Chapter 6

Ye Mo ran eagerly to start the fire. Although he wouldn’t lose the use of his hands, he still had to be punished, and Elder Yin would not let him off so easily.

This was Ye Mo’s first time working in the alchemy room. He saw Ye Ming stealing medicinal herbs and reported it to Elder Yin. Ye Ming was a direct-line disciple of the Ye Clan, and his father, Ye Di, was the younger brother of the Clan Leader, Ye Kuang, holding a high position.

However, Elder Yin still broke both of Ye Ming’s legs, leaving him bedridden for a week.

As soon as Ye Ming recovered, he beat Ye Mo up. From then on, to avoid being beaten, Ye Mo had to endure in silence and turn a blind eye to their theft of medicinal herbs.

The process of alchemy has four steps: adding ingredients, lighting the fire, forming the pill, and refining. Ye Mo had been working as a pill child for Elder Yin for several years and was extremely familiar with the alchemy process.

He could find the materials needed for the first-grade pills, the Yuan Cultivation Pill and the Blood-Activating Healing Pill, even with his eyes closed.

However, Elder Yin had never taught Ye Mo alchemy. But Ye Mo knew that the most important step in alchemy was forming the pill. If the pill wasn’t formed well, it would turn into a failed pill after refining.

The entire Ye Clan needed to purchase the Yuan Solidification Pills from outside, so Elder Yin was eager to refine them himself.

The materials were already in place. Elder Yin, with his hands on the large furnace, was channeling fiery red essence energy into the alchemy furnace. Ye Mo was busy fanning the fire. Elder Yin’s expression was serious as he injected essence energy and paid attention to the heat.

"Ye Mo, increase the heat!"

"No, more heat!"

"Ye Mo, increase the heat even more. The Yuan Solidification Pill is different from the Yuan Cultivation Pill; the heat must be sufficient!"

The current heat was already at Ye Mo’s limit. Helpless, Ye Mo directed a surge of Dragon Power directly to his right hand, causing his strength to surge, and the heat instantly increased.

Seeing this, Elder Yin, feeling the sudden increase in heat, was first surprised, then showed a satisfied smile. Ten minutes later, Elder Yin withdrew his hands.

"You can stop now."

Ye Mo stopped fanning the fire. Then, the alchemy furnace exploded, and the refining was complete. Elder Yin opened the furnace lid, and the fragrance spread. A batch of Yuan Solidification Pills was successfully refined.

"Ha ha, finally, the Yuan Solidification Pills are refined!" Elder Yin laughed heartily.

Ye Mo quickly stood up and flattered, "Elder Yin is indeed a genius in alchemy. With Elder Yin, the Ye Clan becoming the first family in Stone Rock City is just a matter of time."

"Don’t flatter me. What happened earlier? Why could you increase the heat so much? Did you open your meridian?"

"Thanks to the Yuan Cultivation Pills refined by Elder Yin, Ye Mo was fortunate enough to open his meridian."

"That’s good, but don’t think you can get away with stealing the Yuan Cultivation Pills. In the coming days, I need to refine more Yuan Solidification Pills. Help me buy one tael of Fusion Powder from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion. Remember, get the best quality."

Fusion Powder is a material needed for all pills. It’s not expensive, but it’s not cheap either. One tael of Fusion Powder costs one tael of gold, which is equivalent to one hundred taels of silver.

Elder Yin’s tone clearly indicated that Ye Mo had to pay for it himself. One hundred taels of silver was more than Ye Mo could afford.

"Elder Yin, the money!" Ye Mo hadn’t finished speaking when Elder Yin immediately interrupted him.

"Do you expect me to pay? I’m going out to find a new pill child. If you don’t bring back the Fusion Powder before I find one, I’ll send you to the Punishment Hall."

"Alright!" Ye Mo gritted his teeth in agreement. This old man was indeed merciless.

After refining some more Yuan Cultivation Pills, Elder Yin stopped and stored them in the alchemy room. He took the Yuan Solidification Pills with him, gave Ye Mo some instructions, and left the alchemy room. Ye Mo tidied up and returned to his room.

Without the Yuan Cultivation Pills, he needed to gather one hundred taels of silver to buy Fusion Powder and be wary of Ye Xiaotian’s revenge. His only option was to try to improve his strength and find a way to earn money outside.

Ye Mo sat in meditation, controlling two streams of Dragon Power to impact the brain meridian. Originally, Ye Mo wanted to impact the right leg meridian because attack and speed were the most important in combat.

But Ye Mo thought that opening the brain meridian would enhance his perception. Since his Dragon Power was stronger than ordinary essence energy, if he opened the brain meridian, would his perception be stronger than that of ordinary martial artists?

Ye Mo refined Dragon Power while using it to impact the brain meridian.

Ye Mo’s black Dragon Power was much stronger than ordinary essence energy. Two streams of Dragon Power simultaneously impacting the meridian made the process faster.

For the entire afternoon, Ye Mo remained in a daze. Eventually, he couldn’t take it anymore and stopped using Dragon Power to impact the brain meridian.

Most martial artists would choose to open the brain meridian last, as they considered it the least important and the hardest to open.

Once five meridians were opened, martial artists could cultivate heart methods and officially break through to the Qi Formation Realm.

Ye Mo thought of another issue. Although he could use Dragon Power, which would automatically generate, where did his own essence energy go?

"With my current strength, refining two streams of Dragon Power reaches saturation. If I use the dantian to refine the essence energy of heaven and earth, wouldn’t the Dragon Pill be unable to absorb my essence energy? Then, wouldn’t I be able to refine essence energy?"

After thinking about it, Ye Mo started refining two streams of Dragon Power again. Two black essence energy dragons flew out from the base of the Dragon Pill, coiling in the dantian, ready to act.

Ye Mo started refining essence energy again. Indeed, the black Dragon Pill no longer absorbed the essence energy of heaven and earth. Ye Mo directly converted the essence energy into essence energy, which continuously flowed into his right hand.

"Hehe, I really extracted my own essence energy. Although it’s endless, it’s far inferior to Dragon Power."

The dantian contained two types of power, but Ye Mo knew that essence energy and Dragon Power were not on the same level, and Dragon Power could be stacked.

"Let’s see if I can use Dragon Power and essence energy together."

The black essence energy dragon directly rushed to the right hand meridian. The ordinary essence energy flowing into the meridian seemed to see a ghost and automatically moved aside, giving the territory to the black essence energy dragon. With the essence energy moving aside, Ye Mo could only use the Dragon Power, but this was enough.

Ye Mo continued to cultivate. Suddenly, Uncle Fu, looking anxious, pushed open the door, knelt on the ground, and said, "Young Master, Uncle Fu begs you, please save my poor granddaughter!"

"It’s Xiao Cao!" Ye Mo immediately opened his eyes, helped Uncle Fu up, and his face showed a cold expression.