Chapter 157 Alchemy! The skill evolves!
Sitting cross-legged in the cave, Xiao Yan took out the medicine cauldron from the Najie and placed it gently in front of him. Then he placed all the materials needed to refine the Pulse Guard Pill and Bingxin Pill beside him, carefully After some inspections, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Xiao Yan was about to start refining the elixir, Yao Lao also swayed out of the ring and landed on a boulder. He crossed his arms and looked at Xiao Yan's movements with a smile.
Glancing at Yao Lao, Xiao Yan slowly closed his eyes. After reviewing in his mind the prescriptions of the two elixirs sent by Yao Lao as well as the weight and heat required for refining the elixirs, he slowly opened his eyes. At this moment, he rubbed his hands gently, and placed his palms against the fire mouth of the medicine cauldron. His mind slowly sank into his body, and he carefully drew out the purple flame in the center of the cyclone.
The purple flame, wrapped in fighting spirit, quickly passed through the meridians, and then passed through the palm of the hand and shuttled into the medicine cauldron.
The purple fire rushed into the medicine cauldron, and with a soft "bang" sound, the purple flames rose and burned within the medicine cauldron.
With his eyes through the mirror on the surface of the medicine cauldron, Xiao Yan looked at the purple flames that were randomly moving inside. After the temperature of the cold medicine cauldron gradually increased, he turned his head and smiled at Yao Lao, and his expression changed again. He was solemn, and his soul perception came out of his body. He penetrated into the medicine cauldron along his arm and successfully controlled the unruly purple fire.
"It's time to start."
Looking at the gradually calming purple fire in the medicine cauldron, Yao Lao smiled and nodded, thinking to himself: "This little guy is becoming more and more skilled in the use of soul power, and he can actually compress the temperature of the flame so quickly. "
Nodding slightly, Xiao Yan skillfully grabbed a green plant from his side. This plant is called evergreen. The warm energy contained in its branches and leaves is the most suitable herb for protecting the meridians.
Glancing at the evergreen flower in his hand from the corner of his eye, Xiao Yan's palm paused for a moment before ejecting it into the medicine cauldron.
As soon as the evergreen flowers entered the medicine cauldron, the raging purple fire rushed up. In an instant, the green branches and leaves quickly turned brown. At this point, Xiao Yan's soul power worked hard to slowly lower the temperature of the purple fire. , the faint flame seedlings brought a burst of neither hot nor cold temperature, gradually scorching the evergreen flowers suspended above the flame.
As this baking continued, drops of green liquid began to seep out from the surface of the evergreen branches and leaves. As more and more liquid seeped out, the branches and leaves also shrank rapidly. After the last drop of green liquid in Changqinghua's body was squeezed out, its body turned into pitch-black ashes and sank to the bottom of the medicine cauldron.
"Hmm... that's right. With your excellent soul perception, even some second-grade alchemists can't match it." Seeing Xiao Yan's successful first step, Yao Lao couldn't help but smile in admiration.
With a slight smile, Xiao Yan made a move with his palm, and the green liquid in the medicine cauldron was sucked out. Finally, he carefully knocked it into a jade bottle, waiting for fusion later.
After obtaining the energy juice of the Evergreen Flower, Xiao Yan refined three liquids of different colors and a light green powder baked from the Tanling Fruit.
When refining these medicinal powders, since it was the first time to prepare the required heat and weight of the elixir materials, even with Xiao Yan's excellent soul perception, it was enough to destroy twelve rare plants. If it weren't for the abundance of medicinal herbs in the valley, he might have faced the embarrassing situation of drying up the medicinal herbs.
Sitting on the stone, Yao Lao quietly watched Xiao Yan refining the medicine. It was not until the latter refined all the required materials that he nodded slightly. Although Xiao Yan also destroyed many medicinal materials during this period, this failed. For him who was refining this kind of elixir for the first time, the rate was quite good.
After refining all the materials, Xiao Yan also breathed a long sigh of relief. He took out a Qi Restoration Pill from the Najie, then threw it into his mouth and crossed his legs to restore the fighting energy in his body.
