818: An agreement, a discussion on the Dao of Alchemy

Maple Mountain.

It is located thirty li outside Dan River Ancient City, with maple leaves covering the mountain, as if stained with blood, dazzlingly red.

At the peak of the mountain, there is a courtyard and a pavilion.

Inside the pavilion.

A Gray-robed Old Man with white hair was silently brewing tea.

Beside him stood a young Daoist priest in a cyan Daoist robe, carrying a peach wood sword on his back.

Whoosh!

At this moment, a sound of rushing air came, and Xiu Tianchen and Xie Weilou flew over.

“They’re here!”

The Gray-robed Old Man smiled faintly, and with a flick of his sleeve, a cup of fragrant tea, already brewed, instantly flew towards Xiu Tianchen.

Xiu Tianchen reached out his hand, steadily caught the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and said with a faint smile, “Ye Taixu, your tea ceremony is as good as ever.”

Ye Taixu, from the Eastern Wasteland Dynasty, was the National Preceptor of the Eastern Wasteland Dynasty, and also a Dao-level alchemist.

Xiu Tianchen and Ye Taixu were friends when they were young, having met through the Dao of alchemy. He had also cultivated in the Danhe Realm, so they were old friends of many years.

Ye Taixu sighed, “It’s a pity there’s no Enlightenment Tea, otherwise, this cup would be even more effective.”

In the Grave of Primordial Beginning, there was an Enlightenment Tea plant.

Xiu Tianchen knew what Ye Taixu meant, and he just smiled and said, “That is indeed a pity.”

He held the teacup and stepped forward, sitting down in front of Ye Taixu.

Ye Taixu’s gaze fell on Xie Weilou: “Is this young man your disciple?”

Xiu Tianchen shook his head and said, “This kid is not my disciple, but I taught him my livelihood.”

Ye Taixu poured himself a cup of tea, picked it up, took a sip, and mused, “A thousand years ago, you and I had an agreement to each take a disciple and have an alchemy competition.”

“It’s a pity that many years have passed, and you still haven’t taken a disciple. Now you are about to go to Undying City, and your life and death are uncertain. This kid happens to be half your disciple, so why don’t we settle the agreement from a thousand years ago here! This way, even if you die, I will have no regrets.”

Xiu Tianchen looked at Xie Weilou and chuckled, “Kid, can you do this old man a favor?”

He had an agreement with Ye Taixu, and now that he was about to go to Undying City, he needed to settle this agreement beforehand.

Xie Weilou cupped his fists and said, “Of course, no problem!”

Xiu Tianchen gently stroked his beard. He looked at the young man beside Ye Taixu: “This young man is also not simple.”

Ye Taixu smiled and said, “He is my disciple, Mu Qingyang! He is also a successor of the Heaven Mending Sect.”

Mu Qingyang bowed to Xiu Tianchen: “Greetings, Senior Xiu Tianchen.”

Xiu Tianchen said with an approving look, “The Extreme Realm of Guixu is indeed not simple, but I wonder what his alchemy level is?”

Ye Taixu said with a face full of smiles, “It will certainly far surpass many young people in your Danhe Realm.”

Xiu Tianchen nodded. With a flick of his sleeve, two storage bags flew towards Xie Weilou and Mu Qingyang: “Inside these storage bags are many spiritual medicines and herbs. You can freely choose medicinal materials from them to refine pills and conduct an alchemy competition. Let’s make it best of three! The refined pills and the remaining medicinal materials will all belong to you.”

“As you command!”

Xie Weilou and Mu Qingyang bowed, then flew into the courtyard.

“...”

Xiu Tianchen and Ye Taixu exchanged glances, smiled, and continued to enjoy their fragrant tea, chatting about some old memories.

Mu Qingyang opened his storage bag and quickly took out many medicinal materials. He conjured a green Pill Furnace and said to Xie Weilou, “Fellow Daoist, please!”

