The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

At the top of the medicine cauldron, another fierce dragon coiled up. The section from the dragon's head to its neck was pulled up to form the lid handle. The dragon's open mouth was a special hole, specifically for putting in the medicine.

Scattered across the lid of the cauldron are fine holes made of ice silver, which serve to dissipate heat and prevent the furnace from exploding due to high temperatures. Slightly below the center of the cauldron, there is also a transparent mirror made of crystal ice, from which one can clearly see everything inside.

On one side of the medicine cauldron is painted a bright moon and starry sky, while on the other side is the sun shining on all things. It is beautiful and quite mysterious.

Looking at the magnificent medicine cauldron, Xiao Xuanyuan immediately sent a telepathic message to the old medicine master, telling him to come out quickly.

"What should we do?" Xiao Xuanyuan asked, puzzled, as he brought out the medicine cauldron.

He rolled his eyes and said, "What else can we do? Let's get familiar with this medicine cauldron first."

After fiddling around for a while, I still couldn't figure it out.

"Xiao Xuanyuan, place one hand on the fire pit, then circulate your internal fighting spirit into it," Yao Lao instructed, sitting cross-legged in mid-air.

Nodding, Xiao Xuanyuan touched the crater of fire, his eyes slightly closed. The fiery red vortex within his body fluctuated slightly, and streams of fiery red battle qi surged out, finally illuminating his palm with a slightly fiery red light.

The fiery red fighting energy subsided slightly after reaching the palm, then, as if drawn by a powerful suction force, it burst forth from the palm and entered the medicine cauldron through the fire vent.

"puff."

With a muffled thud, the fiery red gas stream, after passing through the crater, was abruptly transformed into a solid, fiery red flame, which surged and burned continuously within the medicine cauldron.

Looking at the flames in the crystal mirror, Xiao Xuanyuan felt a surge of excitement. He said, "Elder Yao, instead of being so long-winded, why don't you just throw me a book on beginner alchemy? I'll refine it slowly."

"Oh ho, I didn't expect you to be so arrogant. Alright, I'll grant your wish." With that, the old man's soul sensed something, and with a wave of his hand, a book flew out from Xiao Xuanyuan's ring.

After familiarizing himself with the techniques described in the book, Xiao Xuanyuan closed his eyes and searched his body for the wisp of wood-attribute power within him. With his exceptionally high level of soul perception, he found it in less than five minutes.

With the power of the wood element, things became much easier. Xiao Xuanyuan extended a finger and pressed it on another dragon's mouth below the medicine cauldron. A powerful stream of green energy shot out and flowed into the furnace of the medicine cauldron.

After the green airflow entered the furnace and merged with the flames, the fiery red flames inside suddenly calmed down. At this moment, Xiao Xuanyuan could feel that the violent factors in the flames had been neutralized, and due to the principle of wood generating fire, the flames at this time were clearly more persistent and controllable than before.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Xiao Xuanyuan, you're really amazing. In just a few moments, you not only learned to enter the fire realm, but your soul perception is also so strong. Back then, when I first searched for that wisp of wood-attribute power within my body, it took me a full half hour. But you, you found it in just a few minutes..." The old medicine master, who was floating in mid-air, had been watching the whole time. Upon witnessing Xiao Xuanyuan's unparalleled talent, he exclaimed in shock.

The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

Chapter Ninety-Three: Handling with Ease

"Exceptional soul perception and extraordinary comprehension ability, Xiao Xuanyuan, I have made up my mind. Are you willing to become my disciple?"

Having witnessed Xiao Xuanyuan's growth time and time again, and being awestruck by his extraordinary talent each time, Yao Lao now felt that having a young man with such talent as Xiao Xuanyuan as his disciple would save him a great deal of painstaking teaching.

If Xiao Xuanyuan becomes famous in the Dou Qi Continent in the future, it will bring him much glory. Moreover, in recent days, Elder Yao has seen through Xiao Xuanyuan's true nature, especially his loyalty to his loved ones. This is something that Elder Yao finds very appealing. He has had rebellious disciples in the past, which is why Elder Yao has a subtle but persistent sense of caution.

