Chapter 5030 The Pill Doesn't Take Shape

Chapter 5030 The Pill Doesn't Take Shape
The moment the twin flowers merged, the liquid reacted violently, boiling and churning as if it were boiling.

The originally mottled medicine liquid began to become cloudy, and then turned into only two colors, one black and one white!
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, and astonishment rippled through the entire alchemy pavilion. Looking at this incredible medicinal liquid, they had no idea what kind of pill it was.

Yet, one can sense the extraordinary power contained within it.

This step, though seemingly simple, is actually crucial. The medicinal liquid extracted from the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers proves that none of the medicinal liquids Xiao Yan had previously refined were wrong.

To refine such a elixir, not only must not a single mistake be made, but every step must be perfect.

"Although the fusion was successful, it appears stable, but in reality, it is not. There are some unusual fluctuations emanating from it."

Xiao Yan did not immediately proceed to the next step. Instead, he used his Void Realm soul power to envelop the medicinal liquid and began to unravel its secrets. Before refining it, he would not allow any imperfections whatsoever.

With his hands covered in flames, Xiao Yan eliminated any imperfections before nodding slightly.

"Next comes the pill fusion. Concentrating so much medicinal liquid into a pill is no easy task," Yao Chen murmured from afar. Although he couldn't achieve Xiao Yan's level of skill, he understood what Xiao Yan was doing.

"No... Fusion Pill is not the best option next. What we need to do next is wait."

Xiao Yan's flames remained within a balanced range. Then he closed his eyes. One incense stick... two incense sticks. As time passed, many whispers began to circulate in the alchemy pavilion, but the number of people continued to increase rather than decrease.

"What is His Majesty doing? Has he stopped refining?"

"Could it be that it consumed too much soul power just now and is now recovering?"

The conversation grew louder, but Yao Chen's eyes narrowed slightly as he focused his gaze on the flawless medicinal liquid.

“This little fellow has now reached the realm of the celestial being in alchemy. He is waiting… waiting for a certain feeling,” Yao Chen said again, and everyone looked at him with suspicion.

"The one who knows my disciple is not the teacher. This pill is of the Transcendent grade. If I were to fuse it now, my intuition tells me that I would hardly succeed. If I don't feel anything, then the refining of this pill will definitely fail."

Among the many onlookers, Xiao Yan was able to hear Yao Chen's words precisely. Under his soul power, everyone here was as transparent as if they were transparent, and he could see them with a single glance.

"You brat, you were actually eavesdropping on your master's conversation while refining medicine. As for your Transcendent Grade, is it above the Divine Grade? I've never even heard of it before."

"Alright, now is not the time to ask questions. You should focus on refining the medicine. Your teacher is studying diligently."

Yao Chen responded to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan understood. He focused his mind, gathered his scattered soul power, and poured it all into the medicinal liquid in front of him.

"I've done everything perfectly, the refining and fusion are absolutely flawless, so why do I feel that the success rate of this pill is less than 10%? Where did I go wrong?"

Xiao Yan was questioning himself and the medicinal liquids; he could no longer find any flaws.

"By the way... it is a transcendent-grade pill, and the reason for this must lie in the word 'transcendent.' In order to successfully refine it, the pill must possess the quality of transcendence."

"But... what is transcendence?"

He stopped at this question, not because the answer could be found through thinking, but because he needed to understand it himself.

Looking at the medicinal liquid in front of him, Xiao Yan knew he was already on the verge of success and had no choice but to proceed. He couldn't stop refining it, but whether he continued or stopped, the result seemed to be the same.

"Just like this Annihilation Flame, although I have obtained it, I do not understand its true meaning. Even if I possess the most extreme destructive power, I cannot use it."

"What is this transcendence? I don't understand, and that's all."

More than a month passed in this wait, and in the midst of the monotony and boredom, no one left.

They were all waiting for the moment Xiao Yan would open his eyes.

Xiao Yan suddenly opened his eyes, startling everyone. Then, Xiao Yan shook his head and closed his eyes again.

Time flies, and a year has passed.

Finally, someone couldn't bear it any longer and left. Just as one person started to leave, Xiao Yan opened his eyes!
"I see, I understand now. Transcendence is being both within and outside the rules, breaking conventions, breaking... that is the meaning of transcendence!"

Xiao Yan raised his hand, and the three-colored flames instantly enveloped the medicinal liquid. However, he didn't feel much change at the moment, and the feeling of successfully refining the medicine was still very low.

But Xiao Yan understood one thing: to break with convention and make it special.

At this moment, he couldn't think too much and could only continue. Whether he succeeded or failed, Xiao Yan could bear the consequences, so he simply stopped thinking too much and went through the entire alchemy process.

"melt!!"

Xiao Yan shouted, and the powerful medicinal liquid contracted rapidly. It was not evaporation, but rather the powerful medicinal force was concentrated and compressed into a pill.

The temperature inside the entire alchemy pavilion rose sharply. Fortunately, Xiao Yan controlled the spread of the flames; otherwise, if the flames had spread, everyone here would probably have turned to ashes in an instant.

It shrank inch by inch, and a rough, uneven bud that looked almost square appeared.

Amidst the many gazes, voices of surprise and doubt rose once again; this nascent elixir was quite different from what they had imagined.

"Oh no, the pill is not formed properly, it's square but not round, it's already a useless pill."

"Your Excellency is likely to fail this time. I never expected that someone as powerful as Your Excellency would still fail in alchemy."

The disapproving voices weren't questioning Xiao Yan, but as alchemists, they understood what seeing this square-shaped embryonic pill meant.

The embryonic pill can be uneven, but it cannot be any shape other than round; otherwise, the pill will absolutely not be successfully refined.

This was based on their experience, so when they saw Xiao Yan's pill, they all sighed.

Just then, Xiao Yan raised his hand, and a figure appeared before him. It was a puppet, which he had obtained from the demonic puppets collected by Ye Tian. It was a powerful expert at the third level of the Divine Immortal realm, but he had already died in battle, and his heart had been dug out.

He perished countless years ago; his body remained incorrupt, but his soul entered the cycle of reincarnation before his body.

As for the reason for his fall, Xiao Yan didn't know. Now, this puppet, like the Yin-Yang Twin Flowers, was an extremely important step.

Xiao Yan raised two fingers, and the irregularly shaped square embryonic core was placed into its mouth.

Immediately, Xiao Yan's flames enveloped him once more as he began refining the puppet at the third level of Divine Immortality, intending to integrate it into the pill. It was precisely because of this complex procedure that Qi told Xiao Yan that the chance of success was extremely low, and no alchemist dared to take on the task.

Refining this third-level divine immortal puppet is like refining a divine-grade elixir, only much more difficult.