The 145th Chapter of Magical Beast Taming on the Bus

Actually, this was not the first time that Shi Yan had refined the elixir, but he had used his own Golden Crow Fire before. Although it was not very pure, it was still the real Golden Crow Fire. The medicinal materials could not withstand the training of the fire and eventually turned into ashes, without even a bit of medicinal powder left.

This is also the reason why Shi Yan went to the Red Lotus Volcano in the Hundred Woods Forest to capture the fire-attributed spirit beast. However, due to the incident at Monkey Mountain, he did not go in the end, but he did capture a spirit monkey of a different species. The monkeys at Monkey Mountain are all fire-attributed monkeys. Shi Yan thought that although Xiao Kong was white and did not have the flames of the little fire monkey, as a disciple of the Monkey King, he had also learned the method of breathing fire.

Shi Yan couldn't refine high-level elixirs, nor did he dare to do so. Although there were many materials here, after twelve years of hard work, Shi Yan had long since gotten rid of his childhood habit of extravagance, so he planned to practice with low-level elixirs first.

Using local materials, such as fragrant cloud grass, golden orchid and gardenia, we should be able to make a first-grade elixir.

"Well, let's try these first." Shi Yan took note, opened the lid of the Moon Cauldron, and put the three spiritual materials into it respectively. He poured in some clear spring water from the valley outside the secret realm, and then called Xiao Kong over, letting him release flames and throwing them in.

Xiao Kong acted as the alchemy boy. He inhaled and exhaled flames to control the temperature, while observing the changes in the elixir in the cauldron and informing Shi Yan at any time.

As for Shi Yan, he just ignored the boss and went to play by himself. At most, he would occasionally inject spiritual power to shape and mix the medicinal juice and melt it into pills.

The fragrance is pervasive, and although it is slightly bitter, it makes people feel unusual. The aroma of the elixir is everywhere, which is a sign that the elixir is successful.

Shi Yan was overjoyed and looked at the situation inside the cauldron from outside.

Suddenly, there was a slight bang sound. Shi Yan looked into the hollow and saw that the pill that had taken shape had exploded and turned into ashes.

Shi Yan was stunned, "Failed?"

He took a deep breath to ease his nerves, then pondered what was wrong.

After thinking for about a quarter of an hour, he went over the whole process from beginning to end, but did not find any wrong steps.

"Then why did it fail?" In the end, he could only attribute the failure to natural causes. It was impossible to make pills 100% successful. There was always a one in ten thousand chance of pill cracking or pill explosion. Obviously, the pill explosion happened just now.

"Failure is the mother of success. I will succeed next time!"

"Ah, why did it fail again... I've tried it more than ten times, why didn't it succeed even once?" Looking at the handful of hundred portions in the Moon Cauldron, Shi Yan was really puzzled.

What exactly is the problem?

It is true that alchemy has risks. The higher the level of the elixir, the easier it is to fail. Relatively speaking, the lower the level of the elixir, the less likely it is to fail. If it fails more than ten times in a row, it is not a natural failure, but there must be something wrong with the steps!

Shi Yan took out the "Small Alchemy Sutra" and read it carefully, word by word. He then recalled the situation when he was refining the elixir and confirmed again that he had made no mistakes.

The three herbs of Xiangyun Grass, Jinlanhua, and Shanzhizi can be used to refine a first-grade elixir, [Yanming Pill]. This elixir can stimulate the fire attribute spiritual power for cultivators, which is helpful for the explosion of earth attribute. However, the spiritual power contained in it is relatively low, not as high as the first-grade second-grade [Chiyan Pill], so [Yanming Pill] is mostly given to spirit beasts.

It's just that [Yanming Pill] is a positive pill, while Yueding is a negative pill. When refining the pill, it will emit coldness from time to time and sink into the pill. The two opposite spiritual powers are mixed together, increasing the probability of failure, which leads to the explosion of the pill. However, Shi Yan does not understand this.

In fact, Shi Yan's luck was quite good. Using the Yin furnace to refine the Yang Dan, and without the corresponding magic formula to assist, even condensing the Dan was a big problem. And Shi Yan succeeded in condensing the Dan after trying so many times, but the Dan exploded in the end.

Fortunately, Shi Yan has plenty of materials on hand, otherwise he really wouldn’t be able to withstand such consumption.

"I didn't expect this pill to be so difficult to refine. No wonder there are so few alchemists, and even fewer who can refine high-level pills!" Shi Yan said with emotion, "Perhaps, I am not destined to make this [Yanming Pill]. How about I refine something else?"

Shi Yan was pacing in the medicine field, thinking about what kind of medicine to refine. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a small flower in the corner of the field and his eyes lit up.

I’m not good at medicinal herbs, but I’m an expert when it comes to spiritual flowers!

Shi Yan slapped his head and said, "I am so stupid. I tried to go far away and failed to make the medicine pill. Why don't I make the flower pill?"

Thinking of this, Shi Yan took out the jade boxes that stored the spiritual flowers from the ring.

"The Crescent Flower Pill is cold in nature and can remove fire poison and increase spiritual power. This is the one I'll choose!" Shi Yan put Crescent Grass, Blue Cloud Flower, Purple Orchid and other spiritual flowers into the Moon Cauldron and began a new round of alchemy.

