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"Don't be lazy, I'm going to concoct pills soon."

Lin Xiao sleepily held an axe in her hands. Half of her body was leaning against the tree trunk as she heard the sound coming from afar. She could only helplessly nod her head.

Early in the morning, he was woken up by Little Seven. The purpose of waking him up was to let him chop firewood! Although he also understood that he was here to work for Xiao Qi, but … Starting work without a meal early in the morning, wasn't this a bit too exploitative?

Looking at the axe in his hand and then looking at the large pile of green tree trunks on the ground, Lin Xiao sighed.

The axe heavily slammed into the tree trunk, emitting a loud sound. The tree trunk did not leave behind any marks, but instead Lin Xiao was struck by the terrifying rebound force until her palm turned numb.

Lin Xiao rolled up his sleeves. He really didn't believe this.

One, two, three...

After dozens of strikes, Lin Xiao's arms were numb, but there was not a single trace of the axe left on the tree trunk.

Lin Xiao put down the axe and frowned. He felt that things were not that simple. This tree was definitely not an ordinary tree, but this axe was an ordinary axe.

Looking at the iron-like trees, Lin Xiao could not help but imagine the Netherworld Flame. What was the comparison between the two? The Netherworld Flame could even burn demon essence, which was known as the burning of all living things.

Lin Xiao's Netherworld Flame landed on her index finger and lightly slipped on the tree trunk. Wherever it slipped, there were traces of burning flames.

Indeed, the Netherworld Flame was superior. Moreover, Lin Xiao discovered that with the support of the Netherworld Flame, both the destructive power and defense of his index finger had increased. Since his index finger could do it, then … Lin Xiao looked at the axe that was thrown to the side.

After a few more experiments, Lin Xiao finally managed to successfully fuse the Netherworld Flame into the axe blade. Right now, the Netherworld Flame treated his body as its home, so he could come and go as he wished. However, it was difficult to extract the Netherworld Flame from his body and attach it to other items. He needed to control it accurately.

If the Underworld Flame was overproduced, it would burn the axe. If the axe was too little, it wouldn't have an enhanced effect. This was the reason why Lin Xiao did not have a proficiency in controlling fire.

He only had this kind of terrifying flame, but he didn't know how to control it.

This made Lin Xiao even more determined to step onto the path of alchemy. Controlling fire was the fundamental skill of every alchemist.

Lin Xiao tried to imbue the Netherworld Flame into the axe. He had already subconsciously treated this as cultivation and gradually practiced it to master the Fire Controlling Technique.

"Ka!"

As the last piece of firewood was split apart, the axe in Lin Xiao's hand burned to ashes. He looked with satisfaction at the small mountain of firewood behind him, panting as he sat down on the ground. Controlling the fire required a high degree of concentration, so he had to make sure that no mistakes were made. He not only had to keep the Netherworld Flame at the axe, but he also had to collect it on the axe blade. This way, he could chop wood more easily but it would also consume a lot more energy.

"So fast?" Lin Xiao heard Little Seven's surprised words. The latter stood beside Lin Xiao, dazed as she stared at the firewood.

Lin Xiao grinned, "But you need to prepare a new axe. That axe was destroyed by me."

Xiao Qi bent down and picked up one of the pieces of wood. There were signs of burning at the place where the wood was cut, and looking carefully, the piece of wood was cut was uneven, it didn't look like it was cut in an instant, it looked more like it was quickly melted by a high temperature flame.

"You didn't use demon essence on the axe right? How did you cut it? There would be such a strange sight. " Xiao Qi suspiciously looked at Lin Xiao.

Use demonic spiritual energy on the axe? This was similar to Lin Xiao's method. Lin Xiao had added a flame to his axe, where did a human like him get demonic essence from?

Lin Xiao felt that there was no need to hide the fact that he was eating someone else's food or living someone's life. After all, he still wanted to learn alchemy from Xiao Qi.

A flame suddenly shot out from Lin Xiao's fingertips, scaring Xiao Qi. Then she couldn't take her eyes off the small flame.

"You have your own Pill Fire?"

Lin Xiao's eyes burned with envy.

"It's not Pill Fire. I can't concoct pills. This is a divine ability I've cultivated." He really wanted to learn pill refining.

