Breaking the Masked Man

Given Yao Yan's current soul power, it's worth a try.

"Whoo~"

Yao Yan raised his hand and ignited the medicine cauldron with the Illusionary Golden Fire. Then he threw in all the medicinal herbs that needed to be refined. The soul power between his brows surged out instantly, enveloping each herb and beginning the most basic refining process. At the same time, he looked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King and said, "You can take out the companion Amethyst Source now."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and took out medicine bottles from his storage ring, placing them one by one in front of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, before continuing to refine pills.

Does this king not need to leave?!

The Amethyst Winged Lion King watched this scene with a puzzled expression. However, since Yao Yan didn't mention it, it naturally wouldn't leave directly. Seeing Yao Yan engrossed in alchemy, it led its cub to the symbiotic amethyst source and gently touched it with its unicorn horn, instantly creating an opening in it.

Drops of purple liquid dripped out and fell into the medicine bottle below.

In no time, they had collected seven bottles.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King was undoubtedly an honest man. It placed all seven bottles of companion amethyst source next to Yao Yan, and then stood guard with its cubs, quietly watching Yao Yan refine pills.

So that's how it's done... Yao Yan muttered to herself upon seeing this.

"嘤嘤~"

Ling'er noticed Yao Yan refining pills, and she immediately jumped out of Yao Yan's arms. She stared longingly at the medicinal herbs being refined in the cauldron, drool dripping from her mouth. Then, as if she had smelled something, she looked down at the symbiotic amethyst source beside her. This scene naturally aroused the wrath of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and a terrifying pressure swept towards her.

How dare that tiny second-tier Green Wood Fox covet its source!

Ling'er was naturally not afraid of this, and even glared back. Since following Yao Yan, she had become bolder. The sixth-order magical beasts that she dared not provoke in the past now seemed to be nothing special.

"Stop fooling around, Butterfly, keep an eye on her."

Yao Yan reached out and pinched her neck, tossing the mischievous and greedy little one to Cai Die beside her. Then she said to everyone, "I estimate it will take me half a day to refine the medicinal herbs. After half a day, you all need to leave. The pill-condensing process must not be disturbed. If I fail, I will continue refining. The accompanying amethyst source here is enough for me to refine more than ten times!"

There was a pause.

He looked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King and instructed, "Lion King, while I am refining the pills, mobilize your flying magical beasts to help me find a human cave. It should be in the northwest of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, on the edge of a cliff. There are mechanisms inside. After you find it, have Rainbow Butterfly go in and retrieve an item for me."

Yao Yan wasn't worried that the Amethyst Winged Lion King would pocket the contents, since the most important thing was in the skeleton, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King couldn't possibly know the true value of the fragment. As for the other superficially valuable items, apart from the flying combat skills which had some value, he didn't care about the rest.

Rather than exhausting myself to search, I'd rather have the Amethyst Winged Lion King, the overlord of the Monster Mountain Range, mobilize his subordinates to help me find it.

While cooperating with humans might raise concerns about their greed, cooperating with monsters obviously eliminates this worry, since even if they were to meet, they wouldn't recognize them, much less need them.

"The king knows."

The Amethyst Winged Lion King did not refuse. It was just a small matter. As for whether there were any valuable items inside, apart from pills, the things humans needed were of no value to magical beasts, at least not to the Amethyst Winged Lion King at present.

Moreover, what it cares about most now is the pill refined by Yao Yan. For this, it even took out the symbiotic amethyst source that is related to the future of its child.

If the medicine fails to be refined, it will fight the other party to the death!

same.

Before this, no one could disturb or harm Yao Yan!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 67 The Elixir is Completed, Lick It Twice

Inside the cave, whose walls are covered with purple crystals, a medicine cauldron sits in the center, with golden flames constantly rising within it, refining a purple pill the size of a longan. As time passes, a faint medicinal fragrance begins to permeate the air. As the fragrance grows stronger, the energy fluctuations within the cauldron become more intense, even causing the surrounding golden flames to tremble.

