The moment the purple pill appeared, a ferocious wave of energy surged from within. While some of this energy was intercepted by the medicine cauldron, the remainder still seeped out, surging fiercely in all directions. It looked as if, if allowed to spread, the room would instantly collapse. Glancing casually at
the rapidly expanding energy waves, Xiao Ling waved his fair hands casually. In the blink of an eye, a wave of invisible soul energy formed a transparent energy shield within the room. As
the energy ripples came into contact with the shield composed of soul power, the two collided, and instantly, like a lake upon which a large rock had been dropped, waves of energy began to ripple.
The ripples gradually faded from intense to subtle, and after a moment, they finally dissipated completely.
When the last energy ripple dissipated, Xiao Ling removed his soul shield and pointed his palm at the medicine cauldron. The lavender pill was ejected from the cauldron and landed neatly in Xiao Ling's palm.
Holding the lavender pill, Xiao Ling turned it over and over, examining it carefully.
The surface of this pill was light purple, and the whole body was round and shiny. Moreover, on the surface of the pill, there seemed to be a faint outline of a strange pattern that was not artificially made. These patterns were winding and winding, like a special picture with a deep meaning. Observing this Evil-Breaking Pill closely, Xiao Ling could vaguely feel the strange power contained in it. Perhaps, this was the main ingredient that could break the seal...
He nodded slightly and said to himself: "This Evil-Breaking Pill is finally made. The quality of this pill is absolutely beyond reproach. It took me nearly two and a half days to complete it, which is much longer than the time I spent refining the sixth-grade pills for the elders in the inner courtyard before."
Retracting his gaze from the Evil-Breaking Pill, Xiao Ling took out an exquisitely crafted jade bottle from the storage ring and carefully placed the Evil-Breaking Pill into it. Then he looked at the pile of medicinal materials still left on the table, and with a smile on his lips, he swept all these rare herbs into the storage ring without hesitation.
"Making money as an alchemist is so easy. Forget about other alchemists, someone like me has a high success rate in refining pills, so I'm stuffing tons of herbs into my ring." Xiao Ling muttered to himself after storing the herbs in his ring.
He then placed the medicine cauldron in front of him into the ring. Xiao Ling stood up, stretched, and straightened his slightly disheveled robes. He took the jade bottle containing the Po'e Pill and walked around the room. After making sure nothing was missing, Xiao Ling walked briskly towards the door.
...
In the slightly dim corridor, Hai Bodong leaned against the wall. His old face looked quite calm, but the constant tapping of his fingers on the wall revealed his current nervousness and anxiety.
Feeling the slow passage of time, Hai Bodong glanced back at the closed room at the end of the corridor, his brows furrowed involuntarily. After a moment, he sighed. The ingredients for refining the Evil-Breaking Pill were not easy to find. It had taken him nearly several years to gather these herbs. If Xiao Ling failed to refine it, then his wish to regain his strength would probably be delayed again...
Rubbing his palms together, Hai Bodong's calm face finally began to show a hint of worry. He murmured softly, "Did I fail? Sigh, it seems I was a bit reckless. That guy may have reached Dou Wang strength and possessed incredible talent, but he's still so young... Even if he's been practicing alchemy since birth, that's only been a dozen years... How much can he achieve in alchemy in just over a decade?"
Fist and palm collided heavily, and Hai Bodong's expression changed. After a moment, he shook his head dejectedly and smiled bitterly, "At this point, we can only hope that guy can pull off a miracle. After all, he possesses that terrifying golden fire..."
Time ticked by, and the atmosphere in the corridor gradually grew more anxious as time passed.
His fingers tapped the wall impatiently. At a certain moment, Dou Qi suddenly swirled around his fingers, and with a resounding tap, it actually punched a hole through the wall.
"Go and take a look!" Hai Bodong's dry face twitched. He finally couldn't bear the torment of waiting. He took a deep breath, turned around suddenly, and was about to walk into the corridor.
The moment Hai Bodong turned around, his body suddenly stiffened, his face filled with astonishment, staring blankly at the blue-robed boy who was leaning against the wall in the corridor and smiling at him. After a long moment, he swallowed his saliva, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and asked anxiously: "Master Xiao Ling, is the Evil-Breaking Pill successfully refined?"
Xiao Ling spread his hands, slowly walked towards Hai Bodong, who had an anxious face, and waved his hand lightly. A jade bottle was thrown to Hai Bodong: "I'm lucky, it barely succeeded. Fortunately, you prepared enough medicinal materials, giving me some room for error. This kind of unconventional prescription is also my first time to refine."
Looking at the jade bottle that was thrown over, Hai Bodong almost used his hands and feet, extremely embarrassed, as if holding his own son, carefully holding it in both hands, his eyes fixed on the purple pill in the jade bottle, and a touch of ecstasy and shock surged on his old face.
He was ecstatic, naturally, because he had finally obtained the Evil-Breaking Pill he had longed for. He was also shocked... but he still found it hard to believe that in just one day, this little fellow, seemingly no more than sixteen, had perfectly crafted a sixth-grade elixir that even the Pill King Gu He had difficulty refining...
"As expected of the 'First Genius of the Jia Ma Empire,' he truly cannot be viewed with the same eyes as ordinary people." At this moment, Hai Bodong's heart was already filled with blind confidence in Xiao Ling.
After placing the jade bottle containing the Evil-Breaking Pill into his storage ring, Hai Bodong bowed to Xiao Ling and said solemnly, "Thank you, Master Xiao Ling, for refining the elixir for me. I have been trapped in the Dou Ling realm for decades. Now I have finally been able to recover my Dou Huang cultivation and no longer have to languish on the edge of the Tagor Desert. Once my cultivation is restored, if Master Xiao Ling needs any help, Hai Bodong and the Mittel Family will do their utmost to help."
(End of Chapter)