After all, the pain of being betrayed by his closest relatives was something that Yao Lao no longer wanted to endure.

"Master Yao, didn't you see I'm currently learning how to refine medicine? And now you're bringing this up with me? Humph, you might as well teach me how to refine medicine properly. As for becoming your disciple, we'll talk about that later."

Turning his head, Xiao Xuanyuan glared at the old medicine doctor and complained indignantly.

"Alright, I know you're competitive. This is my own recipe for healing medicine. Try making it yourself. If you have any questions, just ask me."

Shaking his head helplessly, the old man slightly raised his finger, and a beam of white light flew out from the ring.

Stopping his alchemy and unleashing flames, Xiao Xuanyuan held the healing pill formula and began to study it slowly.

After studying the various 'medicine' processes for about ten minutes, Xiao Xuanyuan began the first step of the refining process.

"Blood-Coagulating Formula: one Blood-Coagulating Grass, two Spiritual Fruits, and two Drunken Light Hemp Plants."

Xiao Xuanyuan took out these low-grade medicinal herbs one by one from his light silver storage ring and arranged them neatly under his body.

To familiarize himself with the art of alchemy, Xiao Xuanyuan brought out two or three portions of medicinal herbs.

"Hemostasis herb should be processed at a low temperature of 35-45 degrees Celsius, requiring about ten minutes of baking and processing."

Xiao Xuanyuan first controlled the temperature to a slightly lower level, and then carefully put a portion of the blood-clotting herb from the healing medicine into the open mouth of the medicine cauldron.

呲~

As soon as the blood-clotting herb entered the cauldron, it emitted a hissing sound as it was burned by the flames...

This alchemy cauldron was bought by Xiao Xuanyuan from Ya Fei for forty to fifty thousand gold coins. It was the best of the two fire-breathing cauldrons in the Temir Auction House.

When buying the medicine cauldron, Ya Fei also gave a detailed introduction to the various types of medicine cauldrons.

There are many levels of alchemy cauldrons, usually determined by the number of fire ports.

For beginners, especially apprentices learning alchemy, a single-fire alchemy cauldron is generally more suitable. However, while this type of low-level alchemy cauldron is cheaper, it has many drawbacks.

For example, when refining pills, the success rate is low, there is no improvement effect, and it is easy to explode the furnace. Of course, its quality is also the lowest among the pill refining cauldrons.

When the alchemy cauldron with two fire openings is used, all aspects of the alchemy process are improved. Therefore, apart from poor beginner alchemy apprentices, those with a little money usually use alchemy cauldrons with two fire openings.

However, on the Dou Qi Continent, alchemy cauldrons are divided into ten grades, just like alchemists are divided into grades.

A first-grade alchemy cauldron has only one fire opening, a second-grade one has two fire openings, and the subsequent grades, from low to high, are determined by the number of fire openings, up to the highest grade, the tenth-grade alchemy cauldron.

Of course, there are good and bad among second-grade alchemy cauldrons, and the second-grade alchemy cauldron that Xiao Xuanyuan has is a top-quality one that Ya Fei took out to take care of him.

However, not all alchemists of any rank can use high-level alchemy cauldrons; there are specific rules to follow.

The crater not only represents the quality of the alchemy cauldron, but it is also the essence of the cauldron. It needs to be polished with high precision. During the forging process, even the slightest mistake will affect the quality of the entire cauldron, and the worst one may even become a failed and discarded product.

Moreover, as the number of fire ports on the alchemy cauldron increases, that is, the higher the grade of the alchemy cauldron, the stronger and more powerful the soul perception required by the alchemist. For an apprentice like Xiao Xuanyuan who has just learned the art of alchemy, a second-grade alchemy cauldron is already the limit of what he can control.

"A good alchemy cauldron is to an alchemist what a weapon is to a strong person; for an apprentice who is just learning alchemy, it is extremely important."

