Hai Bodong took out a yellowed, ancient parchment from his storage ring: "Sometimes, I really envy you alchemists."
"This prescription for breaking the seal was obtained by me after countless hardships, and now that you've looked at it, it's probably useless."
Although Hai Bodong felt a slight pang in his heart, being able to get acquainted with a Six-Grade Alchemist with unlimited potential.
The Six-Grade Prescription he had obtained with so much effort was nothing in comparison.
Xue Ni asked somewhat confused, "Why would the prescription be useless if Xiao Yan looks at it?"
Ruolin Mentor slightly shook her head. She was not an alchemist, and there weren't many people in Canaan Academy qualified to be alchemists, so she didn't know much about it, only that prescriptions were quite valuable.
The Cloud Mist Sect had purchased many prescriptions for Gu He before, and Yun Yun was very knowledgeable about this.
"Every pill prescription is written using soul power. Each time it's read, the soul imprint within it becomes blurred. Basically, a scroll of prescription can only be read about five times."
"And to create a prescription, one must at least have the strength of a Four-Grade Alchemist, and the failure rate is extremely high. Therefore, every prescription is very precious."
Xiao Yan nodded in agreement. A Four-Grade Prescription alone required Frank to spend half a year to create.
The value of the prescriptions collected by Yao Lao was far greater than that of Dou Skills and cultivation techniques.
And with the Dou Qi jade slips he created, where Dou Qi largely replaced soul power, the efficiency of prescription creation would be greatly improved.
This benefit would be greatly showcased in the future.
"So that's how it is." Xue Ni glanced at the ancient parchment in Xiao Yan's hand; it seemed like it could only be read once.
A red light flashed from the blood-colored mark on Xiao Yan's brow. A wisp of soul power rapidly emerged and drilled into the parchment in his hand, as he concentrated and began to read it.
At this moment, everyone also held their breath and quieted down, not daring to even breathe, fearing they might affect Xiao Yan's reading of this extraordinarily precious Six-Grade Prescription.
Xiao Yan's soul power had grown considerably after devouring a part of Protector Wu's soul. Even reading a Six-Grade Prescription didn't consume much of his mental energy.
A moment later, Xiao Yan nodded in deep agreement with the content of the prescription.
This method of breaking a seal was like forming a stream of energy with medicinal power, which, after entering the human body, would be released in a special way.
If he were to use his own strength to help someone break a seal, it would likely be very similar to this.
The person who created this prescription was indeed a brilliant and dazzling talent.
Unfortunately, no name was left.
Yun Yun looked at Xiao Yan, who had opened his eyes, with some surprise: "The prescription, have you finished reading it?"
"I've finished reading it," Xiao Yan nodded. He had read many prescriptions, including some of Seven-Grade and Eight-Grade.
It was just that his soul power wasn't as strong as it was now, so it would have taken much more time in the past.
Yun Yun gasped. She remembered the scene of Gu He reading a Six-Grade Prescription with his soul power; it had taken him a full half a day.
Moreover, after Gu He finished reading the prescription, his face was pale, and he looked exhausted.
Hai Bodong reminded him, "I have already collected most of the medicinal ingredients, only lacking one Sand Mandrake."
Xiao Yan's strength was not weak, and he was also a powerful alchemist. If he could help, the one missing ingredient would be nothing.
"Sand Mandrake Snake, although this medicinal ingredient is extremely rare and hard to come by, you don't necessarily have to make a trip yourself. I have some collected in my storage ring," Xiao Yan twirled his storage ring and flipped out a jade box.
The jade box opened, and a pale yellow plant lay quietly inside.
The plant had a peculiar shape, intertwined like a coiled yellow snake.
At the top of the plant was a proudly raised snake head, and on the snake head, a fist-sized tumor slightly protruded. This tumor was where the most concentrated essence of the entire plant resided.
Seeing this plant, Hai Bodong was first stunned, then grinned: "Brother Xiao Yan truly lives up to his name as a Six-Grade Alchemist; his collection is astonishing!"
Yun Yun and the others slowly nodded. A Six-Grade Alchemist's reputation would spread far and wide, and countless people would beg Xiao Yan to refine pills, so he naturally would have many good things in his storage ring.
Xiao Yan smiled faintly, not over-explaining the misunderstanding of the crowd.
He was naturally familiar with Hai Bodong's situation.
Therefore, after the Poison Sect was established, he gathered some strong practitioners and sent them to the Tagor Desert to collect this Sand Mandrake.
The most fundamental purpose of establishing the Poison Sect was also to gather resources.
He had obtained many rare medicinal ingredients, and this Sand Mandrake was just a relatively common one, nothing special.
"Since all the medicinal ingredients are ready..." Hai Bodong looked at Xiao Yan with shining eyes, excitedly rubbing his hands.
Although refining Six-Grade Pills was extremely difficult, he had great confidence in Xiao Yan.
Such a young Six-Grade Alchemist's talent was beyond words. With the quantity of each medicinal ingredient he had prepared in excess, the success rate of this refining session was very high.
Xiao Yan raised his hand and rubbed his brow. Refining the Pill of Breaking Obstacles was easy for him, but he wouldn't refine it according to the standard procedure.
Even if Hai Bodong took the Pill of Breaking Obstacles, he would only be able to break the seal and barely recover his strength to Dou Huang.
He would then need to take the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill to fully recover his strength to its peak.
He had studied the prescription for the Purple Spirit Recovery Pill for a while. If he were to combine the effects of the two prescriptions...
Xiao Yan said in a low voice, "Refining a Six-Grade Pill causes a considerable commotion. If we want to refine it, we'll have to change locations."
"Where to?" Hai Bodong asked impatiently.
As long as the pill could be refined, he didn't care where it was done.
"I'll take you." Xiao Yan reached up and put his hand on Hai Bodong's shoulder, then turned to look at Yun Yun, Xun'er, and the other women.
Xun'er said with an expectant look, "Brother Xiao Yan, I want to go too. Xun'er has never seen you refine pills before."
Although Yun Yun didn't speak, she was also very curious about what Xiao Yan looked like when refining pills.
Even though Ruolin Mentor was more mature, she had never seen such a young Six-Grade Alchemist before, so she couldn't help but want to see the scene of pill refining.
If even a mature woman like Ruolin Mentor couldn't help but be intrigued, then Xue Ni and Xiao Yu were even more so.
"Quite the fortune with women, huh?" Hai Bodong said with a chuckle, punching Xiao Yan lightly on the chest and whispering.
He remembered the first time he met Xiao Yan, there was a white-clad girl beside him, and he still had some impression of her ethereal aura.
None of the women in front of him matched the aura of that girl.
(End of Chapter)
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