"Brother Han Geng, can I purchase a few specific Item, and they need to be of a certain quality." Long Feng went into the Myriad Ingredient Pavilion and proceeds to the counter to talk to Cashier Han Geng. But as he looked at Long Feng's despair expression, he decided to do something else. "Brother Long Feng, come with me to a special room. Your status is different from previously, let us go into the private room and we could slowly discuss the item in need." Cashier Han Geng leads Long Feng into a Private Room, and at the same time, sent messages to Elder Yongheng Zhiya for his appearance.

Noticing the difference in Han Geng's action, Elder Yongheng immediately make his way without delay into the private room and prepares to initiate a word with Long Feng. "Young one, what brings you here today?" the elder nicely speaks with Long Feng after he noticed the different facial expression Long Feng is wearing. Then, Long Feng stands up as he faces the elder, and start talking.

"Dear Elder, Xiao Feng is here for two issues." Long Feng speaks. "Go ahead and let this old man knows about it." Elder Yongheng always carries the confidence in Long Feng because of the attitude he brings always positive, dependable and convincing. But when he heard about Long Feng's intention here is for two issues, even himself felt that this should be attended with care, without a single mistake! This is how important is Long Feng to the Elder Yongheng.

"Elder, Xiao Feng first wish to ask for forgiveness on the delays again and again on the production of [Blood Refinement Pellet]. Xiao Feng would be participating in the upcoming Auction in the House of Miraculous Jade and is in the middle of refining a special pill to join into the auction. This is also where the second issues are related. Xiao Feng wishes to obtain a few specific ingredients, and they should be all in its best grades." Long Feng finish explaining his current "situation" to the Elder and hope that he could receive some support from the Elder.

"Young one, you know... Throughout my time serving as an Elder of this Myriad Ingredient Pavilion, I've never seen anyone as talented and persistent like you. I like the way you speak, and also your dependability. Do not worry about the [Blood Refinement Pellet] for now and focus on your special pill first. After all, the future of every Pill Masters is to successfully refine the Pill they always dream of." Elder Yongheng assures Long Feng that the delay of [Blood Refinement Pellet] wouldn't affect his trustworthiness towards the Myriad Ingredient Pavilion. In the same time, Elder Yongheng announces his support on Long Feng's special Pill refining matter and gave Cashier Han Geng an order that procuring the important ingredients should come first for Young Master Li.

"Elder, Xiao Feng in need of hundreds of units of each of this ingredient I will read out." Long Feng get himself ready to select a few ingredients, and in the same time, Cashier Han Geng is getting ready for his brush and paper. "Ash Angelica at Fine Grade or higher, Cinnamon Tree Fruit at Fine Grade or higher, Magma Fruit from the Volcanic Oak Tree, Spirit Healing Grass, Fire Tongue Plant's Wax, all at least in Fine Grade or higher." Long Feng reads out the ingredients he is looking for. "And in additional, I hope Elder Yongheng could be kind enough to approve this junior request to ask for 100 more units of this specific [Soul Enhancement Seed] that could only be approved to be purchased from an Elder Rank staff." Long Feng look at Elder Yongheng, and politely ask for the approval to purchase the specific ingredients. But as Cashier Han Geng calculates the total, it increases up to an amazing amount.

"Young brother Xiao Feng, it is not this brother is exaggerating about the price, but even in the lowest rate, the [Ash Angelica] and [Spirit Healing Grass] cost 100 Spirit Bronze Coins each, [Cinnamon Tree Fruit] and [Wax of Fire Tongue Plant] at 150 Spirit Bronze Coins each, [Magma Fruit] at 200 Spirit Bronze Coins each, and the [Soul Enhancement Seed] at 500 Spirit Bronze Coins each, your total cost just to refine this pills will increased into 120,000 Spirit Bronze Coins. If added into your initial 50,000 Spirit Bronze Coins on the previous ingredients, your cost will be around 170,000 Spirit Bronze Coins or 1700 Spirit Bronze Coins for each portion of ingredients!"

"Han Geng, a Pill Masters will have their own reason to need such a bizarre type of ingredients. Go and prepare it. Take this seal to the Storage Department and have them approves 100 [Soul Enhancement Seed] for sales to Young Master Li, and put him in the [No Limitation Purchasing List]. Get it ready within half an hour, and return to this room as it ready." without allowing Cashier Han Geng to comment anything more, Elder Yongheng instructs him to make his move and prepares all the ingredients.

