chsdbacks Chapter 216 One Mind at a Time, Quasi-Rank 9 Alchemy Master
Chapter 216 One Mind at a Time, Quasi-Rank 9 Alchemy Master
Chapter 216 One Mind, Ten Functions: Quasi-Ninth-Rank Alchemy Master
"Remember, if you disobey even slightly, or dare to harbor any wicked thoughts again, I will immediately turn you back into the state of broken bones you were just now—I will make you all utterly useless cripples with no chance of ever recovering!"
"By then, even mountains of elixirs won't be enough to save you!"
"Do you understand?"
Xiao Yan's last three words were like ice picks piercing the heart, and the three elders trembled like leaves.
Gazing at the purplish-glowing pill before them, and recalling the excruciating pain of their shattered bones, they hastily prostrated themselves on the ground, banging their heads against the bluestone slabs with resounding thuds, their voices trembling: "Thank you, Young Clan Chief, for sparing our lives! We are willing to serve as Clan Chief Xiao's servants, and would never dare to rebel in the slightest!"
A faint hint of satisfaction flashed across Xiao Yan's eyes, and he nodded secretly.
He never intended to take the lives of these three men. Even though they acted like animals, a severe lesson would be more effective in establishing his authority than killing them outright.
As for giving the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, which is comparable in value to a fifth-grade pill, to these three elders whom I dislike, is it a waste?
Such words were a joke to him.
His current soul power far surpasses that of most eighth-grade alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent, though he has not yet reached the Heavenly Realm.
It is possible to refine this mere fourth-grade peak Purple Heart Breakthrough Pill, but it depends on whether the medicinal materials are sufficient. If one really wants to refine it, one can make as many as one desires.
To him, these fourth- and fifth-grade pills were no different from the candies he casually scattered.
Xiao Yan treated these three elders this way, but his feelings towards his father, Xiao Zhan, were completely different.
He himself was already comparable to a Dou Zun powerhouse, but his father was still stuck at the Da Dou Shi level. Was this reasonable?
Therefore, during the few days he returned to the Xiao family, he used his almost "inhumanly extravagant" alchemy methods to directly push Xiao Zhan's cultivation level all the way to the mid-stage of the Dou Ling realm.
"I never imagined that I, Xiao Zhan, would actually be able to advance to the Dou Ling level in my lifetime, and even have a chance to touch the threshold of Dou Wang - I owe it all to you, Yan'er."
Feeling the surging power within his body, Xiao Zhan's tone was full of emotion. In just a few days, he had transformed from an ordinary Great Dou Master into one of the few Dou Ling powerhouses in the empire.
Is this the power of an alchemist?
"Father, what's so special about Dou Ling?" Xiao Yan waved his hand with a smile, his tone full of confidence. "It's just that the time is short, and the Northwest Continent can't gather top-tier alchemy materials. At most, we can only refine Dou Ling Pills and Huangji Pills. Otherwise, it wouldn't be difficult for me to help you advance directly to Dou Huang."
"Hahaha, yes, yes, my Yan'er is the most talented!" Xiao Zhan laughed loudly, his eyes and brows full of pride.
These words, when heard by Gu He, the guest elder of Yunlan Sect and the former Pill King, only filled him with envy and shock.
"So you only refine Battle Spirit Pills and Imperial Extreme Pills? That's not something a human would say."
But when he thought that these words came from his own master, Gu He didn't have the slightest confidence to refute them.
After all, Xiao Yan is probably the youngest eighth-grade alchemist in the history of the entire Northwest Continent.
The Imperial Pill that Xiao Yan gave him in his storage ring is the best proof of that.
Alchemists never have a 100% success rate in refining pills. Even Gu He, the Pill King of the Jia Ma Empire and a sixth-grade alchemist, only had a 70% success rate in refining the fourth-grade Qi Gathering Powder; the success rate in refining the fifth-grade peak Dou Ling Pill, which could advance a Dou Wang to the next level by one star, was pitifully low, not to mention the sixth-grade peak pill like the Huangji Pill.
