Chapter 235: Both Break Through!

Although Yuan Fei was a layman in alchemy, he had good judgment.

Ye Yuan's refining technique was on a completely different level from Ye Hang's!

Yuan Fei noticed that Ye Yuan only struck hand seals at three points, and each time the position and force of the seals were exactly the same as the last!

To maintain such terrifying precision while moving at high speed—Yuan Fei judged by his own standards and knew he could never do it!

Even he, a third-tier cultivator, couldn't do it, yet Ye Yuan could!

Yuan Fei felt that such a refining technique could only be achieved through countless hours of practice!

The problem was, Ye Yuan was only fifteen. How did he manage it?

Moreover, Ye Yuan's movements were so fluid that they gave Yuan Fei a sense of ease and delight. It was clearly a set of hand seals, but Yuan Fei felt it was an art!

It was simply unbelievable.

Yuan Fei was just an outsider. As the saying goes, the expert sees the craft, the layman sees the show. If Nanfeng Ruoqing were here, she would surely cry out in astonishment!

She might even enter a state of enlightenment again and make a breakthrough in the Dao of Alchemy.

Because the 'Three Talents Cycle Technique' that Ye Yuan was using was also applied at the legendary level!

And the 'Three Talents Cycle Technique' was more exquisite, more complex, and harder to master than the 'Yin-Yang Separation Technique.'

Finally, Ye Yuan lightly shouted, 'Three Talents converge, pill forms! Condense!'

Three beams of light simultaneously converged into the cauldron and vanished. The turbulent alchemy process then calmed down.

"Huff... It's still too early to use the 'Three Talents Cycle Technique' now! But the state of 'Heart Like Still Water' is truly powerful—I actually managed to endure it!" Ye Yuan slumped to the ground and sighed.

Like the last time he refined pills beyond his rank, Ye Yuan was exhausted to the point of collapse.

The difficulty of this refinement was incomparable to the last. If not for the state of 'Heart Like Still Water' sustaining him, he might have given up halfway.

Such complex hand seals, such precise techniques, such high-intensity refinement—they consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy.

Ye Yuan's current soul realm was insufficient to support him through this refinement. It was the state of 'Heart Like Still Water' that compensated for this flaw.

"Young master, are you alright?" Yuan Fei asked with concern.

If not for him, Ye Yuan wouldn't have had to refine the Demon Crystal Pill ahead of time and work so hard.

Refining beyond one's rank was impressive, but it was no easy task.

Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, "I'm fine. I'll recover after some rest."

With that, Ye Yuan reached out, and the pill flew out of the cauldron into his hand.

"Heh, it wasn't in vain. It's another super-grade pill! Yuan Fei, keep it. In a couple of days, I'll take you into the cultivation chamber, and you can break through there."

Ye Yuan tossed the pill directly to Yuan Fei, then took a pill himself and began to recover.

...

A day later, Ye Yuan took Yuan Fei into a grade-A cultivation chamber to begin the breakthrough.

Yuan Fei adjusted his state and directly swallowed the super-grade Demon Crystal Pill.

Soon, the fluctuations in the cultivation chamber grew stronger.

Yuan Fei was originally at the peak of the early third tier. With the super-grade Demon Crystal Pill, a breakthrough was a foregone conclusion.

The breakthrough process went smoothly. In about half a day, Yuan Fei advanced to the mid third tier!

The first thing Yuan Fei did after breaking through was to bow deeply to Ye Yuan.

"Yuan Fei pays respects to the young master!"

Ye Yuan waved his hand and said, "There's no need for formalities between us. You deserve this."

Yuan Fei sighed, "I am ashamed! When I first heard the young master's words, I thought they were the wild boasts of a youth. Now I realize that following the young master is the best decision I've ever made!"

Although Ye Yuan had convinced Yuan Fei at the time, Yuan Fei had only half-believed those arrogant words.

He had followed Ye Yuan only to seek a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough.

At first, Ye Yuan's martial arts talent was beyond doubt.

It wasn't until Ye Yuan taught Ye Hang alchemy that Yuan Fei felt fortunate for his choice.

Being able to guide a Grand Alchemist in refining pills at least showed that Ye Yuan's skill was not inferior to a Grand Alchemist's. Once his realm was sufficient, he could naturally refine third-tier demon pills.

But Yuan Fei never dreamed that this day would come so soon!

Seeing Ye Yuan personally refine a third-tier pill, Yuan Fei realized just how powerful the master he had acknowledged was!

"Haha, acknowledging a Qi Martial Realm cultivator as your master takes great courage. I told you before that you have deep fortune and that your achievements in this life would not stop at the fourth tier! Look further—the fifth tier and transformation is just the starting point for you demon beasts!" Ye Yuan laughed.

Hearing this, Yuan Fei's heart stirred.

To be honest, even after following Ye Yuan, he had never thought about reaching the fifth tier and transforming! Breaking through to the fourth tier was already the limit of his imagination.

The fifth tier and transformation was far too difficult!

After all, the fourth tier for demon beasts corresponded to the combined Human Sea and Soul Sea realms for humans, nearly two major realms apart.

In the Boundless Region, the fourth tier was roughly the end point for demon beasts.

Yet now, hearing Ye Yuan say it, it seemed so natural.

If someone else had said this before, he would have slapped them and called them unrealistic.

But now, Yuan Fei felt an indescribable longing!

"Yuan Fei understands. Thank you, young master!" Yuan Fei said sincerely.

"Mm, by the way, I'll refine some pills for your clan later. Some of them are already at the bottleneck of the second tier. As long as they're not too old, breaking through to the third tier shouldn't be a problem," Ye Yuan said.

Yuan Fei was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, young master!"

Ye Yuan suddenly felt a stir, formed a hand seal, and a white light appeared in the cultivation chamber.

"Haha, White Light, you're finally awake! Hmm? You've broken through to the second tier?" Ye Yuan was first overjoyed, then surprised.

White Light let out a soft roar and rubbed its tiger head against Ye Yuan's leg, looking adorable.

"Young master, he's thanking you," Yuan Fei suddenly said.

"Haha, what's there to thank? You scared me half to death when you swallowed so many pills at once!" Ye Yuan recalled the scene of White Light gulping down so many pills and still felt a lingering fear.

But White Light's constitution was indeed quite special. After sleeping it off, it had broken through to the second tier.

Seeing White Light's breakthrough, Yuan Fei was also envious: "I remember it took me a full fifty years to break through from the first tier to the second! White Light is at most five years old, yet it's already broken through to the second tier! It seems only he can keep up with the young master's pace!"

Ye Yuan's heart stirred, and he asked, "Yuan Fei, can you tell White Light's origin?"

Yuan Fei shook his head and said, "White Light's origin must be extraordinary, but it's not in my inherited memories. However, in my opinion, his White Tiger divine beast bloodline concentration is definitely very high!"