Battle Through the Heavens: Who put Laozi in my storage ring?

Chapter 7 Refining, One of the Samadhi True Fires, Fire

The back mountain of the Xiao family.

Lao Jun stroked his beard, and seeing Xiao Yan grinning as he wanted to learn how to refine pills, he shook his head helplessly.

"Now that you have mastered the first stage of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, I can also teach you the alchemy method. Tell me, what do you want to learn? Pills for breaking through realms, pills for tempering the body, or... pills for refining the spirit. Although I have never learned the pill formulas of this world, I can still easily make a few based on the laws of the circulation of battle qi."

"No...that's not it, teacher. I want to learn how to make Rejuvenation Powder, a first-grade pill like this. Could you help me optimize it?"

Xiao Yan smiled and took out a jade bottle from his pocket, carefully poured out a few pills, and said with anticipation, "This is it."

He then took out some medicinal herbs he had bought from the market from his storage ring and piled them on the ground.

Laozi: "..."

An eye twitched. "You called me out just for this?!"

"Exactly!"

"Ugh……"

"If that's the case, then let's watch..." Lao Jun was exhausted, but he still held his whisk and swept it lightly. A crimson-red Bagua furnace crashed down. He casually picked up two common herbs from this place, Purple Leaf Orchid and Heart-Clearing Grass, and threw them into it.

A strange fire, without any outward flames but with golden light flowing within, surged into the Bagua Furnace and began to burn fiercely.

"Samadhi True Fire?"

Xiao Yan's pupils contracted.

He swallowed hard. He would have to beg to get his hands on this Samadhi True Fire later. At that time, even the strange fires on the Strange Fire Ranking would be no match for it!

Lao Jun raised one eye, looked at Xiao Yan scratching his head impatiently, and stroked his beard with a smile.

Then, with a flick of his whisk, the herbs were absorbed into the Eight Trigrams Furnace.

In the blink of an eye, pills took shape and fell onto the grass.

Xiao Yan stared wide-eyed at the sight.

"Have you learned it?" Laozi asked with a smile.

“Half and half…” Xiao Yan said, slightly embarrassed.

"Hehe, what you lack is fire and a furnace. As for this simple medicinal herb, just follow my instructions, master the timing and heat, and wait for the medicine to be ready," Laozi said.

Having said that, without waiting for Xiao Yan to speak, he gently touched Xiao Yan's forehead, and the Samadhi True Fire swirling around him seemed to be drawn out and surged into Xiao Yan's body.

"The Samadhi True Fire represents the primordial spirit, vital energy, and essence of an ordinary person. The first stage of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts you are currently cultivating is considered the refinement of Qi, which means that you have initially acquired '…' within your body. I have extracted '…' fire from the Samadhi True Fire, enough for your use…"

"When you cultivate the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to a higher level in the future, I will give you the other two fires. When the Samadhi True Fire is gathered, its power will truly be enough to burn the heavens and boil the earth."

"Thank you, Master!" Xiao Yan said.

"This small cauldron originated from the very beginning of my Eight Trigrams Furnace. Let's make do with it for now."

After saying this, Laozi took out a pitch-black cauldron, threw it on the ground, and his figure drifted away.

"Wow...they're all treasures."

Xiao Yan had gained a lot and sat cross-legged on the ground with great joy, feeling the flow of "€€" within his body. This seemed to coincide with the Dou Qi of this world, as they were of the same origin.

Fire swirled around him, like a fiery serpent, wielded with ease, coiling around Xiao Yan's sleeves.

"go with!"

Xiao Yan whispered a soft shout.

The fiery serpent surged toward the pitch-black cauldron, which was engraved with the eight trigrams of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui. However, he did not intend to use them. After all, his cultivation of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts was not yet up to par, and he had not yet learned these techniques. Moreover, he was only cultivating a high-quality imitation of the "Rejuvenating Powder," so he had no need for these techniques.

"Om..."

As the furnace body trembled slowly, Xiao Yan hesitated before adding two Purple Leaf Orchids. Following Laozi's example, he urged the flames to slowly refine them into a light purple juice, and then refined the Heart-Clearing Grass, fusing the two into one.

"Bang~"

The furnace inside, however, made a muffled sound, as if an engine had suddenly shut down.

"Well……"

Xiao Yan examined the jet-black pill in his hand, his eyes twitching slightly. It was probably inedible. He shook his head, putting on a serious face: "Continue!!"