We have to thank Consort Ya for her advice. Otherwise, Xiao Xuanyuan believes he would have bought a third or even fourth-grade alchemy cauldron, which would have been a huge loss.

With a sense of relief, the Blood-Coagulating Grass within the alchemy cauldron slowly dissolved under control...

When Xiao Xuanyuan threw the blood-clotting herb in, he noticed that there was a transparent mirror slightly below the center of the lid of the medicine-refining cauldron. He could clearly see the progress of the medicine refining process above the furnace through his eyes.

Beside the transparent mirror was a mercury thermometer, clearly marked with the specific temperature of the alchemy furnace during the alchemy process.

At this moment, Xiao Xuanyuan controlled the flame temperature to be around 40 degrees Celsius, just right, avoiding the situation where the temperature was too low to refine the medicinal materials or too high to burn them.

Just now, Xiao Xuanyuan had carefully read the instruction manual for the alchemy cauldron, and everything was going very smoothly.

The initial attempt at refining medicine went very smoothly. In about ten minutes, the juice contained in the blood-clotting herb was refined into a small amount of pure white powder.

Xiao Xuanyuan finally succeeded in extracting the essence of the Blood Clotting Grass.

"Hehe, making medicine isn't that difficult. As long as you're careful, everything will be fine."

Slightly relieved, Xiao Xuanyuan lifted the lid of the dragon-head cauldron and carefully collected the pale white powder of the blood-clotting grass from the elastic membrane into a white jade bottle.

The thin film above the furnace of the medicine refining cauldron is not only tough and elastic, but can also withstand the intense heat of the flames. This film is called the fire film in the instruction manual.

Inside the alchemy cauldron furnace, there is a fire membrane on top, and on the base below, there is a large round jade box, which is called a tray in the alchemy cauldron instruction manual.

On the tray, there was some pale white powder that had fallen off. Xiao Xuanyuan easily opened the switch inside, took out the tray, and poured the pure white blood-coagulating grass powder into the white jade bottle.

Looking at the pure white blood-coagulating grass powder that Xiao Xuanyuan was pouring out, the old medicine master nodded, thinking to himself, "Successfully refining medicine on the first try, and extracting such pure white powder from the medicinal material, his unhurried and composed demeanor shows he is indeed a promising talent for medicine refining. It seems I was right; this fellow is much better than that impatient little fellow Xiao Yan..."

The Transmigrator Who Changed Doupo

Chapter Ninety-Four: The Metamorphosis of the Rhombus Crystal

Above a recess in the precipitous cliffs of the Xiao family's back mountain, the flames from the alchemy cauldron reflected off Old Medicine's aged, translucent face, highlighting the lingering shock on his features.

Xiao Xuanyuan stared intently at the churning flames within the alchemy cauldron, his handsome face radiating composure as he methodically carried out the alchemy process.

Looking at Xiao Xuanyuan's energetic and tireless appearance, and knowing that this guy's talent was extraordinary—that it would take five Qi Gathering Pills just to advance to the Dou Zhe realm—Old Yao couldn't help but sigh softly, "Xiao Xuanyuan, having lived for so long, you are one of the most talented geniuses I have ever seen..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xuanyuan remained silent, continuing to concentrate intently on refining the spiritual fruit in his hand.

Seeing that Xiao Xuanyuan ignored him, the old alchemist continued, "This Blood Coagulation Formula is the best among the low-grade healing medicines I have here. Actually, I also have a Blood Coagulation Powder formula, but the ingredients are slightly different from this Blood Coagulation Formula. Moreover, the healing effect of the Blood Coagulation Powder is much lower in quality than that of the Blood Coagulation Formula. It is only suitable for novice alchemists with lower talent. As for you, Xiao Xuanyuan, with your outstanding talent, I think the much more difficult Blood Coagulation Formula is more suitable for you..."

Finally, under Xiao Xuanyuan's unhurried and patient temperament, he successfully extracted the essence from a spiritual fruit.

Slowly exhaling a breath of stale air, Xiao Xuanyuan took out a white jade bottle and carefully collected the essence of the Spirit Fruit inside.

