Battle Through the Heavens: Xiao Yan, I am your second master

"Xiao Li, let this old man take a look at your strange fire." Elder Huo had already squeezed over; as an alchemist, he naturally cared about such things.

"Hmm." Xiao Li raised his right hand, and a ball of transparent flame appeared. Then, the transparent flame transformed into a fire snake that swam in Xiao Li's hand.

"Can you refine the Imperial Extreme Pill now? May I observe it? I want to see what it's like to refine medicine with a different kind of fire." Elder Huo was a pure alchemist, but unfortunately, his own progress in alchemy was not good.

"No problem, I was just about to try it out. The power of the strange fire is right here." Xiao Li took out the medicine cauldron directly.

The medicine cauldron Xiao Li is currently using is a seventh-level medicine cauldron. The cauldron is entirely crimson and has ancient cloud patterns engraved on it.

"Oh? This is the seventh-tier medicine cauldron, the Fire Cloud Cauldron, which I acquired back then. Did you take this out of the library?" Mang Tianchi stroked his beard and asked.

"Yes."

"Lucky kid, if it weren't for my family's wealth, you would have dug up all my assets," Mang Tianchi said with a hearty laugh.

"Let me refine a Battle Spirit Pill to practice first. Hmm~ Where are the ingredients? I'm out of ingredients. Does our academy have the ingredients for Battle Spirit Pills?"

Xiao Li suddenly realized that he didn't have enough medicinal herbs. Apart from some key herbs, most of them had ended up in the Little Dragon Emperor's stomach.

"Wait a minute, we'll go get it, we'll be right back!" Elder Huo led a group of alchemy department elders to get the medicinal herbs, and Su Qian followed along. In recent days, Canaan Academy had collected quite a few medicinal herbs for the Imperial Extreme Pill and the Breakthrough Pill.

The Huangji Pill contains fifteen portions of medicinal ingredients, while the Pozong Pill contains only six portions.

Fifteen minutes later,

In front of the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, a ball of transparent flame was thrown into a crimson medicine cauldron, and the transparent flame burned the medicinal materials.

boom--

"Tsk! As expected of a strange fire, its power is immense. I hadn't even gotten used to the intensity of the flame, and before I knew it, all the medicinal herbs were destroyed. What a pity."

Xiao Li was not yet familiar with the power of the Fallen Heart Flame, and even though he was already a sixth-grade alchemist, he still made mistakes.

"However, that mistake just now made me realize how convenient it is to refine medicinal herbs with different kinds of fire. It's much easier without beast fire. Let's continue!"

Xiao Li emptied the residue from the medicine cauldron, then put another portion of the ingredients for the Douling Pill into the cauldron, followed by the transparent Fallen Heart Flame entering the cauldron.

Xiao Li controlled the intensity of the flames, and the Fallen Heart Flame obediently refined the medicinal herbs, turning them into a medicinal liquid.

Because Xiao Li's cultivation and soul power have both improved, and with the blessing of the strange fire, refining the Dou Ling Pill has become much easier. Originally, Xiao Li's success rate in refining the Dou Ling Pill was close to 50%.

To say it's 100% now might be an overstatement, but it's definitely 80% or 90% certain!

"open!"

Xiao Li used his battle qi to open the medicine cauldron, and then a unique celestial phenomenon characteristic of sixth-grade pills shot straight into the sky.

Then a bright green pill appeared before everyone.

"Heavens! Such a celestial phenomenon, and the quality of this Fighting Spirit Pill—it's top-grade!"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Li refined the Dou Ling Pill to the highest quality on his second attempt.

"I didn't expect the amplification from the strange fire to be so great. No wonder." Xiao Li stroked his chin and smiled. He could only say that it was indeed a treasure of the Dou Qi Continent, and its effect was truly remarkable.

The elders of Canaan Academy, especially those who had never taken the Battle Spirit Pill, were practically drooling as they looked at it.

"Ahem, mind your image, mind your image!" Su Qian coughed, realizing that his appearance was damaging to the image of Canaan Academy.

"The feel is good now, let's try the Imperial Extreme Pill directly." Xiao Li took out a jade bottle from his storage ring, poured out a Qi Cultivation Pill, and swallowed it.

Qi Cultivation Pill is a fifth-grade consumable pill. It can accelerate the recovery of Dou Qi for Dou Huang and even Dou Zong, and is considered a relatively high-level consumable pill.

