Cultivation through Skin Making

In a flash, another half month had passed.

Song Yan lay comfortably in his bedding, his junior sister An Li in his arms as soft as a pillow, with her being pressed, hugged, or nestled against him, each having its own pleasant charm.

Perhaps due to her frequent dealings with the Profound Flower Spirit Grass, her unkempt long hair still carried a natural floral fragrance.

Song Yan breathed in this floral fragrance, feeling relaxed and at ease.

During this period, he took some time to examine the treasures he acquired on Flower Box Mountain that day.

It was a pair of boots that changed styles at will, driven by Profound Qi, but the consumption was considerable, not something Refining Profound cultivators could afford, clearly belonging to the category of Profound Treasures.

As for their function, it was "sudden eruption," enhancing speed in a short time.

Song Yan casually named these boots "Great Gale Boots" because wearing these boots felt like putting on an enhanced version of the "Gale Charm."

However, Song Yan couldn't think of any use for these Great Gale Boots at the moment, because whether it was entering combat or escaping, these boots felt somewhat superfluous.

But if combined with the "Kan Water Escape," then they might be worth a look.

While thinking, Song Yan felt the petite body in his arms start to wriggle, each twist lightly scraping his body, the close contact and rustling friction bringing indescribable comfort.

An Li, his junior sister, seemed to be quite familiar with him, speaking rather casually now, grumbling, "That Song Devil is truly detestable, just half a month and I hear him killing people here and there every day. I hope the Fox Wolf catches him soon!

Ah, senior brother, let go, get up quickly!"

"No."

Song Yan embraced the little pillow from behind.

An Li wiggled her hips, finding she couldn't move, so she turned around and pinched Song Yan's nose, saying harshly, "Let's see if you let go or not."

Song Yan let go, then together with his junior sister, they donned their Sword Robes and headed to the Cultivation Square to study Sword Dao, afterwards going to the Alchemy Room.

A lot of Essence Blood was placed on the wooden shelves in the Alchemy Room.

Song Yan's gaze swept over two bottles.

One was the Ghost Shark.

The other was the Wind Spirit Finch.

Both were advanced demon beasts.

The former belonged to Luo Wangsun, and preparations for alchemy had already been found, set to begin in the coming days. As for that vat of ordinary blood, after refining and concentrating, it was divided into only three small bottles.

The latter was a demon beast from among the more mature seven kinds of Crimson Palace Pills of the Nanwu Sword Sect.

Both of these can enhance speed, and are presently what Song Yan has set his eyes on.

The Left and Right Two Palaces do not require Essence Blood.

The role of Essence Blood is to "allow for purification," "enable the casting of racial secret techniques," "grant racial traits," etc., but the Left and Right Two Palaces themselves cannot trigger the "Essence Blood effect."

Ordinary blood placed there at most weakens the power slightly, without affecting anything else.

In short, it means "although value decreases," it does not affect "function."

...

Song Yan had considered his Nine Palace arrangement.

The Central Three Palaces' "Changwang Hu," "Night Candle Soul Worm," and "Nightmare Beast" were entirely Divine Soul oriented.

The "Multi-tailed Fox" in the Central Palace of the Lower Three Palaces was about "spell amplification and duration."

Various fortuitous encounters of the Fox Grandmother led to the augmentation of the Fear Secret Technique by the Three-tailed Fox, which in turn facilitated the Dragon Bo Illusion.

And if he wanted Dragon Bo's blood, he'd have to infiltrate the Fox Race, which was obviously impossible now.

As for the Fear Secret Technique, he already had it at hand.

The secret technique brought by the "Nightmare Beast" was to "drag the target into a nightmare while they are weak and mentally dazed, making them fearful and frightened."

This allowed him to "at night, use the Changwang Hu to provide Chong Soul, the Night Candle Soul Worm to provide Chong Soul colliding with soul, thus making the target mentally dazed, then using the Nightmare Beast to drag them into a nightmare."

And, "Dragon Bo blood" was clearly a highly compatible piece of his puzzle, completing the "nightmare" segment.

But without it, he wouldn't force it.

Song Yan was never obstinate; if one path didn't work, he would change to another. Now he'd thought of another way.

That was "speed."

The Central Three Palaces can use all kinds of flashy Divine Soul attacks to bewilder the opponent.

And as long as he's fast enough, he can grievously wound or even instantly kill the opponent in the moment they're in a daze, leaving them no chance to take out treasures or use trump cards.

The "Ghost Shark" and "Wind Spirit Finch," though ordinary, if combined with the "Multi-tailed Fox" and external Profound Treasures like the "Great Gale Boots," can stack to a quite considerable speed.

And this would also have miraculous effects when escaping.

...

"Senior brother, today we're going to refine Uncle Luo's Ghost Shark Crimson Palace Pill, are you ready?" An Li, his junior sister, was very serious.

Song Yan nodded heavily.

An Li directed, "Then let's begin.

To maximize the characteristics of the Demon Blood, I plan to spend three days and three nights slowly refining, then at a critical moment, you follow my orders and throw all the Fire Crystal Vine into the fire in one breath.

We cannot fail, there's only one chance!"

