Chapter 0534 Alchemy

Chapter 0534: Pill Refining

Hu Jingxian came to find Qin Yun, clearly on important business.

Qin Yun led her into his room for a private conversation.

Hu Jingxian wore an alluring pink dress and fixed Qin Yun with an alluring gaze.

She always seemed to play with Qin Yun's heartstrings, intentionally or not, especially when she smiled faintly—her demeanor reaching the peak of charm.

"Elder Hu, what brings you here?" Qin Yun asked with a calm expression.

"I heard you possess a Demon-Chasing Spirit Talisman, is that true? I’d like one—how do you plan to sell it?" Hu Jingxian said.

"How useful is this Demon-Chasing Spirit Talisman to you? Is it urgent?" Qin Yun pondered before asking.

"Not too urgent, but it is indeed very useful. It would allow us to hunt many demonic beasts in the Demon Barrens," Hu Jingxian replied with a winning smile. "Just name your price!"

"As for the price… such an item is rare beyond price!" Qin Yun sighed. "And it’s extremely difficult to refine."

Hu Jingxian tutted. "I know you won fifteen hundred million Purple Crystal Coins and later received rewards from the Sword Hall—you’re hardly strapped for cash!"

"I truly don’t lack Purple Crystal Coins," Qin Yun chuckled. "But I am in desperate need of Bone Spirit Mystic Pills. Do you happen to have any, Elder Hu?"

"No!" Hu Jingxian sighed. "Our Bone Spirit Mystic Pills are purchased from the Medicine Fairy Valley—they’re exorbitantly priced!"

Hu Jingxian also knew that Qin Yun had cultivated his Dao Spirit and would soon need to break through to the Spirit Martial realm.

"Demonmoon Island truly doesn’t have any Bone Spirit Mystic Pills," she said with a pout. "Are you really not planning to sell us the Demon-Chasing Spirit Talisman?"

Qin Yun smiled. "Of course not! I just wanted to ask for your help with something. It’s not too difficult, but will take some time."

"Here?" Hu Jingxian asked.

"Yes," Qin Yun nodded.

"Alright, what is it?" Hu Jingxian, who knew Qin Yun fairly well, agreed.

"Artifact forging," Qin Yun said with a grin, scratching his head.

He had originally planned to ask Dao Fan for help, but Hu Jingxian was a Xuan Martial realm Martial Lord—clearly more skilled than Dao Fan.

"Artifact forging? How?" Hu Jingxian was intrigued, her seductive vulpine eyes glimmering with curiosity.

Qin Yun took out the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron.

Hu Jingxian let out a soft gasp upon seeing the cauldron. "Yang Yanxing is sealed inside, isn’t he?"

"Yes, that guy’s been causing havoc inside. First, help me restrain him properly, alright?" Qin Yun said. "I don’t plan to kill him just yet—I might use him to threaten the Sword Star Sect later."

Hu Jingxian took out a rope. "This rope is specially designed to bind Martial Lords."

Qin Yun opened the lid slightly, allowing her to thread the rope inside.

In no time, the rope automatically bound Yang Yanxing.

"Done!" Qin Yun smiled and then took Yang Yanxing out, placing him into a giant urn.

After emptying the Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron, Qin Yun also gathered some materials and entered a forging chamber to begin smelting and hammering.

When he previously forged the Mystic King Cannon, he needed Zi Qingcheng's help to forge the materials.

Now, with the Nine Yang Divine Hammer, he could handle the forging himself.

He only needed Hu Jingxian to channel her potent Martial Lord energy into the Xuanyuan Steel, strengthening it during the forging process.

"Are you crafting a mystical weapon?" Hu Jingxian frowned and asked. "When I arrived earlier, I saw Tian Ruoleng and Yue Wulan sparring in the courtyard. Were the royal grade spiritual artifacts they used crafted by you?"

"They were! Those were the base forms of mystical weapons. Right now, I can craft the frameworks of low-grade mystical weapons, but I still can't inscribe the mystical runes," Qin Yun said.

"That’s already impressive!" Hu Jingxian knew Qin Yun had been a genius Runes Master back in Wuhuang.

Now, she was observing his crafting process directly.

"Are you planning to craft a powerful royal grade spiritual artifact?" Hu Jingxian asked curiously.

"No, I’m forging a mystical weapon!"

Qin Yun unrolled a design schematic, glanced at it, and continued intensifying his strikes.

Hu Jingxian’s alluring features immediately filled with astonishment.

Qin Yun was only at Martial Path's Ninth Layer, yet he could already forge mystical weapons!

"Are you joking?" Hu Jingxian couldn’t believe it.

"I need your help to inscribe the mystical runes!" Qin Yun suddenly turned serious, intensifying his strikes.

He intended to craft two alchemy-focused mystical weapons—two boxes.

One was for processing medicinal powders, and the other for distilling medicinal solutions.

Only with powder and solution could they be mixed to compound pills.

Inside the chamber, Qin Yun worked relentlessly with metallic clangs.

Yue Wulan and Tian Ruoleng had once gone through the process of forging the Frostcloud Blade and Willow Crescent Blade.

So they knew very well that Hu Jingxian had been recruited to aid Qin Yun in forging.

Since Qin Yun was a rather special disciple, Dao Fan gave him considerable leeway.

If Qin Yun encountered any difficulties, he could simply seek Dao Fan for guidance.

Inside the chamber, Qin Yun found the sight of the glistening, alluring assistant quite pleasing.

Perhaps out of habit, he always preferred having such assistants—it gave him a distinct professional satisfaction.

Of course, Hu Jingxian, a Martial Lord of the Xuan Martial realm, voiced no objections and appeared genuinely engaged.

Ling Yuner occasionally provoked Qin Yun, urging him to flirt with the enchanting fox cultivator, Hu Jingxian.

