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Seeing the situation around him, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel quite surprised.
Even as the one who started all this, he hadn't expected that the Bodhisattva Seed would cause such a commotion. However, since he was still in the middle of refining a pill, he chose to ignore everything happening outside for now.
He picked up the rough, emerald-green bead from within the jade box. After a brief hesitation, he waved his hand and tossed it into the cauldron, then immediately focused his mind to control the flame's intensity.
Inside the massive Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, a blue flame burned fiercely.
That thumb-sized green bead, however, remained completely unchanged even as it was enveloped by the raging exotic flame. If one sensed carefully, they would notice faint green light leaking out from the Bodhisattva Seed, forming a subtle barrier that isolated the searing heat of the flame.
For someone like Lin Feng, who had refined countless pills, this scene wasn't surprising. All heavenly and earthly treasures possessed self-protective abilities. Thus, a spiritual object like the Bodhisattva Seed naturally had the means to resist exotic flames.
Still, such defenses were limited.
As long as Lin Feng persisted, he would eventually refine the seed completely. He maintained the flame's temperature and slowly closed his eyes. This Bodhisattva Seed wasn't the same as Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva; refining it would certainly take a long time.
Indeed, just as Lin Feng had expected, his refinement lasted for nearly several days before the seed within the cauldron finally began to crack open. A few drops of emerald liquid faintly appeared within the fissures of the bead.
Once the seed's protective layer was broken, the next steps of refinement became much easier.
Within less than a day, the Bodhisattva Seed—wrapped tightly by the Green Lotus Core Flame was completely refined into a cluster of green liquid. It hovered within the fire, wriggling slightly, almost as if it had life of its own.
Watching the refined liquid, Lin Feng finally let out a sigh of relief.
Now that the extraction was complete, his next task was to perfectly fuse hundreds of medicinal powders and liquids together, refining them into the embryo of a pill—and finally, forming the complete pill!
The fusion process, however, was the hardest step of the entire alchemy process. More importantly, the commotion caused earlier by the Bodhisattva Seed was far beyond Lin Feng's expectations. If he failed this time, he wouldn't dare to bring out another seed to start over.
In that case, he would have to settle for less and use the ingredients he had gathered from Xiong Zhan to refine a seven-colored Heaven-Defying Spirit Pill instead. Therefore, Lin Feng took this fusion process very seriously.
He absolutely didn't want to fail and be forced to downgrade to a lower-tier pill. With that thought, he paused his movements, closed his eyes, and quietly absorbed the pure earth energy being transmitted from the Core Mother Jade below him.
The fusion of medicinal ingredients not only took time but also consumed tremendous mental and soul power—and refining an eight-colored eighth-tier Bodhisattva Pill was even more taxing.
Hence, before making sure everything was perfectly prepared, Lin Feng didn't dare act recklessly. While he quietly rested with his eyes closed, dark clouds began to gather above many of the floating stone platforms nearby.
As time passed, more and more participants began to form their pills.
Silver serpents of lightning appeared in the sky from time to time, releasing bursts of rumbling thunder. Meanwhile, the spectators surrounding the plaza grew increasingly excited as they witnessed higher and higher-grade pills being born.
Every time thunder roared across the sky, exclamations erupted from the crowd. However, the high-ranking members of the Pill Tower seated on the grand platform remained composed. Those continuously emerging pills failed to stir any emotion in them.
After all, over the years, they had seen far too many prodigies and high-level alchemists. Unlike the average cultivators, they wouldn't be so easily moved.
"Boom!"
At that instant, a deep rumbling sound exploded across the heavens.
Before the crowd could even shift their gazes, all cultivators below the Dou Zun level suddenly felt it—an overwhelming surge of violent energy burst forth like lightning from one of the stone platforms.
As that wild energy spread outward at an alarming speed, the clouds high above quickly gathered into a dense, pitch-black mass. Countless silver lightning serpents flickered restlessly within the dark clouds.
"That woman—she's from the Ye Clan, one of the Five Great Clans of the Pill Tower!"
Because the Ye Clan had made quite a name for themselves during the Five Great Clan assessment over a year ago, many spectators in the crowd quickly recognized Ye Xin Lan.
Underneath the rolling thunderclouds, Ye Xin Lan—who had been seated cross-legged all this time—suddenly stood up. Her beautiful eyes shimmered with excitement as she gazed at the heavy storm clouds swirling above her.
The appearance of this Pill Lightning meant that after half a month of effort and several failures, she had finally succeeded. This time, the Pill Lightning was far more violent than any she had ever faced before.
"Excellent! Xin Lan did it! Our Ye Clan can finally secure our position among the Five Great Clans of the Pill Tower!"
Watching the terrifying pressure emanating from the sky, Ye Zhong couldn't help but leap to his feet, his face filled with excitement.
Although, with Lin Feng's help, the Ye Clan no longer had to worry about being removed from the ranks of the Five Great Clans, everyone knew the truth—Ye Clan's continued status depended almost entirely on Lin Feng's support.
But now, with his granddaughter successfully refining such a pill during the grand alchemy gathering, their Ye Clan could finally cast off its previous gloom and hold its head high once again!
Beside him, Feng Qing'er and Tian Huo Zun Zhe exchanged glances and helplessly shook their heads. Still, they could understand Ye Zhong's reaction. If they were in his place, they would probably be acting the same way right now.
"This Ye girl actually refined a peak seventh-tier pill!"
On the high platform, several Elders of the Pill Tower were stunned as they watched Ye Xin Lan raise her jade-like palm, holding a perfectly round pill that gleamed under the reflection of lightning streaking across the sky.
"Looks like the Ye Clan struck gold meeting Lin Feng..."
One of the Pill Tower Elders sighed with a shake of his head, his tone full of envy.
Although he didn't know why Ye Xin Lan's progress had been so astonishing, he was certain that with her own talent alone, it was impossible for her to have advanced this quickly—to reach the level of refining a peak seventh-tier pill before even turning twenty.
Without a doubt, Lin Feng must have played a crucial role behind the scenes.
"Still," another Elder added curiously as he looked at the swirling Pill Lightning above, "this old man is rather interested to see how that Ye girl plans to withstand the Pill Lightning's strike."
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