Chapter 87: Chapter 87: You Call This a Minor Trick?

The two of them completely ignored Xu Yang, as if they hadn’t heard him at all!

Xu Yang glanced impatiently at Tuoba Hongyu, then at Xu Yang, finally hanging his head like an eggplant hit by frost.

Even though he was a fourth-rank Alchemist, here, that was just a relatively higher status!

This princess didn’t treat him as a person at all!

But why is that guy so highly regarded?

Is he really a fourth-rank Alchemist?

Impossible!

“No big problem, let me give it a try.”

“Here are the materials!”

Tuoba Hongyu handed Xu Yang a Storage Ring directly.

To Xu Yang, even if the material was a special corpse, it was no big deal!

He took out a sandworm corpse and sat cross-legged on the spot.

Swoosh!

The Divine Cauldron appeared, Spirit Fire flared from within.

Seeing this, Chu Yu’s eyes were as wide as saucers!

Innate Spirit Fire?

Fuck!

The corpse was tossed into the Divine Cauldron and rapidly dissolved.

Suddenly, Xu Yang’s expression changed slightly.

“Even in the already dead sandworm corpse, there’s still a trace of instinctual will lingering!”

“No wonder the pill is said to be so difficult to refine!”

At this moment, Xu Yang finally understood.

Normally, only very powerful Martial Artists or demon beasts would leave behind their own will after death.

But this sandworm was far from that level.

Yet the invisible remnant will inside it was fierce and sinister!

It was as elusive as water.

If an Alchemist wants to succeed, he still has to divide his focus to suppress this strange will!

Moreover, melting down the corpse was far more difficult than refining spirit elixirs of the same level.

How could the difficulty not be high?

Xu Yang’s expression grew solemn, Spiritual Power gushed forth like a demonic dragon, pressing down.

Even with his strength, he felt a trace of pressure at this moment!

Luckily, he still had the advantage of the Divine Cauldron!

Otherwise, just this issue alone would make his first attempt fail!

“Both True Essence and Spiritual Power will be heavily consumed.”

“At this rate, I can at most refine three at a time!”

Xu Yang took a deep breath and gradually calmed down.

Dozens of breaths later.

Boom!

An orange-red pill emerged, branded with a pill pattern!

“Top-grade?”

Chu Yu screamed in shock, as if he’d seen a ghost!

For him, it truly was like seeing a ghost.

Tuoba Hongyu finally looked excited.

Xu Yang, as expected, didn’t let her down!

“At most, I can only refine two in a row!” Xu Yang stood up, face pale, though he’d still held back a bit.

“Two are more than enough.”

Tuoba Hongyu was extremely satisfied. Xu Yang was still weak after all.

The most crucial thing was the top-grade pill!

This effect is much stronger than an ordinary General Elixir.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you somewhere else.” Tuoba Hongyu said enthusiastically.

It was like a face changing, all in a single thought!

Xu Yang didn’t care, just nodded slightly, following Tuoba Hongyu out.

As for Chu Yu, he was directly ignored!

He stared blankly at their backs, clutching his head in frustration.

“How can this be?”

“Is he even human?”

“I came here because I killed the offspring of someone important—in the end, even as an Alchemist, I couldn’t survive elsewhere. But with skills like his, and being so young, even if he committed something worse, he could have found a safe place. Why’d he end up here?”

Chu Yu racked his brains but couldn’t figure it out—yet no one bothered to explain!

There are differences between people, and the same goes for Alchemists!

Tuoba Hongyu led Xu Yang into a vaster, even more majestic great hall.

“The highest-ranking Alchemist of the royal court, and the only Pill King—Tuoba Bowu!”

“There are three fifth-rank Alchemists: Tuoba Xiong, He Lan Mo, and Baili Yan.”

Tuoba Hongyu introduced them one by one.

Xu Yang nodded slightly, with a subtle expression. In such a huge Barbarian Race, there’s only one Pill King!

And just three of fifth rank!

Compared to Daqian, that’s several times fewer.

