Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 219 Sending a message to Nalan Yanran: The three-year period. Let's extend it for another three years!

The next day, early in the morning.

Xiao Bai slowly opened his eyes, tilted his head slightly, and found himself alone, with only a faint fragrance lingering around him.

He got up and walked out of the room to the front hall, where he saw two figures, one tall and one short, laughing and chatting happily, getting along well. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Ziyan, what brings you here?"

"Hmph! They moved without telling me, leaving me all alone over there. I'm not telling you. I followed the smell here this morning!"

With a pout, Zi Yan turned her head to the side, crossed her arms, and glanced at the person walking towards her out of the corner of her eye, humming as she spoke.

"hehe."

Approaching the two of them, seeing her adorable appearance, Xiao Bai couldn't help but ruffle her hair and jokingly said in a gentle voice:

"With such a keen nose, it seems unlikely to get lost!"

"What? You really want to abandon me?"

Zi Yan gritted her teeth, wishing she could bite him to death. She turned around, grabbed Cai Lin's jade arm with her two small hands, shook it, and said aggrievedly:

"Sister Cailin, Xiao Bai bullied me!"

Cai Lin glanced at Xiao Bai with her beautiful eyes, then bent down and patted Zi Yan's head, comforting her, "Let's ignore him!"

"Let's all ignore him, hehehe." Zi Yan nodded hurriedly, and then turned her head slightly to make a face at Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai ignored it, walked to the table, sat down, picked up a cup, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip.

Too lazy to bother with this arrogant little girl, she has many backers now, and because of her cuteness, she is deeply loved by Xun'er and Xian'er. Now she is so close to Cai Lin, he really can't afford to offend her.

Luckily, I have this girl's weakness, Little Sugar Pill, otherwise, things might have turned into a disaster at home!

"Weren't you supposed to be concocting medicine today? When do you start?"

Recalling the Three-Seven Soul Elixir he mentioned last night, a hint of tenderness flashed in Cai Lin's eyes.

She hadn't paid much attention to this guy when he offered to help her in the snake-people tribe, but she never expected him to find a way to help her recover so quickly.

However, when she mentioned last night, a blush rose on her enchanting cheeks, her long, narrow eyes narrowed slightly, and she glared at the man opposite her. This bastard took advantage of her misfortune last night.

While she was moved, he pulled her into the room. If she hadn't realized what was happening at the last moment, he would have almost succeeded!

"hey-hey."

Sensing the Queen's gaze, Xiao Bai winked at her, making her look away, both embarrassed and annoyed, before slowly speaking with a smile:

"Let's go to the backyard in a bit!"

"The backyard?" Cai Lin's long eyelashes fluttered slightly, a hint of doubt in her voice. Did she really need to choose a place to refine a pill?

"A sixth-grade pill, once successful, will send a beam of energy shooting into the sky. If it were inside the house, the whole house would be destroyed!" Seeing that she didn't understand, Xiao Bai explained.

Last time at Canaan Academy, when the Spirit Pill was formed, the freshman building where the pill was being refined had a floor shaved off. If it weren't for his protection, the entire courtyard would probably have been razed to the ground!

"In that case, I'll protect you for a while!"

Cai Lin nodded knowingly. She couldn't help with alchemy, nor did she want to do nothing and rely solely on Xiao Bai.

"Alright! Then I'll have to trouble you, my dear wife!"

Although she didn't need a protector, knowing she wasn't the type to sit back and reap the rewards, Xiao Bai smiled and nodded, agreeing.

"That's indecent!"

Cai Lin glanced at him and gave a light rebuke, but her eyebrows lifted slightly, revealing a hint of shy joy.

"Oh, right!"

Zi Yan seemed to remember something, and hurriedly reached into her sleeve. With a flick of her fair hand, she revealed a dark ring, which she handed to Xiao Bai, saying:

"This was given to me by an old man last night, the one from the banquet. He asked me to give it to you!"

Taking the storage ring, Xiao Bai probed it with his soul power and nodded slightly. Inside were all the medicinal herbs on the list he had given to Jia Xingtian!

"Did they come to see me last night?"

"Hmm! Three old men, making a lot of noise. The cold one seemed very happy to see me and ran over to ask me to come find you, but you weren't there!" Zi Yan nodded.

"!"

His gaze shifted slightly to Cai Lin, and he chuckled, "You beat him so badly back then, and now he's terrified of you!"

"Back then, my cultivation hadn't even reached the peak of the Dou Huang realm. The eight great commanders of the older generation were gradually dying out, and the new generation hadn't yet grown up. The surrounding human kingdoms were eyeing our race with covetous intent, and some scattered humans were even brazenly invading small tribes to rob our people!"

"If I weren't ruthless, I fear they would have ganged up on me and devoured me!"

As if recalling that period of time, Cai Lin's eyes gradually dimmed, and a chilling killing intent surged around her.

