by Feng Yise
She had always taken pride in her own Alchemy Dao attainments. But ever since meeting Ye Yuan, she knew that she was but a frog at the bottom of a well.
"Ah, Aunty!" Nanfeng Zhirou exclaimed in surprise again.
"What are you freaking out over, you bloody lass?" Nanfeng Ruoqing spat.
Nanfeng Zhirou moved closer to Nanfeng Ruoqing's face and exclaimed, "Aunt, in the past, you don't look like my aunt. Now, you look even less like my aunt!"
"Damn lass, if I'm not your aunt, then who is?"
"After you consumed the Beauty Retaining Pill, you're practically like my twin sister! Even though your age isn't that old, you look much younger now!" Nanfeng Zhirou cried out in surprise.
Ye Yuan refined a batch of Beauty Retaining Pills and gave Nanfeng Ruoqing and niece one each. Other than that, he also saved one for his mother and Lu-er.
"Ah? Is that true?" Nanfeng Ruoqing touched her face and said in astonishment.
"It's true! More real than real gold! There's a mirror here; quickly take a look!" Nanfeng Zhirou said and took a mirror, passing it over to Nanfeng Ruoqing.
Nanfeng Ruoqing faced the mirror to have a look and then exclaimed in surprise, "It's true! The current me looks like I returned back to two, three years ago; around the same age as you."
Even if Nanfeng Ruoqing's personality was very quiet, she was still overjoyed right now. As long as one was a woman, they would not have any resistance towards becoming beautiful.
"Hehe, when we go out next time, other people might think that you're my older sister!" Nanfeng Zhirou suddenly thought about this scene and grinned from ear to ear.
"Damn lass, no matter what I become, I'm still your aunt! If Imperial Brother heard these words, he would definitely confine you again!" Nanfeng Ruoqing glared.
Nanfeng Zhirou stuck out her tongue mischievously.
"En? Aunty, quickly look! Lu-er seems to be moving!" Nanfeng Zhirou suddenly cried out in joy.
Hearing Nanfeng Zhirou's shout, the two of them hurried over to the bed, only to see Lu-er's eyelids moving slightly as if she was really about to wake up.
Lu-er's frost poison was very powerful. It was almost on the verge of erupting. Hence, she was still temporarily unable to awaken after swallowing the Essence Yang Pill.
Ye Yuan already predicted earlier that it would take roughly another two, three days. Now, just over two days had passed, and Lu-er indeed woke up.
Lu-er's breathing became stable as she gradually opened her eyes. Her gaze was somewhat hazy.
"I . . . Where am I? Could it be that I'm already dead?"
"You silly lass, take a good look at who we are! Are you cursing us to die here?" Nanfeng Zhirou said huffily.
Nanfeng Ruoqing pulled on her clothing and shot her a glare before saying to Lu-er, "Lu-er, I'm Feng Ruoqing. Don't you remember me?"
Lu-er carefully sized up Nanfeng Ruoqing and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! Aren't you Teacher Feng? Why are you . . . Why do you seem to have become different? Like . . . Like you became younger! Sorry, I . . . I . . ."
Nanfeng Ruoqing's blushed and said, "This is thanks to your family's young master. He refined a type of medicinal pill for us. After we took it, we became like this. Oh, right, how are you feeling right now? In order to save you, your young master could be said to have gone through fire and water during this one month!"
Lu-er was greatly alarmed when she heard this. "Is . . . Is Young Master okay?"
"Haha, of course he's fine! Your young master's life is tenacious as hell, how can he die so easily?"
Right then, a bout of laughter came from outside. It was precisely Ye Yuan.
Lu-er was immediately overjoyed when she heard Ye Yuan's voice and was about to climb up from the bed. Ye Yuan hurried went up to support her and said grumpily, "Lie down properly for me! What are you messing around for? You're still quite frail now; take a good rest."
Lu-er saw Ye Yuan, and her tears flowed down uncontrollably. "Young Master, I . . . I thought that I couldn't see Young Master anymore. Sniff sniff . . ."
Ye Yuan gently stroked Lu-er's fine hair and said with a smile, "Silly girl, with Young Master around, how could you die? Even if you entered King Yama's hall, Young Master could still pull you back! Alright, stop letting your thoughts run wild. I prepared some vitality replenishing medicinal pills for you. You recuperate for a while, and then we head back home!"
