Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

"This Earth Spirit Pill requires quite a few medicinal materials. Although I collected some along the way back, I am still missing one main ingredient and some auxiliary ingredients."

"What's still missing?" After carefully studying the pill formula, Ye Zhong looked up at Ye Chen and asked.

"Azure Vine!" Ye Chen said directly.

Along the way, Ye Chen bought Earth Core Fire Mushroom, Ice and Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, and a sixth-order water attribute magic core from the major cities he passed through. However, he still couldn't find the Green Wood Immortal Vine, so he could only try to find a solution after returning to the Ye family.

"The Azure Wood Immortal Vine?" Ye Zhong pondered for a moment, then said, "I do remember that Han Li, the steward of the Pill Tower, once owned one. How about this, I'll go to Saint Pill City myself and see if I can get my hands on it. You just prepare the other things first, and we'll refine it as soon as I get back!"

Ye Chen nodded in agreement.

Without hesitation, Ye Zhong boarded the space wormhole heading to Saint Pill City that very day. In the days that followed, in addition to preparing the Earth Spirit Pill, Ye Chen also took the time to refine all the pills that Yao Lao used to refine the Green Lotus Earth Core Flame for Xiao Yan in the original novel.

The three essential items needed to refine a different kind of fire are Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Spirit Absorption Pill.

Of course, these are the three essential items prepared for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in the original work. Xiao Yan was able to refine the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame at the Dou Shi level, and these three items prepared by Yao Lao played an important role.

The Sea Heart Flame ranks higher than the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame but lower than the Fallen Heart Flame. Therefore, Ye Chen not only prepared Grade 5 Blood Lotus Pills but also Grade 6 Earth Spirit Pills. In this way, refining the strange flames will be twice as effective.

As for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and the Spirit Absorption Spring, the former is not too rare in the Pill Domain, and it is relatively easy to obtain.

The key is the Spirit Storage Stone; this can only be found in the central location of the highest-grade Spirit Storage Stones...

However, it should be noted that high-grade storage stones are essential materials for crafting high-grade storage rings, so their rarity is self-evident. Furthermore, the probability of a storage spirit existing within a high-grade storage stone is not very high, making it even rarer.

Only the Pill Tower could possibly possess such a thing, so Ye Zhong's trip to Saint Pill City, besides the Azure Wood Immortal Vine, was actually more about seeking to purchase the Spirit Absorbing Vein from the Pill Tower...

More than ten days have passed, and Ye Chen has made all the necessary preparations, just waiting for Ye Zhong to return.

Ye Zhong indeed didn't keep him waiting for too long. On the thirteenth day, he returned to the family, covered in dust from his journey.

Judging from Ye Zhong's joyful expression, it must be good news...

As expected, Ye Zhong not only produced the last item needed for the Earth Spirit Pill, but also...

The main ingredient, the Azure Wood Immortal Vine, was also presented along with two thumb-sized gray stones, smooth as jade without the slightest flaw. Within each stone, a faint blue light slowly writhed, like a small, living worm.

"This is the Soul Storage?" Ye Chen picked it up and examined it with some curiosity, but didn't find anything unusual. Only when scanning with soul power could he discover that it did indeed contain a small space...

"Very good, everything is ready. Now let's begin refining the Earth Spirit Pill. Grandpa, while I'm refining the pill, please get yourself in good condition so we can start refining the Sea Heart Flame directly. Let's strive to achieve a transformation in our strength before the Pill Tower's public assessment!"

Ye Chen was already quite adept at refining sixth-grade pills, so Ye Zhong didn't need to help this time.

However, refining the Earth Spirit Pill is still very time-consuming, and when the pill is completed, a towering blue pillar of light shoots into the sky, making it visible to everyone in the city.

Fortunately, this is the Pill Domain, and Ye City has the Ye family, so the residents are already used to this kind of commotion.

If it were a seventh-grade peak pill that could trigger Dan Lei, it might pique everyone's interest, but the Earth Spirit Pill's mere anomaly was hardly interesting to anyone.

With everything prepared, the atmosphere inside the Ye family's secret location became slightly tense.

Although he had made all the preparations, it was still Ye Zhong's first time refining a different kind of fire, so his expression was still unusually solemn.

