Celestial Refining Divine Scripture Chapter 88
"Reduce consumption by one-third? Increase pill formation rate by thirty percent?"
"Hahaha, kid, you’re just talking nonsense!"
"I’m about ready to punch you, no matter how great your potential is—here, fists speak the loudest!"
Baili Yan, Helan Mo, and Tuoba Xiong all glared at Xu Yang with unfriendly faces.
Baili Yan even clenched his fist, the size of a sandbag!
Sometimes, Alchemists have even fiercer tempers than Martial Artists!
After all, they all cultivate with Spirit Fire.
Xu Yang grinned and directly took out a jade slip, handing it to the still calm Tuoba Bowu!
"The method is inside."
"You’ll know at a glance, Master Bowu!"
As a Myriad Phenomena Realm powerhouse, and a sixth-rank Pill King, he definitely had the vision for this.
Seeing this, the three of them were momentarily stunned and forcibly suppressed their anger.
It actually looked real!
But if it’s really as Xu Yang says, this level of improvement—is this really just some ’little trick’?
This is some freakish shit, isn’t it!
"Three Elements Elixir Formula?"
Tuoba Bowu frowned slightly, then began probing carefully.
About several dozen breaths later, his whole body trembled, eyes filled with astonishment!
The others all noticed his change, each equally startled.
"At least, it doesn’t seem fake!"
Tuoba Bowu took a deep breath and said, word by word.
"Let me give it a try."
He shut his eyes immediately.
In fact, just that one line—"seems real enough"—was already sufficient.
The eyes of Baili Yan and the others were now shining!
For Alchemists, especially those of higher rank, reducing the loss by a third and increasing the success rate of pill formation by thirty percent was as uplifting as someone being stuck at a bottleneck for years suddenly breaking through!
But for Xu Yang, this was just one of the many ordinary tricks Gu Jun had passed down to him!
The really advanced methods, he’d never pass on to these guys.
This alone was more than enough!
After half an incense stick’s time.
Tuoba Bowu’s eyes snapped open, a flash of excitement in his sight. He completely ignored the hopeful looks from the three, summoned his pill cauldron, and under everyone’s gaze produced a stack of Spirit Elixirs, moving into action.
He wanted to try alchemy for himself!
The hope swelling in the three men’s hearts only grew stronger as this began unfolding before their eyes.
"He’s making a sixth-grade Mountain and River Elixir. The Mountain and River Elixir enhances a Myriad Phenomena Realm Martial Artist’s comprehension of the will of heaven and earth, it’s quite precious!"
"With Boss Bowu’s previous skills, at most he could get three pills per batch. Usually, just two!"
Tuoba Xiong muttered softly.
Step-by-step, Tuoba Bowu was extremely cautious, everything proceeding smoothly.
Until the final moment of pill formation.
Tuoba Bowu used his Spiritual Power to control the Spirit Fire, swiftly freeing both hands to form a lightning-fast seal.
"Three Elements Elixir Formula—Condense!"
A low shout echoed through the hall.
Whoosh, whoosh!!
A wave of spiritual radiance instantly engulfed the pill cauldron.
The three craned their necks in anticipation.
When the light faded, four Mountain and River Elixirs floated into view.
At this moment,
The hall was dead silent!
Baili Yan, Tuoba Xiong, and Helan Mo—three fifth-rank Alchemists—gaped, their eyes trembling wildly.
"Four... four Mountain and River Elixirs, that’s beyond the limit!"
"So this shit is actually real?"
"Boss Bowu, the loss, the True Essence consumption?"
Helan Mo couldn’t help asking eagerly.
Tuoba Bowu’s face was flushed; turning around, he could hardly conceal his excitement.
"Reduced by one-third!"
"The real deal!"
As these words fell, the three of them swayed, staring at the jade slip as if it were a naked, peerless beauty!
Gulp—
Helan Mo swallowed hard, suddenly spinning around and cupping his fists toward Xu Yang in salute, exclaiming, "Xu Yang—no, Mr. Xu, I apologize for my earlier rudeness!"
