The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

Yunlongpo.

Alchemy room.

The wind at Yunlongpo always carries a faint dragon's might and deathly dust, as if the soul of a giant dragon that fell thousands of years ago still wanders and lingers on this land.

The alchemy room is located in a sheltered mountain valley at the top of the slope. The dark blue stone walls are made of meteorite bone powder mixed with magma rock, which can naturally isolate external soul power interference and gather the scattered dragon soul energy.

This is the sacred alchemy ground of the Dragon Soul Clan, which has been passed down for thousands of years. Every brick and stone contains secrets related to the Dragon Soul.

At this moment, the alchemy room was filled with warmth, not from ordinary cooking, but from the earth fire surging deep underground.

The clan's inherited earth fire alchemy furnace stood quietly in the center of the room. The furnace was over ten feet tall, and its walls were forged from ten-thousand-year-old black iron. The surface was engraved with dense dragon soul runes, and the soul energy infused by generations of alchemists still remained in the grooves of the runes, flowing with a faint silver glow in the dim light.

Instead of firewood, the bottom of the furnace was a deep underground fire channel. Orange-red underground fire leaped and burned in the channel, making a "whooshing" sound. It was the pure fire power from the earth's core, and the temperature could be controlled by thought. It was the ideal heat source for refining soul pills.

Ashan, Ashui, and Amu, dressed in dark red robes, stood solemnly beside the alchemy furnace.

Their robes were embroidered with coiled dragon patterns in silver thread, which glowed faintly under the nourishment of the spiritual energy surrounding them.

The dragon-shaped marks on the foreheads of the three people shone with a brilliant silver light, several times brighter than those of Achen, who had previously received Su Xiaoya. The silver light, like flowing moonlight, swirled between their brows, demonstrating their profound cultivation at the Soul King realm.

The soul energy surrounding him was steady and profound, unlike the fleeting energy of ordinary soul cultivators. Instead, it was solid and substantial, like a faint silver mist, and one could feel the majestic dragon might contained within it with every breath.

They are the most skilled high-level soul cultivators in the Dragon Soul Clan, adept at refining soul pills. Today, they are here on the orders of their clan leader to fully assist Su Xiaoya in refining the Soul Nourishing Pill.

Su Xiaoya stood gracefully to one side of the alchemy furnace, clutching a yellowed animal skin scroll tightly in her hand. It was the complete recipe for the Soul Nourishing Pill entrusted to her by the Soul Clan Chief.

The animal skin scroll is like an old man who has experienced many vicissitudes. Time has left some traces of wear on its edges, but the words written on it with silver liquid are like lively elves, still clearly visible. The characters are ancient and vigorous, as if they carry a faint dragon aura. They are the dragon-patterned script unique to the Dragon Soul Clan.

This is the core secret of the clan's alchemy using the soul energy of dragons. It is like a mysterious treasure book, recording every detail of the Soul Nourishing Pill's refining process.

From the careful selection and meticulous processing of medicinal materials, to the ingenious extraction and perfect fusion of dragon energy, to the precise control of the heat and the careful condensation of the elixir, even the possible accidents and their solutions are described in detail. The words are full of the wisdom of the alchemists of our ancestors.

She lowered her head, engrossed in studying the elixir formula, her fingertips gently caressing the words on the animal skin scroll. The characters written with the silvery liquid seemed to come alive, slightly warm, like a lively little dragon that burrowed into her body through her fingertips, instantly calming her previously restless soul.

The recipe clearly states that refining the Soul Nourishing Pill is like a meticulously choreographed dance. It requires the ten-thousand-year-old Soul Nourishing Wood as the foundation, supplemented by three main ingredients: Dragon Pattern Soul Crystal Fragments, Soul Gathering Grass, and Soul Condensing Fruit. The four ingredients must be perfectly matched in precise proportions. The slightest error may lead to failure in refining the pill, or even trigger a backlash of soul energy, with unimaginable consequences.

Su Xiaoya took out the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood she had redeemed from the system shop. It was a half-foot-long piece of wood, resembling a sleeping dragon. It was dark brown, and its surface was covered with fine textures, just like dragon scales.