The cauldron is about to explode... Yao Yan felt the increasingly violent energy within the nascent core, and he knew that he had failed again.

"Brush~"

Yao Yan decisively cut off the process of condensing the pill, and took out the nascent pill that was about to explode. As it was removed from the flames, the violent energy inside the nascent pill gradually calmed down, and it no longer exploded due to forced fusion, but was in a relatively stable state.

He looked at the failed fusion embryo in front of him and casually placed it on a tray to the side, where three other failed creations of different sizes were already placed.

If you include the two that exploded earlier, Yao Yan failed a total of five times.

However, these five attempts were not without results. The three subsequent attempts resulted in each pill having a deeper color and a stronger medicinal aroma, indicating that it was not far from its perfect formula.

Modifying the prescription was inherently a process of continuous trial and error.

Since Yao Yan dared to do this, he was already prepared for failure. As for the medicinal materials that would be wasted, he had enough basic materials in his storage ring to refine the fifth-grade Deer Essence Strengthening Pill, enough for him to squander at will. This was also one of the benefits of becoming Hun Xuzi's apprentice; he didn't need to worry about the medicinal materials for practice.

Besides needing strong soul perception, alchemists also need to constantly accumulate alchemy experience; no alchemist can achieve mastery overnight.

"This time it should be about right."

Yao Yan looked at the remaining five bottles of companion amethyst source and pondered to himself.

One bottle of companion amethyst source can be refined two to three times. The five failed attempts were also in the process of finding the most suitable point. He had a premonition that the next one would be perfect.

He swallowed two Qi-restoring pills, closed his eyes to recover his condition until he was at his peak, and then slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, he devoted himself to the next alchemy session. He waved his hand and took out another batch of medicinal materials for refining the Grade 5 Deer Essence Strengthening Pill, and threw them all into the medicine cauldron to begin extracting the essence of the medicine.

……

As time passed, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's emotions gradually became a bit irritable. If it weren't for the increasingly strong medicinal fragrance in the cave, it might have already rushed in to question Yao Yan about what he was doing. It had been almost half a month, and he still hadn't finished refining the pills. Was he playing a trick on it?

Seeing Ling'er's impatience, the butterfly that was watching her spoke up to comfort the Amethyst Winged Lion King, "Lion King, there is no need to be impatient. Since the young master has promised you, he will certainly not deceive you."

Based on her understanding of Yao Yan, if Yao Yan really wanted to deceive the Amethyst Winged Lion King, she would never have come to his cave to refine pills, nor would she have entrusted him with the task of finding the items. These all demonstrated Yao Yan's sincerity, and it was clear that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had not realized this.

"It better be so!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King snorted coldly, scratching the ground with one of its thick paws to vent its inner impatience and unease.

"Brush~"

Just then, a silver streak of light flashed across the sky, and a moment later, a fifth-tier Thunderflame Lion appeared in the valley. It was a size smaller than the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and its body was covered with purplish-red scales that occasionally flashed with lightning.

As soon as it appeared, it roared at the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while its scarlet beast eyes swept over the butterfly, its hostility obvious. It had been one of the spectators in the battle half a month ago, and it was this snake woman in front of it who had severely injured their king.

"The human cave he was looking for has been found. You can go now."

The Amethyst Winged Lion King glanced at the colorful butterfly and uttered a deep sound.

The butterfly's eyes lit up. Forgetting to play with Ling'er, it hugged her in its arms, using its soft body to restrain her movements, and said to the Amethyst Winged Lion King, "Then I'll leave this to the Lion King, young master."

Yao Yan had already told Cai Die what he wanted to retrieve, but he hadn't explained the purpose of the incomplete map or why he knew about the cave. Cai Die didn't ask any further questions; being sensible, she wouldn't disturb Yao Yan while he was refining pills.

"Don't worry, he'll have a hard time dying before he can refine the elixir I need!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King snorted unkindly.

"Then the Lion King can look forward to it! Young Master is the most skilled alchemist I have ever seen!"

