Blood Lotus Pill

After obtaining the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, Lei Luo bade farewell to Gu Te.

Now that the Ice Spirit Cold Spring was in hand, all that remained was to refine the Blood Lotus Pill.

When he arrived downstairs, Otto was wandering around the hall.

Seeing Lei Luo come down, he asked with interest, "Well? Did you succeed?"

Lei Luo nodded with a chuckle, then headed toward the Alchemist Association with Otto, chatting and laughing along the way.

It had actually been more than half a year since Lei Luo left Wutan City.

It seemed as though he had not done much, but time had truly passed quickly.

Of course, Lei Luo had spent a large portion of that time traveling.

As he calculated the time in his heart, Lei Luo initiated a sign-in with Otto.

After all, the only people he could sign in with in Black Rock City were Otto, Xue Mei, and a few others.

Yesterday, Lei Luo had signed in with Xue Mei and received a bottle of top-grade Qi Recovery Pills.

The reward was so-so. Although it could not compare to those from major characters, it was not bad either.

Today, Lei Luo intended to use his chance on Otto.

As a Fourth-Rank Alchemist and a Dou Ling expert, his reward surely would not be too poor.

With a silent thought, the familiar system notification sounded in his mind.

[Congratulations, Host, for signing in with the plot character Otto. Obtained: Fourth-Rank Pill, Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.]

With a thought, the pill was automatically stored in Lei Luo's Storage Ring.

After returning to the Alchemist Association in Black Rock City, Lei Luo and Otto went to find Frank.

Only after meeting Frank did Lei Luo explain his request to the two of them.

After all, they were already the highest-ranked master alchemists in Black Rock City.

Though both were Fourth-Rank Alchemists, with Lei Luo's Heavenly Flames, refining a Fifth-Rank Pill did not seem entirely impossible.

Unfortunately, the Calamity-Breaking Pill Hai Bo Dong needed was a Sixth-Rank Pill. Lei Luo and the other two simply did not have the ability to refine it.

Moreover, he did not have the prescription for the Calamity-Breaking Pill, so he could only give up on it for now.

Before this, Lei Luo had asked Cheng Feng to help him find the prescription for the Fifth-Rank Blood Lotus Pill.

After all, the Blood Lotus Pill was something few people needed, yet many Alchemists kept on hand, making its prescription relatively easy to find.

Lei Luo's purpose today was to work with Otto and Frank to refine this Fifth-Rank Blood Lotus Pill!

After hearing Lei Luo's words, both Otto and Frank were somewhat surprised.

Refining a Fifth-Rank Pill was no trivial matter. Although the two of them had attempted it before, they had both ended in failure.

When Lei Luo brought it up again, they were both somewhat hesitant.

After all, the materials needed to refine a Fifth-Rank Pill were not cheap.

If they failed, even Otto and Frank would struggle to bear the terrifying cost.

However, Lei Luo had naturally come prepared. He had long since gathered all the materials.

But he only had one set.

If they failed, the Blood Lotus Pill could no longer be refined.

At that point, Lei Luo would have no choice but to force himself to refine the Green Lotus Core Flame.

But the price and risks of that were far too great. He did not want to take that gamble.

"Two seniors, I have the materials. Just consider it practice with this junior, shall we?"

Hearing this, Otto and Frank exchanged a glance, then licked their lips. They were clearly tempted.

After all, opportunities to refine a Fifth-Rank Pill did not come often.

Seeing that they were interested, Lei Luo said no more. The three entered the pill-refining room together and began making preparations.

The core ingredients of the Blood Lotus Pill were the Blood Lotus Crystal and Ice Spirit Flame Grass.

The supplementary ingredients were several Third-Rank Magic Cores.

Lei Luo had personally hunted some of the Magic Cores in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, while others had been picked up from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory.

When they saw the materials Lei Luo had taken out, the two could not help but feel surprised.

"You've got quite the skills, kid. Even Frank and I would have to put in some effort to obtain these materials."

Otto sighed.

"I was just lucky," Lei Luo replied as he arranged the ingredients.

"You're quite willing to spend, kid. The Blood Lotus Crystal and Ice Spirit Flame Grass are both rare treasures, yet you're using them for us to practice."

Lei Luo gave an awkward laugh before saying seriously to the two, "Seniors, let's begin."

Hearing this, Otto and Frank exchanged solemn looks, then nodded and prepared to start.

Just as Frank placed his palm on the pill cauldron and prepared to ignite the fire, Lei Luo stopped him.

"Use mine."

Frank's expression cleared in understanding. "Right. Your Purple Flame is much better than ours. It might even raise our chances of success a little."

But when Lei Luo pressed his palm against the pill cauldron and sent a wisp of milky-white flame into it, Frank and Otto's jaws nearly dropped.

"This is... Heavenly Flames!"

The two cried out in unison.

It was simply too shocking.

"Little Lei Luo, do you even understand that one should not reveal one's wealth?"

Lei Luo could only smile bitterly at that.

"I trust the character of you two seniors. Besides, I doubt either of you has the confidence to provoke my Mite'er Family."

"Ahem, you kid really have a big heart. If we didn't have some friendship with you, the two of us might have wanted to kill you and seize your treasure."

As he spoke, Lei Luo's Heavenly Flames had already been fully unleashed, blazing fiercely within the heavy pill cauldron.

In an instant, the temperature throughout the pill-refining room became scorching.

"Tsk, Heavenly Flames truly are terrifying. Even Purple Flame is insignificant before them," Frank could not help but sigh.

"Lei Luo, control the heat properly. We're starting!"

In truth, there was another reason Lei Luo had sought out Otto and Frank: their coordination.

Their decades-long friendship had given them extraordinary synergy, allowing them to cooperate in pill refinement.

If they had been two strangers who had never met before, the difficulty would undoubtedly have been much greater.

Under Lei Luo's control, the Yang Flame burned fiercely. Before long, the pill cauldron had turned crimson red.

Seeing this, Otto and Frank hesitated no longer and began placing the ingredients into the pill cauldron.

"Be sure to control the temperature. Otherwise, all our efforts will go to waste!" Otto reminded Lei Luo.

Lei Luo naturally understood, for the Blood Lotus Pill was extremely important to him.

Fortunately, he had often used the Yin-Yang Twin Flames in battle during this period, so his ability to control fire was fairly good.

With the two men's help, the pill refinement proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Because of the Yang Flame's properties, it greatly increased the chances of successfully forming a pill, and it was especially effective at refining medicinal ingredients.

However, because many Magic Cores were required, the fusion process was not fast.

The refinement lasted three days. When the final ingredient had been transformed into medicinal liquid, the Blood Lotus Pill entered its final stage.

As the three controlled the liquids within the pill cauldron and slowly fused them together, terrifying energy ripples erupted throughout the pill-refining room.

At that moment, a round, lustrous pill spun rapidly above the pill furnace. The medicinal fragrance it emitted left one feeling refreshed and relaxed.

At the sight, all three finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pill had been successfully refined!