238: Chapter 238 Refining Weapons in Public

Hearing this, Xiao Yuchen smiled and shook his head, "The information in your Fire Cloud Valley is too outdated. Our Sect Master's qingyun sword is now a High Grade Divine Artifact, and our Sect Master also broke through to the Void Refinement Late-stage two days ago."

"What? How is this possible? A High Grade Divine Artifact is already the Peak of the Cultivation World. Is your level of Artifact Refining really that high? I admit that Sect Master Hua Yuxi's talent is higher than mine, but she only broke through to the Dongxu Stage Middle Stage not long ago; how could she have broken through again? Could it be..."

Valley Master Huo Yun looked at Xiao Yuchen in shock. He thought of a possibility: that all of this was thanks to Xiao Yuchen.

"That's right. I helped upgrade the qingyun sword to a High Grade Divine Artifact, and the Sect Master's Breakthrough to the Void Refinement Late-stage was because she consumed the great dao pill I refined."

"Then... then..."

Valley Master Huo Yun hesitated for a long time but didn't say it out loud.

"If you provide the Materials, I can help you upgrade the lie ri bow to a High Grade Divine Artifact, but I cannot help you with increasing your cultivation, unless you can gather the medicinal herbs to refine the great dao pill."

"Alright, I will definitely find a way to gather the medicinal herbs. However, I don't understand medicinal herbs; could you write down the herbs needed to refine the great dao pill for me?"

Valley Master Huo Yun also knew the value of the great dao pill. Xiao Yuchen couldn't possibly give it to him for free, and he was already very happy to be able to upgrade the lie ri bow to a High Grade Divine Artifact.

"Alright, that is naturally no problem."

Xiao Yuchen wrote a list of medicinal herbs and handed it to Valley Master Huo Yun. It included not only the great dao pill but also the liuhe pill and the void spirit pill.

After getting the list, Valley Master Huo Yun handed it directly to Huo Feng and said, "Grand Elder, immediately order the city lords of all cities under the jurisdiction of Fire Cloud Valley to surrender the medicinal herbs on the list. If anyone is found withholding them, they will no longer enjoy the protection of Fire Cloud Valley."

"Yes, Valley Master."

Huo Feng agreed and was about to leave to arrange this, but he was stopped by Xiao Yuchen.

"Wait a moment. Has your Fire Cloud Valley always been this overbearing? Those medicinal herbs are not ordinary items; they are priceless. Do you intend to seize them by force? Won't you give the city lords some compensation? If you do this, they might hand over the herbs, but are you sure they won't hold anything back? Only when the value you provide is greater than the value of the herbs themselves will everyone actively cooperate."

Being reprimanded by Xiao Yuchen, Valley Master Huo Yun felt a bit awkward and quickly changed his tune, "Yes, yes, yes. Elder Yuchen is still the thoughtful one. Order it down: whoever delivers the medicinal herbs, I will purchase them at market price, and this year's tribute will be halved."

"Yes, I will go handle it right now."

Under heavy rewards, everyone was very cooperative. In just three days, the city lords of the fourteen cities delivered the relevant medicinal herbs to Fire Cloud Valley. Unfortunately, the medicinal herbs for refining the great dao pill were not fully gathered, as the most important great dao flower was missing.

As for the medicinal herbs for the liuhe pill, they gathered enough for eleven batches, and for the void spirit pill, they gathered enough for four batches. That was not bad, after all, Fire Cloud Valley only has fourteen cities under it.

"Elder Yuchen, what should we do without the great dao flower?"

Valley Master Huo Yun was a bit anxious. Without the great dao flower, it meant he could not break through to the Void Refinement Late-stage.

"This... I do actually have one High Grade great dao pill in my possession, which I was saving for my own future Breakthrough. If the Valley Master wants it, I can give it to you, but I also have a condition."

Hearing this, Valley Master Huo Yun was very excited and quickly said, "Whatever the condition, as long as I can do it, I will definitely satisfy you."

It wasn't just that Valley Master Huo Yun was obsessed with cultivation. Currently, the Sect Masters of the Four Great Sects, except for Sect Master Hua Yuxi, were all at the Dongxu Stage Middle Stage. Although there were differences in combat power, the differences were not large. If he could break through to the Void Refinement Late-stage, the strength of Fire Cloud Valley would be able to crush the other two Sects.

