Chapter 67: The Pill is Ready, Lick It Twice
In a cave whose stone walls are covered with purple crystals, a medicine cauldron is placed in the center. Golden flames are constantly rising inside it, refining a purple pill the size of a longan. As time passes, a faint medicinal fragrance begins to spread. As the fragrance becomes stronger and stronger, the energy fluctuations in the medicine cauldron become more and more violent, even causing the surrounding phantom golden fire to vibrate continuously.

The cauldron is about to explode... Yao Yan felt the increasingly violent energy within the young pill, and he knew that he had failed again this time.

"Brush~"

Yao Yan decisively cut off the pill-condensing process and took out the young pill that was about to explode. As it was separated from the flames, the violent energy inside the young pill gradually subsided. It no longer exploded due to forced fusion and was in a relatively stable state.

He looked at the failed embryonic pill in front of him and casually placed it on a tray at the side, on which were already three failed works of different sizes.

If the two that exploded previously are counted, Yao Yan has failed five times in total.

However, these five times were not without results. After the three failed attempts, the color of each pill became deeper and the medicinal fragrance became stronger. It was obvious that they were not far from the perfect formula.

Modifying the pill formula is a process of continuous trial and error.

Since Yao Yan dared to do this, he had already prepared for failure. As for the wasted medicinal materials, there was no shortage of basic medicinal materials for refining the fifth-grade Miben Guyuan Pill in his ring, enough for him to squander at will. This was also the benefit of becoming Hunxuzi's disciple. He didn't need to worry about the medicinal materials for practicing.

In addition to having a strong soul perception ability, the alchemist also needs to constantly accumulate experience in alchemy. No alchemist can achieve success overnight.

"It should be about the same this time."

Yao Yan looked at the remaining five bottles of companion purple crystal source and pondered in his heart.

A bottle of companion purple crystal source can be refined two or three times. The five failed times were also to find the most suitable point. He has a hunch that the next time will reach perfection.

He swallowed two Qi-recovering pills and closed his eyes to recover for a while. He opened his eyes slowly until he had recovered to his peak state. At the same time, he devoted himself to the next alchemy. He waved his hand and took out another portion of medicinal materials for refining the fifth-grade Miben Guyuan Pill. He threw them into the medicine cauldron and began to extract the essence of the medicine.

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As time passed, the Amethyst Winged Lion King became more and more irritable. If it had not sensed the increasingly strong medicinal fragrance in the cave, it might have rushed in to question Yao Yan what he was doing. It had been nearly half a month, and he had not yet finished refining the pill. Was he playing a trick on it?

Caidie, who was watching Ling'er, noticed the impatience of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and said to comfort him, "Don't be impatient, Lion King. Since the young master promised you, he will definitely not deceive you."

Based on her understanding of Yao Yan, if Yao Yan really wanted to deceive the Amethyst Winged Lion King, he would never come to the other party's cave to refine pills, nor would he leave the task of finding items to the other party. These all represent Yao Yan's sincerity, and obviously the Amethyst Winged Lion King did not realize this.

"It better be so!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King snorted coldly and scratched the ground with one of its thick claws, venting its inner impatience and anxiety.

"Brush~"

At this moment, a streak of silver light flashed across the sky, and a moment later, a fifth-rank Thunder Flame Mad Lion appeared in the valley. It was smaller than the Amethyst Winged Lion King, with purple-red scales covering its entire body, on which flashes of lightning flashed from time to time.

As soon as it appeared, it barked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and at the same time, its scarlet eyes glanced at the colorful butterfly. The hostility in its eyes was obvious, because it was also one of the spectators in the battle half a month ago, and it was this snake woman in front of it who seriously injured their king.

"We have found the human cave he was looking for. You can go now."

The Amethyst Winged Lion King glanced at the colorful butterfly and made a low sound.

Caidie's eyes lit up, and she didn't bother to play with Ling'er. She held Ling'er in her arms, used the soft object to restrain her movements, and said to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, "Then I'll leave your side to you, Lion King."

