The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 78 Yin Fire Alchemy

"Teacher, are you sure that what you made with Yin Fire is poison?" Xiao Yan looked at the two pills in his hand that not only looked exactly the same but also smelled exactly the same, and immediately questioned them again.

"Heh, if even you could tell at a glance, would anyone eat it?" The old medicine master rolled his eyes and said disdainfully.

"The pills refined with Yin Fire not only look the same, but also taste almost identical. However, one can increase lifespan, while the other can shorten it. The one refined with Yin Fire should be considered a lifespan-shortening pill. After consuming it, you will feel very energetic and look much younger, but this comes at the cost of your life. Once the effects wear off, you will become much older. If you don't believe me, you can try one." After explaining the differences between the pills, Yao Lao looked at Xiao Yan with a mocking expression.

"Life-shortening pills! Could it be that all pills refined with Yin Fire have completely opposite medicinal properties?" Xiao Yan stared in surprise at the pills refined with Yin Fire.

"That's not it! Yang fire can add some good medicinal effects to the pills, while Yin fire can add unexpected toxicity to the pills, so Yin fire is more suitable for making poisons," the old medicine master explained.

"If the teacher hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known that Yin Fire could be used to refine pills," Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"Using poison is not the right way. Some alchemists have gone astray and gone astray. You must not follow their example! Otherwise, I will clean up my sect." The old apothecary earnestly warned.

"I won't use poison unless it's a matter of life and death. Besides, I don't like using underhanded methods; I prefer fair and square fighting," Xiao Yan replied.

"Hmm!" Yao Lao nodded. He understood Xiao Yan's personality. He believed that Xiao Yan would concoct some strange poisons to harm people, but he didn't believe that Xiao Yan would become a poison master.

"If you dare to use drugs to harm me, I'll use a poison pill to harm you." After Xiao Yan carefully put the pill away, he used Yin Fire to refine another one, put it in the same bottle, and then began to use normal strange fire to refine the remaining pills.

The next morning, Xiao Yan looked at the last pill that was about to take shape in the medicine cauldron with some fatigue and let out a soft sigh.

"It's almost finished being refined! It wasn't easy!" Xiao Yan said with emotion.

Grade three pills are completely different from grade two and grade one pills. Not only is the difficulty of refining them increased exponentially, but the refining time also increases several times over. Even with his strange fire, Xiao Yan spent more than ten hours refining sixteen pills.

Of course, this is only because Xiao Yan did not fail once. If each pill failed once or twice, it would take at least two or three days.

Alchemists without a special flame would need to spend much longer, at least ten times longer, which is more than ten days, to refine these sixteen pills, averaging one pill per day.

No wonder it's almost impossible to measure the value of Rank 3 and above pills with money. A high-level alchemist like Fa Ma Guhe spends several days refining a single pill. To say you can buy it with money is clearly an insult to them!

Xiao Yan slapped the medicine cauldron, and the pills inside flew out instantly. After catching the pills, he put the last one into a jade bottle.

After extinguishing the flames in the medicine cauldron and putting it into his storage ring, Xiao Yan returned the original medicine cauldron of Fa Ma to its original position.

After everything was restored, Xiao Yan took out a Power-Gathering Pill from his storage ring and put it in his mouth to recover his physical strength and energy.

After his strength had mostly recovered, Xiao Yan began to pack the medicinal herbs that Fa Ma had given him. This was not because Xiao Yan was too greedy.

This is the necessary path to becoming a high-level alchemist. With the help of these medicinal herbs, Xiao Yan can quickly advance to a fourth-grade alchemist, and even reach the threshold of a fifth-grade alchemist.

Once Xiao Yan becomes a fifth-grade alchemist, his status will rise dramatically, directly equivalent to a Dou Huang powerhouse. At that time, any force that wants to deal with him or the Xiao family will have to think twice before deciding whether it's worth it.

After Xiao Yan collected all the medicinal herbs in the secret room, he went directly to the exit of the secret room, pressed the mechanism on the wall, and then quietly waited for Fa Ma to arrive.

Sure enough, not long after, Fa Ma appeared in front of Xiao Yan.

"Are you leaving?" Fa Ma asked, looking at Xiao Yan, who was dressed neatly in front of him, with some doubt.

"Yes! The business I came to the capital to take care of is now complete, and the pills have been refined. It's time to continue my training." Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"Ah! All the pills are finished? How could it be so fast? How many did you refine?" Fa Ma stared at Xiao Yan in shock. He originally thought that with Xiao Yan's speed, it would take at least three or four days to refine them, but he didn't expect that he would finish them in one day.

"A total of fifteen longevity pills. This jade bottle containing two pills is for the royal family, the one containing three pills is for the Nalan family, the other four are for the Mittel family and the Mu family, and the last six are for you, Pharaoh." Xiao Yan took out four small jade bottles from his storage ring and handed them to Fama.

"You refined fifteen pills in one day? How did you do that? These aren't first or second-grade pills! Even if I were to refine them myself, it would take me at least two or three days!" Fa Ma stared wide-eyed at Xiao Yan in disbelief.

Fa Ma originally thought Xiao Yan would refine at most ten pills, but unexpectedly, he refined six more, making a total of fifteen pills. Why did the pills suddenly become mass-produced once they were in Xiao Yan's hands?

"Hehe, maybe I'm just lucky and have a higher success rate!" Xiao Yan scratched his head and said with a smile.

"You! Forget it! That's your ability, I don't want to ask any more questions." Fama shook his head helplessly.

"Where do we get into the Monster Mountain Range from here?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Are you in such a hurry? Why not stay a few more days?" Fa Ma asked, somewhat reluctant to see them go.

"No! I've rested in the capital for quite a while now. If I don't go out and train soon, my strength will probably decline. If my teacher finds out I haven't improved much when he comes back, I'll get a beating." Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"Is your current strength not enough for your teacher?" Fa Ma said, somewhat speechless.

"There's no other way, strict teachers produce outstanding students, right? If the teacher isn't strict enough, wouldn't it be a waste of my talent?" Xiao Yan said matter-of-factly.

"That's true! Since that's the case, I won't keep you any longer. Here are some things I've prepared for you, please accept them!" Fa Ma nodded and then handed two storage rings to Xiao Yan.

"What is this?" Xiao Yan looked at the storage ring in Fa Ma's hand with some confusion.

"Take these! One is for you, and the other is to show your respect to your teacher! When you see your teacher, give it to him," Fa Ma said.

"Alright then! I'll accept it. When the teacher comes to me, I'll give it to him for you." Xiao Yan put away the storage ring and then said to Fa Ma.

"Come with me! It's not safe to go outside. There are countless spies from powerful families waiting for you to show your face!" Fa Ma waved to Xiao Yan, signaling him to follow.

Xiao Yan followed Fa Ma all the way, and after many twists and turns, he finally arrived at a secret passage. It was pitch black inside, and he couldn't see anything.

Fa Ma pointed to the tunnel and said, "Once you pass through this secret passage, you'll be able to enter the Monster Mountain Range. Once you're inside, finding you will be like searching for a needle in a haystack for those people. I'll also wait a few days before giving them the pills, by which time you should already be far away."

"Goodbye then! Pharaoh!" After saying that, Xiao Yan took out two moonstones from his storage ring and held them in his hand before carefully entering the secret passage.

"The seventh Alchemist Conference will be held in two years. I look forward to your performance then," Fama said with a wave of his hand and a smile.

"Okay! I'll definitely attend when I have time!" Xiao Yan's voice came from the secret passage.

(End of this chapter)