Danzun War God

Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Tribulation of the Elixir

Blood Spirit Lord was still basking in his smugness, completely unprepared for Han Qi's attack at this moment. When he felt the pressure, he hurriedly conjured a blood shield to defend himself. However, the blood shield was hastily formed and utterly vulnerable to Han Qi's Fiery Palm. The blood shield was instantly swallowed up by the Fiery Palm imprint, sending Blood Spirit Lord flying. After crashing into two giant rocks and shattering them, Blood Spirit Lord was slammed heavily onto another giant rock. The several-meter-high rock instantly cracked in several places, and the previously separated blood mist instantly merged together again. Han Qi immediately rushed towards the direction where Blood Spirit Lord had fallen, releasing his profound energy to disperse the blood mist within several meters around him.

Blood Spirit Lord struggled to his feet, quickly channeling his energy in front of his chest. Instantly, a rapidly spinning blood sphere appeared between his hands, crackling with lightning. In an instant, the surrounding blood mist surged towards the sphere like a crimson dragon. At the same time, the wounds on Blood Spirit Lord's body healed at a visible speed.

Han Qi's heart sank, and he immediately unleashed two more fiery palm strikes, these two palm strikes containing the maximum power of Han Qi's Fire Spirit Pearl.

Blood Spirit Lord was a little flustered as Han Qi approached. However, as a newly promoted Blood Spirit Lord, he could not yet unleash the full power he was supposed to have. He simply flipped his hand and transformed the blood sphere into a giant dragon that charged out.

With a deafening roar, the crimson dragon and a fiery palm print vanished simultaneously, sending rocks flying and causing a massive air ripple that sent the surrounding blood mist scattering outwards like waves. Immediately afterward, a second palm print struck Blood Spirit Venerable directly, shattering the boulder behind him and causing it to disappear without a trace. When the blood mist parted again, Blood Spirit Venerable was still standing there.

Han Qi was startled. Just as he was about to unleash a palm strike, the Blood Spirit Venerable shattered like a stone, its body scattering into pieces on the ground. Han Qi breathed a sigh of relief. The commotion had likely alerted nearby Blood Spirits. At that moment, Han Qi noticed the Blood Spirit Venerable's essence hovering in the air, radiating a brilliant light that shone brightly amidst the blood mist. Han Qi immediately collected it into his Qiankun Ring and quickly left the battlefield.

Han Qi concealed his aura and dodged several waves of blood spirits before finally leaving Blood Spirit Mountain.

As he prepared to leave the secret realm through the exit, he sensed that the demonic and malevolent energy in the stone chamber where Lu Yuanba, Sun Yaozu, and Li Ke had been practicing had disappeared. Han Qi was startled. Could it be that they had left this place, or perhaps they were nearby? Thinking of this, Han Qi did not linger and immediately left the secret realm.

When he returned to Muyun City, nearly a month had passed since he left. By then, everyone except Old Master Lin Guangzhi had already found the medicine and returned, and were all waiting for the two of them. Upon hearing that Han Qi had obtained the Blood Spirit Grass, they all looked at Han Qi with new respect. In particular, Lin Hongchang, the head of the Lin family, was exceptionally happy. Now the Lin family's protective umbrella would not be lost, and the Lin family's position in Muyun City would be secure.

Several days later, a figure entered the Lin residence like lightning. It was indeed the old master of the Lin family who had returned. After receiving the news, everyone who had been searching for the medicine gathered at the Lin family. The old master, Lin Guangzhi, looked around at everyone with a serious expression and his eyes were sharp. Only then did he reveal a relieved smile and slowly said, "Thank you all for your hard work. After the matter is accomplished, I, Lin, will definitely not treat you unfairly."

After saying that, he turned to Han Qi and said, "Qi'er, the rest is up to you. Just let me know if you need anything."

Han Qi nodded and said, "Grandpa, now that everything is ready, I should start refining the pills as soon as possible. This longevity pill is a sixth-grade pill, so it will probably take some time. I would appreciate it if you could arrange for a few experts to protect me."

Old Master Lin laughed and said, "Of course, I will personally protect you. If anyone tries to cause trouble, I will tear them apart first."

"Now I can rest assured." After saying this, Han Qi began to sort out the medicinal herbs one by one. The herbs were stored in jade boxes of different sizes. Old Master Lin also handed one of his jade boxes to Han Qi. Han Qi immediately opened it and saw that the golden Emperor Grass and the black Illusion Demon Grass were growing on a thick root. The herbs were obviously quite old. Han Qi was very happy and then took the herbs and several people in charge of protection to the Han family's alchemy pavilion.

Inside the Han family's alchemy pavilion, Han Qi had Han Cheng retrieve the medicinal herbs he had prepared beforehand, and then dismissed everyone else, leaving only Han Cheng to help out.

Han Qi spent most of the day processing the medicinal herbs, explaining the more difficult problems to Han Cheng one by one. Han Qi handled the process with great care. Although refining this kind of pill was a piece of cake in his previous life, this was Han Qi's first time doing so in this life. Moreover, there was a natural source of Purple Profound True Fire in Kunwu Mountain.

Han Qi slowly activated the Fire Spirit Pearl in his Life Palace using the Fire Saint Technique from the Hunyuan Five Spirits Sacred Art. The surface of the originally golden Fire Spirit Pearl began to glow with a rapidly rotating purple light, and a purplish-black flame appeared out of thin air in front of Han Qi. Under Han Qi's control, the flame moved to the alchemy furnace in front of them and began to preheat the furnace.

