Chapter 16: Can You Bear It?

  When Jiang Hao exited his training state, it was already noon on the second day. Feeling the surging battle energy within him, he couldn't help but want to let out a loud roar. Every muscle in his body was filled with power, and as he moved around, crackling sounds kept ringing out, this was the feeling of having strength.

  "Hehe, how is it? The feeling of promotion isn't bad, right?" The figure of Tianyi floated out.

  "Master, are you going to refine the elixir? Hehe, I've never seen anyone refine an elixir before. As far as I know, there aren't even a handful of alchemists in our entire Sun City. I once heard my mother mention that our Jiang family has three alchemists." Jiang Huan said with a hint of excitement.

  "Hmph!" Tian Leng snorted, "You're comparing your master to those ordinary alchemists? In my eyes, the so-called alchemists here only know how to mix a few medicinal materials and condense them. True alchemy is not as simple as you think."

  Tian saw Jiang Huan's disbelieving expression and continued: "The realm of Dan Master is closely related to the power of the soul, so the division of Dan Master is also divided into five levels, namely Mortal Dan Master, Entry Dan Master, Transformation Dan Master, Heavenly Dan Master and Divine Dan Master. Each level is further divided into three sub-levels: Upper, Middle and Lower."

  "Ah, it seems I have a chance to visit Father's library. I know too little about this continent." Jiang Huan thought to himself.

  "The essence of alchemy lies in combining the essences of various medicines to bring out their maximum efficacy. Each medicine has a unique property, some are biased towards coldness while others towards heat. If one doesn't understand the art of fusion, the combination of two different medicinal properties will instantly trigger a reaction, resulting in the destruction of the medicinal materials."

  "Alright, I've investigated earlier. Your battle aura is of the fire attribute, and it also contains a hint of wood element flavor. Although your battle aura isn't pure, compared to those with purer battle auras, your cultivation progress is slightly slower. However, for an alchemist, this is a rare and precious physique." Zi Tian looked at Jiang Huan and said seriously.

  "That's what you mean, Master? I can become a Dan master too?" Jiang Huan asked curiously.

  "Heh, your conditions are fully met, but each profession has its own specialization. Wanting to become a top-notch strongman while also becoming an alchemist might not be a good thing for you." Arcane thought for a moment.

  "Master, I know, but what I know even more is that eating bitter suffering makes one a superior person. I just want to be different from others." The immature smile on his face was filled with determination, Jiang Hao looked at his master, with an unprecedented fervor in his eyes.

  Looking at this slightly immature young man, who is actually still a child, he has a completely different personality from his peers. At this moment, Xiang Tian's heart has an inexplicable excitement, perhaps it is a gift given by heaven to himself.

  "Well done, you're indeed my disciple. Since you have such realization, I won't say much." Ji Tianping calmed down his excited emotions and said calmly.

  He pulled out a completely red pot-shaped object and placed it on the ground, then sat cross-legged in front of it with his eyes slightly closed.

  "This cauldron is called 'Red Flame', it was what I used to refine my elixir back then. Now, pay attention to my movements, this time I'm refining a very common type of elixir liquid, the top-grade 'Bone Melting and Muscle Relaxing Liquid'."

  Only to see the left hand of Tianqi rising a seven-colored flame, the temperature in the room suddenly began to rise, and the periphery of the flame could be seen that space was constantly cracking, from which it can be imagined how terrifying this flame is. Tianqi waved his hand, and the flame flew into the cauldron.

  "These seven-colored flames are the result of my collecting and refining the seven most yang and fiery flames from heaven and earth, mainly used to deal with enemies. But now using them to refine this low-grade elixir is truly a waste of great material on something trivial." Zi Tian looked at the flames rising from the alchemy furnace and said helplessly.

  Helpless to helplessness, the action of usurping heaven did not stop for a moment, and the silver snake fruit was thrown into the dan cauldron. It was seen that it continued to roll and jump in the seven-color fire, emitting a faint silver light. The silver snake fruit, which was as big as an egg, began to melt under continuous burning, and some black things continuously seeped out from inside. When they came into contact with the flame, they were burned into ash and fell down. After half a time of burning, the original silver snake fruit only left behind a small group about the size of a fingernail, emitting dazzling silver light, which was actually the essence of the whole fruit.