Fire Crystal Vine is a rare plant containing Fire Profound, which cannot be made into elixirs but, when thrown into Mortal Fire, can briefly increase flame temperature, enabling the "Mortal Fire" to surpass its temperature limit.

Some elixirs can only be refined under high temperatures.

Song Yan said, "Don't worry, we're old partners."

Upon hearing the words "old partners," An Li, his junior sister, gave a sweet smile, feeling that it was truly a happiness in this life to meet a fellow cultivator like Brother Bai.

No matter how dangerous it was outside, with the Song Demon, Fox Demons, Wolf Demons, and the Demon Sect out there, as long as she was with Brother Bai, there was nothing to fear.

This place is not only the alchemy room but also a home belonging to her and Senior Brother Bai.

"Mm!"

Junior Sister An Li smiled radiantly, her pretty face showing confidence, and then took a deep breath, full of primordial energy, "Let's begin!"

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"Hehe, let's start..."

The red-robed fox lightly raised its paw and tossed out a beam of light.

The light entered the Misty Sea and revealed its form.

Good heavens, it turned out to be a flood dragon covered in blue scales, with sharp teeth and a long tail, a body over ten zhang in length, and though hornless, a small ice-blue lump had appeared on its head.

As soon as the flood dragon entered the Misty Sea, it vanished, diving into the water, initially observing quietly from the edge, but before long, it opened its bloody mouth to devour fish and shrimp at the bottom.

Two days passed in a blur.

As it ate, the flood dragon suddenly noticed that the center of this water area seemed to have more food.

Besides the small demon beasts, there seemed to be plenty of food on the land.

Unable to resist temptation, it rapidly swished its tail, draining water, and moved away in a distance, the water flowers rising gradually, forming tides, and even the lake surface faced deep-sea tsunami-like waves over ten zhang high, raging and surging.

The surface of these giant waves seemed to be covered with a layer of profound qi, preventing the spray from dispersing easily, and through layered pushing, becoming even more immense.

In the sky, the clear light faded, grey mist shrouded, and the gloomy wind wailed.

The demonic waves raised seemed like a monster's tongue, trying to lick tiny bugs from the ground into its mouth.

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...

Luo Wangsun was anxiously waiting outside the alchemy room, twirling his bristly beard.

He had already prepared for the breakthrough to the late stage of the Crimson Palace, now just waiting for the "Ghost Shark Crimson Palace Pill".

Beforehand, the two little ones had repeatedly used ordinary blood to test, and the success rate was at least eighty percent, since the ghost shark was only an advanced demon beast, not a Crimson Palace demon beast.

Just as he was thinking, suddenly Luo Wangsun noticed the sky darken, immediately followed by a loud noise, causing the whole Warm Water Island to tremble, a water curtain covered the sky, making the island seem to sink underwater, with no sight of floating clouds but only black water stretching out.

Luo Wangsun's heart shivered, thinking "Not good", he rushed into the alchemy room, and upon looking inside, his face turned white.

The earth's tremor directly dimmed the fire under the alchemy furnace.

An Li's eyes turned red, shouting, "It's okay, Uncle Luo! Fire! Senior Brother! Fire!!"

Song Yan suddenly fanned, while An Li used magic to stabilize the alchemy furnace.

And at this time, the ground shook violently again.

Luo Wangsun was furious, grabbing a long spear from the void, and shouted "Courting death!", then flew out, soon seeing the culprit, his anger instantly vanished, replaced by a bit of excitement.

"Water Abyss Flood Dragon!! Crimson Palace Demon Beast! How can there be such a thing?!!"

He couldn't help but rejoice.

Setting the Third Central Palace with the "Water Abyss Flood Dragon" would make his power soar, far beyond the "Ghost Shark".

Although knowing that the Crimson Palace demon beast erysipelas was extremely potent, Luo Wangsun still laughed and charged with his spear.

This "Water Abyss Flood Dragon" seemed tailor-made for him!

On the other side, a sword rainbow rushed over.

Luo Wangsun turned his head and saw it was the grand elder.

But today's grand elder was unusual, hair disheveled, face haggard, eyes bloodshot.

Seeing the "Water Abyss Flood Dragon", the grand elder's tired eyes suddenly emitted light: "Crimson Palace Demon Beast!!"

Since half a month ago, when a crack appeared in his sword heart, he sought every possible means to mend it, thinking over and over that only greater strength would suffice.

This led him to overthrow his original stable plan, and think of finding a Crimson Palace demon beast.

Only the strength of a Crimson Palace demon beast might help his sword heart heal.

To get what he wished for was unexpected.

The grand elder was increasingly pleased, wanting to ascend with the sword.

Luo Wangsun noticed his intent, slightly frowned.

Regarding family power, he could abstain from rivalry, but this was the path of seeking the Dao, so how could he yield?

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Boom!

Bang bang bang!

Another series of continuous shaking.

The ceiling was further assaulted by currents, brushing back and forth.

And the flames beneath the alchemy furnace dimmed slightly.

"Fire Crystal Vine! Fire Crystal Vine!!" An Li shouted helplessly, yet gritted her teeth hoping to reverse the situation with intense fire.

Song Yan hurriedly sent vines to the furnace bottom.

Then a blaze, after lifting the lid, revealed the elixir was discolored.

An Li froze, muttering, "Failed....."