Chapter 49

In the path of martial arts, not only talent is required, but also diligence. Xiao Yun almost never stopped practicing, and soon he had mastered the Fire Cloud Palm to perfection. Only then did he stop practicing and begin to continue refining pills, for this was related to the fate of the entire Xiao family.

As for Yan Shiyi, seeing that Xiao Yun had no time to accompany her, she had long returned home, though she occasionally came to visit the Xiao family.

Xiao Hai also continuously collected ordinary medicinal herbs for Xiao Yun to refine pills.

Such as the Prebirth Pill and the Qi Condensation Pill.

The Qi Condensation Pill is a pill for Prebirth Realm cultivators to recover their primordial energy and enhance their realm, slightly higher in grade than the Prebirth Pill.

However, Xiao Yun's soul power was extremely strong, and with the Purple Flame Martial Soul being used to perfection, he actually succeeded in refining the Qi Condensation Pill. This talent in refining pills made the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow roll its eyes, and it also saw boundless hope in its heart.

"Now it's time to refine the Pure Essence Pill." Xiao Yun took a deep breath and began to put the medicinal herbs for refining the Pure Essence Pill into the cauldron.

After a long time, a pill took shape, but just as it was about to be completed, the cauldron suddenly trembled.

Buzz!

The pill actually shattered.

"Failed." A hint of disappointment appeared in Xiao Yun's eyes. The pill had shattered just as it was about to be completed.

Fortunately, the Purple Flame Cauldron was extraordinary. When the pill shattered, a purple pattern flashed, neutralizing the violent energy. Otherwise, the violent fluctuations would have been enough to destroy the cauldron and kill the person, with unimaginable consequences.

"No wonder people say refining pills is very dangerous." Xiao Yun murmured, still feeling a bit shaken.

"This is very normal. The medicinal power of the Pure Essence Pill is too strong. If the various medicinal powers cannot be harmonized, they will easily resist each other, leading to the pill exploding. After all, your cultivation is still too low, and you cannot control this energy well," the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow said.

"Refining pills indeed needs to be done step by step." Xiao Yun took a deep breath and said with determination, "However, I don't believe I can't refine the Pure Essence Pill. Not only that, I must also refine the Profound Essence Pill to help Grandfather reach the Essence Pill Realm and guard the area."

"Good, it's good to have this resolve." The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow said, "Failure is not important; what's important is not to become discouraged after failing and never rise again, becoming an ordinary person. Such a person is destined to accomplish nothing and have no future."

Xiao Yun calmed his mind and continued refining pills.

Buzz!

One, two, seven failures, and Xiao Yun finally succeeded in refining a Pure Essence Pill.

This was a silver-white pill with some impurities, of low quality, but the medicinal power it contained was enough to drive people mad. This pill, even if it couldn't make a Prebirth Perfection Realm person reach the True Essence Realm, could still help them improve.

Moreover, even if a True Essence Realm person took this pill after their primordial energy was depleted, they could recover some of their energy in a short time, much faster than drawing on the primordial energy or essence stones from the heavens and earth, by dozens or even hundreds of times. It was a life-saving pill for cultivators.

This is why Ling Xi had specially asked Xiao Yun to find the pill.

"This pill's quality is not enough to help someone reach the True Essence Realm." Xiao Yun glanced at the pill and shook his head. The Fang family was stirring, planning to deal with the Xiao family. Now, they must help several elders in the clan reach the True Essence Realm.

As long as they had a few True Essence Realm experts, they could stabilize the situation.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed.

Buzz!

In the cauldron, light shone brightly, as if a divine pill had been born.

"Another pill?" The Swallowing Heaven Sparrow's eyes lit up.

Inside the cauldron, a pill enveloped in mist, as if surrounded by divine light, was clearly visible.

This was due to the extremely concentrated primordial energy gathered and diffused.

Xiao Yun took out the pill, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

"This pill can be rated as a first-grade pill, almost reaching the quality of a second-grade pill," the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow said.

"Good. If this pill is given to cultivators who have already touched the True Essence Realm, they will surely advance to the True Essence Realm," the Swallowing Heaven Sparrow was clearly very satisfied with this pill. The quality of pills is divided into nine grades, and each higher grade has a different effect.

If a pill reaches the ninth grade, even a Prebirth Perfection Realm cultivator with average talent can reach the True Essence Realm.

This is the charm of pills, possessing the divine power to change the world.

Of course, if one's talent is not enough, even if they break through the barrier, advancing further will be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

But for those who have been making steady progress for decades, this is enough.

"I still have some medicinal herbs left; I'll refine a few more Pure Essence Pills," Xiao Yun was excited and almost didn't stop refining pills.

A day later, Xiao Yun finished refining all the medicinal herbs and finally succeeded in refining two first-grade Pure Essence Pills.

In addition, there were three pills of average quality, not quite reaching the first grade.

Including the ones refined earlier, he had a total of three first-grade and seven sub-first-grade Pure Essence Pills.

Looking at his achievements, Xiao Yun's frown relaxed.

"Once our clan has a few more True Essence Realm experts, why should we fear the Fang family?"

After putting away the pills, Xiao Yun went out.

"Ha, Yun, I was just about to look for you." Seeing Xiao Yun, Xiao Hai laughed, "The Prebirth Pills you refined last time, I had them sold outside, and the response was excellent. Even the auction house in Luo Yun City actively invited us, and they helped us gather various medicinal herbs. Look, these are the medicinal herbs for the Prebirth Pills, Pure Essence Pills, and Detox Pills. More importantly, they managed to gather the herbs for three Profound Essence Pills, which will keep you busy for a while."

