"Then what do I need to do to earn your trust?"

Chen Xiao pressed.

"At the very least, you need to prove that your strength is above mine for me to trust you."

Zhu Hanshan said nonchalantly.

Chen Xiao smiled dismissively, "If that's the case, then bring it on!"

Chen Xiao thought Zhu Hanshan was just looking for an excuse to spar with him. It was simple; just win.

But who knew that Zhu Hanshan would shake his head and say, "The one here isn't my true body. What good would it do even if you beat me? It wouldn't prove that your strength is above mine."

"..."

Chen Xiao was speechless.

"Old man, what exactly do you want? If you're deliberately trying to amuse yourself at my expense, I advise you to stay away from me. I have a terrible temper."

Zhu Hanshan smiled slightly upon hearing this, "I told you, this isn't my true body. Even if you scatter me, I wouldn't mind."

"Young man, let me give you another piece of advice. You've come at the wrong time. It's too early. Don't waste your energy. Hahahaha!"

Zhu Hanshan laughed heartily.

This laughter irritated Chen Xiao, who punched him, directly smashing Zhu Hanshan's avatar into a cloud of white smoke.

Only then did Chen Xiao's anger dissipate a little, and he continued working.

But as Zhu Hanshan had said, Chen Xiao toiled all night without any results.

Later, even the Yin-Yang Jade seemed to be disappointed in him and stopped vibrating.

As dawn approached, Chu Qingbai came to pick up Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao had no choice. Continuing to waste time would be futile, so he had to leave the Yaowang Valley Blessed Land with Chu Qingbai.

However, he was certain that he would return.

Chu Qingbai kept his word and didn't ask a single question about what Chen Xiao had done in the Yaowang Valley Blessed Land last night.

"Mr. Chen, you haven't slept all night. Would you like to rest for a while?"

Chu Qingbai asked.

"No need."

Chen Xiao casually waved his hand, "Just find me a place. I'll give Chu Luo that kid some pointers."

"Yes, Mr. Chen."

Chu Qingbai took Chen Xiao to his alchemy room, which was reserved for the successive Valley Masters.

This also meant that Chu Qingbai had already passed the position of Valley Master to Chu Luo.

It was still early, and when Chu Luo was dragged to the alchemy room, he still looked sleepy and had a grumpy morning attitude.

Only when he heard that Chen Xiao was going to give him guidance in alchemy did he perk up.

"Uncle Chu, how will the life-and-death challenge tomorrow be conducted?"

Chen Xiao asked Chu Qingbai.

Chu Qingbai explained, "The life-and-death challenge will be decided in one round. Both sides will determine the victor by refining the fourth-tier medicinal pill, the Sanhua Dan."

The so-called Sanhua Dan (Three Flowers Pill) is a fourth-tier medicinal pill refined from Jin Yin Hua (honeysuckle), Dong Kui Hua (mallow flower), and Ling Xiao Hua (trumpet vine flower).

This medicinal pill itself doesn't have any special medicinal effects. It can be said that its existence is purely to test the alchemist's skills.

This is because the refining process of the Sanhua Dan is complex, the success rate is low, and if it is successfully refined, three flower-shaped Dan patterns will appear on the medicinal pill.

Even the quality of the flower-shaped Dan patterns is used as an indicator to assess the alchemist's skills.

"In that case, it's even simpler. I just need to help Chu Luo refine this one type of medicinal pill to the extreme."

Chen Xiao said, stroking his chin.

"Yes, that's true, but..."

Chu Qingbai nodded, hesitating to speak.

He thought to himself, aren't the skills of alchemy all interconnected? How can you specifically guide the alchemy skills of one type of medicinal pill?

However, thinking that Chen Xiao's alchemy skills were very different from his own, he swallowed the rest of his words.

Chen Xiao then said to him, "Uncle Chu, could you please do me a favor and demonstrate the refining process of the Sanhua Dan once?"

"..."

Chu Qingbai almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

You yourself don't even know how to refine the Sanhua Dan, and you want to guide Chu Luo? You even said you could help him refine it to the extreme?

Is this really the genius alchemist who can attract Dan tribulations even when refining Peiyuan Pills?

Chu Luo's heart turned cold, and he said helplessly, "Brother Chen, why don't I demonstrate it to you once?"

"So you know how to refine the Sanhua Dan? That's great! It can save a step!"

Chen Xiao said with pleasant surprise.

"..."

Chu Qingbai and his son were both speechless.

Chu Qingbai found an excuse to leave. He was worried that he wouldn't be able to handle the stimulation and would have a heart attack.

After leaving the alchemy room, he had already started preparing for the worst. If it didn't work out, he would have to step up himself tomorrow.

However, it didn't take long for Chu Luo to experience Chen Xiao's terrifying abilities.

After Chu Luo demonstrated the refining process of the Sanhua Dan to Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao refined one himself.

Furthermore, he improved Chu Luo's refining process.

It would be more accurate to say that he reshaped it rather than improved it.

The Sanhua Dan, which originally had a very complicated refining process, became as simple as refining Peiyuan Pills after Chen Xiao's reshaping.

Chu Luo's eyes widened, "Is that even possible?"

"Why not?"

Chen Xiao said indifferently, "The purpose of alchemy is to produce medicinal pills. Those unnecessary steps can be completely omitted. What was originally a simple matter has been made complicated by you!"

Chu Luo didn't know what to say. He wanted to save those steps, but he didn't know how!

However, it couldn't be blamed on Chu Luo for being too stupid. It was just that Chen Xiao's alchemy skills were far ahead of this world.

It was like one side was still using slash-and-burn agriculture, while the other side had already started fully automated operations. The gap between them was not small.

In addition to the refining process, Chen Xiao also taught Chu Luo how to control flames.

Because he found that Chu Luo was good at using flames but couldn't control them, preventing him from making the flames do as he pleased.

In this way, the efficiency of alchemy would also be greatly reduced.

However, after teaching him, Chen Xiao found that this path was not feasible at all.

Teaching Chu Luo to control flames was even harder than teaching a pig to climb a tree.

Chen Xiao guessed that this should be related to the secret incantation in Chu Luo's body, which could not be solved in a short time.

If this path didn't work, then he would change to another one.

Chen Xiao stored his Qilin Fire in a talisman.

When the competition came, Chu Luo would use this talisman to perfectly solve the problem of flame control.

Strictly speaking, this was considered cheating, but as long as he could win, Chen Xiao didn't care whether he was cheating or not.

Chen Xiao taught from early morning until night. He could pat his chest and assure Chu Qingbai that the current Chu Luo was definitely at the level of perfection in refining the Sanhua Dan.

Chu Qingbai was still worried, so he personally competed with Chu Luo once.

As a result, Chu Luo won completely, and Chu Qingbai was so shocked that his eyes were about to pop out.

With his knowledge, he really couldn't figure out how Chen Xiao had done it.

But after this competition, Chu Qingbai also had full confidence in tomorrow's life-and-death challenge.

Now that everything was ready, they were just waiting for Chu Qingsong's arrival...