Refining The Highest Quality Pill

The Ye clan had been on a decline for

twenty years now, and thus their

financial situation is not at an ideal

position right now.

Even so, Ye Chongtian did not break

his promise and gathered all the

ingredients that Ye Zifeng had listed.

He personally brought the ingredients

and a furnace to the cellar where Ye

Zifeng was staying for the next three

days.

Because of this, he received an

endless complaints from the other

family members, all saying that even

if the Ye family had a great amount of

wealth, they should not be throwing

all these ingredients away on this

crazy good for nothing.

Ye Zifeng carefully examined the

ingredients one by one and revealed a

happy face.

"Chalcedony Grass, Dragon Leaves,

Silver-horn Fruit, Scarlet Essence

Lotus and Buddha Roots. This was not

bad. At first, Ye Zifeng was worried

there would be one or two

ingredients missing but from the

looks of it, he was worrying for

nothing. His father had kept his

promise. Now he can create a high

quality Golden Marrow Pill.

However, even with all these things,

he still shook his head in regret.

If he had kept his cultivation as a

Martial Lord Stage expert, or even if

he went down a stage to the Martial

Soul stage, he would be able to utilize

his essence energy and activate his

ultimate refining technique "Ghost

Flame Refinement." With this

technique, he would be able to create

pills in the blink of an eye.

Furthermore, the technique would

allow him to instantly be on par with

a heaven tier alchemist.

But now, the cultivation in this body

was too trashy. Nevermind about

using Qi to refine pills, his body

would be collapse just by standing

next to the furnace for too long.

"Whatever. I still have three days. I

have all the time that I need. I'll just

use these ingredients to refine and

clean the furnace first. That'll

probably increase the quality of the

furnace by a few folds..."

Ye Zifeng had everything planned out

already. Before refining the pill, he

would thoroughly clean and refine the

furnace first. At that time, thick black

smoke appeared and sparks flew

everywhere. Refining a furnace was

hard work!

He opened the window at the top to

let the air out. He was the young

master of the Ye family and not a

slave who's locked up. It shouldn't be

a problem if he opened the window as

long as he doesn't leave the cellar.

He looked out the window and

noticed some movements. Seeing this,

a smile appeared on his face.

"Master, I just sent someone to see

what the young master was up to and

on his first try, he..."

"What happen? Did he succeed?" Ye

Chongtian looked excitedly at the

housekeeper who came to report the

news. After reading the list that his

son had written, he was unable to

sleep last night. He thought that his

son had received some sort of

enlightenment and immediately sent

his housekeeper to gather the

ingredients.

"The young master, he..."

"What happened? Stop beating

around the bush. Do you want to get

hit?" Ye Chongtian was impatient and

yelled at the housekeeper.

"The young master turned the

ingredients into slag on his first

try..." Housekeeper Du frowned.

Ye Chongtian's eyes widened and fell

back onto his seat. It took him a while

to regain his composure.

He smiled bitterly, shook his head and

sighed, "What's wrong with me… To

actually place some hope on that good

for nothing son of mine... I really am getting old."

"Master, should I continue keeping an

eye on the young master? Maybe he

accidentally messed up this time….."

Housekeeper Du was reasonable and a

ray of hope had appeared in Ye

Chongtian's eyes again, "Yeah. That's

probably it. Keep your eyes on him

and report if anything happens.

"Master, the second try was a failure

as well. All he made was slag…. But

there was less slag than last time."

"Keep monitoring him."

"Master, the third try was a failure as

well, he still made slag…. But this

time, there wasn't as much."

"Keep monitoring!"

'Master, the fourth try was a failure

again.

"....."

"Master..."

Ye Chongtian was unable to put up

with this anymore and yelled out,

"ENOUGH! Enough is enough. That

good for nothing spent the whole day

making slag. There's no need to keep

an eye on him anymore. You don't

need to monitor him anymore….. I've

come to the conclusion that I was

wrong in trusting him!"

The next day, Ye Zifeng stood by the

window and smiled warmly.

"So they're finally not monitoring me

anymore? That's fine with me….."

He closed his window and opened up

the furnace; this was his sixth try.

When he opened the furnace up, a

bright golden light filled the entire

room. The light covered the entire

cellar and the heat from the furnace

immediately dispersed into the room.

There were still some sparks flying

around the furnace making a hissing

sound.

In the middle of the furnace sat a

completed Golden Marrow Pill. The

pill created a dazzling light and filled

the entire room up with spiritual

energy.

Without a doubt, the pill was of the

highest quality.

Ye Zifeng smiled. He took the pill and

slightly licked it.

In a split second, the enormous

amount of energy from the Golden

Marrow Pill exploded out and went

straight into Ye Zifeng's Dantian. And

from his Dantian, the energy scattered

throughout his entire body.

"Nice! That felt really good!"

Under the immense energy from the

pill, Ye Zifeng's originally disjointed

meridians started to join and clear up.

