Chapter 60: Taking the Máng Xuè Dān (First Update)

  Immediately, everyone slowly stood up, Wang Zhan turned around with a smile on his face and said in a low voice: "Four younger brothers! Haha!"

  "Big brother!"

  "Big brother!"

  The four of them bowed sincerely to Wang Zhan.

  Mo Tian's face turned dark as he stared at Huo Feng, saying in a low voice: "I'm from the beginning of the year, don't tell me you're older than me!"

  Huo Feng was taken aback for a moment, then smiled foolishly and said, "Second Brother!"

  Mo Tian looked at Huo Feng with a satisfied nod, then smiled slightly at Ye Chen and walked to his side with an air of superiority, saying: "Call Second Brother!"

  Ye Chen and Zhuge exchanged a smile, also slightly bowing his head towards Mo Tian, calling out: "Second Brother!"

  Then the two of them slightly bowed towards Huo Feng and softly said: "Third Brother!"

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and bowed again to Zhuge Wu Xin, saying in a soft voice: "Fourth Brother!"

  "Haha!" Several people laughed at the same time and nodded towards Ye Chen: "Fifth brother!"

  Several people gathered together and started drinking again, finally getting drunk and dizzy before slowly dispersing. As they left, Huo Feng hugged Ye Chen, crying and laughing at the same time, and kept kissing him, shouting: "Fifth brother! Fifth brother!"

  Finally, everyone unanimously decided that Huo Feng was too lacking in wine quality and could no longer be allowed to drink.

  Ye Chen gently shook his slightly dizzy head, looking at the few people walking away, and smiled inwardly.

  "Brother Chen!"

  Mu Bing walked over from behind Ye Chen, holding a piece of cloth that had been dampened with warm water, and gently handed it to Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen smiled slightly and took it from Mu Bing's hand, wiping his own head with it to wake himself up a bit.

  "Brother Chen! You've had so much wine, have some water!"

  Shen Xiang also walked over and handed the cup in her hand to Ye Chen, saying with a gentle expression.

  Ye Chen looked at the two girls being so concerned about him and felt a wave of happiness...

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  The night was charming, and the moonlight shone through the window into Ye Chen's room.

  Ye Chen's eyebrows were tightly furrowed as he stared at the medicinal herbs laid out in front of him, muttering to himself: "Purple Leaf Grass, Snowflake Grass, Ling Shan, Seven Linked Grass!"

  Then, Ye Chen took out a small package from his bosom and opened it. Inside was the snake gall he had obtained by hunting down the Qingwen Mang.

  Ye Chen slowly placed it on the table, and then picked up a bowl of water from the side, which was the morning dew that Ye Chen had specially asked Mu Bing to collect on her way here in the early morning.

  "The medicine is ready! Let's start refining it now!"

  Ye Chen muttered to himself and immediately picked up his own broken alchemy furnace from the side and placed it in front of him.

  Ye Chen thought for a moment about the process of refining 'Mangxue Dan' in his mind, muttering to himself as he got into action.

  "First put the morning dew into the furnace, then put the snake gall into it, start refining with ordinary fire, until a pungent smell is detected..."

  Ye Chen lit the fire and then focused all his attention on controlling the strength of the flames.

  A moment later, Ye Chen smelled a pungent smell and knew it was time to add other herbs. He hastily divided the Ling Shan into three parts according to the Dan formula in his mind, first adding one part and then refining again.

  Time passed minute by minute and second by second, and the initial refining process went very smoothly...

  A faint blue mist slowly floated out of the furnace, Ye Chen hastily put the purple leaf grass in, and then threw the seven consecutive grass into the furnace, continuing to refine.

  When the pale blue smoke had completely dissipated, Ye Chen again threw the Snow Flower Grass into it, and immediately followed by throwing the remaining Ling Shan into the furnace.

  The medicine has been fully dispensed, and now Ye Chen only needs to focus on controlling the strength of the flames.

  As time passed minute by minute and second by second, Ye Chen heard the clear and crisp sounds coming from within the furnace, his heart filled with joy, thinking to himself: The elixir is starting to form!

  Immediately, Ye Chen hastily focused on controlling the fire, not daring to be even a little slow.

  The morning dew in the cauldron has long been dried up, and the snake gall has also been incinerated. The herbs are also like this. At this time, all the medicinal materials in the cauldron have gathered together, gradually condensing and solidifying!

  Bang!

  A loud noise rang out, the sound was extremely large, but fortunately Ye Chen lived in a separate courtyard house, which was relatively far from where the outer door disciples of Lianyun Sect lived, and did not disturb anyone. However, Shen Xiang and Mu Bing happened to live next door, how could they not hear the loud noise coming from Ye Chen's place?

  Ye Chen only heard a series of rapid footsteps, and then his own door was pushed open. Ye Chen turned his head to look, and at the doorway stood Mu Bing and Shen Xian, the two women.

  Xin Shen looked at the messy room and hurriedly walked forward, anxiously looking at Ye Chen, asking: "Brother Chen! Are you okay? What happened?"

  Mu Bing was also worried and looked at Ye Chen.

  Ye Chen smiled foolishly and said, "Nothing!" Then, he hastily looked into the furnace.

  Five elixir pills, quietly and steadily in the furnace crucible.

  The elixir was the same size as ordinary pills, with a light blue outer skin. However, if you looked closely, you could easily see that beneath the light blue surface, there were thin threads of red color, which looked extremely strange.

  Ye Chen looked at the elixir, exactly as it had appeared in his mind, and his face lit up with joy, knowing that he had successfully refined it. He hastily rummaged through a cluttered area nearby and retrieved a jade bottle he had prepared earlier, gently placing the elixir inside.

