After about two and a half minutes, Yao Lao flew out holding an exquisite jade slip.
"You're in luck, kid. This is a secret technique suitable for magical beasts. It allows them to change size at will. An old friend from the Fox Clan gave it to me back then..." Speaking of this, Yao Lao felt a bit melancholy. He didn't know where Hu Jiujiu had gone after leaving the Fighting Qi Continent, or if she was even still alive.
"Many thanks, Yao Lao!" Chen Yang cupped his hands. He had a rough idea of who this old friend from the Fox Clan was.
One had to say, Venerable Yao was truly a man of sentiment!
"Sigh... don't be in such a hurry to thank me. You mentioned a pill that Xiao Yan could use. What kind of pill is it? I need to see its value first!" Yao Lao put the hand holding the jade slip behind his back, making Xiao Yan anxious.
He was about to say it didn't matter even if they just gave it to Chen Yang, but he was glared at by Yao Lao.
"Hahaha..." Chen Yang laughed heartily at the master and Disciple's little interaction, then he described the effects of the three fifth-grade pills.
"ice-fire body tempering pill, a fifth-grade pill. After taking it, one must be whipped for six hours every day for seven days by natural treasures containing both ice and fire attributes. After taking it continuously for six months, one's Physical Body can be enhanced to a level comparable to a Fifth-Tier Magical Beast!"
"Yin Yang Creation Pill, a fifth-grade pill, meant to be used alongside the ice-fire body tempering pill. Its medicinal effects can only be triggered after enduring six hours of beating. It can fully restore injuries within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, but the effect only lasts for three days!"
"ice heart pill, also a fifth-grade pill. After taking it, body temperature will remain at the freezing point for four hours. It's generally used to sustain the lives of those on the verge of death while waiting for life-saving medicine. However, if one is devouring a Heavenly Flame, this ice heart pill is perfectly suitable!"
These three pills all originated from the Flame Emperor of the Endless Fire Territory in the Major Thousand Worlds. The first two were private commissions for the Martial Ancestor, the Lord of the Martial Realm, while the ice heart pill was created by the future Flame Emperor for the juniors of the Ice Spirit Clan. Ordinary people might freeze into ice blocks upon taking it, but for the juniors of the Ice Spirit Clan, using it to Cultivate ice-attribute spiritual energy would yield twice the result with half the effort!
Of course, this was all out of respect for the Martial Ancestor.
"This..."
"A natural treasure with both ice and fire attributes... how could that be possible..."
As Xiao Yan spoke, he suddenly thought of something and looked at Yao Lao.
"Teacher, your... your Bone Chilling Flame..."
Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao, then at Chen Yang, feeling incredibly shocked. Was this pill really not a private commission for himself?
And now the pill was here!
Teacher's Bone Chilling Flame also met the conditions. So, was this beating absolutely unavoidable for him?
"The combined value of these pills exceeds my secret technique!"
Yao Lao looked at Chen Yang with a complex gaze and said with a long sigh.
"Then... Yao Lao, how about you give me two more high-grade ice-attribute Dou Techniques?"
Chen Yang looked at Yao Lao and said with a smile.
"Ice-attribute, huh... let me look. Some things were just tossed into the storage ring back then. It's been so many years..." Yao Lao muttered, then dove back into the bone ring to search.
This time, Yao Lao came out quite quickly, floating back in less than twenty-five seconds, clutching three scrolls in his hand.
"Here... two high-grade profound tier and one Intermediate-grade earth tier. They're useless to me, so I'll give them all to you!" Chen Yang asked for two, but Yao Lao brought out three. Neither he nor Xiao Yan could use ice-attribute techniques; they were just part of his collection as a Venerable Alchemist. After so many years and having no descendants, he would now use them as resources to nurture his Disciple!
With a wave of his hand, he passed the three Dou Techniques and the jade slip to Chen Yang, then floated back to Xiao Yan.
