Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 49 "Pharaoh, I've learned something!"

As dawn broke and a slight chill lingered in the air, the streets of the capital city of Gama were already bustling with traffic, as people rose early to make a living.

If viewed from above, the bustling crowds would resemble a giant ant colony at work.

Meanwhile, inside a high-class private room in the Alchemist Guild, a stark contrast emerged from the noisy outside environment; the silence was chilling.

Strangely, there were two people standing inside the private room. Why was that?

Standing before the massive six medicine cauldrons, Lin Feng closed his eyes and meditated for a full quarter of an hour, determined to bring himself to peak condition.

"call"

Sensing that his own aura was now perfectly balanced and under his complete control, Lin Feng slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes.

"Lin Feng, have you made any preparations?"

Seeing that Lin Feng had finished his meditation, Fa Ma could no longer contain his excitement, as if it was he himself who was about to break through in alchemy, not Lin Feng.

That's right, Lin Feng is going to refine a fifth-grade pill this time - the Seven Star Spirit Wood Pill.

Seven-Star Spirit Wood Pill: Ranked as a fifth-grade pill, its main effect is to stabilize the meridians of wood-attribute cultivators and enhance their perception of the wood attribute. The main ingredients are one fifth-tier wood-attribute magic core, one fifty-year-old Seven-Star Grass, and one hundred-year-old spirit wood heart.

Two months have passed since Lin Feng returned from the Monster Mountain Range. During this time, apart from occasionally spending some time shopping with Little Fairy Doctor, he has spent most of his time improving his alchemy skills.

Of course, aside from taking a good rest the night he returned from the Monster Mountain Range and not cultivating, Lin Feng also replaced sleep with cultivation every night, constantly refining his battle qi, even though he had reached the limit of progress.

However, continuous training can not only improve the control of battle qi and make the use of battle techniques smoother, but it may even provide an opportunity to break through to the level of Battle King!

The scene shifts back to the alchemy room, where Lin Feng's expression is serious. Every advancement in alchemy skills must be taken seriously.

With a wave of his hand, Lin Feng took out three sets of materials for refining the Seven-Star Spirit Wood Pill. After confirming them once again, Lin Feng no longer hesitated, and the sixth-order beast fire, Azure Flame, appeared in his palm.

"Bang!"

They all rushed into the flames to fuel them, making them burn fiercely.

Following the instructions in the pill formula and the experience taught by Fa Ma, Lin Feng first put the Seven Star Grass, which was the easiest to refine, into the medicine cauldron.

With the characteristics of the Seven Star Grass flashing through his mind, Lin Feng used his soul power to control the temperature of the flames inside the cauldron, keeping it within a stable range and continuously baking its exterior, while only heating the juices inside.

After a period of refining, Lin Feng successfully extracted the Seven Star Grass, but he did not show any joy.

"As expected, it is a fifth-grade pill. Even the Seven Star Grass, which is the easiest to refine in the description, would not yield enough juice for pill refining if a fourth-grade alchemist were to refine it by chance."

After a moment of introspection, Lin Feng wasn't under too much pressure. He then put the remaining medicinal herbs into the cauldron one by one, continuously refining the substances needed for the final fusion into the pill.

Flames burned continuously inside the cauldron, making a "crackling" sound. At this moment, Lin Feng had finished refining all the materials, including the fifth-order wood-attribute magic core. More than a dozen light orbs of different sizes and colors floated inside the cauldron.

Without taking much time to adjust his breathing, Lin Feng waved his hand, and with the energy cluster formed from the fifth-order magic core as the core, a group of light clusters began to gradually rotate around it.

As the rotation speed increased, under Lin Feng's control of his soul power, smaller orbs of light began to merge into the central magic core orb from time to time.

As time went by, when only three energy clusters—one large and two small—remained in Lin Feng's perception, his expression became terrifyingly serious.

Beads of cold sweat began to appear on his forehead. It wasn't that the energy fluctuations had exceeded his control, but rather that his refining process seemed to have gone astray. The energy clusters showed no sign of mixing; instead, they seemed about to explode.

