89: Mo Xuan refines the Battle Spirit Pill

“Not bad, my efforts weren't in vain after all.”

A an old voice came from behind, and Jiang Donghua turned his head to see Mo Xuan, who had appeared at the entrance of the alchemy room at some unknown point, stroking his beard and looking at him with a pleased expression.

“Master?”

Jiang Donghua was startled.

“You knew this would happen all along?”

Mo Xuan snorted, slowly walked in, picked up a water spirit pill to examine it, and said faintly.

“Do you think I made you refine first-grade elixirs to torment you?”

Jiang Donghua gave a dry laugh but didn’t dare to respond.

Mo Xuan glanced at him and continued.

“In the path of alchemy, the most taboo thing is to aim too high! You previously relied on talent and luck to barely refine third-grade pills, but your foundation was unstable, and you would stumble sooner or later!”

“Therefore, I deliberately made you start with the most basic water spirit pill, to make you calm down and re-hone your foundation!”

Jiang Donghua suddenly understood, and his admiration for Mo Xuan deepened even further.

This Old Fox, sure enough, every step he took had profound meaning!

“Then Master, have I passed the test now?”

Jiang Donghua asked tentatively.

Mo Xuan’s lips curled into a meaningful smile.

“Pass? It’s still too early!”

With that, he flicked his sleeve, and a brand new Pill Formula floated in front of Jiang Donghua.

A fourth-grade pill, the fire spirit pill!

“Next, use the ‘Art of Fire Control’ you comprehended from the water spirit pill to refine it!”

Jiang Donghua.

“…”

I knew it! This old fellow would definitely not let me off easy!

However, this time, he had no complaints, but was eager to try!

After his sudden enlightenment, it was the perfect time to test his limits!

Seeing Jiang Donghua get this fourth-grade elixir formula, he immediately wanted to delve his Soul Power into it to read it.

Mo Xuan unhappily patted Jiang Donghua’s head.

“This is a fourth-grade pill! With your current Soul Power, forcibly refining it would likely make you faint directly!”

Jiang Donghua rubbed his head, but his eyes lit up.

“Master, do you mean?”

“This is your last task in the Outer Academy.”

Mo Xuan stroked his beard, a glint flashing in his eyes.

“If you can refine a fourth-grade pill, this skill alone is enough to guarantee your entry into the Inner Academy, why bother fighting with those brutes?”

“Just being able to achieve this within these four years is already extremely talented!”

Jiang Donghua suddenly understood.

So, Master had planned everything out long ago!

He recalled refining water spirit pills day after day for the past half month, from his initial unfamiliarity to his current mastery.

The vague insights gained through “afk” gradually became clear during the hands-on refining process.

“Someone has already paved my path?”

Jiang Donghua murmured to himself, his fingertips unconsciously caressing the Pill Formula.

Seeing this, Mo Xuan’s lips curved upwards almost imperceptibly.

“Now do you understand my painstaking efforts?”

Jiang Donghua looked at his afk, sooner or later he would give this old fellow a big surprise.

【Host: Jiang Donghua】

【Cultivation: Six-star Dou Master (720/6000) Currently afk】

【Main Cultivation Art: Heaven Burning Art (profound rank mid-level)】

【afk Income】

Clone 1: 4 points/hour

Clone 2: 4 points/hour

Clone 3: 4 points/hour

【Current Total Income: 12 points/hour】

【Dou Technique: Roaming Cloud Steps (mastery), Blazing Flame Palm (mastery), Heavenly Stellar Overlord Fist (uninitiated), Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Art (uninitiated), Lightning Flash Shadow Step (uninitiated)】

【Pill Formula: water spirit pill (mastery), bone-mending pill (mastery), qi burst pill (mastery), mysterious spirit pill (88/1000) (great accomplishment)】

But at this moment, Mo Xuan couldn't help but say calmly.

“Come, let me show you how I usually refine fifth-grade pills. I haven’t shown off this level of mine in front of you, kid, before. Today, I can let you broaden your horizons!”

“Master, are you really going to refine a fifth-grade pill?”

Jiang Donghua’s eyes widened as he watched Mo Xuan unhurriedly take out rare medicinal ingredients from his storage ring, each exuding a rich medicinal fragrance.

As each ingredient was taken out, the temperature of the entire alchemy room would change accordingly, sometimes as hot as fire, other times as cool as water.

Mo Xuan didn’t even lift his head, his fingers gently caressing a “cold heart grass” that was entirely Azure. Immediately, delicate ice crystals condensed on its leaves.

“What? Do you think I can’t refine it?”

“No, no, no! It’s just that I didn’t expect you to suddenly…”

Jiang Donghua quickly waved his hands.

“Suddenly what?”

Mo Xuan finally looked up, a glint flashing in his cloudy old eyes.

“Suddenly serious?”

He casually tossed the cold heart grass into the air, and the medicinal ingredient actually floated motionless.

“Watch carefully, what I’m refining this time is — the Dou Ling Pill.”

“Dou Ling Pill?!”

Jiang Donghua almost bit his tongue.

“That divine medicine that can directly raise a Dou Wang Expert by one star…”

“A peak fifth-grade pill.”

Mo Xuan took over, waving his sleeve, and an entirely crimson Medicine Cauldron crashed to the ground. The flame patterns carved on the cauldron body flowed as if alive.

Mo Xuan seemed very satisfied with his Disciple’s reaction, his aged fingers gently tapping the Medicine Cauldron, producing a crisp hum.

“Do you know why I chose today to demonstrate?”

Jiang Donghua shook his head.

“Because you, kid, have finally laid a solid foundation.”

Mo Xuan suddenly grinned, revealing a few teeth.

“If you were still as impetuous as half a month ago, don’t even look, just get out!”

As he spoke, a wisp of deep green flame suddenly rose from his palm. A faint illusory image of a flood dragon could be seen swimming within the flame, and the temperature of the entire alchemy room instantly soared!

“Green Flood Dragon Flame?!”

Jiang Donghua exclaimed, this was the companion flame of a Sixth-Tier Demonic Beast!

“Good eyesight.”

Mo Xuan lightly flicked his fingertips, and the flame split into three, each enveloping a medicinal ingredient with conflicting attributes.

“The most taboo thing in refining fifth-grade pills is…”

“I know! Being too eager for success!”

Jiang Donghua blurted out the answer.

“Wrong!”

Mo Xuan suddenly roared.

“It’s being afraid of death!”

“If you don’t have a good Medicine Cauldron, the higher the grade of the pill you refine, the more likely an explosion will occur. Sometimes, the reaction of a furnace explosion is enough to kill an experienced high-level Alchemist!”

“And when a high-level Alchemist refines higher-grade pills, the surrounding environment must ensure both safety and secrecy.”

Under Jiang Donghua’s stunned gaze, the old man’s fingers flew, and the three medicinal ingredients were simultaneously refined in the conflicting flames, the medicinal liquid bubbling and emitting a grating “sizzling” sound.

“See that?”

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Mo Xuan’s forehead, but his voice remained steady.

“If the control isn’t good, these three masses of medicinal liquid could at any moment…”

“Boom—”

One mass of medicinal liquid suddenly became violent, but Mo Xuan’s fingers moved like a dancing butterfly, and the Green Flood Dragon Flame instantly transformed into a cage, trapping it.

“Explode all over your face.”

He only finished the latter half of the sentence then, winking at his dumbfounded Disciple.

“How was it, vivid enough?”

Jiang Donghua nodded mechanically, finally understanding why Master was so talkative today.

He was giving him the most important lesson in the most shocking way!

Perhaps more than anything, he wanted to tell himself that he should never casually refine pills without a safe place.