As soon as the wood appeared, a rich spiritual energy surged forth like a turbulent wave, carrying the freshness of vegetation and the weight of time. It was the pure soul-nourishing power that had been precipitated over ten thousand years, like a mother's gentle embrace, capable of gently nourishing the soul, and was an indispensable key to refining the Soul-Nourishing Pill.

Following the recipe, she placed the Soul-Nourishing Wood on a specially made black iron anvil, holding a small knife inlaid with dragon-patterned soul crystals. She carefully shaved the Soul-Nourishing Wood into tiny pieces, each as thin as a cicada's wing and of uniform size—only in this way could the soul energy within the Soul-Nourishing Wood be fully released during the alchemy process, perfectly fusing with the soul energy of other medicinal herbs.

Seeing this, Ah Shan nodded slowly: "Young friend Su's technique is precise. The Soul Nourishing Wood has a special texture. If it is cut too thin, it will easily damage the soul energy. If it is too thick, it will be difficult to refine. This balance is just right to meet the requirements of the pill formula."

As he spoke, his soul energy surged slightly, and the silver soul mist transformed into three small soul hands, gently supporting the soul-nourishing wooden pieces to prevent them from falling to the ground, getting dirty, and losing soul energy.

Ah Shui took out a jade box from his storage bag, opened it, and found it filled with powder that shimmered with silver light. It was the unique Dragon Pattern Soul Crystal fragments of the Burial Dragon Abyss.

Dragon Pattern Soul Crystal is formed over ten thousand years by the soul energy of a fallen dragon and the essence of the earth's veins. Each piece contains a vast amount of dragon soul energy, and although these fragments are scraps from the crystal, their concentration of soul energy is still astonishing. They are key ingredients for increasing the concentration of soul energy in Soul Nourishing Pills.

"These dragon-patterned soul crystal fragments need to be filtered three times with soul energy to remove the impurities from the earth veins before they can be used in medicine," Ah Shui explained softly, as if reciting an ancient ballad. A wisp of pure soul energy had already condensed at his fingertips, like a nimble little snake, and slowly poured into the jade box.

The silvery soul energy enveloped the fragments like flowing water, gently stirring them. The impurities in the fragments, like iron filings attracted by a magnet, were absorbed by the soul energy and gradually settled at the bottom of the jade box. The remaining fragments, like carefully carved gemstones, became even purer, their silver radiance more dazzling, and their dragon might more intense.

Amu was in charge of processing the Soul-Gathering Grass and Soul-Condensing Fruit.

The Soul Gathering Grass cultivated by the Dragon Guardian Clan is quite different from ordinary varieties. Its leaves are like silver silk, and its veins are clearly visible, just like dragon patterns. Each leaf exudes a rich soul energy, as if it were a celestial medicine drifting from a fairyland.

Through the meticulous improvement and cultivation by the ancestors of the Soul Clan, the Soul Gathering Grass now contains three times the soul energy of ordinary Soul Gathering Grass. It is like a treasure trove of soul energy, which can effectively gather the scattered soul energy and make the soul energy of the pill more condensed, just like steel that has been forged a thousand times.

Amu placed the Soul-Gathering Grass in his palm, and the soul energy around him flowed slowly like a warm spring breeze, gently enveloping the herb. He gently rubbed it, extracting the juice and soul energy from the grass leaves as if peeling silk from a cocoon, forming tiny silver droplets. The grass residue, carried by the soul energy, was gently tossed into the stone basin beside him like abandoned fallen leaves.

The Soul-Gathering Fruit is a translucent, light blue fruit, resembling a sapphire set in a jade plate, flawless and clear, with fine dragon patterns on its surface, like a mysterious talisman.

This fruit is key to stabilizing the efficacy of the pills, acting like a stabilizing force. It effectively prevents the dissipation of soul energy during the pill-refining process, making the pills' effects last longer, as if it were a magic frozen in time.

Amu arranged ten Soul-Gathering Fruits neatly on the jade plate. The soul energy at his fingertips was like a pair of nimble hands, gently making a small cut on the surface of each fruit, allowing the Soul-Gathering Power contained within to leap out like a released sprite in advance, so that it could merge more quickly with the soul energy of other medicinal materials during alchemy, like water and milk blending together.

As Su Xiaoya watched the three of them process the medicinal herbs in an orderly manner, the unease in her heart gradually receded like the tide, replaced by a rock-solid sense of security.