BATTLE THROUGH THE HEAVEN
FIRST REPAIRS

First Repair

In the narrow cave of flames inside the cauldron threw a shadow onto the cave wall, creating the shadow of dancing fangs and claws of ferocious beasts.

Xiao Yan concentrated with each fiber of his form as he watched the flame waving attentively, his pale face filled with beads of sweat. Refining medicine for a long period of time was a task that consumed an awful lot of Dou Qi. Since Xiao Yan's Qi Method was the lowest ranked Low Xuan, his foundation and Qi's endurance were nothing special. Therefore, it was not an easy task for him to endure for nearly two hours in front of the cauldron.

Yao Lao narrowed his eyes as he looked at Xiao Yan, who had once again managed to refine the Blood Clump Grass into a fine white powder. Knowing that Xiao Yan had already reached his limit, Yao Lao slightly nodded and softly said, “Good, rest. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yan's shoulders immediately descended and his body gently fell to lie on the icy cold floor as if all the energy in his body was suddenly drained away. Gasping for breath, his chest rose and fell rapidly; battered with exhaustion, he could barely even lift a finger now.

“Training now will give the best effect. ”

Yao Lao said indifferently as he glanced at the dead Xiao Yan lying on the ground.

Laziness and perseverance clashed inwardly just for a moment before Xiao Yan internally howled in grief as he was unwilling to sit down. His trembling hands formed a training seal as he slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing Xiao Yan's demeanor, Yao Lao laughed as his gaze turned to the ten jade cases in front of the cauldron. These cases were filled to the brim with a pale white powder that was distilled from the Blood Clot Grass and was the result of Xiao Yan's efforts.

From left to right, the color of the pale white powder became richer and richer until the last case, in which the color of the powder almost reached pure white.

Gazing at this extremely clear improvement, Yao Lao felt shocked as he nodded in agreement; in his heart he once again praised Xiao Yan's extraordinary spiritual perception.

He glanced at Xiao Yan who was currently recovering his Dou Qi before sitting cross-legged on the stone wall, casually closing his eyes to recuperate. Xiao Yan had only refined the first type of materials, there were still two more types waiting for him to slowly train.

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After training with his eyes closed for nearly an hour, the Typhoon Qi within Xiao Yan's body once again emitted a bright light after previously being darkened due to the depletion of his previous Dou Qi. Moreover, the brightness this time seemed to be a little clearer than it had been a few hours before.

Slowly opening his eyes, the feeling of helplessness from before had retreated by more than half. Stretching his neck, a cracking sound made Xiao Yan sigh in happiness.

“Training done? Continue in. "Yao Lao smiled as he opened his eyes to look at the now-living Xiao Yan.

Laughing bitterly as he shook his head, Xiao Yan who had undergone a painful alchemy process finally understood that he had been 'tricked' by Yao Lao. When Yao Lao had previously done alchemy, all he did was twist his hands as he refined the ingredients to make potions that drove people crazy. This simple-looking process left a strong impression in Xiao Yan's mind that alchemy was very easy. Yet now that Xiao Yan had tried to do it personally, he now knew that alchemy was harder than being a miner.

This understanding came too late, so Xiao Yan could only sigh as he once again sat in front of the cauldron and began refining the essence of the other two types of medical materials.

Equipped with the previous experience of refining the Blood Clot Grass, Xiao Yan, this time around. was clearly much more relaxed than before. After burning eight Vibrant Fruits and ten Poppy Flowers, he finally managed to extract the necessary components to make a healing medicine.

From the Lively Fruit, a nearly completely black and small kernel is obtained. These kernels have the effect of increasing blood circulation. If an experienced mercenary was injured in the wilderness while lacking healing medicine, many times, he would grind Lively Fruits and use them to reduce injuries.

From the Poppy Flower, a pink liquid is obtained. This type of liquid has a numbing effect and can be used to relieve pain.

Observing the three medicines that had been neatly arranged in front of Xiao Yan, Yao Lao nodded slightly and calmly said: “All the necessary ingredients have been refined, now combining their medical abilities together. This was the most important step in alchemy. ”

Just as the liquid entered the cauldron, it was wrapped around a pure white powder. Boiled briefly in a flame, the two materials slowly fused into a viscous, red and viscous liquid.

His spiritual perception was trying to control the temperature of the flame as the fiery red viscous liquid was slowly being sucked in.

As it continued to roast over the fire, the viscous liquid gradually turned into a dark red paste.

Through the transparent lens, Xiao Yan stared unshakably at the dark red paste inside the cauldron. Somewhat hesitatingly, he ended up throwing a small black kernel of the Lively Fruit.

Although a small black kernel entered the cauldron, nothing happened. The small kernel bounced off in the flame, refusing to fuse into the dark red paste.

“Different materials have different resistance to temperature, so you need to learn how to control the temperature of the flame section. In areas requiring low temperatures, you should suppress the flame while in areas requiring high temperatures, you should relax your control to increase the flame temperature …. . "Yao Lao lectured while looking at Xiao Yan who was sweating from worry.

Xiao Yan licked his dry lips as he nodded. He immediately divided part of his spiritual perception to exercise control over the flame under the small kernel to gradually increase its temperature.

"Bang ……"

As spiritual perception loosened control over the temperature, one uncontrollable flame fiercely surged and burned half of the small black kernel into ashes in an instant, it caused Xiao Yan to break out in cold sweat as he quickly suppressed the flames desperately.

One part of his spiritual perception must maintain the temperature of one side of the flame while the other part must increase the temperature of the other side of the flame. This kind of multitasking caused a headache for Xiao Yan.

However, after going through some more dangerous situations, Xiao Yan finally calmed down from his chaotic condition. He wiped away the sweat that had gathered on his forehead as he sighed deeply before concentrating the rest of his Dou Qi into the fire outlet.

Inside the cauldron, the small black kernel could no longer bear it and ended up breaking apart under the rising temperature of the flames. The fine jet black powder gradually floated into the pink paste and painted the latter with a deeper color.

As a pinch of jet-black powder floated into the paste, Xiao Yan finally let out a long sigh. His hand slowly separated from the fire pit and the flames within the cauldron slowly subsided.

Upon seeing the breathless Xiao Yan, Yao Lao faintly smiled as he waved his hand, lifted the cauldron lid and placed it on the floor. With his right hand, he willed a large wisp of red paste to jump, where it remained floating in the air.

Yao Lao glanced at the deep red paste that exuded a strong medicinal aroma. His hand made a cutting motion in the air as the dark red paste was cut into at least a hundred small pieces.

Taking the Storage Ring from Xiao Yan, Yao Lao flicked it as over a hundred jade bottles suddenly spread throughout the narrow cave.

After arranging the jade bottle, Yao Lao waved his hand again as the paste-like liquid in the air accurately landed onto the jade bottle.

Randomly choosing a jade bottle, Yao Lao smiled as he handed it to Xiao Yan while joking: "Congratulations, your first attempt at alchemy succeeded!"

Impatiently accepting the jade bottle, Xiao Yan stared at the impure deep red liquid in his heart while a feeling of pleasure and pride erupted.

"Haha, from this moment on, I can also be considered an alchemist!"