In the original story, it took Yao Lao two and a half days to refine the Blood Lotus Pill. He also said that it would take ordinary alchemists ten days or so without a special fire. On the way, he even attracted the covetousness of several Grade 2 and Grade 3 Alchemists, and a bloody incident occurred in the air.
However, in reality, this Grade 5 Pill didn't take two and a half days at all. All told, Chen Yang only used two and a half hours, or five hours, to refine it.
While Chen Yang was refining pills, Little Fairy Doctor quietly lay on the table watching, not only learning but also observing her beloved's focused expression.
Two and a half hours passed quickly. With a gentle tap on the medicine cauldron, Chen Yang released a blood-red pill emitting a medicinal fragrance, which he easily stored in a jade bottle.
"Husband, you finished refining it so quickly?"
"That old herbalist said that refining a Grade 5 Pill might take more than a day!"
Little Fairy Doctor stepped forward, holding a cup of tea in her hand, and handed it to Chen Yang, asking softly.
"What does Yao Chen know about alchemy? If you asked him to refine pills, it would probably take him two and a half days." Chen Yang shrugged, saying he was complaining about Yao Chen, but actually he was complaining about Potato.
There are too many contradictions in the original Battle Through the Heavens novel. Before entering the Monster Mountain Range, the Blood Lotus Pill required a 4-Tier ice-attribute Magic Core, but once it arrived in Black Rock City, it became a 3-Tier core, and there were no restrictions on attributes anymore.
It took the old master two and a half days to refine the Blood Lotus Pill on the flying Magical Beast, but only one day to refine the Grade 6 Breaking Calamity Pill in Mo City. Moreover, he failed once in the middle. It is said that the Black Demon Cauldron can save half the time, but the Sixth Grade should take twice as long as the Fifth Grade, right?
Of course, the reason it only took five hours was because Chen Yang's skills were better.
To put it bluntly, in the Dou Qi Continent for the past 50,000 years and the next 50,000 years, including the future Flame Emperor, no one understood how to refine pills below the Fifth Grade better than Chen Yang.
With the addition of the 7-Tier rainbow fire and his 8-Star Dou Huang strength, alchemy naturally became much easier.
"Hehe, I knew my husband was the best!" Little Fairy Doctor praised Chen Yang.
"My husband has even more amazing skills. Would you like to try them?" Chen Yang glanced at Little Fairy Doctor, then looked at the completely dark sky outside, and raised an eyebrow as he spoke.
"Husband… we haven't eaten yet, why don't we finish our meal… ah…" Before Little Fairy Doctor could finish speaking, Chen Yang picked her up by the waist and carried her into the inner room.
"You're a Great Dou Master, and I'm a Dou Huang. Skipping a meal or two isn't a big deal. Besides… compared to food, I'd rather eat you…" Chen Yang grinned lewdly. Anyway, she was his wife, so he could do whatever he wanted. Besides, he had a big meal five hours ago, so he needed to exercise to digest…
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Chen Yang was quite carefree after refining the pills, while Xiao Yan was in a miserable situation.
At the Alchemist Guild, Xiao Yan thought he would have some left over after buying all the medicinal herbs except for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. However, not only did he lose the card Chen Yang gave him, but he also lost over 100,000 gold coins.
The icy spring caused Xiao Yan to bleed profusely.
However, it could only be said that the protagonist was indeed the protagonist. When Xiao Yan left the Monster Mountain Range, he accidentally discovered a Crimson Sun Fruit. Although this Crimson Sun Fruit was not as rare as the companion Amethyst Source, its growing conditions were extremely harsh. Even if it grew, it would be eaten by monsters immediately. Moreover, it had great benefits for people who cultivated fire-attribute Dou Qi.
This thing originally grew in the territory of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. The Amethyst Winged Lion King himself did not notice it, and the other Magical Beasts also thought that this thing belonged to the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
The Crimson Sun Fruit only emitted its fragrance when it was ripe. As it happened, Chen Yang was taken away by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, which naturally benefited Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan originally intended to give two of these fruits to Chen Yang, but Yao Lao said that these fruits were not very useful to Dou Huang experts, so it would be better to keep them until he collected suitable medicinal materials to refine a Grade 7 Crimson Sun Pill and then give it to Chen Yang. After thinking about it, Xiao Yan put them away, intending to give Chen Yang a surprise after he was done.
