106: Xiao Xun'er's guidance

Just as the medicinal power was about to completely lose control and cause the cauldron to explode, a faint light flickered in Mo Yuhan's eyes.

The vast Soul Power in his sea of consciousness was pushed to its limit, forcefully intervening like the most skilled mediator. With an incredibly delicate perception and control, he painstakingly sorted out a stable fusion path amidst the chaotic energy currents.

Sizzle!

With a soft sound, the raging energy was forcefully brought together, and a round pill prototype, the size of a longan and bearing three clear cloud patterns on its surface, slowly formed in the flames.

"It's done!"

Mo Yuhan let out a long breath, almost collapsing as he took a step back, his clothes drenched in sweat.

This was a furnace of peak second-grade 'Fire Spirit Bone Forging Pills,' extremely difficult to refine. He had failed several times, but finally succeeded perfectly relying on his powerful soul control.

"Not bad! It's finally starting to look like something!"

Fire Elder appeared at the doorway at some point, arms crossed, his fiery red eyebrows slightly raised, a hint of satisfaction on his face, but his words remained stern.

"However, there's too much reliance on tricks. Soul Power is fundamental, but fire control technique is the true path! A shaky foundation leads to an earthquake! Starting tomorrow, for this master, use the lowest-grade Dou Qi flames and practice the 'Seventy-Two Basic Fire Control Forms' a hundred times from beginning to end. No auxiliary use of strange flames allowed!"

After Fire Elder learned that Mo Yuhan's flame was a strange flame fused with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Purple Flame, after the shock, he quickly discovered Mo Yuhan's drawback—

Mo Yuhan relied too heavily on strange flames. If he didn't have strange flames, his alchemy level would probably only barely reach second-grade.

This was extremely detrimental to improving to a higher level of alchemy in the future.

"Yes, Teacher."

Mo Yuhan respectfully agreed, without the slightest dissatisfaction.

He knew that his teacher was helping him solidify his foundation.

Fire Elder walked to the side of the cauldron, looking at the pill that had just cooled and was exuding a rich medicinal fragrance. The admiration in his eyes grew stronger.

He changed the topic: "Oh, right, the academy's medicinal garden recently cultivated 'star glow grass' and needs people to regularly sort out the chaotic stellar energy. The mission hall just posted a mission for it, and the contribution points are quite generous. Your Soul Power is special, go try it; it's good for honing the sensitivity of your soul perception."

star glow grass?

Mo Yuhan's heart stirred.

This was a rather rare second-grade spiritual herb, with a slight nourishing effect on the soul, but the stellar energy it contained was extremely prone to disorder, making it very difficult to manage.

This task was indeed suitable for him.

The next afternoon, Mo Yuhan followed the map and arrived at a medicinal garden deep within the academy, enveloped by a special formation.

Inside the garden, starlight twinkled, as if a miniature night sky had been brought to the ground. star glow grass, with leaves like blue crystals and veins flowing with silvery-white light, swayed gently in the breeze, emitting a cool and mysterious aura.

However, many of the star glow grass leaves were dull in luster, and the silver light in their veins appeared scattered.

The person responsible for guarding the medicinal garden was an old woman with white hair and a face full of wrinkles, her aura profound.

She merely glanced at Mo Yuhan indifferently, then pointed to the central area of the medicinal garden: "That section is yours. Sort out the chaotic energy, guide the stellar energy back into flow, complete it before sunset, and the contribution points will be doubled."

After speaking, she closed her eyes to rest, no longer paying him any attention.

Mo Yuhan stepped into the starlight-filled medicinal garden and immediately felt a chaotic, cold, and subtly corrosive stellar energy pervading the air.

He sat cross-legged in the central area, closed his eyes, and his Soul Power, like the most precise tentacles, slowly extended, carefully touching the nearest star glow grass.

Chaotic, disordered.

Countless tiny, violent, and directionally varied stellar energy fragments, like tiny ice needles, impacted his soul perception, bringing waves of stinging pain and dizziness.

