Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 32 Xiao Bing

Inside a secluded cave on the back mountain of the Xiao family.

After sending Xiao Yan away, Xiao Bai came here alone. As for the auction, he had no interest in it.

In the original story, the only high-value item at this auction seemed to be a Xuan-level advanced cultivation technique called "Wind Sweep Technique," which was bought by the Jia Lie family.

There's also the "fake" second-grade elixir, Foundation Building Elixir, refined by the old master.

He doesn't need these things, so why bother going there? He'd be better off using that time to refine medicine and gain some experience.

After sitting down on the boulder where he usually cultivated, Xiao Bai was a little excited. He took out the ebony cauldron and placed it on the ground. Then he took out the medicinal herbs and arranged them one by one.

Refining medicine is a delicate task that cannot be rushed. Xiao Bai's mood gradually calmed down during the time he was organizing the medicinal materials, and his mind became as still as water.

After organizing the medicinal herbs, I carefully reviewed the basics of alchemy and the prescriptions given to me by the old medicine master, constantly pondering where to begin.

After all, he wasn't using any proper alchemy methods.

However, after thinking for a moment, Xiao Bai realized that with his current knowledge of alchemy, he couldn't come up with anything new no matter how hard he tried, so he had no choice but to put his thoughts aside and decide to use the most basic method.

—Reckless!

There's a saying that goes, "What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice to truly understand." Only through practice can you discover the problems that may arise.

If there are problems, try to solve them little by little during the process; otherwise, as a complete novice in alchemy, he won't be able to figure it out no matter how hard he tries.

Xiao Bai is a man of action; he is decisive and efficient. Although he prefers to plan carefully before acting, once he makes up his mind, he starts to take action.

The first step in medicine making is to extract the medicinal essence from the herbs.

Xiao Bai mobilized a wisp of the Bing Fire Yang Lightning within his body and poured it into the ebony cauldron to maintain it. He then used his soul power to pick up a Purple Sun Fruit, carefully placed it into the cauldron, and slowly approached the Bing Fire Yang Lightning that was pulsating within it.

"Crack!"

The Purple Sun Fruit in the cauldron was charred black the moment it came into contact with the Bing Fire Yang Lightning. Xiao Bai took it out of the cauldron, held it in his hand, and gently squeezed it. The charred Purple Sun Fruit turned into powder and fell from his fingertips.

This isn't a Purple Sun Fruit, it's clearly a piece of charcoal!

Xiao Bai's face darkened. This was already the smallest amount of Bing Fire Yang Lightning he could control, but even this tiny bit of Bing Fire Yang Lightning was too much for the Zi Yang Fruit to handle. So what was the point of refining pills?

Thinking about the fire-attribute battle qi mentioned in the basics of alchemy, after it is input into the alchemy cauldron to generate flames, one must then mobilize the wood attribute within the body to neutralize the battle qi flames so that they can last longer.

Xiao Bai decided to try a second time, so he threw another Purple Sun Fruit into the cauldron, first mobilizing a trace of Bing Fire Yang Thunder, and then mobilizing a trace of Yi Wood Zheng Thunder to fuse into it.

However, as soon as the Yang Thunder of Bing Fire came into contact with the Positive Thunder of Yi Wood, its power increased exponentially, doubling its thunder attribute. Wood can generate fire, making the energy of Bing Fire even more violent.

After glancing at it, Xiao Bai immediately dispersed the lightning without throwing it into the cauldron.

This is even more powerful than before. You don't even need to try it to know what will happen if you put it into the cauldron. You'll get even more charred black charcoal than before, instead of medicinal essence.

"What happened?"

Xiao Bai touched his chin with a hint of confusion, lost in thought.

It's understandable that the flames generated from battle qi aren't very powerful and wouldn't burn the medicinal herbs, but the power of strange fire is not insignificant!

A strange fire can refine medicine and prevent the herbs from turning into charcoal, so why is this the result here?

"Is it because I don't have enough control over Thunder?"

Xiao Bai manipulated a wisp of Bing Fire Yang Lightning, wrapping it around his fingertip, silently watching the leaping lightning, and muttered to himself.

Xiao Bai isn't in a hurry to try alchemy right now; he thinks it's better to adjust his method of controlling lightning first.

Previously, his approach to controlling the lightning within his body was to maximize its power. He hadn't fully refined the Bing Fire Yang Lightning within his body, nor had he studied this lightning seed in detail.

However, this method of refining medicine is obviously not feasible now; simply put, the technique is too crude.

His soul power, which was at the late stage of the mortal realm, burst forth and probed into the wisp of Bing Fire Yang Lightning at his fingertips, without harming his soul power.

I sensed a tingling, burning heat in the released portion of my soul power, which was quite comfortable.

Xiao Bai carefully sensed the wisp of Bing Fire Yang Thunder, wondering if he could separate the combined Bing Fire Qi and Thunder. If he could separate them, refining medicine would be much simpler.

However, after several attempts, Xiao Bai discovered that it wouldn't work. The two things were now in harmony, and there was only one source left. With his current strength, it was impossible for him to succeed at that stage.

"Since we can't separate them, let's try to suppress the thunder within the center and preserve the fire energy to the outside!" Xiao Bai thought to himself.

He tried to divert some of his soul power to control the lightning attribute within and direct it towards the center.

He then used a portion of his soul power to try to control the Bing Fire Qi to gather towards the outer perimeter, so that he could use the outer Bing Fire to refine medicine without separating the Bing Fire Yang Thunder.

At first, Xiao Bai was a little clumsy, after all, this required a very high level of soul power application, almost requiring him to do three things at once, controlling both the lightning and fire attributes, and also diverting some of his attention to maintain overall balance.

However, as time went by, he felt he was becoming more and more skilled.

The wisp of fire and lightning on the fingertip now appears to be a swaying crimson flame, but upon closer inspection, one can see a small red lightning ball floating in the center of the flame, which is quite a sight.

Occasionally, a flash of lightning would appear on the crimson flames, which was not because Xiao Bai's soul control was weak.

Rather, the two are fundamentally one. The lightning within the flames on the outside cannot completely disappear, just as the lightning ball at the center cannot turn into silver-white lightning. Reaching this point is already the limit.

Although he had successfully achieved his goal, Xiao Bai was not happy at this moment, but rather a little dumbfounded.

To maintain this state of Bing Fire Yang Thunder, one must be able to multitask, which is extremely taxing on the mind and spirit. He felt that he could not maintain this state for long.

Next, the alchemy process will require the use of soul perception, which means multitasking! Who the hell can handle that?

Furthermore, alchemy is not something that can be accomplished overnight; it requires a long time to control the temperature of the flames and to sense the state of the medicinal materials, which is very taxing on the mind.

"What should we do?"

Xiao Bai's mind raced as he tried to figure out how to solve this problem.

But after thinking for a long time, Xiao Bai still felt a bit at a loss.

"If only the Bing Fire Yang Thunder could maintain this state on its own?" After a long while without any clue, Xiao Bai murmured.

Suddenly, he sensed a strange movement within his body, and Xiao Bai hurriedly looked inward to examine himself.

He discovered that the Bing Fire Yang Thunder in his heart seemed to sense his thoughts, and also seemed to sense the state of the Bing Fire Yang Thunder at his fingertips, and began to change spontaneously.

Could this guy transform into the state of that wisp of Bing Fire Yang Lightning at his fingertips?

Xiao Bai was pleasantly surprised and looked on with a hint of anticipation, maintaining the lightning-like state at his fingertips, and muttered:

"Xiao Bing, good boy, keep it up!"

(End of this chapter)