With such a difference, no wonder they revere Alchemists so much.

“Your Highness, is this Xu Yang?” Tuoba Bowu sized Xu Yang up with suspicion.

Anyone hearing those descriptions would have trouble believing it.

“Exactly. Xu Yang will be refining pills here together with the masters from now on.”

“By the way, this is the General Elixir he refined earlier in the side hall on his first attempt.” Tuoba Hongyu handed over the top-grade General Elixir.

Tuoba Bowu took one look and his face changed dramatically, “Top-grade General Elixir!”

“Master Bowu, is it really top-grade?”

The other three stared in shock.

Tuoba Bowu carefully sensed it, his expression shifting several times, then he passed the pill to the other three.

A moment later.

The four of them stared at Xu Yang intently.

Xu Yang smiled lightly, “If you don’t believe me, I can refine it again in a bit.”

“Please!”

Tuoba Bowu kept his shock in check and spoke up directly.

Tuoba Hongyu smiled faintly and turned to leave!

Half an hour later.

The hall echoed with exclamations of amazement!

“This is really fucking unbelievable!”

“What kind of monsters are you people from Daqian?”

“I really give up!”

“To think I thought that Chu Yu was pretty good, but compared to you, he’s pure trash!”

Even Baili Yan, who disliked Daqian the most, was left speechless in shock!

The facts spoke for themselves—none could say a word!

“Master Bowu, what are these pills for exactly?” Xu Yang looked curiously at Tuoba Bowu.

After hands-on refinement, though the General Elixir’s energy wasn’t bad, for Martial Artists, its effect was not even as good as the Blood Beast Elixir!

It seemed more like an energy supplement!

At these words, the four Alchemists all stared at Xu Yang, then glanced at each other and all grinned weirdly.

Tuoba Bowu said indifferently, “That’s not something you need to know yet!”

As expected, it’s not simple… Xu Yang shrugged with a laugh, “Many thanks for reminding me, Master Bowu!”

He simply put the speculation aside.

No use guessing anyway!

When it’s time to know, he’ll find out naturally.

As time passed, Xu Yang gradually learned that this place was solely for alchemy. They weren’t just refining General Elixirs, but also Marquis Elixirs and King Elixirs!

Three grades—General, Marquis, and King, General Elixir being the weakest, King Elixir the strongest!

The only one who could refine King Elixirs was Tuoba Bowu.

“General, Marquis, King—corresponds precisely to the levels of bloodline baptism in the Barbarian Race. Interesting!” Xu Yang mused.

Soon, the four also began their own pill refinement.

The material for General Elixir was sandworm, for Marquis Elixir was Blood Corpse—a blood-red corpse resembling the Barbarian Race, and for King Elixir, Blood Flood Dragon!

All three types came from the Red Sand Blood Desert!

This filled Xu Yang with curiosity towards the Red Sand Blood Desert.

Watching the four at work, Xu Yang’s eyes flickered. The three’s techniques weren’t bad, but compared with Gu Jun’s experience, they were not even close!

“This isn’t the Kunwu Division anymore. From now on, I’m bound to run into all sorts of trouble. The status of these four Alchemists can’t be underestimated.”

Can’t be underestimated? That’s putting it lightly!

The four top Alchemists in the royal court—anyone who saw them would be scrupulously polite.

Even among the ten blood generals—prodigies with limitless potential—most didn’t have the qualifications to meet all four at once!

With that, Xu Yang’s lips curled up and he abruptly said, “You four masters’ pill refinement skills look pretty ordinary.”

“What did you say?”

Bang!

At these words, one of them’s hand shook, his cauldron blew up, and he glared furiously at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang was strong, but not qualified yet to mock them!

The pressure in the hall shot up.

The four were outstanding Alchemists, but their own strength wasn’t weak either—the weakest was already at the Yang Realm.

Xu Yang’s face was calm as ever, smiling, “I have a little method—if you learn it, refining pills should save you around one-third in energy, and raise your success rate by thirty percent or so!”

“Any kind of pill!”

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