Xiao Yan took out the Bck Demon Cauldron again, but this time, he didn't pn to refine any medial pills. Instead, he inteo smelt more Purple Fme Pills.

  The Amethyst Lion Birth Essence was reduced to less than half of its inal size after smelting five more Purple Fme Pills.

  Xiao Yan sat quietly in the cave, slowly adjusting his mi and Spiritual Strength. Soon after, Little Fairy Doctor returned with many medial herbs she had collected.

  Looking at the array of medial ingredients id out in front of him, he smiled slightly at Little Fairy Doctor and said, "See? Heaven never seals off all paths for a person. Who knows, we might just gather two kinds of Heavenly Fmes."

  Little Fairy Doctor became even more worried when she saw his pyful attitude. She said with , "If it's really dangerous, let's think of another way."

  "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who would act recklessly."

  "You look exactly like someone who would!"

  Xiao Yan burst into hearty ughter at her retort.

  ...

  Half a day ter, the Amethyst Winged Lion King desded again. This time, it was carrying a red and blue medial cauldron. The cauldron was filled with various auxiliary medial herbs, and a few wooden boxes taining several preain ingredients.

  Xiao Yan slowly opened one of the wooden boxes, and a subtle fragrance wafted through the air, instantly invigorating him as if his soul was being nourished.

  The medial pill he po refine was called the Soul Guard Pill, a 4th-tier medial pill. The difficulty of refining this pill wasn't particurly high; the hardest part was obtaining the three main ingredients, all of which were extremely rare soul-reted medial herbs

  Even the Amethyst Winged Lion King, who trolled a vast area of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, had taken quite some time to gather them all.

  The effect of the Soul Guard Pill was simple and straightforward: it created a protective shield around the soul, guarding the mind and preventing evil spirits from invading the soul and possessing the sciousness.

  Xiao Yan cupped his fists in thanks and, without wasting any words, took the medial cauldron and all the ingredients into the cave.

  He already had two experiences refining 4th-tier medial pills. The Sunfme Pill was a low-grade 4th-tier medial pill and Xiao Yan was fident he could successfully refi.

  However, the Soul Guard Pill posed more of a challenge. Although it was also a low-grade 4th-tier medial pill, it was his first time refining a soul-reted pill.

  Xiao Yan did not pn to use the Bck Demon to refihe Sunfme Pills; instead, he would use the tier 5 medial cauldron. Using the Bck Demon required Mao Wu to awaken him forcefully each time. If his focused state was forcibly interrupted too many times, he might bee uo ehat state again.

  The process of refining the Sunfme Pill went very smoothly thanks to the past half month of practid his previous successes. In the end, he even mao produce four pills from a sich, perfectly extrag all the medial properties without any waste.

  After tossing the pills to the Lion King, Xiao Yaeet and pced the medial cauldron directly into the cave without returning it. It was clear he inteo keep someone else's medial cauldron for himself.

  'Phew, let's start cultivating the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Teique first.'

  Xiao Yan had bee aced to cultivating the Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Teique each time he exhausted his Spiritual Strength, as it could somewhat accelerate his cultivation speed.

  His cultivation session sted for a full day and night. When he opened his eyes again, he felt a sense of crity, and his perception of his surroundings had ged.

  Uedly, Xiao Yan had entered a wondrous state by a stroke of luck!

  'The Spirit Heart Gathering Soul Teique has reached a minor level of mastery. It's still oep away from major mastery.'

  Xiao Yan's eyes sharpened as a wisp of bck fme instantly ignited from the Bck Demon Cauldron! With lightning-fast movements, he grabbed the ingredients for the Soul Guard Pill he had prepared beforehand and began the alchemy process, taking advantage of his current state of crity.

  This time, he uedly relied on his own ability to enter a state of absolute tration and break free from the Bck Demon's trol! He had triumphed over the Bck Demon and was now in plete and of it!

  His hands moved with agility, his ten fingers extending threads of pure white soul energy. At this moment, Xiao Yan transformed into a puppet master as his nimble fingers maniputed the bck fmes.

  The fire had bee his puppet!

  His fingers danced. Finally, two Soul Guard Pills fell into the pill bottle with two crisp gs under his fire waltz. A soul-entig fragrance immediately wafted out from the cave.

  With the successful refi of these two Soul Guard Pills, Xiao Yan had pletely mastered the ability to refih-tier medial pills. He was now on par with any 4th-tier alchemist.

  Even with the aid of the Nihility Dev Fme, it was astonishing that a 5-star Dou Master not yet eighteen years old could be a 4th-tier alchemist. If this news were to spread, no one would believe it.

  Not to mention Little Fairy Doctor and the Little Lion King, even the Amethyst Winged Lion Ki a shiver upon smelling this pill fragras eyes narrowed as it gazed at Xiao Yan in the cave, its regard for him rising several notches.

