Battle Through the Heavens: The Holy Sun Immortal Venerable

Chapter 303 Alchemy!

Actually, when Lin Ran first saw Hun Xuzi, he did consider calling Gu Yuan over directly.

After all, with Gu Yuan's strength, crushing the Void Devouring Flame would definitely not be a problem. Even with the Soul Emperor present, the worst outcome would be a full-scale war between the Ancient Clan and the Soul Clan. Add to that the Medicine Clan, the Flame Clan, and the Thunder Clan, and the Ancient Clan would still have the advantage.

But what benefit would this bring to Lin Ran?

Admittedly, Lin Ran and the Soul Clan are currently locked in a life-or-death struggle, but even if the Ancient Clan unites with the Medicine, Flame, and Thunder Clans, they may not be able to kill the Soul Clan.

The reason is simple: the Ancient Clan only has one Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Gu Yuan, while the Soul Clan has two!

In addition, with the four elders of the Soul Clan hidden in the shadows, the power of the Soul Clan is actually no less than that of the four remaining ancient races.

If Lin Ran were to summon Gu Yuan, the only outcome would be an early war between the two sides, which would not be in Lin Ran's best interest.

What he wants is to acquire enough in the current situation of the Medicine Clan to improve himself, so that he can also have the opportunity and ability to intervene in the highest battle!

"Brother Lei Ying, Brother Yan Jin, the presence of both of you at today's Pharmacopoeia ceremony truly makes it a grand occasion!"

Yao Dan laughed heartily, and the once quiet Yao Clan meeting place erupted in uproar.

They never expected that the Medicine Clan would actually invite the Flame Clan and the Thunder Clan, and that the two clan leaders would come in person!

"What a grand gesture! This is the first time the Pharmacopoeia has been published. Let's invite the chieftains of other ancient races to participate!"

"Hahaha, as expected of the Medicine Pill Clan Chief, you're awesome!"

"It's not surprising. The Medicine Clan, Flame Clan, and Thunder Clan are allies now. It's quite reasonable for the Flame Clan and Thunder Clan to participate in such a grand event as the Medicine Clan's Pharmacopoeia."

"indeed."

The eyes of everyone present kept lingering on Yan Jin and Lei Ying, while the two clan leaders' gazes were fixed on Lin Ran and Hun Xuzi.

"Truly, heroes emerge from among the young! Kid, your strange fire... isn't just the Pure Lotus Demon Fire, is it?"

Yan Jin stared at Lin Ran with a strange look in his eyes. With his keen eyesight, he could tell the special nature of the pink and gold flames in just one glance, and his face immediately showed amazement.

In his perception, there were actually four different kinds of strange flames within this pinkish-gold flame!

He knew all too well how difficult it was to fuse different flames. Just fusing two different flames had exhausted all his energy. As for fusing four different flames, he had never even considered it.

"Just lucky." Lin Ran smiled faintly and bowed slightly to the two patriarchs of the ancient races: "Greetings, patriarchs."

"Strength is strength; there's no such thing as luck in this world."

Yan Jin shook his head and said with a faint smile, "There are quite a few people with the Pure Yang Body in the Dou Qi Continent, but you are still the first person to reach your level since the Pure Yang Ancient Emperor."

Lin Ran smiled but didn't say anything more.

"Hun Xuzi, is it?"

Lei Ying suddenly spoke, his gaze fixed on Hun Xuzi ever since he appeared: "Today, nothing that shouldn't happen should occur, right?"

"Hehe... Clan Chief Lei Ying is joking. I'm merely here to compete for the title of the continent's number one alchemist. If that's what Clan Chief Lei Ying is worried about, why not let the younger generation of the Lei Clan compete with me?"

Hun Xuzi smiled. He had no doubt that if he said the wrong thing, this powerful eight-star Dou Sheng would kill him. He could only hope that the big shots outside would handle things as soon as possible.

Lei Ying and Yan Jin are both eight-star Dou Sheng, but Lord Void Devouring Flame is a nine-star Dou Sheng... so there shouldn't be any problem, right...?

"That would be best."

Looking at Hun Xuzi's appearance, Lei Ying snorted coldly and sat down with Yan Jin in the empty seats on either side of the medicine pill.

Without hesitation, Yao Dan smiled and nodded to the two of them, his slightly tense emotions easing. He then slowly stood up and spoke loudly.

"If the four of you are fully prepared, then please begin refining the elixir."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran smiled faintly, and the pink-gold flames in his palm surged in the wind, transforming into a massive fire cauldron hundreds of feet tall that floated in the sky amidst the envious gazes.