"Even though I’m from the Helan Division, I don’t care at all about what you’ve done. If you need anything, just say it—treat this place as your own home!"
Baili Yan and Tuoba Xiong suddenly looked at each other regretfully—damn, Helan Mo was too fast.
"Me too."
"Thank you, Mr. Xu!"
Finally, even Tuoba Bowu, the Barbarian Race’s only Pill King, solemnly bowed to Xu Yang.
Xu Yang accepted it calmly.
"The grand path of Alchemy Dao is vast. To travel alongside you gentlemen is my honor!"
These words made all four of them grin with genuine pleasure.
As expected of a Qian Ren—the man knows how to talk nicely!
After this event, the atmosphere in the hall was completely transformed—warm and enthusiastic.
Xu Yang was thoroughly satisfied.
Alchemists, honestly, are usually purer-hearted than most; with a few exceptions, of course!
Having gained such a benefit, they practically set aside all ethnic and status divides, and treated Xu Yang as their equal.
What’s more, on the subject of Alchemy Dao, he had all sorts of experience—just a casual sentence could provide insight, even Tuoba Bowu would profit greatly.
These four Alchemists had, without even noticing, already been completely won over by him!
Without question, whenever he needed help or wanted to avoid trouble, with just a look from him, the four would leap to his aid!
Though he still couldn’t find out the specific effects of those General Pills and Marquis Pills, Xu Yang did learn the opening date of the Red Sand Blood Desert.
One month from now!
By rights, it should be six months away, but this time they were pushing it forward.
The exact reason—no one seemed to know.
Not that an outsider like him would find out anyway!
Only one month. After learning about the dangers of the Red Sand Blood Desert, Xu Yang secretly decided: within this month, he must break through to the Yin Realm!
"You need a Profound Yin Spiritual Object to reach the Yin Realm—you don’t need to bother His Highness."
"I have one right here!"
Tuoba Bowu smiled as he pulled a jade box out of his Storage Ring and handed it to Xu Yang.
See, that’s the benefit!
Without the ’Three Elements Elixir Formula’, would Tuoba Bowu even consider doing this?
Opening the box, Xu Yang was instantly washed by a surge of bone-chilling Yin energy.
Inside was a palm-sized piece of jet-black Spirit Jade, the dense cold air roiling tangibly around it!
"That’s a huge chunk of Profound Yin Cold Jade!"
This much is pretty impressive.
Xu Yang sensed it a bit and hesitated, saying, "Master Bowu, this is a great item, but I’m afraid it’s not quite enough for my Yin Realm breakthrough."
"Not enough?"
Tuoba Bowu looked utterly dumbfounded.
Xu Yang scratched his head and said, "Honestly, my Martial Dao foundation is solid—I’m pretty much at Yin Realm Perfection already!"
"Even Surihan, one of the Ten Blood Generals, can’t take me!"
At those words, all four stared at Xu Yang like they’d seen a ghost.
"Are you even human?"
They’d thought his alchemy was unmatched—that was already enough.
But his martial prowess was no less freakish!
"I think we need to persuade His Highness to marry this guy to the princess and make him have a kid!" Tuoba Bowu swallowed hard, muttering to himself internally.
"Just need a Profound Yin Spiritual Object, right?"
"Easy—I don’t believe with the four of us, we can’t rustle up enough for you?"
Helan Mo, still stunned, cracked a big grin.
...
Royal Court, Blood General Hall.
Ten great halls in total, each separated by a kilometer, with ancient trees and pavilions dotting the grounds.
Only the Ten Blood Generals had the qualifications to live here!
At this moment, a woman was hurrying towards the third-ranked Blood General Hall.
She was none other than Helan Huaning!
Arriving outside, she knocked lightly on the door.
"Come in!"
With the voice, Helan Huaning pushed open the door and stepped inside.
"Huaning? Why are you here so suddenly?"
The young man meditating inside opened his eyes and looked at her in surprise.
"Mr. Xing, I want you to help me kill someone!"
Venom flashed in Helan Huaning’s eyes as she spoke, utterly serious.
Helan Xing was shocked. "Who?"
"Xu Yang!"