When this mass of medicinal liquid had shrunk to the size of only a thumb, it had already become extremely viscous.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips. With a wave of his hand, several more medicinal ingredients were thrown into the medicinal cauldron.
The refinement of several main materials was extremely demanding.
Without a specialized refining method, it would be very difficult to extract the required medicinal power from them.
This was true for the Sand Mandrake, and even more so for the remaining medicinal ingredients later on.
Several types of medicinal ingredients, in batches, were thrown into the medicinal cauldron under the dazzling gaze of the onlookers. During this process, the newly condensed Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame within Xiao Yan's body gradually began to integrate into the various Heavenly Flames within his Dou Qi vortex.
After the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame was condensed, he sensed a large group of powerful people and beasts approaching the Xiao family, which then delayed his subsequent cultivation.
With this added Heavenly Flame, even if it wasn't the wild Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame and its power was vastly different.
But having absorbed the vast Dou Qi from an entire Flame Seal, the initial condensed power of this Heavenly Flame had already surpassed the ranking of twentieth on the Heavenly Flame List.
If this Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame were to merge with his previous Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan's cultivation technique would undoubtedly advance further.
As the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame continuously integrated into the Heavenly Flame at the center of his Dou Qi vortex, Xiao Yan's brows suddenly furrowed tightly.
The characteristic of the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame was its terrifying temperature. Although it was only a single type, its temperature was almost on par with fused Heavenly Flames like the Yin-Yang Dual Flames.
The fusion of these two Heavenly Flames, upon reaching a certain critical point, finally experienced repulsion.
The repulsion between Heavenly Flames was not a new experience in Xiao Yan's cultivation life.
Because all the Heavenly Flames were now condensed through comprehension based on their characteristics, most Heavenly Flames, when first born, were extremely weak and had a process of growth.
When the Heavenly Flames were continuously strengthened through cultivation, repulsion would occasionally occur.
However, this repulsion wouldn't last too long.
After all, the characteristic of the Fen Jue cultivation technique was to fuse multiple Heavenly Flames.
Even after being modified by Xiao Yan's extraordinary comprehension, the general principles of the cultivation technique had not undergone fundamental changes.
After slight adjustments based on his own situation, the cultivation technique Xiao Yan practiced made the inclusiveness between Heavenly Flames extremely strong.
However, this Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame was simply too overbearing. Shortly after it was condensed, it was already on par in temperature with the fused Heavenly Flame that Xiao Yan had cultivated for many years, which caused a reaction that even made Xiao Yan frown.
Xiao Yan changed his single-handed seal art, and the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame from his Soul Storage poured into his Dou Qi vortex.
With the help of this fresh force, the fused Heavenly Flame immediately gained the upper hand. No matter how the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Heavenly Flame resisted, the central black and white Yin-Yang Fish pattern rapidly rotated, absorbing this new Heavenly Flame.
At the same time, Xiao Yan waved his robe, throwing all the remaining medicinal ingredients into the medicinal cauldron, fully refining and purifying the materials.
Refining a Seven-Grade Pill while performing two tasks simultaneously was something even long-renowned Seven-Grade Alchemists would absolutely not dare to do.
But Xiao Yan possessed extremely high comprehension, and this time, he was refining a prescription he had meticulously researched. He already understood all the crucial details.
Therefore, this greatly guaranteed the success rate of the refining process.
The only thing that needed attention was that every medicinal ingredient was unique.
Even medicinal ingredients of the same age would have differences in their growing environment and weather conditions during their growth.
Because of this, Xiao Yan needed to pay extra attention to the subtle differences of various medicinal ingredients during refining.
As for the refining process and techniques, they were not difficult for him.
An ordinary prescription might ignore the differences in medicinal ingredients.
But at the level of a Seven-Grade Pill, which involves dozens of medicinal ingredients at the very least, too many subtle differences would greatly affect the success rate of the refining process.
The onlookers, including Yun Yun, although they didn't deeply understand the process of refining pills, and some understood almost nothing, they were dazzled by Xiao Yan's rapid refining technique.
From the smooth, flowing motions, this refining process was quite pleasing to the eye.
Even though she had previously served as a protector for Gu He when he refined Six-Grade Pills, and had seen the refining of Six-Grade Pills many times, Yun Yun couldn't help but greatly admire Xiao Yan's alchemy skills.
Compared to Gu He, Xiao Yan's alchemy ability was clearly much higher.
After multiple medicinal liquids were refined, Xiao Yan's powerful soul power spread out, enveloping all the medicinal liquids, and he began the final fusion step.
The energy contained within each medicinal liquid was extremely potent. As they came into contact with each other, violent energy fluctuations suddenly surged forth.
Immediately, they fiercely impacted the inner wall of the medicinal cauldron.
Instantly, dull, bell-like sound waves rapidly spread out, echoing throughout the small valley.
The heavy medicinal cauldron also trembled slightly at this moment.
If it were an ordinary medicinal cauldron, it would probably explode directly with just one such impact.
Clang! Clang!
Waves of energy continuously impacted the inner wall of the medicinal cauldron, and loud sound waves resonated endlessly throughout the valley.
At this point, almost everyone clearly understood that something had gone a little wrong with the refining.
Yun Yun had personally witnessed the refining of Six-Grade Pills, and there had never been such a massive reaction as Xiao Yan's.
Ruolin Mentor and the others were somewhat dizzy and disoriented by the sound, their delicate brows tightly furrowed, looking at the black medicinal cauldron with great concern.
"Could it be that it's not a Six-Grade Pill..." Although Xun'er had never personally witnessed pill refining, she had read many alchemy books and couldn't help but speculate.
"What's going on?" Hai Bodong asked Yun Yun and Xun'er in a low voice.
He had prepared many medicinal ingredients, and Xiao Yan had also taken out a portion, which was quite different from what was needed for the Pill of Breaking Obstacles prescription.
Xiao Yan had put all the medicinal ingredients into the medicinal cauldron, seemingly not refining the Pill of Breaking Obstacles.
Yun Yun slightly shook her head. She knew a lot about alchemists, but after all, she wasn't a true alchemist, so she couldn't understand it either.
"Elder Hai, there's no need to worry. Brother Xiao Yan can do it," Xun'er said with a faint smile.
The young girl's words somewhat relieved Hai Bodong, and his gaze focused on Xiao Yan.
Although this young girl was very young, like Xiao Yan, she could not be viewed by common sense.
As various medicinal liquids gradually converged and slowly began to fuse, the medicinal cauldron quieted down.
Only a fist-sized golden medicinal liquid floated within.
The originally spectacular pill refining process quieted down at this moment.
Everyone waited like this for a full five days.
During this time, Ruolin Mentor and the others, who couldn't endure it, would regularly cultivate and rest in the small valley each day.
Until the evening of the sixth day, the fist-sized medicinal liquid fused into a golden, smooth pill.
And at that very moment, the sky suddenly grew dark rapidly, and heavy dark clouds swiftly condensed in the sky.
Within the dark clouds, silver lightning could be seen, flickering like silver snakes.
(End of Chapter)
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