Chapter 17

"Chi chi~"

As the demon crystals and spiritual items were placed into the alchemy furnace, a hissing sound immediately emerged, and a bit of mist began to rise from it.

Su Han glanced over and saw that the spiritual items had already started to melt, but the demon crystals remained intact.

"Sure enough, even with this earth fire, it would take at least half an hour to melt a first-stage demon crystal. This speed is too slow." Su Han shook his head.

His eyes flickered, and with a shake of his hand, dragon qi immediately vibrated out.

Thanks to the absorption of those demon crystals, Su Han had already opened seventeen meridians, far surpassing the so-called peak ten dragon meridians of the Dragon Martial Continent.

The more dragon meridians one has, the stronger one's power, and it also means more dragon qi, which allows cultivators to sustain their strength in battle.

A cultivator with ten dragon meridians can fight longer than one with eight, even if their combat power is the same.

The most important point is that when breaking through to the Dragon Blood Realm, a large amount of blood will be stored in these dragon meridians, which is crucial for enhancing one's strength!

The more dragon meridians, the more blood stored, and the more blood, the stronger the power.

One step stronger, every step stronger—this is the difference between a genius and an ordinary cultivator.

"Fortunately, I have already opened seventeen dragon meridians. Otherwise, even with the peak ten dragon meridians of the Dragon Martial Continent, it would be difficult to refine such a batch of ancient spirit pills."

Su Han took a deep breath, and the dragon qi vibrated, merging with the earth fire. The earth fire immediately intensified, and the demon crystals in the alchemy furnace began to gradually melt due to the vigorous flames.

In the blink of an eye, ten minutes passed.

Su Han's dragon qi continuously merged with the earth fire, and the demon crystals and spiritual items had already completely melted into a spiritual liquid. This was the most crucial moment for refining the pills.

"Condense!"

Su Han suddenly shouted, and under his mental guidance, the liquid began to rapidly merge.

This was a critical test of the alchemist's mental power. Any mistake would cause the pill to fail, and all the materials would be wasted.

However, for Su Han, this was a task he could accomplish with ease.

"Success!"

Another three minutes passed, and Su Han's eyes lit up.

Opening the furnace lid, a rich aroma of the pills escaped, and just a whiff of it made one feel refreshed.

"Ten pills..."

Su Han looked at the ten ancient spirit pills inside and pouted, saying, "I am indeed a bit rusty. At my peak, the number of pills would at least double."

After a moment of thought, Su Han put away the ten ancient spirit pills and continued refining more.

...

A full day passed, and it was already evening when Su Han finally emerged from the room.

He held a large package, which contained at least a dozen jade bottles, each containing at least ten ancient spirit pills.

"These pills can indeed significantly boost my strength in the short term, but if I consume them all, it will be difficult to find the materials for refining more in the future..."

After some thought, Su Han went to Su Yunming's room.

"Han'er? Why are you here?"

Su Yunming was reading an ancient book and smiled when he saw Su Han. "You haven't been here for a long time, you little rascal."

Su Han's mother had died of illness, leaving only Su Yunming and his son.

"These are three bottles of ancient spirit pills, with thirty pills in total. After you take them, you should be able to break through." Su Han took out three bottles of ancient spirit pills and placed them on the table.

"Pills?"

Su Yunming immediately opened his eyes wide. He had heard of pills before and had even taken some, but only the lowest-grade ones.

On the market, each pill was extremely precious. Su Yunming had only taken the lowest-grade pills when he was in the Dragon Blood Realm.

Even the lowest-grade pills cost at least a thousand gold coins each!

Even with Su Yunming's status, he had only taken a few, and more would have been beyond his financial means.

The feeling of rapidly breaking through after taking the pills was something Su Yunming still remembered clearly—it was simply... too amazing!

"Han'er, where did you get so many pills?"

As Su Yunming spoke, he opened one of the bottles, and the rich aroma of the pills filled the air, making him feel refreshed.

"These pills are at least of high-grade quality, right?" Su Yunming asked in shock.

"These are refined by me, so you don't need to be reluctant." Su Han said.

"Refined by you?"

Su Yunming's head buzzed, and he immediately showed a look of wild joy. "You became an alchemist? And a high-grade alchemist?"

"Yes." Su Han nodded, not hiding it.

But his nod left Su Yunming in shock.

An alchemist!

To become an alchemist, one must have powerful mental power, and to have mental power, one must have strong cultivation!

To become a high-grade alchemist, one should at least be at the Dragon Spirit Realm, but Su Han, at the Dragon Meridian Realm... had such powerful mental power?

"Are you really an alchemist?" Su Yunming asked again, unable to believe it.

"Absolutely genuine." Su Han said helplessly.

"Heaven! My son Su Yunming is not only a cultivation genius but also a high-grade alchemist, hahaha!" Su Yunming laughed loudly.

"By the way, here is a dragon technique I tailored for you. After you cultivate it, you should be able to fight beyond your level." Su Han threw another book to Su Yunming.

Indeed, it was tailored. With Su Han's realm, memory, and the countless dragon techniques he had mastered, creating a dragon technique was not difficult.

"Nine Wind Strikes?"

Su Yunming's eyes widened. If Su Han becoming an alchemist was hard to believe, then the dragon technique Su Han had just taken out left him speechless.

"When you reach the Dragon Pill Realm, you should develop wind-attribute dragon qi. The Nine Wind Strikes will be suitable for you."

With that, Su Han left the room without waiting for Su Yunming to recover from his shock.

After that, Su Han went to Pang Qing's place, gave him a bottle of ancient spirit pills, and another dragon technique book, and left with an incredulous look on Pang Qing's face.

After doing all this, Su Han still had about five bottles of pills left in his package.

Of course, he kept ten bottles for himself in his room.

The five bottles of pills, wrapped in the package, seemed insignificant.

After some thought, Su Han headed toward the Su Family Market.

The market was not too far from the Su Family Manor, and Su Han arrived there in about half an hour.