Chapter 33 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

“I’ll do my best, Senior Brother Yun!” Feng He promised solemnly. He could tell it from the look on Yun Shu’s face that the matter was critical.

“Huang Sheng! Find him! It was Huang Sheng who brought those people here! He must die!” Yun Shu said word by word, his eyes clouded with fury.

“I understand!” Feng He nodded. He was one of the victims, so he also hated Huang Sheng a lot.

“Take care.” Yun Shu patted Feng He’s shoulder and went back to his stone shelter.

In his own place, the first thing he did was take out the furnace for alchemy. Now, he finally had some time to study this thing.

Yun Shu sized the furnace up with his eyes several times. It just looked like a simple, run-of-the-mill furnace, nothing special. Yet, he knew that there was more to it than what appeared on the surface.

The best way to figure it out was to use the furnace. Yun Shu took out a top ginseng from his cosmic bag. Before he was exiled to the Valley of Crime, Yun Shu had once read a couple of books on refining supreme pills.

More or less, Yun Shu had some basic understanding of alchemy, but he never had a chance to give it a try. Finally, the time was ripe, with all the resources at hand.

Yun Shu put the ginseng into the furnace and turned his Spirit Qi into a flame. Meanwhile, he used his golden pupils to observe the furnace carefully.

As he expected, infused with his Spirit Qi, the furnace started moving the two airflows of Yin and Yang around that supreme-grade ginseng.

Did it work?

Yun Shu was surprised. However, at this time, the two flows suddenly lost the subtle balance between them. The next moment, heavy smoke came out of the furnace as the ginseng had been turned into a pile of ash.

Yun Shu’s first attempt was unsuccessful as expected.

This failure would have been a horrible blow to most people. However, it was nothing for Yun Shu. Instead, he focused his mind on that moment when the balance was suddenly lost.

What was the reason behind it?

Yun Shu thought to himself hard, his brain running on all cylinders.

Suddenly, he realized something: the nature of the supreme-grade ginseng was pure Yang. Therefore, when it was being refined, pure Yin herbs were needed to maintain the harmony between the two opposites! But how could Yun Shu find some in the Valley of Crime?

Yun Shu was left with no other choice but to go to the world behind the stone gates. Without any hesitation, he reversed his cultivation technique and went back.

As soon as Yun Shu showed up, the little chick popped out and gave him a warm welcome. The size of the little chick had grown quite a bit, but it was still the same close to Yun Shu.

“Little thing, can you find some more herbs in the mist for me? This time, I don’t want ginseng, but something else.” Yun Shu patted its tiny head.

The little chick hurriedly nodded and dived into the red mist. Yun Shu’s cultivation had been greatly improved in this period. However, the more progress he made, the more acute his senses became. So, he knew how dangerous the red mist could be.

He was well aware of the fact that even a little bit of the red mist could be fatal to him in his current condition. Yet, the little chick was not affected by it at all, which made Yun Shu convinced that it was a mythical creature!

After a while, the little chick came back with three spirit herbs in its beak. Yun Shu checked the herbs with his golden pupils and shook his head.

“They are indeed good, but their nature isn’t pure Yin. Go and find something else for me, will you?” Yun Shu said to the little chick.

The little chick went back without any delay. Soon, it brought back another few spirit herbs. Again, they were not the ones that Yun Shu was looking for.

The little chick kept going back and forth into the red mist and brought different spirit herbs. But Yun Shu still had not found the right one.

At the same time, Yun Shu was also shocked. Even though most of the spirit herbs were strange to Yun Shu, he knew how valuable they were.