Ye Chen, who only had theoretical knowledge of warfare, was in a similar situation...

"Grandpa, I'm about to unleash my strange fire, get ready!"

"Hmm." Ye Zhong nodded slightly, immediately becoming extremely focused.

Seeing this, Ye Chen waved his hand and released the half-dead corpse of Han Feng from the Star Ring. Then, he unleashed a burst of battle qi, instantly reducing the corpse to ashes...

At the moment its original owner died, the tiny sea-blue flame suddenly swelled several times over. In the blink of an eye, the sea-blue flame transformed into a deep blue, water-like flame, suspended in mid-air.

As the flames grew larger, the temperature inside the sealed chamber was rising at an extremely rapid pace; even the surrounding stone walls, made of hard bluestone, had begun to melt quickly…

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Ye Chen couldn't help but take two steps back, raise his head, and stare solemnly at the rising sea flames in mid-air.

Fortunately, the situation wasn't too serious. Although the Sea Heart Flame, now free of its restraints, erupted, it was still within a controllable range.

Everything that followed was done according to procedure: swallowing the pills, extracting the fire seed, and absorbing the strange fire into the body...

Although the process was extremely dangerous, Ye Zhong himself was very strong. Moreover, as a seventh-grade alchemist, his soul power was strong, and his restraint on the strange fire was even stronger. So overall, it was a close call but no real danger.

Looking at Ye Zhong, who was protected by a sea-blue fire shield, Ye Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief, and his tense face gradually relaxed.

Now that this step has been taken, the success rate of refining the strange fire is at least 70%. Next, as long as the domineering Sea Heart Flame can be absorbed into the Spirit Absorption, then this Sea Heart Flame, ranked fifteenth among the strange fires in the Azure Realm, will completely become his grandfather's primordial fire seed...

This is something that all alchemists can only dream of!

Chapter 140 Exploring the Ancient Altar of Yang Fire

Having subdued the source of the strange fire, Ye Zhong had essentially gained control of the Sea Heart Flame. All he needed to do next was to tame it step by step over time.

Having passed the most dangerous stage, Ye Chen no longer needed to stay by his side, so he left the secret room and headed towards the Yang Huo Ancient Altar deep within the Ye Family Manor.

Because the Yang Fire had been lost, the area around the Yang Fire Ancient Altar had become quiet for more than two years. Walking on the ancient cobblestone plaza, Ye Chen was very curious: when exactly had this place come into existence?

When the Ye family ancestors came to this place hundreds of years ago, the Yang Huo Ancient Altar was already in this state, and there were even some relics preserved around it, which looked like the old site of an ancient alchemy sect.

It was precisely because of this opportunity that the Ye family ancestor was able to advance to the eighth rank of alchemist, and after the Dan family and the Cao family, established the Ye family as the third alchemist family to obtain any alchemist title from the Pill Tower.

Approaching the altar, it remained unchanged, with the surrounding energy becoming even hotter and purer. Beams of light, almost tangible, poured down from the sky, finally reflecting off the smooth stone walls and converging on a dark stone tablet at the center of the altar.

Pushing aside the stone tablet, they saw the dark eye of the earth hidden beneath it...

Ye Chen knew very well that the reason why no more subterranean fire could emerge from this earth's eye was because a fully formed Earth Core Pearl deep inside was blocking the passage, preventing the subterranean fire from rising.

The solution is simple: just remove the Earth Core Pearl.

"Although my soul value has now reached one thousand, it's still several hundred points less than Xiao Yan's in the original story. I wonder if I can still retrieve that Earth Core Pearl..."

Thinking about it, Ye Chen felt he should give it a try.

After frowning and pondering for a moment, Ye Chen felt he should give it a try. So he closed his eyes slightly, and a vast amount of soul power slowly spread out from between his brows, then transformed into a wisp and shot towards the eye of the earth like lightning...

As his soul power surged into the eye of the earth, Ye Chen's soul power immediately felt a kind of heat. Fortunately, his soul was also protected by its own starfire, so this heat did not cause any harm to his soul.

