A Divine Pill Is Born

The Vast Heaven Sect was arrogant and conceited, and the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire had suffered a crushing defeat against the Qilin True Fire!

Chu Xinghe had already imagined what people would say after his defeat.

Though it wouldn't be as sensational as losing to Martial Emperor City, the Vast Heaven Sect had only just beaten Martial Emperor City, only to lose to the Heavenly Medicine Palace right afterward because of Chu Xinghe's arrogance. It would definitely get people talking!

And if his arrogance lost him this contest and cost the Vast Heaven Sect its face, how could the Great Elder not punish him?

How could the sect master not fly into a rage?

Could he still keep his status as a personal disciple then?

How could the Vast Heaven Sect's reputation not suffer?

He would be killing several birds with one stone!

In an exceedingly cheerful mood, Chu Xinghe began refining the Feather Ascension Pill.

He placed the ingredients into the pill furnace one by one in an orderly fashion. With the aid of the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire, the entire refining process went smoothly.

But he wasn't the least bit worried about the furnace exploding.

The Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire was violent to begin with, and the Vermilion Bird Furnace was just as volatile. Once he tossed the aquamarine stone inside, he wouldn't even need to fucking put on an act. Wouldn't an exploding furnace be all but guaranteed?

Meanwhile, Luo Ying'er was refining her pill no slower than Chu Xinghe. With the aid of the Qilin True Fire, though her pill furnace couldn't compare to the Vermilion Bird Furnace, it was by no means ordinary. She placed the medicinal ingredients into it one after another, and the refining of the Feather Ascension Pill proceeded smoothly as well.

Before long, Luo Ying'er picked up the plantain herb Chu Xinghe had prepared. She took her time examining it again and again, and only after confirming that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it did she place it into the pill furnace.

Her refining finally reached its last stage.

Waves of medicinal fragrance began drifting from the pill furnace, and along with them, wisps of purple smoke emerged.

"Supreme-grade purple smoke! That's a sign of a supreme-grade pill!"

"As expected of the Qilin True Fire. Can it still produce a supreme-grade pill even with plantain herb added?"

"Luo Ying'er's pill-refining skills are terrifying. I'm afraid Junior Brother Xinghe has miscalculated this time."

Inside the Medicine King Palace, everyone watched the purple smoke pouring from Luo Ying'er's pill furnace grow thicker and thicker, their expressions turning grave.

Wu Qun's face was full of smiles, while the Great Elder across from him looked worriedly at Chu Xinghe. Even he couldn't understand what Chu Xinghe was doing.

It was one thing to suddenly propose an additional rule, but when your opponent chose aquamarine stone for you, couldn't you have chosen aquamarine stone for her too?

What was the meaning of giving her plantain herb?

Had Xinghe gotten full of himself because of yesterday's victory?

"Hum!" Luo Ying'er's pill furnace trembled. The next moment, it opened, and a beam of purple light shot into the sky!

Luo Ying'er leaped up and caught a purple pill as it flew through the air.

In an instant, purple light scattered from the pill, and waves of medicinal fragrance spread throughout the pill-refining room.

"A supreme-grade Feather Ascension Pill! It really is a supreme-grade pill!"

Luo Ying'er was visibly excited as she held the supreme-grade Feather Ascension Pill. She hurried over to her master, Wu Qun, and presented it to him.

After inspecting it, Wu Qun nodded slightly and gestured for Luo Ying'er to take it to the Great Elder.

Luo Ying'er brought the pill over and asked the Great Elder to appraise it. He didn't need to look closely; a single glance told him there was absolutely nothing wrong with her supreme-grade Feather Ascension Pill.

Seeing the Great Elder nod, Luo Ying'er broke into a radiant smile!

At the same time, she looked over at Chu Xinghe, who was still refining his pill.

Xinghe, you dog! Stop putting on a brave front! Prepare to die!

Chu Xinghe was still refining his Feather Ascension Pill, but compared to Luo Ying'er's earlier refining, hardly any medicinal fragrance came from his Vermilion Bird Furnace. And that wasn't the most important thing: he still hadn't put the aquamarine stone in!

Just as everyone was worrying about how Chu Xinghe would deal with the aquamarine stone, he finally reached the last stage of his refining. He picked up the stone and tossed it into the pill furnace without hesitation.

The instant the water-element aquamarine stone entered the Vermilion Bird Furnace, the entire furnace began shaking wildly!

"It's... it's going to explode!"

"Everyone, get back!"

The Vermilion Bird Furnace shook violently. Sure enough, adding the aquamarine stone had ruined the refining of the Feather Ascension Pill. The furnace was going to explode!

When the Great Elder saw the furnace rocking wildly, his first instinct was to intervene. But when he saw Chu Xinghe's expression, he stopped.

At that moment, he noticed that Chu Xinghe showed no sign of panic at the impending explosion. On the contrary, a faint smile remained on his face.

At the sight of that smile, the Great Elder's heart jolted. Could the boy have another move up his sleeve?

I'll wait a little longer!

But as the Great Elder waited, Chu Xinghe suddenly circulated his spiritual power, and the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire erupted in an instant. Under the force of the terrifying flames, the Vermilion Bird Furnace, already shaking violently, seemed unable to withstand the pressure any longer.