  After seeing the refinement completed, Di Tian took out a jade bottle and with a wave of his hand, he collected that lump and placed it aside. Then, he threw in the Thousand Year Snow Mountain Ginseng and the Blazing Inferno Grass. Before long, the refinement of several medicinal herbs was completed.

  Next, the Regicide picked up the jade box containing the second-order beast core from the table and threw it into the alchemy furnace. He controlled a cluster of flames to envelop it as it entered, without using large fires to roast it.

  "Aquatic beast cores cannot be refined with large fires, and the temperature must be strictly controlled. Otherwise, if you are not careful, it will cause the energy of the beast core to dissipate and reduce the quality of the final elixir."

  The Heavenly Butcher controlled the flames, slowly refining them. After about two hours, a clear and crisp sound was heard, and the beast core in the flames slowly melted away, releasing its essence. The impurities were constantly being volatilized by the flames, and after just a moment, the fist-sized beast core had been reduced to just a tiny bit of fragrant liquid.

  "Alright, the refinement is complete. Now comes the most crucial part - fusion." Di Tian placed the pellet into a jade vial, paused for a moment, and then explained to Jiang Heng.

  With a wave of his hand, several jade bottles shattered, and the numerous medicinal materials inside were enveloped in flames, beginning their slow fusion. As he controlled the temperature of the flames, Shi Tian said to Jiang Huan, "Due to the different properties of each medicinal material, the temperature within the alchemical furnace also varies during fusion. Sometimes high temperatures are needed, while other times extremely low temperatures are required. This demands extremely powerful soul energy to control the flames; the stronger one's soul energy is, the more medicinal materials can be fused."

  Those few kinds of things began to merge slowly under the control of Heavenly Slaughter, and in the end they merged into a dark golden lump. At this time, the surface of the lump continuously seeped out some black gas that was evaporated away, and the golden color became brighter and brighter, finally turning into a pure golden lump. Seeing that there was no more black gas seeping out, Heavenly Slaughter waved his hand and put the golden lump into a jade bottle.

  "Jiang Hao, take it." Tianyi threw the jade bottle to Jiang Hao and then put away the alchemy furnace. "This elixir, every time you practice the heart method I taught you, drink a drop of it first. Alright, it's been a long time since I last practiced alchemy, didn't expect it would take so long. I'm going to sleep now."

  "Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, taking this elixir will be a bit painful, can you handle it?" Zi Tian asked, turning his head back.

  "Master, don't worry, I can endure any pain." Jiang Huan looked at the jade bottle in his hand with delight. This was the first time he had come into contact with a medicinal pill, after all, as someone of his identity and family background, they would never use medicinal pills to cultivate.

  Jiang Hao sat down eagerly, opened the jade bottle, and carefully poured out a drop to take it. The dan liquid dissolved in his mouth, and a huge energy burst forth instantly, spreading out rapidly. Unprepared, Jiang Hao groaned and spat out a mouthful of blood. That energy wildly rampaged about, constantly invading Jiang Hao's originally weak meridians. Only the sound of Jiang Hao's bones shifting could be heard. "Ah!" Jiang Hao couldn't bear it anymore and let out a loud cry.

  "Defend the heart pulse, guide energy into the Zhoutian Dazhui, slowly digest, cannot be too hasty." At this time, Tian's voice suddenly reached Jiang Hao's ears.

  Jiang Hao clenched his lips tightly, his hands constantly forming seals to control the battle aura that was chasing and intercepting those scattered energies. The energy went wild with resistance when it encountered the battle aura. At this moment, Jiang Hao's body was a mess, many of his meridians were torn apart, and some small bones had even melted away. The pain was heart-wrenching and unbearable.

  Jiang Hao had gradually become numb, mechanically controlling the war energy to surround and suppress that energy, constantly pulling it into the six major acupoints, and then converting it into war energy. Finally, in this situation of mutual consumption, that energy was slowly absorbed, and the damaged meridians and bones in Jiang Hao's body began to regenerate, with the newly formed tendons and veins emitting a faint golden color, becoming several times stronger than before.

  "Ah!" Heavily exhaling a mouthful of air, Jiang Huan opened his eyes, looking at the bloodstained clothes on his body, and let out a bitter laugh. This master had almost taken his life! Thinking about the pain that pierced his heart earlier, Jiang Huan couldn't help but shiver with cold sweat.

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