"Young one, are the pill you are going to refine is related to the [Regal Medicine Hall]?" Elder Yongheng immediately noticed the origin of the Pill as he heard about few certain ingredients. "Dear Elder, your skills in recognizing this pill's origin is accurately correct. The Pill Xiao Feng wish to refine is a subversion of [Emperor Tiger Pill], but Xiao Feng is yet able to perfectly produce a good alternative from the previously used ingredients. This is also why Xiao Feng intends to purchase these few ingredients to make his second trials." Long Feng reveals the identity of the Pill he looks forward to further study and refine it perfectly, and once the Pill's name is revealed to the Elder, even Elder Yongheng's eyes shine brightly.

"Hahaha, what an attitude of a youth! The alternative version of the [Emperor Tiger Pill]. If this success, you would be making the auction goes crazy even with few Lower-Rank version. Had you got any successful refining so far from the previous ingredients?" Elder Yongheng pry into deeper regarding this matter. Although this action might seem suspicious from the eyes of the public, Long Feng knows better why Elder Yongheng is so eager to see if there are any results from his previous attempts. "Since Elder Yongheng is interested, Xiao Feng hope this embarrassment wouldn't make Elder lost faith to this junior." Long Feng withdraw the eight successful [Ten-Ingredient Fierce Tiger Pill] and place it in front of Elder Yongheng.

With the Pill on the table, Elder Yongheng starts with the inspection of Smell, Color, Shape, and Purity. After inspecting all eight Pills, he finally understands the needs of changes in the ingredients. Next, he proceeds with the inspections on the Clarity, Essence, Elements, and Flavour. After this eight subject is completed, Elder Yongheng pops one of the pills into his mouth and circulates his energy to discover the inner properties and outer properties of the Pill. Perhaps in the eyes of an outsider, they would say that Elder Yongheng is shamelessly swallowing a special Pill, but in Long Feng's eyes, Elder Yongheng is carefully inspecting and giving out pointers in his effort to inspecting Long Feng's [Ten-Ingredient Fierce Tiger Pill]. With a Master Inspector in this level, Long Feng could only felt thankful and grateful, because only through such effort he could understand more regarding his missing part within the refining.

"I understand why you would like to change some of its ingredients. The previous ingredients used in refining this Pill is not as good as what it should be, so Alternative ingredients should be used as a trial, to see if the replacement ingredient could enhance the success rate and also its quality. It is a good point to change as well, due to the uncontrollable changes in nature." Elder Yongheng rates Long Feng's Pill quite a high opinion, but the next word brings Long Feng to his attention.

"Although the Pill is successfully refined, their quality, taste, color, and purity is neither in its best condition. This Pill just barely scraps away from the Failed stage, and entered the success stage, but the effect within, just barely 10% from its full effect. But to be able to refine this Pill with such ingredients, even I couldn't help but praise you for it. I would say, even Ten capable Pill Masters with years of experience will still meet 80-90% fail rates." Elder Yongheng comments did have some negative opinions on Long Feng's results, but in the same time, he added the final important part within to let Long Feng knows his effort is actually paying off, although not in a very successful way.

Then, a knock on another side of the door could be heard, and as the door opened, Cashier Han Geng came in with a Small Spatial Ring that use to store all the ingredients within. "Young Master Xiao Feng, this is all the item you ordered, please check." Cashier Han Geng place the ring on Long Feng's hand so he could examine the item inside. Then, Elder Yongheng added. "Young one, bring out all your previous ingredients used to refine the Pill, I will have the Pavilion to exchange the item without cost, and give you a better quality same ingredients to enhance your success rate. Han Geng, get ready to change the ingredients Young Master Li will pass to you."

"Yes Elder, Han Geng understood." he took the ring with the remaining ingredients and went down to exchange for a better quality version, and return after five minutes. "Young Master Xiao Feng, the Office decided to replace the ingredients to our best ingredient on hand, so all of it is in the Fine Grade, do not worry. We also top up the ingredients into 100 units of each type, so Young Master wouldn't need to purchase any additional materials because of some of them is used." Han Geng politely replies and explains the good will the Pavilion gave to Long Feng.