Cai Die responded with a hint of confidence on her face. Then, she condensed battle qi wings on her back and soared into the sky as a streak of light. Lei Yan Kuang Shi glanced at the Zi Jing Winged Lion King and then led the way for Cai Die, flying towards the northwest of the Monster Mountain Range.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King watched them leave, its gaze remaining fixed on the cave. It was now only concerned with the success or failure of the elixir, and had no interest in anything else.

……

……

Time passed slowly, and several hours flew by.

This time, Yao Yan's refining speed was even faster. Thanks to his previous attempts, he was now becoming more and more proficient. Even the process of fusing the pill was smoother than before. He encountered no obstacles during the process, and a fist-sized embryonic pill appeared before his eyes. It had a colorful luster and was made by fusing the essence of hundreds of medicinal herbs.

This is just the most basic stage; the next step is crucial.

Yao Yan glanced at the symbiotic amethyst source beside him, used his soul power to control a bottle to fly up, and poured out more than half of it. Under the control of his soul power, the purple liquid passed through the golden illusory fire, like a cooling mountain spring, and poured onto the scalding hot nascent pill. Accompanied by a purple cloud rising in the flames, the nascent pill actually began to shrink, and the various medicinal liquids inside began to merge with each other, and a violent energy began to condense.

Sensing this violent energy, Yao Yan remained calm, forming a hand seal. The soul power surging from between his brows transformed into a large hand, directly grasping the purple pill within the Illusionary Golden Fire. Strands of soul power spread throughout the entire pill, beginning to draw in and fuse the energy within.

What he needs to do now is to quickly stabilize the energy of this pill, which requires a deep understanding of the spiritual properties of various medicinal herbs so that they can be perfectly combined.

Just like playing with a complex Luban lock, an alchemist needs to perfectly combine the medicinal properties of each herb to make it a perfect whole. Not a single bit more is acceptable. Only in this way can the elixir be made to reach the most perfect quality.

Although Hun Xuzi was not a qualified teacher, he was an extremely perfect alchemist, especially in the process of refining pills, where his requirements were extremely demanding. As his disciple, Yao Yan naturally inherited Hun Xuzi's standards in this regard, not allowing herself to relax even a little bit, and striving to do every step perfectly!

"Om~"

As the pill shrank to the size of a longan, a purple halo enveloped it, and a rich purple medicinal fragrance instantly spread out, like wisps of mist, dispersing in all directions.

At this moment, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which had been lying outside the cave, got up. It could clearly feel the richness of the medicinal fragrance, which was stronger than ever before. It could even feel the primordial purple flame in its body stirring, giving it the illusion that it could level up by consuming this substance!

"Ow~"

The little amethyst winged lion king, resembling a puppy, looked up and barked, its eyes filled with intense longing, a desire stemming from its body.

"Did it work?!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King glanced at his child, then stared hopefully into the cave.

"boom!"

Just then, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly emanated from the cave, just like the explosion of the cauldron earlier. Accompanied by a thunderous sound, the violent energy surged out from within, instantly dispersing the pervasive purple medicinal fragrance.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's expression froze, its bright beastly eyes instantly dimmed, and it couldn't help but grind its back teeth.

Another failure?!

Almost at the moment of its disappointment, a figure slowly emerged from the cave. The figure it loathed wore a faint smile, raised its hand, shook the medicine bottle, and chuckled, "Mission accomplished, it's done!"

At this moment, the Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly found Yao Yan so pleasing to the eye, and even wanted to pounce on him and lick him a couple of times!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 68: The Fragment of the Map Acquired

With a gust of wind, the massive body of the Amethyst Winged Lion King approached Yao Yan, and he could even feel the scorching heat emanating from its mouth.

The other creature stared intently at the medicine bottle in Yao Yan's hand with its heterochromatic beast eyes. It knew what this thing meant. If its child swallowed it, it might be able to make up for its innate bloodline deficiency and have a chance to become a sixth-order magical beast in the future.