Battle Through the Heavens: Achievement System at the Start

"System, open my 'Myriad Devouring Technique' cultivation method. I'm about to begin practicing."

At this moment, a stream of knowledge from cultivation techniques appeared in Xiao Yao's mind. After a short while, he digested the information from the cultivation techniques in his mind.

After taking a deep breath, Xiao Yao closed his eyes again and slowly transformed the attribute-less battle qi in his body into the fire attribute battle qi of the cultivation technique, following the path given by the technique. An hour later, he slowly opened his eyes and felt that the circulation of battle qi in his body was much faster than before.

During this period, Xiao Yao was busy absorbing the battle qi between heaven and earth to consolidate his battle cultivation.

During this period, Xiao Yao continued to use the Myriad Devouring Technique to absorb the fighting energy between heaven and earth in order to consolidate his own fighting cultivation.

At this moment, Xiao Yao looked at himself, who had just broken through to the Dou Zhe level. After consolidating his skills over the past few days, he had reached a solid level. He thought to himself that he could officially start honing his alchemy skills, since he had met all the necessary conditions.

Xiao Yao hurriedly pushed open the door and walked towards another room where medicinal herbs were stored. This was the medicine-refining room that Xiao Yao had prepared for himself.

Xiao Yao pushed open the door and entered, sitting cross-legged on the futon. He calmed himself down, closed his eyes, looked at the dazzling array of pill formulas in his mind, thought for a while, and then decided on you.

The first-grade elixir formula, Blood-Coagulating Powder, requires one Blood-Coagulating Grass, one Vitality Fruit, and two Poppy Flowers, among other ingredients. He knew this was a basic elixir, a good choice for beginners.

Xiao Yao looked at the pill furnace in front of him, placed his right hand at the fire opening, and used the Myriad Devouring Technique to inject the fire attribute fighting qi in his body into the fire opening. The golden vortex in his body began to circulate. The air flow in the pill furnace transformed into a solid flame after passing through the fire opening. Instantly, the air flow in the pill furnace surged, and a scorching heat rushed towards him, making him feel hot.

At this moment, Xiao Yao threw the Blood-Coagulating Grass into the alchemy furnace to refine it, carefully controlling the temperature of the flames, followed by the Vitality Fruit and the Poppy Flower.

He carefully placed each medicinal herb, fearing the slightest mistake. Using his soul power to sense the changes in the herbs, he observed that each of the three herbs had turned into a clump of powder. Looking at these clumps of powder, he thought that refining medicine wasn't so difficult after all. Just as Xiao Yao was about to fuse them together, a strange change occurred. He looked at the black ash that appeared after the fusion.

Xiao Yao looked bewildered and said to the system, "System, is there a problem with the pill formula you gave me, or is there a problem with the experience you gave me in refining medicinal herbs?"

The system replied, "Host, the rewards I give are never wrong. You should reflect on why there were problems with your alchemy."

Xiao Yao looked at the nine medicinal herbs left and followed the steps and requirements of alchemy again. He channeled his battle qi into the alchemy furnace, put the herbs into the furnace in the same order as before, and began to refine them. However, he failed again and again. So he tried to refine them one after another.

After some time, looking at the last remaining portion of medicinal herbs, he thought, "System, is it really not your fault? Why is the same thing happening nine times in all nine attempts at refining medicine?"

Xiao Yao thought that this shouldn't be his problem, and just as Xiao Yao was thinking this,

"Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the achievement 'Face Harder Than Gold'. The host is rewarded with a disguise mask. Host, your skin is thicker than any host I have ever seen before. I still say, think carefully about where the mistakes occurred during the refining process."

"System, what you're saying is a bit strange. I'm quite thin-skinned." After saying that, Xiao Yao touched his face, thinking to himself that the system must be jealous of his face. Yes, that's it.

Xiao Yao took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and calmed his mind. The scenes from the previous nine times he refined medicine appeared before his eyes, playing back like a movie.

Xiao Yao thought it over carefully, and when he opened his eyes again, the confusion in his eyes was gone. He took out the last batch of medicinal herbs, placed his hand on the fire vent of the alchemy furnace again, controlled his fighting spirit, and put it into the fire vent.

