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While they were waiting, the sun began to rise, and they kissed on the brow of the Western Mountain ?

Just as the afterglow was about to dissipate and the sky and earth were about to be shrouded in darkness, a loud 'bang' sound was heard.

A dazzling beam of fire shot up into the sky ?

The fiery light was as if a fire dragon tearing through the sky. It waved its huge, ferocious claws and charged forward, instantly shattering the bluestone rubble on the roof.

The massive explosion also shocked the hearts of everyone who was silently waiting in the courtyard! The servants and guards surrounding the courtyard all paled. Many of their legs trembled as they tried to escape ?

The sudden fire had penetrated everyone's hearts like a thunderbolt, leaving behind a trail of panic!

The fire continued for about ten breaths of time before it slowly dissipated into the night sky that was becoming denser and denser.

"This ? this flame is too overbearing!" Sikong Yao mumbled to himself. He had once witnessed the scene of the alchemist refining pills. When the alchemy fire was first formed, the scene was indeed exceptionally explosive. However, compared to the firelight in front of them, it was simply insignificant. The medicine masters of the Medicine God Valley were indeed extraordinary!

As for Shi Yong and the rest, their mouths were wide open, not knowing what to say.

Long Yu couldn't ignite the Pill Fire himself, but it wouldn't be difficult for him to ignite the ordinary flame from the medicinal herbs.

On the Spirit Mirror Continent, the plants were strange and the characteristics varied greatly. Take the Explosive Flame Grass for example. Its roots are wide, its leaves are shriveled, and it grows at the end of the swamp. It absorbs the marsh gas all year round, and the liquid flowing in its stem and leaves are extremely volatile. If the water in the stem and leaf is so flammable, what about the rest of the branches? The amount of time it took for such a small amount of essence to form, one could imagine how easily it would explode.

Under normal circumstances, Explosive Flaming Grass was mostly used to brew wine. Even if most martial artists knew its name, they would still not know its true purpose. Of course, only Explosive Flame Grass was useless. Long Yu still wasn't able to produce flames, and he still needed another type of herb, the Tail Wind Grass. The leaves were long and slender and fluffy, and it was impossible to tell with the naked eye just how many tentacles there were on a small leaf ?

Grandmother Jia Lianzhu normally used parsnips for cooking. She gently rubbed the dry wood with her leaves a few times, and soon, a flame would appear ? The majority of the fires that occur in the Demonic Beast Forest every year are caused by the Tail Grass.

When the Explosive Flaming Grass and the Tail Wind Grass were placed together, Long Yu's back felt as if it was being pressed down by a thousand jin within the time it took to breathe a breath of light. He was unable to move; he was almost pressed into the wall. After the fire had subsided, the walls of the room and the coffin in the window were all powder that had exploded, faintly emitting a dazzling light ?

Shaking his head, he turned around the corner and looked at the crucible. When he was certain there was no danger, he let out a long sigh of relief. He stood up and quickly gathered the scattered herbs on the ground.

If he had known earlier that the combination of the Explosive Flame Grass and the Tail Wind Grass was so powerful, he would have only placed a single stalk.

In the twinkling of an eye, Long Yu took out a warm porcelain bowl and a medicine pestle from his bosom. Picking up the herbs on the ground, he began to beat them one by one ?

Although he couldn't refine the pill, Long Yu was able to concoct a good tonic. The Wind Spirit Fox had been bitten by an inch-long snake earlier. Even though it had recovered from its injuries, it was only on the surface. It would probably not be able to recover its Source Energy within ten days or half a month. And what Long Yu wanted to do was to make the Wind Spirit Fox quickly recover. This could also be considered as the reward Long Yu reaped from using the Wind Spirit Fox's symptoms.

Time passed minute after minute. Under the bright moonlight, the night sky became extremely thin. Unknowingly, it was already deep into the night ?

Outside the courtyard, Shi Yong and the others looked at the slightly lit coffin with calm expressions, as if they had expected this to happen. Don't underestimate this small pill. The alchemists may have put in a lot of effort and time to successfully refine it, but for people like Shi Die who had never tried refining a pill before, they could not help but show a little impatience on their faces.

"Father, that bastard has been inside for so long, why hasn't he come out yet? If only the Wind Spirit Fox ?" Holding the Wind Spirit Fox in her arms, Shi Die pursed her lips and complained ?

However, this time, the usually kind Shi Yong did not show any signs of concern on his face and could not help but frown.

With that frown, Sima Yao couldn't help but sit up straight with a curious look, "You must be Die. Who was that little bastard you were talking about just now?" If he caught it, he would have a weakness. Throughout the entire Spirit Mirror Continent, there had never been anyone who dared to call him an alchemist from the Medicine God Valley!

It was one thing for an unintentional person to take it as a joke between their children, but if it was in the ears of someone with ulterior motives, not to mention that Sima Yao was not only here to observe the matter of refining pills, but also to take advantage of the opportunity to get close to Long Yu. A Rank 3 Alchemist was not something that could be rarely seen in the remote regions of Yongan City.

A while ago, Sima Yao was not in Yongan City and had just returned today. Otherwise, Shi Yong really would have thought that he would only appear now.

