Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 397: Gathering Fire to Form a Cauldron, Refining Three Pills Together

Without saying much, Lin Yuan took a step forward, and in a flash, he instantly appeared on the stone platform in the center of the square.

"Haha! I haven't been concentrating on refining pills for a while. I miss it a little bit..."

With a slight smile, Lin Yuan took a deep breath, then slowly sat cross-legged on the stone platform, and the aura around him quickly calmed down.

Afterwards, he threw up the storage ring that Ye Zhong had given him. The ring drew a graceful arc in the air, and medicinal herbs emitting powerful energy fluctuations came out of the ring one after another, circling like stars not far above Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan just waved his sleeves lightly, and hundreds of medicinal herbs moved quickly and orderly as if driven by an invisible force.

Soon, the medicinal materials were neatly divided into three parts, which were suspended in the air separately.

Looking at the three different types of medicinal materials in front of him, Lin Yuan's face showed a hint of excitement, and his eyes were filled with a fire of high morale.

Although he hoped to have a trustworthy alchemy assistant and was also training Dan Chen, he would not place all his hopes on others... Strengthening himself was also one of his things to do, and refining a variety of different elixirs at the same time was one of his methods.

With the help of the soul slicing that had just been completed, and the soul realm leaping to the peak of the spiritual realm, this idea finally became feasible.

However, refining three different kinds of pills at the same time is still a considerable challenge for Lin Yuan.

After a moment of hesitation, he lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the people watching below. His gaze finally fell on Danchen and Xinlan, and his expression became a little serious.

"Danchen, Xinlan, in today's round of alchemy, I will demonstrate some special alchemy techniques."

"This will be of some help to your future practice of alchemy. You should observe carefully, study attentively, and then take this as your goal and work hard to improve your alchemy skills. Don't slack off in the future."

Hearing this, Danchen and Xinlan nodded quickly and responded in a deep voice: "Yes, teacher!"

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, then slowly closed his eyes. The atmosphere and everyone's expressions became solemn.

At a certain moment, his brows slightly frowned, and then suddenly opened.

A gleam of brilliance flashed across his eyes, and a vast soul force surged out from between his brows, then transformed into an invisible barrier, tightly sealing off this piece of heaven and earth and isolating it from all outside prying eyes and interference.

Then, Lin Yuan snapped his fingers, and a dry blue ice flame shot out from his fingertips, then split into three and fell under the three suspended parts of medicinal materials.

"Fire!" With a clear shout, three beams of dry blue ice flames expanded and turned into three balls of ice blue flames several feet in size.

"Gather the fire and condense the cauldron!"

Lin Yuan's hand seal changed, and three flames began to wriggle and condense. After a while, three transparent ice-blue fire tripods condensed out.

On the outer wall of the medicine cauldron, five kinds of mysterious flame patterns were outlined on it, which looked quite strange; and inside the cauldron, the dry blue ice flame was swaying, and the scorching temperature was rising, making the world become dry.

Today, Lin Yuan no longer needs the assistance of the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron when refining most of the elixirs of the eighth grade and below.

Transforming the strange fire into a condensed cauldron can basically meet his needs.

The flame medicine cauldron condensed for a moment, and Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly became stern. The majestic soul power was immediately divided into three and poured into the three medicine cauldrons respectively.

With the blessing of fighting spirit and soul power, the ice-blue flame in the cauldron suddenly surged.

"Heaven and Earth Soul Art! Soul Controlling Formation!"

Lin Yuan quickly formed a series of mysterious seals with his hands, and the Heaven and Earth Soul Art and the Soul Controlling Formation began to operate. Extremely powerful spiritual energy was extracted from the void and gathered around Lin Yuan.

As his soul broke through to the peak of the spiritual realm, Lin Yuan's level in refining and controlling spiritual energy completely rose to a higher level.

After a moment, Lin Yuan poured all of the gathered spiritual energy into the three fire cauldrons.

Afterwards, the seal on Lin Yuan's hand suddenly changed, and numerous medicinal herbs were continuously thrown into the three medicine cauldrons. The ice-blue flames in them rolled gently, and the pure medicinal power in the herbs was perfectly extracted and suspended in the flame medicine cauldron.

Below, everyone watching Lin Yuan's smooth and seamless medicine refining technique could not help but marvel at it, their eyes filled with amazement.

"Looking at this, Lin Yuan wants to refine three kinds of elixirs at once? Moreover, judging from the quantity and quality of the medicinal materials he used, the elixirs he wants to refine... are not simple at all!"

Watching Lin Yuan's medicine refining process, Tang Zhen's eyes showed an unconcealable look of surprise, and he couldn't help but exclaimed.