Seeing Xiao Yan's appearance, Yao Lao shook his head helplessly. No wonder Xiao Yan was going crazy trying to evolve his skills. After practicing for such a while, the fighting energy in his body actually consumed so much. , The elixir he is refining now is only the second grade. If he refines the third or even fourth grade pills in the future, I am afraid that this guy will have to keep his mouth full of Qi Restoration Pills, so that he will not fail to refine the elixir due to exhaustion of fighting energy in the middle.
After resting cross-legged for a long time, Xiao Yan opened his eyes. Looking at Yao Lao's helpless expression, he could only smile bitterly and put the various materials he had extracted before in front of him. Finally, he turned his palms over, A magic core that was completely white and constantly exuding cold air appeared in his hand.
Looking at the second-level ice magic core, Xiao Yan slowly exhaled, and with a flick of his finger, the magic core was accurately shot into the medicine cauldron. At the same time, Xiao Yan quickly touched it with his palm. On the medicine cauldron, the soul's perception suddenly released all the suppressed purple fire temperature. Suddenly, the purple fire roared inside the medicine cauldron, almost filling the entire cauldron.
As the purple fire burned, the second-order ice magic core began to exude icy cold air, struggling hard to avoid being destroyed.
In the medicine cauldron, the purple fire and the ice mist are constantly in a stalemate. Pieces of white mist seep out from the top of the medicine cauldron and continue to spread to the surroundings.
Looking up at the increasingly dense white air in the cave, Yao Lao waved his sleeves and robes, and the fierce energy swept out the white air. Suddenly, the cave became clear again, but at this time, Xiao Yan, He didn't have time to pay attention to these. All his attention was placed on the ice magic core that was in a stalemate with the purple fire.
The purple fire in the body continuously poured into the medicine cauldron, and the ice magic core was not to be outdone, and streams of cold air were continuously released, desperately trying to escape the fate of destruction.
The stalemate lasted until Xiao Yan swallowed a rejuvenation pill in his mouth, and then it was gradually broken. Although the ice magic core contained quite powerful ice energy, there was no backup after all, so in the purple fire Under the unremitting baking, the cold barrier of the ice magic core was finally broken.
As the cold barrier ruptured, the purple fire made an excited roar, surged up overwhelmingly, enveloped the ice magic core, and then began to burn.
As the flame continued to burn, cracks gradually appeared on the hard surface of the ice magic core. After a while, with a crisp click sound, the surface of the magic core turned into ashes and scattered. After the dust had settled, a small ball of snow-white paste energy appeared floating in the medicine cauldron.
Looking at the snow-white energy paste that appeared, a touch of joy finally appeared on Xiao Yan's tense face. He slowly smoked it with purple fire for a while, then sucked it out and put it in a jade bottle. .
After refining the magic core energy, Xiao Yan quickly grabbed several materials that had been refined in front of him and threw them all into the medicine cauldron.
The purple flame enveloped all the materials that entered the cauldron, and then began the most violent calcination.
As the fire continued to burn, the medicinal materials of different colors began to gradually merge. The liquid and powder merged with each other, and then slowly rolled in the flames. As time passed, the prototype of the elixir began to form. , also gradually and faintly appeared in the medicine cauldron.
At this time, the surface of the prototype of the elixir was full of bumps and bumps, and its shape was completely irregular. The luster on the surface was also green and purple. It looked like a strange object covered with water chestnuts, completely It is not as round and shiny as those finished elixirs.
Looking at the prototype of the elixir, the heavy stone that was weighing on Xiao Yan's heart finally fell completely. At this point, the elixir refining was almost 90% successful, and the rest was the final step of condensing the elixir. .
Holding the refined magic core energy in his hand, Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Yao Lao. Seeing his smiling and nodding expression, he took a deep breath, no longer hesitated, and poured out the magic core energy in the bottle. , poured into the medicine cauldron.
As soon as the white paste energy entered the medicine cauldron, he controlled it to cover the prototype of the pill, and then slowly started to spin. At the same time, Xiao Yan's soul perception hurriedly suppressed Zi. The temperature of the fire compressed it to a tepid level, slowly roasting the elixir wrapped in the magic core energy.
