After gathering enough materials from Osial, Ryan went to another empty island and placed his star swallowing cauldron on the ground.
Then, Ryan began to inspect the materials he already had.
First were the two dragon whiskers obtained from the Exuvia.
These two dragon whiskers were different when they were cut, and Ryan guessed that the more difficult one to cut should be rarer.
Besides the dragon whiskers, there was also dragon scale powder, dragon horn powder, and the fluff from the back of the Exuvia.
Although it had been confirmed that Lord Rex Lapis was not dead, Ryan felt that the materials taken from the Exuvia should be equally precious, no less valuable than the Geo Archon's divine power ore bestowed upon him by Morax.
In addition, Ryan also had hair from Hu Tao, Yanfei, and Qiqi; Hu Tao and Yanfei's hair was picked up from their homes, while Qiqi's hair was exchanged for coconut milk last time.
Next, in Ryan's opinion, was the most precious material: a large pot of paimon soup.
"If I refine them all together... and end up with Qilin Pills again, wouldn't that be a huge loss? And alchemy isn't 100% successful, so I'd better refine them separately this time..."
Ryan mumbled for a while before making a decision.
Thus, his primary focus was on the dragon whiskers; he took out the most difficult one to cut, choosing Osial's blood and paimon soup, which were the most abundant, as auxiliary refining materials.
With these three rare materials as the main ingredients, supplemented by various common medicinal herbs, Ryan placed them into the star swallowing cauldron and began to start the furnace for alchemy.
"Please, Martial Uncle, possess me..."
Soon, the red girl's phantom appeared behind Ryan... As the alchemy began, Lime immediately hopped and skipped to Ryan's side, absorbing the gathered elemental power.
Without outside interference, Ryan was very skilled at alchemy, but as time passed, sweat gradually beaded on his forehead.
'This dragon whisker is so hard to Melt...'
'Is the temperature not high enough...'
Ryan thought this, and had no choice but to increase the heat.
Although his ability could refine any material into a pill, the refining time was not the same; common medicinal herbs were easy to refine, taking only half a day, but strange and rare medicinal herbs usually required about a day.
Now, this dragon whisker was far more difficult to refine than that Geo Archon's divine power ore, and Ryan estimated that this would take a considerable amount of time...
Time passed bit by bit, and Ryan finally managed to slowly refine the dragon whisker, allowing it to gradually Melt and fuse with the other purified materials under the pressure inside the star swallowing cauldron.
As the materials fused, Ryan noticed the star swallowing cauldron trembling slightly, as if something was about to burst out of it.
Fortunately, the star swallowing cauldron was said to be melted from extraterrestrial meteorites, so its overall structure was very stable, firmly suppressing this power.
Buzz—
Amidst a violent tremor, the star swallowing cauldron finally quieted down.
Ryan breathed a sigh of relief, finally having the leisure to open his eyes.
"Huh...?"
When he opened his eyes, Ryan found that beyond his perception, countless dust particles floated in the air, suspended like raindrops paused in mid-air.
These dust particles floated up from the island below, and the air was already filled with a dense Geo elemental power, which was lifting the dust.
Shhh—
As Ryan, in surprise, extinguished the flames, and the star swallowing cauldron landed and automatically opened, the sky-full of dust fell, and Ryan could clearly hear the rustling sound of the sand grains hitting the ground.
Shaking his ears and his head, Ryan brushed off the sand that had landed on him, then looked at the pill slowly flying out of the alchemy furnace.
As usual, the freshly refined pill emitted a golden light, and Ryan reached out a hand to catch the still-hot pill.
"Dispelling illusions and solidifying truth, golden light tracing back to the pill's soul..."
Looking at the refined pill, Ryan chanted the incantation with some anticipation, and golden light immediately radiated from his eyes, falling upon the pill.
[Myriad Facets to Dust Pill (4-star): After consumption, gain the ability to control dust and further erode objects, rapidly weathering them into dust.]
"It can't be gilded, but it's a four-star pill..."
Knowing the effect of the pill in his hand, Ryan couldn't help but mumble.
He had already obtained a four-star pill before, so this time it wasn't too unexpected, as he was already fantasizing about a five-star pill.
However, unlike the last time where it became four-star only after gilding, this pill was directly a four-star pill upon refinement.
"Gaining the ability to control dust, is it equivalent to a Geo Vision? But since it's refined from the Emperor's dragon whiskers, it should be stronger than an ordinary Vision, right..."
Ryan muttered to himself.
He himself was not an elemental life form and did not inherently possess elemental power; all the elemental power he used was cast through immortal arts.
So, he was quite eager to try this pill that would allow him to wield Geo elemental power after consumption.
Thinking of this, Ryan no longer hesitated and swallowed the pill in his hand in one go.
The pill still retained residual warmth, and Ryan was subconsciously scalded, but fortunately, the saliva in his mouth quickly cooled it down.
Then, Ryan felt the pill Melt in his mouth, transforming into a warm current that surged throughout his body.
There was no slow process of refining the pill; after the warm current surged throughout his body, Ryan immediately felt that he vaguely grasped another power, which he could control at will with his own will.
"Myriad Facets to Dust..."
Ryan tried to raise his hand and grasp that power, and the dust that had previously fallen to the ground floated around him.
After grasping this power, Ryan tried it out and found that he could meticulously control the movement trajectory of a single dust particle in the air.
He tried to raise his hand, and the dust gathered in the air, forming the shape of Paimon.
Then it quickly dispersed, transforming into Lumine's likeness.
Of course, dust was just dust; it merely took on that shape, and its surface still looked like yellow sand.
"That's quite interesting."
Ryan mumbled, then his gaze fell upon the weeds around him.
"And the ability to rapidly weather..."
Then Ryan tried to use this power a step further.
Geo elemental power was concentrated on a weed, and then the weed rapidly decayed... Approximately one minute later, the weed completely disintegrated, turning into dust and disappearing with the wind.
"So tiring... This power is a bit strenuous to use..."
It took a full minute to weather the weed, and Ryan, exhausted, plopped down onto Lime.
Lime, being sat on by Ryan, dared not resist, only his expression turned into (＞_＜) like this.
After resting for a while, Ryan finally regained his strength and got up from Lime.
"Although it still seems a bit weak, at least I've mastered elemental power... But this refining process seems to have taken a bit long; I'll need to rest for a few more days..."
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