Chapter 190 - Teaching Father Alchemy
At the Ye Family courtyard, Ye Hang and Ye Yuan sat facing each other.
"Yuan-er, it's only been one month of not seeing you. To think that you broke through to the Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm!"
Ye Hang looked at Ye Yuan full of pride. Seeing his son improve at godspeed made him even happier than his own breakthrough.
"Haha, father's Second Level Crystal Formation Realm also stabilized, and you also successfully broke through to middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster. This time, the Pill Grading Assembly that Wan Donghai cooked up is probably lifting a stone to smash his own feet," Ye Yuan said with a laugh.
"Haha, this is all thanks to you! If you didn't impart me those two cultivation methods, our Fragrant Medicine Pavilion could only avoid the edge."
"Humph! Avoid the edge? I will definitely pull out the Wan Family and the Su Family by the roots this time! If not for my life being tenacious, I would have long been murdered by those two family's people multiple times!" Speaking of the Wan Family and the Su Family, Ye Yuan was full of grievance.
Counting that time from his predecessor, it had already been more than three or four times that the Wan and Su Family plotted to harm him!
Especially that time by Su Yubai. If not for Huyan Yong stepping out bravely at the crucial time, he would have long been a ghost under the palm.
But Ye Hang shook his head and sighed. "Even if my strength had some breakthrough, to want to pull these two families up by the roots, I'm afraid that it's still beyond my means."
"Relax, Father. You just focus on working together with the Imperial Family to deal with the enemy. At the crucial moment, I will give them a huge surprise!"
"Oh? How will that work?" Ye Hang asked in slight shock.
In the State of Qin, the Su Family was extremely powerful. Even the Imperial Family was very wary of them.
More importantly, the Su Family had a backer in the Tranquil Cloud Sect. The Nanfeng Family did not dare to make a move recklessly the whole time.
The power of a sect was not something that a secular Imperial Family could withstand. Just the Ouyang Family alone could sweep across the Imperial Family by casually sending over a Seven or Eighth Level Crystal Formation Realm!
Not to mention that Crystal Formation Realm was only among the weakest within the sect's powerhouses.
"Follow me, Father." Ye Yuan got up and headed over to Ye Hang's private refinement room.
Ye Hang looked at Ye Yuan's secretive appearance and could not help following in puzzlement.
Arriving at the refinement room, Ye Yuan set down restrictions in the refinement room before saying to Ye Hang, "Look, Father."
As he spoke, Ye Yuan casually gestured. A white colored ape appeared out of thin air! It was precisely Yuan Fei!
However, Yuan Fei's condition did not appear to be too good. He was severely wounded by Black Crow Old Man and still had not recovered until now.
Although his injuries were not life-threatening, he required at least a month if he wants to fully recover.
And Ye Yuan was still unable to refine Tier 3 medicinal pills right now, so he had no way of helping Yuan Fei recover from his injuries.
However, Yuan Fei's appearance gave Ye Hang a huge shock. If not for his son telling him to pay attention just now, he might have already rushed to attack Yuan Fei right now.
"Sss . . . Tier 3 demonic beast! Just now, could that be . . . a spatial artifact?" Ye Hang's eyes were filled with intense shock. The gaze he looked at Ye Yuan with was full of incredulity!
Ye Yuan smiled and
said, "That's right, it's precisely a Tier 3 demonic beast Long-arm Stone Ape and spatial artifact! He's called Yuan Fei; a servant I took in during this trip to the Endless Forest. This spatial artifact is also owned by Yuan Fei. Except, in order to protect me, he was wounded by a powerhouse and has not recovered until now."
This time, Ye Hang was shocked until he remained dazed for a long time before saying, "What kind of expert could actually hurt a Tier 3 demonic beast?! You actually got into trouble with such a terrifying expert when you went to participate in this Endless Trials?"
If Ye Yuan were not his son, he would definitely think that the other party was talking bullshit!
Also, Ye Yuan had only broken through to the Spirit Condensation Realm not long ago. How did he subdue a Tier 3 demonic beast?
This . . . This was simply incomprehensible!