The last step of condensing the elixir lasted for nearly half an hour before the energy of the demon core was tepidly roasted into the elixir by the purple fire. At this time, Xiao Yan kept compressing the purple flame. His soul power suddenly retracted, and suddenly, the purple fire surged forward, and in an instant, it carried a violent temperature and wrapped the elixir in it.
The purple flame was immediately suppressed as soon as it was released, and was quickly suppressed to the lowest point by Xiao Yan again. At this time, as the purple fire retreated, a jade-white round elixir appeared dazzlingly in the medicine cauldron. Inside.
Looking at the jade white elixir, Xiao Yan couldn't help but grin, and with a move of his hand, he sucked it out of the medicine cauldron, then quickly took out the jade bottle from the side and put it in.
When the palm of the hand was removed from the medicine cauldron, the purple fire inside it quickly faded away. After a while, the bustling medicine cauldron became quiet.
After shaking the elixir in the bottle, Xiao Yan took a sip of the medicinal fragrance emanating from the mouth of the bottle, and couldn't help but feel intoxicated. After a while, he smiled at the Yao Lao beside him and said, "The pulse-protecting elixir was successful!"
"Well, that's right. Although there were some minor mistakes during the alchemy process, your performance was also very good..." Nodding in admiration, Yao Lao glanced at the medicinal materials for refining the Bingxin Pill on the ground and said with a smile: "Rest. Give it a try, next, you still need to refine the Bingxin Pill. With this success, I think you should be able to destroy less medicinal materials next time."
Nodding, Xiao Yan carefully put away the pulse-protecting pill, then took out another Qi-returning pill and swallowed it. He closed his eyes and waited for the fighting spirit in his body to return.
Half an hour later, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes. At this time, he had returned to his peak state again. He looked at the medicine cauldron in front of him, took a deep breath, then stretched out his hands, refined the pill, and started again...
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As Yao Lao said, with the success of refining the Pulse Protecting Pill, the refining of the Bingxin Pill this time was extremely smooth. In addition to Xiao Yan being a little jerky at first due to the different heat required for the medicinal materials, The following series of steps were almost as smooth as flowing water. Even the picky Yao Lao was extremely satisfied with this alchemy. This shows how outstanding Xiao Yan's performance was this time.
Two hours after the alchemy started.
At this time, Xiao Yan's face looked a little tired, but more importantly, there was excitement and joy, because in his hands, he was holding two jade bottles tightly. Inside the transparent jade bottles, there were naughty Two round elixirs, one white and one green, are rolling. These two elixirs are what Xiao Yan must prepare to swallow the purple fire: the Pulse Protection Pill and the Bingxin Pill!
Looking at Xiao Yan's tired face, Yao Lao glanced at the darkening sky outside and said with a smile: "The time for refining the alchemy is similar to what I budgeted. Due to the scorching sun during the day, the purple fire will increase to a certain extent. , this will make it more difficult for you to swallow the purple fire, so now is the most suitable time to swallow the purple fire, what do you think? Can you still persist?"
Xiao Yan rubbed his temples and said with a smile: "Of course, I'm just a little mentally exhausted. If I continue to persevere for one night, there will be no problem."
"Haha, that's good." Yao Lao smiled and nodded, and said thoughtfully: "How many Qi Restoring Pills do you still have?"
"Eighteen pieces." Xiao Yan replied as he scratched the ring with his fingers.
"It should be enough. After the devouring begins, if you notice that your fighting energy is exhausted, take it immediately. At that moment, if your fighting energy suddenly runs out, it will not be fun." Yao Lao said solemnly.
"Yes." Xiao Yan nodded heavily. Naturally, Xiao Yan did not dare to joke with his own life.
"Okay, now let's see the results. To be honest, I also want to see how much this purple fire can evolve "Fen Jue"." After taking a breath, Yao Lao said with a little hope. .
"It's impossible to jump directly to the Mysterious Level anyway." Regarding this, Xiao Yan is still somewhat self-aware. Although the power of the purple fire is also quite good, compared with the "different fire", there is undoubtedly a huge difference.
