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Xiao Yan walked up to the skeleton and bowed to it.

He then picked up the old scroll that had fallen to the ground. The scroll was very old, and the edges had begun to yellow.

However, due to the special material, it has not been damaged after decades, and the writing on it is still clearly visible.

"My name is Lu Chang. I am a fourth-grade alchemist in the Chuyun Empire. By the time you see this last letter I left behind, I should have already died from the backlash of the strange fire. I give everything I have to the person who comes, only asking that the person take my body away and send it to the Lu family of the Chuyun Empire, so that I can return to my roots. Then I can die in peace."

The writing on the scroll becomes increasingly faint towards the end, and from the information on it, we can conclude that this is a final letter left by an alchemist before his death.

On top of this farewell letter was a jet-black storage ring, left by the alchemist.

Xiao Yan suddenly remembered that when Obaba handed over the coordinate map of the strange fire, he seemed to have mentioned its origin.

This strange fire was discovered by the ancestors of the Obama family and a friend who was an alchemist. Presumably, this skeleton is that alchemist friend of the Obama family's ancestors.

"Rest assured, senior. When I, Xiao Yan, go to the Chuyun Empire one day, I will definitely return your remains to the Lu family."

After reading the farewell letter, Xiao Yan bowed to the skeleton once more, then put the entire skeleton into a wooden box and placed it into his storage ring.

Having come here by sheer luck and obtained the other person's belongings, I should, according to morality, fulfill their last wishes.

Xiao Yan then opened the storage ring left behind by the other party. There was no Dou Qi seal on the storage ring, which may have been due to the long time that caused the Dou Qi seal to completely fail.

Upon opening it, Xiao Yan's eyes lit up. The storage ring was filled with all sorts of medicinal herbs, but most of them had lost their activity due to their age.

There were also many bottles and jars inside, all of which contained elixirs!

Xiao Yan opened each medicine bottle, which was filled to the brim with pills. Even after decades, he could still smell a faint medicinal fragrance.

Xiao Yan took out all the small jade bottles and counted them one by one.

There are six bottles of the first-grade Qi-restoring pills, with six pills in each bottle, for a total of thirty-six pills.

There are four bottles of the second-grade Detoxification Pill, with six pills in each bottle, for a total of twenty-four pills.

There are four bottles of the second-grade elixir, the Purple Healing Pill, with five pills in each bottle, for a total of twenty pills.

There are two bottles of the third-grade Qi-restoring pills, with three pills in each bottle, for a total of six pills.

Finally, there was an exquisite jade medicine bottle. Just holding it in his hand, Xiao Yan felt a chill.

The jade medicine bottle was labeled with three characters, "Bingxin Dan," indicating it was a fourth-grade elixir!

Upon opening the bottle, a burst of cold air shot out, revealing a lone, small blue pill inside.

Xiao Yan immediately put the cap back on the bottle to prevent too much cold energy from escaping and reducing the medicinal properties.

Finally, Xiao Yan also found a pill furnace and a book on alchemy in his storage ring.

Opening the alchemy book, one finds it filled with detailed records of the alchemist's life experiences and insights into alchemy.

"It's a book on alchemy!"

Xiao Yan's heart began to pound wildly. He had always wanted to learn alchemy, but he had no teacher to guide him.

This alchemy book seems to have given Xiao Yan a chance to get started.

Having learned some medical skills from Little Fairy Doctor, I have a certain understanding of pharmacology and medicinal properties, and I can barely understand some of the professional terms here.

This alchemist named Lu Chang was not a gifted genius; with his talent, he could only reach the level of a third-grade alchemist at most.

However, he devoted his entire life to countless experiments and failures, using his extensive experience to break through to the level of a fourth-grade alchemist!

This alchemy book is a summary of all his alchemy experience in his life. Although the contents are not very profound, they are extremely detailed. Even someone like Xiao Yan, who has not yet formally entered the field, can understand some of it.

Furthermore, this alchemy book also records many elixirs and prescriptions.

Generally speaking, a soul imprint is incorporated into the formula of a pill. When later generations study and read it, the soul imprint will be integrated into their minds and rehearsed before their eyes.

The soul imprint, on the other hand, requires a great deal of time to copy and imprint, and its difficulty far exceeds that of refining the elixir itself.

Furthermore, with each reading, the power of the soul imprint will become increasingly weak, eventually leaving only a written description, greatly increasing the difficulty of learning.

Alchemy is an extremely expensive process, and relying on formulas without soul imprints, success is not guaranteed even once out of ten attempts.

This is why a prescription for a soul-stirring elixir can often fetch astronomical prices at auctions, yet it is difficult to disseminate widely.

However, the alchemy book that Xiao Yan obtained contained only handwritten rubbings of pill formulas.

This kind of elixir formula is of very low value, less than one-tenth the value of the Soul Elixir formula.

However, under each of the included pill formulas, there are densely written notes in small print about the precautions to take when refining the pill, as well as the timing to be mastered for various processes such as heat control, purification, and fusion.

Although these are just rubbings of pill formulas, once you have thoroughly studied and mastered them, the success rate of refining them is no less than that of the Soul Pill formulas.

These small characters are all the result of summarizing one failure after another.

In this alchemy book, Xiao Yan saw a mediocre alchemist who devoted his entire life to the effort.

Sometimes, Xiao Yan actually hoped that he could subdue the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire. In that case, with the help of the power of the strange fire, he might be able to advance further and become a fifth-grade alchemist.

It was precisely because of this alchemy book that Xiao Yan's view of the alchemist profession changed.

He initially wanted to become an alchemist simply because this profession would make his life on the continent smoother.

But now, Xiao Yan is moved by the words in this alchemy book and understands why alchemists are so arrogant.

Their arrogance is not simply due to their superior talent, but rather because every alchemist has grown through countless failures. The setbacks and difficulties encountered by ordinary fighters are indeed insignificant in their eyes.

"Alchemist, what an amazing profession!"

The end of this alchemist's path is the beginning of his own!

But in this alchemy book, Xiao Yan suddenly discovered something even more valuable.

On the last few pages of the alchemy book, the method for subduing the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire was clearly written!

This is what the alchemist wrote before his death, before his final letter!

"I am a lucky person, having encountered the strange fire that all alchemists dream of in my lifetime. But I am also a person with shallow fate, and in the end I failed to subdue the strange fire. I can only face death in this cave."

I have compiled all the information I have about this strange fire here, hoping that future generations will benefit from it.

The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, ranked twenty-second on the Strange Fire List, is born from the essence and bloodline power of countless demonic beast corpses.

The Myriad Beast Spirit Fire is blood red in color, and within its flames seem to be the phantoms of countless demonic beasts. Although this fire was born recently and only possesses a rudimentary intelligence, it is still incredibly terrifying.

This fire has begun to take on a beastly form, can move within a small area, and can summon ferocious fire beasts to protect itself; it is not advisable to confront it head-on.

However, this fire is relatively weak and not very intelligent. It also prefers to eat treasures with fire attributes and can be lured out by various fire-attribute natural materials.

Remember, although this fire-type cub looks harmless, the temperature it contains is extremely terrifying. You must take an Ice Heart Pill to protect your body from the cold before you can touch it directly.

The Ice Heart Pill lasts for at most half an hour. If you feel that there is no hope of recovery within this time, you must leave quickly to avoid being burned to ashes!

I have already missed my chance. I have one Ice Heart Pill left in my storage ring, which I will give to my descendants so that they may have a chance to survive and not follow in my footsteps.

After reading the last few pages of the alchemy book, Xiao Yan was deeply moved, realizing that there were truly such righteous people in this world.

"Your senior is truly righteous!"