Chapter 47
Chapter 47 – Refining A Pill
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Phoobiee
"Good morning, young master Xiao Yun." Xiao Yun held Yan s.h.i.+ Fei’s hand as he walked into the Xiao family’s residence. Some of the other family members greeted him, as they looked on in shock, as well as admiration.
"Isn’t that big miss Yan? Why did young master Xiao Yun bring her here?"
After Xiao Yun walked far away, some of the family members started to discuss. "Could it be that young master Xiao Yun has made big miss Yan his?"
"This big miss Yan’s so pretty; no less than expected as the number 1 beauty of our Violet Cloud County!"
"Young master Xiao Yun is so blessed. If I could hold big miss Yan’s hand, I’d be willing to give up even a year of my lifespan!"
"If I could kiss her, I’d be willing to give up 10 years of my lifespan!"
As the sounds of discussion broke out, Xiao Yun brought Yan s.h.i.+ Fei to his own courtyard.
"Look how much my Xiao family’s people like you!" Xiao Yun said as he smiled.
"That’s true." After coming to the Xiao family’s residence, Yan s.h.i.+ Fei’s mood became much better and she couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh, "Listen, they’re saying how you having me is like giving a jewel to a pig. Heheh, you don’t look like a pig to me, though."
"What, like giving a jewel to a pig? Which b.a.s.t.a.r.d envies this young master so much?" Xiao Yun’s eyes flashed as he looked around furiously. Seeing Xiao Yun like this, Yan s.h.i.+ Fei couldn’t help but giggle, as she forgot all of her worries.
"They’re evidently saying that we’re an ideal couple, alright?" Xiao Yun rolled his eyes as he looked around.
"I don’t think that’s right." Yan s.h.i.+ Fei laughed. Whenever she was with this youth, she always felt happy and relaxed.
The two of them walked and laughed, forgetting their troubles in the blink of an eye, and came to the courtyard Xiao Yun was living in.
"Big bro, you’re back." Xiao Ling’Er was playing with the pair of Violet Foxes. When she heard the footsteps and looked up, her eyes filled with joy. However, when she saw the beauty next to her big brother, her face fell, and she seemed a bit unhappy.
"Why did big bro bring big sister s.h.i.+ Fei here?" Xiao Ling'Er bit her lips, a slight look of displeasure in her eyes. She was especially displeased after noticing how affectionate they seemed with each other; she felt that something of hers had been stolen from her.
Yan s.h.i.+ Fei smiled as she elegantly walked over and said, "h.e.l.lo, little sister Ling’Er. Long time no see. Little sister Ling’Er has become more and more pretty. In 1 or 2 years, I’m sure you’ll become a beauty who can topple cities and countries."
"No way, big sister s.h.i.+ Fei’s the true beauty." When she was praised like this, Xiao Ling'Er couldn’t maintain her deadpan face and she gave an embarra.s.sed smile. She looked up at the young woman and asked, "Why has big sister s.h.i.+ Fei come to our home?"
"Big sister s.h.i.+ Fei’s going to stay at our home; in future, you’ll have someone to keep you company," Xiao Yun said as he smiled.
"Oh." Xiao Ling'Er blandly replied, her emotions plummeting as if she discovered something.
"Huan’Er, bring some new bedding for big sister s.h.i.+ Fei," Xiao Yun said to Huan’Er, who was standing by the side.
"Okay," Huan’Er replied as she left.
Xiao Yun then brought Yan s.h.i.+ Fei to a smaller courtyard. Xiao Yun lived in a large courtyard which contained multiple smaller courtyards, and could accommodate many people. It was a pity that his parents were not here, as it made the place seem somewhat abandoned.
"Big sister s.h.i.+ Fei, you can stay here," Xiao Yun said as he brought Yan s.h.i.+ Fei to a room.
Arriving at this unfamiliar place and looking around the room, Yan s.h.i.+ Fei felt a bit saddened.
"If big sister s.h.i.+ Fei doesn’t like it here, you can always stay in a room with me," Xiao Yun smiled mischievously.
"You wish," Yan s.h.i.+ Fei rolled her eyes. "You’re always trying to take advantage of your big sister."
"Haha, who else would I take advantage of if not for big sister s.h.i.+ Fei?" Xiao Yun laughed.
At this moment, another voice sounded out, "Hmph, I also want to stay here."
"Little sister s.h.i.+ Yan?" Xiao Yun frowned.
When he looked over to the source of the voice, he saw a cute girl standing there as she pouted, looking incredibly jealous. As she walked over, she glared at Xiao Yun, the meaning obvious: you pervert.
"Little sister s.h.i.+ Yan, why are you here?" Xiao Yun felt quite speechless.
"Why can’t I come?" Yan s.h.i.+ Yan angrily retorted. Her lips were tightly pursed, looking quite displeased.
Xiao Yun
"s.h.i.+ Yan, do father and mother know you’re here?" Yan s.h.i.+ Fei asked.
"I already told them," Yan s.h.i.+ Yan replied.
Yan s.h.i.+ Fei frowned, as if she knew what her little sister was thinking.
"Big sis, can I stay here with you?" Yan s.h.i.+ Yan asked as she blinked with her watery eyes.
"This&h.e.l.lip;" Yan s.h.i.+ Fei hesitated. "Father and mother will be angry if you stay here!"
Yan s.h.i.+ Yan smiled and said, "I don’t care about that. Big sis, just let me stay here. If I stay here, big brother Xiao Yun won’t be able to take advantage of you!" She grabbed her big sister’s arm as she pleaded.
Yan s.h.i.+ Fei felt quite helpless and said, "Alright. But you have to let father and mother know."
"Mm, okay." A cheerful smile appeared on Yan s.h.i.+ Yan’s face.