The energy that was stuck in his

meridians throughout his body

started flowing again and rejoined

inside of his Dantian.

Throughout the entire process, Ye

Zifeng was in immense pain. He felt

as if his entire body was being cut up.

He felt as if there were billions of

small bugs invading and moving

within his body, slowly eating away

his flesh and meridians. However he

endured the pain. He knew that if he

could go through this trial, he can

reform his crippled meridians. It was

painful at first but the results of this

was worth it.

Having lived another life, the pain

that he had endured in his previous

life had given him an immense

amount of willpower. And so, he

continued to sweat profusely in pain

as he felt his body become anew

again.

After the long process, he let out a

long breath. His body had never felt

better before.

He had finally reached the third stage

of Qi Refining!

The trash Ye Zifeng who had spent

three years and couldn't break

through had finally broken through

today.

Once his meridians were joined up,

his physique looked a lot better and

his cultivation abilities returned to

normal. It could be said that a high

quality Golden Marrow Pill could

change the fate and innate talent of

someone at the Qi Refining stage!

Of course, it was almost impossible

for someone else at the Qi Refining

stage to get a high quality Golden

Marrow Pill. This was because only a

middle stage Earth ranked alchemist

could produce such pill. And even

they would have some trouble making

such a high quality pill. Why would

such a high level alchemist go

through so much trouble to make

such a low level pill used by people at

the Qi Refining stage? There's no way

any family would spend a fortune to

recruit a high ranked alchemist just

for them to create a low ranked pill

such as the Golden Marrow Pill.

Moreover, it was because Ye Zifeng

had experience with this pill that he

was able to use the pill's full effect. If

someone were to pick this pill up

randomly and swallow it whole, they

would definitely implode on the spot!

After Ye Zifeng rested for a while, he

realized that he was filled with

energy. He can feel that he was in the

Middle 3rd Qi Refining Stage already!

The Golden Marrow Pill had actually

allowed him to go straight from Low

2nd Qi Refining Stage all the way to

Middle 3rd Qi Refining Stage.

'If I have more ingredients, then

maybe I make a breakthrough and

reach the peak stage of the 3rd Qi

Refining Stage.' Ye Zifeng thought to

himself and sighed.

At that time, Ye Zifeng felt something

and immediately frowned towards the

window.

"Who's there? Come out!"

"Ah. Don't be so angry brother. It's

me, Xueyi!" Ye Xueyi said with a

smile and then slowly climbed

through the window into the cellar.

She was wearing a long green skirt

and with her long sleek black hair,

and large eyes, she looked very

charming.

Seeing that it was only his sister,

Zifeng let out a sigh of relief. This was

because whether it was the trash Ye

Zifeng or the great alchemist Ye

Zifeng, they both harbored a familiar

feeling towards Xueyi.

"What're you doing here sis? Why

didn't you go back to the Ashen Spirit

Sect and came here instead? There's

nothing fun inside the cellar."

She lowered her voice and smiled

facetiously, "The sect is boring. I

sneaked out during my free time."

Ye Zifeng was shocked. Who would've

thought that the good, rule abiding

sister of his would skip her training

to come over!

She continued to smile sweetly, "Let's

not talk about the sect. How could

father be so heartless and lock you up

for three whole days! There's no food

in the cellar so I came and brought

you some food."

A worried expression appeared on

her face as she took opened up the

basket that she brought. Inside the

basket were some sweets and a meal.

"Come on brother, try this osmanthus

flower cake!"

Ye Zifeng was greatly moved by his

sister. As the best alchemist in the

world, he had tasted all of the best

delicacies in the world but he had

never tasted food that was specifically

made for him by a family member.

This was something that he had

regret. He originally thought that

crossing over into this trash Ye

Zifeng's body was a super unlucky

thing.

But now, he feel that he's quite lucky

being able to crossover into this body.

He received the osmanthus flower

cake from xueyi and slowly took a

bite. To be honest, it was a bit hard

but it was still alright.

"Mmm. It's great. It's really good! Let

me try your other dishes….."

Ye Xueyi smiled and passed the entire

basket over to him. Seeing how Ye

Zifeng was quickly eating the meal

that she made herself, she was feeling

very happy.

"Oh right brother. Did you turn all the

ingredients into slag already? I

actually didn't know why father gave

you all these ingredients to refine.

Ai….. If you really want to learn how

to refine pills, you should ask father

to hire an alchemist to teach you.

Turning all the ingredient into slag is

nothing much, but i'm afraid that

your body won't be able to handle the

stress from refining pills….."

Ye Zifeng suddenly stopped eating

and put the food down.

"Brother what happened? Is my

cooking not good enough?"

"No. The food is great! I love it." Ye

Zifeng smiled. "However, you said

that all I made was slag and I'd like

to say otherwise."

Ye Xueyi started to laugh lightly,

"Brother, when did you become so

funny? You're talking like you had

refined a pill or something. Look at

that pile of slag over there. If that

isn't slag, then what is it?"

"Then look at what this is!"