"Brother Han Geng, although this is not perfectly a good refine, please take this two [Ten-Ingredient Fierce Tiger Pill] as a token of gratitude. Elder, would you mind of Xiao Feng presents you this five remaining Pills to repay you back for the goodwill?" Xiao Feng passed the five Pills on the table to Elder Yongheng, as he pays Cashier Han Geng a total of 120,000 Spirit Bronze Coins before he excuses himself and quickly returns to the Pill Hall.

He sped up along his path, and never make any stop along his way until he reached the Thousand Training Formation Cave. Long Feng punch the Training Dummy, and received a Golden Token once again.

[3rd Heaven Room]

Long Feng entered the cave and starts with his research in using the new alternative ingredients to refine the Pill. Starting from [Ash Angelica] to [Spirit Healing Grass], [Cinnamon Tree Fruit], [Wax of Fire Tongue Plant], and [Magma Fruit], Long Feng recreate a new method of ingredient mixing and cooking. With the additional five new ingredients, Long Feng current concoction increased into fifteen ingredients. He spends the first ten portions of ingredients to research the correct combination, and the second ten portions of ingredients to research the number of required ingredients to perfectly refine the pills. Although the twenty portions of ingredients had already been wasted, Long Feng does not felt unhappy at all. Researching and looking for the correct amount of ingredients, correct combinations and the correct method to finally cook the Extracts into its purest condition, gave Long Feng an extremely satisfying release into his hunger to refine this Rare Medicinal Pill. With this kind of effort is put into the process, not only the improvement of Long Feng's Mind, Soul, Attitude, and Essence Control, it even assisting in tempering one person's inner mental condition, allowing the Pill Masters to improve his cultivation and skills in leap and bounds.

Finally, Long Feng successfully come out with the best ingredients to obtain the most desirable concoctions. From Ten to Fifteen, from Fifteen to Twelve, from Twelve to Nine, and from Nine back to Twelve, Long Feng adjust the propositions of each ingredient, its combination until he finalizes it into this combination.

The Cultivation Extracts, a combination of [Phosphor Flower], [Ash Angelica], [Lightning Tiger Grass] and [Magma Fruit].

The Healing Extracts, combined from [Spirit Healing Grass], [Red Blood Grass], [Cinnamon Tree Fruit], [Blood Refining Fruit].

Lastly, the Enhancement Extracts results out from the [Exploding Yin Fruit], [Fierce Dragon Tongue Plant's Wax], [Clear Toad Fruit's Wax], [Fire Tongue Plant's Wax].

From the extracting the twelve essences from the ingredients, Long Feng must combine four extract essences with their own special properties, the Cultivation Rich Essences, the Healing Rich Essences, and the Enhancement Rich Essences. Only by finally refine all the mixed Extract Essences into their purest rate, then the combination into a concoction could proceed. But this research as well costs Long Feng a total of 10 portions of Ingredients to found out the correct way to proceeds.

Of course, the wastage of the ingredients creates the results of the experiment until this point. Finally, complete the concoction with three special features, Long Feng has no hesitation and add in the [Soul Enhancement Seed] into the cauldron and inject the concoction into the seed itself. With the amount of concoction still have extra within the cauldron, Long Feng add in few more seeds, and finally completely inject all the concoction within the seed after putting in four seeds.

Long Feng fire up his cauldron for the last time, and treat it as complete when the fired seeds finally reach their cracking stage. With the refining process is done, Long Feng withdraws all the seeds from the cauldron and felt something still missing from the pill refining process. "Perhaps I should try to just inject some of my Elemental Essence into the seed so the Pill would crack out from the seed's hard shell." Long Feng jokingly come out with a childish idea and use whatever mix of Elemental Essence within his body to shower the five seeds within his palm.

As the Elemental Essence Energy is absorbed into each seed, crack happens as the Liquid Concoction within formed into a Single Pill from each seed. As the hard cover starts to peel off, an outstanding fragrant came out from all five seeds! As the shell falls off from the hardening of the pills, a row of Tiger Stripes could be seen on the surface of the pill! With the shell totally shed off from the pill, a beautiful luster shine across the Pill, and looking at the Smell, Color, Shape, and Purity, Long Feng could easily deduce this pill rank to be an Upper-Rank Pill! This is the new Alternative Pill that personally refined by myself, In this case, I would call this the [Twelve-Ingredients Tiger Stripes Soul Pill]!