"Buzz!"
The Qiankun Cauldron trembled, and a pill adorned with nine nebula patterns flew out and landed in Long Chen's palm.
The pill was murky inside and looked inconspicuous, yet it contained vast power of destiny. Long Chen held the pill, feeling extremely excited.
"It actually works." Although the Qiankun Cauldron had said that once his strength reached its level, he could refine the Destiny Pill, Long Chen still found it hard to believe.
This was a Nine-Star Destiny Pill, refined from ninety-nine Eight-Star Destiny Fruits, whose fluctuations were exactly the same as those of a Nine-Star Destiny Fruit.
In other words, this single Destiny Pill could be used to create a powerful Nine-Star Destiny Practitioner—this was simply defying the heavens.
Previously, Long Chen was troubled. He had over five hundred Nine-Star Destiny Fruits, and how to distribute them was a huge problem.
Although he knew that no matter how he divided the troops, the Dragonblood Warriors would have no objections, as the leader of the Dragonblood Legion, he had to treat them equally.
This was also why Long Chen wasn't in a hurry to distribute the Nine-Star Destiny Fruit. He himself didn't know how to allocate it, because the gap in strength between Eight-Star Destiny Holders and Nine-Star Destiny Holders was simply too great.
Now, ninety-nine Eight-Star Destiny Fruits could be refined into a Nine-Star Destiny Pill. This made Long Chen so excited that he shouted loudly. With this, the entire Dragon Blood Legion would become Nine-Star Destiny Pills from now on.
Long Chen could not imagine how terrifying the Dragonblood Legion would be when all members advanced to Nine-Star Destiny Warriors. What force in this world could stop their advance?
"Don't get excited. Refining the Destiny Fruit is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, and only you can do it yourself. Huo Ling'er and I can't do it for you." Qiankun Cauldron said.
"Huh?" Why is that? "Long Chen felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him. He only had tens of thousands of Eight-Star Destiny Fruits, and ninety-nine pills to refine a Nine-Star Destiny Pill would only yield a few hundred.
The Dragonblood Legion had over seven thousand people, and the gap was still huge. To obtain more Eight-Star Destiny Pills, they needed to refine them. Since there weren't enough Seven-Star Destiny Fruits, they had to start refining from them.
If the six-star Destiny Fruit still isn't enough, Long Chen will have to start with the five-star Destiny Fruit. This would be an extremely terrifying project for Long Chen: refine five-star into six-star, six-star into seven-star... He kept refining all the way to nine stars. If he had to rely entirely on Long Chen to refine it himself, wouldn't he be coughing up blood from refining?
"There's nothing I can do. You should understand how these Heavenly Dao Fruits came about. You are their master, and only you have the ability to fuse with them. Even I can't." Qiankun Cauldron said.
The 'it' mentioned by the Qiankun Cauldron referred to the Heavenly Dao Tree. Hearing this, Long Chen immediately felt a chill run down his spine.
"Don't overthink it. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Once you take the first step, success is not far away. Fear of trouble is not enough." Qiankun Cauldron said.
Long Chen understood this too, but whenever he thought about the forging process, no matter who it was, he felt a sense of despair. Yet, for the sake of the Dragon Blood Legion, he could only grit his teeth and push through.
"Buzz!"
The Qiankun Cauldron trembled, and tens of thousands of Destiny Fruits appeared within it. Long Chen was startled: "Senior, are you trying to squeeze juice?" "
What juice are you squeezing for? I'm testing the upper limit of your soul power to see what pills you can refine at once."
If one batch can only refine one pill, how long will it take to refine it? Don't say you can't afford it, I can't wait either. "Qiankun Cauldron said irritably.
"You can play like this?" Long Chen was overjoyed when he heard this.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen's flame power erupted, and at the same time, soul power poured in. What pleased Long Chen was that refining the Destiny Pill was a hundred times easier than refining the Divine Lord Pill.
"Boom!"
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, the Qiankun Cauldron trembled. Hundreds of pills had been refined, each with five star patterns flickering on them. The cauldron was extremely cautious, starting with the four-star Destiny Fruit, fearing a mistake that would cause a shortage of Destiny Fruits, which would be awkward.
Hundreds of Five-Star Destiny Fruits could only be refined into a few dozen six-star fruits, not even a single seven-star Destiny Fruit. Fortunately, the first time was a good start, and the Qiankun Cauldron continued to increase its quantity.
Long Chen's soul power was extremely powerful, combined with his exquisite control and rich alchemy experience. In the end, Long Chen's limit was measured—he could refine a million Destiny Fruits at once.
One million five-star Destiny Fruits can be refined into about sixteen thousand sixteen-star fruits, one hundred seven-star fruits, and one eight-star fruit.
It seemed still far from his goal, but Long Chen had many six-star and seven-star Destiny Fruits. After roughly calculating and finishing them, the gap wasn't very large.
So Long Chen began refining pills day and night, day or two... Long Chen worked tirelessly, refining for a whole month, finally producing over eight thousand Nine-Star Destiny Pills.
The pill was being refined so much that Long Chen nearly went mad. His eyes grew dazed, and he felt somewhat dazed. When Long Chen emerged from seclusion and saw Guo Ran and the others, they were all startled.
"Boss, are you alright?" Guo Ran hurriedly helped Long Chen up, and at that moment, Yu Qingxuan and Bai Shishi came over to help Guo Ran sit down with Long Chen.
"Long Chen, what's wrong with you?" Yu Qingxuan's face was full of concern; she had never seen Long Chen so exhausted.
"I'm fine, Guo Ran. Share these fruits and pills with the brothers. Each fruit and pill have special fluctuations. Choose the ones that match your attributes. Don't be particular. If anything is missing, I'll go get more." Long Chen said.
The reason Long Chen refined several hundred more pills was to give everyone more options. When Guo Ran saw those pills and fruits, he immediately understood, nodded, and turned to leave.
"Finally, I can take a break!"
Long Chen stretched lazily and leaned back, only to find herself in Bai Shishi's fragrant embrace. Bai Shishi's pretty face instantly flushed red. Fortunately, only she and Yu Qingxuan were left in the room, but even so, her heart still raced. She wanted to push Long Chen away, but was reluctant to let go.
When she secretly glanced at Long Chen, she found that he had already fallen asleep. Bai Shishi no longer felt shy, replaced by a pang of concern. Long Chen was exhausted; from the battle at the Nine Heavens Gate until now, he hadn't rested for a moment. No one knew how he managed to get through it.
When Long Chen woke up, he found Yu Qingxuan and Bai Shishi lying on his left and right shoulders. The two had been whispering to each other, but when Long Chen woke up, they hurriedly got out of his arms.
Long Chen reached out to wrap his arm around their slender waists, wanting to share a little longer, since he hadn't really experienced that kind of intimacy before.
"Something's wrong, something's wrong..."
Just then, Bai Xiaole shouted and ran in.