Gu He and Yao Kongzi were both Alchemy Grandmasters who had refined countless pills. Naturally, they would not make the mistake of letting their surging emotions cause the nearly formed pill to fail.
Though they were still excited, they continued controlling the heat within the Medicine Cauldron and their hand seals, beginning to nourish the pill embryo so that it could fully take shape.
Nourishing the pill was arguably the shortest of the three major steps of alchemy. One only needed to sort through the medicinal power that had already fused into one within the pill embryo, allowing the pathways of medicinal power inside the pill to flow smoothly and its spirituality to awaken. That would complete the process.
Thus, after only a little over an hour, the previously uneven pill within the Medicine Cauldron became perfectly round. At the same time, the energy of heaven and earth suddenly began to fluctuate violently. Countless dark clouds abruptly appeared in this space, blotting out the sky and covering the entire small realm above them as they continuously spread outward.
Thunder churned within the dark clouds, while colors began appearing amid the lightning one after another, eventually settling into eight colors.
"It succeeded. It actually succeeded on the first try. Their luck is quite good." Xuan Kongzi smiled faintly as he looked at the Eight-colored Pill Lightning in the sky.
Having succeeded once, they now had the experience of success. The next time they attempted to refine a pill capable of producing Eight-colored Pill Lightning, it would be much easier. However, since this pill had been refined jointly by Yao Kongzi and Gu He, it would still be quite difficult for Yao Kongzi to succeed without Gu He's assistance next time.
"Yes. Their coordination is truly seamless. Even decades ago, when Yao