37: Chapter 37 Alchemy

Ye Qingxuan employed sword escape and flew toward Longhu Mountain.

During the two days Ye Qingxuan was in seclusion for a Breakthrough, the entire world was in an uproar, not only because of the races materialized by the National Destiny Space, but also because of that sword strike by Ye Qingxuan at sea, which turned millions of people in a city into ghosts beneath his sword.

A casual strike turned a city into ruins; such personal martial prowess was far too astonishing. People all over the world were denouncing Ye Qingxuan and pressuring China to hand him over, and needless to say, they were rebuffed.

Number One even issued a warning: "If any of you dare to say another word, I will have Daoist Ye go for a stroll at your house."

As soon as these words came out, the entire world fell silent. Online comments were scrubbed clean, and most people only dared to mutter quietly behind closed doors.

Of course, all of this had nothing to do with Ye Qingxuan. Even if he knew, he wouldn't pay attention to them. Who would care about the opinions of a group of ants?

Not long after, Ye Qingxuan arrived at Longhu Mountain. A streak of sword light flashed across the sky, and then his figure materialized.

As it turned out, back when Ye Qingxuan broke through his seclusion, Daoist Yuanxin had already informed Celestial Master Zhang, so Celestial Master Zhang had been waiting here respectfully for quite some time.

"Nephew Qingxuan, you are here! Come with me quickly, those six elderly Seniors have been waiting for you for a long time!" Celestial Master Zhang walked forward with a beaming smile and said.

However, Ye Qingxuan had no mind for pleasantries with Celestial Master Zhang. He knew deep down that the situation was critical right now and not a single moment could be delayed.

Thus, he quickly spoke: "Celestial Master, this closed-door Breakthrough consumed quite a bit of time, please forgive me. In that case, let's start right away, because I could be pulled into the National Destiny Space at any moment."

Ye Qingxuan pondered inwardly; regarding the specific rules for the opening of the National Destiny Space, he actually didn't have absolute certainty.

Therefore, right now he had to race against the clock.

Celestial Master Zhang naturally understood the stakes involved, so he stopped talking nonsense and readily nodded in response: "Mm, well said. This matter is of great significance and truly cannot tolerate half a moment of delay."

"Then without further ado, let's set off immediately for the back mountain. There is a Formation set up specifically to guide the heavenly lightning and earthly fire."

Before his voice faded, Celestial Master Zhang's body suddenly bloomed with dazzling golden light, transforming into a stream of light in the blink of an eye as he sped toward the back mountain.

Ye Qingxuan closely followed behind him.

The two of them crossed the mountain forest like shooting stars, quickly arriving at a flat area in the back mountain.

The terrain here was open, surrounded by lush vegetation. It was clearly a meticulously chosen place to Cultivate.

At this moment, six Nascent Soul Stage Alchemy Great Masters were sitting squarely on this flat ground, with a Pill Furnace in the center. Their expressions were solemn, as if they were waiting for the arrival of some important moment.

A cyan and a golden stream of light landed, revealing the figures of Ye Qingxuan and Celestial Master Zhang.

"Six Seniors, I am truly sorry! I've kept you waiting for a long time, my deepest apologies, please bear with me." Ye Qingxuan wore a smile and sincerely apologized to the six elderly men before him.

Those six Nascent Soul Seniors looked at Ye Qingxuan, the corners of their mouths twitching. His gentle and humble appearance was completely different from the terrifying entity a few days ago who had threatened to wipe out Dragon Island and the entire Elf Race.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist, do not be like this. Given our Realm, a few days is nothing more than taking a nap."

"Haha, Daoist Qingxuan, stop calling us Seniors. Learning has no fixed order, and those who achieve first are the teachers. We can just address each other as Fellow Daoists!"

"Indeed, indeed!"

Several people spoke at the same time. Since Ye Qingxuan was willing to respect them, they couldn't push their Luck. Given his current strength, the six of them tied together wouldn't be enough for Ye Qingxuan to fight with one hand.

These six alchemists came from different factions respectively: Longhu Mountain, Yaowang Valley, Wudang Mountain, Shenxiao Sect, Heavenly Demon Palace, and Lingyin Temple.

Counting Ye Qingxuan himself, there were a total of seven people participating in the refining of the butian pill this time.

"This..." Ye Qingxuan was somewhat at a loss. Even Master Yuanxin had to address them as Senior upon meeting them, and if he called them Fellow Daoists, what would that make his Master?

He could not possibly say, 'Master, from now on let's each base our forms of address differently; I'll call you Master, and you call me Senior?'

No, no, the picture was too beautiful to imagine, otherwise he would be struck by Master's Five Thunder Talisman, the kind where he wouldn't even dare to fight back.

"Forget it, forget it, Daoist Qingxuan, just address us however you see fit. After all, it's just a form of address."

The few of them also saw Ye Qingxuan's entanglement and simply let him be.

The butian pill is an extremely special and rare Medicinal Pill.

