Refining the First Dragon's Essence Pellet in History. (4)
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What did this mean??... Perhaps between the three top most existences of the pellet association, they knew best more than any other pellet practitioner what this incredible information meant.!
Senior master and chairman of the Pellet Association Zeng Xiao stood up at once, scattering all the scrolls and parchments that were on the round table to the floor in a fit of passion.
"Where is this brat! Take us to him at once!"
As the four distinguished figures of the pellet association rushed hurriedly past almost tripping over their purple robes, the halls that held their colleagues and fellow elder practitioners were for the second time left bewildered to the extreme. Just what was going on today??
Meanwhile in the large examination room, Zhu Yuan was leaning in concentrating on his refining kiln. His face was deeply contorted and sweat trickled down his whole body as the room temperature had risen to unprecedented levels. He had successfully infused the Red Ash volcano dust as the bottom base and was currently on the brink of merging the blood core of the fiery abyss beast and the scales of the flame zephyr bird.
This part was the most tricky of all as both blood core and scales were extremely volatile in nature. Every now and then they would flare up and fill the room with fiery red flames threatening to explode at the moment. The refining kiln had already turned red hot and if it wasn't so sturdy it would have melted a long time ago.
Zhu Yuan cursed for the umpteenth time as fire from the refining kiln once more flared up burning his arms and chest.
"What volatile elements! How do these old fogeys still keep their long beards!?"
Thinking quickly he turned to the Divine Azure Vine and 'consulted' inside his mind.
'How to pacify the three base elements.'
If he did nothing now, he was sure the refining kiln would explode in the next two to three minutes.
'Pacify with the optimal iron rich pacifying element - a fresh blood core of the iron valley wolf.'
Elated Zhu Yuan scanned the table for the pacifier but to his dismay and fury the blood core pacifier was conspicuously missing.!
"Sh*#t .... Why is it like this.?"
"Why didn't that old fogey Feng Xiao not provide the pacifying blood core?"
"He really is setting me up to fail that old cunning bastard!" He cursed out at the esteemed instructor.
Unknown to Zhu Yuan, neither instructor Feng Xiao not the entire Pellet Association for that matter were at fault for they simply did not know how to pacify the extremely volatile core elements. Relying on the broken information from the ancient half burnt scroll, they were stuck at this very juncture for tens of years.
Through numerous trials and errors they tried various combinations to pacify the volatile core elements but they had failed miserably every time only getting numerous explosions that left these top figures burnt into sorry states.
Meanwhile adjacent to the sweating and cursing Zhu Yuan, four old distinguished seniors were hunched up at a small secret window with deeply astonished looks, their esteemed demeanors entirely forgotten.
Thinking quickly Zhu Yuan bit his finger and dropped ten drops of blood into the flaring red hot refining kiln. The twisting flaming core elements subsided for a few seconds before flaring up again. Zhu Yuan observed the strange reaction before his eyes lit up. He bit his finger deeper wincing in pain and added a further ten more drops, then ten more.
The three volatile elements subsided drastically and showed signs of starting to merge although at a snail's pace. Elated that his outrageous gamble had showed such excellent results, Zhu Yuan put his entire concentration on the kiln as this was the most vital part of the entire process. Every time the core elements started to flare up he did not hesitate to add his blood into the kiln.
"Huh??? .. The brat used blood!?!?"
"WTH kind of refining is this?!!?" Senior Shen Kong asked incredously. He greatly suppressed the urge to pass through the window to observe the refining kiln more closely. He had never felt so bewildered in his entire life as a master pellet refiner.
A huge silence filled the small secret observation room.
"This is simply genius. Simply genius.."
"We failed repeatedly for so long and the answer was so so simple and within our grasp this whole time.." Senior Su Bihai muttered to himself in awe. His eyes held excitement and awe as if he were witnessing the rarest of secrets being unravelled before him.
"This is more than just simply genius. This is phenomenal." Senior master and chairman Zeng Xiao commented in wonder after a long period of silence.
His three colleagues turned to him at once noticing that he had come to an epiphany.
"The main reason we failed so many times to stabilise the pellet was simply because the core elements were simply too volatile in nature. Merging them together was creating the most volatile combination ever to exist and no element we tried was ever up to the task of pacifying them ..... but the blood."
"Not only is it rich in iron and calcium, it is fresh blood. It is alive and in it are millions of microscopic red and white cells. This is the key!"
"These live cells become the vessels where the merge takes place. The volatile core elements merge inside the cells on a cellular level hence the explosions and all volatility are reduced to this cellular level."
"Hence the explosions that will no doubt occur are minimized, rupturing millions of cells but there are still millions more to complete the merging process.... Simply too genius and practical."
The three esteemed masters gasped at the revelation and after mulling over the information in their experienced minds they were left with nothing but wonder and astonishment.
"This... This... No wonder we couldn't find the right pacifier no matter how hard we tried."
"Yes, yes but this way. This is truly the perfect stabilizer and incubator!" Senior Shen Kong exclaimed passionately.
"This... I don't think we could have thought of this even if we were given fifty more years even with our vast means and resources." Senior Su Bihai voiced out his elation.
The four elder practitioners went into immediate discussions and deliberations with high pitched voices and excited tones.
"This brat.... Just where is he from?? Is he really from our Red Eagle Town?"
"The heavens have truly blessed our humble town."
"The ancestors have not forgotten us."
"Hohoho... This is what we call a true generational genius coming of age. The young will surely surpass us old fools." Senior Su Bihai laughed out loudly in contentment. He had quickly forgotten his previous anger at being interrupted.
"Hoho.. Let's exercise some quiet... Let's all take notes. Let's observe how he finishes up the rest of the refining process."
"This is a moment that the entire Celestial Sky Continent will praise for generations to come." Senior Zeng Xiao too laughed and directed his peers.
The four distinguished experts quickly grew quiet and went into a frenzy of jotting down a flurry of parchments keenly observing the fifteen year old pellet practitioner Zhu Yuan.
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