As a respected alchemy enthusiast, although he did not have the qualifications of an alchemist and could only rely on tricks to refine sixth-grade elixirs, he had considerable knowledge thanks to his family's education and understood the relationship between medicinal materials and elixirs better than many alchemists.

And he deduced from the medicinal materials Lin Yuan used, that this time, the three pills that the latter wanted to refine together, judging from the grade... they were all eighth-grade pills!
This level of alchemy was far beyond Tang Zhen's understanding - how could alchemy, a skill that required extreme concentration, allow one to be distracted to such an extent?
At one side, Dan Chen, Xin Lan and Ye Chong, three alchemists, were looking upwards with burning gazes, their eyes full of concentration.

Since Lin Yuan deliberately created a transparent medicine cauldron, the three of them could see the details of Lin Yuan's medicine refining in the most intuitive way. Because of this, they could absorb the nutrients of this "teaching" to the maximum extent.

The three of them stared at Lin Yuan and the medicine cauldron closely, imprinting every movement and every detail deeply in their minds, and tried hard to turn them into nourishment for their own alchemy practice.

Everyone stared at the platform in silence, not daring to breathe, for fear that any sound would disturb Lin Yuan.

The wide square was extremely quiet, with only the occasional crisp sound of the strange fire refining medicinal herbs.

Refining elixirs, especially high-level elixirs, is a very time-consuming process.

However, with the help of the Qianlan Ice Flame, Lin Yuan's efficiency in refining medicinal materials was far superior to that of ordinary alchemists. In less than a day, all the medicinal materials were refined.

However, the people in the square did not feel the passage of time. They were all immersed in the beauty of Lin Yuan's flowing medicine.

The awe in their eyes grew stronger and stronger - the skills displayed by Lin Yuan were simply too exquisite for them. In the medicine refining processes they had witnessed before, no one had ever been able to reach Lin Yuan's level.

On the high platform, Lin Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes, and there was a hint of satisfaction in his deep eyes.

"The peak of the spiritual realm is really powerful. With the calculation power of soul slices, the difficulty of doing it all at once has been reduced a lot! The next step is the fusion step, which requires more caution..."

Thinking of this, his eyes became slightly solemn, and he controlled the temperature more delicately while turning his hand seals, and began the more difficult step of melting the pill.

Time passed quickly as everyone was focused.
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Eastern Region, Jiufeng Mountains.

In a valley that exudes an inexplicable evil aura, nine isolated peaks stand in the middle. A breeze blew past, and after hitting this valley with a strange structure, faint whistling sounds similar to those of snakes were heard.

The sound of the whistling wind seemed to carry a hint of evil spirit, which made the eyes of the surrounding monsters more ferocious.

At a certain moment, two spots of purple and green light suddenly flashed in the distant sky. Then, two streams of light flew from the distant sky like meteors and landed lightly on the highest peak in the center of the nine peaks.

Then, the light faded away, and the charming figures of Xiao Yixian and Qing Lin appeared. "It's consistent with the description on the map. This is the Jiufeng Mountain Range."

The Little Medical Fairy looked around carefully, nodded slightly in confirmation, and then turned her head to look at Qinglin beside her, "Qinglin, can you feel anything unusual?"

Qing Lin withdrew his gaze from all around, nodded gently, and said, "Sister Xiao Yixian, wait a moment, I'll try!"

Then, her mind moved, and a tremendous soul power surged out from her brows, instantly covering the valley completely and taking in all the movements in the valley.

At the same time, three black spots slowly expanded in the depths of Qinglin's emerald green pupils, turning into three enchanting emerald green flowers, which slowly rotated around the pupils. A strange energy fluctuation unique to the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils quickly spread out.

As the energy of the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils rippled, a very faint but extremely ferocious soul breath suddenly flashed in a hidden pit in the valley.

However, although this strange feeling was fleeting, to Qinglin, who was already in the late spiritual realm and had a very strong soul perception, it was as bright as a light in the dark.

Qinglin turned her head following her soul's perception, and her emerald green pupils peeked through the stone wall and locked onto a buried deep pit in the valley.

A hint of joy appeared on her face, and she said excitedly: "Sister Xiao Yixian, I found it!"
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Shengdan City.

Eight days had passed unknowingly as Lin Yuan concentrated on refining medicine.

"boom--"

When the first ray of morning light of the ninth day fell, several thunders suddenly sounded above the sky, and the energy between heaven and earth also rioted at this moment.

In the city of Shengdan, countless people were awakened by the thunder and walked out of their houses.

After a brief commotion, everyone looked in the direction where the sound came from, only to see thick dark clouds appearing without warning in the sky above the inner area of ​​Shengdan City, like a huge black curtain that covered the sky tightly.