It does not require any other precious or rare medicinal herbs as auxiliary ingredients, but instead requires various Cultivators to rely on the Yin and Yang Dao rhythms they have mastered to regulate the balance of the world's Origin power.

Specifically, five of the Cultivators are responsible for harmonizing the Qi of Yin and Yang, while the other two need to guide heavenly lightning and earthly fire to assist.

In this way, it takes a full seven days to successfully refine this Medicinal Pill.

It is worth mentioning that if the Origin power of this Small World is used to refine the butian pill, the efficacy of the resulting Medicinal Pill will be able to help those Cultivators below the Soul Transformation Realm safely and unobstructed break through their cultivation Bottlenecks, leaving them with no Bottlenecks until Soul Transformation Perfection.

After all, it is merely the Origin of a Small World, and it can only take effect below the Void Return stage. Even so, such a miraculous Medicinal Pill is undoubtedly a supreme treasure that countless immortals dream of!

As for the specific refining steps, they strictly follow a specific sequence: first is the pure Yin stage, followed by the lesser Yang within Yin, then pure Yang, immediately followed by the time of Yin and Yang blending, then entering the lesser Yang within Yang phase, followed by guiding the heavenly lightning to descend and earthly fire to bless... Only when all these steps are fully completed can the legendary butian pill be considered truly accomplished.

Of course, this arrangement and combination is not done casually, but meticulously designed entirely according to the Five Elements principle of mutual generation where wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood.

"I will act as Protector for you."

Celestial Master Zhang did not leave either; after all, among the unreleased Medicinal Pills, their Longhu Mountain was due for one.

"Then many thanks, Celestial Master. Everyone, Seniors, let's begin!"

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan opened his right hand, and a cyan jade gourd appeared in his palm, which he gently placed in front of himself.

He slowly opened the gourd lid, and an extremely dense aura instantly gushed out.

This was precisely that lump of World Origin!

It contained endless profundity and mysteries, being the essence of the entire world.

Ye Qingxuan controlled the World Origin inside the gourd, letting them flow out endlessly like a trickling stream.

Next, he formed hand seals with both hands, driving the majestic and matchless magic power within his body to guide these World Origins to converge toward the huge Pill Furnace before him.

As Ye Qingxuan's magic power was continuously injected, the World Origin in the Pill Furnace grew more and more, gradually forming a dazzling sphere of light.

At this moment, Ye Qingxuan was also staring intently at this Pill Furnace, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Just at this time, Ye Qingxuan suddenly turned his head to look at the surrounding crowd, saying in a loud voice: "Fellow Seniors, Qingxuan may enter the National Destiny Space at any time, so let me begin the refining first."

"Agreed!"

The six of them spoke simultaneously.

To avoid the awkward situation of insufficient magic power, Ye Qingxuan took out hundreds of High-Grade Spirit Stones from his Storage Ring and placed them nearby.

Disregarding the astonished looks of the few people nearby, he focused on mobilizing the pure Yin kidney Qi within his body, slowly refining the World Origin inside the Pill Furnace.

Time slowly passed amidst Ye Qingxuan's Alchemy, and in the blink of an eye, five days passed.

However, unfavorable voices began to appear online.

Because of the power Ye Qingxuan displayed at sea, some people became curious: during those years when the nation was facing a crisis, what were these practitioners doing?

After all, a practitioner with Soul Transformation strength could basically pierce through the entire world.

Why did China have such a strong practitioner yet experienced so much hardship?

The person who originally posted was just venting a small issue, but it was maliciously guided by others, eventually gaining billions of reposts and becoming a hot topic across the entire internet.

The original poster was trembling with fear.

Public apologies and deleting the post were useless; it had already been reposted billions of times, and now he could only pray not to be retaliated against by the cultivation world.

The Sect Heads of various factions also knew about this matter, but they simply didn't want to over-explain the events of back then, which was also a pain of the cultivation world.

Of course, some people had different views.

With universal Cultivation and the promotion of combat qi and magic systems, China already had hundreds of millions of Cultivators.

Although they only possessed a preliminary bit of extraordinary power and couldn't even kill a chicken, they could still be considered to have entered the door of Cultivation, and they had the right to know about past events.

After all, it concerned Karma and Luck.

Just as the various Sect Heads were discussing this.

Ye Qingxuan's Alchemy side had already reached a critical moment, and he could not afford to be distracted.

The Five Elements quenching had already ended, and next was guiding the heavenly lightning and earthly fire.

"Senior Zhang, it's up to you."

Ye Qingxuan looked at the alchemist from the Shenxiao Sect, Zhang He.

During the Alchemy process over the past few days, Ye Qingxuan had also learned the names of a few alchemists.

The heavenly lightning trial was handed over to Zhang He; after all, when it came to thunder techniques, the Shenxiao Sect was more professional.

"Leave it to this poor Daoist."

Hearing this, Zhang He took a deep breath and circulated the Shenxiao Thunder Technique.

For a moment, dark clouds covered tens of miles around, and thunder rumbled loudly.