After completing this collection process, Xiao Xuanyuan was quite satisfied and placed the white jade bottle on a recessed spot on the stone wall. Only then did he stretch lazily, still feeling somewhat unsatisfied.

To avoid any mistakes during his first attempt at alchemy, Xiao Xuanyuan was extremely cautious, following the instructions of the blood-clotting formula meticulously and slowly exploring the basics of alchemy.

He has now completed nearly half of the ingredients for the first blood-clotting formula. However, what really annoys Xiao Xuanyuan is that the old medicine master is watching from the side and keeps muttering to himself, which is disturbing his medicine-making.

Just now, when he was refining the spirit fruit, he was distracted by what the old doctor was saying, and his hand trembled, almost ruining the spirit fruit.

Now that he had some free time, Xiao Xuanyuan felt he should teach Yao Lao a lesson, lest Yao Lao develop Alzheimer's and bother him again.

Turning to face Elder Yao, Xiao Xuanyuan said with some dissatisfaction, "Elder Yao, I've just started learning how to refine medicine. I can't be distracted at all while refining medicine. I have to concentrate. You can watch from the side, but please don't talk or make any noises or movements. It will affect my concentration on refining medicine."

Without any politeness towards the old man, he launched into a scathing critique.

At this moment, the old man's gaze towards Xiao Xuanyuan was filled with astonishment, as if he were looking at an unparalleled beauty, making Xiao Xuanyuan feel somewhat uncomfortable.

"Just focus on refining the medicine. I won't bother you anymore." Looking at Xiao Xuanyuan in front of him and thinking about his incredible talent along the way, the old medicine master suddenly realized that if he couldn't take Xiao Xuanyuan as his disciple, it might be a regret for the rest of his life.

Under the intense gaze of the old doctor, Xiao Xuanyuan trembled involuntarily, his face darkening. He couldn't take it anymore and quickly stretched out his large hand in front of his eyes: "Old doctor, I'm not a great beauty, and I'm not interested in men. Please don't look at me like that."

The old man's transparent face flushed red, and he quickly looked away. Indeed, anyone who looked at him with such a burning gaze would think he had ulterior motives and bad intentions.

Seeing that the old man was no longer staring at him with that chilling gaze, Xiao Xuanyuan felt much more relaxed. Otherwise, he would have had to wonder if this old codger had...

Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!

Xiao Xuanyuan stopped himself from having that thought in time.

Returning to the alchemy cauldron, Xiao Xuanyuan sat cross-legged and took out the remaining spirit fruit from the blood-coagulation formula, carefully beginning the refining process...

About an hour later, all the medicinal ingredients for the first blood clotting formula had been extracted and refined.

Looking at the three white jade bottles in front of him, Xiao Xuanyuan chuckled. He had always heard from rumors that being an alchemist was an expensive profession, and that one had to ruin countless medicinal herbs while learning to make them.

But now? All of this is so easy for him, so effortless, that Xiao Xuanyuan smiled with a touch of self-satisfaction.

The substance extracted from the Spirit Fruit is a clear, cool juice. This juice has the effect of removing blood stasis, promoting blood circulation, accelerating wound healing, and reducing wound pain. In the wild, some experienced wounded mercenaries often squeeze the juice from the Spirit Fruit to heal their wounds if they don't have enough healing medicine.

As for "I am drunk and light numb," it is a kind of herbal medicine with a sweet and astringent taste. When chewed and applied to a wound, it can relieve pain to some extent. After being extracted, it becomes a green, viscous liquid.

Looking at the three white jade bottles neatly arranged in front of Xiao Xuanyuan, the old medicine master reminded him, "The quality of the Blood Coagulation Formula is quite difficult for apprentices who have just learned to refine medicine. Even if an apprentice manages to extract it, they generally do not have the ability to successfully fuse it. So Xiao Xuanyuan, you must do your best and not disappoint me."

"Ah."

Nodding slightly, Xiao Xuanyuan took a deep breath and slowly started the second-grade medicine refining cauldron.