The effects of the Imperial Extreme Pill are similar to those of the Battle Spirit Pill, but the Battle Spirit Pill is only effective for Battle Kings, while the Imperial Extreme Pill can be used on Battle Emperors and also has the additional miraculous effect of strengthening the body and bones.
This made it one of the most sought-after pills among Dou Huang (Battle Emperors).
For a Dou Huang (Battle Emperor), the temptation to advance to one or even two stars is simply too great.
It's important to know that once you reach the Douhuang level, it's common for unlucky people to struggle to advance even one level for several years.
During his stay at the Xiao family's residence, Gu He observed from the sidelines and discovered something even more alarming.
Xiao Yan's success rate in alchemy was almost 100%!
Even though Xiao Yan had mentioned that he had never refined the Imperial Pill before and that the first batch was a failed attempt, the next dozen or so batches were all successful.
What surprised Gu He even more was that Xiao Yan casually distributed these pills to the elders of the Yunlan Sect. Each Dou Huang received a Huangji Pill, and even the Dou Wang elder received an extra Dou Ling Pill, as generous as if he were giving away candy.
Although the medicinal herbs used were from the Yunlan Sect, no one thought this was just a simple practice session. Everyone accepted them as treasures, and exclamations of "Thank you, Uncle-Master" and "Thank you, Mr. Xiao Yan" rose and fell.
After all, alchemy is never an easy task. In Gu He's understanding, normally, having a 10% chance of successfully refining pills of the same grade is already quite common.
If a second-grade alchemist can achieve a success rate of over 50% in refining first-grade pills, it is already considered the pinnacle among second-grade alchemists.
Even a fifth-grade alchemist would have a less than 50% success rate in refining a top-grade fourth-grade pill.
To achieve a 50% success rate in alchemy, one must either have already surpassed the current alchemist rank, have exceptionally good luck, or possess a unique fire and have reached the peak of the current rank.
However, even with the help of a strange fire and the skill of a top-tier sixth-grade alchemist, the success rate of top-tier sixth-grade pills like the Imperial Extreme Pill and the Breaking Sect Pill can only be maintained at a maximum of 30%.
This also means that, apart from ordinary pills like Qi Gathering Powder, most pills are priced ten times higher than their cost.
For example, a pill that costs tens of thousands of gold coins to produce can be sold for hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
In the eyes of the elders of the Yunlan Sect, the pills that Xiao Yan gave away were almost equivalent to giving them millions or even tens of millions of gold coins for free.
As for his cheap disciple's shock, Xiao Yan felt a little like complaining.
There was something he didn't tell Guhe.
Actually, the failure of the first batch of Imperial Pills was not due to a lack of skill, but because he had just used the pills to raise his battle qi level to the level of Dou Wang, and he deliberately suppressed his aura so that no one would notice, which caused his battle qi to be slightly unstable, thus causing the pills to fail.
This made him sigh.
"The pills sold by Zhutian Pavilion are too potent."
After consuming the Planet Pill, Xiao Yan's senses, thinking, and reaction speed were greatly enhanced. Even when a Dou Zong expert attacked with all his might, they moved as slowly as a snail, and his trajectory was clearly visible.
Moreover, their control is astonishingly strong. Not to mention multitasking, multitasking seven or eight times is as easy as eating and drinking. With effort, they can even reach the level of multitasking ten times, comparable to ten peak eighth-grade alchemists refining pills at the same time.
With such conditions, coupled with his powerful soul force and the assistance of the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, Xiao Yan could easily refine these low-level pills.
He even felt that he might have a success rate of over 70% even when refining eighth-grade pills.
There might even be some possibility of refining ninth-grade pills.
What Xiao Yan didn't know was that the feeling of multitasking he experienced was actually the mental amplitude of the Swallowed Star World.
He just hadn't learned it. Otherwise, with his current peak planetary-level soul standard, he could easily do ten things at once, let alone fifteen or twenty.