"Boom boom boom... A
thunderous explosion erupted inside the Qiankun Cauldron, the violent aura making even Long Chen's heart race.
Each pill bead seemed to summon a Star Battle Body, their power instantly multiplying thousands of times. Tens of thousands of pills shot like meteors, crashing wildly inside the Qiankun Cauldron, fighting each other.
At this moment, the medicinal pearls inside the Qiankun Cauldron were fiercely fighting, with multiple strange phenomena rising. Some rare medicines even summoned their true forms, some transformed into phantom dragons into snakes, transforming into various fierce beasts, and even divine powers appeared. The intensity was no less intense than that of an ordinary battlefield.
"Activate the power of your spiritual blood, spiritual roots, and spiritual bones, and begin to restrain them. The speed of pill formation depends on the suppression of your three powers.
If their strength is insufficient, they could fight for ten days or half a month inside. Moreover, they attack each other only for a brief moment before quickly suppressing them; otherwise, their divine energy will be exhausted, affecting the grade of the pills. "The Qiankun Cauldron said.
"Damn, if I hadn't taken back my spirit blood, spiritual root, and spirit bone, wouldn't I have been able to refine Niechong Pills at all?" Long Chen was startled.
"That's right, your spirit blood must be Seven-Colored Supreme Blood—that's your source blood. Attention: at this moment, you need to focus on multiple tasks—balancing the power of your spiritual blood, roots, and bones, and also controlling the strength of the Star Fire. Whether it's the power or the intensity of the flames, both will affect the quality of the pill. "The Qiankun Cauldron said.
"This is way too hard!" Long Chen was taken aback.
Whether it was the Starfire or the power of the Three Spirits, these were powers he had never used before. Now, suddenly using them and requiring mastery at the micro level, this was an impossible task.
"In the past, when your strength wasn't yet enough, I didn't dare let you ignite the Starfire or use the power of the Three Spirits. To be honest, now you haven't met the standard for refining the Nirvana Chong Pill.
However, we are currently previewing and adapting, but even in preview, you can't be careless at all—do your best. "Qiankun Cauldron said solemnly.
Long Chen nodded. He formed hand seals, and the dragon blood, spiritual root, and spiritual bone trembled simultaneously. His chest glowed—this was where his Supreme Bone was. When the seven-colored Supreme Blood and a dormant mass of root energy in his dantian were awakened, both forces converged simultaneously on Long Chen's chest.
Long Chen suddenly let out a muffled groan. As the three forces merged within the Supreme Bone, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. The Qiankun Cauldron told him this was normal, and his power was very stable, merging better than he had imagined.
When the three forces merged, a vortex formed at Long Chen's chest. At first, it was only the size of a mung bean, but over time it grew to the size of a fist. At this level, it stopped growing. The three forces inside the vortex surged, and Long Chen tried to make them protrude from his body.
This was the hardest time for Long Chen. He was focused on multiple powers, and these were all powers he wasn't good at. He gritted his teeth and held on.
"Buzz!"
The vortex in his chest trembled violently. Long Chen finally found the trick to controlling the power of the Three Spirits, which probed into the Qiankun Cauldron.
"It worked!"
Long Chen was overjoyed, succeeding in no time. He even admired himself a little.
Long Chen controlled the power of the Three Spirits to press downward, while also increasing the energy of the Starfire. At this point, there was no technical skill involved—it was pure brute force.
"Boom boom boom...
But Long Chen found that his violent crushing was met with violent resistance. When his power was poured in, the pill beads no longer fought among themselves, but instead joined forces to attack him.
Long Chen tried seven times in a row to suppress them, but failed each time. It wasn't until the eighth time that he pressed down with full force, and the entire Qiankun Cauldron roared, and the power of the Three Spirits finally suppressed them.
Once they were suppressed, the endless pill beads suddenly fused rapidly, as if under Long Chen's pressure, they sensed danger and began to band together to resist.
After they fused, Long Chen withdrew the power of the Three Spirits. By then, he was already feeling dizzy. Controlling both the power of the Three Spirits and the Starfire at the same time was too exhausting for him.
When the rare medicines banded together, it marked the beginning of pill formation. After that, the Qiankun Cauldron would help him handle everything; he only needed to control the Star Fire.
"Boom!"
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, a muffled sound came from inside the Qiankun Cauldron. Long Chen lifted the cauldron, revealing nine pills lying inside. At first, seeing all nine pills, Long Chen was filled with joy.
But when he saw the luster of the pill and the spots on its surface, Long Chen couldn't help but smile wryly:
"How many years has it been? This is the first time I've refined a low-grade pill."
Long Chen then took out a pill and glanced at it. The pill should have been covered in stars, with flowing patterns shining brightly.
But now, the pill was like a sparrow egg—not only irregular in shape, but also full of pits, freckles, looking as ugly as it could be. Long Chen couldn't even believe it was a pill he had refined.
"Being able to form a pill in one go has already far exceeded my expectations. Don't underestimate this low-grade pill—even if it's low-grade, it's still a Nirvana Penetration Pill." Qiankun Cauldron said.
"Whoosh!" Suddenly,
a pill was flicked out by the Qiankun Cauldron, flying directly toward a Taiyin Tree. As soon as it approached it, it was blocked by the flames on it.
Normally, ordinary pills would instantly dissolve into nothingness when contaminated with the lunar fire, but the pill traveled thousands of miles through the lunar fire and exploded near the branches.
With a loud crash, the void twisted, and the Taiyin Tree shook. Within the range of the Nie Chong Pill's explosion, countless branches scattered, leaving Long Chen stunned.
"That exaggerated?"
This single pill is as powerful as the explosive sphere Guo Ran forged—this is terrifying! You have to know, this is a low-grade Nirvana Penetration Pill.
This low-grade Fusion Pill exploded, capable of killing a powerful opponent below the Five-Star Destiny level. If it were a high-grade or supreme level, wouldn't the power be even more terrifying? Can the Chosen Child withstand it?
"Wait, senior, is this thing really edible?" Long Chen suddenly thought of a question.
A pill that can kill the Child of Destiny—if swallowed it, would they survive? Thinking of this, Long Chen felt a chill run down his spine.
"That's why you have to wait until you reach the Immortal stage before you can condense the Nie Chong Star." Qiankun Cauldron said.
"Don't underestimate these pills; they are crucial to you. Even if you advance to Immortality, you need to start with lower-grade pills and gradually adapt step by step." Qiankun Cauldron said.
Only then did Long Chen suddenly understand. With low strength, the grade of the pills he refined was also low, and there were advantages to being low. After resting for a while, Long Chen continued refining with the Qiankun Cauldron.
The reason the Qiankun Cauldron wanted Long Chen to keep refining it was to absorb and control its three meridian power and the power of sparks.
Since it had already recognized Long Chen as its master, when it had no time to refine pills, it could draw on both of Long Chen's powers to refine pills on its own, without needing Long Chen to participate personally, saving him a lot of time.
Moreover, these two powers were rarely used by Long Chen in daily life, so the occasional alchemist pill training in the Qiankun Cauldron wouldn't affect his combat strength.
Time passed bit by bit. After Long Chen and the Qiankun Cauldron refined a total of seventeen furnaces of pills, they realized that seven days had already passed. At this moment, Qian...The Kun Cauldron no longer needed Long Chen's assistance; it could cooperate with Huo Ling'er to forge it on its own.
On this day, Bai Yingxue knocked on Long Chen's door, because the gate to the Heavenly Fire Demon Domain was about to open.