Battle Through the Heavens: I'm Just an Alchemist

Chapter 89 Refining

Having obtained the medicinal herbs from Elder Chen, and adhering to the principle that whether one was driven away or a group was released, Nangong Wuxin went to the alchemy department.

"Wuxin's here? That's rare!"

"I successfully completed the first phase of my training, so I wanted to come and visit my mentor. I heard that the outer court is holding the inner court selection competition, and I thought I would have made a wasted trip."

In the head office of the Alchemy Department, Nangong Wuxin was pleasantly surprised to see Elder Huo.

Elder Huo chuckled and said, "Hehe, it was originally supposed to last a few more days. However, the last fifty participants in this year's selection competition started a huge free-for-all, so it ended early."

"A free-for-all? Good heavens, there must be several lying on the bed!" Nangong Wuxin feigned surprise and exclaimed.

"Hehe, no one was killed. By the way, a little guy named Xiao Yan also used that move; you were the one who gave it to him, right?"

"Yes, I left a copy with the Alchemist Guild of the Gama Empire. After all, I received a lot of favors from that guild leader before." Nangong Wuxin nodded, not hiding the matter.

"You should try to keep your inheritance to a minimum. It's one thing if it harms others, but I'm afraid it might fall into the hands of someone with ulterior motives who could study its flaws and then use them against you." Elder Huo's words were pointed. With the power of Canaan Academy, he couldn't possibly be unaware of the existence of the Soul Palace.

"Don't worry, mentor. What I gave out was the simplest stuff. And the simpler something is, the less likely you are to find flaws. Besides, nothing in this world is truly perfect. As long as I become strong enough, what does it matter if they find my flaws?"

Nangong Wuxin smiled confidently; he had plenty of tricks up his sleeve. It was just that he usually had many people around him solving problems for him, so he didn't need to lift a finger, which was why his true strength wasn't readily apparent.

"Well, it's good that you know all this. Since you're here today, you should have broken through to the Dou Wang level by now, right? These are sixth-grade and seventh-grade pill formulas from the Alchemy Department's collection. You haven't seen them before, and I hope they will satisfy you."

Elder Huo nodded and waved his hand, and more than twenty scrolls, whose materials alone looked very precious, appeared on the table.

For a moment, Elder Huo was also somewhat dazed. The Alchemy Department had so many collections, and this brat Nangong Wuxin had almost read them all!

Moreover, he not only read them, but he was also able to actually refine them. That's a true genius, and these pill formulas have finally come into play.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you, Master. Actually, I came here today to ask if you have collected any medicinal herbs for the Breakthrough Pill?"

Nangong Wuxin chuckled and put away all the pill formulas, saying he would return them after he had read them.

Elder Huo paused for a moment, then slowly nodded: "I've collected eight sets. What, you want to use them?"

"Ahem, mentor, if I remember correctly, you are still at the peak of the Dou Huang realm, right?" Nangong Wuxin slowly shook his head and asked with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Hmm, I've been stuck at this level for over ten years. That barrier is not easy to break through. Even now, I'm not very confident."

"Hehe, would you like to try the Breakthrough Pill, Master?"

"etc!"

Elder Huo suddenly stood up, looked at Nangong Wuxin's smiling face, and opened his mouth in disbelief.

"Wuxin, you've already mastered refining Breakthrough Pills?!"

That's a Breakthrough Pill! It's a genuine top-grade sixth-rank pill, and it's even comparable to some low-grade seventh-rank pills.

In Elder Huo's understanding, only the "Medicine King" in the Black Corner Region has a certain degree of confidence in refining the Breakthrough Pill.

Nangong Wuxin is only nineteen years old, yet he has already reached this point. How could Elder Huo not be shocked?

"More than half a year ago, I went back and luckily came across this."

Nangong Wuxin waved his hand, revealing the raging dragon flames.

Elder Huo stared in disbelief at the tornado of flames in Nangong Wuxin's palm, his heart filled with shock.

"This is... the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked eighteenth on the Strange Flame Ranking?!"

"Master, how about I refine the Breakthrough Pill for you?" Nangong Wuxin asked softly.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Wuxin."

Elder Huo took a deep breath, nodded, and wore a gratified smile.

As a tutor at Canaan Academy, he never thought of repaying kindness with gratitude. He was already very satisfied to see batches of students leave the academy after achieving their goals.

But when he actually heard Nangong Wuxin say those words, his heart still trembled.

He's been stuck at the peak of the Nine-Star Dou Huang realm for far too long!

The teacher and student arrived at the inner courtyard and took the Grand Elder with them into the endless Demon Beast Forest.

When refining sixth-grade pills, Nangong Wuxin did not intend to cause any unnecessary disturbance in the vicinity of the inner and outer courtyards.

In the Demon Beast Forest, it would be too dangerous to have only Elder Huo as a protector. It would be more reliable to find the Grand Elder, a genuine Dou Zong powerhouse.

After flying about two hundred miles from the academy, Nangong Wuxin found a tall mountain peak, about five or six hundred meters high.

Nangong Wuxin looked around carefully, and after confirming that there were no particularly powerful figures nearby, he unleashed a burst of battle qi, creating a cave.

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"Elder, Elder Huo, I'll leave the rest to you."

"No trouble at all. I haven't seen pills of that caliber in many years." The First Elder chuckled, stroking his beard and glancing at Elder Huo.

Elder Huo rolled his eyes. This old guy, Wuxin is his student. Although he is only a mentor, he is still a teacher!

Nangong Wuxin paid no attention to the interaction between the two elders. After cleaning up the cave, he slowly sat down.

Inside the cave, Nangong Wuxin took out a medicine cauldron, and earth-yellow tornado flames surged wildly into it.

He placed the medicinal herbs needed to refine the Breakthrough Pill aside. When the temperature in the cauldron was about right, Nangong Wuxin opened the jade box and threw the Cold Marrow Branch into the cauldron.

Ten feet away, the Grand Elder saw the tornado of flames inside the cave, and a sound like a dragon's roar came from the cave.

He turned his head in surprise and sent a telepathic message to Elder Huo.

"Old man Fire, that should be Wind Fury Dragon Flame, right?"

"Hmm, it's just a strange flame, why are you making such a fuss?"

Elder Huo remained calm and composed, having long forgotten how shocked he had been when he first saw the flames.

"You know perfectly well that a single Fallen Heart Flame can create the entire Canaan Academy. Do I need to tell you just how powerful a strange fire is?" The Grand Elder moved his lips, his regard for Nangong Wuxin growing ever stronger.

"Hehe, the way you're saying it makes it sound like all of Wuxin's achievements are solely due to the Strange Flame."

Elder Huo disagreed, saying that although the strange fire was powerful, it was actually just so-so.

Even the Fallen Heart Flame is nothing to a Dou Huang level expert.

"..."

Upon hearing Elder Huo's words, the First Elder fell silent. Indeed, for Nangong Wuxin, the strange fire was more like icing on the cake.

True strength doesn't come from something, but from being strong enough on its own!

(End of this chapter)