Translator: Exodus Tales
Editor: Exodus Tales
Chee chee…
As the fiend crystals and spirit items dropped into the pill furnace, a sizzling sound, as well as some mist, suddenly came out from it.
Su Han glanced at it and saw the spirit items beginning to melt, but the fiend crystals were still unscathed.
“As I expected, when using earth fire, even grade-one fiend crystals would take at least an hour to melt. This speed is simply too slow.” Su Han shook his head.
Su Han’s eyes flickered. Then, he shook his hands, and dragon aura suddenly appeared.
With the fiend crystals Su Han had absorbed in the past, he had already opened his seventeenth meridian—which was much stronger than ten dragon veins, the so-called peak of the Martial Dragon Continent.
Having more dragon veins represented not only an increase in strength, but also an increase in dragon aura—an ability that allowed a cultivator to last longer in battle.
Even with the same level of combat prowess, when comparing two cultivators—one with ten dragon veins and one with eight—the one with ten dragon veins would be able to fight for longer than the one with eight dragon veins.
Most importantly, the large quantity of blood stored in the dragon veins would be an important factor for increasing strength when one broke through to the Dragon Blood Realm.
The more dragon veins, the more blood stored; the more blood stored, the stronger one could become.
A strong first step was followed by equally strong subsequent steps. This was the difference between a genius and a regular cultivator.
“Good thing I have already opened seventeen meridians. Otherwise, refining a batch of Ancient Spirit Pills would prove to be extremely difficult, even with the Martial Dragon Continent’s pinnacle of ten dragon veins.”
Su Han took a deep breath. Then, the dragon aura scattered and merged into the earth fire. In an instant, the earth fire suddenly roared louder, and the fiend crystals in the pill furnace started to slowly melt due to the intensity of the flame.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Han’s dragon aura endlessly merged into the earth fire. All the fiend crystals and spirit items had long since melted. The time had come for the most important moment of pill refining.
“Condense!” Su Han suddenly yelled. Then, the liquid started to rapidly blend according to the direction of his will.
This was a time that heavily tested an alchemist’s mental strength. If any mistakes occurred, then the shaping of the pill would fall apart and all the ingredients would go to waste.
However, this was a piece of cake for Su Han.
Another three minutes passed, and Su Han’s eyes lit up.
“All done!”
As Su Han opened the pill furnace, a heavy pill aroma flooded out. Even one whiff would cause the whole body to feel pleasure.
“Ten pills…”
Su Han looked at the ten Ancient Spirit Pills inside the furnace and pursed his lips. “I have indeed become a bit rusty. Back then, in my peak pill refining condition, the number of pills would be at least double this.”
After contemplating momentarily, Su Han put away the ten Ancient Spirit Pills and continued to refine more pills.
…
An entire day passed before Su Han finally walked out from the room in the evening.
Su Han held a big bag in his hand that contained ten-odd jade vials. Each jade vial contained at least ten Ancient Spirit Pills.
“These pills can indeed help me greatly increase my strength in a short time. However, if I consume all of it, then I’m going to have a hard time finding more pill refining ingredients later…”
Su Han arrived at Su Yunming’s room after some more contemplation.
“Hanny? What are you doing here?”
Su Yunming was in the middle of reading an ancient scroll. When he saw Su Han coming, he couldn’t help smiling. “You brat, it’s been a while since you last visited me.”
Su Han’s mother had died from an illness, leaving only Su Yunming and his son Su Han.
“Here are three vials of Ancient Spirit Pills. There’s a total of thirty pills in them. After consuming these, you should be able to break through.” Su Han took out three vials of Ancient Spirit Pills and placed them on the table.
“Tonic pills?”
Su Yunming’s eyes suddenly widened. He had heard of pills and even used them before. However, the ones he used were all tonic pills of the lowest grade.
Pills were extremely expensive on the market, no matter their type. Back then, Su Yunming only ate the lowest grade tonic pills, and only after he became a Dragon Blood Realm cultivator.
Even the lowest grade pill cost at least a few thousand gold pieces.
Even someone with Su Yunming’s status could only afford a few of them.
Su Yunming clearly remembered the time when he ate the tonic pills and experienced a rapid breakthrough—it felt absolutely amazing.
“Hanny, where… where did you get so many tonic pills?” Su Yunming said as he opened one of the vials. Then, a heavy aroma rushed out and revitalized him.
“These tonic pills… these are at least high grade pills, right?” Su Yunming said in shock.
“I refined these myself, so there is no need to hold back,” said Su Han.
“You refined these?”
Su Yunming’s head buzzed and he immediately showed intense elation. “You became an alchemist? On top of that, a high grade alchemist?”
“Yes.” Su Han said plainly, nodding.
However, Su Han’s nod sent Su Yunming into shock.
An alchemist!
To become an alchemist, one needed to have great mental strength. However, for one to have great mental strength, one needed to have a strong cultivation.
One needed to be at least a Dragon Spirit Realm cultivator to become a high grade alchemist… but Su Han had enough mental strength as a Dragon Vein Realm cultivator?
“Are you really an alchemist?” Su Yunming asked again. He couldn’t bring himself to believe it.
“The real deal,” Su Han said helplessly.
“Oh, my! The son of Su Yunming is not only a cultivation genius but also a high grade alchemist! Hahaha!” Su Yunming laughed.
“Oh, right; here’s a dragon technique that I tailor-made for you. After you cultivate it, you should be able to fight above your level.” Su Han tossed a book to Su Yunming.
It was indeed tailored for Su Yunming. With Su Han’s realm ability, memory, and the countless dragon techniques he had mastered, casually making one took little effort.
“Nine Imperial Wind Blows1?”
Su Yunming’s eyes opened wide. Su Han’s statement of becoming an alchemist was already hard to believe, but the dragon technique Su Han showed him at this moment really made his mind go blank.
“When you reach Dragon Core Realm, you should be able to turn your dragon aura into a wind-type dragon aura. The Nine Imperial Wind Blows should be rather suitable for you.”
After he spoke, Su Han turned and left the room without any regard for Su Yunming’s shock.
After that, Su Han went to Pang Qing’s residence and gave him a vial of Ancient Spirit Pills and a dragon technique as well. Then, he left just as Pang Qing’s face filled with utter disbelief.
After he did all that, Su Han’s bag still had around five vials of Ancient Spirit Pills.
Of course, he had left ten in his room for himself.
The five vials looked unimpressive after being covered up by the bag.
After some contemplation, Su Han headed to the Su Clan market.
The market wasn’t far from the Su Estate. Su Han arrived at the market after about one hour.