The flames within the alchemy furnace grew increasingly fierce, raising the temperature around it so high that the entire room seemed like a gigantic crucible.

A faint medicinal fragrance wafted through the room, the essence of the herbs Ye Chen had added to the alchemy furnace.

"With my True Qi enhancing it, the temperature inside the alchemy furnace can reach around 3000 degrees, enough to melt even steel, and even the average temperature in this room has exceeded 100 degrees. This is exactly the ideal flame refining temperature required for concocting the Strength God Elixir!"

Ye Chen stood before the alchemy furnace, his body emitting a blue vapor and white smoke. Had it not been for his protective True Qi, he would have been baked to death by the intense heat long ago!

"So, let the concoction of the Strength God Elixir begin!"

Ye Chen's eyes shone as he carefully selected the necessary herbs from a small mountain of ingredients to make the Strength God Elixir.

"Snow Velvet Grass, Ear Mite Flower, Hibiscus Blood Branch, Great Summer Leaf..."

Ye Chen crushed one portion of herbs after another and tossed them into the mouth of the nine dragon heads in the furnace, intensifying the medicinal fragrance inside the alchemy furnace.

Ye Chen began multitasking, using his Pill Control Skill to amalgamate the herbs in the furnace, while simultaneously enhancing the flames with his True Qi.

Alchemy is an ancient and traditional secret technique of medicine making. Those who can be called alchemists are very rare nowadays, almost extinct.

Ye Chen had never encountered another alchemist besides himself. The requirements to become an alchemist are extremely onerous; one must not only have profound medical knowledge but also the cultivation of a Martial Arts Master.

A Martial Arts Master is merely the minimum threshold to become an alchemist, otherwise, one simply cannot withstand the entire alchemy process.

The alchemy furnace needs to be maintained at high temperatures above 2500 degrees for extended periods, and ordinary flames simply cannot burn at such a degree, so one can only rely on manual power, enhancing the flames with True Qi!

Moreover, the temperature around the alchemy furnace is very high, and wearing heat-resistant clothing that could affect bodily coordination would only interfere with the alchemy process. An alchemist standing in front of the furnace can only rely on True Qi for protection to not be melted by the heat.

All these factors combined make alchemists an extremely rare breed, and they have always been a treasured rarity throughout the ages.

Ye Chen's ancestor Ye Tianshi, was himself an Alchemy Grandmaster.

The Tianshi Medical Classic contains a formula for the Creation Divine Elixir, a potion rumored to elevate an ordinary person straight to a Martial Arts Grandmaster, forever youthful!

However, such a heaven-defying elixir could not even be concocted by Ye Tianshi. The recipe for the Creation Divine Elixir was a fortuitous find by Ancestor Ye and was recorded in the Tianshi Medical Classic!

The Creation Divine Elixir, with the word 'divine' in its name, is surely ranked among divine miracle medicines.

And now, Ye Chen was on the verge of concocting the Strength God Elixir. Though its name also contained the word 'divine', it paled in comparison to the Creation Divine Elixir. Nevertheless, it was an extremely rare Martial Way Holy Medicine that could spur tremendous progression for someone in the Grandmaster Realm!

The Strength God Elixir is exceedingly difficult to concoct, first because the ingredients are hard to find, and second because it has high demands on the alchemist!

To make this elixir, one needs strong cultivation and even stronger Pill Control Skill; the absence of either makes it impossible to create such a Martial Way Holy Elixir!

Ye Chen, being in the Mid Grandmaster Stage with robust blood energy and boundlessly dense True Qi, was confident in his alchemy technique, which he had acquired from the Tianshi Medical Classic and refined to perfection. Hence, he felt assured in his ability to produce the Strength God Elixir!

Alchemists, like martial artists, are categorized into several ranks: Alchemist, Alchemy Master, Alchemy Grandmaster!

These three ranks delineate the levels of an alchemist's capability. There may be realms beyond these, but Ye Chen had no contact with them. Even his ancestor Ye Tianshi was only an Alchemy Grandmaster!

There must be higher realms above the Alchemy Grandmaster, as the Creation Divine Elixir mentioned in the Tianshi Medical Classic is evidently something that only someone above an Alchemy Grandmaster could concoct.

But whether it's an Alchemy Grandmaster or someone above that in the Dao of alchemy, these are realms beyond Ye Chen's current comprehension.

Ye Chen was still an Alchemist, a far cry from those lofty masters of the Dao of alchemy.

However, if today he could successfully concoct the Strength God Elixir, then he could be considered to have entered the realm of an Alchemy Master, for only an Alchemy Master could produce such an elixir. It would be a watershed moment!

The flames in the alchemy furnace roared like a fire dragon, manipulated by Ye Chen using the Pill Control Skill, continuously refining the essence of various herbs, allowing the essences to merge perfectly and condense into the Strength God Elixir!

Two days later, the Strength God Elixir was only lacking its final main ingredient to complete the concoction. However, Ye Chen stared at the medicine chest with a solemn expression.

"Thousand-year Ginseng, this is the primary ingredient for the Strength God Elixir, yet such a medicinal herb is exceedingly rare to find. Chu Yanran could only find one!"

"The scarcity of ingredients doesn't permit me to concoct the Strength God Elixir again! Should I fail, I'll face the prospect of all my efforts being in vain."

For the past two days and nights, Ye Chen hadn't even blinked, ceaselessly controlling the fire to refine the pills, and now the Strength God Elixir was on the brink of completion.

This was the final step and the most crucial one. Should any misstep occur in the fire controlling phase of the pill creation, all his prior efforts would come to naught!

"But will I fail?" Ye Chen suddenly smiled. In that moment, his eyes sparkled with an extraordinary self-confidence. "I won't fail. The Strength God Elixir will be successfully concocted, and I shall rise to become an Alchemy Master!"

