On the seventeenth reload, a certain Martial Uncle blew up the furnace three times and failed to produce a single pill.
On the eighty-eighth reload, a certain Martial Uncle blew up the furnace twice and only managed to refine one batch of Youth Preserving Pills.
Ji Feng's success rate at pill refinement was absurdly low. Even the odds of pulling gold from a gacha were higher than his.
After repeating this over and over, by who knew which two-hour stretch, Bai Lan had nearly finished reading more than half the Jade Slips in her Storage Bag.
She had also studied the Azure Dragon Spear Art and the Lingering Dragon Spear Art, these two Earth-tier Spear Arts.
Unable to decide between the two, she ultimately gave up on choosing and decided to practice both Earth-tier Spear Arts.
The divine abilities were already in her hands—there was no reason not to practice them. Leaving them there would only let them gather dust.
True Lord Lingxiao had given her the Azure Dragon Spear Art. Its origins were aboveboard, so she could use it openly in the future—during sect tournaments, when slaying demons and eliminating evil, or when beating up the Child of Destiny.
The Lingering Dragon Spear Art, meanwhile, was an inheritance left behind by the skeletal old man at the bottom of the cliff. No outsiders knew of its existence, making it suitable for concealing her strength.
It was perfect for use when she was traveling abroad and could not conveniently reveal her identity.
By then, she could not only change her name, but even swap out her usual Mystical Techniques—a double layer of insurance.
No, more accurately, she could switch between several sets. That was multiple layers of insurance.
With another BANG!, Ji Feng kicked open the door to the pill-refining