As you were thinking, a disciple suddenly came running over.
He told you that Xie Huide and Deng Rusong had emerged from seclusion.
The two of them were in Xie Huide's courtyard and had asked you to come over.
You immediately went to Xie Huide's place.
When you arrived, only Xie Huide and Deng Rusong were there.
Both of them looked terrible.
Xie Huide in particular was slumped in a reclining chair, his eyes empty and his face ashen.
When he saw you arrive, he merely gave you a faint glance.
Only after a long while did he slowly speak. "I... failed..."
In truth, you had already expected this outcome.
They had spent over a month longer refining the pill than expected.
During pill refinement, such a situation almost never occurred.
You remained silent for two breaths before asking, "What went wrong?"
Xie Huide merely kept shaking his head, his head tilted to one side as he said nothing.
Deng Rusong sighed inwardly before explaining it to you.
It turned out that every step on Deng Rusong's end had gone smoothly.
But when Xie Huide needed to merge in the earth source, an accident occurred.
At first, Xie Huide simply could not enter the Insightful Observation state.
Only when he was on the verge of missing the final opportunity did Xie Huide finally enter the state by the skin of his teeth.
Yet before the two of them could breathe a sigh of relief—
Xie Huide's state immediately became unstable again.
Xie Huide's Insightful Observation had already reached great mastery.
Such a state had never occurred before.
This time, his state of mind had been terribly wrong.
Despite Deng Rusong encouraging him several times, it was useless.
In the end, at the final moment, Xie Huide abruptly withdrew from the