“...”

Xie Weilou flicked his sleeve, and the pure yang eight trigrams furnace appeared before him.

He opened his storage bag; it contained a vast array of medicinal materials, enough to refine numerous Earth-grade pills, and even Heaven-grade pills.

“There are even medicinal materials for Heaven-grade pills?”

When Xie Weilou saw these medicinal materials, a glint flashed in his eyes.

In fact, his alchemy had already touched the threshold of the Heaven-grade.

It was just that the medicinal materials Feng Qianchi had given him before only went up to Earth-grade, with no Heaven-grade materials, so he naturally had no chance to try.

Now that he had medicinal materials for Heaven-grade pills, he could give it a try.

With his current understanding of alchemy, he felt that refining ordinary Heaven-grade pills should not be a big problem.

“I’ll try refining a Creation Pill!”

With this thought, Xie Weilou didn't hesitate. He took out many medicinal materials, then a formation plate to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, and finally conjured the Taixu Spirit Fire.

Buzz!

As soon as the Taixu Spirit Fire appeared, the temperature between heaven and earth suddenly increased.

“Heaven and Earth Strange Fire?”

Ye Taixu saw the strange fire in Xie Weilou’s hand, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, but he wasn’t overly astonished, because he himself also possessed a strange fire!

“It’s normal for young people to have great opportunities. You and I should continue drinking tea and let them refine on their own.”

Xiu Tianchen said with a smile.

“Indeed!”

Ye Taixu smiled faintly and didn't dwell on the matter. How could someone who could learn from Xiu Tianchen be simple?

“Strange fire?”

When Mu Qingyang saw the strange fire in Xie Weilou’s hand, he didn't hesitate, immediately retreated a hundred meters, and quickly set up a grand formation.

He didn't have a strange fire, and if he got too close, his pill fire would be affected by the strange fire in the other party’s hand.

Buzz!

After the grand formation was set up, Mu Qingyang conjured a ball of green beast fire and immediately began refining pills.

His beast fire was also not simple, coming from a Creation Realm demonic beast, far surpassing countless pill fires, but compared to Heaven and Earth Strange Fire, it was still not enough.

Boom!

Xie Weilou activated the strange fire, enveloping the Pill Furnace, and one medicinal herb after another flew into the Pill Furnace.

It was his first time refining a Heaven-grade pill, and his speed was as slow as ever, focusing on the process, and timely looking for problems within it... Half an hour passed.

Mu Qingyang consecutively refined two batches of pills. The pills flew into jade bottles, suspended to the side.

He glanced at Xie Weilou, who was still refining his first batch of pills, at an extremely slow pace.

However, Xie Weilou had a formation isolating him, so he couldn't perceive the aura of the pills Xie Weilou was refining.

Mu Qingyang didn't hesitate and continued to refine the third batch. The first two batches of pills were within his refining scope.

This time, he intended to try and break through to a new realm of alchemy. Even if he failed, he had the first two batches of pills as a fallback.

Xiu Tianchen and Ye Taixu still sat drinking tea and chatting, not paying attention to the two refining pills.

Young people’s competitions could happen countless times.

But for them, these two old fellows, after this chat, there might never be another opportunity.

In a flash.

Another half an incense stick of time passed.

Rumble!

Mu Qingyang’s Pill Furnace emitted a roar, directly exploding.

He immediately suppressed the power inside the Pill Furnace, a hint of regret showing in his eyes. This attempt to break through in alchemy had failed!

“What a pity!”

Ye Taixu glanced at Mu Qingyang, smiled wryly, and didn't blame him.

In the path of alchemy, who hasn't failed? Failure is the norm!

Boom!

On the other side, Xie Weilou’s Pill Furnace emitted a roar, and a terrifying force erupted from within the Pill Furnace.

Immediately after, a rich medicinal fragrance swept out, and the Spirit Gathering Array he had set up was directly shattered.