Chapter 139: Enlightenment in the Dao of the Five Elements

The Enlightenment Seed was merely a legendary existence in Wuhuang Province.

In all ancient records, it had only appeared once ten thousand years ago…

And as ten thousand years passed, only rumors remained about that person…

Therefore, no one knew what other functions the Enlightenment Seed might have, besides being greatly beneficial to Alchemy, Artifact Refining, and Formations.

It was only known from descriptions in ancient texts that obtaining the Enlightenment Seed depended entirely on one's own Opportunity, and it could not be forcibly taken by others.

"Forget it, I'll ignore it for now."

At this moment, the Enlightenment Seed in Xiao Fan's body had returned to its previous state, motionless, without the slightest reaction.

Xiao Fan turned his gaze to the bronze alchemy furnace; he wanted to continue Alchemy…

He picked up another wood-attribute Spirit Stone and infused it with Qi. This time, without the absorption by the Enlightenment Seed inside his body, the entire process went very smoothly.

The wood element within the Spirit Stone was activated, emitting a cyan light.

Xiao Fan threw the wood-attribute Spirit Stone into the fire.

Xiao Fan observed carefully.

The flames this time were different from the previous two times…

When fire meets fire, it burns more fiercely…

When water meets fire, they conflict, and the fire is extinguished.

But when this wood met fire, the fire actually intensified in a gradually gentle manner…

It was not an instantaneous, violent intensification, but rather a very gentle, slow, and gradual increase that lasted for a long time…

"Is this how wood generates fire…"

Xiao Fan muttered, and the Enlightenment Seed within his body trembled slightly without him realizing it…

Xiao Fan felt his mind suddenly become clearer…

"The Five Elements conflict, but that is only a mutual restraint at the same Realm… And the Five Elements generating each other is not just one plus one; it is a gentle, continuous, and enduring process…"

Without realizing it, Xiao Fan had grasped the principles contained within the Dao of the Five Elements.

Although this realization was very simple, it was something that most Cultivators found difficult to understand in their entire lives.

Unlike verbal teachings or studying ancient texts, this was a true realization of the profound meaning within.

All things in the world are within the Five Elements.

Every blade of grass and tree, every grain of sand and speck of dust, a spark of fire, the morning dew and light rain…

In the blink of an eye, Xiao Fan had even grasped the supreme truth that even someone whose cultivation was several major Realms higher than his would struggle to understand in their entire life.

And this realization would play a crucial role in his future growth.

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Alchemy continued. If the fire was not strong enough, he added fire-attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stones…

If he wanted the fire to be steady, he added wood-attribute Top-Grade Spirit Stones…

If he felt the fire was too fierce, he added water-attribute Spirit Stones…

Such an extravagant method of Alchemy was probably something only he could do in the Nine Provinces Continent.

During this process, using various Top-Grade Spirit Stones to control the size of the fire required him to constantly infuse Qi into the Spirit Stones to activate the elemental attributes within them.

For himself, this was also a very good form of Cultivation.

And as he used Top-Grade Spirit Stones to fuel the fire, his mastery over the fire's intensity was improving rapidly without him realizing it…

A night passed, and inside the star chart, Xiao Fan was covered in sweat; he felt he was reaching his limit…

Constantly infusing Qi had drained his body…

It was no different from fighting a great battle.

"I have already failed over fifty furnaces, I do not believe I will fail this time…"

There was unwillingness in Xiao Fan's tone… He had refined over fifty furnaces tonight, but none were successful.

If it were any other Alchemy apprentice doing this…

They would have likely had their legs broken and been kicked out long ago; the medicinal materials for over fifty furnaces… that would be a huge amount of Spirit Stones.

Even if it were just the medicinal materials needed to refine a Rank-1 Medicinal Pill, it would still be a large sum of Spirit Stones.

But Xiao Fan did not care about any of this.

Using Top-Grade Spirit Stones to fuel the fire, with an unlimited supply of high-quality medicinal materials…

If he didn't know that Alchemy required gradual progress, he would have even wanted to try directly refining a Rank-3 Medicinal Pill…

This time, Xiao Fan was extremely careful, controlling the fire to a steady state, neither too big nor too small, neither hurried nor impatient…

Then, he placed the medicinal materials for refining the yiqi pill into the furnace, one by one.

After a night of continuous refining, he was already familiar with these steps.

"This time, it must succeed…"

Xiao Fan muttered in a low voice, a sharp light flashing in his eyes…

Concentrating his attention, he meticulously refined this furnace of Medicinal Pills.

Rolling cyan smoke emerged from the bronze alchemy furnace. Xiao Fan did not rush; he continued to add Spiritual Plants and control the fire.

"Boom"…

A loud noise erupted from the bronze alchemy furnace.

This time, Xiao Fan's face was filled with ecstasy; it had been cyan smoke emerging the whole time, not black smoke.

That proved that the Medicinal Pill refining process had been successful throughout, and the final loud noise indicated that the Medicinal Pill had been successfully refined.

Xiao Fan opened it impatiently. A furnace of Medicinal Pills did not mean it failed only if it exploded midway or emitted black smoke.

Everything seemed normal, but even if the final refining was complete, failure often occurred after opening the furnace.

"Thump-thump" "Thump-thump"

Xiao Fan's heart rate accelerated. Even when he took first place in the Outer Sect selection tournament, he had not been as excited as he was now.

These were two different feelings; this was progress in another Domain.

From an ignorant novice to whether he could refine a Rank-1 Medicinal Pill.

The bronze alchemy furnace opened.

Inside lay five Medicinal Pills quietly, four of which were already cracked and covered in fissures.

But the remaining one emitted wafts of medicinal fragrance.

"It's a success!!"