At Gu Te's place, Xiao Yan successfully exchanged a Crimson Sun Fruit for a bottle of Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and planned to go find Chen Yang the next day.
The next day, Xiao Yan rushed to Chen Yang's residence, only to find that Chen Yang and Little Fairy Doctor had both gone out.
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They rode three times in one night. At first, Little Fairy Doctor was passively riding, but the last two times she became the rider, which amused Chen Yang to no end.
Thanks to the fact that both of them were quite strong, and Little Fairy Doctor had even taken pills to enhance her physique, her physical strength was now almost equivalent to that of a 2-Tier Magical Beast, so her recovery speed was very fast.
After having breakfast early in the morning, the two headed out of the city straight to the location of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
"Owner!"
"Mistress!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King had only met Chen Yang three days ago, so it wasn't too worried. The environment where they lived was also quite nice, with gentle breezes and sunshine.
Chen Yang nodded, and without saying much, he injected his Soul Force and pressed the jade piece onto the head of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
As a faint light flashed, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes froze for a moment, then it looked at Chen Yang with delight.
"You practice first, then I'll teach your son too!"
As Chen Yang spoke, he flew to the little Amethyst Winged Lion King and repeated the same operation, teaching the little Amethyst Winged Lion King to do the same thing.
After about an hour, both the large and small Amethyst Winged Lion Kings learned the secret technique. One turned into the size of an adult medium-sized dog, and the other turned into the size of a puppy medium-sized dog.
Because of their reduced size, the markings of the Amethyst Winged Lion King on both beasts had faded considerably. Apart from their pointed heads, even their wings could be folded up, making them look not much different from ordinary lion dogs.
"Great, that's much more convenient!"
"By the way, how much energy does this secret technique consume for you?"
Chen Yang reached out and moved the head of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, saying with satisfaction.
"Reporting to Master, the energy consumption is almost negligible!"
"Breathing in the energy of heaven and earth can completely replenish the energy consumed by the secret technique!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King replied.
"That's good. I was just worried that using the secret technique would consume a lot of energy, which would be a loss!"
Chen Yang nodded, and then returned to Black Rock City with the two Amethyst Winged Lion Kings and Little Fairy Doctor.
After returning to the inn, Chen Yang saw Xiao Yan carrying a black ruler outside the courtyard.
"Brother Yang, you're back!"
Seeing Chen Yang and Little Fairy Doctor land, Xiao Yan hurriedly cupped his hands in greeting, but when he saw the two small lions that Chen Yang was carrying, his pupils shrank again.
Either of these two lion cubs could easily take me down, right?
"Have you collected all the medicinal herbs?" Chen Yang asked.
"Yes, we've collected everything, including a small bottle of the Ice Spirit Cold Spring!" Xiao Yan nodded and took out a storage ring to present it.
"That's good. Leave the pill refining to me. You can stay in Black Rock City for a while longer, which will also be a good time to start the first stage of your cultivation."
"The Green Lotus Core Flame of the Tagor Desert cannot escape no matter what, so you can rest assured!"
Chen Yang said softly.
"Brother Yang, you also know about the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Tagor Desert?"
Xiao Yan was startled upon hearing this.
"Don't worry, I won't fight you for it. I don't even want that trash ranked nineteenth, but it's barely enough for you right now!"
"In these six months, you need to steadily improve your physical fitness to a level comparable to a 5-Tier Magical Beast. Then, after absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame and taking some pills, becoming a Dou Wang will be no problem!"
"There's still a year left until the three-year agreement. Don't you want to spread your Dou Qi wings and fly up to the Yun Lan Sect when the three-year agreement is reached, scaring Nalan Yanran to death?"
Chen Yang looked at Xiao Yan and said with a smile.
"One year? From a 3-Star Great Dou Master to a Dou Wang?"
"This…"