The black flames danced on Lin Xiao's fingertips, causing Xiao Qi to be in a trance, her heart itching uncontrollably.

After a long while, Xiao Qi reluctantly withdrew her gaze and instructed Lin Xiao to bring the firewood into a cave. She was going to start concocting pills.

Lin Xiao naturally could not miss this opportunity to observe. She did not know how much time she had to swallow before she had Xiao Qi agree to allow him to watch by the side, but she did not want to disturb her.

Inside the cave, there was a cauldron that was used to refine pills. Ancient and mysterious patterns were engraved on the cauldron, and essence circulated around the cauldron. The cauldron was not that big, only half the size of a person, but it gave off a thick and majestic feeling.

Xiao Qi put the prepared herbs into the medicine furnace. Lin Xiao had long since prepared a firewood. She took out a dark red ball and threw it into the pile of firewood. The red flames rapidly began to burn.

"This is a fireball, which is used to replace the pill fire for apothecaries who do not have pill fire. This firewood is green pill wood, which cannot be burned by normal fire. But pill fire, which can even burn green pill wood with the lowest grade of pill fire." Xiao Qi explained as she added more firewood.

"Is pill forging like this? That would be no different from cooking. " Lin Xiao looked carefully at the medicinal furnace.

"It's not like that. It's just because I don't have alchemy fire. The real alchemy process is using my own alchemy fire. I have to accurately control the temperature of the fire and be on guard against unexpected situations."

What kind of unexpected situation could there be when a person refined pills? Lin Xiao could not understand. Seeing his puzzled expression, Xiao Qi continued to explain, "Another terrifying obstacle when refining pills is this world."

"Then why don't you just go out and train?"

Lin Xiao's words choked Xiao Qi, the latter angrily ground her teeth, and hatefully said: "I'm talking about the entire world. On the path of pill forging, as one's cultivation advances, the pills one refines would also become more and more heaven-defying. It would not be difficult to concoct pills that could extend the lifespan of a dying person. But do you think that life and death are dictated by the will of the world? Apothecaries are equivalent to defying the will of the world, doing things that defy the will of the heavens and the heavens. As such, when pill refiners were refining pills, they would encounter obstacles from the heaven and earth. If it was light, they would fail; if they were heavy, they would be severely injured. "If the pills one concocts are too heaven-defying, or even if one were to succeed, the heavens will choose to kill the apothecary."

When Lin Xiao heard this, he was so surprised he couldn't speak. He had never heard of such a thing as being killed by the heavens and the earth, and even having pills that could extend one's life.

"Then, has anyone concocted any immortal pills before?" Lin Xiao recalled the legends of many human emperors in the past. It was said that immortal pills could cause the bones and flesh of humans to turn white. When one was immortal, they would fly straight to the Immortal Realm.

After hearing Lin Xiao mention the matter of the immortal pills, Xiao Qi's expression became extremely serious. "There are indeed people who have refined immortal pills, and there are even immortals."

And Immortals? Lin Xiao's eyes widened. He was proficient in the ancient language and had a little understanding of the ancient mysteries. There were many immortals in the ancient legends, but none of them were recorded in detail. These were all just words. If it was a few weeks ago, even if he was beaten to death, he still wouldn't believe there was an immortal.

However, Lin Xiao swallowed his saliva. The legendary demon that stood in front of him, did immortals really exist?

In fact, I'm not too sure either, but I've heard that in the ancient times, when humans and demons were at odds with each other, the two great races constantly fought each other. In a decisive battle between humans and demons, one of the two great races each rose to become a battle deity, and with a raise of his hand, he destroyed the heaven and earth. Xiao Qi told all the rumors that she vaguely remembered.

"So these two are still alive?" Lin Xiao found it a little hard to accept. The people of the ancient era were still alive even now. What kind of experience was this?

However, Xiao Qi shook her head and said, "It's possible that he's alive, or that he's dead. That's because I heard the seniors of the demon race mention that the Battle Immortal from the demon race seems to have died in battle."

Died in battle? Immortal slaying?

Lin Xiao felt his mouth go dry and his throat start to smoke. Just how strong must he be to kill the immortal?

"Who are these two War Immortals?"

"Monster Dragon Emperor, Human King."