Chapter 48: Controlling the True Fire and Refining the Mysterious Spirit Pill

  "Brother, don't you really need firewood?" Xu Yu asked with a small bundle of firewood in her arms and blinking eyes.

  Xu Yang smiled and waved his hand: "Brother has already become a Huo Ji Xuan Shi, with the ability to transform fire with his Xuan Li, of course he doesn't need ordinary flames to refine the elixir."

  "Great!" Xǔ Yú put down the firewood and ran into the house, "Brother is going to refine the elixir, Little Yú will help on the side!"

  "Just watch him." Xuyang gently lifted the fat ball that was circling around his leg and put it on his shoulder.

  "Lingluo twig, licorice root, snake plate grass..." Xu Yang made preparations for alchemy, inspecting the medicinal materials.

  This time is different from the previous alchemy, it's refining a real spiritual elixir. Before, when Xǔ Yáng refined medicine, they were all ordinary medicines, as long as there was a detailed process for refining the medicine, anyone could easily refine it. However, the requirements for the ratio of medicinal properties and the refinement of medicinal materials for spiritual elixirs are not comparable to those of ordinary medicines, so Xǔ Yáng is being extremely cautious.

  Even in his later years, Xu Yang had no experience in alchemy; he had only read the works of many great Dan Dao masters and was familiar with many medicinal properties and elixir formulas. Practical experience, it can be said, was zero.

  This time, the elixir that Xuyang was going to refine was called [Fuxuan Dan], a second-grade spiritual elixir that could quickly restore one's spiritual power. It was also quite popular during the Golden Age.

  The main ingredient for refining this elixir is a strand of the rare and precious spirit medicine, Ling Luo Branch, which was purchased by Xu Yang from Qian Bao Pavilion. The other ingredients such as licorice root and snake plate grass are all ordinary medicines used for adjustment.

  For this alchemy, Xu Yang had prepared four sets of medicinal materials, and he was also mentally prepared for the possibility of failure in alchemy, gaining experience for his blank path as a Dan Master.

  "Xuanli Huo...". Xu Yang opened the lid of the cauldron, took a light breath, and pressed his palm down slowly. A stream of pure Xuanli fire erupted from his hand and poured into the mouth of the medicine cauldron through the air vent.

  "With a 'whoosh' sound, a fierce red flame suddenly burst out of the cauldron, reaching as high as one zhang! Xu Yang was startled and quickly reduced the output of Huo Xuan's power, slowly adjusting the flames to reduce the firepower."

  Refining the spiritual elixir was a mentally exhausting task, and just controlling the flame had left Xu Yang drenched in sweat, taking a whole teacup's worth of time to finally adjust it to the right temperature.

  Xu Yang knew that for a first-time alchemist, to adjust the fire temperature to a suitable level within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea was already extremely rare. This was thanks to Xu Yang's excellent control over his mystical energy, as well as the strong mental power he had cultivated over two lifetimes.

  With a light toss of his right hand, a sprig of spiritual herb floated gently into the cauldron under Xuan Li's control, as if an invisible giant hand was holding it in place. Under the scorching flames, the spiritual medicine began to change rapidly.

  The epidermis peels off quickly, and the white stem begins to turn yellow and black. The impurities in the medicinal materials are roasted into nothingness, transformed into a wisp of smoke that disappears, leaving only the purest medicinal power.

  Xu Yang deeply felt that only Xuan Shi and above Xuan Zhe could refine Ling Dan, just to purify the medicinal properties, the required flame temperature was not something that ordinary fire could provide.

  To know the difference between spiritual medicine and ordinary medicine, even the worst spiritual medicine needs to grow for decades or even hundreds of years to mature. The accumulation over the years makes spiritual medicine extremely tough, fire-resistant, cold-resistant, and acid-resistant. Ordinary flames are unable to burn off its impurities.