Han Cheng was speechless with astonishment at the appearance of the flames. He had never seen such flames before. The flames burned very brightly, but he could not feel any heat from them. Just as he was wondering, Han Qi spoke up, "This is the Purple Profound True Fire. It looks ordinary, but it contains enormous energy." After a slight pause, he said, "You can also put your divine sense in to learn from it. You don't need to control the flames."

Han Cheng quickly probed his divine sense into the alchemy furnace. He discovered that the Purple Profound True Fire, driven by Han Qi's true energy, was like two fire dragons churning inside the furnace. Han Cheng was completely shocked and admired his elder brother's alchemy skills even more.

After the furnace was fully preheated, Han Qi began to slowly put the medicinal herbs into the furnace, using the "seven-character formula" for alchemy to slowly refine them.

Outside the alchemy room, the Lin family patriarch personally oversaw the proceedings, protecting Han Qi. He sat cross-legged in the center of the alchemy pavilion's front hall, eyes slightly closed, flanked by several Lin family elders. At the entrance stood Lin Yuyao and Chen Wei. Lin Guangzhi, a mere King-level expert, was enough to intimidate all the major and minor families of Muyun City; with such a formidable entourage, victory was virtually assured. The patriarch remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was incredibly excited and apprehensive. He released his divine sense, observing the every move of those around him.

Days passed, and nearly forty-nine days had gone by. There was still no movement in the alchemy room, and the people of Muyun City had become indifferent to the situation of the Han family's alchemy pavilion. Some of the protectors even showed anxious expressions.

Just then, Chen Wei looked up at the sky and said, "The Heavenly Tribulation has appeared. Could it be that someone has broken through to the next realm? Judging from the looks of it, it should be the Nascent Soul Realm or the Eternal Life Realm."

Lin Yuyao looked at the sky and shouted, "It's a pill tribulation! It's a pill tribulation! Brother Qi's longevity pill is about to be completed!"

Everyone couldn't sit still any longer and stood up to look at the sky, their faces beaming with excitement. Even Old Master Lin couldn't sit still and stood up to look at the sky. He saw two swirling, dark clouds of tribulation clouds gathering above Muyun City. The sheer power of these clouds shocked Old Master Lin. Even the tribulation he experienced when breaking through to the King Realm couldn't compare to the scale of this pill tribulation. He couldn't help but worry about Han Qi and his longevity pill.

The city of Muyun was in an uproar. Such a massive tribulation was unprecedented. People flocked to the Han family's alchemy pavilion, which was now packed with people. Everyone wanted to see what rare pills the young master of the Han family was refining.

Inside the alchemy room, Han Qi and Han Cheng were serious and highly focused. They had reached the crucial stage of condensing the pill. Inside the furnace, two fire dragons slowly rotated around two portions of medicinal liquid. The liquid was divided into two parts: one was pure white, and the other was as black as charcoal.

With Han Qi's loud shout, "Form the pills!" the two fire dragons vanished instantly, and a dozen or so black and white pills appeared in the furnace.

At this moment, the tribulation clouds in the sky had formed a huge black vortex, blotting out the sun and making Twilight Cloud City as dark as night. The streets and shops lit up their lamps, and many people raised torches.

With a loud bang, three streaks of purple lightning ripped through the sky, each like a giant purple dragon rushing towards the Han family's alchemy pavilion. The walls of the pavilion crumbled and stones flew everywhere, and the crowd retreated hastily.

Immediately following, several more bolts of lightning struck, their power no less than the previous ones, their sheer force causing the entire Twilight Cloud City to tremble. It was a long time before the tribulation clouds in the sky gradually dissipated. The Han family's alchemy pavilion had been razed to the ground, and even some shops within a few feet of it had vanished without a trace. Everyone anxiously searched for Han Qi and Han Cheng.

Two beams of light, one black and one white, emerged from the ruins and flew out. Just as everyone was puzzled, a figure flew out, following closely behind the two beams of light. A sharp-eyed person exclaimed, "It's the eldest young master of the Han family! It's the eldest young master of the Han family!"

With a wave of his arm, Han Qi collected two beams of spiritual light into two pill bottles. He landed in front of the crowd with a smile on his face. The onlookers were very quiet and looked at Han Qi expectantly. Han Qi chuckled and said, "I'm sorry, everyone. I'm just refining some pills. Please forgive me."

At this moment, Han Cheng also emerged from the ruins. Thankfully, they had entered the underground chamber beforehand, escaping the effects of the pill-refining tribulation. Seeing so many onlookers, his face was filled with immense pride and excitement. One of the alchemists said, "Young Master Han, I saw a total of eighteen bolts of profound lightning strike. You must have been refining a sixth-grade pill. May I ask what kind of miraculous elixir it is? Would you be so kind as to let everyone see it and broaden their horizons?"

Upon hearing this, many alchemists chimed in, "Yes, Young Master Han, please let us broaden our horizons!"

After looking around at everyone, Han Qi said, "Since you all have said so, then I will make a fool of myself."

Upon hearing this, Lin Guangzhi knew that the Longevity Pill had been successfully refined and excitedly asked, "Qi'er, did you succeed?"

Han Qi looked at Lin Guangzhi and nodded solemnly. Then he took out a pill bottle, poured out a pill, held it in his palm, and a refreshing fragrance instantly spread around.