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Chapter 226 Jumping Seven Steps in a Row!

Still wasting resources...

Hearing Yao Lao's indignant words, Xiao Yan was speechless.

But soon, his attention was drawn to the remaining spiritual liquid, and he said with anticipation, "If that's the case, then when I advance to the Great Dou Master realm in the future, I'll be able to cultivate using diluted Marrow Cleansing Spiritual Liquid, right?"

"It won't take that long. With a little effort from me and some mild supplements, I guarantee you'll be able to cultivate using diluted spiritual liquid once you reach the Battle Master realm!"

"What about the undiluted spiritual liquid?"

"Hey, you little rascal, you're already aiming too high?"

The old doctor said bluntly, "You shouldn't even think about getting this level of berserk spirit liquid, at least not before you become a Dou Wang!"

Xiao Yan chuckled awkwardly, "Teacher, please don't be angry. I was just asking, just asking..."

During their conversation, Xiao Yan had already returned to the Xiao family and found a narrow cave, only one person high, under a secluded cliff in the back mountain of the Xiao family.

This is a cultivation place he carefully selected, in an extremely secluded location.

If no one leads the way, no one will be able to find this place.

Even so, Xiao Yan was still not at ease, so he covered the cave entrance with branches and vines before returning to the cave and taking out the various medicinal herbs he had just obtained from the auction house.

Four fifty-year-old Ink-leaf Lotus plants, two mature Snake Saliva Fruits, a Spirit Gathering Grass of about twenty years old, and a level-two water-attribute magic core...

These are all the raw materials for the fourth-grade elixir, [Qi Gathering Powder]!
Meeting Xiao Yan's expectant gaze, Yao Lao frowned slightly and did not immediately begin refining pills as he had done before.

After a moment's thought, he turned to Xiao Yan and said, "If I remember correctly, you should have quite a few thousand-year-old four-colored lotuses and high-grade water-attribute magic crystals, right?"

"..."

Xiao Yan was taken aback upon hearing this, then said with a strange expression, "Teacher, you..."

The old apothecary snorted and said with dissatisfaction, "What? You used my pill formula to exchange for so many precious medicinal herbs, can't I also indulge in a little luxury?"

As a top-tier eighth-grade alchemy master, Yao Lao had come into contact with countless rare and exotic herbs during his lifetime, but those precious raw materials were basically used to refine high-grade pills.

For Lin Yu, using high-grade materials to refine low-grade pills was an incredibly extravagant act.

If one hadn't witnessed Lin Yu's arrogance, it would have been one thing, but now, Elder Yao has personally witnessed Xiao Yan exchanging his own pill formula for a massive amount of precious medicinal herbs.

Among them are many otherworldly medicinal herbs of extremely high quality, which even Elder Yao has never seen or heard of before!

Under such circumstances, let alone the alchemist who was born with a love for alchemy, no alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent could resist such temptation!

Seeing the slightly guilty dissatisfaction on Yao Lao's face, Xiao Yan couldn't help but have a strange expression.

Just now you were saying that Brother Lin was wasting resources, how come you want to try it yourself in the blink of an eye?

Sure enough, even the old master of medicine can't escape the "it smells so good" phenomenon!

Xiao Yan sighed inwardly, then waved his hand, taking out a large number of spiritual items shimmering with spiritual light, and said generously, "Use! Use as you please! These medicinal herbs were originally prepared for you!"

"..."

The old doctor coughed twice and said with a stern face, "What do you mean by 'prepare for me'? I'm doing this for your own good. The Fighter stage is of utmost importance on the path of cultivation. Only by laying a solid foundation can you go further in the future!"

"Yeah!"

Xiao Yan nodded in agreement and urged, "You should hurry up and refine the medicine. It doesn't matter how much of these things we use. Anyway, I've already made a long-term deal with Brother Lin. If we run out, we can just ask my brother for a few hundred more pounds!"

Several hundred kilograms...

The old doctor's eyelids twitched. When did spiritual objects that were over a thousand years old start being counted in this way?
The world is getting worse, the world is getting worse!

