The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 48: Yi Jin Xin Mai
Su Yan's expression changed slightly: "Is Master Song ready?"

"Seven or eight points, but it's enough."

Song Qi had already asked for leave from the chief manager, and should have been about 80% prepared before taking action.

But now the situation is a little different.

"Is it because of the robbery of medicinal herbs?"

Song Qi showed a look of surprise. He didn't expect Su Yan to know about this. He nodded and said, "Pang Tianfeng robbed a batch of medicinal herbs. The shopkeepers are going to send people to look for him. I'm afraid there will be changes."

"Old Song, what is the level of cultivation of Pang Tianfeng? Why is there such a big scene?"

Su Yan was puzzled. No matter how powerful Pang Tianfeng was, how could he pull off such a commotion?
"Pang Tianfeng was originally an abandoned disciple of the Jiufeng Sect. I don't know what opportunity he found to defect. He fled all the way from Lingnan Prefecture to Bailu County, our southernmost prefecture."

Song Qi explained in detail, "It is rumored that he was only at the Blood Moving Realm at first, and he escaped several times. This time, he made a move and finally reached the Nourishing Essence Realm. This kind of improvement must be due to something he possesses."

Su Yan's eyes flickered slightly: "An innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure."

"Your words are quite concise."

Song Qi's deep eyes lit up: "As long as there are rumors, people will be tempted. But Pang Tianfeng's method of using poison is quite tricky. I'm afraid there will be deaths in the forest."

It is already extremely dangerous in the barren mountains. The various families are fighting openly and secretly for resources, and the situation is already chaotic enough with all the means they use.

Now that the hunting is about to begin, the chaos will only get worse. Pang Tianfeng's interference will only make the chaos worse.

Chaos is the ladder to success, and there will always be ambitious people who like chaos and emerge at this time.

It is a wise decision for Song Qi to want to recover from his injuries before the chaos occurs.

Besides, who can guarantee that Song Qi doesn’t have any ideas?

Let’s put Pang Tianfeng’s matter aside. Although there are signs of something happening, it won’t immediately affect the three of them.

The most urgent task is to refine the Yi Jin Xu Mai Pills.

Early the next morning, Xu Zhongdao ordered his servants to close the gate of the courtyard, and Song Qi stayed in the inner courtyard.

He took Su Yan into the alchemy room, where all he saw were medicinal herbs that had been categorized and packaged.

Su Yan showed a look of surprise. There were no less than thirty or forty kinds of medicinal herbs in this alchemy room, from wild beast bones to blood tendon flowers. Most of them had been processed in different ways.

"I'm afraid that Mr. Xu has been dealing with these things these days."

Yi Jin Xu Mai Wan is a second-grade, low-quality elixir, mainly made of second-grade materials. It is extremely precious, and some of them contain materials that are difficult to process.

Now that they can be classified so properly, it can be seen how much effort Xu Zhongdao has put in. He and Song Qi are probably friends for life.

"Boy, you don't have enough skills. You can only refine a low-grade second-level pill. Once you start the furnace, especially if you have never refined Yijinxuemai Pills before, you will definitely not be able to stop."

Xu Zhongdao looked serious, and he was already sitting in front of the big medicine furnace.

"You'll need to give me whatever herbs I want, accurate to the milligram. Some herbs need to be processed on the spot. I'll ask you to do it, and you must complete it on time. If there's any mistake, the efficacy of the medicine will be drastically different. Our herbs won't last more than a few times."

"I try my best."

Su Yan looked serious, while Xu Zhongdao spoke in a slightly more relaxed tone, "Don't be too nervous. I've learned a thing or two about your knowledge of medicine these past few days. You understand and handle medicine better than the apprentices at Baicaotang, and you're more than capable of this task. As for your alchemy skills and how much you can learn, it all depends on your ability."

Alchemy is already the skill of Baicaotang. At least Xu Zhongdao's skill comes from Baicaotang. He can't directly teach Su Yan how to make alchemy. This is the rule.

However, after spending a few days together, asking questions in between, and observing Su Yan's understanding of the Poison Skin Powder, the cooking and use of Sanyuan Soup, etc., he was able to figure out Su Yan's background.

