Shocked Su Yuejin
Su Yuejin took the list and scanned it, a hint of confusion immediately appearing on her pretty face.
She recognized most of the Spirit Medicine on the list, and eight of them were precisely the main ingredients for refining the “void-breaking pill”!
The void-breaking pill is a precious Seventh-Grade Spirit Pill that assists Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators in breaking through their Bottleneck when attempting to enter the Void Realm.
Could it be... Young Master Yuan wants to ask Father to refine a void-breaking pill for him, to help him Breakthrough to the Void Realm?
Su Yuejin pondered, finding this guess reasonable.
After all, although Chen Yuan’s strength was formidable, his cultivation Realm was indeed still at the Soul Transformation Stage. If he could have her father, a Seventh-Grade Pill Saint, refine the void-breaking pill, the success rate would greatly increase.
Just as she was about to ask if he needed her to introduce him to her father, she heard Chen Yuan calmly add:
“Once the Spirit Medicine are prepared, help me find a quiet Pill Chamber. I’m going to open a Pill Furnace and begin Alchemy.”
Upon hearing this, Su Yuejin’s delicate body trembled violently, her beautiful eyes instantly widening as she looked at Chen Yuan in disbelief, thinking she had misheard.
“Young... Young Master Yuan? You... you want to refine it yourself? This... the void-breaking pill is one of the more difficult Medicinal Pills to refine even among Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills. It’s not something a Sixth-Rank Alchemist can achieve; only a Seventh-Grade Pill Saint can do it! In the entire Pill Cauldron Sect, only my father can refine it.”
Her words were filled with dissuasion and worry, fearing that Chen Yuan might act impulsively. While these precious Spirit Medicine were insignificant to her, she would be very, very sad if Chen Yuan were to be harmed.
Chen Yuan looked at her anxious expression, then smiled faintly, reaching out to gently embrace her slender waist, pulling her closer, and whispering into her ear in a voice only the two of them could hear:
“Who told you I’m not a Seventh-Rank Alchemist?”
“Wh-what?!” Su Yuejin felt as if struck by lightning, suddenly raising her head, her beautiful eyes filled with extreme shock and absurdity.
A Seventh-Rank Alchemist?!
How could this be possible?!
His previous claim of being a Sixth-Rank Alchemist was already astonishing enough.
Now he was actually saying he was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist?!
That was a Pill Dao Saint of the same Rank as her father, Su Mubai!
Such existences were as rare as a Phoenix feather or a Dragon horn throughout the entire Xuanling Continent!
He was clearly only at the Soul Transformation Stage cultivation!
Her reason frantically told her that this was absolutely impossible; Chen Yuan must be joking.
However, just as her thoughts raced and she was about to blurt out her doubts, Chen Yuan’s mind stirred, and a vast, ocean-like Divine Sense pressure silently enveloped her.
The Divine Sense pressure was gentle, only giving a sense of being observed.
This Divine Sense... Su Yuejin’s delicate body trembled violently, her pupils contracting!
The strength, condensedness, and inherent power of this Divine Sense... it was exactly the same as what she felt from her father, Su Mubai!
In fact... it even seemed more profound and unfathomable!
Soul Transformation Stage... Seventh-Rank Divine Sense?!
This had completely overturned her understanding and exceeded her comprehension!
The immense shock left her mind blank, her cherry lips slightly parted, yet unable to utter any sound, she could only stare blankly at Chen Yuan’s handsome, smiling face so close to her.
Seeing the lovely bewildered look of the beauty in his arms, Chen Yuan chuckled softly, tightening his arm around her waist, his tone carrying a hint of ambiguity:
“Do you believe it now? Remember, this is a secret between the two of us. Don’t tell anyone for now, including your father.”
Feeling the trust and intimacy in Chen Yuan’s words, Su Yuejin’s heart, which had been so shocked it almost stopped beating, slowly began to revive.
She nodded vigorously, her beautiful eyes still showing lingering horror, but more so an indescribable excitement and pride.
The Dao Companion she had chosen was actually such an astonishingly talented Prodigy who defied all common sense!