As the golden fire cauldron condensed, the temperature of the world rapidly increased in an instant!

As Lin Ran's cauldron of fire rose, the other three also retreated a distance, each dividing the vast sky into four areas.

Hun Xuzi flashed and appeared on the black fire cauldron, then sat down cross-legged.

With a wave of his sleeves, countless medicinal herbs flew out from his sleeves, filling the air with a rich aroma.

Elder Wanhuo in the distance also used the Nine Nether Wind Flame to condense a fire cauldron. At their level, medicine cauldrons are almost dispensable to them, because they can easily use strange fire to condense the best quality medicine cauldrons.

This is also why Lin Ran did not use the Sun-Shining Cauldron.

At his level, unless it's a Heavenly Cauldron on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, ordinary medicine cauldrons are basically useless.

The three fire cauldrons condensed, and among the four, the one with the most imposing presence was Shennong the Elder.

A sea of ​​green flames, resembling liquid, rapidly spread above his head, and he sat cross-legged within it.

With a wave of his sleeve, numerous fragrant medicinal seeds scattered, falling into the sea of ​​fire. Then, to the astonishment of countless onlookers, the seeds rapidly sprouted and grew quickly amidst the raging flames.

Shennong, the old man, smiled as he watched the rapidly growing medicinal herbs. With a flick of his finger, the sea of ​​fire rippled and quickly condensed into drops of extremely pure green liquid.

Within the liquid, faint flames could be seen rising, and a rich life force permeated from it.

These green liquids floated above the various medicinal herbs before quietly sliding down.

As the medicinal herbs were exposed to these fiery liquids, they seemed to have taken a catalyst, and their growth rate skyrocketed!

In just over ten minutes, the seeds transformed into various rare medicinal herbs. In an instant, many fresh herbs rose up from the green sea of ​​fire, moving joyfully within the flames!

"As expected of the Flame of Life..."

Upon witnessing this miraculous scene, everyone present couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Aside from its weak combat power, this Flame of Life is practically the rare and exotic flame that alchemists dream of.

If this method of accelerating the growth of medicinal herbs were to fall into the hands of the Pill Tower or the Medicine Clan, it would undoubtedly be a true divine artifact. Although he understood that this method of accelerating the growth of medicinal herbs would inevitably consume a huge amount of energy from the caster, the formation of many medicinal herbs would take at least a hundred years. Compared to that long period of time, this consumption was obviously insignificant!

Putting aside other things, Lin Ran has some top-grade medicinal herbs, such as the dying Soul Infant Demon Tree obtained from ancient ruins.

If it could be aided by the Flame of Life, the Soul Infant Demon Tree would likely be able to fully recover and grow strong!

Lin Ran glanced at the Flame of Life, then looked away and turned to the pink-gold medicine cauldron in front of him.

With a wave of his hand, countless medicinal herbs flew out from his storage ring, eventually swirling around the fire cauldron. The sheer number of these herbs was probably in the thousands.

The sheer quantity left many alchemists speechless. Compared to the alchemy skills of these four, the previous prelude to the pharmacopoeia seemed rather insignificant.

After summoning the medicinal herbs, Lin Ran slightly moved his palm, and a crack appeared on the fire cauldron formed by the Pure World Sacred Heart Flame.

The suction force surged and swallowed all the thousands of medicinal herbs floating in the sky at once. Then, flames suddenly rose up inside the cauldron!

"He actually intends to refine so many medicinal herbs at the same time?"

"How on earth did this guy cultivate...?"

"He's not much older than us, yet he possesses the qualifications to rival Elder Wanhuo..."

Upon seeing this scene, even the elders of the Medicine Clan couldn't help but twitch their faces. Thousands of medicinal herbs each required completely different extracts. Could it really work to just throw them all into the fire cauldron like this?

Below the square, a group of young members of the Medicine Clan were gathered together. However, these once proud young members of the Medicine Clan were now staring at the sky with deeply disheartened expressions.

With just one glance, they sensed the enormous gap between themselves and Lin Ran.

That's not a gap that can be caught up with, it's like being on completely different levels!

Among these younger people, a beautiful figure was looking up at Lin Ran intently.

This person is none other than Yao Ling, a treasure of the Yao clan!

Compared to veteran alchemists like Hun Xuzi, Elder Wanhuo, and Shennong Laoren, Lin Ran, a peer, clearly attracted her attention more.