However, this feeling of heat became more and more intense as Ye Chen's soul went deeper. Eventually, even though Ye Chen's soul was protected by a starfire comparable to a strange fire, he still felt a slight dizziness.

Upon noticing the dizziness, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected the fire poison deep within the Earth's Eye to be so concentrated! He could even clearly feel that, protected by the starlight, this fire poison was slowly eroding his soul…

This is a bit scary!

"At the very least, we need to locate the Earth's core pearl, right?!"

Ye Chen frowned, but he was unwilling to give up so easily.

After only a moment's hesitation, Ye Chen immediately urged his soul to descend downwards again.

Finally, just as Ye Chen hesitated about whether to withdraw his soul power, a red light suddenly flickered deep within the dark eye of the earth...

"That's the one!"

Upon discovering this phenomenon, Ye Chen was instantly energized and invigorated.

Unfortunately, the moment he saw the Earth Core Pearl shimmering with red light, a surge of immense energy blasted Ye Chen's soul out of the Earth's eye and directly into his brow...

"His~~"

A share

The pain of having his soul burned by flames descended upon Ye Chen, almost causing him to faint.

This extreme pain lasted for about fifteen minutes before slowly subsiding. Ye Chen, who was sitting there, was drenched in sweat, his face deathly pale, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

"Holy crap, the depths of this underground cave are terrifying!"

Ye Chen rubbed his forehead, still shaken, trying to ease the lingering discomfort, and muttered to himself, "If my soul value doesn't break through 1,500, I'll never do this kind of thing again, even if you kill me!"

The pain he just experienced was more intense than he had ever felt in both of his lives combined, leaving a lingering shadow in Ye Chen's heart.

Sure enough, I still prefer the pampered life of a rich young master. I should avoid doing things that make me suffer.

Back in my little courtyard, it was now quiet.

Because she wanted a daughter-in-law, Song Chun'er had been taking Little Fairy Doctor and the others out to play quite a bit these days, claiming it was to "cultivate their relationship"!

However, the aloof Queen Medusa had no interest in this, so after being rejected twice, Song Chun'er stopped paying attention to Her Majesty the Queen.

When Ye Chen returned from the Yang Huo Ancient Altar, only Queen Medusa remained in her room in the entire courtyard...

The moment Ye Chen stepped into the courtyard, Queen Medusa had already noticed him, but she also keenly sensed the abnormality in his body.

In a flash, Queen Medusa arrived directly in the courtyard. Looking at Ye Chen, whose face was still deathly pale, she frowned and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why is your soul power so scattered?"

Ye Chen waved his hand and said, "It's alright, I'll find it myself."

Queen Medusa: "..."

Well, although she didn't know what this guy was up to, since it wasn't an accident, it had nothing to do with her. Queen Medusa turned around and prepared to return to her room.

However, before she could make a move, Ye Chen stopped her...

"By the way, I refined a kind of pill before that should be very helpful for your cultivation. Try taking it first and see how it works. If you're satisfied, I'll refine some more for you later..."

As he spoke, Ye Chen handed over a red, warm jade box.

Queen Medusa glanced at the person in front of her, then curiously took the jade box, opened it, and instantly the entire courtyard was enveloped in a rich fragrance of elixir.

Looking at the cyan pill placed in the jade box, Queen Medusa could clearly sense the immense fire attribute energy contained within that small pill.

Although the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python is not a fire-attribute magical beast, its terrifying bloodline grants it the terrifying ability to devour any energy. Therefore, it can directly devour and refine pills or medicinal herbs with powerful energy to enhance its own strength.

In the original novel, wasn't the little Devouring Python tricked into handing over to Xiao Yan using some companion amethyst sources?

"What kind of pill is this?" Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes flashed with joy, and then she looked up at Ye Chen in front of her, instantly feeling that this guy was still quite useful.

"Let's call it... Fire Lotus Pill!" Ye Chen thought for a moment and then said directly.

However, Ye Chen's reaction completely startled Queen Medusa...

What do you mean by this? Does this elixir not have a name yet? Did you create this elixir yourself?

Chapter 141 The Great Alchemy Plan

This certainly doesn't mean Ye Chen wanted to use Queen Medusa as a test subject...