"Ai." Xiao Yun looked at the girl and shook his head.
"Oi, Xiao Yun, what do you mean by that expression?" Yan s.h.i.+ Yan angrily said.
Xiao Yun spread his hands helplessly, and could only allow Yan s.h.i.+ Yan to stay here.
"Hmph, that’s more like it." A victorious expression appeared on Yan s.h.i.+ Yan’s face. Her intelligent eyes were looking around, but Xiao Yun couldn’t work out what she was thinking. He could only shake his head and leave. With this ‘third wheel’ ruining the mood, he decided to leave.
"Oh you!" Yan s.h.i.+ Fei laughed, knowing what her little sister was thinking. However, she didn’t say anything else, so that Yan s.h.i.+ Yan wouldn’t feel awkward.
After Xiao Yun walked away, Yan s.h.i.+ Yan pursed her lips as she asked, "Big sis, are you really going to marry big brother Xiao Yun?"
"You don’t want big sis and big brother to be together?" Yan s.h.i.+ Fei smiled as she asked.
"I do, but&h.e.l.lip;" The girl stopped herself. After hearing her big sister’s reply, she knew she couldn’t separate her big sister from Xiao Yun. However, thinking to herself, she felt quite wronged – why didn’t big brother Xiao Yun like her?
Yan s.h.i.+ Fei didn’t say anything else, and allowed Yan s.h.i.+ Yan to stay.
As for Xiao Yun, he decided to go and learn pill refining. He did not yet have all of the ingredients for the Innate Pill, but he had ingredients for medicinal powders.
Xiao Yun was not in a rush – he needed to take his time to increase his control over the flames and medicinal ingredients. After a few trials, his control became much more proficient. In fact, he started to feel that he could create pills.
"Not bad. Your spirit energy’s abnormally powerful, and you’re quite suited to pill refining. Adding on the Violet Flame Martial Spirit, you’re destined to be an above average Pill Refiner. Perhaps one day you really will become a master of pill refining, and this lord will have a fleshly body again." The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow was incredibly excited. Every time it saw Xiao Yun improve, it felt that it came a step closer to regaining a fleshly body.
"It’s a pity that I don’t have enough medicinal ingredients." Xiao Yun shook his head.
"Yun’Er." Suddenly, someone called out to him from afar.
"It’s Second Uncle." Xiao Yun’s eyes lit up as he opened the door and went out.
Outside, Xiao Hai had arrived with a few other people from the Xiao family, all of whom were carrying medicinal ingredients.
"These are the medicinal ingredients you wanted. Apart from the ones for the Mysterious Congealing Pill, the other ones are all there. There are enough portions to make 10 Innate Pills, which I think are enough for you to learn with. If they’re not enough, Second Uncle will go and buy some more until you refine a pill." Xiao Hai looked incredibly excited as he said, "I’ve secretly sold all of your medicinal powders. Haha, it went extremely well!"
"That’s good." Xiao Yun looked at the medicinal ingredients as he spoke, "Second Uncle, can you help me buy another portion of medicinal ingredients?"
"What do you need?" Xiao Hai asked.
Xiao Yun took out parchment with the list written on it as he said, "Please help me gather these."
"No problem." Xiao Hai did not ask anything unnecessary and immediately agreed. If Xiao Yun needed these things, so what if he sold even the family fortune? Developing a Pill Refiner was of paramount importance!
Afterwards, Xiao Yun started to refine those medicinal ingredients.
"Your temperature needs to be milder for this Congealing Moon Zoysia, otherwise its medicinal properties will be lost after refining."
"You need to pay more attention to this Nine Splendour Gra.s.s. Ah, it’s almost been incinerated."
Within Xiao Yun’s martial training room, he was focusing all his efforts on refining pills, and had his whole mind in the pill furnace.
It was just that the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow continuously nagged him, making Xiao Yun feel quite anxious.
"G.o.dd.a.m.nit, you annoying bird, can you be quiet?" Xiao Yun felt quite frustrated. "If you continue to make a ruckus, I’ll seal you away."
"Hey, I’m just trying to help." The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow shrank back, falling silent. However, it still sent its senses out, feeling quite nervous.
Not long after, all of the medicinal ingredients had been refined into medicinal paste. Next was forming the pill.
Xiao Yun used his spirit energy to control the violet flames within the pill cauldron, tempering the medicinal paste.
One hour later, a pill began to take shape.
Buzz!
A buzz rang out as a tremor pa.s.sed through the pill cauldron.
"What happened, did the pill furnace explode?" The Heaven-Devouring Sparrow was surprised as it sent its senses towards the cauldron.
"So pessimistic." Xiao Yun rolled his eyes as a faint smile appeared on his face.
At this moment, there was a light-yellow pill sitting in the cauldron.
When it saw the pill in the pill cauldron, the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow was flabbergasted. "Y-You successfully refined a pill?"
Xiao Yun drew back the violet flames as a wave of Essence Qi swept out and brought the medicinal pill out from the pill cauldron.
After it fell in his hand, Xiao Yun could feel a dense wave of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi emanating out from the pill.
"Innate Pill." Looking at the medicinal pill, Xiao Yun grinned.
He had finally refined a pill!
This wasn’t just indicative of him refining his first pill – it meant that he had become a Pill Refiner.
"Although there are some impurities in this medicinal pill, and its medicinal properties aren’t that great, it’s still an inferior Grade 1 pill," the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow said in shock as it looked at the pill. "Boy, you actually refined a pill on your first attempt. Are you even human?"
"This young master is naturally a human. I’m just a bit more handsome than others." Xiao Yun said jokingly as he spread his hands, and continued to refine pills. This measly inferior Grade 1 pill was not very useful to cultivators, and he needed to continuously improve.