Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master

"Wow! Xiao Li, you're back!"

A purple figure swayed and headbutted Xiao Li, causing him to stagger and nearly cough up blood.

"Waaaaah, Xiao Li, life is so miserable without you! I need to take the pills, waaaaah!" It turns out to be the gluttonous Long Ziyan. This girl had already finished all the pills Xiao Li had given her.

She was back to taking medicinal herbs. Some time ago, Zi Yan took some herbs randomly, and she didn't know what kind of herbs she took. After taking them, her stomach hurt for several days. Thinking about those miserable days, Zi Yan hoped that Xiao Li would come back soon.

"The little girl has reached the fifth rank?" Xiao Li patted Zi Yan's head. At this moment, the aura of a fifth-rank magical beast on the little girl's body was undeniable.

"Mmm, Xiao Li, I want to eat pills, I want to eat pills!" Zi Yan shook Xiao Li's hand.

"Alright, alright, I'll refine it for you right away. Here's a bottle of Fighting Spirit Pills for you to enjoy first."

Xiao Li handed a bottle of Dou Ling Pills to Zi Yan. The bottle contained about five Dou Ling Pills.

Without thinking, Zi Yan opened the bottle and gulped it down her throat.

"Hey! You can't eat so much at once!" Xiao Li was shocked and tried to stop him, but it was too late.

After finishing her meal, Zi Yan licked her lips and said, "Delicious, lots of energy, feels so good."

Zi Yan then fell asleep due to excess energy.

"Ah~ that's nice." Xiao Li sighed, then carried Zi Yan on his back and walked towards the Grand Elder's office.

The Grand Elder's Office

"What's wrong with this girl? Did she take random medicine again?" Su Qian asked anxiously, looking at Zi Yan in Xiao Li's arms.

Xiao Li shook his head: "It's nothing, I just ate too many Spirit-Boosting Pills and felt bloated."

Su Qian: "How much did she eat?"

Xiao Li: "Five."

Su Qian: ......

Su Qian didn't know what to say. He knew that Zi Yan had a sweet tooth. Ever since Xiao Li left the academy, Zi Yan had run out of pills and had been wasting a lot of pills from the alchemy department.

If she can't take pills, she'll get medicinal herbs to eat, but there's no other way. Zi Yan needs to improve her cultivation by consuming large amounts of high-energy pills or rare and precious herbs.

Su Qian looked at Xiao Li: "What are you doing back here, kid? You've reached the Dou Huang level now, that's really impressive."

"The dean told me to participate in the Pill Refining Competition and said that if I won a prize, he would beat me up. I had no choice but to go. It just so happens that my alchemy skills have reached the seventh rank, so I can refine mid-grade seventh-rank pills."

So I've come to you to ask for some medicinal herbs to refine the Zongyuan Pill.

Xiao Li shrugged and said.

"Oh? You're already a seventh-grade alchemist? A truly formidable young man! Would you like me to bring some men to help you catch the pill lightning?"

It was within Su Qian's expectations that Xiao Li would become a seventh-grade alchemist. After all, Xiao Li was able to refine a sixth-grade peak Breakthrough Pill before, and now his cultivation has reached the fifth-star Dou Huang level, so it is reasonable for him to refine seventh-grade pills.

"No need, the dean gave me something good, it's excellent for resisting Dan Lei," Xiao Li said with a smile.

. . . . . .

Half a day later,

Central location of the inner courtyard

Xiao Li was about to begin refining seventh-grade pills here. Most of the elders from Canaan Academy had come. Being able to witness the birth of a seventh-grade pill was a worthwhile experience.

"Elder Xiao is getting more and more powerful. What do you think, Elder Huo?" An elder looked at Elder Huo.

"That's genius. How dare we mediocre people talk about others?" Elder Huo said calmly.

Elder Huo has now broken through to the Douhuang level. With the improvement of his cultivation, his alchemy skills have also improved, and the success rate of refining fifth-grade pills has greatly increased.

"So, what kind of elixir is Elder Xiao planning to refine this time?"

"I've heard it's the Zongyuan Pill."

"Zongyuan Pill? Old man Huo, I don't know much about pills. Could you explain it to me?"

