Long Chen's expression changed. He had underestimated the power of this eleventh-rank pill, focusing only on improving its quality but overestimating his own soul power.
Now, the pill's power was too violent, about to break open the furnace. Once the lid was blown open, the terrifying pill would explode, and the entire secret chamber would be blown to dust.
Long Chen's soul power was now nearly exhausted, and he could barely hold the furnace lid. Seeing the pills about to burst out of the furnace, he couldn't help but blush.
Failing in alchemy is minor, but if the Dongfang family's alchemy room is destroyed, it would be a huge embarrassment and there would be no way to explain it to them.
"Buzz"
At that moment, the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill in Long Chen's soul space didn't even need to be summoned by him; it flew out on its own and landed above the pill furnace.
Lotus patterns appeared all around the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill, with strands of blue light hanging down, enveloping the pill furnace.
As those strands of black hair fell, the pills inside the furnace, which resembled a raging magical beast, gradually became docile. However, they continued to struggle, though not as violently as before.
Long Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed, and at the same time understood that the owner of this pill furnace had likely been partly refining the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill to assist him in alchemy.
The Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill had the power to calm the pill. Although it couldn't completely calm it down, it could make it less violent.
This made Long Chen much more relaxed. With the suppression of the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill, his nearly depleted soul power could barely hold on for a while longer.
However, after the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Long Chen began to feel dizzy in waves. This was a sign of a depletion of his soul power. If this continued, he would overdraw his soul power, and the consequences would be severe. He would have many days to leave his soul in a weakened state, and even pills couldn't restore it instantly. Overdrawing soul power was terrifying and should not be overdrawn unless absolutely necessary.
Buzz!
At that moment, the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill shone brilliantly, and nine lotus flowers simultaneously lifted the pill furnace. Each lotus contained powerful soul power flowing into the furnace to help Long Chen control it.
"This truly is a supreme treasure."
Long Chen was overjoyed at the sight. With the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill helping him control the furnace, Long Chen wouldn't have to split his mind and could fully control the flames.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the pill furnace trembled violently and began to return to silence. Long Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, plopped down on the ground, feeling as if he was about to collapse.
He was drenched in sweat, as if pulled out of water, his face pale, but his eyes were filled with excitement.
"Whoosh."
The Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill vanished from the void and returned to Long Chen's soul space. At this moment, the radiance on the pill was slightly dim, and even its divine power was greatly diminished.
"Thank you,"
Long Chen said, looking at the Nine Lotus Soul Gathering Pill. He knew the pill had paid a heavy price for it, all because he had been too careless.
Perhaps because he was too confident, thinking that having the Pill Emperor's memories would grant him control over all pills. Now Long Chen finally understood what it meant to drown and be stubborn.
If he hadn't had the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill today, Long Chen would have been completely disgraced.
This Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill was of tremendous help to Long Chen, and its intelligence was so high that it was no less than any living being. This was the true treasure.
Long Chen swallowed a pill and activated the soul-nourishing array in the alchemy room, quickly restoring his soul power.
Because he hadn't overdrawn his soul power, recovery was much easier. After just over an hour, Long Chen's soul power had recovered to sixty percent.
Only then did Long Chen stand up, walk to the front of the pill furnace, and slowly open the lid. A powerful aura surged in, causing the entire alchemy room to tremble slightly.
A pill with flowing light and divine patterns trembling like stars, like a baby, slept inside the furnace.
"Top-quality quality, hehe, not bad, not bad."
A smile immediately blossomed on Long Chen's face, filled with immense pride. The world's eleventh-rank supreme pills today were all passed down from ancient times. No one had ever heard of anyone being able to refine eleventh-grade pills.
Perhaps in the Pill Valley, only Dan Fairy is qualified to refine eleventh-grade pills, but Long Chen is certain that right now, she definitely can't fully master the Reverse Dao Water Spirit Flame.
Although she could summon the Reverse Path Water Spirit Flame to fight, fighting was easy, but refining pills was difficult. Although Dan Fairy had summoned the Reverse Path Water Spirit Flame to attack, its fluctuations were unstable, indicating she had only begun to control it.
Even with the blessing of the gods, at most she could only give Long Chen a level of control that was on par. After all, no matter how strong Dan Fairy was, she was still human, and Long Chen had controlled the Fire Dragon.
The Fire Dragon itself is flame; no one understands fire better than it. Now, it itself is the Reverse Dao Water Spirit Flame, yet still cannot control it subtly, and others are even less capable.
Therefore, Long Chen dared to conclude that this eleventh-rank supreme pill was the very first of this era.
Although Long Chen wasn't so excited as to boast everywhere, the pride and pride in his heart were still hard to control.
"However, this elixir is not yet complete; we need to move on to the next step."
Long Chen smiled slightly and reached out to cover the furnace again.
"Lei Long, it's up to you this time."
"Buzz!"
As Long Chen finished speaking, waves of thunderous power surged forth, transforming into nine small thunder dragons that completely enveloped the pill furnace.
