Since he had already fallen under the control of these two Nascent Soul Cultivators and couldn't escape for the time being, Lu Xiaotian put those useless thoughts aside and sat cross-legged on the back of the Tenth Tier spirit crane.
He closed his eyes and meditated, carefully reflecting on the process of refining the Nascent Soul Formation Pill. The experience gained from every attempt at alchemy was invaluable, especially when breaking through a bottleneck. This time, he had managed to refine a top-grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill not only because he had accumulated enough knowledge to make a breakthrough, but also because his mind had been at peace and he had felt himself merge with heaven and earth.
After breaking through the bottleneck of an advanced alchemist, he had surged forward without pause, breaking through the bottleneck of an alchemy grandmaster and reaching the level of a great alchemy grandmaster.
Even a great alchemy grandmaster needed more than profound alchemical skill to refine a top-grade Nascent Soul Formation Pill. He also needed luck that came once in a century. It wasn't something one could make whenever one wished.
As Lu Xiaotian carefully contemplated the alchemy process, he recalled how he had once tried and failed to refine the Nascent Soul Formation Pill time and again. Yet after finally succeeding this time, he felt that the pill didn't seem all that special. When the time was right, it simply worked. Before breaking through, it had been impossibly difficult; afterward, everything had fallen into place.
Still, Lu Xiaotian reckoned that with his current alchemical skill, refining another Nascent Soul Formation Pill wouldn't be difficult. But he had no confidence at all that he could make another top-grade one. With good luck, he might produce a middle- or even high-grade pill. A top-grade