by Dragon King
However, Xie Yujia had the support of Zhen Congming who was a grandmaster in this field. Zhen Congming had so many rare recipes that he could just give them to Xie Yujia as if they were just white paper. There was nothing to worry about.
Bam!
Hao Ren put the jade furnace in the center of the elixir making room.
There were initially two elixir furnaces in Xie Yujia’s elixir making room, but the two furnaces had been heated by Little White’s demon fire too many times. Since Little White was already a level 2 demon beast, its demon fire was much more powerful. Therefore, one of the elixir furnaces was no longer usable, and the other one seemed like it couldn’t be used for much longer either
“Hao Ren, help me guard this place,” Xie Yujia said to Hao Ren as she stood in front of the jade furnace.
“Ok!” Hao Ren gave her a firm nod.
In this concealed Ethereal Summit, Xie Yujia wouldn’t usually be disturbed.
However, with Hao Ren by her side, she felt safer.
Elixir making was something that required incredible focus for the pills not to be damaged. If this process was disturbed, the nature essence in the elixir furnace might cause a backlash against the elixir master, so they had to have their own elixir making room.
Xie Yujia knew what to do after she looked at the recipe.
She pointed with her fingers, and a golden note flew out, collecting one type of materials from the stone desk and putting it into the jade furnace.
“Little White!” Xie Yujia exclaimed lightly.
“Roar…” Little White spit out its demon fire.
It wasn’t Little White’s first time helping Xie Yujia in making elixirs, so the two of them already had some excellent coordination.
Of course, if Little White didn’t spit out the fire in time, it’s butt would get punished by Xie Yujia…
Xie Yujia’s fingers kept moving, and the ingredients that were wrapped in the gold notes flew into the jade furnace.
It had been a while since Hao Ren watched Xie Yujia make elixir pills. This time, he was able to see it up-close and realized how much she had improved.
Xie Yujia’s movements were elegant and skillful. If she were wearing a white robe with an eight-trigram symbol on it, the scene would have been even prettier to watch…
Little White continued to spit out demon fire.
Making elixirs was a type of training for Little White. After reaching level 2, there was a small demon core formed inside its body. As it continued to spit out the fire, the demon core was also being tempered to a certain extent.
There was no lid on the jade furnace, so white smoke came out as Little White’s demon fire continued to heat it up.
Xie Yujia’s gold and silver notes turned into gold and silver lights, dancing on top of the jade furnace, forming a small tornado.
Little White used all its energy to spit out the fire, and it sniffed with its nose hard, sucking in the white smoke through his nose.
The smoke from cooking spiritual herbs had some nature essence in it. It contained too many impurities for cultivators, but it was great for demon beasts.
Hua! Hua! Hua! Hua!
Xie Yujia used another four natal dharma notes.
The jade furnace that was originally sitting on the floor steadily started to spin in the air.
Little White had just taken a deep breath and sucked in some of that white smoke. It wiggled its tail and spat out stronger demon fire.
The heavy jade furnace spun faster in the air under the burning flames.
Xie Yujia picked up the last few ingredients lightly with her right hand and threw them into the furnace with a smooth trajectory.
“Good technique!” Hao Ren couldn’t help but praise.
Xie Yujia was really good at cooking, and she also had great potential in elixir making. Both cooking and elixir making were similar to Xie Yujia.
“Hu… hu…” Little White was breathing heavily, sticking out its tongue but continuing to spit out demon fire. It was tired from all the fire breathing.
They knew that using demon fire to make elixir pills usually required the demon beast to be at least level 4 or level 5. For Little White, the purity of the demon fire wasn’t a problem, but it wasn’t as powerful.
However, all the elixir pills that Xie Yujia fed Little White wasn’t wasted. Any other level 2 demon beast would not be able to withstand Little White’s fire!
“It’s done, Little White!” Xie Yujia exclaimed.
Little White immediately took back its tongued and lied on the floor exhaustedly.
Xie Yujia threw it three Essence Replenishment Pills and three Energy Fusion Pills.
Little White stuck out its long red tongue and devoured the six pills without even chewing.
Bam!
