One medicinal ingredient after another was tossed into the Medicine Cauldron. The Azure Flame instantly enveloped and refined them. The entire process flowed as smoothly as drifting clouds and running water, without the slightest pause. Even those who knew nothing about alchemy could not help being drawn in by the beauty of it.
The Pill Fire Pavilion elders standing in midair no longer had any doubts about Gu He's identity as an alchemist. All that remained was to see whether he could truly refine an Eighth-grade pill.
As he refined multiple ingredients at once, Gu He began using more soul power. An immense pressure from his soul spread outward from him, filling the entire cliffside.
"Could this pressure from the soul be the normal aura released when an Eighth-grade Alchemist refines pills?" Xuan Haoge, who had always appeared unfathomable, changed expression and cried out in low-voiced surprise.
"I once heard someone mention that Eighth-grade Alchemists and those below the eighth grade possess souls in entirely different realms. Souls at that level can leave the body and exert a deterrent force upon all souls below the eighth grade. Of course, the effect of that deterrence differs depending on the strength of one's soul power." Jing Wenshan, the eldest among them, revealed what he had learned long ago.
His words caused the other four to pale in shock. A soul leaving the body and deterring every soul below the eighth grade—such a thing sounded like sheer fantasy. They had never heard of it before.
However, after digesting the news, Shen Yurong and Lang Haobo revealed delighted expressions. If the Deputy Pavilion Master truly was an Eighth-grade Alchemist, refining pills in the future would become much more convenient for them. After spending several days together, they could tell that the Deputy Pavilion Master