"Of course I know that it is impossible to reach the Xuan level. The jump of each level of skills is a huge difference. Zihuo may be able to let Fen Jue evolve the level of skills, but it is difficult to evolve the level!" He rolled his eyes. , Yao Lao laughed and cursed.
With a bitter smile, Xiao Yan stopped talking. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes. After sitting quietly for a moment, his eyes suddenly opened. In the dark eyes, light passed by. After the light disappeared from his eyes, Xiao Yan turned his head. Looking at Yao Lao.
"Well, let's get started, it's time." Seeing Xiao Yan looking over, Yao Lao smiled slightly and nodded lightly.
Nodding heavily, Xiao Yan glanced at the two small jade bottles placed in front of him, then closed his eyes again, and his mind slowly sank into his body.
Under the control of the mind, the cyclone in the lower abdomen suddenly began to rotate at a high speed, and as the rotation intensified, the purple fire in the cyclone was thrown out in clusters.
Zi Huo, who was thrown out, seemed to be a little dazed. Why did his partner who was working together a few days ago suddenly drive him out? The purple fire hovered outside the cyclone, absorbing all the thrown purple fire together, and finally turned into a ball of violent purple fire.
Just when Zi Huo was unconsciously preparing to impact the cyclone, surging yellowish fighting energy surged out from within the cyclone, surrounding Zi Huo, and then, under the control of Xiao Yan's mind, pulled them, It began to flow along Fen Jue's meridians.
When the fighting spirit enveloped the purple fire, the purple fire sensed the crisis and began to angrily attack the surrounding fighting spirit energy. Every time they impacted, a large area of fighting spirit energy would be burned into nothingness, but within the cyclone , a steady stream of Dou Qi is being transported out. No matter how the purple fire burns, it cannot escape the blockade of Dou Qi.
When Xiao Yan's fighting spirit surrounded the purple fire, he completely lost control of the purple fire. However, he didn't care at this time. He concentrated on controlling the fighting spirit, pulling the purple fire into an extremely slender flame, and then He quickly got into the meridian route of practicing "Fen Jue".
Dou Qi was wrapped in purple fire. As soon as it entered this specific meridian, Xiao Yan's whole body trembled violently. On his forehead, dense cold sweat kept coming out, and finally it was like water dripping down Xiao Yan's face. , all the way down, hitting the rocks with drops.
Xiao Yan clenched his teeth, and the waves of twitching pain emanating from the meridians in his body almost made his face distort. He did not expect that even with Dou Qi as preliminary protection, the purple fire created The pain is still so strong.
"Take the pulse-protecting pill!"
When Xiao Yan gritted his teeth and accepted it, Yao Lao's soft drink suddenly sounded in his ears.
Listening to the shout, Xiao Yan grabbed the small jade bottle in front of him without hesitation, poured out the jade-white elixir, and threw it into his mouth.
As soon as the Pulse Protecting Pill enters the mouth, it turns into a warm current, rolling in quickly from the throat, and then passes through the body. Finally, under the control of Xiao Yan's mind, it quickly removes all the veins that must be passed through to practice Burning Art. The wrap is covered with a light white energy film.
Although this layer of white energy film is extremely thin, the effect it brings is extremely significant. Shortly after swallowing the pulse protection pill, Xiao Yan's tight muscles slowly relaxed and twisted. His face gradually returned to normal. Although there was still some burning pain in his meridians occasionally, it was within Xiao Yan's tolerance.
Xiao Yan breathed a sigh of relief as the severe pain gradually eased. It was hard for him to imagine that without the help of this pulse-protecting pill, would the meridians in his body be able to continue to absorb and accommodate Dou Qi in the future? I'm afraid that after the purple fire completely passes through the meridians, I will truly become a useless person, right?
"Sure enough, having an old man in the family is like having a treasure." He murmured happily in his heart. Yao Lao's status in Xiao Yan's heart was soaring almost infinitely at this time.
With the help of the Pulse Protecting Pill, Xiao Yan felt much more relaxed. Although the fighting spirit was consumed very quickly by the burning of the purple fire, with the help of Xiao Yan's continuous swallowing of the Qi Restoring Pill, the two sides were barely evened out. Come down.
