The Legend of Grandmaster Alchemist

Chapter #7: Nature Pays Its Respect

Chapter #7: Nature Pays Its Respect

Three years had passed since Tian Fan had been living in the Red Forest. Currently, he resided in the deepest region of the forest, known for being inhabited by mid and high-level martial realm beasts. The central area of the Red Forest was dominated by earth-level and earth king-level beasts.

Living in the forest had heightened Tian Fan's sensory perception and instincts. He had killed dozens of low and mid-level martial realm beasts, gaining various benefits from their carcasses.

Tian Fan obtained body parts such as gallbladders, claws, bones, and hearts from these beasts, which he dried and turned into powders for medicinal use. The elemental cores of the beasts, comprised of various elements, were stored for refining pills.

Their meat provided Tian Fan with sustenance, as it was rich in qi and nutrients, making it ideal for cultivators.

Tian Fan also improved his medical skills during this time. He practiced herbal medicine, acupuncture, and even surgical techniques. Surprisingly, he found that the meridians of animals and humans were fundamentally similar, differing only in their positions.

Currently, Tian Fan was in the mid-level martial realm, but his bones had already reached the gold level. He didn't rush to advance his cultivation realm further. Tian Fan intended for his cultivation to progress naturally, aligned with the foundation of his body. Balanced cultivation offered significant advantages in terms of strength release.

Tian Fan could still hold his own against higher-level beasts due to his balanced approach. He trained his physical body diligently with weights adjusted to his level, consuming both beast meat and medicinal herbs to elevate his bones to the gold level.

In terms of alchemy, Tian Fan had limited knowledge and could only create basic pills. However, these pills, the product of his own experimentation, maintained their healing properties, albeit at varying levels of effectiveness.

Tian Fan's approach to medicine differed from the norm. He dried medicinal plants using his own qi, preserving their potency. Only after this process did he shape them into pills. He gained the confidence to create more pills after repeated comparisons and experiments.

Living in the forest for three years provided Tian Fan with a wealth of experiences that he wouldn't have acquired in a conventional life.

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Although the Red Forest followed the law of the jungle, Tian Fan adhered to his own principles.

He didn't provoke or attack beasts unprovoked. However, if attacked first, he didn't hesitate to engage in a life-and-death battle.

Over time, the forest's inhabitants indirectly accepted his presence. While martial realm beasts lacked high intelligence, they possessed strong instincts.

Tian Fan's frequent battles and assistance to injured beasts in the forest had established his reputation. Even though the beasts lacked high intelligence, they remembered his acts of kindness.

The wounded beasts he helped would sometimes visit his cave to leave freshly hunted prey as a form of gratitude.

As a result, Tian Fan wasn't surprised when he occasionally found fresh animal carcasses outside his cave after waking up from meditation.

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While Tian Fan was conducting physical training in his cave, he sensed a gathering of beasts not far from the cave's entrance.

Their auras indicated that they were martial realm beasts, but Tian Fan's instincts detected no hostile intent.

"What do they want?" Tian Fan wondered.

He focused his killing intent on the beasts, but they remained still, showing no signs of aggression.

Curiosity piqued, Tian Fan emerged from his cave. There were twelve silver wolves standing about twenty meters from the cave's entrance.

Tian Fan recognized this pack of silver wolves; they controlled the southern territory near his dwelling. Some time ago, Tian Fan had saved a young injured silver wolf from another beast's attack.

Tian Fan simply stood there, observing the pack. He didn't know how to communicate with them.

Soon, two martial realm silver wolves cautiously approached Tian Fan, but they showed no intent to attack. Tian Fan felt slightly uneasy as he wasn't confident in facing two martial realm beasts simultaneously.

However, the wolves didn't display any aggression, and their martial realm auras remained concealed. Tian Fan decided to observe further.

The two wolves nodded their heads, and Tian Fan returned the gesture. One of them slowly approached Tian Fan and then lay down about a meter in front of him.

The pack's leader, who was behind the two wolves, followed suit, lying down as well. The other ten wolves did the same.

Tian Fan understood that they were requesting his assistance.

He carefully approached the injured wolf and examined its hind leg, discovering a wound from a venomous fire cobra's bite.

"It's a bite from a fire cobra," Tian Fan muttered.

Using his acupuncture needles, Tian Fan applied several needles around the wound, and then he drew his sword.

Before proceeding, Tian Fan glanced at the wolf, saying, "You may not understand what I'm saying, but at least I'm telling you that I'm going to cut your wound with this sword."

"Hopefully, the beast understands," Tian Fan thought.

The wolf nodded. Tian Fan proceeded to make an incision on the wound. Initially, black blood flowed out, but after a while, it turned red. Tian Fan quickly applied medicinal herbs to stop the bleeding and let the wound heal.

He also removed the acupuncture needles, which had served to numb the area.

Tian Fan took out three pills from his storage pouch and placed them on a leaf.

"Eat these," Tian Fan said.

The wolf saw the three pill-sized objects and consumed them without hesitation. Soon, its aura, which had been martial realm-level, changed. Initially red, it slowly merged with the silver aura, ultimately settling down and stabilizing.

The pills Tian Fan had given were dantian-cleansing pills that he had created. Their purpose was to cleanse the dantian.

Besides poisoning their victims, fire cobras, like the fire elementals, released qi that disrupted their victims' dantian flow, leading to a decrease in cultivation level or even the destruction of the dantian.

The wolf stood up abruptly and distanced itself from Tian Fan and the rest of the pack. Suddenly, its martial realm aura flared, and it let out a long howl. A silver bolt of lightning struck the silver wolf.

Tian Fan and the other wolves were sent flying backward from the shockwave as the wolf's aura transformed.

"Earth-level!"