Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 59 The Breakthrough Pill, Xiao Yan is Enraged

Having successfully entered the city, Xiao Yan stood on the street and looked around. Following the route he remembered, he walked towards the end of the street. After a while, he stopped in front of an old-fashioned map shop at the end of the street.

Upon entering, Xiao Yan once again saw Hai Bodong, who was engrossed in his work.

"What are you pretending for, old man? Aren't you going to greet the guests?"

Xiao Yan grabbed a map from a nearby shelf in a huff and threw it at Hai Bodong. Just as the map was about to reach Hai Bodong's body, it was frozen into an icy block by a sudden surge of cold air, and then fell limply to Hai Bodong's side.

"Hehe, young man, you're finally back. I've been waiting for you for so long."

Hai Bodong gently put down his ink brush and glanced at Xiao Yan. A strange glint flashed in his eyes. In just a few months, the young man in front of him had become much stronger. And judging from his appearance, could it be that he had already found the medicinal herbs he needed?

"There's no other way. The old gentleman has what I need, so I naturally have to come back as soon as possible. Moreover, if it weren't for the old gentleman's map, even if I spent a year wandering in the desert, I probably wouldn't have been able to complete my mission," Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"You...you went to the Snake People's Holy City?!"

"Could it be that besides that Serpent People's Holy City, there are other places where the Sand Mandala exists?"

"Incredible! To dare to venture into the Serpent People's Holy City at such a young age and seem to be unharmed is truly remarkable. There are many heroes among the young! I think you are probably the pinnacle of the younger generation in the Gama Empire." Upon hearing this, Hai Bodong clicked his tongue in amazement.

Xiao Yan smiled faintly, showing no opinion on the so-called pinnacle figures.

"Oh, hehe, by the way, young brother, what about the matter I asked you about?" Hai Bodong suddenly asked with a lewd smile, rubbing his dry palms together.

"Take it."

With a flick of his finger, a pale yellow plant appeared in Xiao Yan's palm.

This plant has a rather strange appearance, winding and twisting like a coiled yellow snake. At the top of the plant is the snake's head, which is raised high. On the snake's head, there is a fist-sized bump that protrudes slightly. This bump is the most concentrated part of the plant's essence.

"Hehe, thank you so much, young man." Hai Dongbo grinned and thanked him as he happily accepted the plant.

"It's just a matter of each person getting what they need." Xiao Yan shrugged, mimicking Hai Dongbo's tone from before, and said with a smile, "Alright, enough with the unnecessary talk, let's get to the herbs and prescriptions, let's get started!"

"Alright, alright, young man, come with me!"

Upon hearing that they could start work immediately, Hai Bodong was slightly taken aback, then overjoyed and hurriedly pulled Xiao Yan toward a secret room.

Without wasting words, Xiao Yan stepped inside and summoned Yao Lao to begin refining medicine.

Although he had already begun to learn alchemy, this Breaking Calamity Pill was a sixth-grade pill that required a different kind of fire to refine, so naturally only the old alchemist could help him.

The pale bone spirit cold fire danced in Yao Chen's hands, and after several hours, accompanied by a faint purple fragrance of pills, the sixth-grade Breakthrough Pill was successfully produced!

The pill was pale purple in color, perfectly round and glossy. Moreover, on its surface, there seemed to be some strange patterns that were not man-made. These patterns were winding and twisting, like a special picture with profound meaning.

"I added a small amount of special ice crystals from the Bone Spirit Cold Fire to the pill. If someone ingests these crystals, they will lie deep within the human body and will not show any unusual activity under normal circumstances. However, if I, who possess the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, activate them, these ice crystals will quickly transform into extremely powerful Bone Spirit Cold Fire. At that time, if the other party still has any wicked ideas, they will probably suffer a great deal."

The old doctor put the black cauldron back into his dark ring, turned his head, and smiled at Xiao Yan, saying, "Don't make that face. Your alchemy skills are just beginning, but you have good aptitude. With my guidance, refining sixth-grade pills is only a matter of time."

"Once you obtain a different kind of fire, refining this kind of pill will be a piece of cake!"

