Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor-Chapter 1104: Don’t Worry, I’m Here!
"Ning Shui Flower, Jie Yu Branch, Gu Tong Leaf, ..."
As Lian Yuluo murmured, she positioned the materials in the order Yun Xiao had specified and tossed various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures into the white Medicine Tripod.
As expected by Yun Xiao, the Ancestral Vein Fire of this Vice Hall Master of the Xuanyin Hall was indeed extraordinary. In his opinion, it was at least superior to the Ancestral Vein Fire of the Meridian Refining Master Association’s Vice President Qian Sanyuan.
Under such a potent Ancestral Vein Fire, each Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure was either reduced to a puff of medicine powder or transformed into a liquid essence, which Lian Yuluo set aside for later use.
In fact, during this first step of refining, the order in which the materials were placed was not critically significant, and the real key to Yun Xiao’s arrangement was in the second step of the fusion.
In this step, the various refined Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasure essences needed to be fused together in pairs. At this stage, the mutual repulsion between the essences could be pivotal to the success or failure of the final elixir.
This Illusion Yin Pill being refined was an Earth Rank Advanced elixir with Yin Cold Attribute, meaning no Fire Attribute materials countered its Yin Cold Attribute among the various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
However, even essences with the same Yin Cold Attribute could lead to fusion failure if not handled carefully. There were numerous such instances, often requiring several or even dozens of failures to discern the pattern and achieve ultimate success.
For a Low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner to refine an Earth Rank Advanced elixir, failure would be laughably absurd, which was why Lian Yuluo had been dismissive of Yun Xiao’s words earlier.
A night passed swiftly, and within that time, Lian Yuluo’s potent Ancestral Vein Fire had refined over a hundred materials into essences.
This was due to the special nature of Lian Yuluo’s Ancestral Vein Fire. Had it been an Earth Rank Advanced Pulse Refining Master with ordinary flames, merely refining these hundreds of materials would have taken two days.
"Remember, don’t change the order of fusion!"
Seeing Lian Yuluo about to start the second step of fusion, Yun Xiao couldn’t help but step forward and reminded her, causing Lian Yuluo’s expression to grow even grimmer.
"This guy, why does he have to talk so much?"
Lian Yuluo cursed inwardly but refrained from acting contrary. With a wave of her right hand, the first two essences of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were swept into the white Medicine Tripod, beginning to fuse.
The fusion of the first two materials went smoothly. But when Lian Yuluo was about to sweep the next two essences into the tripod, she hesitated slightly. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
"Yun Xiao, are you sure you want to fuse the Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf essences together?"
After a night of difficult refining, Lian Yuluo finally reminded Yun Xiao, believing that there was a considerable chance of failure in fusing Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf together.
Even as a Low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner, Lian Yuluo dared not guarantee a one hundred percent success rate, and this was part of why she had been previously frustrated and puzzled.
The Bone Flower, before being refined, appeared as flowers formed by assembling bones, bearing this name due to its similarity to the bones of a Vein Demon long deceased. Its nature was brittle.
Being too rigid leads to breakage, and the already fragile essence of the Bone Flower, if fused with the extremely Ice Cold Attribute essence of the Ice Luo Leaf, would undoubtedly increase the chance of breakage.
In such situations, not even a Low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner like Lian Yuluo could claim full control.
The Illusion Yin Pill, with its extreme Yin and Cold properties, was refined using potent Ancestral Vein Fire, a paradox unto itself. Yet years of alchemy had made Lian Yuluo overlook this glaring contradiction.
It’s akin to an arm, naturally resilient, being frozen with water and then broken with a blow, snapping both ice and arm without much force.
Despite having been refined into white powder, the Bone Flower, during the fusion process, would react with the Ice Luo Leaf, potentially freezing into solid ice. In such circumstances, its inherently fragile nature could lead to ultimate failure.
"Don’t worry, I’m here!"
Before Lian Yuluo could respond, Yun Xiao stepped closer, scarcely a few feet away from the Medicine Tripod, speaking words that made Lian Yuluo fall silent.
"It’s precisely because you’re here that I’m uneasy!"
Though unspoken, upon hearing Yun Xiao’s reassuring words, Lian Yuluo ceased to hesitate, sweeping the Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf essences into the white Medicine Tripod.
At that moment, Yun Xiao’s eyes stayed fixed on the tripod, observing the changes in the two material essences. Lian Yuluo’s demeanor turned even more sarcastic as the scene unfolded.
