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Xiao Yan hurriedly ran to the door and opened it with a creak. Xun Er, dressed in a plain white dress, was standing there waiting.

"What's wrong, Xun Er? It's so late," Xiao Yan said with a confident smile.

Xun Er blinked her beautiful eyes at Xiao Yan and pointed outside, saying, "It's morning now, Xiao Yan gege."

Xiao Yan's heart skipped a beat! He had spent half a day condensing a body for Medusa. It had been night, but now it was naturally morning!

"Oh, right, look at me. When cultivating, one loses track of time. I forgot that half a day had passed," Xiao Yan said, suppressing his inner panic and smiling politely.

A glint of wisdom flashed in Xun Er's eyes as she looked at Xiao Yan, then tilted her head to look into the room, a smile that didn't quite seem like one on her face. "Xiao Yan gege, won't you invite me in to sit for a while?"

Xiao Yan swallowed hard. Could this be a woman's sixth sense?

Xiao Yan laughed. "Haha, Xun Er, really. If you're tired, just come in and sit down."

Xun Er smiled and walked slowly into Xiao Yan's room, looking left and right. Apart from an Alchemic Furnace that was refining Medicinal Herbs, there was nothing else.

The whole room was filled with the smell of Medicinal Herbs.

"My room has a strong smell of Medicinal Herbs residue. If it gets on Xun Er's clothes, I'll feel terrible," Xiao Yan quickly explained.

Xun Er looked at Xiao Yan's smile and blinked her beautiful eyes, not saying anything more. She took out a Storage Ring and handed it to Xiao Yan, saying, "This is a large batch of Medicinal Herbs purchased using the Fire Energy of the Xiao Hall. Is Xiao Yan gege planning to refine pills?"

Xiao Yan spread his hands, saying helplessly, "I don't have any Fire Energy anymore. Cultivating in the Number One Training Chamber costs thirty Fire Energy a day, and the Xiao Hall has just gotten on track. The income and expenses have just balanced out. I can only earn the money I need myself."

Poverty was always a big problem, and even Xiao Yan couldn't avoid it.

But fortunately, Xiao Yan had a powerful weapon for making money: Pill Refining. In the Dou Qi Continent, pills were precious items and hard currency no matter where you went.

So Xiao Yan used the spare Fire Energy he had left in the Xiao Hall to purchase a batch of Medicinal Herbs for Third Grade Pills.

In the Inner Academy, Da Dou Shi were the majority, and even low-level Dou Ling could use Third Grade Pills, so Third Grade Pills were the easiest to sell.

Xiao Yan suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, Xun Er, are there any other people in the Inner Academy selling pills?"

Hearing this, Xun Er frowned slightly and nodded with a wry smile. "There really are other people selling pills, and it's not just one person, but a force."

"A force?" Xiao Yan was stunned.

"This force is called the Medicine Gang. Everyone in the gang is an Alchemist who entered the Inner Academy from the Alchemy Department. Lu Mu, who pursued Xiao Yu tangjie (cousin), has joined the Medicine Gang," Xun Er said thoughtfully.

Not all new students joined the Xiao Hall. Only those without backgrounds joined the Xiao Hall to seek Xiao Yan's protection.

Xun Er continued to explain, "This Medicine Gang almost monopolizes 90% of the pill sales in the entire Inner Academy. Other scattered Alchemists find it difficult to compete with them. It is said that the leader of this Medicine Gang is a Fourth Grade high-level Alchemist."

"If Xiao Yan gege also wants to sell pills, I'm afraid there will be a direct conflict with this Medicine Gang."

Xiao Yan smiled faintly, took the Storage Ring from Xun Er, gently stroked Xun Er's jade hand, and smiled. "A Fourth Grade Alchemist is nothing. My Xiao Yan may not be the strongest in the Inner Academy, but I can guarantee that I am the strongest Alchemist in the Inner Academy!"

When it came to Pill Refining, it was difficult for him, Xiao Yan, to keep a low profile.