“I... I’ll go prepare right away!”
Su Yuejin’s voice was still trembling, but her actions were decisive.
She personally went to the Sect’s treasure vault, used her highest authority, and quickly gathered all the Spirit Medicine Chen Yuan needed, then led him to her exclusive, most heavily guarded Pill Chamber.
Inside the Pill Chamber, Chen Yuan first waved his hand to set up several layers of powerful isolation Formation, ensuring that not a single trace of aura would leak out.
Su Yuejin stood quietly to the side, holding her breath, preparing to observe what might be the only Alchemy performed by a Soul Transformation Stage Seventh-Rank Pill Saint she would ever witness in her life.
However, Chen Yuan’s next actions once again made her eyes widen.
He merely waved his right hand, lit the Dao Furnace, and then, without even looking, directly threw all more than ten types of Spirit Medicine on the list, along with the several extra auxiliary medicines whose purpose she didn’t understand, into the Pill Furnace!
“Ah!” Su Yuejin almost cried out, quickly covering her mouth with her hand.
The Dao of Alchemy places the utmost importance on the roles of sovereign, minister, assistant, and guide, and the order and timing of adding medicines are crucial. However, she remembered the Secret Method of Returning to the Sect that Chen Yuan had used before, and only then did she slowly calm down and stop her voice.
She was a little annoyed that she almost ruined Chen Yuan’s important matter.
Chen Yuan, however, cast her a reassuring look.
But what puzzled Su Yuejin even more was why Chen Yuan would throw four or five completely unrelated Spirit Medicine into the mix when refining the void-breaking pill?
The reason Chen Yuan did this was because the Pill Formula for the void-breaking pill recorded in the Saint Elixir Art, which was returned by the System, was a complete ancient Pill Formula!
The refining techniques and medicinal pairings recorded within were completely different from the incomplete Pill Formulas currently in circulation.
The additional Spirit Medicine were precisely for harmonizing the medicinal properties, stimulating the potential of all the spiritual ingredients, and thus refining a perfect-quality void-breaking pill!
Currently, a void-breaking pill on the market that can increase the Breakthrough chance by 10% is already considered top-grade.
However, a perfect-quality void-breaking pill can increase the Breakthrough probability to an astonishing 30%.
The difference between them is like heaven and earth!
And for Chen Yuan, that was almost a 100% Breakthrough probability.
Beneath the Pill Furnace, the vital Pill Fire, refined by the ancestral flame sacred lotus, blazed fiercely, instantly illuminating the entire Pill Chamber.
Chen Yuan’s expression was solemn as he formed hand seals, controlling every bit of medicinal power’s Fusion and transformation within the Pill Furnace.
Su Yuejin watched nervously, and gradually, the worry on her face turned into shock.
Because she could feel that the medicinal power within the Dao Furnace was perfectly blending together, emitting a majestic Pill Dao essence she had never experienced before!
He... he really is refining the void-breaking pill!
Inside the Pill Chamber, time seemed to lose its meaning.
After an unknown period,
When all the medicinal power within the Dao Furnace finally achieved perfect Fusion, reaching a critical point of extreme balance, a sharp glint flashed in Chen Yuan’s eyes. He suddenly clapped his hands together and let out a low shout:
“Condense!”
Buzz—!
The Dao Furnace trembled slightly. The lid did not open, but the furnace itself suddenly erupted with dazzling seven-colored auspicious light!
A refreshing and rich Pill fragrance instantly filled the entire Pill Chamber. Su Yuejin felt that her long-stagnant Late Stage Soul Transformation Bottleneck actually showed a slight sign of loosening!
Even more shocking to her was that above the Dao Furnace, in the Void Realm, a hazy, auspicious cloud several feet in circumference had condensed out of thin air!
Within the clouds, vague Dragon and Phoenix phantoms circled, and the sound of the Dao and Zen chants were faint and indistinct!
“Pill... Pill Cloud Anomaly! A Seventh-Grade supreme-grade Medicinal Pill.”
Su Yuejin covered her small mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with incomparable shock.