Two hours later.

The back mountain.

Xiao Yan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and exhaled a breath of stale air.

Looking at the pure white pill in his palm, although it was far inferior to the pills that Laozi had refined before, at least...

"It's done!"

A hint of joy appeared in Xiao Yan's eyes.

"I wonder what rank of alchemist I am."

As he opened his palm, a fiery serpent surged forth and coiled around his arm. Through this alchemy process, he became increasingly familiar with the medicine, and Xiao Yan also gained some insights.

The fire in the Samadhi True Fire is the fighting fire.

Extracting one's own Dou Qi and converting it into fire is, in theory, a basic skill for an alchemist. However, due to the insufficient Dou Qi of many low-level alchemists, most alchemists, including Xiao Yan in the original work, initially used "borrowing fire".

To generate fire using the internal energy of "dou" (not counting direct fire generation, it must be converted into fire using "dou").

To become an alchemist on this continent, the requirements are quite demanding. First, one needs to possess fire-attribute battle qi with wood-attribute elements, and second, one needs to excel in mental strength.

This also corresponds perfectly to the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

The first and second stages of refining result in "€€".

The third and fourth stages of refinement lead to becoming a "god".

As for the final five to eight stages, the Refining God and Merging with the Dao, Xiao Yan did not understand its meaning, but he presumably it involved at least the realm above Dou Sheng.

"So, I'm at least a first-grade alchemist now?" A hint of joy flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes.

Xiao Yan held the advanced version in one hand and the "Rejuvenation Powder" he bought from the Jia Lie family market in the other, comparing the two.

Judging solely by their appearance and the medicinal fragrance they emit, it's enough to determine the difference between the two.

Indeed, although the "Advanced Version of Rejuvenation Powder" he has refined is not as good as Laozi's, it is naturally far superior to the "Rejuvenation Powder" made by Liu Xi.

That's enough!

"Let's call it Blood-Returning Powder."

Xiao Yan was too lazy to come up with a name and continued to bury himself in his training.

That cluster of fire "€€" also grew stronger and stronger imperceptibly, as it refined medicine while simultaneously cultivating its own "€€".

……

The next day.

Xiao Yan yawned. Although he hadn't slept all night and was slightly sleepy, his eyes were still full of excitement.

"Including the teacher's, two hundred Blood-Recovery Powder."

The further he went, the faster he refined the ingredients. Eventually, he even started to imitate his teacher, throwing in ten portions at once to refine them together. Although he was slightly inferior in mental strength, his control over fire, the most fundamental aspect of the body, made up for his weakness.

Xiao Yan also gradually discovered the rarity of controlling fire.

No wonder ordinary alchemists need a more powerful fighting spirit to drive it. The benefits it brings to alchemists are also extremely terrifying. It is their own "spirit," which is convenient to use and allows them to control the heat at will.

Compared to others "borrowing fire," it is ultimately borrowing someone else's fire, not one's own original "fire," and therefore it is worlds apart from "fire."

Chapter 8 A Second-Rank Alchemist? From now on, I'll be the pillar of the Xiao family!

"and many more……"

It seems like daytime has arrived.

As Xiao Yan watched the sun rise, he suddenly slapped his forehead: "Right, I'm supposed to go shopping with Xun'er today, I almost forgot..."

After saying that, he flipped over like a carp, went to his own courtyard to take a bath, and then went out dressed in a black outfit.

Inside the lobby.

Many elders of the Xiao family did not sleep all night, their faces full of worry. After all, this was a killing move against the Xiao family. One wrong move and the whole game would be lost. From then on, the Xiao family would not only be one of the three giants of Wutan City, but it would also be difficult for them to continue to stand.

"Yan'er?"

As Xiao Yan pushed open the hall door, a look of astonishment flashed in Xiao Zhan's eyes. He knew that his son had regained his strength, but if he wanted to achieve a powerful deterrent against the other two clans, this one-star Dou Zhe was really not enough.

"Father, elders of the clan."

Xiao Yan revealed a bright smile, "I've been promoted to a first-grade alchemist."

Having said that, without waiting for anyone to react, he clapped his hands, and more than two hundred bottles of pills from his storage ring instantly fell to the ground in the hall.

He had no intention of hiding his cultivation level, nor was there any need to.

Since they'll find out sooner or later anyway, they might as well use their own name to help the Xiao family break through the encirclement.

The title of a first-grade alchemist is quite prestigious.