"Boom!" A terrifying explosion rang out through the Medicine King Palace.

The tremendous blast was accompanied by terrifying flames that engulfed the entire Vermilion Bird Furnace. Everyone scrambled to avoid the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire that might burst out in all directions.

Then a bizarre sight appeared!

The Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire that had burst outward did not travel far from the furnace. Instead, all of it spun wildly around the furnace.

Amid the whirling Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire, the Vermilion Bird Furnace suddenly rose into the air.

A mass of watery light surged out of the Vermilion Bird Furnace and somehow intertwined with the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire. In that instant, water and fire became perfectly harmonious!

"Water-Fire Fusion! That's Water-Fire Fusion!" Wu Qun was the first to shout.

At his cry, the Great Elder's eyes also widened with excitement.

According to legend, there was a special pill-refining technique that could keep medicinal ingredients that normally clashed from doing so, and could even use the force of their opposition to improve a pill's quality.

That technique was known as Water-Fire Fusion. It had always existed only in legend, however. Even Medicine Saint Lu Changfeng had never been able to master it completely back then; he had only made some attempts and conjectures about it.

But wasn't the sight of water and fire merging perfectly around the Vermilion Bird Furnace the legendary technique of Water-Fire Fusion?

"Hum!" The Vermilion Bird Furnace began shaking wildly, but this time it wasn't exploding. It was opening.

A beam of golden light burst out of the Vermilion Bird Furnace and flew into the air.

It was a pill, a golden pill!

And as it shot skyward, countless dark clouds suddenly appeared above the Vast Heaven Sect, where the sky had been clear for miles.

Lightning began flashing within the dark clouds!

"Divine-grade! It's a divine-grade pill! A divine pill is born, and calamity descends from the heavens!" Wu Qun's eyes were red!

As a peak ninth-grade pill-refining grandmaster, he had spent his entire life refining pills, but had never once produced a divine-grade pill.

Even the Great Elder had only refined one in his entire life.

Refining a divine-grade pill was something any pill refiner longed to accomplish in their lifetime.

"Boom!" A bolt of lightning fell from the ninth heaven, blasting straight through the roof of the Medicine King Palace and meeting the golden divine-grade pill as it soared into the sky!

Golden light and lightning merged. The lightning sought to tear the pill apart, but the pill seemed to possess a wondrous power. Beneath the lightning, not only was it not destroyed, it blazed with an even more dazzling golden light!

"Boom!" The lightning shattered, and the divine-grade pill was complete!

The golden pill descended from the sky, and its medicinal fragrance instantly filled the Medicine King Palace. It was medicinal fragrance all the same, but as it spread, everyone felt their spirits lift!

A divine-grade pill! This was a true divine-grade pill, far beyond anything a supreme-grade pill could compare to!

No one had expected that today, Chu Xinghe, a fifth-grade pill refiner, would produce a legendary divine-grade pill before everyone's eyes!

Wu Qun was dumbfounded...

The Great Elder was so excited his beard was practically flying...

Countless fellow disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect wore excited expressions.

Luo Ying'er's face was full of disbelief.

Only Chu Xinghe... wore a bewildered expression...

What the fuck... What is this? Where did this divine-grade pill come from?

I only wanted the furnace to explode! How did an exploding furnace produce a divine-grade pill? Vermilion Bird Furnace, are you fucking playing me?!

Yet in everyone else's eyes, Chu Xinghe's bewilderment appeared to be composure, a detachment from all worldly things!

Everyone turned their eyes to Chu Xinghe, standing before the Vermilion Bird Furnace!

Just look! That's our Junior Brother Xinghe. Even a divine-grade pill can't stir him in the slightest. Junior Brother Xinghe already foresaw everything!

No wonder Junior Brother Xinghe wasn't the least bit afraid of the aquamarine stone. He had already mastered the supreme pill-refining technique of Water-Fire Fusion!

Junior Brother Xinghe must have comprehended it from the Medicine Saint Inheritance!

This is something even the Medicine Saint couldn't accomplish back then. Senior Brother Xinghe truly is the indigo that surpasses the plant it came from!

Luo Ying'er stared wide-eyed at Chu Xinghe as well. She didn't know why... but at that moment, his figure seemed so tall and majestic in her eyes!

As a pill refiner, who didn't want to refine a divine-grade pill?

Luo Ying'er dreamed of it, but she knew she was still far from capable.

Yet Chu Xinghe had personally refined a divine-grade pill and could still remain so calm and composed. When the furnace had exploded just now, she had nearly cheered, but Chu Xinghe had stood there without the slightest fear, as though he had known in advance everything that would happen!

That's right, he must have already mastered the legendary, mysterious technique of Water-Fire Fusion!

Chu Xinghe... is simply unfathomable!

For the first time, Luo Ying'er felt just how insignificant she was. Chu Xinghe stood before her like a towering mountain, pressing down on her until she could barely breathe.

At the same time, as she watched Chu Xinghe standing calmly amid the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire and watching the divine pill's birth, she didn't know why, but she realized at that moment just how majestic Senior Brother Xinghe was. So... Senior Brother Xinghe looks so handsome too... He's not the least bit inferior to Senior Brother Zheng Yu and his peerless beauty...