Thin flames emerged from Ye Yu's body, and his words were full of resentment.
"You've gained a lot, kid. I've been pressing down your spatial force that was about to riot for the whole night. How are you going to compensate me... Hmm? What is this? It's really tempting."
Beast Master quickly discovered the two grains of soul-bearing dust in Ye Yu's hand and wrapped them up with flames.
"This is for you. I can't use this thing now, so I leave it all to you."
Seeing that Beast Master's aura was indeed weakened, Ye Yu remembered that he had indeed contributed a lot last night. He regarded Beast Master as a partner, so he was not stingy with this little thing, and he also said that he would help him grow the flame, so he simply gave him both soul-pregnant dust.
Keeping this thing would be icing on the cake, and he knew how to refine it, which meant he would have a chance to get it in the future.
"Good boy, I was right about you. I am going to refine these two things. Don't disturb me these two days!" The Beast Master, with two grains of soul-pregnant dust, drilled into Ye Yu's body at once.
After changing his clothes and tidying himself up, he turned to look at the dry bones on the cushion. This time he really felt like he was receiving a favor, so he sincerely bowed to the old man.
Walking out of the secret room, Ye Yu collected the broken stones that were smashed by his palm. These stones had been affected by the Soul-Devouring Sutra wooden slips over the years and had some effect of shielding the soul. They could be considered a rare item.
After collecting some broken stones, Ye Yu adjusted the stone chamber and used these stones to seal the old man inside.
"Senior, rest here. No one will disturb you."
The stone chamber is located under the soil in the deep mountains. If he had not noticed the abnormality in advance, he would not have discovered it at all. Now that all the valuable things have been taken away by him, there is no need to let the old man be disturbed by latecomers.
"Hoo!"
After climbing out of the passage, Ye Yu took a deep breath of fresh air. The night had passed and the sun was high in the sky. It was already noon.
After covering up the traces of the dug tunnel, Ye Yu returned to the location of the six strange plants. From the information left by the old man, he learned the origin of the plants. At this time, he looked at the six flowers with mixed feelings.
The flower is called Soul Devouring Flower. It is not a plant in the traditional sense. It is a special soul body formed because of the special existence of the Soul Devouring Sutra. There are hundreds of flowers, and the three-headed monster has killed hundreds of people during this period. These flowers are the soul power of the dead, which is raised by the Soul Devouring Sutra using the "Soul Nourishing Sutra".
These flowers can absorb energy from heaven and earth, and the pollen they release has an effect similar to that of Soul-Pregnant Dust, but it is extremely weak. One grain of Soul-Pregnant Dust is enough to compare to the pollen of thousands of Soul-Eating Flowers.
Shaking his head, Ye Yu could only feel misfortune for those who had passed away, and still chose to collect the six soul-devouring flowers.
The method of collecting was very simple. Ye Yu took out the wooden slip of the Soul-Devouring Sutra. The flowers began to sway and the fragrance became stronger. Finally, after shaking a few times, they were absorbed by the nearby wooden slip.
After collecting the only six remaining soul-devouring flowers, Ye Yu opened the wooden slip and found six swaying flowers next to the old man's notes on the slip.
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Gama Holy City Alchemist Guild.
Ye Yu was about to collect his "reward" as agreed, but found that the crowd was gathered in the middle of the hall to watch.
Ye Yu walked through the crowd and came to the receptionist.
"Hello, I'm looking for President Fa Mammoth, please inform him."
This time Ye Yu was invited, so naturally he had to take the proper route to meet Fa Ma.
"Ah, I'm sorry, President Fa Ma is not free right now. The little princess and Master Liu Ling are preparing to compete in alchemy. As the referee, President Fa Ma may not be free until the evening."
The receptionist maintained a professional smile and spoke apologetically.
"Right here? Why would they want to spar in public?"
Ye Yu then turned to look at where the alchemists were gathered, not understanding why they had to practice in the hall.
"Sir, you may not know that the competition between Young Master Liu and the little princess is just the beginning. Today, President Fa Ma will use their competition as an opportunity to give a lecture to all the alchemists, so the president is not free."
"The president is coming, the president is coming! Everyone, get out of the way!"
Someone in the quiet crowd shouted, and the crowd quickly made way.
Ye Yu looked and saw the two presidents and the two young men walking to the center of the hall together. Ye Yu then saw clearly that many medicinal herbs had already been placed in the hall, "Purple Spirit Flower, Black Feather Ginseng, Sky Stone Essence..." After accepting the inheritance, Ye Yu found that he recognized all the medicinal herbs clearly, and a lot of prescriptions popped up in his mind.
Fa Ma also saw Ye Yu. After just a glance, he walked to the middle of the hall and announced the content of the competition.
Although no one noticed anything unusual after just a glance, some alchemists still looked at Ye Yu twice more, and even lingered for a few more seconds after discovering that he did not have the alchemist badge on his chest.
"...Liu Ling and the little princess Yaoyue are refining a third-grade elixir. After the competition, I will share some elixir-refining techniques with you. Please watch carefully."
Following Fa Ma's announcement, the two people standing in the middle of the medicine cauldron began to refine the medicinal materials.
A blue flame rose in the hands of the little princess Yaoyue, and a brown flame rose in the hands of Liu Ling. Almost at the same time, they grabbed a large purple flower and began to refine it.
"Oh, these flames are so strong."
"As expected of a famous teacher's disciple, this technique of refining medicinal herbs is enough for me to learn for a lifetime!"
The other alchemists in the hall sat upright, fearing that they would miss a step and not be able to understand the lecture.
"Purple Spirit Flower... shouldn't be refined in the first step. The refined medicinal liquid is very sensitive to temperature. Refining it first will easily destroy the medicinal properties."
Ye Yu, who accepted the inheritance, frowned slightly and thought secretly in his heart. He looked at Fa Ma who was sitting on the seat and found that he was nodding with satisfaction.
"Is there something wrong with the old man's inheritance? No, maybe the current alchemy inheritance is outdated."
Ye Yu observed again. The moment the Purple Spirit Flower came into contact with the flame, it shrank and turned into a ball of dark purple essence. Everything was perfect. However, in his eyes, the Purple Spirit Flower could preserve the medicinal power to the maximum extent by first using flame to calcine the pistil and then refine the petals.
This method is extremely complicated and requires very strict control over soul power and flames. It requires half as much refining work as the two are currently doing, but the medicinal potency is increased by less than 10%.
"It seems that their current medicine refining techniques are more refined, but the price is that the medicinal strength decreases... The old man's refining method can improve the quality of the pill."
After observation, Ye Yu quickly discovered the problem. He had used the alchemist's method of refining medicinal materials when grilling meat before, but it was extremely crude, so he didn't know what real alchemy was. However, after watching the two people's alchemy techniques and confirming each other's, he really began to accept the true inheritance from the ancient eighth-grade alchemist.
Ye Yu was fascinated by what he saw and subconsciously summoned Black Flame to try out the new method of flame manipulation inherited from the old man. This did not attract the attention of others because he was not the only one who did this.