Chapter 43: Cong Feng Ling Ye

  "This is one of the most luxurious rooms in our Castro Hotel, take a look, isn't it okay?" Tok opened the door to a room, slightly bowed his head and gestured with one hand.

  Xiao Chen walked in, and saw a huge living room with an area of over 100 square meters. The floor was covered with exquisite carpets, and the magic lamps above cast a warm yellow light. The decorations inside were not luxurious, but they revealed the craftsmanship everywhere, with extremely high taste.

  In addition to the living room, there is a bedroom, a study, and a meditation room. This is the top floor, with a balcony on which flowers and grass are lush, like a garden in the air, overlooking the entire trading area.

  "Alright, here it is." Xiao Chen looked around and didn't find anything he was dissatisfied with.

  The most important thing is privacy. As Tok said, the entire room was isolated by magic, and no one could spy on it at all. The defensive measures of the entire inn were very good.

  Four strong men brought in eight boxes and put them on the ground.

  "Xiao Chen Ge, is there anything else you need special service for?" Toki blinked his eyes, with a hint of ambiguity in his tone.

  Even within the Tianxing Academy, you can find pleasure-seekers. These inns are open within the academy, and many students come here to indulge in pleasures. Otherwise, they have dormitories within the academy, why would they need to rent rooms?

  "No need, you served well, this is your tip."

  Xiao Chen paid 100 gold coins as a tip and sent Tok away.

  After closing the door, his divine sense scanned the surroundings and confirmed that there were no surveillance devices. Only then did Xiao Chen transmit a thought, and a faint black shadow emerged from his heavenly gate, floating in mid-air.

  "Master." The shadowy figure was Denox, who knelt in mid-air.

  "Alright, no need for formalities. Now that everything is ready, you can start refining. Can you help me break through as soon as possible? I'm completely broke now, having spent all my money on these items and renting this room for a month." Xiao Chen said succinctly.

  "Yes, master, I'll get started right away."

  Only a black shadow rolled in, one by one boxes, crackling open.

  The bottles and jars inside were all floating in mid-air under Denoix's control.

  All sorts of alchemy equipment were connected one by one, taking up nearly half a time period to connect all the equipment together, like a long dragon, coiling around and occupying almost half of the living room.

  Xiao Chen sat on one side, quietly gazing.

  "Alchemists must possess a fire-based magical body, which allows for more precise control over the firing process. I, an old servant, have a fire-based and dark dual magical body. My fire-based talent is not as good as my dark-based one, and I only managed to cultivate it to the level of a 7-star mage. This is also why my pharmacist star level has been stuck at 7 stars, unless my fire-based magic undergoes a breakthrough, otherwise my pharmacist star level will remain stagnant."

  "Master, my body is ruined. I'll directly control the alchemy with my soul for now. This is my first time, so let me start by brewing some simple low-grade potions to get used to it."

  De Knox's expression was calm and solemn, showing a masterful demeanor when facing alchemy, no longer the usual gloomy and ferocious appearance.

  He was seen mentally manipulating, and a bright flame condensed in the void.

  The flame presents a faint white color, with a very high temperature, making the entire room produce a scorching feeling.

  De Knox snapped his fingers and the flame split into seven, each spinning independently as they flew to the bottom of seven transparent containers.

  This magical manipulation, effortlessly executed with a light and airy touch, is obviously many times more brilliant than Xiao Chen's second-rate Daoist magic, revealing the formidable strength of a high-level Daoist master.

  If it weren't for Denoix's unclear intentions, directly charging into Xiao Chen's mind and engaging in a spiritual battle with him, attempting to take control of his body, but instead using soul manipulation magic to kill Xiao Chen, the outcome would have been completely different.

  While manipulating the flames, Denox also diverted his attention, rolling up a few herbs and categorically throwing them into several heated magic bottles.

