicinal age, and second-tier beast cores—two portions of each..."

"Please check them..."

With a charming smile, Yafei neatly arranged the materials beside Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan nodded, then waved his hand and stored all the medicinal ingredients in his storage ring.

Yao Lao's voice then slowly rang out. "Thank you, Miss Yafei. You may make a list of the value of these ingredients. This old man will settle the bill another day..."

Upon hearing this, Yafei hurriedly waved her hand. "You are too polite, sir..."

"Consider these medicinal ingredients a gift from the Mitre Auction House to you. There is no need for any list..."

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi did not bother refusing. Who would turn down something given for free?

The two then rose and lightly cupped their hands toward Yafei. "This old man will remember this favor..."

As Yao Lao's words fell, Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan got up and left the Mitre Auction House.

After the two had departed.

The steward behind Yafei finally could not help asking,

"Miss Yafei, those medicinal ingredients were not cheap. Are we really just giving them away like that?"

Yafei merely waved her hand and looked toward the backs of Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan as they left.

"Say no more... Master Gu Ni once said that a favor from an alchemist is beyond measure..."

"Besides, did you truly not see that these two are far from ordinary...?"

The steward shook his head.

Yafei sighed helplessly before continuing,

"Just yesterday, we said that all the medicinal ingredients had been purchased by the Jia Lie Clan Head. Yet overnight, the Jia Lie Clan and the Oba Clan vanished from Wutan City as though they had disappeared from the face of the earth!"

"And today, these two came to seek medicinal ingredients. Isn't the matter obvious enough? You still do not understand?"

"More importantly, the value of these ingredients is far from ordinary. Someone who needs such materials may be a mysterious alchemist whose rank far exceeds our imagination..."

"A high-ranked alchemist who can wipe out Wutan City's two great clans overnight... Such a terrifying and mysterious person is someone the Mitre Auction House should seek to please..."

"Also, pass down the order: from this moment onward, no one is to offend anyone from the Xiao Clan!"

Yafei's seductive eyes remained fixed on the direction Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan had left as she spoke in a grave voice.

Xiao Clan Back Mountain.

Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan stared at the medicinal ingredients they had just obtained.

Their eyes could not leave them for even a moment.

At the same time, the figures of Yao Lao and Xiao Xuan emerged from their storage rings.

Yao Lao swept his gaze over the ingredients and said solemnly,

"The quality of these ingredients is average, but they will barely suffice..."

Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan's utterly inexperienced expressions and shook his head helplessly.

He said nothing.

"Yao Lao, can we start refining now?"

Xiao Yi could barely contain his impatience as he looked at Yao Lao and asked softly.

After all, due to the issue with his meridians, Xiao Yi's cultivation had been stalled for some time.

He was counting on this fourth-grade Meridian Spirit-Rhyme Pill to improve his constitution.

Yao Lao nodded lightly. "Now that the ingredients have been gathered, we can naturally begin..."

He then glanced at Xiao Xuan before turning back to Xiao Yi. "Since there are two portions of ingredients, you will refine one together with me..."

"It will be a good chance to try it..."

Xiao Yi's eyes widened at those words.

"Me? Refining a fourth-grade pill?"

Seeing Xiao Yi's shocked expression, Yao Lao said nothing and merely nodded.

Xiao Xuan, however, glared at Xiao Yi and said sternly,

"What, are you backing down over a mere fourth-grade pill?"

"Though I am not a professional alchemist, I can still make a low-grade pill like a fourth-grade pill by hand!"

Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Xuan floating in midair and smiled helplessly. "Ancestor, what level are you, and what level am I?"

"How could this kid possibly compare to you?"

He then turned to Yao Lao. "Medicine Venerable, I have only studied alchemy with you for a short while. To have me refine a fourth-grade pill right away... I am afraid of wasting these ingredients..."

"These ingredients were not cheap..."

Yao Lao merely waved his hand. "It is fine. Refine it boldly!"

"They are only a few medicinal ingredients..."

Then, seeing the faintly expectant look in Xiao Yan's eyes, Yao Lao said softly, "If Xiao Yan had already advanced to Dou Zhe, both Meridian Spirit-Rhyme Pills should have been given to the two of you for practice..."

"Forget it... Watch me demonstrate first..."

As Yao Lao's words fell, a black pill furnace appeared out of thin air.

It was none other than the Black Demon Cauldron, ranked eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking!

Seeing the Black Demon Cauldron, Xiao Xuan nodded as well. "As expected of the Medicine Venerable. This cauldron is no ordinary item..."

Yao Lao smiled faintly. "You flatter this junior, Senior. This cauldron is called the Heavenly Demon Cauldron. I obtained it by chance while traveling the continent in the past."

As Yao Lao finished speaking, he lightly tapped with his fingertip.

The Meridian-Unblocking Vine rose slowly as if summoned and entered the Black Demon Cauldron.

Then, with another light wave of Yao Lao's fingertip, a pale white flame flowed from it.

The next instant, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame wound along the lines of Yao Lao's finger before finally reaching beneath the cauldron.

Driven by the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, threads of emerald medicinal juice were forced from the Meridian-Unblocking Vine. Under the flame's special properties, they condensed into strands of medicinal vapor as tough as silk thread.

"This is the first step. The key to the Meridian Spirit-Rhyme Pill lies in unblocking the meridians, and the first step is to condense the medicinal juice from the Meridian-Unblocking Vine..."

"The next step is to add Purple Salvia and temper the medicinal potency of the Meridian-Unblocking Vine."

As he refined the pill, Yao Lao patiently explained every step to Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan.

The moment the Purple Salvia entered the medicinal cauldron, it was refined in an instant and merged with the medicinal vapor condensed from the Meridian-Unblocking Vine.

This step was also the most crucial step in refining the Meridian Spirit-Rhyme Pill.

"The final step: the hundred-year Condensation Flower and the second-tier beast core!"

"Fuse these two into it..."

As Yao Lao's voice fell, the Condensation Flower and beast core slowly rose and flew toward the pill furnace.

In particular, the hundred-year Condensation Flower left behind a faint floral fragrance in the air as it cut through the sky.

The moment the two entered the pill furnace, the Bone Spirit Cold Flame abruptly changed, shifting from fierce burning to a gentle embrace.

It cradled the Condensation Flower and beast core within the heart of the flame, slowly refining them.

The golden petals gradually melted within the green flame, turning into a cloud of hazy golden mist. It entwined with the Meridian-Unblocking Vine's medicinal vapor from before, and the two seemed to nourish each other.

"The way of controlling fire lies in balancing strength and gentleness."

Out of the corner of his eye, Yao Lao glanced at Xiao Yi and Xiao Yan beside him as his palm turned slightly.