Of course, Lian Yuluo wouldn’t intentionally pretend to make a mistake to mock Yun Xiao. After all, she is a forthright Meridian Refining Master, disdaining such means to prove herself.
So at this moment, she exerted her full strength to protect the two essences that were in the process of fusion, preventing them from collapsing.
However, a Low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner is human, not a god. Even though Lian Yuluo was doing her utmost to control the energy within the two groups of fusing essences, when the fusion was nearly complete, the Ancestral Vein Fire from the tripod furnace suddenly caused a small crack to appear in the essences.
"Not good!"
A change in Lian Yuluo’s expression was inevitable as she had been using her Soul Power to control the situation within the medicine tripod. Her worst fear had materialized - she realized that the fusion of Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf essences was destined to fail.
Whoosh!
However, at this very moment, Lian Yuluo seemed to notice the coarse-clothed youth suddenly stamp his left leg. Then, a streak of green light shot out from his left foot, eventually darting into the medicine tripod with a speed that she found too abrupt to react to.
This streak of green light had a very clear target: the fusing Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf. This scene immediately exacerbated Lian Yuluo’s mood even more.
Having found herself in a predicament due to believing Yun Xiao’s "ghost talk," resulting in the need to re-fuse Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf, Lian Yuluo was already in a depressed state. Unexpectedly, at such a moment, the young man came to interfere.
Alchemy is a very precise field. Many Meridian Refining Masters conduct alchemy in secluded rooms where disturbances from outsiders are strictly forbidden.
Having allowed Yun Xiao to stay here was already seen as benevolence beyond the law in Lian Yuluo’s eyes. Yet, she did not expect this lad to not only comment on her alchemy process but also directly intervene at the end.
Lian Yuluo didn’t know what the green light injected into the medicine tripod was; nor did she wish to know. Had it not been for this crucial moment, she might have directly slapped the youngster out of the room.
"Stop gawking, why don’t you control the fire?"
After Yun Xiao injected some special energy into the two groups of fusing essences, he glanced around and found Lian Yuluo glaring angrily at him, completely ignoring the fusion of the herbs within the medicine tripod. Thus, he shouted furiously with frustration at her tactics.
This shout finally brought Lian Yuluo back to her senses, and as she returned her gaze to the interior of the medicine tripod, her face froze.
"How...how is this possible?"
Under the sensing of Lian Yuluo’s Soul Power, the fusion of the two herbs’ essences, which seemed about to collapse just now, was now stabilized. Moreover, something seemed to have been added to the fused essences, rendering them more resilient and perfect.
As a Low-level Heavenly Stage Pulse Refiner, Lian Yuluo initially diverted her attention to glare at Yun Xiao because she knew she couldn’t prevent the imminent failure of the fusion, hence refrained from futile actions.
But she never anticipated that in just a single moment of distraction, the essences on the brink of collapse transformed in a way unknown. How could one explain this occurrence?
"Could it be...the green light just now?"
Considering a possibility, in her busy state, Lian Yuluo glanced at Yun Xiao’s left leg, seemingly wanting to uncover what the green light was and why it achieved such magical and mysterious results.
In fact, the green light that surged from Yun Xiao’s left leg was in truth quite ordinary; merely a wood attribute power from his left leg’s Ancestor Vein.
Wood attribute is a catalyst that harmonizes all forces in the world. Although the Bone Flower presents an aberrant nature, it still doesn’t escape the domain of the wood attribute.
Originally fragile due to its rigid texture, once infused with the wood attribute power, it naturally became significantly more durable.
Yun Xiao’s actions were guided by his purpose; he dared to do so only with a degree of confidence. And just such a minor intervention discreetly altered Lian Yuluo’s perception of him.
An unknown variable even Lian Yuluo couldn’t control was resolved by an outsider with merely a mystical power. So what level of understanding does this youth possess in terms of Meridian Refining?
At this juncture, Lian Yuluo could no longer regard Yun Xiao as a mere Earth Rank Middle Level Meridian Refining Master. Up till now, she hadn’t deciphered what just transpired.
Recalling Yun Xiao’s earlier advice not to relocate the herbs, Lian Yuluo had more reason to believe that this youth, likely under twenty, had foreseen the current situation and intervened near the medicine tripod just in time.
With Yun Xiao’s assistance, the Bone Flower and Ice Luo Leaf finally fused, and due to the wood attribute power, this fusion leaned towards perfection.
This was something the Heaven Rank Pulse Refiner, Lian Yuluo, sensed quite clearly.