"Feel sorry!"

Xiao Bai remained silent for a moment. He was unaware of such inside information. He imagined that she must have been suffering at that time as well, with her clan on the verge of extinction.

"No need to apologize, this is none of your business!"

Upon hearing this, the coldness in Cai Lin's eyes gradually faded, and she shook her head slightly, saying earnestly:

"Xiao Bai, our matter has nothing to do with these things. I don't have much affection for other humans in the world, but you are different to me. You are the most special and the only one in this world!"

"I haven't told you these things before because I didn't want to put you in a difficult position. You don't have to help with the affairs of my royal race and the human kingdoms, but I hope you won't obstruct me either. That's enough!"

The room fell silent for a moment.

"Is that how you see me?"

Xiao Bai spoke softly, leaning forward, his voice gradually growing louder:

"That's enough! What do I care about the others? I'd have to be crazy to stop you. This isn't a war for the survival of humanity; it's just a struggle for the interests of a few!"

"Not going to help? Anyone who dares to let you suffer will have their ashes scattered, believe it or not?"

By the end, his voice was like muffled thunder, and he almost slammed his fist on the table.

Cai Lin was taken aback, staring at Xiao Bai who was almost jumping up and down. After a moment, the corners of her mouth turned up, and a deep smile appeared in her long, beautiful eyes. Her red lips parted slightly, and she spoke leisurely:

"How dare you be so rude to me!"

"Exactly! If you're going to help, then help. Why are you making such a fuss?" Zi Yan, who was next to her, rubbed her little ears and glared at Xiao Bai with her big eyes.

"snort!"

Xiao Bai glanced at the two women opposite him, one big and one small, who seemed to share a common hatred for the enemy. He snorted softly, downed the tea in his cup, and got up to walk towards the backyard.

Two pairs of eyes watched with smiles as the black-robed figure gradually disappeared.

"Heh heh. I knew I hadn't chosen the wrong person!"

"Tsk tsk. Xiao Bai was so domineering just now. Should we go back and tell Sister Xun'er and Sister Xian'er about it?"

Arriving at an open space by the small lake in the backyard, Xiao Bai suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He frowned and looked back, but found nothing.

I shook my head. It must be my imagination!

With a wave of his hand, a dark alchemy furnace appeared on the ground, followed by a series of medicinal herbs that floated neatly to the side of the furnace, instantly filling the air with a rich medicinal fragrance.

Xiao Bai sat cross-legged, and when he looked up, he inadvertently saw the majestic mountain range that loomed on the opposite horizon, shrouded in mist and clouds, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

"Soon! Yunlan Sect, and Yunzhi too!"

As he murmured to himself, his eyes closed slightly, his mind calming down as he pondered the methods for refining the elixir and the precautions he needed to take.

Behind him, two figures quietly arrived. Looking at the figure with eyes closed in deep thought, they didn't speak, and even slowed their breathing slightly before finding a place to sit down.

At a certain moment, Xiao Bai suddenly opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and pointed two fingers forward.

A lifelike crimson fire dragon, accompanied by faint rumbling sounds, leaped from the fingertip and darted into the medicine cauldron, where it circled once.

"boom!"

The dark medicine cauldron trembled, and the fire dragon instantly transformed into a raging inferno, burning within the cauldron.

The intense heat, accompanied by a slightly tingling and numbing sensation, suddenly spread.

"Have you ever watched him refine pills?" Cai Lin asked softly, sensing the rising temperature around her.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"I've seen it! Back at Canaan Academy, he refined a sixth-grade Battle Spirit Pill. That old man with the perpetually stern face in the Alchemy Department could only refine fifth-grade ones. It shocked my old man back then!"

Zi Yan nodded her head slightly, then looked at the alluring figure beside her with her big eyes and asked softly in her clear voice:

"Sister Cailin, haven't you seen Xiao Bai refine medicine?"

"A sixth-grade Battle Spirit Pill!"

Resting her chin on her hand, Cai Lin gazed intently at the black-robed figure not far away, her eyes gentle, and nodded slightly.

"Hmm! This is the first time I've ever seen him refine pills!"

On the other side, Xiao Bai was extremely focused, ignoring any external noises and only seeing the medicine cauldron and the raging flames inside.

After discussing with Elder Yao, it was learned that the most popular medicines on the Dou Qi Continent are those that can directly improve cultivation level.

This elixir has been developed and researched by countless alchemists, who have thoroughly understood every step, and it has gradually formed a fixed routine.

Alchemists who follow this method will generally have a much higher success rate.

However, there are a very few pills that are extremely difficult to refine. These are the less common pills, such as those that can extend lifespan, and the kind of pill in my hand that concerns the soul.

These elixirs are made from rare ingredients and are rarely refined. Only common elixir recipes exist; no recipes for soul-stirring elixirs have been leaked.

Alchemists need to figure it out on their own, especially when they only have one set of medicinal materials. It is extremely difficult to succeed on the first try.