As he sighed inwardly, the old herbalist glanced at the pile of herbs in front of him and began to pick and choose.

Since Xiao Yan doesn't care, then he has nothing more to say. A thousand-year-old four-colored lotus is still too low-grade. Let's change it to an eight-thousand-year-old one. We don't want any with the wrong color either. We only want black ones that match the properties of the Ink Leaf Lotus.

Snake saliva fruit, as the second main ingredient for making pills, is not enough in front of the eight-thousand-year-old black lotus. Let's replace it with this dragon saliva grass!

In this case, the magic core cannot be used as a second-tier one; it must be replaced with a high-tier water-type magic crystal.

Okay, this one will do. I heard it's a dragon crystal from a poisonous dragon. It meets the requirements of a water-type magic core and can also compensate for the slight loss of toxicity after switching to dragon's saliva grass...

After carefully selecting the herbs, the old herbalist looked at the precious medicinal materials that shone with a dazzling light and nodded in satisfaction.

At this moment, apart from the Spirit Gathering Grass used to neutralize energy, he had replaced all the materials. There was no trace of the previous Qi Gathering Powder!
Xiao Yan stared at Yao Lao speechlessly, worried about whether he could actually refine the Qi Gathering Powder he needed.

But as it turned out, his worries were unnecessary, because the old alchemist's alchemy skills were far superior to Lin Yu's at the moment.

Even if it's a medicinal herb from another world that he's never seen before, he can identify its medicinal properties at lightning speed and quickly grasp its various changes during the alchemy process.

Time passed steadily as the old apothecary focused intently on the refining process.

Xiao Yan watched the whole thing closely, observing Yao Lao's every move. He felt immense admiration for Yao Lao's control over the timing and his experienced and shrewd reactions to various changes in the medicinal properties.

And so, the sky gradually darkened.

By midnight, all the medicinal herbs had been refined into elixir by the old herb master.

Looking at the constantly changing liquid pills in the strange fire, Yao Lao's face showed a satisfied expression. Then, he suddenly waved his hand and stored most of the liquid pills into a white jade bottle, taking only a very small portion to continue refining.

Why is that?
Xiao Yan stared at Yao Lao in astonishment, but dared not interrupt.

As dawn broke outside the cave, the elixir within the strange fire finally solidified, transforming into a pill the size of a longan, which spun rapidly above the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. "The pill is almost complete..."

The old doctor suddenly spoke, startling Xiao Yan awake from his drowsy state.

He hurriedly got up from the ground, his eyes fixed intently on the azure pill.

Before he could even speak, the old apothecary said rapidly, "I remember you have a protective scroll. Quickly take it out and set up a barrier inside and outside this cave!"

"be quick!"

Sensing the urgency in Yao Lao's tone, Xiao Yan didn't bother to ask why. He immediately took out the scroll and tore it to shreds with all his might.

"Om-"

With a hum of energy, streaks of blue energy burst forth, condensing into a barrier about three meters away from Xiao Yan, transforming into a semi-circular energy barrier with a diameter of six meters.

After the energy barrier was formed, Yao Lao's pills were finally completed.

A surge of energy suddenly erupted from the pill, transforming into visible ripples that swept past Xiao Yan and continuously impacted the blue barrier he had just erected.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan was immediately shocked.

The old alchemist, who was refining the medicine, said in a deep voice, "Don't panic, this is a phenomenon that only occurs when a fourth-grade or higher elixir is formed..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan finally understood why Yao Lao had kept most of the elixirs.

In this world, when a high-grade pill is produced, it will cause various strange phenomena. A seventh-grade pill can even attract pill lightning, the power of which is equivalent to the full-force attack of an ordinary five-star Dou Zong expert.

If Elder Yao hadn't suppressed the pill's grade, he probably would have perished under the pill lightning the moment it was formed!
Thinking about this, Xiao Yan felt a lingering fear.

Fortunately, he set up a barrier in time; if the energy had been allowed to dissipate, the consequences would have been unpredictable.