From a young age, he had obtained a mysterious Storage Ring and received a powerful Alchemist inheritance. From a young age, he had been familiar with various Medicinal Herbs classics, memorized the entire Compendium of Materia Medica, and also possessed a Strange Flame and the Burning Art. His Soul power had even reached the peak of Sixth Grade. Some time ago, he had used the power of the Black Demon to refine a Sixth Grade Pill.

Xiao Yan was the well-deserved number one Alchemist in the Inner Academy.

"We don't need to be afraid of them. Survival of the fittest. Competition is inevitable. As long as they don't resort to underhanded tactics, we can compete with them fairly in Pill Refining."

Xun Er naturally knew how powerful Xiao Yan's Pill Refining skills were. In four months, he had helped Xiao Yu and others go from Dou Shi to Da Dou Shi, all the way into the Inner Academy. He had also created a Fifth Grade Pill Recipe like the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill and was able to refine the Dou Wang Pill.

The champion of the Gama Empire Alchemist Convention! Xun Er also nodded and smiled. "In that case, our Xiao Hall will also help Xiao Yan gege sell pills. However, only Xiao Yan gege can refine pills, so we can only help you reduce the burden in terms of sales."

Xiao Yan gently stroked Xun Er's smooth hair and said softly, "I'm the one who needs Fire Energy, but I'm making everyone help me. I'm the one who feels bad."

"Alright, Xiao Yan gege, next, it's up to you." Xun Er smiled sweetly and slowly retreated from the room.

Before closing the door, Xun Er leaned in and said with a smile, "Xiao Yan gege can't be lazy and go do irrelevant things."

With a creak, the door closed.

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Xiao Yan's heart shook violently. Was this a girlfriend's telepathy?! Had she discovered something! "Huff, I'll cultivate the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art to restore my Soul power first."

After recovering for half a day, Xiao Yan's Soul power and Dou Qi returned to their peak state. He took out three Third Grade Pill Recipes from the Storage Ring.

One was the Qi Recovery Pill, a Third Grade Pill that Xiao Yan had refined in large quantities back then. This low-level Third Grade Pill could allow those below the Da Dou Shi realm to quickly recover a certain amount of Dou Qi, with the recovery amount depending on the pill's quality.

The other was the Small Blood Return Pill, also a low-level Third Grade Pill, which could rapidly recover injuries, replenish blood, and regenerate bones, suitable for those below the Da Dou Shi realm.

And the last Pill Recipe was Xiao Yan's main product to make a name for himself, the high-level Third Grade Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid. This was not a pill but a medicinal liquid, for external use. It was a snow-white liquid. By dripping this spirit liquid into clear water and then soaking the body in it for cultivation, it could expel the Fire Poison within the human body.

This was the Pill Recipe that Xiao Yan had chosen according to the local conditions. He remembered that Lin Yan had Fire Poison in his body. As long as one entered the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower, they would more or less accumulate some Fire Poison, and many students could not cultivate too freely in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower because they were afraid of Fire Poison.

With this Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid, they could stay in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower for a longer time. Xiao Yan knew without thinking that this would definitely be the most sought-after item.

"These three types of pills should be enough."

Xiao Yan took out the Pill Refining Furnace 'given' by the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King. When refining Third Grade Pills, Xiao Yan didn't dawdle. With a flick of his finger, the Void Swallowing Flame quickly raised the temperature of the Pill Refining Furnace.

With a wave of his hand, countless Medicinal Herbs flew out of the Storage Ring, flying into the Pill Refining Furnace like a torrent.

For Xiao Yan, refining Third Grade Pills was like playing. Although he couldn't reach Hun Xuzi's level of forming pills in seconds, with the help of the Void Swallowing Flame, refining Third Grade Medicinal Herbs was like an assembly line in a workshop. In one hour, he turned a large number of Medicinal Herbs into medicinal powder.