The jade furnace landed again on the floor.
Xie Yujia hit it with three Life-Death Notes, and it rang three times. Then, three pills bounced out of the jade furnace.
Almost simultaneously, Xie Yujia took out a white jade bottle from her bracelet. She raised it high up and caught the three pills accurately.
Ding, ding, ding… The pills rolled into the bottom of the bottle.
Hao Ren looked amused watching Xie Yujia’s smooth movements. He suddenly thought that her movements were beautiful.
Her arms were exceptionally white; even the white jade bottle wasn’t as pretty as her arm and fingers.
Xie Yujia used a piece of red cloth to close the bottom. Then, she let out a long sigh of relief and turned to Hao Ren who was standing at the entrance.
She raised her eyebrows and asked, “What is it?”
Hao Ren shook his head and smiled.
Xie Yujia really improved. She no longer was the girl who needed the Life-Death Notes to make elixirs. She now had the skill of her own to do it.
Her smooth movements in the elixir making room were a delight to the eye.
Hao Ren used five-elemental sword energy while Xie Yujia used the five-elemental Life-Death Notes. Now, Xie Yujia’s movements looked like she could disperse Life-Death Notes in all directions.
Although Xie Yujia could only use tens of Life-Death Notes now, she might be able to handle hundreds or even thousands of them in the future. That scene would be incredible!
Hao Ren had witnessed the power of Life-Death Notes before. The Life-Death Notes could be small or big, powerful or weak. The powerful ones could collapse a mountain to the ground while the smaller ones could slip into one’s body and lock acupoints.
It was a technique even more domineering than the Light Splitting Sword Shadow Scroll.
Therefore, it was understandable why the Soul Formation Realm cultivator from the Kunlun Mountain was scared of old Grandma.
However, after Xie Yujia red the techniques, she realized that she wouldn’t be able to practice and cultivate the Life-Death Notes if old Grandma didn’t ‘plant’ the origin notes in her body.
It meant that even if Hao Ren wanted to, he would not be able to learn this set of techniques! Also, the origin notes were the symbols that told everyone Xie Yujia was the disciple of Qingfeng Hermit.
As long as Xie Yujia used the Life-Death Notes, similar-level opponents wouldn’t be able to defeat her, and the more powerful cultivators would have to keep some distance from her!
Old Grandma pretty much gave Xie Yujia the ability to never lose!
“What is going on?” Xie Yujia walked over to Hao Ren and waved her hands in front of his eyes.
“Nothing. I just realized that I can’t bully you anymore,” Hao Ren returned from his thoughts and said jokingly.
“What are you saying…” Xie Yujia murmured softly.
She bent down, dusted Little White’s butt, and sat on its back.
462 Helping East Ocean!
When Hao Ren and Xie Yujia returned to Zhao Yanzi’s home, the tea in the teacups of the three dragon kings was still warm.
“Sorry for making you wait.” Xie Yujia walked into the room and w
ent straight to Ciyun Dragon King.
Ciyun Dragon King was just talking about the situation of the southwest region with Zhao Guang when he saw Xie Yujia coming, and he was shocked at how fast she was; it was much faster than he had expected.
“Your pills are done. Please take a look.” Xie Yujia took out the white jade bottle and put it on the tea table.
Ciyun Dragon King picked up the bottle. He paused for half a second before taking out the red cloth that was sealing the bottle.
Normally speaking, if he trusted the East Ocean Dragon Palace enough, he should just put the bottle away without inspection.
However, these pills were too important for both him and Yuhuang Mountain, so he couldn’t help but take a look.
Di, di, di… The three red pills rolled out from the bottle at once.
“This…” Ciyun Dragon King’s eyes opened widely.
“I thought there were sufficient ingredients, so I made more. You could give the other two to these two dragon kings. I hope you don’t mind.” Xie Yujia explained.
The two dragon kings who were beside Ciyun Dragon King were both shocked and delighted when they heard what Xie Yujia said.
They accepted Ciyun Dragon King’s invitation to visit the East Ocean Dragon Palace together. They thought it would be an excellent opportunity to build relationships with the East Ocean Dragon Palace as well as support Ciyun Dragon King.