"How easy is it to find a strange fire...?"

Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly and put the Breaking Calamity Pill into the jade bottle: "We'll have to take it one step at a time. I still have to consider the three-year agreement a year from now. I wonder what kind of strength Nalan Yanran has now."

"Don't worry, you've already broken through to the Dou Shi level. Although you don't have a different kind of fire yet, your growth rate is quite astonishing. If we still can't find a different kind of fire within a year, then we'll go and get a beast fire."

The old doctor offered words of comfort.

They had originally thought they could find the strange fire in this desert, but in the past few months, they had searched the entire Tagor Desert and even went to the Snake People's Holy City, but without any success.

However, as Xiao Yan's strength increases, the fact that he is still at the low level of the Yellow Rank is beginning to significantly hinder his progress, and this is definitely not a sustainable solution.

"The little fellow is very proud, and he absolutely cannot fail the three-year agreement. If he can't find the strange fire... I'll give him a wisp of it..."

Yao Chen pondered in his heart, while Xiao Yan also composed himself, walked out of the room, and handed the Breaking Calamity Pill to Hai Bodong.

Looking at Hai Bodong, whose face was filled with ecstatic joy as he clutched the jade bottle tightly, Xiao Yan chuckled and said with a smile, "Mr. Hai, I have successfully refined the item for you. What about the incomplete map?"

Upon hearing this, Hai Bodong was slightly taken aback, then quickly pulled himself back from his euphoria. He licked his lips, his eyes darting around, and a slight embarrassment appeared on his face. He said, "Well, Brother Xiao Yan, please don't blame me for being nosy... cough, it's not that I don't trust you, but mainly I haven't seen what the Breaking Calamity Pill actually looks like. I only know from the prescription that it's purple, so... I wonder if Brother Xiao Yan could allow me to take the pill and test whether it can truly help me break the seal? If the seal can indeed be broken, I will immediately present the incomplete map and apologize to you!"

"Your constant excuses and delays are hardly befitting of someone who was once one of the top ten strongest warriors of the Jia Ma Empire." Xiao Yan lightly flicked a speck of dust from his sleeve with his slender fingertips and said expressionlessly, "I've done everything in my power to help you, but your actions have left me somewhat disheartened."

"Sigh, Brother Xiao Yan, we did agree that if you helped me refine the Breakthrough Pill, I would give you the incomplete blueprint. But, but you should at least let me verify the authenticity of this pill, right? To put it bluntly, if you just give me any other pill to pass off as the real thing, wouldn't I be at a huge disadvantage if I didn't check it?"

Hai Bodong's old face was much thicker than Xiao Yan had imagined; his wry smile made him seem like the biggest victim.

However, Hai Bodong knew that his words were somewhat unreasonable, so he took out a letter from his storage ring and handed it to Xiao Yan, saying hurriedly.

"Oh, right, I have a few letters to give you, all of which have your personal mark on them."

"A letter to me?"

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, his gaze falling on the signature on the letter, and his eyes lit up immediately.

It was actually a reply from my eldest and second eldest brothers!

Several months ago, Xiao Yan successfully made contact with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li. However, because he was going to the Great Desert to cultivate, he temporarily left the mail address at Hai Bodong's small shop, since he was sure he would come back.

He was gone for several months, and the letters from Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to him accumulated and were all in Hai Bodong's hands.

"Young Brother Xiao Yan, please take a look at these letters first. I'll be right back."

Seeing Xiao Yan's expression, Hai Bodong knew that his plan had succeeded. He smiled and handed all the letters in his hand to Xiao Yan, while he himself held the Breaking Calamity Pill and walked with a smile into the secret room in the basement.

Xiao Yan snorted lightly, too lazy to expose Hai Bodong's little scheme, casually pulled over a chair and sat down, and began to look through the letters.

As the letter unfolded, the familiar words came into view, bringing a hint of joy to Xiao Yan's dark eyes.

But before long, that joyful expression vanished, replaced by solemnity and anger.

In the end, Xiao Yan even began to tremble, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"boom!!"

"Big brother!!!"

(End of this chapter)