Soul Emperor Martial God

Inside the Medicine Tower.

About half an hour ago.

Xiao Yi reached the eighth floor.

He approached the wooden platform and took down three pill recipes to examine.

"Hmm? Three peak fifth-grade pill recipes?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brows.

Completing the pill recipes was no small challenge.

Most of the ingredients and steps were missing.

Alchemists had to fully comprehend the pill recipes and then refine the Elixirs.

This made pill recipes of the same tier several times more difficult.

Three peak fifth-grade pill recipes.

Without the strength of a sixth-grade Alchemist, it would be absolutely impossible to complete and refine them.

"It seems that most people will be stuck on this eighth floor," Xiao Yi murmured to himself.

"Only Jie Mo and the other two can break through this floor and enter the subsequent levels."

Xiao Yi glanced around.

Several peak fifth-grade Alchemists who had ascended the floors rapidly, as well as a few advanced fifth-grade Alchemists.

They were all deeply immersed in meditation, struggling to comprehend the pill recipes on this level.

But from their expressions, their brows furrowed, their faces anxious,

it was clear they were getting nowhere.

Xiao Yi's guess was not wrong.

Indeed, only Jie Mo and his two companions had broken through this eighth floor and entered the levels beyond.

But he did not know their exact floor.

The Deacons inside the Medicine Tower did not report the progress of other contestants to the participants.

...

At this moment, Xiao Yi methodically began to memorize the three pill recipes.

In fact, if there were no outsiders present,

with the aid of the Taiyin and Taiyang Eyes and the Ice Phoenix Sword,

comprehending the pill recipes would have been instantaneous.

But now, he was memorizing slowly.

The content on each pill recipe was extensive.

He had to memorize them without missing a single word.

Naturally, this would take quite some time.

Half an hour later.

Xiao Yi put down the three pill recipes.

Then, he closed his eyes and introspected the Ice Phoenix Sword in the Small World within his body.

To outsiders, it would seem he was contemplating, pondering.

After a while.

Xiao Yi opened his eyes and smiled slightly.

He had now mastered the perfect method of refining the three peak fifth-grade pill recipes.

The next second, he took out the Alchemy Furnace.

Purple Flame coalesced.

In no time at all, three peak fifth-grade Elixirs were successfully refined.

Just as Xiao Yi was about to select five rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures,

Suddenly, Ye Ming ascended from the seventh floor to the eighth.

"Ye Ming," Xiao Yi called out indifferently.

"Brother Yi," Ye Ming saluted with his hands, but his face bore a wry smile.

Originally, with Ye Ming's mid-grade fifth-grade alchemy skills,

he should have had no chance of reaching the eighth floor.

The pill recipes of the sixth floor consisted of three mid-grade fifth-grade recipes.

The seventh floor held three advanced fifth-grade recipes.

On both these levels, Xiao Yi had secretly guided him in the refinement methods before leaving.

Therefore, now that Xiao Yi had just finished refining the recipes of the eighth floor,

he had also completed the seventh floor's recipes and arrived at the eighth floor.

"Go get the pill recipe," Xiao Yi said.

"Okay," Ye Ming nodded his head and took three pill recipes from the wooden platform.

However, upon returning to Xiao Yi, he hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yi asked with confusion.

Ye Ming replied with a wry smile, "Brother Yi, you should stop guiding me."

"I know my own ability."

"With your help, getting to the eighth floor is already quite an achievement."

"I don't want to go any further."

"Why?" Xiao Yi asked.

Ye Ming shook his head and said, "It's not by true ability that I climbed up."

"Getting a good ranking is also useless."

"And those rewards, I'd feel restless if I took them."

"This..." Xiao Yi was slightly taken aback.

"Forget it," Xiao Yi shook his head.

"If you don't want to continue climbing, then so be it."

Ye Ming saluted with his hands, "Brother Yi, sorry for wasting your kindness."

"No worries," Xiao Yi smiled faintly, indicating he didn't mind.

He was well aware that Ye Ming, apart from being inexperienced in worldly matters,

was also quite old-fashioned.

Ye Ming sat down on his own in a vacant space to ponder over the pill recipe.

He thought, if he could comprehend it, he would; if not, he would let it be.

Being stuck on the eighth floor like most of the other Alchemists was still respectable.

And Xiao Yi, after examining all the treasures under the Flowing Light Restriction,

picked out the five most excellent and rare ones.

Then, holding three Elixirs, he passed through the restriction of the eighth floor

and entered the ninth.

...

Upon reaching the ninth floor,

Xiao Yi was the only person in the spacious level.

He went to the wooden platform and took down three pill recipes.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi showed a hint of surprise.

"Three first-grade early-stage pill recipes?"

Indeed, these three were the most basic first-grade early-stage pill recipes.

