Thunder-Element Alchemist!

"Medicine Elder, I want to learn alchemy!"

This was something Xiao Le had considered for a long time. Although he could still become a powerful alchemist by relying on his accumulated alchemy experience, Medicine Elder's guidance would make the process much smoother.

"This..." Medicine Elder had thought Xiao Le's obsession ran too deep, leaving him somewhat conflicted.

Xiao Le took out the two medicine cauldrons. Gray-black lightning serpents churned within them as he grabbed the medicinal ingredients from his storage ring and tossed them inside.

What surprised Xiao Le was that the Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning was far too bizarre. It nearly devoured the medicinal properties themselves. Fortunately, Xiao Le noticed in time and slowly replaced the Heavenly Demon Evil Lightning with Peach-Scented Flower Lightning.

The spiritual herbs were refined into medicinal powder. This sight left Medicine Elder utterly stunned. A thunder-element alchemist, something unheard of, had actually become reality.

Medicine Elder's expression turned serious as he stared intently at Xiao Le refining medicine. His vast soul power spread out, carefully sensing every stage of the process.

The spiritual herbs and magic cores had both been fully refined. Next came the fusion, the most difficult step. Yet for Xiao Le, who had already refined thousands of batches, it was effortless. Before long, the medicinal essences that had been resisting one another merged under Xiao Le's control and the lightning's assault.

A wisp of pill fragrance drifted out as the pill's rudimentary form took shape. As lightning raged around it, the pill became increasingly round and lustrous, while its fragrance grew ever richer.

The pill was complete!

Before Xiao Le could withdraw the lightning, Medicine Elder waved his hand and opened the cauldron, drawing out the pill for a careful inspection.

"Teacher, this?" Xiao Yan looked at Medicine Elder, anticipation in his eyes.

"The quality is considered superior." It was a simple remark, but this pill had been refined by a thunder-element Dou Practitioner.

Light shone in Medicine Elder's eyes as he looked at Xiao Le as though gazing at a flawless piece of jade. "You have a great talent for alchemy, Xiao Le. Are you willing to take me as your master, like your brother did? Even if you are unwilling, I can still teach you pill refining."

"Teacher!" Xiao Le immediately bowed down.

Leaving everything else aside, the guidance of a peak eighth-grade alchemist was extremely valuable even with the experience downloaded by his cheat.

More importantly, with Medicine Elder vouching for him, the downloaded pill formulas would be much easier to explain. Besides, Medicine Elder truly was an excellent master.

"Good, good, wonderful!" Medicine Elder was overjoyed.

Since he had taken a disciple, a formal gift was indispensable. With a light tap of his finger, one pill formula after another appeared in Xiao Le's mind, along with Medicine Elder's insights into alchemy. For no reason at all, Xiao Le gained the experience of an eighth-grade alchemist.

Red · [Peak Eighth-Grade Alchemist Experience]

Medicine Elder truly was a teacher who, despite being deeply hurt by his first disciple, was still willing to give his wholehearted sincerity without holding anything back.

"Xiao Le, since you are the only thunder-element alchemist on the entire continent, I do not know how to teach you. I hope my personal summary of alchemy experience will be useful to you. If there is anything you do not understand, come ask me!"

Xiao Le hurriedly thanked him, then conveniently changed the alchemist experience into [Peak Eighth-Grade Thunder Alchemist Experience]. Sure enough, becoming this man's disciple had not been in vain.

The Xiao Family had gained another alchemist.

Perhaps Medicine Elder had high hopes for Xiao Le, for he paid even more attention to Xiao Le's alchemy. Xiao Le's pill-refining techniques improved by leaps and bounds every day.

With Xiao Le's involvement, Xiao Family Market became increasingly bustling. Mercenaries who lived their lives on the edge of a blade had a great demand for pills. Previously, the pills on the market had all been sold through the Mittel Auction House, but their prices were rather high.

Now, the Xiao Family Market's affordable, high-quality pills became an instant hit upon release. As the pill business boomed and drew in crowds, the other businesses were also lifted along with it.

This drove the other two families of Wutan City mad. Their markets were deserted all day, forcing them to lower their prices to attract customers, but the results were poor.

Watching the Xiao Family rake in money while his own business sharply declined, the Jia Lie Clan Chief flew into rages every day. The entire Jia Lie Clan became exceedingly cautious, afraid of making a mistake and provoking their clan chief.

The outcome of sitting still and waiting for death was bound to be failure. The Xiao Family and the Jia Lie Clan had long been at odds. Once the Xiao Family rose to power, they certainly would not spare the Jia Lie Clan.

Seeing the Xiao Family rapidly grow through pills, the Jia Lie Clan Chief could no longer sit still. If the Xiao Family could do it, why could the Jia Lie Clan not? He began offering high prices to hire alchemists.

No alchemist had ever been willing to come to a remote backwater like Wutan City, leaving the Jia Lie Clan increasingly disappointed.

Yet recently, the Jia Lie Clan suddenly began decorating with lanterns and streamers and holding lavish banquets, leaving many people utterly baffled.

Not long afterward, the Jia Lie Clan Market also began selling pills, and at even lower prices. This made the Xiao Family uneasy. They had only enjoyed a few days of glory; they could not afford to fail now.

Xiao Le knew that Liu Xi had arrived.

Xiao Yan proposed supplying new varieties of pills, and Medicine Elder selected from the pill formulas he had mastered.

This strategy of diversification allowed the Xiao Family to win once again.

The Jia Lie Clan actually began a price war with the Xiao Family. But because of Xiao Le, Xiao Yan had advanced to become a Dou Practitioner and an alchemist ahead of time. The Xiao Family's confidence was now beyond compare.

The Xiao Family had produced two alchemists, and after experiencing the benefits over the past days, every member of the Xiao Family was beaming with joy.

Xiao Zhan's temples, which had turned gray from worrying himself sick over the two brothers, had improved as well. His eyes were much more spirited.

"Clan Chief, this is bad! Five elders have returned one after another to report that the medicinal herb merchants we had found will no longer supply us with herbs!"

"Clan Chief, this is bad! Three convoys transporting medicinal herbs were attacked, and the herbs were destroyed!"

A string of bad news arrived, making the entire Xiao Family feel the looming sense of an approaching storm.

The three great elders arrived together, all wearing grim expressions and at a loss for what to do.

Xiao Le and Xiao Yan, who had been refining pills, were also summoned by Xiao Zhan.

The meeting hall.

As the greatest contributors during this period, the three great elders now wore entirely different expressions when facing the two. Without anyone noticing, the brothers had risen to the highest position in the hearts of the family's younger generation, perhaps even surpassing Xiao Zhan.

"Yan'er, Le'er, the Jia Lie Clan has used underhanded methods to cut off our supply channels. The family's stockpile of medicinal herbs will not last much longer. At a time like this, if we lose, the market business will plummet." Xiao Zhan told the two about the Xiao Family's current predicament without concealing anything.

In everyone's eyes, the two brothers were no longer children.

Xiao Yan fell into thought, carefully considering a way out for the Xiao Family. After a long while, he said helplessly, "At this point, the Xiao Family has only one path: seek an ally. Aside from the three great families, there is another force in Wutan City that cannot be underestimated—the Mittel Auction House. If we can obtain the Mittel Auction House's help, we will certainly be able to avert this crisis!"

"The Mittel Auction House has always upheld neutrality and does not involve itself in the struggles between the three great families. They will not break their rules for our Xiao Family." The First Elder shook his head in disappointment.

"Then we will show them the Xiao Family's value. Let me make the trip. I will definitely persuade Ya Fei!" Xiao Le stepped forward and said.