As the dark clouds and lightning appeared, a heatwave suddenly spread within the valley.
"What is going on?" Xue Ni's ink-black beautiful hair swayed in the wind as she looked up at the sky in fright.
Looking at the overcast sky, where thunderbolts could strike at any moment, Xue Ni's jade arms wrapped around her front, embracing her lively chest, feeling an indescribable discomfort all over.
Ruolin Mentor and Yun Yun were similar to Xue Ni, both maintaining a posture of one arm wrapped around their front, looking at the sky with serious expressions.
The change in the sky was clearly related to Xiao Yan's pill refining, but neither of them knew the reason yet.
"Could it be..." Xun'er looked at the changes in the sky, her elegant eyes slightly moving. Even she found it somewhat hard to believe everything happening before her.
The scene before them closely resembled the appearance of Pill Lightning described in books, but that was an anomaly that only appeared when a Seven-Grade Pill was successfully refined.
The Central Plains region was the cultivation center of the Dou Qi Continent. While there were more alchemists there than in ordinary places, Seven-Grade Alchemists were very few.
Even major powers like the Four Pavilions and Three Valleys wouldn't dare to neglect them.
Brother Xiao Yan was not even sixteen years old yet, could it be that he already... Even with Xun'er's knowledge, she couldn't help but gasp.
A Seven-Grade Alchemist under sixteen years old—even in the Ancient Clans, which were famous for their alchemy, there probably wasn't a genius like Brother Xiao Yan.
Xun'er looked happily at the earnest, handsome face in the distance, but she did not voice her speculation.
After all, she didn't know much about alchemy and found it hard to confirm that Brother Xiao Yan indeed had the strength of a Seven-Grade Alchemist.
If she were to rashly speak out and Brother Xiao Yan did not possess the strength of a Seven-Grade Alchemist, wouldn't that diminish his prestige?
Books mentioned that some high-grade Six-Grade Pills could also produce a scene similar to the descent of Pill Lightning, but the thunder clouds would condense without falling, creating an illusion.
Hai Bodong didn't think as much as the women did. Looking at the sudden drastic changes in heaven and earth, he could somewhat understand that this batch of pills was extraordinary, and his seal would definitely be broken.
Therefore, there was only boundless ecstasy.
Looking at the prototype of the golden pill enveloped in flames, the solemn expression on Xiao Yan's face did not recede at all.
Because this was only just the beginning.
The pill prototype was about the size of a longan, completely pale golden. It looked perfectly round, but upon close and careful observation, its surface was pitted.
Although this pill still needed some nurturing, Xiao Yan could already sense a special medicinal power from within it.
This power had a miraculous effect in breaking seals and could even make one immune to sealing techniques in the future.
Under the calcination of the flames, it didn't last too long. After about ten hours, the pill in the flames completely transformed into a thumb-sized, brilliant golden entity.
Upon sensing it with his soul power, the subtle pits on the pill's surface had been polished smooth. Strange patterns appeared on the pill's surface, looking as if it possessed sentience, truly miraculous.
By this time, the dark clouds in the sky had grown increasingly thick and heavy; even the golden disk of the moon was completely obscured.
For a moment, it was as if black clouds were pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it, giving a strong sense of oppressive suppression. Thunder rolled within, making one feel as if it could strike down at any moment and obliterate this valley.
Just then, Xiao Yan suddenly stood up, and with a firm grip of his hand towards the medicinal cauldron, under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, he pulled the brilliant golden pill out of the medicinal cauldron.
The pill was completely golden and incredibly smooth on its surface. What was most surprising was the faint purple mist swirling around the entire pill, giving the illusion of purple qi rising from the east.
Seeing this scene, Xun'er's beautiful eyes couldn't hide a hint of surprise.
With the current phenomenon, Xun'er's heart was already convinced that Xiao Yan had advanced to become a Seven-Grade Alchemist.
But now, the Pill Lightning had not fallen, and Xiao Yan had taken out the pill, clearly indicating that the pill he had just refined was only infinitely close to Seventh-Tier.
"The pill is refined!" Hai Bodong looked at the pill, which radiated endless light like the sun, with boundless joy.
Hearing Hai Bodong's words, Ruolin Mentor and the others glanced at the dark clouds in the sky and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This terrifying pill refining process was finally over.
Yun Yun, who had witnessed the refining of Six-Grade Pills many times, felt quite strange.
The Six-Grade Pills refined by Gu He, combined, didn't take as much time as this one pill by Xiao Yan. She felt it wouldn't end so easily.
Just then, Xiao Yan's eyes slightly closed, and he suddenly took a deep breath, put away the Black Demonic Medicinal Cauldron in front of him, and released the pill, allowing it to quietly float in front of him.
After releasing the pill, Xiao Yan flicked his ten fingers in quick succession, and the Xuan-Yellow Flame, Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, Yin-Yang Dual Flames, Netherworld Poison Flame, Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame shot out one after another.
Six kinds of Heavenly Flames were separated. With a thought from Xiao Yan, they fiercely collided in front of everyone's astonished gazes.
"Still refining!" Everyone gasped.
Most people would probably think that once the pill left the medicinal cauldron, the refining was over.
Xiao Yan's actions truly defied the understanding of Hai Bodong and the others.
This had to be attributed to Yao Lao's most proud alchemy secret technique: Spirit Elevation!
Spirit Elevation was a miraculous secret technique created by Yao Lao.
This secret technique could only be used by Eight-Grade Alchemists to enhance the pill's spiritual energy, thereby elevating its grade.
Due to the extremely terrifying consumption of soul power, even Yao Lao, its creator, rarely performed it...
With Xiao Yan's current strength, he naturally couldn't refine terrifying Eight-Grade Pills.
Therefore, what he was performing was not Spirit Elevation, but 'Sublimation'.
Spirit Elevation was Yao Lao's summation and refinement of his lifelong alchemy experience, a terrifying secret technique he researched over many years.
'Sublimation,' on the other hand, was an inverse version of the alchemy secret technique that Xiao Yan developed based on his study of the many collections within Yao Lao's Bone Spirit Ring and his understanding of 'Spirit Elevation'.
'Sublimation' could enhance the purity of medicinal power, thereby raising the grade of a Seven-Grade Pill.
However, this secret technique was very complex. Without extraordinary comprehension, one would likely find it difficult to fully learn and understand, even if they spent their entire lives on it.
Therefore, this 'Sublimation' secret technique was an exclusive skill known only to Xiao Yan.
This was also a secret technique Xiao Yan tailored for himself.
If he wanted to refine high-grade Seven-Grade Pills purely based on his hard strength, it would probably take him quite a long time.
And if he wanted high-quality, high-grade pills, he would still need some auxiliary secret techniques.
Under the gaze of several pairs of eyes, the brilliant golden pill, enveloped by six kinds of Heavenly Flames, suddenly trembled slightly.
(End of Chapter)
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