With no hesitation or pause, Ye Chen took the Thousand-year Ginseng out of the medicine chest. He squeezed it into a paste with a single motion, then flicked it into the alchemy furnace with a toss of his hand.

"Fire Dragon Concocting Elixir, integrating Thousand-year Ginseng, Strength God Elixir solidify!"

Ye Chen controlled the flame within the furnace, perfectly blending the essence of the Thousand-year Ginseng with the essences of other herbs, as an ancient and refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted from the Alchemy Furnace, the Strength God Elixir was ready!

"Elixir from mud, ninety-nine to eighty-one!"

Ye Chen used the Pill Control Skill to turn that large clump of medicinal mud for the Strength God Elixir into ninety-nine Strength God Elixirs!

As the Strength God Elixir was about to be completed, Ye Chen concentrated with all his might, and after eighty-eight hours, the Fire Dragon in the Alchemy Furnace dissipated, the flames gradually extinguished, but the medicinal scent of the Strength God Elixir grew even more intense, a sign of the furnace opening.

"Now is the moment, Nine Dragons Spitting Pearls, open the furnace!"

True Qi flowed around Ye Chen's body as he pushed the Pill Control Skill to its limit, Nine Dragons Spitting Pearls; each dragon's head spouted nine Elixirs the size of dragon's eyes.

Ye Chen held a piece of fine silk in his hand, his body flickered in the void like a phantom, and all ninety-nine Strength God Elixirs were collected by him.

"I have finally refined the Strength God Elixir, from now on I have leaped from an Alchemist to an Alchemy Master, and the next breakthrough will be that of a medicinal elixir Grandmaster like Ancestor Ye!"

Looking at the eighty-one Strength God Elixirs caught in the silk, Ye Chen's face showed infinite joy, his eyebrows danced in excitement.

"The Strength God Elixir is a Martial Way Holy Medicine that accelerates the cultivation speed of Grandmasters. With this furnace of Strength God Elixirs, I can at least enhance my ability to the late stage of a Martial Arts Grandmaster, or even the Grandmaster Peak."

Smelling the medicinal fragrance of the Strength God Elixir, the True Qi inside Ye Chen couldn't help but surge up; such a Martial Way Holy Medicine would definitely allow a Grandmaster to advance by leaps and bounds!

With this furnace of Strength God Elixirs, Ye Chen's cultivation would surely skyrocket in a short time, and before the agreed battle with that Martial Arts colossus, he could at least reach the late stage of a Martial Arts Grandmaster!

Ye Chen, with his profound knowledge, held several Martial Way Secret Techniques; even if he was only in the late Grandmaster stage and not in the Grandmaster Peak Realm, he was confident in battling that colossus!

"Next up, I'm going to refine the Pure Yang Elixir!" Having stored away the Strength God Elixir, Ye Chen had no thoughts of resting and intended to keep the momentum going by also refining the Pure Yang Elixir right away.

"The Pure Yang Elixir is a tier lower than the Strength God Elixir, perfectly suited for Martial Arts Masters. I've been able to refine it long ago, but now that I've created the Strength God Elixir and advanced to an Alchemy Master, a furnace of Pure Yang Elixir will naturally be a cinch!"

"Logically speaking, the effects of the Strength God Elixir far exceed those of the Pure Yang Elixir. However, Xiao Chenchen is just a child with a constitution too weak to withstand the immense medicinal power of the Strength God Elixir. The Pure Yang Elixir is already his limit!"

"Nevertheless, the Pure Yang Elixir is enough to control the evil aura in his body. It's no big deal; when I become a Land God, I'll simply change his fate!"

Ye Chen's thoughts moved, but his hands didn't idle; for him, refining the Pure Yang Elixir was a breeze.

In his Martial Arts Master Realm phase, he had once created a furnace of Pure Yang Elixirs to enhance his cultivation. Now that he was in the Grandmaster Realm and had created the Strength God Elixir, refining a furnace of Pure Yang Elixirs was naturally straightforward.

Adding ingredients, controlling the flame, tempering the pill!

After refining the Strength God Elixir, Ye Chen proceeded with Alchemy once more, his every movement showed calm and composure, exuding the demeanor of an Alchemy Master.

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"Chu, this is the apple of Mr. Ye's eye, Ye Wushuang!"

Tong Xingtong brought a lovely and vibrant young woman over to Chu Yanran, making the introduction.

"Miss Ye, hello!" Chu Yanran offered a charming smile and extended a hand of friendship to Ye Wushuang.

"Chu, hello!" Ye Wushuang, slightly nervous, shook hands gently with Chu Yanran. "You're my idol; I'm so happy to be by your side!"

"Don't be so formal calling me 'you'; it feels awkward. I'm only a few years older than you. Just call me Chu, and I'll call you Sister Wushuang," Chu Yanran said generously, smiling at Ye Wushuang.

Chu Yanran, a legend among businesswomen, wouldn't be so courteous to just anyone, but given Ye Wushuang's extraordinary background, she didn't think it fit to act high and mighty.

"You are so kind, Chu!" Ye Wushuang was absolutely delighted, her relationship with her idol having bridged a significant gap.

"Wushuang, you're quite remarkable too!" said Chu Yanran, beaming.

This Ye Wushuang, with her distinguished background, not only had an exceptional temperament but also a solid education. Such talent by her side gave Chu Yanran face when out in public.

Chu Yanran and Ye Wushuang chatted casually for a while. And perhaps it was the easy camaraderie among beautiful women, but Chu Yanran felt this girl was quite nice, youthful and vivacious. They hit it off in their conversation.

"Wushuang, since you're new here, go familiarize yourself with my estate with Ms. Wu first. I've arranged a room for you; from now on, you'll live here," said Chu Yanran.

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