"Then many thanks, Yao Lao!" Chen Yang took the jade slip and Dou Techniques, nodding with a smile. He then took out a pen and paper from his storage ring and quickly wrote down all the medicinal herbs required for the three pills. Next, he pulled out a card that looked extremely familiar to Xiao Yan!
"Except for the herbs for the ice heart pill, the others aren't expensive. You'll have to find a way to get the ice spirit cold spring for the ice heart pill yourself. Oh right, you'll need a blood lotus pill to devour the Heavenly Flame, right? Do you need me to refine it for you? I have the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and a Fourth-Tier Ice Attribute Monster Core here. Just bring me that piece of blood lotus essence you bought from my family's shop!"
"Out of respect for Yao Lao, I'll only charge you one hundred thousand gold coins for this blood lotus pill!"
"A fifth-grade pill, and you only need to provide one type of herb. You're making a huge profit!"
Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yan and chuckled.
"I..."
Looking at the purple gold card on the table that Nalan Yanran had given him as compensation, and then hearing Chen Yang's words, Xiao Yan was left completely speechless.
"Brother Yang, leave me some gold coins, I beg you!"
Xiao Yan felt like he was about to become broke again. Between the ice spirit cold spring and the other herbs, the gold coins in his hand weren't enough to spend—not nearly enough!
"What does a kid need so many gold coins for?"
"Shouldn't you exchange them for Cultivation resources and turn them into your own strength?"
With a Face full of misery, Xiao Yan pulled out one hundred thousand gold coins handful by handful and placed them on the table. It must be said, pulling out one hundred thousand gold coins like this was quite a sight; they piled up like a small mountain.
Chen Yang gave Xiao Yi Xian a look, and she stepped forward to put all the gold coins into her storage ring. That storage ring was one Chen Yang had bought at the Mittel Auction House in Blackrock City a couple of days ago. It had 15 cubic meters of space, was very expensive, and was already among the largest storage rings in Blackrock City.
According to the Dou Ling-level manager at the Mittel Auction House, most Dou Wang experts in the Jia Ma Empire used this kind of 15-cubic-meter storage ring.
Chen Yang thought to himself that his 20-cubic-meter storage ring didn't seem that large. He hoped that once they reached Mo City, Hai Bodong's storage ring would have more space.
Of course, even with only 15 cubic meters, it was much larger than the storage ring with only three cubic meters that he had initially given to Xiao Yi Xian.
After paying, Xiao Yan took out the blood lotus essence and handed it to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang nodded, then took out his Medicine Cauldron and immediately began Alchemy.
"Chen Yang, this blood lotus pill is a fifth-grade pill. Are you sure you don't want to adjust your state a bit?"
Yao Lao looked at Chen Yang and asked.
"It's just a fifth-grade pill, no big deal!"
Chen Yang waved his hand, and a rich seven-colored flame was injected into the Medicine Cauldron. Then, he threw all the medicinal herbs in at once.
"Holy crap... Brother Yang, you..."
Xiao Yan had never seen a fifth-grade pill refined like this before.
Compared to Xiao Yan, Yao Lao saw things more clearly. With this exquisite technique, this kid Chen Yang was definitely not as simple as a newly initiated Fifth-Grade Alchemist.
'This kid's own Alchemy Skill has likely reached the seventh grade. I reckon his clan elders sealed a part of his Alchemy Skill to temper him.'
'Otherwise, he couldn't be this proficient!'
The reason he didn't suspect Chen Yang was a Grade 8 Alchemist was that a Grade 8 Alchemist requires Spirit RankSoul Power, and Yao Lao didn't sense any Spirit RankSoul Power from Chen Yang.
"Let's go, kid. Refining a fifth-grade pill will take at least half a day to a day. Let's go collect the herbs on this list first!"
"At the same time, we need to ask around for news of the ice spirit cold spring!"
"No matter what, you will need that item."
As Yao Lao spoke, he nodded to Chen Yang and dove into the bone ring in Xiao Yan's hand.
After taking his leave from Chen Yang, Xiao Yan left the inn...
(End of Chapter)
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