Battle Through the Heavens: Beauties Abound Starting with Yunlan and Her Disciples

374: Section 374“Oh? A method that subverts common knowledge? Let’s hear it. If it truly is some shocking and world-shaking innovation, I will personally apologize to you in public today. How about that?”

“An apology isn’t necessary.” Yun Xiancheng smiled faintly and slowly extended his right hand, palm upward. He did not activate any flames; the inner chamber remained elegant and quiet.

“We all know that the foundation of an Alchemist’s ability to refine pills lies in their fire-attribute Dou Qi, supplemented by a bit of Wood-Attribute Dou Qi to nourish the medicinal power. Without fire, there is no pill. This is an eternal, unchanging iron law of the Fighting Qi Continent.”

Yun Xiancheng spoke slowly, his voice possessing a strange magic that caused people to unconsciously become immersed in it.

“However... my Master was wondering, what exactly is the essence of fire?” “The essence of fire?”

Cao Ying and Dan Chen exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of bewilderment in the other’s eyes.

This question was too profound, nearly a question of the Great Dao; they had never considered it. “It is extreme heat, it is the power to incinerate all things, and it is also movement—the extreme movement of matter.”

Yun Xiancheng answered his own question. Above his palm, strands of cyan Dou Qi began to spiral and converge.

“So, if there were a power that isn’t fire but can similarly produce extreme heat, could it... also be used for pill refining? For example...” Before his voice could fade, a series of faint, rapid whistling sounds rang out!

The mass of spiraling cyan Dou Qi above his palm began to rotate and compress at ultra-high speed in an instant! Countless tiny wind swirls collided and rubbed against each other, forming a cyan vortex that continuously collapsed inward.

As the rotation speed continued to increase, a point of piercingly bright light actually erupted from the center of the vortex, and the temperature soared sharply!

Finally, under the gazes of Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xuan Yi, who were shocked beyond measure, that mass of cyan Dou Qi vortex actually began to ”burn.”

It transformed into a mass of cyan ”fire” that floated steadily in Yun Xiancheng’s palm!

The form of this fire was no different from real flames, and it even burned more steadily, with distinct layers of the inner and outer flame. it emitted a terrifyingly high temperature, scorching the surrounding air until it distorted slightly.

However, what everyone felt from it was not the violent energy of fire-attribute Dou Qi.

Instead, it was a pure, extreme force of sharp cutting and destruction condensed from the wind!

“This... this is... using wind as fire?!”

Cao Ying’s enchanting pupils contracted to their limits in an instant. She could no longer maintain her laziness and composure, abruptly standing up from her seat. Her chest rose and fell, and her voice was filled with an unbelievable trembling.

Dan Chen was even more startled, covering her mouth with her small hand. Her pale little face was written all over with a world-shattering shock.

She had been physically weak since childhood, so her understanding of Dou Qi attributes was deeper than anyone’s. For Wind-Attribute Dou Qi to be able to ”create” flames usable for pill refining out of thin air...

This... this had completely exceeded her scope of cognition! This was simply a miracle!

Xuan Yi’s beautiful eyes were also wide and round as she stared blankly at the strange mass of cyan fire in her ”dear grandson’s” palm, her heart churning with monstrous waves. This... what kind of world-shaking method was this!

Compressing and rotating wind Dou Qi to its limit, generating high temperatures comparable to Heavenly Flames through internal violent friction and energy collisions.

This kind of control over Dou Qi, refined to the absolute limit, and this imaginative, inconceivable concept... Just what kind of monster has Chaner... actually taught!

For a moment, the entire inner chamber was so quiet that a dropped needle could be heard.

“How is it?” Yun Xiancheng acted as if he had done something trivial. He slightly curled the corners of his mouth and asked the three dumbfounded women.

“Does this research result of my Master count as subverting common knowledge?” The first to react was Cao Ying.

After a brief moment of shock, an unprecedented, scorching light erupted from her eyes!

It was the kind of fanaticism and obsession that only occurs when an Alchemist sees a peerless pill formula or a swordsman encounters a supreme sword manual! She flashed to Yun Xiancheng’s side almost instantly, completely disregarding the distinction between male and female.