  Just as Ye Chen was about to put in the fourth pill, suddenly, the remaining two pills turned into powder.

  Ye Chen was taken aback, then let out a bitter laugh and muttered to himself: "First time refining, having three is already pretty good!"

  It's not that Ye Chen is being overly pessimistic, it's just the way things are. When refining pills, one furnace can refine many pills at once, but in the end, only a few will be successfully refined. Even for a top-notch alchemist, there's no guarantee that every single pill in a batch won't have any failures - all they can do is increase the success rate.

  Shen Xiang looked at the jade bottle in Ye Chen's hand, her brow furrowed slightly as she walked up and whispered: "Chen Ge! Are these your newly refined elixirs?"

  Listening to Shen Xian's words, Ye Chen slowly came to and immediately turned his head to smile at the two of them, saying in a low voice: "This medicinal pill is called Mangxue Dan!"

  "Wild Blood Pill?"

  The two women looked at Ye Chen with confusion, waiting for him to continue his explanation.

  Ye Chen continued: "The Savage Blood Pill is a second-grade pill, with the effect of directly increasing strength. However, anyone can only take one pill, and the increased strength is calculated based on their own physical quality and potential. The minimum increase is 100 catties of strength, and the maximum increase is 1,000 catties of strength!"

  The two girls listened to Ye Chen's explanation. Mu Bing wasn't very surprised, after all, she didn't understand these things very well.

  But Shen Xian, on the other hand, was staring at Ye Chen in surprise, and said blankly: "Can directly increase strength! I've never heard of it before! If that's the case, having tens of thousands of such elixirs would be enough to create an extremely powerful army!"

  Ye Chen nodded in agreement, and at the same time, he took out a Bloodshed Dan from the jade bottle and put it into another jade bottle. Then, he handed over the jade bottle containing two Bloodshed Dans to Shen Xiang, saying softly: "Just right, three of us, one each! However, I don't suggest you take it now, after all, increasing power depends on physical quality and potential, it's best to wait until your cultivation reaches Fragmented Body Eight or Nine before taking it. That way, the effect will be the best!"

  Shen Xian took the jade bottle handed over by Ye Chen, and immediately looked at Ye Chen with an unusual gaze. The surprises Ye Chen had given her that day were too many, she didn't suspect a thing, if Ye Chen continued to grow like this, it was likely that even her own family would use herself as a bargaining chip to win Ye Chen over.

  "Alright! You all hurry back and rest now! It's already very late, and you still have to cultivate tomorrow!"

  Ye Chen didn't know Shen Xian's thoughts and smiled slightly at the two girls, saying.

  "Ah!"

  The two women nodded simultaneously and turned their heads to walk outside.

  Ye Chen looked at Er Nu walking out, then suddenly remembered that he should have asked Er Nu to help clean up earlier. Otherwise, he wouldn't know when he would finish cleaning up by himself.

  Then, Ye Chen let out a light sigh and didn't tidy up the room. He directly lay down on the bed and gradually fell asleep...

  At dawn, in the dense forest of Lianyun Sect, Ye Chen stood at his usual cultivation spot, took a deep breath to keep himself in top condition, and then pulled out the 'Mangxue Dan' from his bosom and swallowed it directly.

  As soon as the "Mangxue Dan" entered, Ye Chen felt that his dantian was like a fire burning, instantly spreading throughout his body, with a scorching feeling, Ye Chen's flesh and blood seemed to be burned by fire.

  Ye Chen stood still, his entire body continuously sweating, with some minor impurities in the sweat. As the sweat increased, Ye Chen's skin began to slowly turn red and heat up.

  A gust of clear wind came out, a fallen leaf, slowly drifting from afar, directly landed on Ye Chen's body. In an instant, the fallen leaves burned up and turned into ashes...

  Ye Chen clenched his teeth and endured the pain all over his body, his mouth corners constantly letting out a low, muffled roar...

  As time passed, Ye Chen's body temperature also gradually decreased, and after a moment, it returned to normal. However, at this point, Ye Chen was completely naked, without a single piece of clothing, leaving behind only a pile of ashes...

  However, Ye Chen did not notice that since he came out of the courtyard, there had been a figure following him from behind all along, until after Ye Chen finished taking the 'Mangxue Dan', it gradually disappeared.

  Ye Chen took a deep breath, his right hand clenched into a fist, and fiercely struck the ground.

  Bang!

  With a crisp sound, cracks gradually appeared on the solid stone ground.

  Ye Chen excitedly muttered to himself: "Absolutely increased by about a thousand catties of strength, too fierce!" Immediately afterwards, his face showed some dissatisfaction as he muttered to himself again: "Unfortunately, one person can only take one pill ah!"

  Actually, Ye Chen was a bit greedy. Think about it, just by increasing his strength by 1,000 catties, he was already quite impressive. If there were no limits to how much he could take, and his strength increased infinitely with each dose, 1,000 catties, 10,000 catties, 100 million catties... eventually, maybe even a single punch from him would be unstoppable!

  Just then, a gentle breeze blew by, and Ye Chen felt a slight chill. Only then did his face freeze in shock as he suddenly remembered that the clothes on his body had all turned to ashes just a moment ago.

  Ye Chen took a deep breath, looked at his naked body, and couldn't help but laugh bitterly to himself, saying: "If I had known that taking the 'Mangxue Dan' would have this kind of consequence, I should have brought an extra set of clothes. Now what can I do? If I go back like this, won't people die laughing?"

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  (From today on, I'll keep updating 12,000 words every day! That's about four updates a day. Today's first update)