Yaoyan had already informed Caidie in advance what he was going to take, but he had not explained the function of the incomplete map, nor did he explain why he knew about this cave. Caidie did not ask much about this. Being a sensible girl, she would not disturb him when he was refining the elixir.

"Don't worry. Before he refines the elixir that I need, it will be difficult for him to die!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King snorted in a bad tone.

"Then the Lion King can look forward to it. Young Master is the most powerful alchemist I have ever seen!"

Caidie responded with a look of confidence on her face, then wings of fighting spirit condensed on her back, and turned into a stream of light that soared into the sky. The Thunder Flame Mad Lion glanced at the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then led the way for Caidie and flew towards the northwest of the Warcraft Mountains.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King watched them leave and continued to stare at the cave. It was only concerned about the success or failure of the elixir. As for other things, it had no mind to pay attention to them.

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Time passed slowly and several hours went by in a flash.

This time, Yao Yan's refining speed was faster. Thanks to his previous attempts, he was now more and more proficient at it. Even the process of melting the pill was smoother than the previous times. He did not encounter any obstacles during the process. A fist-sized pill came into view. It was colorful and was a fusion of the essence of hundreds of medicinal materials.

This is just the most basic stage, and the next step is the key.

Yao Yan glanced at the accompanying purple crystal source beside him, and used his soul power to control a bottle to fly up, pouring out most of the bottle. Under the control of his soul power, the purple liquid passed through the golden phantom fire, like a cooling mountain spring, and poured onto the boiling young pill. With a burst of purple mist rising in the flames, the young pill actually began to shrink, and the various medicinal liquids in it began to merge with each other, and a violent energy began to condense.

Feeling this violent energy, Yao Yan remained calm. He formed seals with his hands, and the soul power surging from his brows turned into a big hand, which directly grasped the purple pill in the phantom golden fire. Strands of soul power spread to the entire pill and began to pull the energy within it to fuse.

What he needed to do now was to quickly stabilize the energy of this pill, and this required extreme familiarity with the spirituality of various medicinal materials so that they could fit together in the most perfect manner.

Just like playing a complicated Luban lock, the alchemist needs to perfectly combine the medicinal properties of each ingredient to make it a perfect whole, without even a little bit more. Only in this way can the elixir be refined to achieve the most perfect quality.

Although Hunxuzi was not a qualified teacher, he was an extremely perfect alchemist, especially in the process of refining pills, the requirements were extremely harsh. As his disciple, Yao Yan naturally inherited Hunxuzi's level in this regard, not allowing himself to relax in the slightest, and striving for perfection in every step!

"Om~"

As the pill shrank to the size of a longan, a purple halo enveloped the pill, and a rich purple medicinal fragrance instantly spread, like bursts of mist, emanating in all directions.

At this moment, the Amethyst Winged Lion King lying outside the cave stood up. It could clearly feel the richness of the medicinal fragrance, which was stronger than any previous time. It could even feel the original purple fire in its body stirring, and it had an illusion that it could be upgraded by swallowing this thing!

"Ow~"

The little Amethyst Winged Lion King, who looked like a puppy, raised his head and barked, with a strong desire in his eyes, which came from the desire of the body.

"Is it done?!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King glanced at his child and stared into the cave with hope.

"boom!"

At this moment, a strong energy fluctuation suddenly came from the cave, just like the explosion of a cauldron before. Accompanied by a thunder, violent energy fluctuations surged out of it, instantly dispersing the pervasive purple medicinal fragrance.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's expression froze, his bright eyes dimmed instantly, and he couldn't help but grind his back teeth.

Failed again? !
Almost at the same time when it was disappointed, a figure slowly walked out of the cave. The figure that disgusted it smiled faintly, raised his hand and shook the medicine bottle, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission, it is done~"

At this moment, the Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly felt that Yao Yan was so pleasing to the eye that he even wanted to pounce on him and lick him twice!
(End of this chapter)