"No!" Su Hao's mouth twitched.
Su Hao cut open the head of the fierce tiger and took out the beast core to eat it. Seeing this, Nangong Ziyan quickly said,"You're wasting it like this. I can help you refine a Profound Qi Pill, and its effect will increase by at least 60 - 70%.”
"Thank you very much." Hearing this, Su Hao put the beast core into his backpack.
"There's someone, quickly hide!" At this moment, Nangong Ziyan's eyes suddenly flashed as she hurriedly said.
Su Hao was a bit surprised at how Nangong Ziyan noticed it. However, he still hid behind a huge rock with Nangong Ziyan. Encountering other martial artists in the Blackstone Mountains might be even more dangerous than encountering demon beasts.
Not long after, there was indeed a series of footsteps. From the sound of the footsteps, it seemed that there were four or five people.
"Big brother, there's the corpse of a fierce beast here. Its head is broken and it was killed with a single punch. The person who killed it is very likely to be a Pre-Sky Realm warrior! The blood of the corpse had not yet cooled, and it had happened not long ago.”Someone discovered the fierce tiger that was killed by Su Hao and spoke with fear in his tone.
"Go, leave this place. Don't get into conflict with the other party.”A vigorous male voice said. If they encountered a Pre-Sky Realm martial artist who had ill intentions towards them, it would be dangerous.
As the group of martial artists gradually left, Nangong Ziyan looked relieved. Su Hao secretly frowned. Why was this Nangong Ziyan so afraid of meeting others?
Su Hao didn't ask. The two of them continued to move forward.
"The temperature here is very high. If I'm not wrong, there should be dragon fruits nearby!”The two of them came to a maple forest and Nangong Ziyan said with some joy.
Su Hao and Nangong Ziyan went deep into the maple forest and finally found a fiery red tree. This tree was full of seven or eight red fruits.
The dragon fruit was one of the ingredients for refining the Aperture Ascension Pill. Nangong Ziyan happily picked seven ripe red dragon fruits and left the remaining one unripe.
Su Hao and Nangong Ziyan began to collect spiritual herbs in the Blackstone Mountains. While Su Hao was killing the berserk beasts, he was also protecting Nangong Ziyan. Nangong Ziyan was indeed a high-level alchemist. All the beast cores obtained by Su Hao were refined into qi accumulation pills.
In the blink of an eye, it had been a month since he entered the Blackstone Mountains. In this month, Su Hao successfully condensed the second cyclone and entered the eighth tier of martial arts. However, if he took the Aperture Ascension Pill, he would still be some distance away from breaking through to the Houtian realm.
"I've finally gathered all of them!" Both Nangong Ziyan and Su Hao were very excited. After more than a month, Nangong Ziyan had finally gathered all the ingredients to refine the Aperture Ascension Pill!
Nangong Ziyan tried to refine the Aperture Ascension Pill while Su Hao stood outside to protect her. Su Hao was also very excited. If he could open nine apertures, it would definitely be of great benefit to his martial path. With a solid foundation, he would be able to advance to the Houtian realm.
Nangong Ziyan turned her Yuan Qi into flames and began to refine the Aperture Ascension Pill. Su Hao couldn't help much with this.
After one day and one night, Nangong Ziyan stopped refining. Su Hao quickly walked over,"How did it go?"
Nangong Ziyan was a little tired. She nodded slightly,"I've refined it."
After saying that, Nangong Ziyan opened the pill furnace. There were three black pills inside, emitting a bitter taste.
Su Hao sniffed and frowned,"This…Why does it taste a little bitter?”
Usually, spirit pills would emit a medicinal fragrance.
Nangong Ziyan coughed." It should be…like this. Why don't you try one first?"”
Su Hao's eyes were filled with suspicion,"Are you trying to use me as a test drug?"”
Nangong Ziyan said righteously," This Aperture Ascension Pill is an ancient pill recipe. This is my first time refining it, so of course I have to test it. You have the bloodline of the Barbarian Race and have a strong physique. Of course you have to try it."”
"Don't give me that. If you want to try it, try it yourself!”Su Hao didn't hesitate to refuse. Words can be said casually, but medicine can't be taken carelessly. After a month of interaction, Su Hao felt that Nangong Ziyan was a good person. They could be friends, but their friendship wasn't good enough to help him test the medicine. If this medicine was poisonous, wouldn't he die on the spot?
Nangong Ziyan's pretty face was a little uncertain. The pill formula she had obtained was slightly incomplete, so she could only rely on her experience to refine it. She did not know if the three pills she had refined were successful or failed.
"Why don't we find an animal or someone else to try?"”
Nangong Ziyan shook her head.”
After saying that, Nangong Ziyan raised her head and swallowed an Aperture Ascension Pill.
"How do you feel?" After a moment, Su Hao asked.
" I don't feel anything..." Nangong Ziyan's face could not help but be disappointed.
When Su Hao saw this scene, he was also extremely disappointed. He knew that these three pills were probably refined wrongly and didn't have the desired effect.
"What went wrong? Should I replace the yellow-leaf ginseng with the hundred-leaf fruit?”Nangong Ziyan frowned as she took a pill recipe and began to study it carefully.
Su Hao didn't bother Nangong Ziyan. This Aperture Ascension Pill really wasn't that easy to refine. Su Hao could only hope that Nangong Ziyan would give him more effort.
However, Su Hao gradually felt that something was wrong. He saw beads of sweat dripping from Nangong Ziyan's forehead. Her breathing became a little heavy.
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