However, they never thought that coming here would get them each a Rejuvenation Pill!
“Of course, I don’t mind!” Ciyun Dragon King’s wrinkled face brightened.
The earth-elemental dragons were the best in making elixirs amongst the five-elemental dragons. Although Ciyun Dragon King couldn’t make elixir himself, he was still good at distinguishing the levels of pills. These three pills were the real deal: level 4 Rejuvenation Pills!
One pill could increase their life expectancy by 100 years!
Of course, one could only take one pill since the second pill wouldn’t have the same effect. However, one hundred years was enough for Ciyun Dragon King.
“Hehehe, thanks to Ciyun Dragon King, we’ve got it too.” Cangye Dragon King and Yingtian Dragon King stood up and thanked Xie Yujia.
Even though they weren’t as desperate for the Rejuvenation Pills as Ciyun Dragon King, a level 4 elixir pill could be stored, and it could be extremely useful in the future!
Zhao Hongyu looked at Xie Yujia and thought happily, “She is really a considerate girl!”
“We will forever remember the favor that East Ocean had done for Yuhuang Mountain. There are still a lot of things to deal with in the mountains. Once I’m done, I will visit again with more gifts!”
Ciyun Dragon King put the white jade bottle in his ring and stood up straight. He held his hands together and bowed at Zhao Guang gratefully.
Cangye Dragon King and Yingtian Dragon King also stood up and said, “The Cangye Lake Dragon Clan and The Longhu Mountain Dragon Clan will help out if the East Ocean Dragon Clan needs any help in the future!”
Cangye Lake and Longhu Mountain were two medium-sized clans in the southwestern region.
However, since there weren’t large clans like the East Ocean Dragon Clan in that region, together with Ciyun Dragon King, they represented the majority of power in the area.
Of course, Zhao Guang was ecstatic. He never thought that Xie Yujia’s pill could lead to friendships with three southwestern dragon clans. In fact, these three elixir pills had led to an alliance between the East Ocean Dragon Clan and three southwestern dragon clans.
Geographically speaking, the southwestern region was closer to the West Ocean Dragon Palace. However, the West Ocean Dragon Palace was more arrogant, so other non-water-elemental dragon clans didn’t have a good relationship with them.
Now that the East Ocean Dragon Clan had bonded with the three southwestern dragon kings, it was a bigger threat to the West Ocean Dragon Clan. Therefore, the West Ocean Dragon Clan would not dare to make a move so easily.
“Thank you for the pills, Elixir Master. If there’s a chance, please come and visit Yuhuang Mountain,” Ciyun Dragon King said to Xie Yujia politely.
He only knew the East Ocean Dragon Clan had a Level 4 elixir master before, but now he knew that she wasn’t simple.
Their wood-elemental dragon clans also had experience with making elixir, but they would have to pay close attention for at least a week to make level 4 pills. However, if adding the amount of time required to get ready, it would take at least half a month. That was why he gave Xie Yujia a month just in case other events took place.
Ciyun Dragon King had indeed given Xie Yujia more ingredients, but that was taking failures and leakage from the elixir making process into consideration.
He never expected that the elixir master of the East Ocean Dragon Palace would use some materials of her own to create three Rejuvenation Pills!
From all aspects, Ciyun Dragon King thought that this elixir master’s real power far exceeded that of a regular level 4 elixir master.
Regardless of which dragon clan she belonged to, it was worth building a good relationship with her.
“Hehe, Yujia is like half a daughter to me. If we ever have the chance to visit Yuhuang Mountain, I’ll bring her along with me,” Zhao Hongyu lightly took hold of Xie Yujia’s hand and said to Ciyun Dragon King gently.
She knew what Ciyun Dragon King was thinking about very clearly. After all, an elixir master like Xie Yujia would be beneficial to any power, and they would want to win her over using any method.
What Zhao Hongyu just did showed East Ocean’s close relationship with Xie Yujia, signaling to Ciyun Dragon King that it would be a waste of time and effort for Yuhuang Mountain to try to win Xie Yujia over.
