356: Eighth-Rank Alchemy Master

Inside the Quiet Heart Hall, time seemed to lose its meaning.

Jiang Donghua sat cross-legged before the green wood king cauldron, his expression solemn, purple light swirling in his eyes, and vast Soul Power, like an invisible tide, completely enveloped the Medicine Cauldron.

With a thought, a wisp of blue flame, condensed to its extreme, rose from his fingertips, emitting terrifying high temperatures, yet perfectly controlled within a small area.

Refining an Eighth Grade Pill was far more difficult than a Seventh-Grade Intermediate one.

The complexity of the process, the demanding requirements for soul control, and the immense consumption of Dou Qi were all terrifying.

The first item Jiang Donghua took out was a strange white jade stone, pure white and warm like jade, yet exuding a faint pressure.

This object was not a natural ore, but a rare item formed with an extremely low probability after an Eighth-Tier Magical Beast's demise, where its essence and bones were tempered by the energy of heaven and earth for hundreds or even thousands of years. It contained extremely pure energy and a trace of the beast's origin power, making it one of the primary ingredients for refining the supreme venerable pill, used to stimulate the potential of a breakthrough cultivator.

"Go!"

Jiang Donghua flicked his finger, and the white jade stone was cast into the green wood king cauldron.

The Purple Crystal Phantom Flame instantly enveloped it, beginning the long process of calcination and refinement.

This process was extremely tedious and mentally exhausting.

How tough were the remains of an Eighth-Tier Magical Beast?

Even under the terrifying high temperature of the Purple Crystal Phantom Flame, it took several hours of calcination before its surface gradually softened, oozing drops of milky white essence liquid.

Jiang Donghua had to maintain a high level of concentration with his Soul Power at all times, precisely controlling the temperature and intensity of the flame. A slight lapse could incinerate this precious material.

Time quietly slipped away in this silent calcination.

Several hours later, the white jade stone was completely refined into a fist-sized, continuously rolling, pure milky white spiritual liquid, suspended in the center of the Medicine Cauldron.

And this was just the first of dozens of main and auxiliary medicinal ingredients!

Jiang Donghua did not rest at all, immediately adding the next rare medicinal material called Blood Dragon Ginseng.

Following that were Heart Soul Marrow, Seven-Colored Spirit Iris Flower... Each medicinal material had completely different properties, melting points, and optimal timings for medicinal fusion.

Jiang Donghua had to constantly adjust the flame's temperature and form based on Venerable Huanhai's memories and his own understanding of medicinal properties. Sometimes it was a fierce fire for violent calcination, sometimes a gentle flame for tender nurturing, and sometimes he even needed to condense his Soul Power into countless fine threads, like the most dexterous fingers, for precise medicinal peeling and fusion.

Fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

The Dou Qi in his body surged out like a floodgate opening, supporting the burning flame and the extreme consumption of Soul Power.

One day, two days, three days... Outside the Quiet Heart Hall, Mu Qingxian personally stood guard, not leaving her post.

Feeling the continuous, sometimes violent, sometimes gentle, yet always stable and powerful energy fluctuations and medicinal fragrance from within the hall, her heart was filled with shock and anticipation.

She could vaguely sense that the alchemy being performed inside the hall, in terms of its complexity and energy level, far surpassed the scene when the Seventh-Grade Intermediate Elder in the valley refined pills!

"An Eighth Grade Pill, Senior Donghua, is actually trying to refine an Eighth Grade Pill!"

Mu Qingxian's heart surged.

She was immensely glad for her choice back then, and even more so, she felt that this time, she had truly latched onto a living, infinitely potential, sturdy thigh!

Such a young existence, with strength reaching First Revolution Dou Zun Peak, and seemingly an Eighth-Grade Alchemist Grandmaster, her future achievements were simply immeasurable!

If Sound Valley could gain his protection, why would it worry about not being revived?

Inside the Quiet Heart Hall, a hint of fatigue appeared on Jiang Donghua's face, but his eyes grew brighter and sharper.

Before him, in the green wood king cauldron, dozens of pure medicinal liquids and powders of various colors and properties slowly rotated along a mysterious trajectory, emitting strong repulsive forces towards each other, yet forcibly bound together by an even stronger Soul Power.

The most crucial step of pill fusion was about to begin!

Outside the hall, Mu Yu and Mu Yun, the Sixth and Seventh Elders of Sound Valley who had received the news, as well as the Alchemy Elder whose cultivation was the highest, reaching Seventh-Grade Intermediate, had long been respectfully waiting in the distance, not daring to make a sound, fearing they might disturb the senior who was creating a miracle inside the hall.

For the past half month, Jiang Donghua had been almost sleepless, fully immersed in alchemy.

His Soul Power, like the most precise net, carefully guided dozens of medicinal liquid essences with different properties, performing the final and most perilous fusion.

Inside the green wood king cauldron, a fist-sized energy light cluster, emitting a seven-colored glow and constantly changing shape, was now suspended.

Inside the light cluster, the faint sounds of dragon roars and phoenix cries could be heard, and a vast and boundless energy fluctuation, enough to make even a Dou Zun Expert yearn, slowly emanated from it.

Pill fusion had reached its most critical moment!