One pair of jade-like hands directly grabbed Yun Xiancheng’s arm that held the ”Wind-Fire,” while her other hand carefully and slowly approached the mass of cyan flames. “Incredible... this is simply a miracle of alchemy!”

Cao Ying’s breathing became rapid, and her enchanting cheeks flushed with a moving red glow due to extreme excitement.

“This level of energy refinement... this precise control over temperature. How did you do it? Relying solely on the rotation and friction of Dou Qi could never achieve such a stable state! There... there must be other secrets inside!”

As she spoke, she extended a finger, wanting to personally touch the edge of the cyan fire, only to pull it back like a lightning strike the moment she was about to touch it, scorched by the terrifying heat.

“Hiss. Such a high temperature!”

She marveled, “This temperature is probably not inferior to some high-level Beast Fires! Junior Brother Yun, tell me quickly, what is going on?!”

At this moment, where was there even a hint of the ”Enchantress’s” charm and dominance in Cao Ying?

She was the spitting image of a curious baby who had seen a novel toy and was filled with a hundred thousand questions. On the other side, Dan Chen also finally recovered from the massive shock.

It was as if a powerful force had been injected into her weak body in an instant.

She almost ran to Yun Xiancheng’s other side, those eyes that were originally timid...

At this moment, they also flickered with a thirst for truth and the unknown, identical to Cao Ying’s. “Ju... Junior Brother Yun!”

Dan Chen’s voice was no longer weak; instead, it sounded somewhat clear and bright due to her excitement.

“What is the energy structure of this Wind-Fire? Can it perform the finest refinement of medicinal ingredients just like real flames? Will it produce a destructive cutting effect on the medicinal power because of the essence of the wind attribute?”

She asked several extremely professional and core questions in a row. Her sharp thinking and profound insight made even Yun Xiancheng look at her in a new light.

This seemingly weak girl’s knowledge and talent in the field of alchemy were definitely top-tier.

The originally shy, introverted, and pitiable Dan Chen seemed to transform into a different person the moment she spoke about her beloved alchemy.

Her entire being radiated a confident and dazzling light, a unique charm belonging to a scholar immersed in their own field.

The two top peerless geniuses of the Pill Tower were now tightly ”surrounding” Yun Xiancheng from the left and right. One grabbed his arm, and the other tugged at his sleeve.

Two pairs of eyes, equally beautiful but different in style, stared fixedly at him as if they wanted to study him thoroughly from the inside out. Cao Ying was even bolder; her hand was no longer satisfied with just grabbing Yun Xiancheng’s arm.

Instead, she followed his meridians, stroking all the way up, attempting to perceive the way the Dou Qi circulated within his body.

“Don’t move, let me see... how your Dou Qi flows... the toughness of these meridians... it’s so strong! No wonder they can withstand such high-intensity Dou Qi compression!”

Although Dan Chen was not as direct, her hand also gently touched Yun Xiancheng’s arm, feeling the steady and powerful force coming from beneath the skin.

She muttered softly:

“No. It’s definitely not just compression and rotation. There must also be a special vibration frequency... yes, resonance! Through a specific frequency, wind element particles are made to resonate, thereby triggering energy fusion at a microscopic level... Heavens, Senior Venerable Yao... just what a great Alchemist she is.”

Being ”handled” like this by two beautiful women, Yun Xiancheng’s face still maintained that calm and composed expression. He was a veteran of many battles; this small scene was not enough to make him lose his composure.

He just looked at the two girls with their exploding curiosity with a smile, occasionally speaking to answer their doubts with words that were ambiguous yet thought-provoking.

“My Master once said that all things have their principles, and wind also has the principle of wind. As long as one can see through its essence, wind can also produce fire.”

“As for control, it all relies on the heart. Where the heart goes, the intent reaches, and the heat naturally moves with the mind.” His words were profound and full of the charm of the Dao, making Cao Ying and Dan Chen listen with intoxication.