The old medicine master said in a deep voice, "I have tried my best to suppress the grade of the pill, but it still broke through to the fifth grade. Pills of the fifth grade and above will have a rich fragrance that lingers at the place where the pill was formed for a long time."

"Therefore, after collecting the pills, we must leave as soon as possible to avoid the fragrance of the pills attracting unnecessary trouble!"

Xiao Yan's expression turned serious, but he did not immediately agree. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and said, "This cave is a cultivation place that I finally found. Moreover, its location is too close to the Xiao family. If we leave it unattended, it may bring trouble to the family."

The old doctor frowned and asked, "Then what do you want to do?"

Xiao Yan smiled and raised his right hand, which was adorned with two rings, saying, "The storage ring that Brother Lin gave me has the power to store things; perhaps I can try absorbing the fragrance of the pills!"

Can you still play like this?
Upon hearing this, the old doctor was taken aback. After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "Then let's give it a try!"

Finally, the elixir was successfully refined, and an incredibly rich and unique fragrance emerged, which was firmly locked within the blue energy barrier.

With a thought, Xiao Yan released the storage power of his storage ring, and actually absorbed the fragrance of the pill into the ring.

However, the ring also absorbed all the medicinal herbs in the barrier, the soil and gravel on the ground, and even the surrounding air, forcing Xiao Yan to hold his breath until his face turned red.

Once all the fragrance of the pills had dissipated, Xiao Yan finally removed the barrier and let out a long sigh of relief.

The old doctor smiled and handed the pills he had put into the bottle to Xiao Yan, saying with a smile, "These herbs from another world are indeed amazing. Not only are they of high quality, but the energy they contain is also not stubborn. They are much easier to refine than herbs from this world."

"I've been practicing medicine my whole life, and I've never refined such a top-grade Qi Gathering Powder before!"

"There's no time to lose, take it quickly so I can see just how powerful this unprecedented fifth-grade peak Qi Gathering Powder can be!"

Is it a Qi Gathering Powder at the peak of the fifth rank?
Xiao Yan could not hide his joy and immediately took the jade bottle and swallowed the pill.

"boom!"

In an instant, an extremely pure energy surged out and instantly flowed into Xiao Yan's body, filling his limbs and bones.

Xiao Yan trembled and quickly sat down cross-legged, circulating his Dou Qi to envelop the energy and beginning to refine it frantically.

Yao Lao's soul floated in the air, his eyes fixed intently on Xiao Yan.

If it were anyone else, the old doctor would definitely advise them to lay a solid foundation first before taking any medication.

But Xiao Yan is different. He fell from the Dou Zhe level and has undergone two rounds of Dou Qi cultivation. His foundation is so solid that it is something Yao Lao has never seen before.

If it were him, he would definitely be able to bring out the full potential of this top-grade Qi-gathering powder!

Sure enough, not long after, Xiao Yan condensed a Dou Qi vortex in one go, and the Dou Qi in his body changed into strands of milky white true Dou Qi!
But this is not the end; the energy of the Qi Gathering Powder continues to surge out.

Xiao Yan controlled the vortex with his mind, continuously refining the pure and enormous energy within his body.

As a result, the Dou Qi vortex within Xiao Yan's body began to grow wildly.

Almost every so often, his aura would rise a little higher.

About five hours later, the rate at which the battle qi increased gradually stopped. Although there was still a considerable amount of residual energy, it inexplicably became dormant and no longer flowed into the vortex.

After a while, Xiao Yan opened his eyes and sensed the energy within his body that he hadn't seen for four years. He couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and reveal a smile he couldn't hide.

Just as the smile was beginning to spread and was about to turn into a loud laugh, the old doctor seemed to appear in front of him in a flash, asking in a slightly impatient tone:
"So, what level are you at now?"

"..."

Xiao Yan was startled by him.

Once he came to his senses, a smile spread across his face, and he couldn't help but burst into laughter, saying with great enthusiasm:
"Xiao Yan has done his utmost this time and has finally lived up to his teacher's expectations, absorbing all the energy of the top-grade Qi Gathering Powder. He is now at the Seven-Star Dou Zhe level!"

　Happy Dragon Boat Festival!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)