Jiang Donghua's face was slightly pale. The continuous half-month of high-intensity Soul Power and Dou Qi output, even for his cultivation at First Revolution Dou Zun Peak, caused considerable pressure, but his hand seals changed rapidly, controlling the flame for the final nurturing and shaping.

"Condense!"

Suddenly, he let out a low shout, and his hands slammed together!

Buzz—!

The green wood king cauldron let out a joyful clear chime. The plant and spirit patterns on its body seemed to come alive, emitting a rich green glow, furiously pouring into the energy light sphere inside the cauldron.

The light sphere trembled violently, its seven-colored glow on the surface began to contract and condense inwards, finally forming three light rings, like three colorful hoops, firmly encircling a dragon-eye-sized, perfectly round pill, emitting a three-colored halo!

The moment the pill formed, a strange medicinal fragrance instantly broke through the layers of barriers of the Quiet Heart Hall, permeating the entire sky above Sound Valley!

All disciples who smelled this medicinal fragrance felt their spirits lift, and the circulation of Dou Qi within their bodies accelerated by several points!

At the same time, the originally clear sky suddenly darkened!

Heavy dark clouds gathered from all directions, a low thunder rumbled within the clouds, and a heart-palpitating heavenly pressure enveloped the entire Sound Valley!

"Pill Lightning! It's Pill Lightning!"

"Someone has refined a high-grade pill!"

The disciples in the valley cried out in surprise, looking up at the sky, their faces filled with shock and curiosity.

Mu Qingxian, Mu Yu, Mu Yun, and the Alchemy Elder waiting outside the Quiet Heart Hall instantly grew tense, their eyes fixed on the tribulation clouds in the sky.

They saw the tribulation clouds roiling, and their color began to change!

First to emerge was a vibrant green Lightning Light, full of vitality!

"Green Pill Lightning! It's an Eighth Grade Pill!"

The Alchemy Elder's beard trembled with excitement.

However, the green Lightning Light did not last too long. Within the clouds, an even deeper, icy blue Lightning Light emerged, intertwining with the green Lightning Light!

"Two colors! It's two-colored elixir lightning! An Eighth Grade two-colored elixir lightning!"

Elder Mu Yu exclaimed, her face filled with unbelievable ecstasy!

An Eighth Grade two-colored elixir, this was already a superior quality among Eighth Grade Pills!

Even in the Pill Tower, only senior elders could refine such a pill!

Just when everyone thought this was the limit.

Boom!

In the center of the tribulation clouds, a scorching, blood-red Lightning Light erupted like lava, wildly intertwining with the green and blue Lightning Light, forming a terrifying Pill Lightning of three intertwined colors, emitting an aura of destruction!

"Three colors! It's three-colored elixir lightning of the Eighth Grade!"

Mu Qingxian covered her red lips, her beautiful eyes wide, her heart pounding uncontrollably!

three-colored elixir lightning!

Senior Donghua's alchemy skills were actually terrifying to such an extent?!

"Hahaha! Heaven bless my Sound Valley! Heaven bless my Sound Valley!"

The Alchemy Elder was even more emotional, tears streaming down his face.

Above the sky, the three-colored elixir lightning had accumulated, and with a power that could tear apart the heavens and earth, it crashed down!

Its target was directly the Quiet Heart Hall!

Inside the hall, Jiang Donghua looked at the supreme venerable pill in his palm, which emitted a three-colored halo and subtly displayed three mysterious patterns on its body, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

Refining an Eighth Grade Pill for the first time and being able to attract three-colored elixir lightning, this result was even better than he had expected.

He looked up at the hall's roof, feeling the power of the three-colored elixir lightning, which was enough to seriously injure an ordinary Dou Zun, and was about to strike it down.

However, just as the Pill Lightning was about to strike the Quiet Heart Hall.

Buzz!

The entire mountain gate of Sound Valley seemed to come alive!

Visible giant light shields, composed of countless mysterious musical note runes, lit up in layers, firmly protecting the Quiet Heart Hall and the core area.

These light shields did not resist head-on, but upon contact with the Pill Lightning, they emitted strange shockwaves. The Pill Lightning, which contained destructive power, was actually layered, decomposed, offset, and purified by the miraculous sound wave frequency, like ice and snow meeting sunlight!

In just a few breaths, the three-colored elixir lightning, which would make countless experts change color, silently dissipated into nothingness, without even damaging a single tile of the Quiet Heart Hall!

Jiang Donghua watched this scene, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, which then turned into admiration.

"As expected of Sound Valley, with its thousands of years of heritage. This sect-protecting array is indeed profound. Using musical resonance with heaven and earth to dissolve energy attacks, such a defense would likely require even a Half-Saint Expert to put in some effort to break through, should they personally arrive."

He had originally planned to stretch his muscles, but now it seemed he was saved the trouble.

The Pill Lightning dispersed, and the sky returned to clarity.

A dragon-eye-sized pill, emitting a three-colored halo, flew out of the green wood king cauldron and landed in the warm jade bottle Jiang Donghua had prepared, its medicinal fragrance contained, its brilliance fully absorbed.

Eighth Grade Pill, three-colored supreme venerable pill, successfully refined!

Jiang Donghua officially stepped into the realm of an Eighth-Grade Alchemist Grandmaster!