Extracting all things: My attributes grow infinitely.

Inside the alchemy room, the earth fire roared.

Jiang Chuan sat cross-legged in front of the bronze alchemy furnace. Nine fire dragon reliefs on the bottom of the furnace spewed pale golden flames, making the entire alchemy room flicker with light.

Seven or eight kinds of spiritual materials floated in front of him. His ten fingers flew like wheels, and he poured one spell after another into the furnace in a smooth and flowing manner.

As the furnace lid opened and closed, various medicinal liquids would transform into dragons and enter.

After seeing Bai Qiuhan off that day, he completely refined the fragment of the Deceitful Jade into the Starry Sky Mirror, thus concealing his own heavenly secrets.

From then on, he had no more worries and spent all his time in this alchemy room, honing his alchemy skills day and night.

He thoroughly examined all the alchemical texts that Yun Danzi had accumulated over the years.

He only needed to read through those obscure and difficult pharmacological principles and the properties of herbs once to understand them thoroughly.

But what he lacks now is not experience.

Rather, it is a truly exquisite fire control technique.

Jiang Chuan flipped his palm, and the fire at the bottom of the furnace, guided by his divine will, leaped from the head of one fire dragon to its tail, and then climbed up the back of another fire dragon. The nine fire dragons were lit one by one and then dimmed one by one. The flames slithered across the furnace wall like snakes, leaving nine winding and intersecting scorch marks.

This is a fire control method that he figured out on his own.

Yun Danzi's technique was too crude; it was more than enough to refine spiritual pills, but it was insufficient for making precious pills.

Jiang Chuan can only innovate on this basis.

Try it again and again.

Revise it again and again.

But ultimately, progress has been limited.

The furnace lid suddenly popped open, and a beam of golden light shot into the sky.

Jiang Chuan casually grabbed the pill that had just flown out of the furnace and spread it out in his palm. He saw that seven pale golden lines were slowly disappearing.

"Still a seventh-rank official."

He muttered to himself, his tone flat, and casually tossed the priceless elixir into a jade box beside him.

Suddenly, he frowned, and the Starry Sky Mirror trembled slightly deep within his consciousness.

A warm current, both strange and incredibly familiar, surged from an unknown distance and crashed straight into his dantian.

That is……

Feedback on Longyuan's cultivation.

Jiang Chuan was stunned for a moment.

He closed his eyes and carefully sensed that cultivation level. After a moment, his expression turned strange.

The Realm of Accepting Qi.

Long Yuan actually broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm.

Judging by the timeline, Long Yuan has been back in the Tianzhang Realm with the Ye family for over a year.

He naturally assumed that, given the Ye family's resources, Long Yuan's cultivation must have advanced by leaps and bounds over the past year, and he might have already entered the Qi Refining stage.

However, the cultivation fluctuation that has just been fed back is clearly only at the initial stage of Qi cultivation, and the rudimentary form of divine power has not yet been solidified.

More than a year.

With the Ye family's profound foundation as a celestial sect, they only managed to convince Long Yuan to just begin his apprenticeship.

To know.

Long Yuan also possesses the Golden Core lineage of True Monarch Chi Ming.

Let alone a prominent family in the Southern Region like the Ye family, even an insignificant minor sect would not allow such a gem to be tarnished to this extent.

unless……

The Ye family never truly nurtured him from beginning to end.

Jiang Chuan opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on the flickering firelight in the furnace.

"That's right. Even Bai Qiuhan couldn't be fooled by the effects of the Starry Sky Mirror. Presumably, the Ye family discovered the enslavement mark on Long Yuan's body on the very first day he entered the Heavenly Chapter Realm."

"It's normal that the Ye family is wary and doesn't give him any cultivation resources."

"but."

"Why did it have to be at this particular time?"

The timing was too coincidental; it happened right after he refined the [Fragment of the Deceitful Jade].

He had no way of knowing the specifics.

The Starry Sky Mirror can only serve as a communication talisman within a thousand miles, while Long Yuan is far away in the Ye family in the Southern Region, separated by thousands of miles. Even the divine sense imprint can barely sense each other, let alone exchange messages.

All he knew was that Long Yuan was still alive and had just broken through to the Qi Refining Realm. Other than that, he knew nothing about what the other side was like.

Jiang Chuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, suppressing the doubts surging in his heart.

What good would it do to know?

