The Continental Advanced Academy Soul Master Elite Tournament was proceeding in full swing.
In the past...
The situation in the Tian Dou Region was already clear before the tournament began.
Besides the Tian Dou Imperial Academy as the guaranteed team for the region, the other five advancement spots were usually swept by the Five Great Element Academies.
Precisely because of this reason, basically all Soul Masters from the Five Great Element Academies would have invitations from families or sects after graduation.
As for students from other academies...
Except for a very few who were excellent or had families themselves, many could only leave it to fate, hoping to encounter opportunities or benefactors on their future cultivation path.
Of course!
This year, the situation in the Tian Dou Region caused the entire Elephant Armored Academy to be depressed due to Huyan Zhen's disappearance.
The Elephant Armored Academy withdrew from the tournament!
Once this news was released, the entire Tian Dou Region had thoughts about entering the elimination stage.
...
The Outskirts of Tian Dou.
Because of the Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, the Blazing Fire Academy appeared exceptionally quiet at this time.
At a glance, there were only a few scattered figures inside the academy.
Whether it was because of Old Master Huo or Huo Wu's influence, his enrollment process was smoother than diarrhea.
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation — everything was taken care of!
The Blazing Fire Academy was huge!
The entire academy covered an area of fully twelve square kilometers, among which eight square kilometers were used to build fire attribute imitative cultivation environments.
Just this point alone made Yang Fan feel he came to the right place!
Not only that!
When Old Master Huo learned he had successfully enrolled, he very generously prepared a special room for him within the academy.
A room with no entrance or exit besides the door.
And this room specially prepared for him had only one function: alchemy.
"How do you like this place?"
Back in the day, when he insisted on alchemy, he faced all kinds of obstruction from family elders.
He had endured much to become the family elder!
Who would dare say a word of "no"?
"Thank you, Great Grandpa Huo."
Yang Fan understood.
Old Master Huo was treating him like himself when he was young, wanting to see his unfulfilled dreams in him.
"Rest assured!"
"I have already spoken to the academy; here, no one will hinder your pursuit and longing for pills."
"This room is made of special materials; no pill cauldron explosion will be able to destroy it."
"So once any accident appears, you only need to protect yourself."
Yang Fan looked at Old Master Huo's confident expression and didn't have the heart to refute.
Mm...
This special room could indeed withstand explosions from below Tier 5 pills.
However, above Tier 5...
The function of this room would achieve a special effect: make the cauldron explosion come more intensely.
As for pill lightning above Tier Seven, there was no need to mention it; if one truly struck, it was estimated that a large portion of Blazing Academy would perish.
That night.
Yang Fan already utilized the alchemy room carefully prepared by Old Master Huo.
"Whoo—"
"Master, I am ready to start."
A special room, a table specially used for alchemy.
There were a total of three kinds of medicinal herbs placed before Yang Fan.
Ten pieces of foundation-nurturing Dragon Zhi Leaves, one 10,000-year Dragon Bone Flower, one Defense Type Head Soul Bone.
Yang Fan prepared to refine the Tier 4 pill Dragon Bone Pill that improved the cultivator's body strength.
He originally thought after collecting the medicinal herbs, Yao Lao would perform the refinement.
But he was wrong!
Yao Lao once again handed the task of refining this kind of precious pill into his hands.
Because he had previous experience refining pills using spirit bones, he was not as nervous this time when facing the task.
"Begin."
Yao Lao stood suspended in mid-air with hands behind back, expression showing full relaxation.
Actually!
The special alchemy room Old Master Huo helped Yang Fan prepare still had a certain use.
Because of the room's special material, there was no need for him to control Dou Qi to form a sealed space affecting pill aura overflow.
"Master."
"Is there anything to pay attention to when refining the Dragon Bone Pill?"
Although he wasn't as nervous as the first time he refined a pill using a spirit bone, it was impossible for him to be completely calm.
"I don't know."
"Because I have never refined this kind of pill."
Yao Lao also unintentionally obtained this Tier 4 Dragon Bone Pill recipe when helping others refine pills.
And at that time he was already the famous Central Region's Number One Alchemist.
At that time he even directly threw such a recipe into the storage ring casually.
He himself didn't expect that one day he would take out this dust-eating thing.
"Alright!"
Yang Fan knew asking more was no benefit.
Even if Yao Lao knew methods to increase the Dragon Bone Pill refinement success probability, he wouldn't tell him.
Yang Fan took a deep breath...
Start refining!
Yang Fan naturally used that alchemy furnace Old Master Huo gave him before.
Although it was far inferior to Yao Lao's Black Demon Cauldron, it was also the best alchemy furnace he could currently access.
Lighting the fire and preheating done in one breath!
This was Yang Fan's first time coming into contact with Tier 4 pills, and using a soul bone to lead the way could be said to be full pressure.
Yao Lao had originally intended to personally refine the Tier Four Dragon Bone pill, but everything changed after he devoured the two top-tier Beast Flames in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
His soul power received a qualitative improvement, and he now had the qualification to refine Tier 4 pills.
From day to night, and night to day... his attention was all concentrated on the alchemy furnace.
Yang Fan didn't know how much time passed, until a wisp of pill aura overflowed from inside the alchemy furnace.
"The pill condensation process for Tier 4 pills is more complicated; you absolutely must not lose heart before the pill forms."
Yao Lao finally made a move.
Every tier of pills had a huge gap, just like when pills reached Tier 8 they would appear with spiritual intelligence, one carelessness would let it escape.
Yang Fan took a deep breath!
Yao Lao's reminder made him instantly raise his spirit to 120 percent.
Sweat had already begun to bead on his forehead!
After an unknown amount of time, a rich pill aura spread within the alchemy furnace.
Yang Fan knew the final pill condensation process was already completed.
He slowly opened the furnace, a special smell came rushing to the nose in an instant.
Yang Fan only felt all the bones in his body had already been opened by this special aura.
Just the pill aura already made him feel his body had weak improvement changes.
"Not bad!"
"Now you can be counted as a qualified Tier 4 Alchemist."
Yao Lao's expression once again revealed a knowing smile.
Yang Fan's talent and progress were visible to the naked eye!
He dared to say if the Douluo Continent had conditions, this kid would definitely be able to become the top-level Alchemy Grandmaster.
Yang Fan stared at the Tier 4 Dragon Bone Pill in his hand...
This was a very pure deep blue pill, even placed under flame could not see through the depth inside.
Yang Fan put away the Dragon Bone Pill, confidently stepped out of the alchemy room.
The sun shone high!
At this time it was exactly noon.
Exactly which day's noon let him not know.
Just as he walked out Yang Fan saw a group of Blazing Fire Academy students gathered together, curious, he immediately followed to join in.
"Tian Dou Empire's guest elder has come."
"Who?"
"Poison Douluo!"
When the Blazing Academy students mentioned Dugu Bo, their spines involuntarily tingled with a chill.
It was said throughout the Douluo Continent that Dugu Bo had an unpredictable temper and his entire body was filled with snake venom.
Almost no one was willing to deal with such an eccentric person.
"Ah?"
"What is he doing at our Blazing Fire Academy?"
"Who knows? I heard our dean has already gone to the academy entrance to personally welcome him."
"..."
The reason Blazing Fire Academy students gathered together to guess was because of the lofty status of Titled Douluos on the Douluo Continent.
Let alone the Blazing Fire Academy's dean, even Soul Douluo level Old Master Huo wasn't worth letting a Titled Douluo personally make a trip.
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