They felt that his words contained supreme principles of alchemy. Their gazes toward Yun Xiancheng gradually shifted from initial curiosity and inquiry to a hint of admiration and reverence. And just as Yun Xiancheng was enjoying the admiring gazes of the two genius girls—

As he handled their increasingly bold physical contact with ease, a strange, soft, and warm sensation quietly emanated from his back. It was Xuan Yi.

This giant of the Pill Tower had, at some unknown point, quietly moved behind him.

She looked at her ’obedient grandson’ surrounded by two outstanding juniors, watching his calm and composed manner as he offered guidance. The fondness and pride in her heart were almost overflowing.

At the same time, a mysterious ’jealousy’ that she hadn’t even noticed herself quietly arose.

’How can these two little girls be so close to my sweet baby...’ Once this thought appeared, Xuan Yi could no longer hold it back.

She was never one to follow the rules, and moreover, after experiencing that day’s physical and mental upheaval, her possessiveness toward Yun Xiancheng had already reached a terrifying level through subtle shifts. She quietly pressed forward another inch.

Then, she gently pressed her full breasts, wrapped in a green dress, against Yun Xiancheng’s broad and sturdy back.

Immediately after, she began to quietly rub up and down with an extremely slow and gentle frequency. The astonishing softness and elasticity were transmitted through several layers of clothing.

That faint, highly intentional rubbing caused Yun Xiancheng, who was focused on his ’sermon,’ to stiffen slightly. He felt a wave of helplessness in his heart.

’Grandma is really turning up the difficulty for me.’

Don’t do this kind of thing here, it’ll be social death.

Yun Xiancheng’s spine tensed for a split second, so subtle that it was undetectable to an ordinary person.

The heart-pounding softness and warmth pressed against his back were grinding up and down slowly and persistently in an extremely ambiguous and provocative rhythm.

The elastic sensation was still clearly transmitted through several layers of clothing, as if two pieces of warm, moist jade were repeatedly rolling across his back, bringing waves of tingling itchiness.

’She really doesn’t care about the setting, she’s playing more and more out of line...’ Yun Xiancheng gave a helpless bitter smile in his heart. He could feel that although Xuan Yi’s movements were hidden,

the possessiveness and provocative intent contained within them, which almost burst from her body, were not hidden at all.

“Senior Brother Yun? Your expression... why does it look a bit strange?” Dan Chen’s eyes, clear as water, held a trace of concern.

She was closest to Yun Xiancheng and keenly captured the extremely subtle change in expression that flashed across his face.

Cao Ying’s seductive eyes also narrowed slightly. She followed Dan Chen’s gaze and scrutinized Yun Xiancheng, a searching smile playing at the corners of her mouth.

“Oh? Is that so? On the contrary, I feel that Junior Brother Yun’s ruddy complexion and steady breathing don’t look like physical discomfort, but rather like... he’s enjoying some wonderful experience?”

Her words were pointed, and her gaze drifted toward the Pill Tower giant behind Yun Xiancheng, who was smiling with a kind and harmless face. A woman’s intuition is always exceptionally sharp. Although Cao Ying couldn’t see any substantial evidence,

the increasingly subtle and ambiguous atmosphere in the inner chamber allowed her to scent something unusual. “Cough, the two Senior Sisters must be joking.”

Yun Xiancheng gave a light cough, and his face returned to its calm and unruffled state.

“Perhaps it’s because I used the Wind-Fire just now, which exhausted some of my mental energy, causing my blood and Qi to surge for a moment. It’s nothing serious.” His explanation was reasonable. When Dan Chen heard it, she believed it and said with concern:

“Then... then Senior Brother, quickly stop your technique! It wouldn’t be good if you injured your body!” However, just as Yun Xiancheng was about to disperse the ’Wind-Fire’ in his palm:

An even bolder and more direct invasion arrived quietly from his side.

Xuan Yi’s delicate hand, as smooth as jade and always tucked in her sleeve, had quietly reached out at some point.

Like a dexterous snake searching for its nest, it accurately found the gap in the side of Yun Xiancheng’s slightly loose robes and then, without hesitation, reached inside.

