Chapter 146: The Miserable Xiao Yan

The Ink Leaf Lotus in the flame turned into a ball of ink-black liquid in just a moment. After Xiao Yan changed the flame temperature, the Ink Leaf Lotus still produced impurities, and Xiao Yan expelled these impurities with his soul perception.

Only when the Ink Leaf Lotus turned into a dark green liquid and no longer produced impurities, becoming deep and mysterious like a black pearl, did Xiao Yan stop.

Xiao Yan followed the same method, threw the Snake Saliva Fruit into the medicine cauldron, started refining, and then expelled the impurities.

Turning the Snake Saliva Fruit into a ball of emerald green liquid and fusing it with the Ink Leaf Lotus, the two liquids with different attributes collided, making a series of sizzling sounds. When the two liquids were completely fused, a rough-looking embryonic pill appeared in the flame.

Xiao Yan then put the Gathering Spirit Grass and the Tier 2 water attribute monster core into the flame, refined these last two medicinal materials, removed the impurities, and slowly poured them into the embryonic pill.

That rough embryonic pill, after fusing the two medicinal materials, gradually became round, and a faint blue luster appeared on the surface of the pill.

After Xiao Yan continued to nourish it with the flame for a while, a pill emitting a clear fragrance and alternating blue and green appeared.

"Hehe, what does this count as? Some pills may need to be refined for months or even decades. You're just at the beginning!" Yao Lao said with contempt.

"I've been here for a while. Xiao Yi Xian came to pick me up. We discussed it yesterday that I would move here to live in the future. After all, the environment here is elegant and the energy is abundant, which is also good for cultivation," Xun Er said happily.

After Yao Lao finished speaking, he turned into a ball of white light and dived into the ring.

"I'll change it for you right now!" Xiao Yan forced his tired eyes open and helped Xiao Xun Er modify it again.

"Fine! Fine! Then let's do it together!" Xiao Yan agreed generously.

But Xiao Yan soon regretted it because these two people were really too capable of tossing him around.

"With Xun Er's personality of liking quiet, it would be strange if she didn't come?" Xiao Yan smiled helplessly and flew down from the mountain.

"What's hard about that? I'll just make another one for you!" Xiao Yan said indifferently.

After Xiao Yan walked to the foot of the mountain, he walked directly into the grass shed. Seeing the busy figures of the two girls, a smile curled at the corner of Xiao Yan's mouth, feeling that he was really too happy.

"Great! Great! Then thank you, Brother Xiao Yan! Hurry up and eat!" Xun Er said happily.

"When did Xun Er come over?" Xiao Yan asked with a smile.

"Wh... what? Two? Could it be that Xun Er also came over?" Xiao Yan said with some doubt.

Before, the two girls slept on the bed and let Xiao Yan sleep on the floor, but now Xiao Yan was in a dilemma.

"Good! Good!" Xiao Yan sighed and helplessly dismantled it to rebuild it.

"It's indeed not bad!" Xiao Yi Xian nodded and kissed Xiao Yan on the face.

The Gathering Qi Pill was refined, which also meant that Xiao Yan had advanced to a Tier 4 Alchemist.

"Are you satisfied now!" Xiao Yan looked at the two exquisite small bamboo houses in front of him and rolled his eyes.

Waking up, Xiao Yan stretched, loosened his bones, and walked straight toward the two girls' rooms.

Turning around, Xiao Yan saw Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian standing at the door of Xun Er's room, looking at him with smiles.

"Your two little girlfriends are probably waiting for you to go down to eat! Why don't you go down yet!" Yao Lao teased in his heart.

"Brother Xiao Yan, my bedroom is too small, help me make it bigger." Xiao Yi Xian looked at her bedroom and was a bit dissatisfied.

It wasn't until dark, when a cool breeze blew, that Xiao Yan woke up.

"Hmm, with your personality of liking quiet, this place is indeed very suitable for you!" Xiao Yan nodded.

Xiao Yan took a bath in the small stream in the valley and then fell asleep on a rock because Xiao Yan was really too tired.

Xiao Yan looked left and right, not knowing how to choose. In the end, he could only sigh, turn around, and prepare to leave to sleep in the cave.

"Thank you, Brother Xiao Yan!" Xiao Xun Er kissed Xiao Yan on the face.

"Brother Xiao Yan! This grass shed of mine looks a bit simple! Can you help me fix it?" Xiao Yi Xian also learned to call Xiao Yan "Brother Xiao Yan" like Xiao Xun Er.

The two girls went back and forth, making Xiao Yan busy for more than half a month. Xiao Yan helped them build houses during the day, and at night, he had to refine pills and pay the "public grain," busy and happy, his body almost collapsing.

"Refining Tier 4 pills is time-consuming! It's already noon after refining just one." Xiao Yan looked at the sun outside and said.

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words, Xun Er looked at Xiao Yan with a complex expression. In the constant exchanges with Xiao Yi Xian over the past few days, Xun Er found that the Xiao Yan in Xiao Yi Xian's mouth seemed to be two different people.

"Don't be poor! It's all earned by your own efforts." Yao Lao scolded with a smile.

"Sister Xun Er, you and Brother Xiao Yan talk! I'm leaving!" Xiao Yi Xian smiled and returned to her new home.

"Brother Xiao Yan!" Seeing Xiao Yan return, Xun Er greeted him happily.

"Brother Xiao Yan!" Just as Xiao Yan was about to leave, the voices of Xiao Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian sounded at the same time.

"Congratulations on officially becoming a Tier 4 Alchemist. I didn't expect that in just one year, you would go from a novice who knew nothing to a Tier 4 Alchemist." Yao Lao said with relief.

Looking at the table full of food, Xiao Yan's appetite increased greatly, and he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

"Sigh! That situation of refining many pills casually is gone forever." Xiao Yan sighed.

"Brother Xiao Yan! Help me fix this place too..." Seeing that Xiao Yan had finished modifying Xiao Xun Er's study, Xiao Yi Xian called Xiao Yan to work again.

"It's all thanks to Teacher's good teaching!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"Brother Xiao Yan, the lighting in my study is not enough. I often read books, which will hurt my eyes! Please help me change it, Brother Xiao Yan!" Xiao Xun Er took Xiao Yan's hand and acted like a spoiled child.

Watching Xiao Yan's departing back, Xiao Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian looked at each other and smiled. They did have some intention of deliberately tossing Xiao Yan around.

"As long as you're satisfied! I'll go take a bath and rest!" Xiao Yan rubbed his tired eyes, laughed, and left directly.

"But there is only one grass shed here, the three of us can't live in it!" Xun Er said helplessly.

Actually, his body was fine, it was mainly mental exhaustion! These two seemed to have discussed it, constantly tossing Xiao Yan, making him exhausted.

But when he walked in front of their rooms, Xiao Yan was embarrassed, not knowing which room to go to.

"Brother Xiao Yan! I need you to help me fix this too." Seeing that Xiao Yan had finished helping Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun Er pulled Xiao Yan to help her.

The further you go with pills, the more complex the refining method becomes. Wanting to refine multiple pills at once is a delusion.

The Xiao Yan in Xiao Yi Xian's mouth loved to tease people, just like a child.

But the Xiao Yan who got along with Xun Er was a calm and introverted man. Such a contrast made Xun Er feel very uncomfortable, not knowing which Xiao Yan was the real one.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 147 =====