“Hehe… Congratulations to you, Dragon Queen, for having such a talented and beautiful daughter. I’m very jealous!” Ciyun Dragon King laughed energetically to relieve the awkwardness.
After some thought, Ciyun Dragon King realized that the East Ocean Dragon Clan would for sure keep such a talented elixir master close. On the other hand, since such a talented elixir master was willing to help the East Ocean Dragon Clan, it only meant that they had good relationships. Everything made sense if Xie Yujia was like a daughter to the Dragon Queen of East Ocean.
Zhao Hongyu responded with an elegant smile and no further explanations.
Zhao Yanzi pouted, feeling like Xie Yujia was more like a daughter to her mom than her.
“Thanks for the help today. I’ll come again next time to show my gratitude officially,” Ciyun Dragon King said and gave a slight bow.
As he did that, he stared at Hao Ren, thinking, “This young Fuma of the East Ocean Dragon Clan is strong. Although I didn’t see his performance at the Dragon God Shrine’s general exams, all the elders who went told me great things about him. This young man is respectful, humble, not greedy, and patient. Rumour had it that he is also the Commanding General of the East Ocean Dragon Palace. This step of befriending the East Ocean Dragon Clan seems like a good step to take.”
“This jade furnace…”
Hao Ren took out the big jade furnace from his storage space.
With all the thoughts in his mind, Ciyun Dragon King almost forgot about the jade furnace which was one of the most precious treasures of the Yuhuang Mountain Dragon Clan.
“Hehehe…” Ciyun Dragon King smiled friendly and cast a dharma spell to turn the jade furnace smaller. Then, he put the small jade furnace into his storage ring.
“Damn! What a virtuous young man!” Ciyun Dragon King praised Hao Ren secretly.
The jade furnace was a great treasure. After Ciyun Dragon King received the three Rejuvenation Pills, he was so thrilled that he forgot about it. If he left without asking it back, he might not be able to get it back in the future.
However, Hao Ren had no intention of keeping the jade furnace for himself and gave it back voluntarily.
Ciyun Dragon King had lived for 600 years, and he looked at Hao Ren a
nd thought secretly, ‘This young man will reach great heights in the future!”
The three dragon kings and the elders and their disciples walked toward the door. Zhao Guang, Zhao Hongyu, Hao Ren, Zhao Yanzi, and Xie Yujia all went out to see them off.
Since Yuhuang Mountain didn’t need to wait a month to come back to get the pills, it didn’t mean that they couldn’t come back. Instead, they would come back for sure with even more valuable gifts!
The two other dragon kings who came along with Ciyun Dragon King would also send gifts to the East Ocean Dragon Clan since they got Rejuvenation Pills as well.
The conversation between the four dragon clans was quite smooth, and it seemed like they could become great allies.
The tens of Mercedes drove away slowly, and Zhao Guang was delighted and let out a long relieved breath.
The East Ocean Dragon Clan had destroyed the West Ocean Dragon Palace. Then, the East Ocean Dragon Palace destroyed the West Ocean Dragon Palace’s troops.
On land, Mingri Group had acquired Conqueror Group’s subsidiaries, pushing Conqueror Group into a dangerous position.
All these things would make the East Ocean Dragon Palace look dominating and pressing.
Ciyun Dragon King of Yuhuang Mountain was well respected amongst the wood-elemental dragon clans because he was fair and mild. Even the earth-elemental dragon clans respected him.
Both the wood-elemental and earth-elemental dragon clans were deep in the forests, so they were often neighbors with close relationships. It also meant that they were somewhat distant from the water-elemental dragon clans.
Unlike the retired dragon kings, Ciyun Dragon King was in charge of Yuhuang Mountain, and his words could influence the perspectives other wood-elemental and earth-elemental dragon clans had toward the East Ocean Dragon Palace.
With Ciyun Dragon King’s good impression of the East Ocean Dragon Clan, there should be more and more clans that would be willing to establish relationships with the East Ocean Dragon Clan, allowing East Ocean to have a better reputation and have access to more resources.
“Hehe! Let’s go have dinner!” Zhao Guang said happily as he watched the cars disappear. Then, he turned around and walked into the house.
