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Then he looked longingly at Zhou Peng.

Zhou Peng was somewhat surprised.

"It seems you've refined some pills before, Master, and are very skilled at controlling flames. That puts my mind at ease."

Yang Fan nodded.

"That's right, I have quite a bit of experience in controlling flames. Just tell me how to refine pills and what I should pay attention to, and I can refine the pills successfully."

Yang Fan said confidently.

Zhou Peng smiled.

"Alright, since Master is so confident, then I'm relieved."

Then Zhou Peng explained in detail how to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill and the precautions to take when refining it.

And so, Yang Fan patiently followed Zhou Peng's instructions and began refining the Foundation Establishment Pill little by little.

Because Yang Fan had refined pills before and was quite skilled at it, there were basically no major problems during this refining process.

However, in the end, due to a problem with the extraction of some medicinal herbs and liquid, the pill still went slightly wrong.

Yang Fan could only hold the Foundation Establishment Pill, which had turned somewhat black, in his hand with a sense of frustration.

"Master, this pill is ruined. Throw it away; keeping it is just poison."

Yang Fan was somewhat unwilling and took a closer look at the discarded pill.

After thinking it over, Yang Fan decided to put away the poisonous Foundation Establishment Pill.

Seeing how careful Yang Fan was, Zhou Peng nodded in agreement.

"Although this place is sparsely populated, it's still best to keep these pills safe just in case."

"If it's just left here and someone else finds it, they might notice something's wrong."

What Zhou Peng didn't know was that Yang Fan wasn't worried about his whereabouts being leaked.

He put the waste pill away, planning to process it in a small cauldron later and turn it into a good pill.

Then Yang Fan gently tapped the alchemy furnace in front of him.

"Again."

He prepared several portions of medicinal herbs this time, which was more than enough for him to refine some more pills.

And so, under Zhou Peng's guidance, Yang Fan immediately began the second refining process.

Having learned from his previous failures, Yang Fan's refining process went incredibly smoothly this time.

After the pill was successfully refined, Yang Fan looked at the crystal-clear Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand with great satisfaction.

"This is at least mid-grade, right?"

Zhou Peng stood to the side, smiling as he spoke.

Yang Fan examined the pills and nodded.

"Yes, this looks like a mid-grade pill, but it's a pity there are no pill patterns on it."

"If there were a few pill patterns, it would be much better."

Pills are classified into low-grade, medium-grade, and high-grade. If a pill can be refined with pill patterns, it can be called a top-grade pill.

Seeing that Yang Fan still seemed a bit greedy, Zhou Peng smiled.

"Master, you must not be greedy. This is the second time you have refined a Foundation Establishment Pill. Not only did you succeed, but you also refined a mid-grade pill, which shows your extraordinary strength."

"Master must have refined many elixirs before, right?"

Yang Fan nodded, speaking with considerable pride.

"That's true. I used to be an alchemy apprentice in a certain sect. I did a lot of work for the sect and refined quite a few pills."

Yang Fan said this with a hint of pride, while Zhou Peng nodded repeatedly beside him.

"Alright, Master, let's refine more pills in one go, and then we can buy some medicinal herbs next time we go down the mountain."

"With such poor spiritual root aptitude, as long as there are enough Foundation Establishment Pills, it will definitely enable you to successfully establish your foundation."

Zhou Peng said with a smile.

In fact, Zhou Peng had many questions in his mind.

In his view, someone with Yang Fan's extremely poor aptitude would not even be able to break through to the first level of the Qi Refining stage under normal circumstances.

But Yang Fan not only broke through the first level of the Qi Refining stage, he even reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage.

Yang Fan must have a secret.

However, Zhou Peng was a smart man; he knew there were some things he shouldn't ask, and therefore he couldn't ask them.

Knowing too much might not be a good thing for him; it could cost him his life.

Yang Fan was quite pleased with Zhou Peng's tactful response.

"Very good. As long as you do a good job, I won't treat you unfairly."

Yang Fan spoke to Zhou Peng in a pretentious manner.

Zhou Peng hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Yang Fan in various ways.

The two then continued refining the pills, continuing until night fell, when Yang Fan finally finished refining all the medicinal materials.

In this alchemy session, Yang Fan successfully refined five Foundation Establishment Pills, while the remaining two were unusable.

However, two of these five Foundation Establishment Pills have reached the level of high-grade pills. Although they do not have pill patterns, their effects are still quite good.

"Okay, you can go back now."

"In the next few days, I'll try to get another chance to go down the mountain from Xuewang and get my hands on the corpse refining furnace. Then we can start refining puppets."

"I hope nothing goes wrong over there."

Yang Fan pondered.

And so, Yang Fan carefully put away the King's Banner.

After carefully putting away the King's Banner, Yang Fan then carefully took out the small cauldron.

This small cauldron is far too important for Yang Fan to let Zhou Peng know of its existence.

He then carefully placed all the pills into the small cauldron.

"Hopefully, it will give me some surprises."

Yang Fan doesn't need these Foundation Establishment Pills for the time being, so he'll put them away and take them out when he needs them.

The quality of the pills inside will definitely be better.

After doing all this, Yang Fan hurriedly returned to his cave.

However, when Yang Fan arrived at the cave, he saw the puppet that was watching him pacing back and forth near the cave.

Yang Fan's heart skipped a beat.

"Damn it, how come this puppet is outside? Could it be Xue Ming?"

Yang Fan hurriedly walked to the front of the cave and looked inside, only to see Xue Ming waiting for him inside.

"Why are you so late coming back?"

Xue Ming looked at Yang Fan with some dissatisfaction.

Yang Fan hurriedly lowered his head and bowed to those inside.

"Reporting to Master, I was about to return, but I was stopped by acquaintances from other peaks on the way and went for a walk over there."

"Oh? Someone you know? Do you know anyone?"

Yang Fan hesitated for a long time.

"Speaking of which, it was from the herb garden. Senior Brother Tong from the herb garden asked me to go and help out."

Upon hearing this, Xue Ming thought about it carefully and then nodded as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Oh, right, I remember now, you spent some time in the herb garden before."

"It's normal for him to help the medicine garden, but if he asks you to help him again in the future, just tell him that you're from Corpse Puppet Peak, not their medicine garden, and tell them to stay away from you. Do you understand?"

"Yes, disciple has remembered."

Yang Fan bowed respectfully, not daring to look at Xue Ming.

Seeing that Yang Fan was so obedient, Xue Ming nodded and slowly stood up.

"Actually, I didn't come to see you for anything else. I just wanted to ask if you've seen someone."

Then Xue Ming walked up to Yang Fan, and with a wave of his hand, a portrait appeared in his hand.

"have a look."

He handed the portrait to Yang Fan, but Yang Fan's expression changed slightly after just one glance at it.

This is a portrait of that senior brother Dong.