Towards his father, Ye Yuan did not have the intention of concealing. He recounted the events of this trip of the Endless Forest modestly, leaving Ye Hang speechless for a long time.
Nevertheless, Ye Yuan did not say that who he encountered was a Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse. He only said that he met a middle-stage Crystal Formation Realm expert. Both sides fought a great battle, which was why Yuan Fei suffered heavy injuries.
Even though he fabricated a master to use as a pretense, it was still too ludicrous for a Second Level Spirit Condensation Realm to kill a Sea Transformation Realm powerhouse.
Ye Hang had always been very gratified by his son's rise, but he had never noticed that Ye Yuan had already grown to such an extent unwittingly.
After the shock, Ye Hang felt a sense of relief.
His son no longer needed to grow up under his wings! Ye Yuan had already become a towering tree!
"I really did not expect that you actually had such experiences in the Endless Forest. Just relying on this Long-arm Stone Ape clan, you can sweep across the State of Qin!" Ye Hang sighed emotionally.
Thousands and thousands upon of Long-arm Stone Apes! This force, when placed in the secular world, was too overwhelming!
"Father, Yuan Fei's injuries are very severe. But my current strength is too weak, so I can't refine Tier 3 healing medicinal pills. I brought you here to ask you to help him refine medicinal pills!" Ye Yuan said.
Ye Yuan had long refined medicinal pills for those injured Tier 2 Long-arm Stone Apes to treat them. Only Yuan Fei's wounds left him helpless, so it kept delaying until now.
Ye Hang was stunned when he heard that. He had never learned the refining method for demonic beast medicinal pills.
"But, I don't know how to refine medicinal pills for demonic beasts' use."
"Don't worry. Master once imparted me the pill formula and refinement method. I'll pass them all to you, then assist you in the refinement from the side. It should be able to work," Ye Yuan said.
This healing medicinal pill was not something too complicated. Ye Hang had already broken through to middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster realm and also had Ye Yuan, this Alchemy Emperor guiding from the side. Refining it did not pose a problem.
"Your master is really an expert! He actually even know the refining methods for demonic beast medicinal pills! Alright. Father will learn a little about this demonic beast medicinal pill's refinement method!"
Ye Hang was also an alchemy fanatic. Once he heard that he could learn the refining method for new medicinal pills, he immediately behaved like he was on stimulants.
"Okay, this medicinal pill is called Bone Growing Pill. I've already prepared the ingredients. Now, I will pass the refining method to Father."
Finishing, Ye Yuan threw a jade slip to Ye Hang. Ye Hang sunk his divine sense inside and started to study the refining method for the Bone Growing Pill.
Ye Yuan had long prepared to let Ye Hang help to refine medicinal pills. Therefore, back in the imperial palace, he already let Nanfeng Ruoqing prepare the relevant ingredients.
While Tier 3 herbs were very precious, it could not stump the Imperial Family. The herbs required for the Bone Growing Pill was very common, so Nanfeng Ruoqing prepared them very swiftly.
While Ye Hang was studying the refining method for the Bone Growing Pill, Ye Yuan already finished pairing up all the ingredients and refined the medicinal embryo. 1 Ye Hang was only responsible for the final refinement. This way, it could ensure the maximum success rate.
After four hours, Ye Hang roused from his rumination. When he saw that Ye Yuan already finished refining the medicinal embryo, he could not help being secretly amazed.
"Done, let's start refining!" Ye Hang said.
"Okay. I prepared a total of five sets of herbs. It should be enough for Father to refine out the Bone Growing Pill. Start refining then, Father. I'll remind father on what to do at the critical moment," Ye Yuan said.
Ye Hang nodded. Gesturing with one hand, a portion of the medicinal embryo landed in his hands. Medicinal Embryo: think of it as a preliminary form of a pill, all the liquid together, but not properly fused and solidified yet.
Chapter 191 - White Light Evolves!
"Father, the medicinal pill isn't the most stable right now. Do your best to use soul strength to stabilize the structure of the medicinal pill!"
"Almost ready to condense the pill. Father, quickly reduce the flames. When condensing the Bone Growing Pill, one mustn't temper it with a large flame."
. . . . . .
This was already the third set of ingredients. Ye Hang's prior two refinements ended in failure.
