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

Chapter 40: His comprehension of alchemy was also heaven-defying, leaving the old alchemist stunned.

Since it was Xiao Yan's first time refining medicine, he didn't have much experience and didn't use the more powerful Xuanhuang Flame.

The Great Burning Technique grants absolute control over flames, but Xiao Yan had never paid attention to the trace of wood-attribute power that Yao Lao mentioned.

Slowly closing his eyes, Xiao Yan calmed his mind and used his powerful soul perception to carefully examine the faint trace of wood power he possessed.

The old doctor's wrinkled face was now beaming with a smile as bright as a blooming chrysanthemum.

Little one, alchemy is not something you can master so easily.

Especially if your starting point is too high and your strength is too great, it will be more difficult to master.

After careful examination, Xiao Yan quickly discovered a wisp of light green energy within his body.

This must be the wood power that the old doctor was talking about.

This thing has always existed, but he has never seriously looked for it.

With a thought, this barely perceptible pale green energy flowed into the cauldron, causing the pink flames to tremble violently. The already extremely gentle peach blossom fire became even more docile in an instant.

"Found it?" The old doctor was quite surprised to notice the change in the flames; it hadn't even been three minutes.

When he first searched for the wood element within his body, it took him nearly half an hour.

This demonstrates just how powerful Xiao Yan's soul perception is.

Over the years, Xiao Yan has cultivated not only battle qi, but also soul power.

However, Yao Lao had been focusing on competing for Xiao Yan's Dou Qi, neglecting the slowly increasing soul power.

Over time, Xiao Yan's soul power had already approached the low level of the mortal realm.

With his soul power strong enough to be rated, Xiao Yan's soul power had already surpassed that of many alchemists.

With the Peach Blossom Flame under control, Xiao Yan flicked his finger on his storage ring, and a dark red Blood Clotting Grass was thrown into the medicine cauldron.

As soon as the blood-clotting herb entered the medicine cauldron, the gentle peach blossom fire surged up.

In the blink of an eye, the dark red grass blades quickly turned yellowish-brown.

The formula for the Blood Clotting Powder might be extremely difficult for a novice alchemist, but for Xiao Yan, whose soul power is exceptionally strong, it's as simple as rereading a first-year textbook in his senior year of high school.

Xiao Yan used his soul power to control the temperature of the Peach Blossom Flame, bringing it to the temperature described in the prescription.

The faint flames, carrying a temperature that was neither too hot nor too cold, slowly warmed the blood-clotting grass that floated above the flames.

As the baking continued, drops of crystal-clear liquid began to seep from the surface of the blood-clotting grass.

As the liquid churned in the flames, it was smoked into tiny, pale white powders.

As more and more pale white powder appeared, the blood-clotting herb rapidly withered.

Until the last drop of liquid was squeezed out, its original form turned into pitch-black ash and fell to the bottom of the medicine cauldron.

Benefiting from the Peach Blossom Flame, a fifth-tier beast fire that even veteran alchemists covet, Xiao Yan's refining speed was incredibly fast, taking only two or three minutes for the entire process.

Seeing Xiao Yan's remarkably smooth success, Yao Lao was utterly astonished.

"Such powerful soul energy! It's about to reach the low level of the mortal realm! This is simply a miracle for an eleven-year-old boy."

"And to use such powerful soul energy to control the flames with such exquisite precision!"

"Xiao Yan's alchemy skills are now in no way inferior to those of a second-grade alchemist."

It's one thing to cultivate battle qi in the womb, but is alchemy also something one is born with?

Xiao Yan's talent in alchemy far exceeded Yao Lao's expectations.

Just as Yao Lao was marveling at the situation, Xiao Yan had already taken out a Vitality Fruit and refined it into small, slightly dark particles.

Having a deep understanding of the medicinal properties of herbs, Xiao Yan knew that these granules had the effect of removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation.

In the wild, some experienced wounded mercenaries, if they don't have enough healing medicine, often crush the Vitality Fruit into pieces to alleviate their injuries.

Having refined the two medicinal herbs by calcination, Xiao Yan felt he was on the right track. Without hesitation, he took out two poppy flowers and put them into the medicine cauldron.

After the light red liquid was produced through calcination, Xiao Yan immediately shouted, "Melt!"

The old apothecary's eyes narrowed as he stared into the inside of the medicine cauldron.

Under the influence of soul power, the three medicines immediately began to turn into a dark red paste.

The materials have varying resistance to temperature, and the calcination temperature also varies depending on the prescription. The entire process does not maintain a stable temperature; it changes over time.

In the fusion stage, given that the temperature resistance of various materials is different, the temperature difference of the flame enveloping all the materials is even greater, and a single flame must exhibit several different temperatures.

This is the greatest test for alchemists!

Many alchemists fail at this final step because they don't control the temperature at a certain point in the flame, leading to the failure of the entire alchemy process.

The final fusion process is several times more difficult in terms of controlling the flame than the single process of calcining and quenching medicinal materials.

Under Xiao Yan's control, the Peach Blossom Flame's temperature fluctuations flowed smoothly, perfectly controlling the temperature of every part of the flame and allowing each material to fuse perfectly at the appropriate temperature.

As the last bit of paste was refined, the entire mass of paste turned an even deeper red and emitted a strong medicinal smell.

He took out the paste, held a pink flame in his palm, and like a sharp blade, cut it into hundreds of tiny pieces of liquid paste, which he then put into a jade bottle.

Picking up a jade bottle at random, Xiao Yan truly experienced the power of an alchemist.

The same medicinal material, when refined with the fire of an alchemist, has a medicinal power several times more refined than that refined with ordinary fire.

Ordinary medicinal herbs can exert the effects of rare herbs in the hands of an alchemist, and the effects of fine medicinal herbs will be even stronger in the hands of an alchemist.

If he had had this method earlier, the medicinal materials he had previously wasted could have been used to make several more potent Yama's Bowing Head pills.

The old doctor was stunned as he stared at the deep red jade bottle!

It was successfully refined on the first try, and this blood-clotting powder was a perfect replica of the prescription!

Generally speaking, due to the different strengths and conditions of alchemists, the pills refined each time will be slightly different, only fluctuating within the range that allows the prescription to be successfully made.

A record of perfectly reproducing a prescription like Xiao Yan's is something that even a hundred alchemists would find difficult to achieve even once.

His comprehension of cultivation techniques and combat skills is already heaven-defying, but his comprehension of alchemy is also heaven-defying?!

Just as the cave fell silent, a muffled hum resounded, and a cluster of dark yellow flames appeared in Xiao Yan's palm.

This time, he will use a different kind of fire to refine pills.

Even healing medicines like blood-clotting powder have room for improvement.

(End of this chapter)