Chapter 517: Chapter 517: Refining a Hundred Types of Medicinal Herbs

Yang Cheng hadn’t been home for a while, and as he opened the door, the yard was covered with fallen leaves, giving a sense of desolation.

Holding Yang Xiao, he hurried into the house and gently laid her down on the bed.

"Ms. Qi Yue, Ms. Ruonan, please move the bath barrel into the room and boil more water. Sister Rou, help me make some meat porridge for Xiao Xiao first. I’ll start refining medicine soon."

Yang Cheng assigned tasks to everyone. Just as he was about to leave, Ni Qingyao stopped him.

"Xiaochen, what about me? Is there anything I can help with?"

Ni Qingyao’s eyes were still red. Her daughter was in danger, and she couldn’t just stand by. She wanted to do something.

"You should go to the room and talk to Xiao Xiao, soothe her emotions, and don’t let her fall asleep."

Yang Cheng gently patted Ni Qingyao’s shoulder and quickly headed to a small room in the courtyard where he stored miscellaneous items.

No one would expect him to hide so many precious medicinal ingredients in such a place. There was a protective barrier; without strength surpassing his, one couldn’t break the barrier and steal the medicine.

He had no choice. He couldn’t carry so many ingredients with him at all times. If only there was a treasure to store important things and carry them around.

The room was filled with the scent of dust. Moving a large wooden board aside, a space wrapped in True Qi appeared behind it.

With a wave of his hand, the True Qi dissipated, revealing a large wooden chest containing all the ingredients he had collected recently.

Refining a Divine Essence Elixir requires over a hundred types of ingredients. Some ingredients can’t be stored together and need to be wrapped to isolate them from air.

Thinking about refining the Divine Essence Elixir used to give him a headache; not only are the ingredients rare, but the refining process is extremely strict.

Precious ingredients like Thousand-Year Ginseng, Frost Flower, and Fairy Phoenix Grass can’t be refined with ordinary fire and containers, or their properties would be destroyed.

Yang Cheng had wondered why only cultivators at Qi Refining Fifth Stage could refine the Divine Essence Elixir; later, he understood that True Qi was needed to refine the ingredients, which lower-level cultivators couldn’t do. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

When refining a Spiritual Essence Pill, Ye Ling’Er’s body was used as the furnace, but this time Yang Cheng would use his own body as the furnace to refine and gather the ingredients internally.

Nurtured by internal Spiritual Energy and Essence, he would then extract the Divine Essence Elixir for Yang Xiao.

Not only is the process long, but it’s incredibly painful. Yang Cheng felt that after refining the Divine Essence Elixir, his cultivation might decrease.

No wonder this Medicine Pill has rarely been successfully refined over the years; not only are the ingredients hard to find, but the damage to the alchemist is tremendous.

Yang Cheng had no other choice but to grit his teeth and refine the medicine; otherwise, he would have to constantly stay by Yang Xiao’s side, providing her with Spiritual Energy, only barely sustaining her life.

He moved the chest out. Upon entering, he saw the sisters Cheng Qiyue and Cheng Ruonan moving the bath barrel into the room.

"The hot water is still boiling; do you need us to do anything else?"

Cheng Qiyue was a bit out of breath, but she didn’t mind at all.

"Soon I’ll be refining medicine in the room. Guard the door and do not disturb me no matter what happens; otherwise, all efforts will be wasted."

Yang Cheng was anxious; he had only this one chance. If he failed, there were no more ingredients for another attempt.

"We understand, don’t worry."

Cheng Qiyue nodded, already prepared.

"I’ll be refining the Divine Essence Elixir to give to Yang Xiao. This process might take a whole day and night. You and Ms. Ruonan should guard in turns so you don’t exhaust yourselves."

Yang Cheng bowed down to start processing the ingredients. Over a hundred types were too many; some could be processed together, while unique ones needed separate refinement, all without any error.

"Okay, don’t worry about us; focus on refining the Divine Essence Elixir."

Cheng Qiyue came forward to help Yang Cheng process the ingredients.

All ingredients were categorized on the ground. Yang Cheng exhaled a breath of impure air and said to Ni Qingyao, "Auntie, rest in the room and when you wake up tomorrow, Xiao Xiao should be much better."

Ni Qingyao realized she couldn’t help much more and didn’t insist on staying. She stood and hugged Yang Cheng.

"Xiaochen, thank you for your hard work."

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, "Xiao Xiao is my sister. As long as she can be healed, any sacrifice is worth it. You’ve been tired these days; you should rest well."

Ni Qingyao nodded, leaving with reluctance.

Yang Cheng sat at the center of the room and began operating his Cultivation Technique, gathering pale golden True Qi in his palms.

The golden True Qi surged like flames.

"Ms. Qi Yue, give me the outer twenty kinds of ingredients first."

As soon as Yang Cheng spoke, Cheng Qiyue immediately handed the ingredients to him.

These were common ingredients, only playing a supportive role, so they didn’t need to be refined separately.

The twenty ingredients mixed together were enveloped in pale golden True Qi and slowly floated into the air.

Cheng Qiyue and Cheng Ruonan stood by, waiting for Yang Cheng’s next instructions.

Soon, the ingredients gradually refined, with some impurities falling into the wooden barrel in front.

A large pile of ingredients ultimately reduced to green tiny balls the size of a fingernail, which Yang Cheng placed into a Glazed Bottle on the far left, then said, "Pass the ingredients to me in sequence from outer to inner."

Cheng Qiyue and Cheng Ruonan quickly acted, and Yang Cheng’s refinement speed also steadily increased; in a blink, the ground was left with only the five innermost ingredients.

"Give me the final ingredients now, then you can leave. No matter what noise comes from inside afterward, do not come in to disturb."

Yang Cheng took a deep breath as his heart pounded.

He usually had a carefree heart, rarely feeling so tense. Especially seeing the weak Yang Xiao on the sickbed heightened his pressure.

Cheng Ruonan and Cheng Qiyue nodded, worried, and retreated.

After carefully closing the door, they decided to stay together to accompany Yang Cheng.

Inside, Yang Cheng first gathered Linglong Grass, Gemfruit of the Twin Dragons, and Fairy Phoenix Grass together, as these three ingredients shared similar properties and needed not to be refined separately.

When Yang Cheng had earlier refined common ingredients, he could still manage them calmly, but starting to refine these three ingredients proved challenging.

The True Qi enveloped the ingredients for over ten minutes without any change.

These three ingredients were already difficult, and when it came time to refine the Thousand-Year Ginseng, perhaps he’d exhaust his True Qi completely.