As smoke emerged from the holes between the hollow carvings on the lid of the tripod, Shi Yan perked up and watched the smoke diffuse in the air, turning into a crescent-shaped flower that rose and fell in the air. After the smoke column rose and fell more than ten times, he immediately opened the lid and threw in a half-plant butterfly grass and three petals of the mother-and-child crabapple flower. The moment the lid was closed, the white smoke seemed to suddenly encounter an invisible suction force and was all absorbed into the furnace.

At the same time, Shi Yan shouted, "Put away the fire!"

Xiao Kong received the order, his cheeks puffed up, and he suddenly sucked the flame back.

Shi Yan stepped forward and opened the lid of the tripod. A refreshing fragrance immediately spread from the furnace, which lifted people's spirits.

Looking into the furnace, I saw a round pill with a yellowish to light purple color lying in the middle. The pill was not big, only the size of the knuckle of the little finger.

Shi Yan couldn't help but smile when he saw that the elixir was finally made. He clapped his hands and shouted, "It's done, it's done. Haha, I finally made it!"

Shi Yan reached into the cauldron and took out the Crescent Flower Pill, but there was no feeling of heat in the cauldron. Instead, it felt cool and comfortable. He was stunned. Why was the cauldron cool? He had refined the pill so many times, but there was not even a trace of burning sensation.

Then, he suddenly realized, "So that's it, it's not that my steps are wrong, but the props I chose are wrong!"

Shi Yan held the pill between three fingers, his face beaming with joy. He was extremely happy.

Although it was only a first-grade, second-level pill, it was still a very happy thing to succeed in refining the pill for the first time.

After refining a pill, Shi Yan's confidence increased greatly. After taking out the jade bottle and putting it away, he took out a bunch of spiritual flowers from the jade box and prepared to continue to find the feeling of refining the pill. Now that he has found the reason for the pill explosion, he has enough confidence and is 100% sure to refine a furnace of good pills.

Next, Shi Yan tried to refine it more than ten times, but ultimately failed three times, which was far from the 100% confidence he had imagined.

Putting away the Moon Tripod, Shi Yan looked at the row of white jade bottles in front of him, and a sense of satisfaction arose spontaneously. If he could make pills, he would be self-sufficient in pills from now on. With his ability to identify flowers and materials, he might be able to save a lot of spirit stones in the future.

In this hidden belly, the sun and moon are unknown. Shi Yan didn't know how long he had been here. He didn't know if it was one day or five days. Refining pills is actually a time-consuming and laborious task. In general, Shi Yan refined dozens of tripods of pills. When he was hungry, he took some fairy ganoderma treasures, crushed them and swallowed them to replenish his physical strength. The fairy ganoderma melted in his mouth, and the warmness went straight into his stomach. During this time, Shi Yan ate these fairy ganoderma treasures.

Judging from the number of times he felt hungry, he had been inside this treasure house for more than three days. As there were countless treasures here, Shi Yan had been in an excited state and had not thought about how to get out. Now that he had calmed down, he thought about getting out.

Generally speaking, it should be possible to go back by returning from the original route, but Shi Yan found that because of the breath-holding while diving in the Tibetan area, the original route was still blocked, so he could only continue forward. However, according to the structure, if he continued forward, he should reach the door for excreting waste. Although Shi Yan was not a germaphobe, he definitely did not want to get out from that place. He suddenly thought, since there was no way to get out, why not control the Tibetan area?

It is recorded in "Records of Bestiality" that there is a blood vessel in front of Zangnei's stomach that goes directly to his brain. If one drills into the blood vessel, one should be able to reach his brain. Starting from the brain, it should be possible to control Zangnei.

He did what he said and immediately set off towards Zang Nei's brain.

Before leaving, he looked around. At this time, all the medicinal herbs around had been picked by Shi Yan, and there was not a single one left.

The flaming wings behind him flickered, transforming into a stream of light that went straight to the brain hidden inside.

Zangnei is a space spirit beast. The space inside his body is huge, like the belly of a mountain. Shi Yan flew for two hours before reaching Zangnei's brain.

The brain of the Tibetan is like a room made of obsidian. The room is very spacious. Three gems are inlaid on three walls. The red, yellow and blue colors echo each other, and the dreamy neon lights are in the middle of the room. A transparent round ball floats in the air, reflecting three colors, which is very dazzling.

Shi Yan stepped into the room carefully. As soon as he stepped in, the gemstones on the three walls suddenly shone with dazzling light. From the ceiling, a strange spiritual power came, revealing two big eyes, staring at Shi Yan.

"Shit, I was discovered!" Shi Yan looked at the eyes on the ceiling, "Is this...Zang Nei's eyes? They are so ugly."

Zang Nei couldn't believe that this ant-like human had actually gotten into his brain, the core part. He was furious and roared so loudly that the whole room shook. The sky and the earth were out of place. Shi Yan was caught off guard and slammed into the wall. His back felt like it was hit hard, and it felt like something was stuck in his throat. Shi Yan's face turned red and he couldn't breathe.

"Damn, what bad luck, something is stuck in my throat!" Shi Yan raised his head with difficulty, and was stunned. He knew what was stuck in his throat...