Elder Huo: "Zongyuan Pill, a mid-grade seventh-rank pill, has similar effects to Douling Pill and Huangji Pill, and can enhance one's cultivation level to Douzong one star."

After raising one star in cultivation, the remaining medicinal power will further enhance the spatial perception of a Dou Zong. Everyone knows that at the Dou Zong realm, one can initially comprehend the power of space.

To break through to the Dou Zun level, one must have a deep understanding of spatial power. Many Dou Zong peak experts lack this understanding.

It can be said that this Yuan Dan will have some effect on breaking through to Dou Zun in the future; sometimes, this insight can be of great use!

After listening to Elder Huo's explanation, the several Douhuang elders present who had taken the Huangji Pill felt deeply moved. The body-strengthening effect provided by the Huangji Pill was excellent for them.

This spatial insight gained from the Yuan Dan technique is probably even more valuable to a Dou Zong!

Xiao Li stood on the high platform and slowly opened his eyes. Canaan Academy had prepared six sets of materials for Zongyuan Pills. It was indeed good to be a powerful force; you didn't need to find the medicinal materials yourself, you could just refine the pills directly.

Little did they know that the medicinal herbs Xiao Li needed for this alchemy session had almost emptied the Scripture Pavilion. All the medicinal herbs that Canaan Academy had collected over the years since its founding were almost squandered.

However, while these medicinal herbs can be refined into pills, it's not a huge profit. After all, you can always get more herbs, but improving your cultivation level might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Duang——

Xiao Li's Fiery Cloud Cauldron emerged, its ancient fiery cloud patterns symbolizing its history.

Xiao Li grabbed the ingredients for the Zongyuan Pill and threw them into the medicine cauldron. Then, a jet-black flame appeared in his hand and was thrown into the cauldron to calcine the ingredients.

"Huh? What kind of flame is this? Didn't Elder Xiao use the Fallen Heart Flame? How did it turn into a black flame?"

"Could it be beast fire?"

"Impossible! Beast fire definitely doesn't have such a powerful aura."

"Black flames? There are only a few types of black flames on the Strange Flame Ranking. Which one is this?"

"Let's see how it goes."

Ignoring the elders' doubts, Xiao Li entered a state of alchemy, his mind extremely focused, with only the processes of controlling the fire, refining the medicinal materials, and condensing the pill in his mind.

The Yin Fire of the Yin-Yang Twin Flames is destructive; anyone who touches it will instantly turn to ashes.

In the process of refining medicinal herbs, if the heat is not controlled, the herbs can easily be burned to ashes.

However, precisely because the Yin Fire is extremely powerful, Xiao Li can refine medicinal herbs much faster as long as he controls its power!

In just half an hour, the Yin Fire had refined the medicinal herbs into a medicinal liquid. Afterward, Xiao Li changed the flame, putting away the dark and dangerous flame and using a gentle, life-giving white flame instead.

"This is Yin-Yang Twin Flames! One flame displays two colors, possessing both the power of life and death!" Su Qian exclaimed in surprise.

Although the Yin-Yang Twin Flames are ranked twenty-first on the list of strange flames, they are extremely rare. In terms of rarity, the Yin-Yang Twin Flames are definitely among the top in the entire list of strange flames.

Mang Tianchi sat in the distance, looking at the Yin-Yang Twin Flames in Xiao Li's hand and said with a faint smile, "Bai Lie is right. This kid is really lucky. He devoured the Yin-Yang Twin Flames of the Fallen Heart Flame."

Your Yin-Yang Twin Flames will one day become a symbol, just like that old fellow Yao Chen's Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

"Freeze!"

Xiao Li began to condense the pill by manipulating the Yang Fire. After obtaining the Yin and Yang dual flames, Xiao Li made some changes to his pill refining techniques.

He refines pills by changing the flame, using yin fire to extract medicinal materials and yang fire to condense pills. This not only saves on the consumption of battle qi and soul power, but also has a very high success rate in condensing pills with yang fire, making it very easy to refine top-grade pills.

This is a fire control technique created by Xiao Li, which he named "Yin Yang Fire Control Technique." Since it is still in its early stages, the name is somewhat simplified and will be further refined in the future.

Boom—