Battle Through the Heavens: His comprehension is extraordinary, shocking Yao Lao from the very begin

Chapter 36 Fifth-Order Beast Fire

With his eyes fixed on the cyan liquid, Gu Ni pinched two fingers together, and a thin silver needle appeared between them. The needle rippled slightly with battle qi. He quietly inserted it into the cyan liquid and then gently stirred it.

As the fine needle stirred, Gu Ni's expression gradually changed from calm to solemn.

A moment later, he collected the cyan liquid into a jade bottle. When his gaze swept over Xiao Yan again, a hint of respect appeared on his arrogant face. He turned to Ya Fei and said in a deep voice, "The spiritual liquid has reached the level of a second-grade pill. What this gentleman said is true!"

"With the special properties of this medicine, there shouldn't be any problem trading for what I need, right?" Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Ya Fei.

Her beautiful eyes blinked slightly. A typical second-grade medicinal liquid would be worth around 30,000 gold coins on the market.

Such rare medicines as Foundation Building Elixir, which can enhance the speed of cultivating Battle Qi, are quite rare. Through the operation of auction houses, their prices can be much higher.

Those from large families have no shortage of gold coins.

"Of course, no problem." Ya Fei smiled charmingly, "It's just that the Mittel Auction House branch in Utan City doesn't have a high-quality alchemy cauldron at the moment, so it will take a few days for headquarters to transport it."

As expected. The old alchemist had anticipated this; aside from Gu Ni, there were no resident alchemists in Wutan City. A profit-driven place like an auction house naturally wouldn't prepare useless items.

"It's alright. Go and prepare two more doses of Qi Gathering Powder ingredients, as well as a good kind of beast fire. Give them to me together later."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ni's expression changed slightly. Two more sets of materials for Qi Gathering Powder? Wouldn't that mean another hundred thousand gold coins?

Ya Fei's rosy lips parted slightly, and she felt a slight anger in her heart. Although the other party was a good alchemist, his behavior was a bit too much.

The Foundation Establishment Elixir has special effects, and as long as the auction house operates properly, it's a sure-fire way to make a profit. However, this doesn't mean the profits will exceed 100,000 gold coins.

However, despite feeling somewhat angry, Ya Fei's charming and beautiful face remained smiling, and she did not immediately lash out.

"Hehe, it seems you two have misunderstood. These two materials do not belong to me. I just want to help you refine two 'Qi Gathering Powders'. It's not unreasonable for you to only pay for the materials, is it?" Yao Lao said with a faint smile.

Her charming face froze for a moment, then burst into joy, stunned by the unexpected surprise.

After a moment, Ya Fei's pretty face calmed down, and she exchanged a glance with Gu Ni, who was also beaming with joy. She said softly, a little nervously, "Then thank you very much, sir."

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Two hours later, a pretty maid appeared, carrying a small silver tray with a pale red ring on it.

Taking the silver tray and dismissing the maids, Ya Fei personally handed it to Xiao Yan, smiling as she said, "Old sir, all the medicinal herbs you need are in your storage ring. The medicine cauldron and beast fire will be delivered to the Mittel Auction House in three days. I wonder where you live so that I can personally deliver them to you."

Reaching out from the silver plate, Xiao Yan picked up the storage ring, twirled it in his palm, and shook his head slightly. Yao Lao's voice rang out again: "No need. I will come to collect it in three days."

"Alright, you don't need to see me off. I'll go out myself." With a wave of his hand, Xiao Yan slipped the storage ring onto his finger and walked out of the waiting room without looking back.

Watching the figure disappear through the doorway, Ya Fei bit her red lips, looked at the two exquisite jade bottles on the table, and asked softly, "Uncle Gu Ni, it seems the success rate of refining Qi Gathering Powder isn't very high, is it?"

"Well, it is said that even the Pill King Guhe's success rate in refining Qi Gathering Powder is only about 70%, and a normal fourth-grade alchemist might only have a success rate of less than 50%."

Gu Ni was also quite puzzled at this point, because according to his previous speculation, that person was only a third-grade alchemist.

"But this old gentleman succeeded in refining it on his first try," Ya Fei said, her brows slightly furrowed.

"Who knows? Maybe he was just lucky." Gu Ni shook his head with a wry smile.

Even when alchemists don't refine pills, luck is still needed. If you're lucky, you might not fail several times in a row.

After a slight hesitation, Ya Fei sensed that this wasn't just luck, and asked tentatively, "Could he be a terrifyingly powerful alchemist?"

"There are only a handful of fifth-grade alchemists in the Jia Ma Empire. Even the two behemoths, the Empire and the Yunlan Sect, would treat people of that level as honored guests. Why would they come here to sell pills?" Gu Ni shook his head with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Ya Fei nodded slightly, sighed softly, and said with a wry smile, "It seems I still lack experience. My earlier hesitation probably diminished this mysterious alchemist's goodwill towards us quite a bit."

"It's not your fault. Even I hesitated because of such a large amount of money. You've done a great job. As for the relationship, we can work on it slowly later. As long as he doesn't develop a bad impression of us, that's fine," Gu Ni comforted her.

With a wry smile, Ya Fei sat languidly in her chair, her curves fully exposed. She blinked her narrow eyes and asked softly with some doubt, "What does he want to do with so many low-grade medicinal herbs?"

"Who knows? Alchemists are all eccentric people. Maybe they're experimenting with some kind of prescription," Gu Ni speculated.

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Three days later, Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in a secluded cave behind the Xiao family's mountain. In front of him was a rather large transparent jade bottle containing a pink flame.

The flames flickered slightly, emanating a hint of peach-colored fragrance.

"This spark..." Xiao Yan's expression was slightly embarrassed, "It's too effeminate."

"Don't be ungrateful." The figure of the old apothecary appeared: "The Mittel Auction House has indeed taken this seriously."

"This kind of fire is called Peach Blossom Fire, and it only exists within the body of a rather rare fifth-tier wood-type magical beast called the Kui Wood Beast. It is characterized by being very docile and relatively easy to tame, although its temperature and destructive power are slightly inferior."

However, this is just right for a novice like you in alchemy.

Xiao Yan raised his head: "So, we didn't lose out?"

"It's just two Qi Gathering Powders, not a Grade 4 pill formula with a clear soul imprint. The key ingredients weren't even provided by us," the old medicine master explained with a smile.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly; he had learned about the preparation of the medicine formula over the past few days.

Each prescription is written using the power of the soul, and with each reading, the traces of that soul become blurred. Generally, a prescription will gradually become blurred after being read more than five times. At this point, further reading requires relying on one's own abilities to decipher the blurred parts, which undoubtedly wastes a lot of time and energy.

Creating a prescription scroll requires the skill of a fourth-grade alchemist, and the failure rate is extremely high. Therefore, elixir prescriptions cannot be casually written down with just pen and paper as one might imagine.

Some of the details, such as the temperature of the fire, the concentration of the refined materials, and the reactions between various materials, are almost like chemical formulas. They are extremely complex and, if listed on a piece of paper, would make anyone dizzy.

Therefore, these prescriptions are all written using the power of the soul. Whoever obtains a prescription only needs to scan it once with the power of the soul to deeply imprint everything required by the prescription in their mind, like a brand.

Due to the complexity of its preparation, the value of the prescription far exceeds the value of the pills it can produce.

(End of this chapter)