Qin Yun even found himself mildly intrigued by Ling Yuner’s teasing.

After over a month, Hu Jingxian finally helped Qin Yun finalize both alchemical vessels!

They didn’t stay in the chamber all day—they paused for brief respites each day to relax and take in fresh air.

Hu Jingxian often handled the acquisition of components and botanicals, so she naturally identified them clearly as alchemical vessels.

This stunned her even further!

Because Qin Yun didn't just craft a mystical weapon, but an alchemy-focused mystical weapon—an extremely difficult one to produce.

"Are you planning to become an alchemist?" Hu Jingxian's charming eyes were filled with astonishment.

"I have no choice. Elixirs are too pricey, and I can't afford them. Gotta be self-sufficient!" Qin Yun wiped his sweat and laughed. "Thanks for putting up with me, Elder Hu. This is your reward!"

Hu Jingxian took the two Demon-Chasing Spirit Talismans and huffed, "You've got some nerve, dragging me in to do odd jobs!"

"Who told you to be so beautiful? At least you're easy on the eyes during long crafting sessions!" Qin Yun chuckled.

"Our Demonmoon Island has many beauties and spirit-folk like me. Would you like to come?" Hu Jingxian flirtatiously played with her hair, her bedroom eyes filled with affection, heart-stoppingly seductive.

"Not a chance! I'm afraid I might... die there, unable to survive that much temptation!" Qin Yun laughed.

"Hypocrite!" Hu Jingxian spat lightly before making her exit.

After obtaining the Soul-Chasing Spirit Talismans, Hu Jingxian made her exit.

Qin Yun left the room and, together with Tian Ruoleng and Yue Wulan, attended Dao Fan's lecture on the Severing Moon Arcane Art.

The Arcane Art could project one's Martial Soul for attacks, releasing devastating force.

More importantly, one had to protect their Martial Soul to prevent it from being harmed.

After the lesson, Qin Yun hurried back to his room.

His Sun-Moon Divine Bowl had finally condensed a full bowl of Sun-Moon Nectar.

He took out two flowerpots.

The flowerpots were specially crafted royal-grade spiritual artifacts, and the soil used was enchanted cultivation soil.

The flowerpots also had dedicated spaces for placing Purple Crystal Coins to provide energy for the mystical flowers.

Qin Yun carefully dripped the Sun-Moon Nectar into the flowerpots, nourishing the two mystical flowers.

Before long, the previously withered mystical flowers gradually emitted a vibrant aura, becoming full of vitality and regaining their luster.

"Now that's what I call a divine artifact!" Qin Yun exclaimed in delight as he looked at the Sun-Moon Divine Bowl.

Once the two flowers had recovered, Qin Yun carefully harvested them.

The roots remained, and with regular feedings of Sun-Moon Nectar, the flowers would regrow.

Following the instructions in the Pill Forging Manual, Qin Yun placed the two flowers into the two alchemy-focused mystical weapon boxes, sealed the lids, and channeled flames into them.

He needed to control the flames to precisely incinerate the Night Lotus and Moon Spirit Rose.

The Night Lotus had to be refined into powder, while the Moon Spirit Rose had to be refined into liquid.

This process took precisely two hours to complete!

Then, he added ground spirit-beast bone powder.

The three materials were mixed together and placed into a furnace, where Qin Yun used his spiritual energy to control their fusion.

The key lay in the core pill-formation stage inside the furnace!

Qin Yun's fire control skills were very proficient, and his mental energy was formidable.

Under the compression of his mental energy, the three materials gradually fused together.

The medicinal liquid from the Moon Spirit Rose acted as both solvent and binder.

Even under the burning flames, the resulting vapor retained energetic properties, swirling naturally around the pill and forming a pale silver vortex.

The vortex slowly rotated, controlled by Qin Yun's mental energy, and gradually seeped into the pill.

After a full day's work, Qin Yun finally refined a single Bone Spirit Mystic Pill.

"All that for just one pill!" Qin Yun sighed as he looked at the Bone Spirit Mystic Pill. He mused, "In truth, this was already a great success—it was my first attempt, and I managed to produce it within a single day!"

Many pillsmiths struggled far more on their first try with such a pill.

Of course, Qin Yun’s pill formula was different from others.

The most crucial factor was those two mystical alchemy vessels!

Others' refining tools only had arcane engravings, but Qin Yun’s two refining tools also incorporated star and moon patterns.

The resulting medicinal liquid and powder were distinctly different.

After consuming it, Qin Yun found that the potency of this pill vastly outperformed the one he had taken before.

"I wonder how many I’ll need to eat before I can cultivate a Bone Spirit?" Qin Yun murmured, eyeing the Sun Moon Divine Bowl with a resigned sigh.

The Sun Moon Divine Bowl gathered essence of sun and moon too slowly—it took ten days to fill a single bowl.

And who could say how many bowls would be needed just to make the flowers bloom again?

Qin Yun could only place the Sun Moon Divine Bowl inside the Nine Sun spirit gem and channel solar and lunar energies through his own body to condense the essence.

As he mulled over the Bone Spirit Mystic Pill, he walked into the courtyard and noticed a youth dressed in white standing there—it was Jian Lang.

"Hall Master Jian, has the Sword Star Sect come again?" Qin Yun asked with a smile.

"No!" Jian Lang chuckled. "I came to take you to Immortal Armory City! The Manor Lord is there and wishes to meet the champion academy of the Blade Offense-Defense Tournament!"

"Alright!" Qin Yun quickly agreed.

Among the Five Great Immortal Cities, Immortal Armory City was renowned for having the highest level of arcane sigil craftsmanship.

Rumors said that this immortal sect actually housed immortal weapons.