This was a hundred times more difficult than controlling the gentle medicinal power during alchemy.

He steadied his mind, and his powerful Soul Power displayed astonishing resilience and inclusiveness.

He no longer tried to forcefully suppress or dispel these chaotic energies, but rather enveloped them like a vast ocean, and then with unparalleled patience and extremely precise control, began to sort and guide them bit by bit.

He soothed and straightened the violent energy fragments, like untangling a tangled mess, and then guided them back into the star glow grass's own leaf vein circulation.

This was an extremely tedious and mentally exhausting process.

Time passed slowly, and the golden glow of the setting sun began to replace the cool starlight.

Mo Yuhan's face was slightly pale, his forehead covered in fine cold sweat, but his eyes grew brighter and brighter. His Soul Power, tempered under this extreme challenge, became even more condensed and sharp.

Just as he was about to finish sorting the last few plants, an ethereal and clear voice came from not far beside him, carrying a hint of imperceptible surprise: "Using a mortal realm soul to sort out the minute stellar energy is indeed a unique method of tempering."

Mo Yuhan's heart suddenly leaped, and he instantly detached himself from that highly focused state.

He opened his eyes, and what met his gaze was Xiao Xuner's exquisite profile.

She had arrived at this medicinal garden at some unknown time and was standing beside a patch of star glow grass, her slender fingers hovering over a leaf of a star glow grass.

Around her fingertip was a faint, almost invisible golden halo, yet it contained an indescribable nobility and purifying aura.

The star glow grass, which had been dull in luster with scattered veins, instantly became crystal clear after this wisp of golden light brushed over it. The silver light in its veins flowed smoothly and vigorously, exuding vibrant vitality, as if it had received long-awaited rain.

The speed and effectiveness far surpassed Mo Yuhan's arduous sorting.

She withdrew her finger, and the wisp of golden light quietly disappeared.

She turned her head, her clear eyes like deep pools looking at Mo Yuhan, a faint curve seemingly on her lips, as if evaluating Mo Yuhan's previous efforts: "It's just that the efficiency is a bit low."

Mo Yuhan looked at the revitalized star glow grass, then at the few plants he had just sorted, which still looked somewhat dull. An indescribable sense of frustration and a huge feeling of disparity instantly welled up in his heart.

Is this the method of the ancient clan? So effortless, so unattainable.

"Xun... Xuner Senior Sister."

Mo Yuhan stood up, somewhat awkwardly patting the grass clippings from his robes, "You also took on a mission here?"

Xiao Xuner shook her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over the star glow grass garden, her tone calm and unruffled: "Passing by, I saw the stellar energy here was chaotic, so I did it as a matter of convenience."

She paused, her gaze returning to Mo Yuhan's face, with a hint of inquiry, "Your Soul Power is very strong and also very special. It's just that your method of application is still rather crude and immature."

Her evaluation was direct and sharp, as if stating an obvious fact.

Mo Yuhan did not feel offended; instead, he humbly asked for guidance: "Please enlighten me, Xuner Senior Sister."

Xiao Xuner did not answer directly. She simply extended her fair index finger, and the faint golden halo once again swirled around its tip, tracing an abstruse yet simple trajectory in the air very slowly.

No Dou Qi was used, it was merely a pure guidance and manifestation of Soul Power.

That trajectory seemed to contain some profound truth of heaven and earth, instantly capturing Mo Yuhan's full attention.

His soul frantically operated, imprinting every subtle change of that trajectory. A feeling of sudden enlightenment surged into his heart.

So, Soul Power could be used to guide and sort different types of energy in such a precise and efficient manner.

"The trajectory is dead, but the heart is alive."

Xiao Xuner withdrew her finger, leaving behind this profound statement, then said no more. She turned and, her light green dress like a flowing wisp of mist in the deepening twilight, drifted away.

As if she had truly just passed by and merely offered Mo Yuhan a casual pointer.