"Alright, I can help you with Alchemy, upgrade the Rank of the lie ri bow, and give you one great dao pill, but you must give me twenty Immortal Artifacts. It doesn't matter what the Rank is, as long as they are Immortal Artifacts."

"This... Alright, I agree."

Although it was painful to take out twenty Immortal Artifacts, compared to the benefits he would receive, he definitely wouldn't lose out, so after hesitating for only a moment, Valley Master Huo Yun agreed.

"Alright then, I will go do the Alchemy first. Valley Master, please find me a quiet room."

"Go to my practice room; it is absolutely safe there."

Valley Master Huo Yun personally brought Xiao Yuchen to his practice room. Xiao Yuchen was already very familiar with refining the two types of Medicinal Pills, and even without using the tears of light, he could refine High Grade Medicinal Pills.

"Alright, thank you for the trouble."

After Xiao Yuchen entered the room, Valley Master Huo Yun sensibly left. Since he chose to trust Xiao Yuchen, he had to trust him absolutely and must not peek or use Divine Sense to investigate.

One day later, Xiao Yuchen walked out of the Pill Refining Room. The quality of both the liuhe pill and the void spirit pill had improved. Xiao Yuchen kept a portion and handed the rest to Valley Master Huo Yun.

Looking at the Medicinal Pills in his hand, Valley Master Huo Yun grinned from ear to ear and quickly took out a Storage Ring and handed it to Xiao Yuchen.

"Elder Yuchen, the twenty Immortal Artifacts are inside. Please take a look."

Valley Master Huo Yun was extremely polite, acting completely like a sycophant. He was very fortunate that he had not turned against Xiao Yuchen because of the deaths of Elder Huo Ling and Elder Huohun; otherwise, his Fire Cloud Valley would truly have suffered a catastrophe.

Could the strength of a person who can refine a great dao pill be low? At the very least, it would be Dongxu Stage Great Perfection. How could he afford to offend such a person?

"No need to look. I trust the Valley Master. This great dao pill is yours. Alchemy is a bit tiring. Wait for me to rest, then give me the lie ri bow and the divine crystal stone. I will perform Artifact Refining in public. How much you can learn depends on your own ability."

"Many thanks, Elder Yuchen. We will definitely learn carefully and watch carefully. I will have people prepare right now and await your arrival at the plaza."

After meditating and resting for a few hours, Xiao Yuchen came to the plaza under the guidance of Grand Elder Huo Feng. At this time, hundreds of people had gathered on the plaza, all of whom were elite Disciples of Fire Cloud Valley.

Xiao Yuchen walked directly onto the high platform, and Valley Master Huo Yun's lie ri bow and the three divine crystal stones were already placed on the high platform.

Xiao Yuchen didn't waste any words; he took out the Artifact Refining furnace and then ignited it with his Sacred Fire.

The moment the purple flames appeared, Valley Master Huo Yun felt that the Glazed Sacred Fire inside his body had lost control and was trembling incessantly, as if it had seen something terrifying.

"Elder Yuchen's flames are truly too strong. I feel like they could enter the top eight of the sacred fire ranking, but I can't tell what kind of Sacred Fire it is."

Seeing the Sacred Fire summoned by Xiao Yuchen, Valley Master Huo Yun was extremely envious, but envy was useless; that level of intensity of Sacred Fire was not something he could possess.

"It's more than that. The Green Lotus Demonic Fire is ranked tenth on the sacred fire ranking. When several Elders were controlled by the Green Lotus Demonic Fire, Elder Yuchen released this kind of flame, which instantly suppressed the Green Lotus Demonic Fire. This shows that his flames are stronger than the Green Lotus Demonic Fire. Later, he subdued the Green Lotus Demonic Fire and formed this current Fusion fire. The current flames could probably reach the top six of the sacred fire ranking."

Back in the Monster Forest, he had seen that Xiao Yuchen's Sacred Fire Rank was very high, but Xiao Yuchen had warned him not to spread the word, so he hadn't told Valley Master Huo Yun about this matter.

"Elder Yuchen is truly a heaven-sent genius. I really don't know how he Cultivates while being so young. Not only is his cultivation unfathomable, but he is also proficient in Artifact Refining and Alchemy. If he were a Disciple of my Fire Cloud Valley, I would laugh in my dreams."