In the Wasteland, wars between tribes often happened in order to fight for resources, to plunder people, and to survive and multiply. Fortunately, each tribe restrained themselves. Unless there was a life-and-death feud, there were very few incidents where someone was killed. Otherwise, there would be no one to resist the foreign tribes and protect the billions of territories in the Wasteland.
As for the enmity between the Gu Yuan Tribe and the Mysterious Snake and Kui Shui Tribes, it could be said to have been a long time coming. Xiao Chen's sudden rise and the sudden appearance of a Medial Grade Primordial Stone Vein in the Gu Yuan Territory finally became the fuse between the two tribes and the Gu Yuan Tribe.
After all, the Gu Yuan Tribe had been bullied by these two tribes for eight hundred years. Now that Xiao Chen had risen to power, the tribe's territory had expanded by one thousand kilometers, occupying an area of one thousand five hundred kilometers. In such a vast land, the Gu Yuan Tribe was fully deserving of being the overlord.
On this piece of land, the rare treasures and medicines that were excavated belonged to the Gu Yuan Tribe, and the ores that were used to forge Battle Weapons belonged to the Gu Yuan Tribe. Even the extremely precious Yuan Stone Mine belonged to the Gu Yuan Tribe. The increase in territory meant the increase in strength. Who could guarantee that the Gu Yuan Tribe would not seek revenge on the two tribes in the future when they truly rose to power?
As the saying goes, the first to strike gains the upper hand, and the last to strike suffers a calamity. At this moment, the Mysterious Snake and Kui Shui Tribes clearly wanted to get rid of the Gu Yuan Tribe once and for all. They wanted to nip this seed in the bud. After the Gu Yuan Tribe was destroyed, it would be easy for the two tribes to annex or support a few puppet tribes. This kind of thing was as common as having a meal in the Wasteland.
After leaving the space on the first floor of the stone tower, Xiao Chen directly returned to his residence on the top floor. As the resting place of the tribe leader, the main space could be said to be unusually spacious. The huge bluestone bed was 15 feet long and 2 feet wide. Sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, Xiao Chen waved his hand and several items instantly appeared in front of him.
Dan Ding had several kinds of herbs. At this moment, he was about to start refining pills. The Mysterious Snake and Kui Shui Tribes had at least five Blood Refining Realm warriors. Although his Gu Yuan Tribe had three Blood Refining Realm warriors, the Second Elder, Lin Shan, was far away in Duanmu City and had yet to return due to his serious injuries. Although Mu Qing was in the Blood Refining Realm, she had not experienced many battles. As a result, the Gu Yuan Tribe was at a disadvantage in terms of the tribe's peak combat power.
Under the care of Xiao Chen, Huang Liang, Shiya, and others in the tribe had reached the Peak of the Bone Tempering Realm. They were only one step away from the Blood Refining Realm, but this step was like a natural moat. At this moment, they could only break through with the help of external forces.
Therefore, no matter what, Xiao Chen had to give it his all. At this moment, he was going to refine a kind of elixir called the Meridian Connecting Pill. It was a supreme elixir for martial artists in the Peak of the Bone Tempering Realm to break through to the Blood Refining Realm. However, the grade of this elixir was too high. With Xiao Chen's current realm, he did not know what the success rate was.
This Meridian Connecting Pill used the Meridian Connecting Grass as the main ingredient. Together with 18 other 500-year-old elixirs, they were refined into elixirs. This time, the ordinary top-grade charcoal was already too much to bear. He needed low-grade primordial stones as fuel and refined it with the essence fire ignited by Battle Qi. It had to be said that refining elixirs was really a money-burning profession. If the elixir was successfully refined, then it was fine. If not, then it would be a total loss.
After preparing the primordial stones and herbs, Xiao Chen slightly closed his eyes and started to adjust the berserk Battle Qi in his body. 15 minutes later, when he opened his eyes again, his pitch-black eyes were as calm as water without the slightest ripple. At the same time, the methods and precautions for refining the Meridian Connecting Pill constantly flashed across his mind.
Without any hesitation, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Stones under the cauldron were instantly ignited by Battle Qi. In the blink of an eye, the blazing primordial stone fire enveloped the entire cauldron.
Soon, the entire room was filled with a scorching heat. It could be imagined how amazing the heat in the cauldron was at this moment.
It was now!
Without any hesitation, Xiao Chen put the Meridian Connecting Grass on the side into the cauldron. The Meridian Connecting Grass, which was more than 30 centimeters high and was emerald and translucent, only lasted for less than 15 minutes under the intense high temperature. The emerald green leaves showed signs of melting.
Xiao Chen's spiritual perception surged into the cauldron like a tide as he constantly sensed the changes of the Meridian Connecting Grass. At the same time, he constantly adjusted the temperature of the entire cauldron according to the changes of the Meridian Connecting Grass.
The Meridian Connecting Grass was constantly devoured by the Meridian Connecting Grass. The emerald and translucent body of the herb was constantly decomposed into extremely pure, tiny particles, which emitted a rich fragrance.
After refining the Meridian Connecting Grass, the main ingredient of the Meridian Connecting Pill, it was much easier to refine the other herbs. After taking the refined Meridian Connecting Grass out of the cauldron, he put them into the jade box that he had prepared.
Closely after that, Xiao Chen slowly sat down with crossed legs and burned the entire cauldron with his battle qi to remove the remaining impurities in the cauldron caused by refining the Meridian Connecting Grass. After cleaning the cauldron, the 1 cm high beast pattern cauldron was wrapped by the white essence stone flame.
Perhaps it was because Xiao Chen's strength had increased, or perhaps it was because he was under pressure from an external enemy that he was able to perform better than he normally did. So far, Xiao Chen's refinement had been smooth sailing. He had already finished refining the Meridian Unblocking Grass, which was the most difficult to refine. Indeed, the refinement of the next few herbs went smoothly as well.
Watching the 10-odd piles of translucent powder-like particles in front of him, each pile was giving out dazzling brilliance while the fragrance of herbs echoed with each other.
Hum!
Xiao Chen took a deep breath, and the air within a radius of several tens of meters in the stone room directly collapsed with the rich fragrance of herbs. The next step was the most important moment of this alchemy — pill formation!
A single step would cause all the previous efforts to be in vain. Boundless qi and blood rushed out of his body, sweeping the 10-odd medicinal herb particles into the cauldron. Immediately after that, the essence stone flame at the bottom of the cauldron rose up once again, and the 10-odd particles turned into 10 streaks of light and fell into the cauldron.
In an instant, a five-colored glow burst forth, and the black cauldron lid began to tremble, as if it could not suppress the violent aura within the cauldron. Without any hesitation, Xiao Chen pressed down on the lid with a clang. His soul perception penetrated into the cauldron, constantly sensing the fusion of the 10-odd medicinal herbs.
Under the control of Xiao Chen's soul perception, he continuously controlled the essence stone flame outside the cauldron, maintaining the optimum temperature within the cauldron. Finally, under his will, these particles began to rapidly condense, and even wisps of auspicious qi were born. Finally, eight jade-green pills were condensed within the cauldron.
These eight pills were sparkling and translucent, and underneath the jade-green pills, one could almost see the jade-green liquid flowing about. They were pure and flawless, and the medicinal efficacy could be said to be extremely refined.
Extinguishing the essence stone flame outside the cauldron, his movements were as smooth as flowing water. In an instant, Xiao Chen placed the eight pills into the medicine bottle.