Silver lightning flashed through the dark clouds, releasing powerful energy waves.

With bursts of thunder and lightning, powerful energy gathered above the sky, and a strong sense of oppression poured down, making the atmosphere in Shengdan City a little tense.

However, Shengdan City is Shengdan City after all, where a large number of alchemists and powerful people gathered, and they quickly understood the situation.

"Is this, Dan Lei? The thundercloud has gathered such terrible energy... Could it be an eighth-grade elixir?"

"Which Grandmaster made the move?"

"Let me think about it. Hiss... that direction, that location, isn't that where Lord Yaojun's residence is?"

"Yao-kun? It wouldn't be surprising if it was that gentleman, haha!"

"Indeed, the First Thunder Champion, the number one prodigy on the continent, shouldn't refining an eighth-grade elixir be a piece of cake for him?"

"Let's go and have a look!"

"Let's go together, let's go together, Master Yaojun. I have never seen such a legendary figure in person. I hope I can see him this time!"

"Me too!"

Amid the hustle and bustle, many figures rose into the air and flew towards the center of the thundercloud - where Lin Yuan's residence was located.

"Oh? Is it Little Friend Lin Yuan who is refining the elixir?"

In a peaceful void, at a certain moment, ripples suddenly appeared like water waves. A beautiful woman in red palace dress walked out slowly from the ripples with graceful steps, followed closely by a woman in a red skirt with a red lotus mark between her eyebrows.

These two people were exactly the two people from the Yan Clan whom Lin Yuan had met in the Thunder Realm—Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan.

"Aunt, let's go and take a look!" Huo Zhi's eyes showed strong curiosity, and he looked at the beautiful woman in palace dress with some anticipation.

"Well, let's go!" Huo Xuan chuckled with some anticipation in her eyes.

"Although I have heard rumors about Medicine Lord Lin Yuan before and have seen him fight with Yao Tian in person, I have never seen him make medicine in person! Today is the perfect opportunity to watch him make pills in person... It really couldn't be better!"

"Let me see if this boy is worthy of my clan's attention, my clan's preferential treatment, and what I brought with me on this trip."

After saying that, she put her hand on Huo Zhi's shoulder, and the two of them flashed slightly and disappeared from the spot in an instant.

On the other side, everyone from Shengdan City could already see Lin Yuan’s mansion.

However, when they were about to step within a hundred meters of the mansion, a red figure surrounded by lightning and fire suddenly emerged in the void.

"Stop, otherwise, you will be an enemy of me and Fenyan Valley!" Tang Zhen's eyes became fierce, and his loud shout accompanied by the momentum of the Seven-Star Dou Zun suddenly burst out, instantly shocking the people who were rushing over, making them stop involuntarily.

The Seven-Star Dou Zun was much more powerful than the Great Elder of Danta - the Five-Star Dou Zun Qiu Ling. Few people in Shengdan City could match him.

"That's Tang Zhen from Burning Flame Valley? Is he friends with Yao Jun?"

When they saw Tang Zhen's face, the powerful men were slightly stunned, but then they quickly recognized him and stopped in their tracks - the Lord of Fenyan Valley was undoubtedly a big shot in Zhongzhou.

After hesitating for a moment, some strong men slowly stepped forward, ready to greet Tang Zhen...

At this moment, three beams of light, green, blue and purple, burst out from the center of the mansion, breaking through the blockade of the soul barrier that isolated the breath, and rushed straight into the sky.

Wherever the three beams of light passed, clouds and mist suddenly emerged. In just a few blinks of an eye, they condensed into huge thunderclouds hundreds of meters long!
Three thunderclouds kept rolling, and six colors, green, silver, red, gold, purple and blue, appeared one after another. Soon, two six-colored thunderclouds and one five-colored thundercloud appeared in the sky at the same time, which shocked everyone.

"Oh my god, three colorful thunderclouds, two of which are six colors and one is five colors. Are there three great masters discussing alchemy techniques inside?"

The three thunderclouds hanging high in the sky caused the entire Shengdan City to boil.

Such a scene is rarely seen even in the Alchemy Conference that is held once every thirty years - in the Alchemy Conferences that were held many times in the past, an eighth-grade four-color pill, or even an eighth-grade three-color pill, would be enough to secure victory.

The scene before everyone at this moment, in terms of quality, was far superior to most of the alchemy conferences held in the past.

Without waiting for everyone to sigh and exclaim, three huge thunderclouds in the sky had already gathered momentum, and the atmosphere of the entire world suddenly sank.

"boom--"

A deafening thunder roared in the sky, and countless thunders poured down in an instant.

(End of this chapter)