"It's just refining inside ?" Shi Die was about to blurt it out without any hesitation!

"Shut up!" Shi Yong slapped the table, his face ashen in the dark.

Ma Wencai let out a hearty laugh and comforted her, "It seems like Xiao Die is sleepy. Second Young Master isn't going to bring her to rest yet."

Nodding his head, Shi Gao knew that it was important for the alchemist to concoct pills, but in Shi Gao's mind, his sister was more important. He quickly pulled Xiao Die away and was about to leave.

Her father's earlier tone was incomprehensible to her. Before she could even hear the grievances in her stomach, she was about to be scolded. As she thought about it, she couldn't help but choke back her emotions, "I'm going to run away from home!" Leaving the Wind Spirit Fox and Shi Gao in his arms, he turned around and ran outside.

Shi Gao didn't stop and followed her at flying speed ? This little sister of hers had a stubborn personality. No one could change what she had decided!

Under the moonlight, Shi Gao stood outside the courtyard and shouted, "Xiao Die, listen to me. Father was afraid that you would make a mistake while concocting pills for the alchemist. Don't take it to heart ?" No one dared to disobey Shi Yong's order. Even they couldn't casually go into Xiao Die's house.

"I don't believe it, it's clearly you who are protecting that bastard, how can I, Shi Die, be inferior to an outsider? You guys are clearly biased towards him!" "Just you wait, wait for me to go out and roam the martial arts world. I will become famous, and when I return in the future, I will ignore you ?" He slammed the window shut, and the sound of boxes being rummaged through could be heard.

Long Yu wasn't aware of the chaos in the outside world. Currently, in a quiet room, he was slowly dripping the thick medicinal liquid drop by drop into a bowl in front of him ?

Bow Blue Grass, Green Cloud Vine... He was chanting in his mind. His hands did not stop moving. Under the continuous pounding, his arms had become extremely sore. It was as if he could not lift them up.

However, from the moment Long Yu dripped the first drop, not only could he not stop, he had to maintain a consistent speed. He couldn't be fast, nor be slow ?

The tonic Long Yu wanted to concoct was called the "Myriad Spirit Replenishing Pill", and it was made from a combination of over fifty different herbs. It could cure a hundred poisons, and even though it wasn't as effective as a pill, it could restore the vitality in one's body in a short period of time. In the past, when his grandfather Long Taichuan mentioned this medicinal formula, he had scoffed at it, just so that Long Yu could understand it.

After all, with these expensive medicinal herbs to concoct the Myriad Spirit Replenishing Pill and a dozen or so medicinal pills to successfully refine it, there was no need to look for other ways to concoct these things ?

However, at this moment, the Myriad Spirit Replenishing Pill became Long Yu's life-saving herb. Out of all the medicinal formulas that Long Yu knew, most of them were mostly medicinal soups. The only 'restoration pills' existed in the form of solids, and they melted upon entering the water.

As his right hand continued to pound on the bowl, Long Yu had no choice but to stir the medicinal liquid in his left hand from time to time to prevent it from becoming still, so as to prevent the subsequent medicinal liquid from better fusing into the bowl.

In the blink of an eye, half of the night had passed. The only thing that was left in front of Long Yu was the last herb: the Petrification Vine! As the name implied, the vine was as hard as stone. It was extremely difficult to extract the medicinal liquid from the vine!

At this moment, Long Yu seemed to have realized what was going to happen next. He stood up and stretched his muscles in a rare moment, then threw the heavy Stone Element Vine into the pill cauldron.

It was different from the other herbs. 'Bang! Bang! Bang!' The clear sound of the collision also cleared up the minds of everyone waiting outside the courtyard!

"Is it coming?" Sima Yao stood up and looked around the room ?

When the medicinal pill fused together, a Pill Wave would emanate out, and when the Pill Wave struck the pill furnace, a violent sound would echo out. Unexpectedly, Long Yu accidentally fooled Sima Yao.

Large drops of sweat seeped out of his forehead as his hands became numb from the trembling. It seemed as if they were about to tear apart at any moment ? He had only hit the petrified rattan for so long, yet it's only the brown surface had been destroyed, and the inner part had not been touched ?

It seemed like the medicinal liquid in the porcelain bowl was about to solidify into one. Once the medicinal liquid was fused, adding in the Petrification Vine would be of no use!

"Damn it!" If he had known earlier, he would have mentioned the Petrification Vine's medicinal liquid! Although he thought this way, Long Yu's eyes flashed with a furious and fierce light in the next moment. He ruthlessly struck out with his fists ?

Life is like a game of chess, you have no regrets!

If even a small petrified vine was difficult to deal with, then how could he, Long Yu, rely on the whirlpool's death imprint to travel further on the martial path!

"Roar!" An unyielding roar came from his heart. The tiger's mouth was cracked open and its eyes were bloodshot. The viscous liquid in the bowl became more and more blurry. It was about to completely solidify in a few breaths.

A white light flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, a 'kacha' sound could be heard. A clear crack could be seen on the surface of the hard petrified vine.

However, before Long Yu could heave a sigh of relief, a crisp sound echoed out, instantly causing his face to change greatly.

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