To be able to exchange alchemy skills with a senior figure in the alchemy world like Elder Wan Huo at such a young age is an achievement that even a proud daughter of the medicine clan like her cannot help but admire.

Her soul was born extraordinary. The clan leader once said that if she had enough luck, she might be able to reach the legendary Emperor Realm soul.

She has always been proud of her soul power, and even among the elders of the Medicine Clan, few can surpass her in terms of soul power.

Lin Ran is the only one among her peers who can surpass her in spirit!

"If I can have an in-depth exchange with him after this alchemy session is over, it will definitely be of great benefit to my alchemy skills!"

Yao Ling thought to herself.

He had already made up his mind that after this pharmacopoeia session, he would ask the clan leader for permission to have a proper conversation with Lin Ran.

In the sky, all the thousands of medicinal herbs were swallowed up by the fire cauldron in one gulp. Then, Lin Ran sat cross-legged in mid-air and began to refine pills.

Although he doesn't possess a different kind of fire spirit like Xiao Yan in the original story, due to the special relationship between his Pure Yang Holy Body and the Pure World Holy Heart Flame, the Pure World Holy Heart Flame is like his own arm to him, allowing him to use it at will.

Therefore, when refining pills, Lin Ran is much more relaxed than others. He only needs to use his soul to slowly control the process, and everything will fall into place naturally.

The blazing pink-gold flames completely enveloped the fire cauldron, making it resemble a giant fireball. Every few minutes, small fireballs would emerge from the cauldron and eventually hover in the air, circling around it.

Each of these fireballs contains medicinal liquids and powders of different colors, which are all medicinal materials refined to the highest purity.

As more and more fireballs floated around Lin Ran's Fire Cauldron, the other three people in the distant sky also continued to refine a large number of medicinal herbs.

In the square, many alchemists gazed at the fluid alchemy techniques in the sky, their faces filled with fascination and their eyes burning with fervor.

The extraction of this medicinal material took about a day before Lin Ran opened his eyes first.

Looking at the dense clusters of fireballs floating around the cauldron, he took a deep breath, waved his hand lightly, and the numerous fireballs once again swept into the cauldron.

Immediately afterwards, an astonishing energy fluctuation spread wildly from the medicine cauldron, even causing the Hua Huo Cauldron to vibrate and hum.

Shortly after Lin Ran finished refining all the medicinal herbs, Hun Xuzi opened his eyes, poured the refined medicinal liquid into the fire cauldron, then changed his hand seals and shouted, "Power of Heaven and Earth, heed my command!"

As Hun Xuzi's shout fell, a sudden gale arose in this world!

Boundless energy from heaven and earth converged upon the fire cauldron, only to be swallowed up by the suction force emanating from it. This terrifying absorption eventually formed a mottled energy storm that roared wildly in the sky before being completely absorbed into the fire cauldron!

The terrifying scale of the alchemy process caused many people to secretly swallow hard.

They had never heard of the need to absorb the energy of heaven and earth when refining pills, because this energy could sometimes disrupt the balance between the medicinal properties, leading to failure.

However, such thoughts were naturally only held by ordinary people. The elders of the Medicine Clan and some alchemy masters were filled with shock at this moment. Even the medicine pills on the first table had an unusually solemn expression.

"He's using the power of heaven and earth to refine pills—he actually intends to refine a ninth-grade profound pill with this technique!"

The commotion caused by Hun Xuzi was also noticed by Lin Ran and the other two. Elder Wan Huo frowned, let out a cold snort, changed his hand seals, and shouted sharply: "Power of Heaven and Earth, condense..."

Upon hearing Elder Wan Huo's shout, many members of the Medicine Clan were immediately invigorated. Elder Wan Huo was actually going to refine a ninth-grade Xuan Pill?!

"Haha, since you two are both so generous, I can't fall behind..."

Upon seeing this, Shennong laughed loudly, and the power of heaven and earth in this area became chaotic once again, with streams of powerful energy being pulled into the fire cauldron in front of him.

"Since the three of you share this refined interest, then I, of course, can only oblige..."

Looking at the chaotic energy of heaven and earth, Lin Ran smiled faintly. His hand seals changed, and a terrifying suction force burst out from the fire cauldron, ruthlessly seizing the energy between heaven and earth.

In the square, many alchemists gazed at the energy storm in the sky that was erupting with bursts of thunder, their hearts filled with shock.

These four people were actually refining the legendary ninth-grade Xuan Dan!

(End of this chapter)