Chapter 1488: Borrowing Divine Fire

"Medicine Ancestor? Who is Medicine Ancestor? Could it be... one of the Dao Ancestors?"

Ye Yuan's heart stirred at the name, and he communicated with Wuchen through his consciousness.

Wuchen said, "Medicine Ancestor is not a Dao Ancestor, but his status in the Tongtian Realm is extremely high. It can be said that he is the originator of the alchemy path in the Tongtian Realm. Many alchemists even enshrine his spirit tablet in their homes!"

Ye Yuan asked in surprise, "There is such a person? He presumptuously calls himself 'Ancestor'—wouldn't the Nine Dao Ancestors let him get away with that?"

Wuchen laughed, "The Nine Dao Ancestors are transcendent and generally do not interfere in the affairs of the Tongtian Realm. Moreover, Medicine Ancestor's status is indeed very special. The Nine Dao Ancestors each control a heavenly law and are almost invincible. The strongest in the alchemy path, Medicine Ancestor, does not control a heavenly law, but his strength is recognized by all Dao Ancestors. Of course, let alone Dao Ancestors, even beings like the Supreme Heavenly Emperors are beyond our comprehension."

Ye Yuan's lifelong pursuit was the pinnacle of the alchemy path.

Naturally, he yearned for the supreme existence in the alchemy path.

"I never thought the Tongtian Realm had such a person! I truly hope that one day I can sit and discuss the Dao with him!" Ye Yuan sighed emotionally.

...

Meng Qi's expression darkened slightly; he couldn't get a read on Ye Yuan.

If he said Ye Yuan was incompetent, Ye Yuan had indeed identified all the medicinal ingredients.

But if he said Ye Yuan could refine the Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill, he would never believe it.

"Hmph! Prepare the spiritual herbs. I want to see what kind of pill he can refine! Kid, don't blame me for not warning you—I'll give you three chances. If you can't refine it, you'll bear the consequences!" Meng Qi said in a deep voice.

Ye Yuan chuckled lightly, "Don't worry. A pill of this level can't stump me. No need for three chances; one is enough."

"Ha, what big talk! Young man, it's better to keep a low profile, lest the wind catch your tongue!" Meng Qi laughed in anger.

Ye Yuan just smiled and didn't reply.

Soon, the spiritual herbs for the Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill were prepared.

Ye Yuan said to Meng Qi, "Lend me your divine fire!"

As soon as he said this, everyone's faces showed a strange expression.

An alchemist who didn't even have his own divine fire?

Did this guy really know how to refine pills?

Divine fire was the divine-level state of primal fire.

Ye Yuan's Net Sandal Sacred Flame had long advanced to the divine level and become a divine fire. But after Ye Yuan broke through to the Insight Heaven realm, the Net Sandal Sacred Flame hadn't evolved with him.

Now, when Ye Yuan refined pills, he had no suitable divine fire to use, so he had to borrow fire from Meng Qi.

"It seems I need to find a chance to evolve the Net Sandal Fire Lotus. This won't do. If only Little Fire were here."

Ye Yuan sighed inwardly, missing Little Fire.

On the run, Ye Yuan had spent almost all his savings to familiarize himself with the properties of second-grade spiritual herbs.

When he left the Wumeng King City, Ye Yuan had a considerable amount of low-grade divine essence stones—about eighty million.

The divine essence stones rewarded to Ye Yuan by the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion alone amounted to forty million.

Additionally, Ye Yuan had killed Qin Tian, Lin Xiu, Qin Zheng, and others, and he had taken their storage rings.

All together, when Ye Yuan left, he had a great many divine essence stones.

On the run, every time Ye Yuan reached a city, he would sweep through the markets buying spiritual herbs.

Now, Ye Yuan was more than capable of refining second-grade divine pills.

However, this Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill was his first time refining it.

Immortal Forest Heavenly Lord had done considerable research on demon race pills, but Ye Yuan only had the knowledge from Wuchen; he hadn't actually practiced refining it.

Still, with Ye Yuan's current alchemy strength, refining a pill like the Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill was no problem.

Meng Qi snorted coldly, raised his palm, and a pale white flame seed appeared in his hand.

"An alchemist without even a divine fire dares to boast! I want to see how you refine pills! Hmph!" Meng Qi snorted.

The flame seed drifted toward Ye Yuan. Ye Yuan reached out, guided and flicked it, and the small flame seed instantly grew into a fire tree.

The subtlety of his technique was lost on those alchemists!

"White Elegance Demon Flame, hmm, not bad. It'll do." Ye Yuan said.

Seeing this, Meng Qi was startled.

Just this fire-controlling technique alone was far superior to his own.

His own divine fire, in Ye Yuan's hands, was so obedient and well-behaved—this sent shockwaves through his heart.

Even he himself couldn't achieve this level!

This... this was too demoralizing.

But this was only the beginning.

When Ye Yuan started refining, Meng Qi's pride was directly washed away by wave after wave of flood!

"Such impressive fire control! This kid really knows how to refine pills, and... his skill is quite high!"

"What refining technique is this? I've never seen it before!"

"Yes, it's completely different from our refining methods! But why do I feel this technique is much more advanced than ours?"

"Idiot! That's Dao resonance! His technique aligns with the heavenly Dao and receives its blessing!"

...

Exclamations arose from all sides, and Meng Qi was completely dumbfounded.

This was a true master!

Just this refining technique alone was on a completely different level from his!

The Five Elders of the Medicine Hall were now watching intently, afraid to miss any detail.

Such master-level refining was not something you could see every day!

Li Ji's cherry lips parted slightly and never closed.

Cool!

Too cool!

She watched Ye Yuan refine pills, utterly mesmerized.

Since childhood, she had seen many alchemists from the Medicine Hall refine pills.

But no one had ever given her such a refreshing and delightful feeling.

"Condense!"

After who knows how long, Ye Yuan gave a soft shout, the furnace fire died, and the pill was formed!

Ye Yuan sighed, "First time refining; the heat control is still a bit off. The quality of the pill is probably not ideal."

With that, Ye Yuan waved his hand, and a pill flew into a jade vessel.

"Ex... extreme! An extreme-grade Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill! Hiss..."

Everyone drew in a cold breath, staring at Ye Yuan as if they had seen a ghost.

This pill barely reached the extreme grade.

An extreme-grade Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill, and he called it not ideal?

Meng Qi wished he could slap himself; this was too demoralizing!

When he refined the Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill, his best result was middle grade; he had never achieved high grade.

And this guy, on his first try, got extreme grade!

The gap... was too great!

He didn't doubt Ye Yuan's words; Meng Qi knew that Ye Yuan was probably really refining the Demon Dragon Flame Crystal Pill for the first time!

Although Ye Yuan's refining technique was extremely profound, the initial awkwardness and lack of familiarity were unmistakable.

He had seen this situation too many times in newcomers.

But as time went on, Ye Yuan clearly found his rhythm and got into the groove, refining more and more smoothly.