Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon!

"The terrain here is somewhat peculiar. It's rare to see such a large-scale growth of precious herbs together in the outside world. I hope I can refine a Fourth Grade Pill within a month."

Xiao Yan had already decided to raise his alchemy skills to the Fourth Grade and refine the Hidden Spirit Pill.

Xiao Yan's Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art had already reached the late Lesser Mastery stage several months ago. His Soul strength was equivalent to the Mortal Realm Mid-Level late stage, which was more than enough to refine Fourth Grade Pills.

With the help of the Void Swallowing Flame Sub-fire, Xiao Yan was capable of refining Fourth Grade Pills. The only problem now was his lack of experience in alchemy.

Xiao Yan already possessed the necessary conditions to refine Fourth Grade Pills; all he needed was practical experience.

In the secluded small valley, Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor lived their lives quietly. One painstakingly cultivated his alchemy skills, while the other diligently studied the poison manual. Apart from exchanging jokes during meals, these peaceful days were quite leisurely and fulfilling.

Thanks to the rapid growth of herbs in this small valley, with precious medicinal materials everywhere, and the fact that Xiao Yan had spent several months as a wild man in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, collecting many Magic Cores, Xiao Yan was provided with a 'free opportunity to accumulate experience'.

*Boom!* An explosion came from the cave. Little Fairy Doctor, who was studying the poison manual in the thatched hut, merely glanced at it. Having long grown accustomed to it, Little Fairy Doctor shook her head helplessly.

For the past ten days, Xiao Yan had been exploding several times a day. A blown Pill Furnace was a daily occurrence.

"Cough, cough, cough." Xiao Yan walked out of the black smoke, covered in dust. Fourth Grade Pills were not so easy to refine.

In the past ten days, Xiao Yan had not successfully refined a single Fourth Grade Pill.

After all, Fourth Grade Pills marked the beginning of a watershed. The effects of First to Third Grade Pills were more conventional – healing injuries or restoring Dou Qi – while Fourth Grade Pills and above possessed more miraculous effects.

When Fourth Grade Pills and above were successfully refined, their medicinal fragrance would be rich and accompanied by energy fluctuations.

"Pui, pui, pui! This Pill Furnace is actually broken." Waiting for the black smoke to dissipate, Xiao Yan walked into the cave and discovered that the Pill Furnace had been blown to pieces! But that was to be expected; this Pill Furnace was just a three-mouthed Pill Furnace, generally only used for refining Third Grade Pills. It could no longer withstand the high temperature of the grown Void Swallowing Flame Sub-fire.

Xiao Yan looked at the shattered Pill Furnace on the ground, pondered for a moment, and then took out a Pill Furnace from his Storage Ring.

A Pill Furnace that was entirely black appeared before Xiao Yan.

The Pill Furnace was quite large, and its entire body was faintly surrounded by a steady aura. The surface of the Pill Furnace was also painted with lifelike flame totems. As it slowly rotated, these flame totems were like real objects.

This Pill Furnace was originally stored in the Storage Ring. Xiao Yan guessed that this Pill Furnace should have been the Pill Furnace used by the original owner of the Storage Ring.

However, Xiao Yan had never used this Pill Furnace to refine pills, because this Pill Furnace was no ordinary object, but the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon ranked eighth on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking! There were only thirteen Pill Furnaces on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, and this black Pill Furnace in front of him was one of them.

"What a truly good thing."

No matter how many times he looked at it, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh at the beauty and domineering aura of this Pill Furnace.

Xiao Yan had always been afraid to use it, because the Black Demon possessed a special effect: when using the Black Demon to refine pills, the Alchemist would enter a state of focus, eliminating all distractions and entering a state of selflessness. The Soul power would enter a state of extreme sensitivity, thereby greatly increasing the success rate.

But this was not necessarily a good thing, because once one was too focused and forgot oneself in refining pills, it was possible to overdraw one's Soul power, eventually turning into a crazy idiot.

It was like becoming possessed, hence the name Black Demon.

"Since the Pill Furnace is broken, perhaps this is also the heavens telling me to try using the Black Demon."