The essence of the Fire Lotus Pill is simply replacing the main ingredient of the sixth-grade pill, the Burning Blood Jade Marrow, with the Earth Fire Lotus Seeds that grow inside the Azure Lotus Core Fire Azure Lotus Seat.

The Burning Qi Pill is a very powerful Rank 6 high-grade pill, containing very strong fire attribute energy. It is a very good auxiliary cultivation pill for alchemists who mainly cultivate fire attribute techniques.

However, the Blood Jade Marrow required for this pill only grows in the Blood Jade deep within volcanoes, and it is extremely rare. Therefore, Ye Chen thought of using Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to replace the former, which led to the birth of the Fire Lotus Pill.

Although Queen Medusa harbored some habitual, slightly malicious suspicions about Ye Chen, she happily put away the pill and prepared to return to her room to test its effects...

It takes a hundred years for a single Earth Fire Lotus Seed to condense. Ye Chen had already counted when he obtained the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame; there were a total of eleven seeds inside the Azure Lotus seat.

If all of them were refined into Fire Lotus Pills, at least eight or ten pills could be made. According to Ye Chen's calculations, ten Fire Lotus Pills would probably be enough to raise a Dou Zong's level by 2 to 3 stars.

This still takes into account the factor that repeated use can lead to drug resistance in the human body...

Under normal circumstances, a person can maximize the medicinal effect when taking three Fire Lotus Pills. Taking Queen Medusa as an example, three Fire Lotus Pills are enough for her to steadily advance one star in her cultivation level, saving her a year of arduous training.

Perhaps the only drawback of this Fire Lotus Pill is that Ye Chen is not yet able to completely neutralize the violent factors within the pill, which makes the threshold for taking this medicine very high. Even ordinary four- or five-star Dou Huangs may not be able to withstand the violent impact of the medicine's power...

With Queen Medusa dealt with, it's time for the others to focus on their cultivation.

Thanks to that Medicine King Han Feng, the Ye family not only gained another strange fire, but also a Medicine Cauldron, the Myriad Beast Cauldron, which is listed on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking...

These two factors are enough for the Ye family to cultivate a powerful seventh-grade alchemist, namely Ye Chen's grandfather, Ye Zhong.

For ordinary members of the Ye family, the appearance of the three pills—Dou Ling Dan, Huang Ji Dan, and Po Zong Dan—will allow the Ye family to emerge from the shadow of losing their Yang Fire.

In the past two years, the loss of Yang Fire has led to a stagnation in the strength of the Ye family's core forces, which is why the Ye family has begun to decline rapidly in the past two years.

It can be said that the existence of Yang Fire is, to some extent, more important than the Ye family having an additional seventh-grade peak alchemist.

As early as after the family assembly, Ye Chen had already instructed the Third Elder, who was in charge of external affairs, to go to Saint Pill City to collect a large amount of the main medicinal materials for refining these three pills. Then Ye Chen prepared to launch a large-scale pill refining project...

This way, the Ye family can store enough powerful pills to enhance their strength, gradually stabilize and improve their alchemy skills during the alchemy process, and prepare for the upcoming public assessment of the Pill Tower—a win-win situation.

After a day of rest, Ye Chen's soul was finally fully restored, and the Third Elder, who was in charge of purchasing medicinal herbs in Saint Pill City, also returned...

"Young Clan Leader, of the three pill formulas you gave me this time, I obtained a total of fifteen sets of medicinal materials, including three sets of Breakthrough Pills, five sets of Imperial Extreme Pills, and a full seven sets of Battle Spirit Pills..."

When these things were mentioned, the Third Elder's

With a broad smile on his face, even though the gold coins he spent to acquire these medicinal herbs were equivalent to the price of five grade-seven pills, he still didn't think it was a bad deal.

After all, it's for the young clan leader to improve his alchemy skills...

The so-called improvement of alchemy skills, in other words, is about burning money, or rather, burning medicinal materials. No matter how outstanding an alchemist's talent is, practical training is the most important thing...

Since he was going to practice alchemy, medicinal herbs were naturally indispensable. At Ye Chen's level as a sixth-grade alchemist, even the medicinal herbs he used for practice were not ordinary. Therefore, these consumptions were necessary.