These were all clones of the Thunder Dragon, but their power was not very strong. They lay on the alchemy furnace, slowly channeling the power of thunder into the cauldron.
Runes lit up on the alchemy cauldron as it began absorbing the runes and slowly transferring them into the spirit pills inside the furnace.
Long Chen locked onto the pill furnace with his soul, allowing him to clearly see everything inside. The moment the thunder dragon's power surged into the furnace, his heart began to pound uncontrollably.
You have to understand, this is a kind of deceiving the Heavenly Dao, a form of cheating. Long Chen doesn't know if he'll succeed.
The thunder dragon said it had mastered this thunderous power, and for it, it was an energy conversion that wasn't difficult.
The power of the Thunder Dragon originally comes from the heavenly tribulation, and the pill thunder is also one type of tribulation. Logically, the Thunder Dragon should have no problem controlling this kind of power.
But since it was a matter of great importance, Long Chen couldn't help but worry. If he succeeded, he could carry out bigger plans, but if he failed, he would suffer a huge blow.
If the Thunder Dragon can simulate pill thunder, awaken the spirit of the elixir and remove impurities, then as long as Long Chen refines supreme pills in the future, he can almost always pass the tribulation without damage.
Even when someone refines a top-grade pill, they need to use formations to support it. Not only does it require losing part of their spiritual essence, but it also takes hundreds or even thousands of years for the pill to develop a soul.
But if Long Chen's method succeeds, as long as he can refine top-grade pills, he won't have to wait and can enter directlyAwakening the Spirit of Tribulation Walking not only saves time, but its quality is also thirty percent stronger than the Spirit Activation of Formations. This is almost heaven-defying, so Long Chen couldn't help but feel a bit nervous.
But after waiting a while, the elixir inside showed no sign of movement, and Long Chen's heart skipped a beat.
"Let's try increasing the fire dragon's strength." Long Chen said.
The thunderous power atop the fire dragon surged, even stronger than before, but the spirit pills inside still showed no movement.
"How could this be? Is it ineffective?" That shouldn't be right? Long Chen looked disappointed, his mind racing, constantly pondering where the problem really was.
"No, we should activate the grand formation."
Long Chen suddenly understood. The formation in the alchemy chamber had been altered by Long Chen, changing from a formation that absorbed the power of myriad Daos to a soul-nurturing array, isolating the alchemy chamber from the Heavenly Dao.
"Buzz!"
As Long Chen opened the grand array, runes surged, and the power of the Heavenly Dao poured into the alchemy chamber. The pills in the furnace trembled slightly as they began to slowly absorb the power of thunder. At the same time, they gradually awakened like infants.
As it awakened, the pressure from its body grew stronger. Long Chen hurriedly ordered the thunder dragon to increase the power of the thunder.
Because the power of the Heavenly Dao must surpass the power of the elixir; only then can the few impurities left in its body be completely removed, achieving flawless purity.
However, the laws of the Heavenly Dao are ruthless, constantly testing the power of pills until they finally deliver a destructive blow. It's not meant to help the pill improve; it is only a temporary improvement and purification, but merely to give people hope. But the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.
"Rumble... Thunder
rampaged as the nine thunder dragons grew larger, their power increasing, their auras increasingly violent.
But the power of that elixir was also increasing wildly, as if desperately tapping into its own potential to resist the Thunder Dragon.
This is a survival instinct. Any living being, even a pill that has just gained intelligence, will never accept destruction. It instinctively unleashes its full power to resist the raging thunder.
"Lei Long is impressive."
Watching the thunder power unleashed by the Thunder Dragon, which was exactly the same as the Heavenly Dao Pill Thunder, even the momentum, divine might, and rhythm of the pill thunder were all perfectly matched, Long Chen grew increasingly excited and kept praising the Thunder Dragon.
However, the Thunder Dragon was more steady than the Fire Dragon. The Thunder Dragon had rarely acted spoiled with Long Chen, yet it was always a very reliable presence.
Even after receiving praise from Long Chen, Lei Long still steadily controlled Jie and Zhou, following the rhythm of the tribulation of the Nine Lotus Soul-Gathering Pill back then.
"Buzz!"
Finally, the elixir burst out of the furnace, its whole body radiating light, forming a phantom shadow—a strange Tengman that extended thousands of tentacles, weaving streaks of divine light to resist the raging thunder.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion as the countless tentacles shattered, the phantom vanished, and Long Chen hurriedly called for a halt, grabbing the pill in his hand.
"Hahaha, finally succeeded."
Long Chen looked at the pill and couldn't help but laugh heartily. On the pill, the dazzling patterns flowed and appeared semi-transparent, clearly showing a Teng Man core stretching out inside.
"This Thousand-Hand Soul Condensing Pill may not be able to compare to the Nine Lotus Soul Gathering Pill, but it's already an extremely rare Tribulation Pill. Hehe, auction, here I come."
Long Chen chuckled, tidied up, and walked out of the alchemy room, heading straight for the auction.