Xiao Yan gently stroked the lifelike flame patterns on the Black Demon. After these ten days of refining pills and cultivating the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art, Xiao Yan's Soul power was now comparable to that of a peak Fourth Grade Alchemist. Otherwise, Xiao Yan would not dare to try using the Black Demon.

Sitting cross-legged, Xiao Yan slowly circulated the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art to restore his Soul power.

After a while, through the restoration of the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art, Xiao Yan's Soul power returned to its peak state.

With a flick of his finger, a wisp of Black Flame drilled into the Black Demon. When a flame entered the Black Demon, the lifelike flames on the Pill Furnace actually emitted a strange light.

It automatically condensed the surrounding flame energy, quickly increasing the temperature of the Pill Furnace, actually raising the temperature of the Black Flame again.

Xiao Yan's eyes narrowed, his gaze firm, and his Soul power burst out. The moment Xiao Yan controlled his Soul power to enter the Black Demon, he suddenly found that all the sounds around him had disappeared! Apart from the pill formula, there were no other thoughts in his mind.

His hands rapidly waved across the table, and one medicinal herb after another was grabbed by Xiao Yan and then thrown into the Pill Furnace.

At this time, Xiao Yan's face was extremely calm, and there was not a trace of distraction in his eyes. His young hands suddenly moved as if threading flowers and picking leaves, waving rapidly.

And as Xiao Yan's fingertips danced like playing the piano, the scorching Black Flame within the Black Demon obediently transformed into more than a dozen small flames, wrapping the medicinal materials that had been thrown in, constantly extracting the essence of the medicine.

The series of movements was smooth and flowing, and there was even a bit of Hun Xuzi's composure when he refined pills!

Hun Xuzi's pill refinement back then had definitely had a great impact on Xiao Yan's heart. It could be said that it had enlightened Xiao Yan somewhat, bringing him a sense of clarity.

And now, Xiao Yan, relying on the Black Demon, had finally completely understood.

The dark flames danced enchantingly, and after a while, a faint medicinal fragrance began to permeate the air.

Within the Pill Furnace where the flames were churning, a pale blue pill embryo the size of a thumb was slowly taking shape in the burning flames.

Suddenly, at a certain point in time, a heart-piercing medicinal fragrance suddenly emanated from the Pill Furnace, and a cloud of medicinal mist lingered for a long time.

Xiao Yan's Soul power retracted, and with a pull of his hand, he beckoned towards the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon. That pale blue pill was spat out by the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon, obediently landing in Xiao Yan's palm, and he placed it into a pill bottle.

Xiao Yan didn't even glance at the pill, casually tossing it aside, and took out other medicinal herbs from his Storage Ring, intending to refine more pills.

With Xiao Yan's current strength, refining a Fourth Grade Pill was his limit; refining another would definitely overdraw him.

Just as Xiao Yan flicked the Black Flame into the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon, the Void Swallowing Flame Sub-fire within the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon suddenly erupted, and overwhelming Black Flame spewed out from the mouth of the Pill Furnace, countless Black Flame directly enveloping the entire Pill Furnace.

!!!! The Void Swallowing Flame devouring the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon was equivalent to isolating the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon. Losing the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon's influence, Xiao Yan suddenly woke up.

"Ha!" A wave of fatigue surged into his heart, and Xiao Yan, whose Soul power was severely depleted, lay on the ground, panting continuously.

"This Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon is too dangerous. Fortunately, Mao Wu has the spiritual sense to detect that I was in danger, otherwise I'm afraid I would have overdrawn my Soul power."

Xiao Yan still remembered what had just happened. After his Soul power entered the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon, he seemed to enter a state of egolessness. If it weren't for the Void Swallowing Flame's devouring ability, Xiao Yan was afraid that he would have completely exhausted his Soul power.

After retracting the Void Swallowing Flame, Xiao Yan looked at the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon with lingering fear. As expected of the eighth-ranked Pill Furnace on the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, its effects were truly bizarre.

Xiao Yan turned his head to look at the pill bottle on the ground, and seeing that the Hidden Spirit Pill had been successfully refined, he also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he successfully refined a Fourth Grade Pill, it would be easier to refine other Fourth Grade Pills afterward.

"I still need to find another Pill Furnace; I can't use the Heavenly Cauldron Black Demon unless absolutely necessary." Bah.

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