The little lizard swallowed the pill and advanced to the early stage of Yuan Gang

Xiao Ming vigilantly glanced at the ring on his hand, only to see Elder Lian seemingly in a semi-conscious state again. More importantly, the soul seal Xiao Ming had inscribed on the ring remained as firm as ever.

A firm seal meant that Elder Lian was not secretly prying on him.

He could take out the azure emperor supreme cauldron now!

With a flick of his wrist, a miniature cauldron appeared in Xiao Ming's palm. It was the azure emperor supreme cauldron in its shrunken form.

However.

Before urging the Xiao Cauldron to absorb solar essence to enhance the age and quality of the spirit herbs, Xiao Ming still had some careful preparations to make.

The first thing.

Xiao Ming took out a set of formations from his spatial ring; it was the Cloud Concealing Formation he had exchanged for from the sect.

This formation consisted of a core disk and numerous small flags. Once set up, it could effectively obscure unusual celestial phenomena, thereby blocking external martial artists from prying.

"Go!"

Xiao Ming softly shouted, holding the formation disk while throwing out the numerous small flags.

Immediately.

The small flags shot out like a swarm of bees, embedding themselves in the east, west, south, north, and above the small courtyard, quickly becoming ethereal and merging with the surrounding environment.

His inner true essence surged out, and Xiao Ming activated the Cloud Concealing Formation.

The next moment.

A large expanse of extremely dense white mist appeared out of nowhere, engulfing the entire small courtyard in moments, and even forming a thick cloud above it.

It protected Xiao Ming's residence thoroughly, with no blind spots.

The dense white mist surrounding the small courtyard was not only extremely thick but also possessed the ability to block spiritual sense detection. This way, Xiao Ming no longer had to worry about anyone secretly prying on him.

After setting up the formation.

Xiao Ming walked out of the room and entered the spacious courtyard.

There was a lot of soil on the ground of the small courtyard. Xiao Ming took out a large pile of thousand-year spirit herbs and casually planted them in the ground.

He temporarily used the ground as a medicinal garden.

After completing all this, Xiao Ming then controlled the azure emperor supreme cauldron and began to absorb solar essence.

Under Xiao Ming's manipulation, the Xiao Cauldron glowed brightly, transforming into a large cauldron the size of a washbasin in moments, and emitting an extremely strong suction force from its mouth.

It greedily devoured the pure fire essence power radiated by the sun.

After a while.

The Xiao Cauldron absorbed enough fire essence power to form a drop of heavenly creation dew, which was extremely concentrated and emerald green.

Xiao Ming did not directly drip this drop of heavenly creation dew onto the thousand-year spirit herbs. Instead, he first found a large water tank and dripped the heavenly creation dew into it.

After the heavenly creation dew dripped into the water tank, it quickly dyed all the liquid inside the tank a jade green color. Although diluted, the spirit liquid in the tank still emitted a shocking, vast spiritual power.

Xiao Ming continued to control the Xiao Cauldron, absorbing solar essence, while also using a ladle to pour the spirit liquid from the water tank onto the thousand-year spirit herbs planted in the ground, one by one.

On the ground.

A somewhat withered thousand-year spirit herb, after absorbing a ladle of spirit liquid, instantly burst forth with a soft wood-element spiritual light, and its size rapidly expanded!

In just a few breaths, the spirit herb's size increased by more than three times, and it successfully grew to an age of three thousand years!

Although it wasn't the first time he had witnessed such a miraculous event, Xiao Ming's heart was still extremely shocked.

The heavenly creation dew was simply too abnormal, too heaven-defying!

It practically defied the laws of heaven and earth, allowing a wood-element spirit herb to complete two thousand years of growth in a short time, transforming from a thousand-year spirit herb to a three-thousand-year quality!

With a shocked heart.

Xiao Ming continued to water.

It didn't take long for all the spirit herbs planted in the ground to become three thousand years old, and they contained abundant medicinal power.

The spirit liquid in the water tank was also used up as a result.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming smiled slightly, continued to add ordinary water to the tank, and quietly waited for the second drop of heavenly creation dew.

Time passed bit by bit.

By the time night fell.

Xiao Ming had already obtained a large pile of various spirit herbs of different qualities.

Among them, there were fifty each of three-thousand-year, six-thousand-year, and nine-thousand-year spirit herbs.