Everything in the body is proceeding in an orderly manner in a tense atmosphere. Although Xiao Yan has not found anything wrong so far, he is still cautious in his heart, because Yao Lao once said that when swallowing, except for the meridians, In addition to the danger of being burned, the violent meaning contained in the purple fire will also gradually erode the soul and make people lose control.
Keeping Yao Lao's words in mind, Xiao Yan guarded his mind and did not dare to make any mistakes.
After Xiao Yan wrapped the purple fire with fighting spirit and gradually operated nearly half of the "Fen Jue" cultivation process, Xiao Yan's face finally gradually became serious, because he could vaguely feel that as the devouring intensified, traces of faint... The irritability gradually climbed into my mind.
Sensing the change in his mind, Xiao Yan suddenly felt a chill in his heart. Without Yao Lao's reminder, he took out the Bingxin Pill in front of him and threw it into his mouth.
After the Bingxin Pill entered the body, a bone-chilling feeling spread down from the throat. Feeling the cold feeling in the mind, it shuddered slightly. The heart that gradually began to become irritable was like lingering snow meeting a blazing fire. , quickly melted and disappeared.
With the Bingxin Pill protecting his mind, Xiao Yan finally didn't have to worry about losing his mind. He used all his strength to drive the fighting spirit wrapped in purple fire and circulated crazily in his meridians.
As the Dou Qi wrapped in the purple fire circulated in the "Fen Jue" cultivation context, Xiao Yan suddenly discovered that the wisp of Dou Qi and the Purple Fire that were at the forefront actually began to merge strangely!
No, rather than saying that it is merging, it should be said that the purple fire is gradually being swallowed up by the fighting spirit of "Fen Jue"!
Looking at this scene, Xiao Yan was shocked and delighted. Looking at this situation, he could truly be sure that this so-called "Burning Jue" technique indeed had the magical effect of evolution!
When the light yellow Dou Qi and the Purple Fire were about to pass the last "Burn Jue" cultivation process, the two had almost completely merged into one. The original light yellow Dou Qi, at this time, completely transformed into a lavender color. , and on the surface of the lavender fighting spirit, there is still a faint purple flame rising, but at this time, the purple flame will no longer cause any damage to the meridians!
Looking at the fighting spirit that had completely changed its color, Xiao Yan's heart was filled with ecstasy, and he worked hard to direct the fighting spirit to start its final operation.
The Dou Qi circulated faster and faster. At a certain moment, the Dou Qi that had changed color finally rushed out of the last vein. After completing a perfect cycle in the body, they returned to the lower abdomen again.
After rushing out of the meridians, the purple fighting energy rushed straight into the continuously rotating light yellow cyclone.
As more and more fighting energy that swallowed up the purple flames rushed out of the meridians in triumph, the color of the cyclone began to gradually change from light yellow to lavender.
When the last ray of purple fighting energy emerged from the meridians, the cyclone almost completely transformed into lavender.
In the lower abdomen, the rotating cyclone suddenly stopped, and then stood quietly.
At the same time, in the cave, Xiao Yan, who had his eyes closed, suddenly opened his pupils, and a dazzling purple light shot out from his eyes for half an inch, almost as if it were real substance. After a moment, the purple light disappeared, and Xiao Yan slowly He slowly turned his head, looked at Yao Lao, and grinned stupidly: "Succeeded?"
"Success!"
Yao Lao breathed a heavy sigh of relief and nodded with a smile. He could already feel the powerful fighting spirit in Xiao Yan's body that was almost several times more powerful than before.
Seeing Yao Lao nodding in confirmation, Xiao Yan's mouth cracked, and he was about to laugh wildly to express the ecstasy in his heart, but his expression suddenly changed, because he suddenly realized that the energy between heaven and earth was suddenly facing him. Come desperately.
"Teacher? What's going on??" Xiao Yan turned his head and asked in horror.
The sudden change also made De Yao Lao a little shocked. He frowned slightly, and then he ducked in front of Xiao Yan and touched his body with his palm. In an instant, a smile appeared on his old face.
"It's true that good things don't come when they come, and when they come, they come one after another. Congratulations, the time has come for you to break through and become a Dou Master!"