Ye Yuan had been observing the process of the refinement by the side this whole time and guided from the side. But Ye Hang at the end still failed.
Although Ye Hang's refinement was full of flaws in Ye Yuan's eyes, he was currently lacking in strength even though he had the will, so he could only rely on Ye Hang.
Luckily, Ye Hang's alchemy standards were not bad. Having been through two failed attempts and with Ye Yuan's guidance by the side, Ye Hang's improvement was still very significant.
This third refinement was clearly much smoother. Some of the rocky areas previously were much mellower now.
Of course, this was due to Ye Yuan's detailed guidance from the side. Otherwise, even if one gave Ye Hang 10 sets or even 20 sets of ingredients, he would probably ruin them all.
After all, this was his first time refining demonic beast medicinal pills. And the essential points to take note of when refining demonic beast medicinal pills were entirely different from human ones.
With Ye Yuan's vision to guide Ye Hang, many aspects were targeted heavily, giving Ye Hang a feeling of being enlightened all at once.
Hence, he only refined twice and already knew the areas he made mistakes in like the back of his hands.
"Bone Growing Pill, condense!"
Following Ye Hang's low cry, the Bone Growing Pill was finally refined by him.
Ye Hang took out the Bone Growing Pill from the medicinal cauldron, but let out a sigh. "Pity, it's a low-grade."
"No matter. Father is already very impressive! We still have two sets of ingredients left. We should be able to refine middle-grade or even high-grade pills!"
Ye Hang nodded. "En, I'll try again."
With the fourth set of medicinal embryo, Ye Hang refined a middle-grade pill. All the way until the final portion of medicinal embryo, Ye Hang really refined out a high-grade Bone Growing Pill.
Ye Yuan saw the pill form, and his eyes involuntarily lit up.
Father's alchemic talent was truly extraordinarily high. Such comprehension ability was not something the average Alchemy Grandmasters could compare to.
Even though he was guiding by the side, it still greatly exceeded Ye Yuan's expectations for his father to refine out a high-grade Bone Growing Pill by just using five sets of medicinal embryo.
His original estimation was that his father could only refine middle-grade, maybe even low-grade. He did not imagine that Ye Hang surpassed that and completed the task.
Before this, Ye Yuan had never seen Ye Hang refine pill
s before and did not have a direct understanding of Ye Hang's alchemy skills. He only knew now that Ye Hang's skill was merely limited by soul strength. That was why he kept getting suppressed by Wan Donghai.
If he matched up against Wan Donghai again now, Wan Donghai would absolutely not be Ye Hang's match anymore.
Having refined a high-grade Bone Growing Pill, Ye Yuan's tightly wound nerves also loosened up.
Ultimately, Tier 3 herbs were not white cabbages. They could not be squandered limitlessly like Tier 1 and Tier 2 herbs.
Ye Yuan brought the Bone Growing Pill over for Yuan Fei to consume.
"Many thanks, Young Master!" Yuan Fei said weakly.
These few days, he had been suffering the torment of injuries. But he did not grumble to Ye Yuan at all, because he knew that Ye Yuan was even more severely wounded than him!
If not for the fact that Ye Yuan prepared healing medicinal pills beforehand, he would most likely already be dead now.
Ye Yuan beamed. "Why are you being courteous to me for? This time, if not for you, I would probably have never come out alive. It's just that my current strength is insufficient, which made you suffer hardsh.i.p.s."
"This bit of injuries is nothing. Rather, it made me reminisce those memorable days of the past. These few years, I have always been living comfortably in the Crimson Summit Ridge. Most likely, this was also the reason why I kept being unable to break through, right? However, having witnessed Young Master's alchemy skills, I'm very glad to be able to follow Young Master now!" Yuan Fei said emotionally.
An Alchemy Master actually guided an Alchemy Grandmaster to refine medicinal pills. This was seriously overly subverting.
Although Yuan Fei did not know alchemy, he could see that Ye Yuan's alchemy standards were much higher than his father's; on completely different levels!
As long as Ye Yuan broke through to the Crystal Formation Realm and became an Alchemy Grandmaster, refining the Demon Crystal Pill would surely follow effortlessly!
While he did not know why Ye Yuan's alchemy standards were much higher than his father's, this was unimportant.