This kid is very strange. He is a genius in martial arts. Even when he masters the knowledge of identifying and distinguishing medicines, he can draw inferences from one example and make rapid progress.

"Fire!"

As soon as the fire was lit, the medicine furnace began to heat up. Xu Zhongdao concentrated his attention and began to put the main ingredients, wild beast bones and blood tendon flowers, in one by one.

One could see the aura in his body surging, and faint wisps of white mist like incense smoke continuously flowing into the medicine furnace.

"Is this the true essence cultivated in the Yang Yuan realm?"

Using true essence to refine medicine, combined with furnace fire to adjust the medicinal properties, this refining method is definitely not possible if one's cultivation level is not high enough.

As soon as Xu Zhongdao spoke, Su Yan immediately took action, quickly took out the prepared medicinal materials and put them into the fire.

"One ounce of blood ginseng and three ounces of black tiger root juice."

Xu Zhongdao kept instructing Su Yan to fetch herbs and put them into the furnace. Beads of sweat gradually appeared on his wrinkled face.

Not only is the fire in the furnace blazing, but refining the elixir also consumes a lot of true energy.

'The medicinal properties are stimulated, but a constant balance must be maintained, so that the medicinal properties can be continuously superimposed and retained into the pill, so that when taken, they can all be converted into energy.'

While assisting in refining the medicine, Su Yan observed Xu Zhongdao's methods, concepts and skills in refining the medicine.

Xu Zhongdao had originally intended to teach him, and now he had no intention of hiding some of the techniques from him.

As time went by, there were only a few of the dozens of medicinal herbs in front of Su Yan left, and almost all of them had been used once.

Xu Zhongdao's face was pale and his true energy was greatly consumed. If he had not prepared some pills to replenish his essence and convert them into his own true energy, he would have collapsed by now.

"Add all the blood tendon flowers and wild beast bones, quickly!"

Xu Zhongdao shouted loudly, and Su Yan immediately put the prepared main materials into the furnace for the second time.

The fire gradually went out, and the medicine furnace rumbled and moved aside.

The residual heat continued to burn the pills inside, but Xu Zhongdao no longer paid much attention to it. He just kept using his strength to shake the medicine furnace.

This lasted for about seventeen or eighteen minutes until the temperature of the medicine furnace dropped.

Xu Zhongdao opened the lid and a medicinal fragrance immediately wafted in.

He immediately showed an expression of ecstasy, and suddenly stood up to look at the medicine furnace. Three dark red pills were in the furnace, emitting medicinal fragrance.

"It's done, hahahahahaha"

Xu Zhongdao let out a long sigh, "Boy, go get Old Song in now. We've found his whereabouts. Don't just stand there."

He saw that Su Yan didn't move, but he didn't see the surprise in Su Yan's eyes.

【Medicine Identification 19/400 (Great Achievement)】

【Basic Alchemy 1/100 (Beginner)】

After observing for a long time, with Xu Zhongdao's hints from the side, he gradually completed the transformation when the elixir was formed.

Su Yan strode out the door and immediately saw Song Qi pacing anxiously in the yard.

"Old man, the Yijinxuema Pill is ready."

Su Yan had only said half of his words when he saw a figure passing by him like the wind.

'What a fast speed'

His pupils shrank, and before he could see clearly, Song Qi was already in the alchemy room.

"The Yijinxumai Pill is ready. Once Old Song recovers, he will be my most reliable supporter. Although Xiaoshanhui may pose a threat, I don't have to worry about them attacking me without any reason."

He strode out of the yard, looked at the moonlight, and smiled: "The alchemy technique is complete, and now it's time to make the insect break through. The outer and inner mountains have the most poisonous creatures, which is just right for the poison pills I refine."

Su Yan was about to leave when he was suddenly stopped by Song Qi.

He threw a dark red object in front of Su Yan.

Su Yan subconsciously caught the thing, and suddenly looked down carefully and found that it was one of the Yi Jin Xu Mai Pills.

"This is your share."

(End of this chapter)