Chapter 20: Astonishing Innate Talent

  Just as the medicine powder was about to condense into a pill, there was a loud "bang" and a burst of air exploded from the alchemy furnace. Shen Xiang retreated in surprise, looking at the fallen lid, his forehead covered in sweat: "Actually exploded the furnace!"

  "Are you all right?" Su Mei Yao asked lightly while combing her hair in a nearby distance.

  "It's okay!" Shen Xiang let out a sigh of relief and checked the alchemy furnace. The furnace was also undamaged.

  "Then let's continue, this is a common thing." Su Mei Yao gave him a slight smile, encouraging him.

  Seeing this smile with a thousand charms, Shen Xiang's sense of failure in his heart was instantly swept away. He took a rest and continued to refine the elixir with the medicinal materials.

  Three time periods have passed and Shen Xiang has reached the last step once again. However, he still failed this time. The good thing is that his furnace did not explode like before.

  "Really hard to refine! There's still one more material left, gotta succeed!"

  Su Mei Yao held a damp silk handkerchief and walked to his side, gently wiping the sweat from his face. She smiled softly and said, "Little guy, when I was refining the hair-washing dan back then, I exploded several furnaces! You're not bad already! I reckon you'll need at least twenty attempts or so to succeed!"

  Shen Xiang was slightly stunned, gazing at Su Mei Yao's enchanting face. Being served by such a stunning beauty made his heart beat slightly faster. At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Su Mei Yao's ***, which he had seen before...

  Knowing he was a bit out of line, Shen Xiang hastily said: "What? Twenty times? No way, I don't have that much money to waste."

  Su Mei Yao intentionally shook her chest, those two jade peaks, and said with a smile: "Little guy, you thinking wildly about me is nothing, but if you think wildly about Shifu's sister, then you'll be in trouble."

  Thinking of Bai Youyou, that icy beauty with an aura of murder, Shen Xiang chuckled a few times and didn't dare to stare at Su Meiyao's trembling breasts again.

  Su Mei Yao was smiling complacently.

  Shen Xiang rested for a long time, while listening to Su Mei Yao's experiences in refining the Marrow Washing Golden Elixir...

  After resting, Shen Xiang started again, this time faster than the previous two times, and in just half a time, he reached the final stage of condensing the elixir.

  Next to her, Su Meiyao's beautiful eyes sparkled as she gazed at Shen Xiang. In her opinion, it was impossible for Shen Xiang to refine the Washing Marrow Dan so quickly, but now he seemed to be on the verge of success. This kind of alchemy talent made even herself feel admiration, and she felt that meeting Shen Xiang would make his future more colorful than hers.

  "Sister, our divine pulse didn't mislead us! This man hasn't let us down." Su Mei Yao transmitted her voice to Bai Yu Yu inside the ring through her spiritual sense.

  That faintly discernible icy voice surprisingly carried a rarely heard hint of amusement: "Well, that's nothing much."

  A moment later, Shen Xiang opened his eyes, his expression filled with excitement. He opened the dan furnace and turned to Su Mei Yao, saying: "Mei Yao sister, I succeeded! I successfully refined the Washing Marrow Dan!"

  At this time, Bai Youyou also came out of the ring. She and Su Meiyao were the same, with an uncontrollable surprise in their eyes. After all, they had pinned all their hopes on Shen Xiang. Seeing that Shen Xiang had such a gift, they were naturally overjoyed.

  The elixir is usually produced in batches of three, but Shen Xiang can only produce two. However, he succeeded in refining it in just one day, which requires extremely high talent. This shows that when Shen Xiang refines the elixir, he can produce a special sensory ability, allowing him to sense the subtle moment of condensation, grasp the key, and succeed after several failures.

  Su Meiying stroked Shen Xiang's head, her eyes shining with a gentle smile as she said: "Good boy, you haven't disappointed my expectations of you!"

  Bai Youyou also nodded at Shen Xiang, and his icy eyes softened a lot. Seeing these two high-and-mighty beauties treating him with such an attitude, Shen Xiang was very pleased in his heart.

  Although Shen Xiang was successful this time, it didn't mean he would be next time, so he had to practice a few more times. He had just come up from the underground secret room and saw a girl in a purple skirt sitting in the small hall.

  Looking at the noble and beautiful girl in front of him, Shen Xiang couldn't help but lose his mind: "Xianxian, how did you end up here?"

  Xue Xianxian pouted and said, "Others are still coming to find you! As a big man, you should be the one finding me instead. I'm just a young lady, running to your place every day will make others laugh."

  Shen Xiang felt a bit embarrassed and scratched his head. Originally, he was indeed going to find Xue Xianxian, but he had overdone it with the elixir. He arrived at Xue Xianxian's side and stroked her rosy face.

  "Immortal, I'm truly sorry! I've been refining the elixir all along. This is a gift to make amends." Shen Xiang took out a small box containing two black elixir pills, which were the Brain Cleansing Pills he had just refined.

  Xue Xianxian opened the box and took a look, then exclaimed: "Washing Marrow Dan! Is this made by Little Shuang?"

  Shen Xiang smiled and said, "Luckily I was able to refine it, but now I don't have any materials left. I'm planning to go buy some, but that Ling Dan Pavilion is already owned by the Medicine Family. If I go to buy from them, they'll charge me several times the price. Xianxian, can you help me go buy some medicinal materials and bring them back?"

  Xue Xianxian hung her head, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about something, her lovely face full of solemnity.

  "Of course, it's just that you, Little Xiao, can refine the Washing Marrow Pill at such a young age, which is truly astonishing." Xue Xianxian said softly: "Little Xiao, in the future, you must enter those martial arts sects, only then can you reach the pinnacle of martial arts."

  Shen Xiang nodded and said: "I've been planning for a long time, but my current strength is not enough. Xianxian, haven't some sects come looking for you?"

  Xue Xian let out a soft sigh: "It's not a sect, just one person, someone who has helped our Xue family. She took a liking to me and wants to take me as her disciple. It seems like she's also from a martial arts sect, but she didn't tell me the specifics."

  "I'll be leaving with her soon." As she said this, Xue Xianxian's face showed a reluctance to part.

  Shen Xiang stroked her hair, smiling: "Don't worry about it, that's the cradle of the strong, sooner or later I'll go there too." As he spoke, Shen Xiang took out a piece of paper and handed it to Xue Xianxian - a 10,000 large spirit coin note.

  Xue Xianxian took it over, gave him a sweet smile: "The Washing Marrow Dan is of no use to me anymore. I'll help you sell it and turn it into materials! Wait for me, I'll be back soon."

  Xue Xianxian left, Shen Xiang hurriedly went to take a bath. He had just finished taking the bath and came out when Xue Xianxian returned.

  What surprised Shen Xiang was that Xue Xianxian returned with a mature and elegant woman in white, if Shen Xiang hadn't seen Bai YuYu and Su MeiYao before, he would have been enchanted by this extremely beautiful woman.

  The middle-aged woman who came back with Xue Xianxian was a beautiful woman, she had an oval face, without makeup, her skin was white and tender, not inferior to Xue Xianxian. She seemed to smile but not quite, her phoenix eyes contained a hint of majesty as she looked at Shen Xiang, that delicate and seemingly boneless body emitted an intangible aura, making people feel like she was a heavenly goddess with the power to destroy heaven and earth.