Even ordinary Dou Huang might not be able to take Qi Cultivation Pills, but Xiao Li took them without hesitation. Perhaps this is a luxury unique to alchemists.

Afterward, Xiao Li began a long period of alchemy, and the next step was to refine the Imperial Pill, which he had never succeeded in refining before.

The Imperial Pill is a top-grade sixth-rank pill. Most sixth-rank alchemists cannot refine the Imperial Pill. An sixth-rank alchemist like Elder Wang, who can refine the Imperial Pill, is already an outstanding individual.

In the days that followed, numerous strange phenomena occurred at Canaan Academy, both large and small. These phenomena attracted many forces in the Black Corner Region to gather together, intending to launch a collective attack on Canaan Academy in order to seize wealth and power.

Led by the old demon of Demon Flame Valley, many powerful figures from the Black Corner Region headed directly towards the inner courtyard of Canaan Academy.

But what happened in the end? The old demon saw a guy who could give him nightmares appear there, and he was so scared that he wet himself and ran away without caring about his image.

Then, a perceptive expert from the Black Corner Region cupped his hands in the direction of Canaan Academy, saying that they had come to observe the celestial phenomena but had mistakenly entered Canaan Academy, and asked for their forgiveness before immediately fleeing.

The remaining cowards were all beaten to death by the elders of Canaan Academy, and their bodies were hung on the Death Tree in Peace Town.

The way is:

The Canaanite visions startled the Blackhorn, and the demons of the Blackhorn rose in a raging storm.

Demons gather to plot against Canaan, sharing in its glory and wealth.

The Earth Demon, with its sharp eyes, spotted the Heavenly Ruler and ran home without looking back.

Those with brains all agree that we are wrong; when disaster strikes, everyone flees for their lives.

They recklessly charged forward, amidst flashing blades and splattering blood.

A rope is tied to the tree of the dead, and from then on, brothers are bound together.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The demons of Blackhorn invade Canaan; the intelligent flee, the mindless savages do. Amidst the flashing blades, blood splattered, and souls scattered, sworn brotherhood was forged on the Tree of the Dead.

(This is just a random limerick; the author isn't very good at writing, so just enjoy it for fun. The simpler part is mine, and the shorter part is mine, written by my group admin.)

"call--"

Xiao Li was completely absorbed in alchemy, his attention focused entirely on the cauldron, until he finished refining a Royal Extreme Pill and prepared to rest before continuing his alchemy practice.

Xiao Li looked up and saw that the elder was covered in blood and exuded a murderous aura.

"What happened?" Xiao Li asked, completely bewildered.

"It's nothing. There were a few bugs flying around, but we've taken care of them now." Su Qian patted Xiao Li's shoulder. At this moment, Su Qian's left cheek and clothes were covered in undried blood, which looked rather creepy.

"Insects? Forget about it. After absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame, my alchemy skills have improved a lot. Before, I was probably only at the initial sixth rank level, but now my alchemy skills are at least at the advanced sixth rank."

Xiao Li was still concerned about his alchemy skills, as they were related to whether he could prolong Old Master Wang's life and elevate the Xiao family to a higher level.

"Hehe, Xiao Li is too modest. Your soul power has reached the late stage of the mortal realm. The next step is to reach the peak of the mortal realm. Oh, you may not know about the division of soul levels."

The soul realm is divided into four levels: Mortal Realm, Spiritual Realm, Celestial Realm, and Emperor Realm. The vast majority of people, even alchemists below the eighth rank, remain at the Mortal Realm in terms of their soul realm.

Your late-stage mortal realm is equivalent to a mid-level seventh-grade alchemist, except that your alchemy skills and battle qi level are still at the sixth-grade level.

You have a lot of room for improvement right now. In any case, you won't have any problems with insufficient soul power before you refine a mid-grade seventh-rank pill. Moreover, your soul power will increase again when you break through to the Douhuang level.

"Once you break through to the Dou Zong realm, tsk tsk tsk, your soul might even reach the Spirit Realm. Reaching the Spirit Realm means you're at the level of an eighth-grade alchemist."

Mang Tianchi introduced Xiao Li to some knowledge about the soul of alchemists.

"Thank you for your guidance, Dean," Xiao Li said, bowing with his hands clasped in thanks.