In Xiao Hai's courtyard, a pile of medicinal herbs was neatly stacked.

"Really?" Hearing this, Xiao Yun was delighted. With the herbs for the Detox Pills, he could solve Yan Shifei's severe poisoning.

"Yes." Xiao Hai said with a smile, "The Prebirth Pills you refined have excellent effects, even better than Master Yuan's. The auction houses are afraid we won't cooperate with them, so they will always try their best to gather medicinal herbs for us in the future."

"Unfortunately, we shouldn't show our faces in Ziyun County, or else we could make a fortune."

At this time, the Xiao family had a major enemy. If it were known that Xiao Yun could refine pills, the Fang family might panic and immediately team up with the Zhou family to take action, which would be counterproductive. Therefore, Xiao Hai was very low-key and didn't leak any information.

"No problem, strengthening the clan's power is the key," Xiao Yun said.

"Yes." Xiao Hai smiled, "Your brother Xiao Ye was stuck at the Body Tempering Perfection Realm, but after taking a Prebirth Pill, he broke through. I secretly had a few other clan members take them, and they all reached the Prebirth Realm. Soon, our Xiao family will become the first family in Ziyun County."

"That's good." Xiao Yun nodded in satisfaction and then said, "Uncle, here are the Pure Essence Pills. Take them and see if you can break through to the True Essence Realm."

Xiao Yun took out the pills he had recently refined.

"What! Pure Essence Pills?" Xiao Hai was shocked and excited, and his hands trembled as he took the bottle from the young man.

"What a concentrated primordial energy." When he opened the bottle, Xiao Hai's eyes lit up.

"Good boy, you really did it. Ha, it looks like our Xiao family is about to rise." Xiao Hai was extremely excited.

"Three of them are of good quality. Arrange for Uncle and Uncle Xiao Hu to each take one. The rest, which are of lower quality, can be auctioned. In the future, I will refine more pills for the clan members to take, and we must have more True Essence Realm experts in our clan," Xiao Yun said.

"Our Xiao family will surely rise!"

"Good." Xiao Hai felt his blood boiling, "Ha, having a pill refiner in the family is really great!"

No wonder people say that one pill refiner is worth ten, a hundred geniuses.

Xiao Yun smiled and had the medicinal herbs sent to his courtyard, then continued refining pills.

First, he still refined the easier pills to improve his control.

As he continuously refined, he felt his soul power also improving, almost ready to break through.

This was because the continuous use of soul power unconsciously refined it, with even better results than hard practice.

In a meeting hall of the Xiao family, Xiao Hong was invited.

"Second brother, what's so urgent that you called me?" Xiao Hong frowned, "Don't you know that the Fang family and Zhou family have been constantly harassing our clan's mines, and I'm busy leading the clan members to defend, with no time to spare?"

Xiao Hu beside him also looked surprised.

"Fang family?" Xiao Hai's eyes carried a hint of coldness, "Why should we fear them?"

"What do you mean, Second brother?" Seeing Xiao Hai's indifferent look, Xiao Hong frowned tightly.

This month, his second brother had ignored these matters, but how could he be so indifferent?

This is a matter of life and death for the clan!

"I have two Pure Essence Pills here. Take them and see if you can break through to the True Essence Realm," Xiao Hai said calmly.

"What! Pure Essence Pills?" Xiao Hong's eyes widened in surprise, "Second brother, are you joking? How do you have Pure Essence Pills?"

"Ha, don't worry about that." Xiao Hai handed over the two pills.

Taking the jade bottle containing the pills, Xiao Hong and Xiao Hu's bodies trembled.

"What a concentrated primordial energy!" Xiao Hong's eyes shone with excitement, "Second brother, where did you get these pills?"

"These two Pure Essence Pills, even if our Xiao family went bankrupt, we couldn't buy them!"

Such pills are extremely rare and are always fought over by major clans when they appear, making them hard to purchase.

"Just take them." Xiao Hai didn't say more, "Be careful not to leak this information."

"Hum, Fang family? Once I reach the True Essence Realm, I'll tear their nest apart." Xiao Hai's face was cold.

Especially when he thought of how Fang Hao had been so aggressive, demanding that Xiao Yun pay with his life, he couldn't help but feel angry.

"Good, I know what to do." Xiao Hong's face was solemn, and his eyes showed a rare sharpness.

If he reached the True Essence Realm, why should he fear the Fang family?

"Thank you, Second Uncle, for the pill." Xiao Hu was extremely grateful, almost shedding tears.

The True Essence Realm, in Ziyun County, is the dream of countless cultivators!

"No need for such formalities. We are all clan members. You have worked hard for many years, teaching the younger generation, and you deserve this pill." Xiao Hai waved his hand, "I also need to go into seclusion. After waiting for so many years, the day has finally come!"

Everyone nodded and left to go into seclusion.

"Finally, I've refined the Detox Pill!" At this moment, Xiao Yun's eyes were filled with joy as he took out a green pill from the cauldron. The pill had a pleasant aroma, and just one breath made one feel refreshed. It was the Detox Pill that could cure various severe poisons.

The herbs for the Detox Pill were hard to find, and Xiao Yun was relieved that he had managed to gather and refine them successfully.