Such pill recipes were so simple that Xiao Yi didn't even need the Ice Phoenix Sword.

He casually refined three Elixirs right away.

Xiao Yi walked towards the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures under the Flowing Light Restriction.

The pill recipes here were easy to refine.

But the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were actually First Grade medicinal materials.

Of course, Xiao Yi didn't care.

Among the First Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, those rare ones were equally hard to come by.

Moreover, because they were low-level, they were sometimes even harder to find.

After looking through them thoroughly once again, he found five of the most rare and best Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures among them.

Holding three Elixir Pills.

Xiao Yi easily entered the ninth layer.

On the ninth layer, there was also only him.

He took three pill recipes.

He was startled once more.

"First-grade Intermediate Pill Recipe?"

As with the previous floors.

Xiao Yi refined the Elixir Pills, picked out the rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, and once again proceeded to the next level.

The tenth layer.

"First-grade Advanced Pill Recipe?"

The eleventh layer.

"First-grade Peak Pill Recipe?"

All the way up to the twentieth layer.

Xiao Yi took the three pill recipes from the wooden stand.

Xiao Yi finally understood.

"Third-grade Peak Pill Recipe."

"So that's how it is," Xiao Yi nodded and suddenly smiled.

The grade of the pill recipes on each floor increased by one minor tier.

Each tier of pill recipe took up four floors.

They were the Initial Level, Intermediate, Advanced, and Peak.

The Fourth Grade pill recipes took up four floors, and so did the Fifth Grade ones.

That was the first to the eighth floors.

After that, there were the First to Third Grade pill recipes.

They were also separated into Initial Level, Intermediate, Advanced, and Peak.

In total, that was 12 floors.

Adding them up, it came to exactly 20 floors.

After refining the Elixir Pills.

Xiao Yi entered the 21st floor.

Here, there was still only him alone.

He took the pill recipes.

Indeed, as he had guessed.

Here, Sixth-grade Basic Pill Recipes appeared.

Xiao Yi speculated.

The Medicine Tower was under a huge Spiritual Energy Restriction.

To preserve the medicinal power of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures inside so it wouldn't dissipate.

The higher one went in the tower.

The more abundant the spiritual energy became, and the better the effect of preserving the medicinal power.

The First to Third Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

The power inherent within them wasn't too much, compared to the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of a higher grade.

They were more fragile and more prone to the loss of medicinal power.

Hence, they were placed on the ninth to twentieth floors.

The Fourth and Fifth Grade Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Contained a considerable amount of power within them and were easy to preserve.

So they were placed from the first to the eighth floors.

And the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of the Sixth Grade and above.

Especially the ones from the rare rows, were already quite precious.

Naturally, they were placed on the higher floors.

Just as he did before, Xiao Yi memorized the three Sixth-grade Early Stage Pill Recipes.

He refined the Elixir Pills and chose five items.

Entering the next layer.

Which was the 22nd layer.

On the 22nd layer, it was not empty of people.

Because Jie Mo and two Sword Masters were trapped here.

"Hmm?" Jie Mo looked at Xiao Yi, who had suddenly arrived, and smiled.

"Yi Xiao, you've finally arrived."

"This 22nd layer, all three pill recipes are Sixth-grade Intermediate."

"With our capabilities, it's hard to complete them and pass."

"I want to see if you have the ability to get through."

The two Sword Masters sneered.

"This guy, so much slower than us."

"Jie Mo, you still hope for him?"

"Had we not been trapped on the 22nd layer so long, we would have left him far behind."

"Maybe we would have already reached the Peak of Medicine Tower."

"Foolish." Jie Mo scoffed disdainfully.

"The 22nd layer already presents Sixth-grade Intermediate Pill Recipes."

"The 23rd layer will definitely have Sixth-grade Advanced Pill Recipes."

"The higher we go, it's possible the pill recipes could reach Seventh-grade."

"What will you use to reach the Peak of Medicine Tower?"

"Humph." The two Sword Masters at these words had an ugly look on their faces but said no more.

Jie Mo coldly laughed and said, "Rumor has it, at the Peak of Medicine Tower."

"There lies the most precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures of Medicine King Valley."

"Their grade is definitely above Seventh-grade, even reaching Eighth-grade."

"And they have been tempered by the Star Power for a hundred years."

"Their effects can be called miraculous."

"Such treasures, do you think Medicine King Valley would just watch us go up there and obtain them?"

"Thinking of reaching the Peak of Medicine Tower is nothing but a pipe dream."

"The 22nd layer is probably where the four of us will stop."

Xiao Yi shook his head lightly.

"The view from the top level of the Medicine Tower, I, Yi, would like to see for myself."

With that said, Xiao Yi walked over to the wooden stand and took down three pill recipes.

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