He glanced at the jade flowerpot next to the medicine cauldron, then reached out and beckoned. The Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva, which emitted a dreamlike glow, was uprooted from the flowerpot and floated in the air.

With a flick of his sword finger, the medicinal herb was split in two directly from the point where its root and stem met.

The main material for restoring the soul is its root, but for the Soul Elixir to fully exert its effects, the plant at the top of the root is also indispensable.

Moreover, once the upper part and the root are separated, the enhancement effect will be quickly lost, so the refining of both must be carried out simultaneously, which makes the refining of the pill even more difficult.

With a flick of his eyes, his soul power burst forth, and the flames inside the cauldron instantly split in two, transforming once again into two fire dragons.

This was inspired by Xiao Bai's constant contemplation and recall of Tang Zhen's pill-refining techniques in the original novel, after he obtained the refining method from the old medicine master.

The Nine Dragons Thunderfire can be used to refine elixirs, and it can be divided into nine fire dragons, each of which can independently refine medicinal materials.

He possessed dragon energy within him, enabling him to transform lightning into dragons, and with his powerful soul, he could also transform flames into dragons. Following this line of thought, he succeeded after a little trial and error.

The two dragons were only doing two things at once. Although it wasn't as impressive as nine dragons appearing at once, it was enough for refining medicine right now!

Xiao Bai threw two portions of the Seven Illusions Azure Spirit Saliva into the cauldron. Under Xiao Bai's control of his soul power, the two fire dragons leaped up and swallowed one end of the flower and the root of the flower, respectively.

The soul force continuously sensed the changes in the medicinal herbs inside the dragon's belly. Flames roared and lightning flashed inside, and wisps of crystalline powder and juice emitting a dreamlike glow gradually precipitated out.

Half an hour later, the two fire dragons opened their mouths and spat out a small pile of white powder and a ball of liquid emitting seven-colored light into the cauldron.

Xiao Bai exhaled a breath of turbid air, his tense body relaxed slightly, and with a flick of his sleeve, the essence of the two medicinal herbs instantly flew out of the cauldron and landed in the jade bottle that had been prepared nearby.

When it came to the next medicinal herbs, Xiao Bai was no longer as cautious as before.

One by one, medicinal herbs traced arcs in mid-air before being randomly thrown into the cauldron. Two fire dragons continuously spewed out scorching flames, extracting the essence of various medicinal herbs.

"Is this guy concocting medicine or steaming buns?!"

Seeing the medicinal herbs and essence constantly flowing in and out of the cauldron, Cai Lin was quite speechless.

For the first half hour, seeing his solemn demeanor, her heart was in her throat, and she dared not utter a single word, for fear of disturbing him.

Unexpectedly, after the first herb was refined, he seemed to let himself go, casually waving his hand a few times, and the herbs in the cauldron seemed to be strolling around, flowing in an endless stream!

Although she hadn't witnessed alchemy many times, she knew that other alchemists were extremely careful when refining medicinal herbs, unlike this person who was so casual.

"Xiao Bai is amazing. When he helped me make the sugar pills, he just waved his hand a few times, and they were done in no time. They taste especially good, crunchy and tingly, like popping candy!"

As Zi Yan spoke, she couldn't help but take out a small sugar pill from her storage ring, casually toss it into her mouth, and her big eyes squinted happily.

Seeing Cai Lin's gaze fall upon her, she quickly took out a small red pill from her storage ring and presented it to her like a treasure, smiling as she said, "Sister Cai Lin, please try this!"

Cai Lin smiled, patted her little head, glanced at the red pill in her small palm, and felt the immense energy contained within it. Her eyes twitched slightly.

"My sister doesn't eat this, you can keep it!"

This girl is quite precious; she's a sixth-grade medicinal herb, and she's eaten like a sugar pill. Without a wealthy family, who could afford to raise her?

Time passed, and the sky gradually darkened.

Zi Yan, who was dozing off with her little face propped up, twitched her delicate nose slightly. A strange fragrance had begun to linger around her nose, making her feel refreshed.

His big eyes snapped open, and he looked ahead. In the flickering firelight, the aroma grew stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help but swallow.

"Did it work?"

"have no idea!"

Watching the black-robed figure whose expression gradually became solemn, whose hands danced in afterimages and constantly formed hand seals, Cai Lin shook her head slightly, her own heart beginning to tighten.

Xiao Bai suppressed his excitement and unleashed his immense spiritual power, keeping a close eye on the constantly writhing mass of seven-colored liquid inside the cauldron, not daring to relax for a moment.

Success is within reach. If we fail due to some unexpected event, and Yao Lao can't recover, and Cai Lin is in poor condition, what's the point of fighting?

Then we'll have to call Xiao Yanzi and run away!

Then send a message to Nalan Yanran, asking her to extend the three-year period by another three years!

(End of this chapter)