What she touched were the man’s firm and warm abdominal muscles.

Xuan Yi’s fingertips lightly brushed over those powerful muscle lines like a dragonfly skimming the water, bringing a slight tremor.

Her movements were light and soft, carrying a gentleness that was almost like soothing. Yun Xiancheng’s body stiffened slightly again.

’Grandma... this Grandma Xuan Yi really isn’t afraid of being discovered at all!’

’If Cao Ying and Dan Chen see this, the two of us will really suffer social death on the spot!’ Yun Xiancheng complained wildly in his heart.

In front of two young, talented women he had just met, to be handled like this by a highly respected elder—and his nominal ’Grandma’ at that.

Just thinking about this scene was enough for any self-respecting person to die of shame on the spot. But immediately after, an even more absurd thought uncontrollably popped up from the bottom of his heart. ’Wait. Looking at her fearless posture... she couldn’t be... doing this on purpose, could she?’

Yun Xiancheng’s thoughts raced in an instant. ’Could she be... expecting Cao Ying and Dan Chen to discover all this?’

’And then, using her status as an elder and this established fact, create an irreversible situation;’

’thereby... forcing these two girls to join in and serve me together?’ He was a little moved.

But moved as he was, Yun Xiancheng still felt that his Grandma Xuan Yi was truly quite wicked.

This move of hers was clearly forcing him, her ’obedient grandson,’ to do things that were completely out of character.

She didn’t seem worried at all about her good grandson’s persona collapsing. However, on second thought, Yun Xiancheng felt relieved again.

As everyone knows, the word ’filial piety’ is the highest virtue a junior should uphold. Since his own grandma is thinking so much for him, as a grandson,

even if he gains a reputation for ’filial piety,’ he must properly and wholeheartedly obey her wishes! Well, he would rather lose all face today and suffer social death,

than fail the painstaking efforts of his grandma, who has been lonely for many years and finally found some joy in life!

Inside Yun Xiancheng’s robes, Xuan Yi’s hand became increasingly bold. Her fingertips

stopped upon the slowly rising ’Buzhou Mountain’.

Xuan Yi instinctively swallowed. Even though it was the second time, she could clearly feel Yun Xiancheng’s power. A satisfied and slightly playful flush involuntarily appeared on her face.

Her hand gently covered it, and using her soft and warm palm, she began to rub slowly with a very skillful, neither light nor heavy force.

“Junior Brother Yun, why have you stopped talking?”

Cao Ying’s voice, like the most seductive demonic sound, rang in Yun Xiancheng’s ear.

“Is it because our questions have left you speechless? Or is it... that your Wind-Fire technique is actually just an impressive-looking but useless show, and can’t be used for actual alchemy at all?”

“How... how could that be!”

Yun Xiancheng suppressed the increasingly strong strange sensations coming from his lower abdomen, his voice slightly raspy. “This method... was created by my master’s lifelong efforts; it is naturally... profound.”

Just then, a strange and extremely thick fragrance filled the inner chamber without warning. It was a fragrance difficult to describe in words, neither as cloying as floral scents nor as quiet as sandalwood.

It was more like... a mix of the elegance of orchids, the body fragrance of a young girl, and some kind of... some kind of unique scent of life’s origin, full of temptation.

“Eh? What is this smell? It’s so fragrant!”

Dan Chen’s small and delicate nose instinctively twitched a few times. She looked around curiously, trying to find the source of the fragrance.

Cao Ying’s beautiful eyes also flickered. Almost immediately, she locked her gaze onto Yun Xiancheng. She stepped out with her long legs, walking gracefully in front of Yun Xiancheng, and then:

She actually leaned down, bringing her seductive and moving face close to Yun Xiancheng’s neck, sniffing carefully and at close range like a small animal.

“Hmm. This smell... it seems to be coming from your body.”

Cao Ying’s breath was warm and ambiguous, blowing against Yun Xiancheng’s ear and bringing waves of itchiness.

“Junior Brother Yun, are you... hiding some incredible rare herbs on you? This fragrance, when smelled... actually makes one’s mind flutter.”