People in Doupo: I also picked up a soul body

Chapter 56: On the Heavenly Cauldron
"Medicine Cauldron!"

Zhou Quan was surprised. Only alchemists could use medicine cauldrons. He looked at Xu Haoyu and asked in confusion:
"Are you still a pharmacist?"

Xu Haoyu directly admitted:
"That's right. When I was still in the outer courtyard, I almost caused the furnace to explode while refining a pill, so now I want a high-level medicine cauldron."

When Zhou Quan learned that Xu Haoyu was actually an alchemist, he couldn't help but be amazed. Then he took the broken meteorite from him.

Although it was covered with cracks, Zhou Quan, as an excellent caster, could tell at a glance that this meteorite was extraordinary. He knocked it, then placed the meteorite on the casting table, opened his mouth and spit out a deep yellow flame, which wrapped around the meteorite and burned fiercely. After a long time, the expression on Zhou Quan's face became more and more ugly.

After the flames died down, Zhou Quan looked at the motionless meteorite and said helplessly:
"I'm sorry, if you want to build a high-level medicine cauldron, I can help you find a way, but this stone, my flame can't melt it at all, so it's impossible to use it as the main material to forge a medicine cauldron for you."

This meteorite from outer space is something that can carry both yin and yang flames. Ordinary flames cannot melt it. At least strange fire is needed to melt it.

Xu Haoyu thought for a moment. After all, he had already refined the Yin-Yang Flame. As a fifth-rank alchemist, no one would dare to attack him. So he said to Zhou Quan:
"Elder Zhou Quan, I will help you melt it, and you will be responsible for using it as the main material to cast a medicine cauldron. Is that ok?"

Zhou Quan's eyelids twitched, and he said with some doubt and disbelief:
“You can really melt it!”

Xu Haoyu didn't waste any words. He walked forward and came behind the casting table. He raised his hand to summon the Yin and Yang flames, and then threw the black and white flames onto the meteorite from outer space. His fighting spirit was continuously transmitted out, and the black and white flames burned exceptionally vigorously.

The scorching heat caused the air to slightly distort, and a heat wave spread out. Zhou Quan, the Dou Huang with fire attribute, also felt a burst of heat.

He looked at the black and white flame in disbelief. The flame was black and white, with yin and yang energies flowing alternately. That was a characteristic of the legendary Yin and Yang Double Flame, which ranked 21st on the Strange Fire List.

Immediately, Zhou Quan looked at Xu Haoyu, feeling dry mouth and tongue, and asked with a slightly hoarse voice:

"You have a strange fire. You can refine strange fire. What rank of alchemist are you?"

Now Xu Haoyu's alchemy skills are not inferior to those of Elder Huo in the outer courtyard. The most he lacks is some experience. He answered without turning his head:

"When I was in the outer courtyard, I once refined the fifth-grade peak Ice Soul Pill under the witness of Elder Huo and a group of fourth-grade alchemists. Now I should be considered a fifth-grade peak alchemist."

Zhou Quan widened his eyes in shock. He looked Xu Haoyu up and down. He looked young, but he was able to refine a top-grade fifth-grade elixir. If Elder Huo witnessed it, then this matter was most likely true.

Now his mentality has really changed a bit. He originally thought that Xu Haoyu was just an ordinary student, but now it seems that this Xu Haoyu is worthy of his active efforts to make friends with him.

After a while, the meteorite that had broken into two pieces was now burned red. Under the continuous burning of the flames, pieces of residue were falling off, and those were all useless waste.

When all the waste materials fell off, only a ball of inky molten iron remained on the original casting table. That was the real essence of the meteorite from outer space.

Strange Fire, as the king of all fires, even if the Yin-Yang Flame is only ranked 21st, it can melt most of the matter in this world. "Collect!"

Xu Haoyu shouted softly, then retracted the black and white flame. The ball of molten iron that was the size of a human head, still emitting billowing hot steam and as dark as ink, slowly showed signs of cooling and solidifying.

"Elder Zhou Quan, you see I can melt this meteorite, and its essence has been extracted. Can you use it as the main material to forge a medicine cauldron?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Quan retracted the shocked look on his face and instead looked eager to try:

"No problem. With such good materials, I will definitely go all out to forge it. Even if the final medicine cauldron cannot compare to the thirteen heavenly cauldrons on the legendary Heavenly Cauldron Ranking, it will definitely be the best medicine cauldron under this Heavenly Cauldron."

"How about this? I will forge a high-level storage ring for you first, and collect other auxiliary ores for forging the medicine cauldron at the same time. In the end, I won't charge you any extra fees for forging the medicine cauldron, but you still need to bear the cost of these auxiliary ores yourself. You are also a fifth-grade alchemist, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to earn some fire energy in a short period of time."

Xu Haoyu knew that Zhou Quan was showing his favor to him because he was a fifth-rank alchemist, and that he would not charge any extra fees for casting the medicine cauldron. He remembered this favor. As a fifth-rank alchemist, he was not afraid of not being able to repay it, so he simply agreed:
"Well, thank you very much, Elder Zhou Quan. During this period of time, I will have to trouble you to forge a high-level storage ring and collect other auxiliary ores. I will also go back to raise some fire energy."

Zhou Quan patted his chest, laughed and said:
"These are all trivial matters. Forging a high-level storage ring and a high-level medicine cauldron are rare opportunities. I can also see if my casting skills have regressed."

"By the way, you have to assist me when I am casting the medicine cauldron. Without your strange fire, I cannot melt this lump of iron again. If you can learn a little bit of my skills, and you find more natural treasures in the future and integrate them into your medicine cauldron, you may have the opportunity to make a medicine cauldron comparable to the Heavenly Cauldron."

Hearing this, Xu Haoyu's eyes flashed. If he learned some of the casting techniques, would he be able to cast a medicine cauldron that surpassed the Tianding in the future?

He also knew that being miscellaneous was not a good idea, but he did not need to learn all the casting techniques to learn how to cast a medicine cauldron.

Xu Haoyu immediately became interested, and then he smiled and bowed to Zhou Quan and said:

"Then, I hope Elder Zhou Quan can give me some pointers. I will definitely reward you handsomely in the future. My name is Xu Haoyu, and I am a freshman who just entered the inner courtyard this year. If Elder Zhou Quan wants to refine any elixir in the future, as long as he has collected all the herbs, he can come to me."

Zhou Quan was shocked and delighted. This little guy was actually just a freshman, so he really had a bright future. He was already a fifth-grade alchemist, so in the future he would become a sixth-grade alchemist, or even a seventh-grade alchemist.

This favor was well-deserved, Zhou Quan grinned and said:
"Then I won't be polite."

Finally, when Xu Haoyu left, he and Zhou Quan had become very close. He even agreed to buy on credit and that he could pay him whenever he earned enough fire energy.

Xu Haoyu was walking on the road, but he was thinking in his heart:
"Although I can buy on credit, I can't do it for too long. It seems that I should buy an ordinary medicine cauldron recently, and then refine a batch of pills to sell, so as to raise enough fire energy as soon as possible. In the future, I will often practice in the Tianfen Refining Qi Tower, which also requires a large amount of fire energy..."

(End of this chapter)