Refining Pills

After Lin Xuan followed the guard to a hall, the guard had him wait by the entrance for a moment before hurrying inside.

Lin Xuan did not mind. He simply stood in the hall and waited slowly. It was no big deal, anyway.

After entering the hall, the guard saw several members of the Pill Tower discussing something.

Thus, the guard could only step aside and speak to one of the elders.

"Elder, an alchemist who came out of the deep mountains has arrived outside the Pill Tower. He seems to be an eighth-grade alchemist and wishes to join the Pill Tower."

"Are you certain he is an eighth-grade alchemist? Where is he now?"

The elder's expression changed when he heard the guard's words, and he hurriedly questioned him.

"This... I am not entirely sure, but he did take out an Eighth-grade Pill. I was afraid he would leave, so I brought him to the outside of the hall."

The guard felt somewhat embarrassed at the elder's words, but he still explained the situation. Then he hurried outside.

After hearing the guard, the elder glanced at the other elders still in discussion. He could only walk over to Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower and quietly recount what the guard had just said.

After listening to the elder, Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower said, "Go bring him in. Let me see whether he truly is an eighth-grade alchemist."

The elder nodded upon hearing this and headed outside, intending to bring Lin Xuan into the hall.

After leaving the hall, the guard came before Lin Xuan and said respectfully, "Esteemed Alchemist, please wait a moment. You will be invited in shortly. I shall take my leave first."

Lin Xuan did not care about the guard. He was merely a passerby, after all. Lin Xuan casually waved a hand and let him leave.

About a minute after the guard left, someone resembling a Pill Tower elder emerged from the hall. He hurried over to Lin Xuan and respectfully asked, "Are you the eighth-grade alchemist who wishes to enter the Pill Tower?"

"I do not know what grade I am, but if you look at this pill, you should be able to tell, right?"

After sizing the man up, Lin Xuan took a Ninth-grade Pill from his system backpack and spoke.

Upon hearing Lin Xuan's words, the elder looked at the pill in his hand. After carefully examining the Ninth-grade Pill, he asked, "Esteemed Alchemist, did you personally refine this pill?"

"You do not believe me? Shall I refine another identical pill right in front of you?"

Lin Xuan asked.

The Pill Tower elder hurriedly replied, afraid of offending someone who might be a ninth-grade alchemist. "No, no, no, Esteemed Alchemist. Please come into the hall with me."

A faint smile appeared on Lin Xuan's face, though it quickly vanished. Then he followed the Pill Tower elder into the hall.

After entering the hall with the elder, Lin Xuan saw four or five people seated in chairs, studying him curiously.

Lin Xuan felt rather helpless at the sight. Then he looked toward Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower, who sat in the center of the hall.

Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower was also observing Lin Xuan. He merely felt that Lin Xuan seemed somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before, yet Lin Xuan's appearance also felt utterly unfamiliar to him.

At that moment, the elder who had brought Lin Xuan inside hurried to Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower's side and whispered into his ear, "Old Ancestor, this alchemist just took out a Ninth-grade Pill. When I questioned him, he said he had refined it himself, but I cannot be certain."

When Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower heard this, his eyes lit up as he looked at Lin Xuan. He became curious about the elder's words.

At the same time, he doubted whether Lin Xuan truly possessed the ability to refine Ninth-grade Pills. He also wondered whether Lin Xuan had obtained that Ninth-grade Pill from somewhere else.

After thinking for a moment, Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower asked Lin Xuan, "I would like to know whether you can refine some pills for me here."

"Sure. Wait a moment," Lin Xuan said with a nod.

He then began searching his system backpack for a pill cauldron. Lin Xuan intended to use a relatively ordinary one.

If he used Tou She Ancient God's pill cauldron, Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower might recognize it. Naturally, he had to use an ordinary pill cauldron instead.

A few minutes later, Lin Xuan put on a show and took an ordinary pill cauldron from his system backpack, along with the Spiritual Medicine needed to refine a Ninth-grade Pill.

Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower was somewhat puzzled when he saw Lin Xuan's ordinary pill cauldron. However, he was also slightly surprised upon seeing the Spiritual Medicine required to refine a Ninth-grade Pill.

He had not expected Lin Xuan to so easily produce the Spiritual Medicine needed for a Ninth-grade Pill, and not merely a tiny amount of it.

Then, before everyone's eyes, Lin Xuan began refining a Ninth-grade Pill. He intended to refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill like Old Ancestor of the Pill Tower's, but he did not intend for the pill to develop sentience.

After all, Lin Xuan considered his true body to be a pill. If he ate a pill with sentience, he truly would not be able to stomach it. Therefore, every pill Lin Xuan refined was controlled by him and would not develop sentience.

After some thought, Lin Xuan condensed Bone Spirit Cold Flame in his hand. The other Heavenly Flames were indeed inconvenient to reveal.

Lin Xuan then began refining the pill. However, he did not intend to use the conventional method of pill refinement. Instead, he used the method recorded in the Myriad Pill Codex.

It was a method capable of refining a Ninth-grade Profound Pill within a single hour, though its demands on an alchemist's soul were exceptionally high.