He is currently in the Northern Immortal Alliance, and his cultivation level is only at the Qi Refining stage, borrowed from Yun Danzi. He has not even stepped into the true Qi Absorption stage.

To him, the Ye family of the Southern Region was a colossal behemoth that stretched across the sky, unattainable and beyond his reach.

Even if something really happened to Long Yuan, there's nothing he can do right now.

That's it.

Hopefully, he can turn bad luck into good.

Jiang Chuan withdrew his gaze and looked back at the bronze alchemy furnace in front of him.

top priority.

Still refining elixirs.

With his current level of alchemy, there is absolutely no possibility that he could refine that Nine-Turn Life-Sustaining Pill of the Profound Pill grade within three years.

However, Yun Danzi's foundation in alchemy has been basically exhausted by him.

Continuing to work in isolation will not lead to any progress.

it's time.

Jiang Chuan plans to first obtain a formal alchemist's identity.

He had long ago learned the rules for becoming a pill refiner at Yuanling Mountain through Yun Danzi.

Whether you are an outer disciple or a rogue cultivator, as long as you can refine a spirit pill with two or more patterns, you can be named a Spirit Fire Alchemist and enjoy the corresponding treatment and privileges.

In the past, he would have had to rely on Yun Danzi to accomplish his goals.

just now.

He's enough on his own.

Jiang Chuan stood up, brushed the ashes off his robes, and walked out of the alchemy room.

The stone gate slid open with a loud crash.

A series of hurried footsteps immediately came from the front hall.

Yun Danzi trotted up to greet him and respectfully asked, "Master, what are your orders?"

"Go to the Pill Pavilion and report that you want to recommend a Spirit Fire Pill Master."

Jiang Chuan spoke in a flat tone.

Yun Danzi was taken aback, then his face lit up with joy, and he replied immediately, "I'll take care of it right away! With Master's alchemy skills, let alone becoming a Spirit Fire Alchemist, he'd be more than qualified to participate in the Earth Fire Alchemy assessment!"

"No rush."

Jiang Chuan's gaze remained calm. "First, obtain the identity of a Spirit Fire Alchemist. Advancing too quickly will make you an easy target."

He paused, then asked, "What's been happening with Shen Henian lately?"

Upon hearing this, a gloating smile immediately appeared on Yun Danzi's old face.

But it quickly subsided.

He replied respectfully, "Master, Shen Henian has suffered a great setback this time."

Jiang Chuan raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue.

"Shen Henian actually refined a Three-Patterned, Nine-Aperture Divine Pill for this alchemy gathering!"

As Yun Danzi spoke, her tone became somewhat complicated, "The Three-Pattern Treasure Pill would have been a shoo-in for the top ten in previous Pill Gatherings."

Jiang Chuan didn't respond, waiting for him to continue.

Yun Danzi changed the subject: "But who would have thought that just as the Pill Gathering was about to begin, a veteran alchemist from Yuanling Mountain who had been stuck at the second level of Earth Fire for forty years would quietly break through to the third level."

Jiang Chuan's eyes flickered slightly.

Earth Fire Tier 3.

That's a realm just one step away from becoming a Heavenly Fire Alchemist. Looking across the entire Yuanling Mountain, there are only nine alchemists who have reached this level.

Each of them is an old monster who has been immersed in the art of alchemy for at least a hundred years.

Qualifications

Connections

cultural heritage

In every aspect, Shen Henian, a rising star, is far superior.

Yun Danzi continued, "There are only ten qualifications for passing on the alchemy teachings. Originally, the nine alchemists at the third level of Earth Fire were all favorites of the Mountain Lord, and no one could touch their positions. The last spot should have been Shen Henian's, but that newly promoted third-level alchemist suddenly appeared and took the last spot."

He clicked his tongue twice, shook his head and sighed, "I heard that Shen Henian almost went mad on the spot, but unfortunately... I wasn't there to witness that moment."

Jiang Chuan seemed to be deep in thought.

He had already decided to abandon his plan to pursue Shen Henian.

With Shen Henian's talent in alchemy, if he could obtain the opportunity to receive teachings at this alchemy gathering, he would surely soar to great heights.

By then, it will be much more difficult to control the other party.

Therefore, he shifted his focus to obtaining the identity of an alchemist.

I'm preparing to gradually settle down in Yuanling Mountain.

But right now.

Shen Henian was surprisingly not selected.

This means that he will have to wait at least another ten years to gain the attention of those Heavenly Fire Alchemists again, which makes his mind start to wander.