The reason for this was that the level of spirit herbs he needed varied at different stages of alchemy.

And this many spirit herbs of varying qualities were enough for him to elevate his alchemy ability to the Earth-tier.

Putting away the numerous spirit herbs, the azure emperor supreme cauldron, and the Cloud Concealing Formation, Xiao Ming began to plan his next steps.

"My raw materials are now complete, and I can proceed with higher-level alchemy. However, the process by which I obtained these spirit herbs was too short. If I were to call Elder Lian out now, it would definitely arouse suspicion!"

"Hmm, I'll wait a few days before calling Elder Lian out to teach me alchemy."

"This way, I'll have a sufficient explanation."

Thinking this.

Xiao Ming returned to his room and took out a large pile of thousand-year spirit herbs, beginning to refine Yellow-tier pills.

Refining Yellow-tier pills again would, on one hand, further consolidate his alchemy techniques and increase his alchemy experience. On the other hand, he could also feed the refined pills to Little Lizard.

Little Lizard had a powerful bloodline. If properly nurtured, it would definitely grow into a Transformation Domain Realm Grey Flame Lizard King in the future!

In the room.

The primordial fire flickered once more. Xiao Ming, sitting cross-legged, skillfully threw two thousand-year spirit herbs into the alchemy furnace and quickly began refining.

In just a few minutes.

A batch of Yellow-tier pills, exuding a rich medicinal fragrance, was refined by Xiao Ming.

Then came the second batch, the third batch.

Two days later.

Xiao Ming stopped refining pills, opened his spirit beast pouch, and released Little Lizard.

He had now refined enough Yellow-tier pills, which were practically piled up like small mountains, allowing Little Lizard to enjoy them to its heart's content.

As soon as Little Lizard emerged from the spirit beast pouch, it affectionately climbed onto Xiao Ming's legs, continuously rubbing its small head against Xiao Ming's clothes.

Xiao Ming smiled slightly, picked up a Yellow-tier pill, and extended it to Little Lizard's mouth.

"Come, open your mouth. Daddy will feed you something delicious."

Little Lizard obediently opened its mouth and swallowed the pill whole, then its face showed a look of surprise and delight.

"Hiss hiss hiss~"

Little Lizard let out joyful chirps, meaning it wanted more to eat.

"Alright, alright, they're all for you, they're all for you, okay?"

Xiao Ming grabbed a handful of hot pills and offered them to Little Lizard's mouth. Little Lizard immediately devoured the pills in Xiao Ming's hand like a puppy eating its food.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Ming was both surprised and delighted!

Little Lizard could swallow pills so easily?

It was practically eating Yellow-tier pills like they were food!

This was a marvel!

One must know that although Yellow-tier pills were of somewhat low quality, such a large quantity of pills already contained quite potent medicinal power, and not just anyone could casually gorge on them.

Because, after eating the pills, there was also the issue of how to refine them!

If one couldn't refine them in time, there was a high possibility of being instantly burst by the abundant medicinal power. In that case, one would suffer severe injuries at best, or perish on the spot at worst!

However.

Little Lizard showed no discomfort whatsoever; in fact, it ate very happily.

"It seems Little Lizard's growth potential is even beyond my expectations," Xiao Ming murmured to himself. "Given how easily it can refine Yellow-tier pills, it might even break through the Transformation Domain Realm and become a Tribulation Transcending Stage great demon beast in the future!"

While he was thinking.

Suddenly.

Little Lizard stopped eating, and a large expanse of grayish-white light emanated from its body.

This was... Little Lizard was about to advance!

Under Xiao Ming's expectant gaze, Little Lizard's body rapidly grew larger, and its aura also climbed steadily.

It was originally at the late Xiantian Realm, but now... peak Xiantian Realm... Yuangang Realm!

Its aura stopped breaking through only after reaching the Yuangang Realm.

Xiao Ming was both surprised and delighted.

His Little Lizard was actually so powerful, breaking through two Cultivation Levels in one go, including one major Cultivation Level, successfully advancing from the late Xiantian Realm to the early Yuangang Realm!

And with its successful advancement, its body also grew considerably, resembling a small crocodile.

Not only that.

Little Lizard opened its mouth and fiercely spat out a ball of grayish-white flame.

After advancing to the Yuangang Realm, Little Lizard also successfully awakened its innate divine ability!