This time, instead of refining as quickly as before, I first stabilized the flames, then used my own fire attribute mixed with a wisp of wood attribute to blend into the flames, and slowly refined the herbs in the correct order.

Xiao Yao's movements were skillful and fluid, each step perfectly executed. As time passed, the medicinal herbs inside the furnace successfully fused into a deep red, sticky powder.

He used his fighting spirit to open the lid of the alchemy furnace with his right hand, and used the fighting spirit to draw the powder into the jade bottle that had been prepared beforehand.

Xiao Yao, hands on his hips, looked at the half-pink powder in the bottle and laughed heartily, "Hahaha, I finally succeeded in refining it! Looks like I do have some talent after all!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully refining a first-grade pill and unlocking the achievement 'First-Grade Alchemist'. The rewards are as follows: all second-grade pill recipes in the Dou Qi Continent, mastery of second-grade medicinal herb attributes, and a weakened version of the Earth-grade Black Demon Cauldron. The system has sent the rewards to the system space."

Upon hearing the system's voice, Xiao Yao was overjoyed and immediately took out the Black Demon Cauldron from the system space.

Xiao Yao looked at the black medicine cauldron, which seemed to be the most ancient divine artifact in the world, exuding a mysterious and majestic aura.

It is about three feet tall and two feet in diameter, and its overall appearance is a deep and ancient black, as if it contains endless years and stories.

Seven fire vents are carved on the body of the cauldron, two fewer than the original Black Demon Cauldron. They are distributed around the cauldron in a staggered manner, with different shapes, some round, some square, and some irregular. These fire vents seem to be seven mysterious portals leading to another world.

Xiao Yao looked at the lifelike flame totems carved on the cauldron. They were so lifelike that they seemed to leap out of the cauldron at any moment and turn into raging flames.

These flame totems come in various shapes and sizes; some resemble dancing flames, others rolling lava, and still others burning stars. Each one exudes a fiery aura, as if telling ancient legends and myths.

At this moment, the system suddenly said, "Host, it is recommended that you use this cauldron only when you are able to refine third or fourth grade pills. Otherwise, using this cauldron too early will make you too dependent on a good cauldron, which will make it difficult to improve your pill refining ability."

After listening to the system's advice, Xiao Yao looked reluctant and put away the Black Demon Cauldron with the soul storage ring in his hand.

Xiao Yao immediately made up his mind to improve his alchemy skills as soon as possible so that he could use his favorite cauldron to refine medicine. So, Xiao Yao continued to refine blood-clotting powder to increase the success rate of pill refining.

During that time, the aroma of pills and the light produced during their refining would occasionally waft from Xiao Yao's alchemy room, and the surface of those pills seemed to be wrapped with pill patterns.

Finally, under Xiao Yao's careful operation, the originally empty shelf was now filled with neat jade bottles, each with a line of small characters indicating the name of the elixir.

Six months later, in Xiao Yao's small courtyard, he stood in the yard practicing the All-Encompassing Secret Combat Technique that the system had given him before.

Although Xiao Yao is only four years old, his physique is extraordinary. He stands in the courtyard with a straight posture, like an indomitable little pine tree, full of vitality and strength.

Xiao Yao moved his body, performing an unknown martial art. His movements were fluid and powerful, as natural as flowing clouds and water.

Xiao Yao's eyes were firm and bright, revealing an indomitable spirit. He practiced continuously, over and over again, until he felt that his body had completely mastered the essence of this martial art.

At this moment, Xiao Yao withdrew his fists and feet, exhaled, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. "I've finally mastered the 'All' Secret Combat Technique that the system rewarded me with before," he muttered to himself.

Looking back on the past six months, I spent my mornings refining medicine, my afternoons practicing combat skills, and my evenings improving my cultivation and physique.

In the past six months, Xiao Yao's alchemy skills have reached a level of perfection. His success rate in refining first-grade medicines is almost flawless, and even his success rate in refining second-grade medicines can reach 90%. His Dou Qi cultivation has increased by two stars, reaching the third star of Dou Zhe, and his physique has also improved slightly.

Recalling the day I started refining the second-grade pill Foundation Establishment Pill, when I successfully refined it, the only reward the system gave me was the third-grade pill formula and attributes, and that was it. This system is really stingy.