"boom"

Sure enough, just as Lin Feng was about to fuse the last energy cluster formed from the Spirit Wood Heart into the Demon Core, a huge energy fluctuation began to occur, seemingly meeting some kind of reaction requirement. Before he could react, it exploded.

"Thump"

However, Fa Ma, who was standing to the side, reacted quickly and slammed his large hand, which contained powerful battle qi energy, onto the medicine cauldron. This forcefully dispersed the energy fluctuations that seemed to be about to shatter the cauldron at their peak.

"Pharaoh."

Coming to his senses, Lin Feng looked dejected and said to Fa Ma, seemingly still in disbelief. This was the first time he had ever broken the cauldron. As for the strange things he had created before, he would not go into details.

"Hahaha, Lin Feng, are you already discouraged?" Fa Ma laughed, stroking his beard, seemingly having anticipated Lin Feng's current situation. His expression showed no doubt that Lin Feng would fail, as if he had already determined that Lin Feng would not succeed.

"Young Lin Feng, when I was refining this pill, I had no one to teach me. Guess how many times I tried before I finally succeeded?"

Seeing that Lin Feng seemed to have a slight doubt about him, Fa Ma quickly spoke up to divert his attention, narrowed his eyes slightly, stroked his beard and asked.

"What does the Pharaoh mean?"

Lin Feng did not directly answer Fa Ma's question. He knew that Fa Ma, as an experienced fifth-grade peak alchemist, would not ask such an irrelevant question at this time. There must be some profound reason behind it.

"Eight times, Lin Feng, I have failed a full eight times." Fa Ma spread his five fingers and said slowly to Lin Feng, "Moreover, this is not my limit. If it weren't for the fact that this Overlord Herb was the only one available in the Alchemist Guild at the time, I could have failed even more."

Not understanding what Fa Ma meant, Lin Feng could only pretend to listen.

Seeing that Lin Feng seemed to have recovered from the blow, Fa Ma couldn't help but secretly praise him. This kind of blow was most fatal to a genius. It was entirely possible that Lin Feng, who had always had a smooth life, would be completely devastated by this.

Of course, this was only because Fa Ma didn't know Lin Feng's past experiences. After so many years of honing his skills, he wouldn't be defeated so easily. However, unlike his previous easy success in forming pills, this time the cauldron exploded, leaving him somewhat frustrated.

"I won't keep you in suspense any longer," Fa Ma stroked his beard and said to Lin Feng, "This may be the last lesson I can teach you."

"Pharaoh?"

Seeing Lin Feng's moved expression, he waved his hand slightly, indicating that Lin Feng didn't need to worry, it wasn't what he imagined.

"You brat, now that you've reached the fifth rank, what else can I teach you?"

"Listen carefully," Fa Ma's expression became serious. "Once a pill reaches the fifth grade, it cannot be simply refined according to the description of the pill formula; it only provides a general direction."

"At this stage, one must understand how to fully harmonize the properties of the medicinal materials and ensure that they are in harmony with the fluctuations of the energy of heaven and earth."

"This is also why a fifth-grade pill produces such a huge energy fluctuation after it is formed!"

Upon hearing Fa Ma's words, Lin Feng felt as if he had been enlightened, and everything became clear to him.

His furrowed brows instantly smoothed out, and his thoughts flowed freely. He suddenly understood why the pill hadn't condensed into a solid form but instead exploded.

"I see!"

He clapped his hands, a hint of excitement in his expression, and said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh, I've figured it out! Let's continue!"

"Lin Feng, young man, let me teach you another lesson: when faced with trouble," Fa Ma's expression remained unchanged, but he narrowed his eyes slightly and said sternly to Lin Feng, "calm down first!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng was visibly stunned. After a long while, he seemed to have truly understood and bowed slightly to Fa Ma, expressing his heartfelt admiration.

"Pharaoh, I have learned a great deal!"

Although Lin Feng has experienced many trials and tribulations and is already quite accomplished compared to his peers, he still retains the impetuousness typical of young people. Furthermore, he has been feeling anxious since Qing Lin's departure. At this point, the experienced and shrewd Fa Ma needs to give him another lesson to help him calm down. This lesson is absolutely necessary. This is also a variation of my imitation of Yao Chen being captured in the original story.

(End of this chapter)