Xiao Yan formed seals with his hands, his ten fingers nimble. His terrifying Soul power transformed into a pair of nimble, invisible hands. Under the control of Xiao Yan's Soul power and the Void Swallowing Flame, pills were knocked into pill bottles one by one, and jars of Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid were sealed and preserved.

In about two hours, the floor of Xiao Yan's room was filled with a large pile of bottles and jars, all filled with round pills and spirit liquid.

Looking at the pills and spirit liquid all over the floor, Xiao Yan revealed a satisfied smile.

With a creak, Xiao Yan's door opened.

Hearing the sound of Xiao Yan opening the door, Xiao Yu and the others immediately looked up, casting their gazes towards the originally closed door, which was now slowly opening.

They all knew that Xiao Yan planned to refine pills to sell, and they were all waiting in the living room.

Under the gaze of several people, Xiao Yan slowly walked out. Although there was some fatigue on his delicate face, the joy between his brows was not hidden.

"Is the amount of pills you refined in two hours enough? The Medicine Gang has dozens of Alchemists refining together," as always, Xiao Yu's short skirt revealed her slender and shapely beautiful legs, still so attractive.

Xiao Yan couldn't help but carefully look at them, until Xiao Yu's cheeks flushed red before Xiao Yan withdrew his gaze, throwing the Storage Rings containing the pills to Hu Jia, Xiao Yu, and Xun Er, and said, "Hu Jia, your Storage Ring contains Third Grade Qi Recovery Pills, which can restore the Dou Qi of a Da Dou Shi. You and Wu Hao and the other brothers go to the arena. They should need pills that can quickly restore Dou Qi the most there."

"Xiao Yu, you and Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, Xiao Yueliang, and Xiao Meng take the Small Blood Return Pills to the mission hall to sell. Those who are going out on missions need this kind of pill that can recover injuries the most."

"As for the third type, the Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid, this spirit liquid can clear the Fire Poison in the body. Xun Er and I will go to the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower to sell it. Those Inner Academy disciples who enter the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower to cultivate need this the most."

Hearing Xiao Yan say the effect of the Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid, everyone was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "It can clear Fire Poison!"

Wu Hao said, "This is something that even the Medicine Gang doesn't have. Many people don't dare to stay in the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Refining Tower all the time because they are afraid of Fire Poison. We're going to make a fortune this time."

They even wanted some! "Don't be envious, come back after selling the pills, and I'll refine even better Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid for you. I didn't put much effort into refining these, so the quality is just average." Xiao Yan saw through them at a glance, and didn't hesitate to give them a promise directly.

Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Hu Jia patted her chest and said, "Tch, you only refined for two hours, I'll help you sell it all in one day."

Xiao Yan revealed a meaningful smile and said, "Oh, really? Then I'm looking forward to it."

Not long after, when Hu Jia sensed the number of pills in the Storage Ring, she exclaimed that she had been fooled!

Undoubtedly, the launch of the Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid immediately detonated the entire Inner Academy. Those Inner Academy students were like land that had been dry for a long time, and they all ran over with red eyes to understand the situation.

Although many people questioned whether Xiao Yan's Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid could have the effect of clearing Fire Poison and dared not buy such an expensive spirit liquid, when Xiao Yan pulled Lin Yan, this 'spokesperson', over, all doubts disappeared.

"Damn, the Fire Poison in that madman Lin Yan has really been cleared?!"

"I remember, two months ago, Xiao Yan seemed to have bought a Medicinal Herb at Lin Yan's stall. I heard that the condition Xiao Yan offered at the time was to clear the Fire Poison in Lin Yan's body in exchange!"

"No way, isn't Lin Yan's Fire Poison something that the entire Alchemy Department is helpless with? It seems that even the elders said there was no way!"

For a time, everyone looked at the small jar of Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid on the stall, as if they had seen a treasure.

With a flash in his eyes, Xiao Yan revealed his big white teeth, rubbing his index finger and thumb: "Do you want the Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid? It's not expensive, not nine nine eight, not even eight, today you can buy a jar for just five Fire Energy."

Everyone was stunned: So black-hearted!

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