  The higher the grade of spiritual medicine, the more stringent the requirements for the flame. At Xuyang's current level as a beginner in the Mystic Realm, the flame generated by the mystic power to catalyze the elixir can only be effective on spiritual medicines below Grade 3. This is also why the highest achievement of a Dan Master at the Mystic Realm level is only Grade 3.

  The refined essence of Lingluo Branch slowly fell into the cauldron, and Xu Yang quickly began to refine other ordinary medicines.

  Licorice can produce fluid and detoxify, the trace toxicity contained in snake plate grass needs licorice to resolve. Xu Yang quickly absorbed these two auxiliary medicines into the flame above.

  The flame of the refined spiritual medicine was fierce and violent, and could not be used to refine ordinary medicines, which would not withstand that temperature. As soon as Xu Yang threw the licorice into the flames, he heard a faint "hiss" sound, and this ordinary medicine turned into a wisp of green smoke, leaving behind only a small amount of medicinal residue.

  "To flexibly adjust the temperature, to control the flame, it must be done with a free and easy mind." This was another experience that Xu Yang gained. His face was solemn, carefully lowering the flame before adding another licorice root...

  After several failures, Xu Yang finally successfully refined all the medicinal materials. Then he combined them in proportion, fusing a suitable amount of medicinal properties together under his precise control. The essence of the medicine merged and split into more than a dozen small medicinal pellets, which slowly took shape under the scorching flames.

  Xu Yu watched very seriously on the side, the funniest thing was Fei Qiu, it was extremely human-like, knowing that Xu Yang couldn't be disturbed, and obediently crouched on Xu Yang's shoulder. Its two small black eyes stared unblinkingly, and its big mouth still drooled with saliva. This little guy seemed to have a great interest in all edible things.

  After half an hour of simmering over a low flame, the small medicine pellet gradually took on the shape of a dan medicine, and a strand of fragrance slowly wafted through the room.

  "Xiao Yu, go get the jade bottle." Even with Xiao Yang's strong spirit and perseverance beyond ordinary people, he also felt a hint of fatigue after such a long time of refining.

  Xu Yu responded with a sound, took out a small white jade bottle with a fine mouth, and pulled out the wooden plug.

  The elixirs are all stored in white jade containers, which on the one hand highlights the preciousness of the elixir, and on the other hand, the white jade can effectively isolate the medicinal properties from dispersing, extending the storage time of the elixir. It's not just the elixir, but also some precious medicinal materials are mostly stored in jade boxes, it's the same principle.

  "Done!" With a low shout from Xu Yang, the mysterious energy was lightly spat out, and instantly more than a dozen formed dan medicines burst into the air like popping beans. Then, one by one, they fell into the jade bottle, producing a crisp and pleasant sound of "ding ding dong".

  This magic trick generally delighted Xu Yu so much that she closed her eyes and cheered loudly. Xu Yang's move showed extremely exquisite control of the mysterious force.

  Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Xu Yang opened the copper plate under the medicine cauldron and scooped out the dregs.

  "Finally refined, first time refining medicine, don't know how it will turn out." Xu Yang took the jade bottle, held it flat on his palm, and gently fanned it with his hand. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted up, and for a moment, his tired body seemed to lighten by a fraction, and the nearly depleted true energy showed a slight sign of accelerating recovery.

  "Great, this Rejuvenation Pill is indeed top-notch. I succeeded in refining the Spiritual Pill on my first try, it's really not bad." Xǔ Yáng felt elated and put the bottle of Rejuvenation Pills into his leather pouch.

  "Brother is so amazing!" Xǔ Yu's eyes sparkled with little stars, "You look really tired, why don't you take a nap?"

  Xu Yang shook his head. His Xinghai's mysterious energy was almost depleted, which was the perfect opportunity to cultivate, but he couldn't let laziness take over and fall asleep.

  Xiu Xuan has one way, which is to go against heaven and rise up. If you follow your natural tendencies, it's hard to achieve great accomplishments.

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