Chapter 94

On a pile of green grass, a purple jade slip lay quietly.

Xiao Xiaoshou took it out, pressed it to his forehead, and quickly went through its contents.

"It seems quite simple..."

The jade slip contained a mix of miscellaneous alchemical knowledge, but more importantly, it detailed techniques for controlling fire.

With a wave of his hand, he compressed the spiritual essence, which made a "popping" sound.

This invisible flame would be hard to control if not for his "perception." It would be difficult to gauge its intensity.

He really didn't know how that old man could be so confident in letting him figure it out on his own.

"Compress the flame to about ten times its original size, concentrating all the energy at the center. If it explodes, it can unleash a terrifying destructive force..."

"Uh, the latter part probably isn't the key. The key should be using the weakened outer energy for alchemy..."

Xiao Xiaoshou recalled the content of the jade slip, feeling a bit uneasy.

The Jinzhao Tianyan was too domineering for alchemy, but he didn't know what the founder was thinking to come up with such a terrifying method.

If he couldn't control it and it exploded...

Xiao Xiaoshou looked up at the large red pearl above him. The jade slip said this thing could absorb heat, so it should be able to handle an explosion.

"Let's try it."

With a mental command, the large flame on his hand stopped spreading energy outward and began to compress, gradually forming a ball the size of a human head.

The scorching energy around it seemed even more frenzied.

Xiao Xiaoshou gritted his teeth and continued to exert force.

"Pop!"

With a faint sound, the ball-sized flame compressed further, becoming the size of a fist.

The intense heat radiated, distorting the space around it, leaving Xiao Xiaoshou dumbfounded.

"What's going on?"

"Shouldn't the energy be contained inside? Why is it so hot?"

He stared blankly at the invisible ball in his hand. With a mental command, it began to spin rapidly.

A spiral ball?

"Damn, I'm off track again. This isn't the direction I should be researching!" Xiao Xiaoshou's face darkened.

According to the jade slip, this thing should be compressed to the size of a fingernail, with all the heat contained inside, forming an "Extreme Flame." The residual heat would then form a "Virtual Flame."

Using the much cooler "Virtual Flame," one could begin the alchemy process.

However!

During the alchemy process, one must maintain the temperature of the "Virtual Flame" while constantly guarding against the compressed "Extreme Flame" the size of a fingernail.

A single mistake could result in the destruction of the pill and the alchemist's death!

Looking at the ball in his hand, Xiao Xiaoshou's eyes widened. He was already struggling to maintain its compressed state.

Sweat trickled down his forehead. Xiao Xiaoshou gritted his teeth, and the ball of flame flickered twice before instantly compressing to the size of a fingernail.

In his "perception," wisps of invisible mist emerged from it, forming a cloud around it.

Virtual Flame!

It had formed!

Xiao Xiaoshou was overjoyed, but the next second, his smile froze.

The compressed fire seed in his hand trembled unstably and then stopped.

A false alarm...

No!

The energy inside was becoming restless!

He couldn't control it anymore!

Xiao Xiaoshou's pupils dilated, and his hair stood on end. The scent of death enveloped him.

He looked up at the large red pearl above, thinking that if it couldn't absorb the explosion, it might destroy the Spirit Storage Pavilion.

He couldn't risk it!

Xiao Xiaoshou ran to the window and threw the thing into the sky outside.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion echoed through the void, and a massive wave of scorching energy spread, clearing the sky above the Spirit Storage Pavilion.

The air currents surged upward, forming a massive, indistinct mushroom cloud in the void.

"Damn!"

Xiao Xiaoshou was stunned. Was this alchemy?

This was clearly a powerful attack!

From then on, in addition to the four techniques of "Leisurely White Clouds," he had another terrifying self-created spiritual technique?

A large-scale, indiscriminate, and extremely powerful attack?

Xiao Xiaoshou's heart burned with excitement. Maintaining the stability of the "compressed fire seed" was very difficult, but making it unstable was incredibly easy.

He checked his qi sea and found that compressing a fingernail-sized fire seed had consumed about three-tenths of his Jinzhao Spirit.

However, with the "Full Vitality" recovery, his spiritual essence was already back to about eight-tenths. He estimated that after a few more minutes, he would be fully "Full Vitality"...

"Shall I try it?"

Xiao Xiaoshou spread his hands, and his spiritual essence was instantly consumed by more than half. Two invisible flames rose in his palms.

Pop!

Compress, compress again—

The fingernail-sized compressed fire seed was formed effortlessly.

However, the energy inside was even more violent than before because Xiao Xiaoshou was no longer trying to control it.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

He flicked his hands, and the two invisible fire seeds soared through the sky and collided.

"Boom!"

The explosion was far more than just a 1+1 effect. This time, Xiao Xiaoshou clearly saw the protective barrier of the Spirit Storage Pavilion emerge, seemingly resisting the violent scorching energy.

This was just the aftermath!

If he threw a few of these at the Spirit Storage Pavilion...

Cough, cough, he couldn't think about that. Change the approach!

Imagine...

In the future, if he was surrounded by an army, he could calmly rise on his sword, continuously compressing these things with "Full Vitality" and dropping them one by one. Wouldn't he be a human bomber?

How much admiration and resentment would he gain?

"Oh ho ho..."

Xiao Xiaoshou's eyes narrowed into slits. He had intended to refine a pill, but he seemed to have discovered a terrifying killing move.

"Hmm, it needs a name."

The four techniques of "Leisurely White Clouds" all had names. He couldn't neglect this one and just call it a "compressed fire seed."

"It's so small, compressed from a spherical shape, and fire-based..."

"Hmm, let's call it the 'Small Fireball Technique.' Perfect!"

He turned his gaze from the window, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and then noticed the three-legged bathtub.

"Uh, I'm off track again. Alchemy is important, alchemy is important..."

...

Zhao Xidong, with a blade of grass in his mouth and his hands behind his head, strolled leisurely.

After sending He Yuxing to the execution platform, he had nothing much to do.

As for Su Qianqian splitting the Inner Courtyard's spiritual site...

As long as no one died, the Inner Courtyard's minor skirmishes were nothing to worry about. He could turn a blind eye.

At that moment, a loud explosion echoed from the sky.

"Boom!"

A terrifying wave of scorching energy exploded in the nearby void, making Zhao Xidong's pupils dilate.

That was...

The direction of the Spirit Storage Pavilion!

He remembered the masked attack last night and had a foreboding feeling.

"Boom!"

An even louder explosion came, and despite the distance, his spiritual sense could see the protective barrier of the Spirit Storage Pavilion emerge.

In broad daylight, someone was attacking the Spirit Storage Pavilion!

What kind of confidence did they have?

Zhao Xidong felt his scalp tingle. He flew into the sky and shouted loudly:

"Enemy attack!!!"