27 Two Dragons Playing Pearl

"I see! You have good insight since you were able to deduce that I'll be refining Dragon Transformation Pills by judging from Dragon Transformation Grass and the blood essence of a fifth stage demonic beast. You may observe when I refine it!"

Ling Xiao grinned as he admitted that he was going to refine Dragon Transformation Pills.

Even though Jiao Mu had guessed it already, he could not help but feel elated.

"Thank you, Honorable Master! Can Piaopiao…"

Jiao Mu glanced at Liu Piaopiao who was beside her.

"She can stay too!" Ling Xiao smiled. He did not lower himself to her level.

"Hmph!"

Liu Piaopiao scoffed before she looked away. She could not believe that the despicable man had become her grand master.

She would not accept that no matter what!

Liu Piaopiao watched attentively as she waited for Ling Xiao to make a fool of himself. 'You said that you're going to refine Dragon Transformation Pills, the lost spiritual pills? Bullsh*t!'

Pill alchemy was a real thing. She doubted that Ling Xiao, who was in Pulse Unsealing Boundary, had high attainment in it.

She was ready to ridicule him as soon as he failed.

"A peerless spirit tool? It's activated by Earth's fire! This is great!"

Ling Xiao smiled when he touched the crimson herb cauldron in the center of the quiet room.

"Honorable Master, I found this Crimson Cloud Cauldron from ancient ruins. It's said to be an ancient herb cauldron that could increase the pill refinement rate by ten percent. I may have built Earth's Fire Formation, but one has to be at least a superior pill alchemist to activate Crimson Cloud Cauldron. You…"

Jiao Mu hesitated.

He clearly knew that Ling Xiao only had the cultivation of Pulse Unsealing Boundary even though he had a high level of attainment in alchemy. As gifted as Ling Xiao was, he was at most an inferior pill alchemist, thus he was likely inadequate to refine ancient spiritual pills like Dragon Transformation Pill.

Normally, one could only improve one's mental power through boundary advancements. True Qi Boundary corresponded to an inferior pill alchemist, Spiritualization Boundary corresponded to a moderate pill alchemist, and Dragon Tiger Boundary corresponded to a superior or a peerless pill alchemist!

On top of that, Grandmaster Boundary corresponded to an inferior or a moderate pill alchemist!

Theoretically, Ling Xiao who was only in Pulse Unsealing Boundary was not qualified to be a pill alchemist.

Therefore, it was only natural for Jiao Mu to be dubious when Ling Xiao claimed that he was going to refine Dragon Transformation Pills, which were superior spiritual pills.

"He's boasting! Even I can only refine inferior spiritual pills, he's so shameless."

Liu Piaopiao sneered.

Ling Xiao kept quiet although he knew what Jiao Mu and Liu Piaopiao were thinking. He stood in front of the Crimson Cloud Cauldron.

Bam!

A thunderous sound was heard when Ling Xiao slammed it. Subsequently, sparks were seen flying out from the cauldron, and a burning flame lit up at the bottom.

"Honorable Master, I haven't activated the formation…"

Before Jiao Mu finished his sentence, he was utterly shocked.

This was because Ling Xiao had activated Earth's Fire Formation and initiated a blazing Earth's fire, so the Crimson Cloud Cauldron had already been preheated.

"This…"

Jiao Mu stared at Ling Xiao's hands closely.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ling Xiao made some hand gestures calmly as he hit different parts of the Crimson Cloud Cauldron. At the end of the strike formed afterimages that could be seen in the air.

The cauldron shone each time Ling Xiao hit with his palm until it was completely enveloped in a crimson cloud. As a result, the temperature in the quiet room suddenly rose.

"I've never heard of this preheating method!"

Jiao Mu was extremely thrilled. Pill alchemists normally preheated cauldrons using Earth's fire, which resulted in slow and uneven heatings.

On the contrary, the Crimson Cloud Cauldron was now evenly covered with heat waves as if it had a spiritual nature.

"You're just pretending to be mysterious!"

Liu Piaopiao pouted her mouth, but she was rather surprised too.

Swish!

Ling Xiao suddenly slammed the jade box. With that, hundreds of spiritual herbs transformed into streams of light that poured into the cauldron.

"Are you extracting the spiritual herbs' essence?" Jiao Mu was astounded. Pill alchemists usually extracted spiritual herbs' essence one by one, yet Ling Xiao had poured hundreds of spiritual herbs into the Crimson Cloud Cauldron at once.

He was going to extract the essence of hundreds of spiritual herbs at the same time!

Jiao Mu's first thought was that it was impossible.

"Honorable Master, this b*stard is done for, let's stay away in case the furnace explodes. The hundreds of spiritual herbs have different attributes, and he's simply playing with fire to get himself burnt. Who does he think he is? A pill alchemy grandmaster, or a pill alchemy supreme? Those spiritual herbs are now wasted!"

Liu Piaopiao remarked coldly.

"Cut it out. For all we know, Honorable Master might have a way to extract hundreds of spiritual herbs at the same time!"

Jiao Mu could not believe that those words were coming from him too.

"Honorable Master, even pill alchemy grandmasters are extremely careful when extracting several spiritual herbs at the same time, and those methods are long lost! There's no way Ling Xiao knows how to do it, let's go away now before it explodes!"

Liu Piaopiao wanted to drag Jiao Mu away.

"Wait!"

Jiao Mu's eyes suddenly sparkled.

There were flames in Ling Xiao's hands, and the Crimson Cloud Cauldron began to buzz and vibrate. Following that, two bursts of flames emerged like dragons that coiled around the cauldron.

Herb fragrance filled the Crimson Cloud Cauldron.

"Judging from the herb fragrance, the purest essence of the spiritual herbs were extracted. How is that possible?!"

Jiao Mu was in total disbelief. However, he paid full attention to Ling Xiao as he did not want to miss any detail.

"This fella actually did it!"

Liu Piaopiao widened her mouth and looked at Ling Xiao as if he was a freak.

As the two dragons, red and black, respectively coiled around the cauldron, they exhaled cloud mist. Amidst the burning flames inside, propitious vapor gushed out wonderfully.

In the end, the spiritual herb essence in the Crimson Cloud Cauldron flew out like a multicolored brocade. It then appeared in the middle of the two flame dragons.

Bzz!

The spiritual herb essence was rich, bright, and resembled nature itself. The final product was a beautiful multicolored spiritual pearl.

As if two dragons were playing with a pearl, the flame dragons spiraled around the multicolored spiritual pearl, causing it to burn hotter.

"Is this… Is this the legendary Two Dragons Playing Pearl?"

Jiao Mu's voice trembled when he spoke. He looked at Ling Xiao admirably.

Soon, he recalled a record he found from an ancient book.

Sky Devouring Supreme from ten thousand years ago was peerless in alchemy and was an expert in Nine Dragons Playing Pearl, a fire control method. It was said that the fire control method could refine the Unsurpassed Divine Pill, a pill for one to become God.

Rumor had it that the supreme was punished by Heaven because he refined an Unsurpassed Divine Pill.

Two Dragons Playing Pearl was a simplified version of Nine Dragons Playing Pearl. Although it was unlike the latter, where it could refine Heaven and transform Earth, it was still marvelous.

Who would have thought that a young man could perform the legendary fire control method!