Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 295: Chapter 295 - Guard Against Others_1

”Heh, I’m afraid I’m going to disappoint you. I am here on Elder Master Yang’s order to buy some items in the trading market. Thank you for your concern, but I’m doing quite well in the Pharmacy Hall,” Ling Xiao said with a faint smile.

”Ling Junior Brother, is Old Baiyun doing well?” Ming Tian suddenly asked.

”Who is this?” Ling Xiao deliberately feigned confusion. He truly despised Ming Tian’s character, although the man’s talent was indeed astonishing. The events of that day still made him feel nauseous whenever he thought about them.

”Heh, it seems that Ling Junior Brother is still angry about what happened that day,” Ming Tian said, his aura suddenly releasing, a terrifying pressure rolling directly towards Ling Xiao.

”Transcendent Realm, first level!” Ling Xiao was taken aback.

However, he quickly came to terms with it. With Ming Tian’s talent and the cultivation provided by Demonflame Celestial, advancing to the first level of the Transcendent Realm was not surprising. After all, Ming Tian’s cultivation level had been much higher than his even when they were in the mortal world.

”I’m about to advance to the second level,” Xu Ying interjected. ”Now you understand why Ming Tian abandoned Old Baiyun, right? Following that guy leads nowhere.”

”Hmph, if he had simply chosen to leave, I might have understood. But he shouldn’t have attacked Master Baiyun!” Ling Xiao snorted coldly, activating his Mountain and River Martial Soul, and Ming Tian’s terrifying aura dissipated instantly.

Suppressing him with mere presence was not going to be easy.

”The strong are respected; there’s not much else to say. If you see Baiyun again, tell him from me not to hold any delusions of opposing Master Demonflame. If Master Demonflame wishes to crush him, it would be as easy as crushing an ant,” Ming Tian said coldly.

Ming Tian was slightly surprised that his presence hadn’t suppressed Ling Xiao. Nonetheless, the gap in cultivation level reassured him, and he looked down at Ling Xiao from his superior position.

”You can tell him yourself,” Ling Xiao responded indifferently. ”I don’t have so much free time.”

”Practicing cultivation, eh? You are merely a Precious Treasure Body, after all. How much can your hard work accomplish? Your cultivation level fell behind mine long ago, and not only has that gap not closed, it has grown even wider. Doesn’t that make you feel desperate?” Ming Tian said with a hint of mockery.

”Maybe so. But you’d better start running faster because I’ll be catching up with you soon,” Ling Xiao replied with a light smile. Ming Tian had always been arrogant, and now as a disciple of Demonflame Celestial and having advanced to the Transcendent Realm, he’d become even more conceited.

”Hahaha, then I shall look forward to it,” Ming Tian laughed heartily before turning to Xu Ying. ”Junior Sister, let’s go.”

Xu Ying glanced back at Ling Xiao with disdain. ”Right now, you can’t even catch up with me, let alone pursue Brother Ming Tian. You’re simply overestimating yourself.”

”Is that so?” Ling Xiao revealed a smile and watched their retreating figures. ”Don’t worry, your Brother Ming Tian will soon be under my feet.”

When Ling Xiao returned to the Pharmacy Hall, he handed over the Array Refining Stone to Yuan Venerate.

In return, Yuan Venerate gave him several books—Formation Basics, Application Examples of Formations, and Formation Material Science.

”Take these back and read them. After you’ve finished, come find me,” Yuan Venerate said before slipping back into a slumber.

He clearly couldn’t stay awake for long, or else he wouldn’t be able to support himself.

Ling Xiao took the books and returned to his own cave dwelling. Of course, before leaving, he took an Alchemy Furnace and some spirit wood charcoal from the Pharmacy Hall.

Such a minor matter, as long as Yang Dan Lin gave the nod, no one dared to utter a word of objection.

After returning to his cave dwelling, he split into two avatars. One of them studied the Eternal Divine Pill Scripture, while the other learned the basic books given by Yuan Venerate.

His main body began alchemy.

He didn’t even tell Yang Dan Lin or Yuan Venerate about the Shadow Cultivation Secret Technique.

In this world, no matter who it was, complete and unreserved trust could not be given, not even to Yang Dan Lin or Yuan Venerate.

After all, people are capable of change, especially once they knew that he, Ling Xiao, possessed the Mountain and River Martial Soul. That would likely cause them to treat him very differently.

One should not harbor intentions to harm others, but must always guard against those who might.

This was something Hong Qi had once told him, and he always kept it in mind.

After grinding the materials, Ling Xiao started producing raw pills.

One might say that making money from alchemy was commonplace for other alchemists, but for him, it was just a beginning.

He had to be cautious in his approach.

Even with the most insignificant pills, he could not afford the slightest carelessness.

The process of producing raw pills also required precise calculations.

Everything, including the quantity of each ingredient as well as the humidity and flexibility of the raw pills, had to be precise to the smallest detail.

Even a slight error could ruin an entire furnace of pills.

Once the raw pills were formed, the next step was to ignite the fire.

With the previous troubles gone, lighting the spiritual wood charcoal had become much easier.

What might be frequent failures for others, with his adeptness in Soul Entry, his success rate in lighting the fire was a complete certainty.

Maintaining the fire after lighting it was the key to the entire process and was also the third and most critical step in alchemy.

He had made top-quality Zhenyuan Pills not just once before, so he was quite skilled at it, and the pills that came out of the furnace were always perfect elixirs with a perfection rate of one hundred percent.

However, the Martial Vein Body Shaping Pills were a bit more challenging.

He had seen this pill in the books but had never made it before and had not seen Yang Dan Lin or Lan Yu’er make it either.

He hadn’t even allowed his Martial Soul Avatar to simulate the pill production.

This was his pure first attempt.

He could have let his Martial Soul Avatar simulate the process several times before he personally started to concoct the Martial Vein Body Shaping Pill.

But he didn’t do so.

Because he believed in his control abilities. After all, it was just a minor pill; if he still needed multiple simulations to succeed in making such a pill, it would mean his skills were far from polished.

The spiritual wood charcoal had been lit.

The flames flickered, casting their glow on the brass-made alchemy furnace.

Naturally, there was a selection process for the alchemy furnace as well. Even an insignificant pill needed to be concocted in an Ordinary Treasure alchemy furnace.

Only those common medicines and pills used by secular martial artists could be produced in a regular alchemy furnace.

The alchemy furnace Ling Xiao borrowed from Yang Dan Lin was one of those Ordinary Treasure furnaces.

Yang Dan Lin had said that he had better furnaces, but he would not just give them away to Ling Xiao, not unless Ling Xiao’s own alchemy skills improved further. If he could concoct lower-tier Yellow Rank Spirit Pills, Yang Dan Lin would gift him a Fine Treasure alchemy furnace.

A Fine Treasure alchemy furnace could be used to concoct both lower-tier and mid-tier Yellow Rank pills, and it was definitely good stuff.

If Ling Xiao made further improvements, it was natural that he would receive even better furnaces.

Ling Xiao knew that Elder Yang was deliberately applying pressure and giving him motivation. Without such drive, he probably would not have been so dedicated.

For this concoction, Ling Xiao still mixed in some black flames from a ferocious beast; not to evaporate moisture, but to shorten the alchemy time.

He had tried before, and high-quality flames could improve the quality of the pills and also reduce the time needed for alchemy.