Lin Chen's gaze swept over the two remaining Purple Cloud Mushrooms in the jade box without the slightest hesitation. He had no time to test them bit by bit. Though the Cold Poison's backlash had been temporarily suppressed, its root had not been eradicated. Like a volcano that could erupt again at any moment, delay would only add uncertainty, drain his strength, and perhaps snuff out the sliver of life Su Ling'er had only just stabilized.
He had to strike while the iron was hot.
In the blink of an eye, he had made his decision.
He extended his other free hand and pointed into the air. The two remaining Purple Cloud Mushrooms in the jade box trembled simultaneously. This time, he was no longer gently drawing out strands of energy. The icy crystal patterns on the mushrooms' surfaces instantly lit up. Then, a vast and pure dark-violet energy, far greater than before, surged forth like two streams pulled by a powerful force and was drawn toward Lin Chen from afar.
These two currents of energy were not directly injected into Su Ling'er's body. Instead, they were first guided into the invisible furnace domain before Lin Chen.
The Myriad Dao Furnace suddenly surged to an entirely new height! If its previous operation had been precise refinement and conversion, then this was more like forging at the limit!
The surging Purple Cloud Mushroom energy, mixed with the true qi Lin Chen continually poured in, was rapidly broken down, compressed, reconstructed, and tempered within the furnace. Its violent elements were stripped away, its yin-cold properties preserved and further refined, while that precious trace of vitality was carefully amplified and fused.
In the end, what flowed from Lin Chen's fingertips was no longer merely intertwined gold and violet. The energy current became denser,