  'In my several hundred years of life, I've never heard of such a young 4th-tier alchemist! This boy is truly a genius; his Master must be no ordinary figure.'

  Xiao Yan packed everything into his ste ring and with a swift motion, pulled out his Soul Robe and draped it over himself. Not only did he not feel any weakness in his Spiritual Strength, but after refining the pills, he felt even more energized!

  "Lion King, there's no time to lose." The Purple Cloud Wings appeared on Xiao Yan's back. With his increased Spiritual Strength, the wings looked even more lifelike, almost indistinguishable from the wings of a real Purple Cloud Bck Fire Eagle.

  "I'm going too," Little Fairy Doctor said firmly.

  "Little Fairy Doctor, you o stay here. If anything happens, you must leave the valley immediately," Xiao Yan whispered close to her ear.

  "But..."

  "If something really goes wrong, at least there will still be someone who save me. If the Lion King and I don't return on time, go to Jia Nan Academy and find a girl named Xiao Xun Er. She will have a way to rescue me," Xiao Yan instructed early.

  Xiao Yahat Xun Er's background was not simple. If the worst truly happened and even the Amethyst Winged Lion King couldn't escape, then perhaps only Xun Er would be able to save him.

  Little Fairy Doctor could only sigh helplessly and nod in agreement when she heard his words.

  Naturally, the Little Lion King would not veo such a perilous pce as the Beast Tomb; only Xiao Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King would go.

  Yun Yun would never have imagihat after she and Xiao Yan caused a ruckus in the Lion King's ir a month ago, injuring the Little Lion King and stealing the Amethyst Lion Birth Essend the Purple Spirit Crystal, the Lion King would no with Xiao Yan to obtaien Thousa Fme from the Beast Tomb!

  The twists and turns of fate were truly uable.

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  S through the sky, Xiao Yan followed closely behind the Amethyst Winged Lion King as they ventured deeper into the Magic Beast Mountain Raoward the easternmost depths. He flew fearlessly through the sky with the prote of the Lion King.

  The two of them passed through a bank of clouds and arrived at a cliff in the deepest part of the Magic Beast Mountain Range. As Xiao Yan gazed down through the mist, he was pletely stunned by the se before him.

  In the misty yon basin below the cliff, bones littered the ground as far as the eye could see, even piling up into mountains. Among these piles of bones were all kinds of skeletal remains—human bones and various magical beast skeletons. Some magical beast skeletons were only the size of a human head, while others towered over teers high.

  Scattered on the ground were numerous ons, armemstones, medial cauldrons, and even Qi Method scrolls. However, all of these items were already in a state of disrepair, reduced to mere scrap.

  'Are these all from that battle years ago?' Xiao Yan's pupils tracted as he saw the bones c the ground before him. It was truly terrifying.

  A sih-tier alchemist had caused such a se!

  The cliff yon basin before his eyes might have been the result of that battle three hundred years ago!

  "Three hundred years ago, nearly all the magical beasts from the entire Magic Beast Mountain Range participated in that war to protect the Ten Thousa Fme. However, the result couldn't be called a plete victory," the Amethyst Winged Lion King expined. It had also participated itle back then, but at that time, it had not yet reached Rank 6 and was not part of the main force.

  The magical beasts of the entire Magic Beast Mountain Range, ahey had only narrowly won! Even the Snake-People Tribe, the greatest threat to the Jia Ma Empire, probably paled in parison to the Magic Beast Mountain Range of that time.

  "Let's go in." Xiao Yan took a deep breath and slowly circuted his Dou Qi, his gaze being inparably sharp.

  "I'm only responsible fing you to the Beast Tomb." The Amethyst Winged Lion King directly refused Xiao Yan's proposal. It had only agreed to provide information about the Ten Thousa Fme's location, not to help him obtain it.

  Xiao Yan chuckled and said, "Lion King, you're not being reasonable. You said you would tell me where the Ten Thousa Fme is located. There's not even a flicker of fme here. How do I know you're not deceivi the very least, you should take me to a pce where I see the Ten Thousa Fme."

  "I won't intervene in anything that happens along the way."

  "Don't worry, I'm not that weak."

  No sooner had his words fallen than a faint sound suddenly rang out. Wisps of mist gathered behind him and instantly densed into a human silhouette. This misty figure lu him like a ghostly shadow, as if trying to invade his mind and take over.

  The void suddenly distorted with a humming sound. A mass of bck fmes twisted around the ghostly figure like a bck hole and devoured it in a matter of moments.

  Even the Amethyst Winged Lion King couldn't help but be surprised to see Xiao Yan so effortlessly exterminate a ghostly figure. Although this was still the outskirts of the Beast Tomb, where the ghostly figures were formed from the rese of deceased Dou Masters and Dou Grandmasters, they were not so easily eliminated.

  "Is something wrong, Lion King? roceed now," Xiao Yan smiled nontly. This time, he was determio obtaien Thousa Fme!