  Under high temperature, all the medicinal materials gradually dissolve, green, purple, white, red, and various colors pass through the magical device, continuously filtering out the medicinal dregs, and blending the pure medicinal liquid according to the dosage.

  When the liquids were mixed together, a violent reaction occurred immediately. The various liquids boiled and bubbled, countless water vapors steamed up, and the bottle shook with a loud noise. At this time, fusion was the most testing moment for the pharmacist's skills. If one was not careful, the drug reaction would be excessive, and not only would the refining fail, but a serious explosion might also occur. It is said that in the process of learning to refine medicine, 50% of people will be blown up during the refining process.

  This is also one of the reasons why alchemists are so sought after and have become the most respected profession on the entire continent.

  Under Dennox's control, all the liquids finally merged and the finished liquid was injected into a small sealed bottle through a thin needle-like tube.

  The successfully refined medicine is crystal clear and transparent throughout, emitting a faint blue light like the starry sky. It flows slowly and autonomously in the medicine bottle, and just by its appearance, it is many times more perfect than the finished medicines sold by Castro's merchant alliance.

  With that, Dennox said with a hint of regret: "Without a physical body, the soul's control is still a bit awkward. This bottle of low-grade magical recovery potion could have fully restored a 9-star mage's powers, but now it can only recover about 95%, just short by a hair."

  Xiao Chen remembered that a bottle of magical recovery potion sold in the Merchant Alliance could only recover 30% of magic, but it cost 1,500 gold coins. This one bottle could recover 95%, so what was its value?

  It seems money is no longer an issue.

  De Knox refined several bottles of low-grade potions again, and his control over souls became more and more proficient.

  At last, he said: "Alright, now I have a 90% guarantee of successfully concocting the Wind Condensation Pill to help Master break through."

  Denuvo concentrated for a moment, condensing into an even more dazzling flame.

  Among this cluster of white flames, there were threads of blue color, the fire tongues rolled and curled like a small snake.

  He split into ten small fire snakes and threw them into the alchemy device.

  Dozens of medicinal materials float in mid-air, constantly being poured into individual containers.

  Sisi, sisi!

  Fierce flames, billowing blaze, medicinal herbs melted away.

  Denoix solemnly threw the Wind Spirit Fruit into the largest metal container, this time he didn't burn it through the container, but directly injected a flame element into the Wind Spirit Fruit.

  The entire Wind Spirit Fruit turned bright red, with strands of green wind elements swirling around it, colliding violently with the infused wind elements.

  "Come out!"

  De Knox let out a loud roar, and the liquid inside the Wind Spirit Fruit transformed into a single, thumb-sized drop of cyan-colored liquid, containing an extremely pure and concentrated wind elemental energy.

  At this time, a small stream of medicine also flows through the pipeline into the same container, starting to merge, and dozens of medicines merge together to form an extremely violent reaction.

  Boiling, each liquid bubble bursting, as if the medicine was about to burst out of the container at any moment.

  De Knox always controlled the fire and the amount of medicine injected, when a certain reaction was excessive, he immediately injected another neutralizing agent to make the reaction stable, so it seemed that the container was about to be blown up at any time, but it was always hovering at the critical point without really bursting the container.

  After half an hour of stability, these liquids finally merged together, forming a purple whirlpool that rotated automatically without wind.

  Durnok controls the formation of Wind Fruit in a dark grey **swirling purple** vortex.

  One throw in, boom, all the purple splashed up.

  A strip of purple was wrapped in wind elements, transformed into countless tiny purple thin blades, flying in all directions.

  The patter of raindrops was deafening.

  Ah!

  Xiao Chen even heard a faint cracking sound coming from the container.

  De Knox, however, showed no reaction. Spiritual strength burst out violently, directly controlling the medicine, which rotated and merged into a round, purple-green pill that seemed to be the master of the wind, with the surrounding wind elements gathering around it like servants, causing it to float in mid-air.

  Wind Spirit Liquid, successfully refined!