The pill cauldron roared as crimson waves of flame surged into the sky. Yao Wanhuo's withered hand pressed tightly against the cauldron, while the energy drawn in by the vortex flooded into it like boiling magma.
Over four days, Yao Wanhuo had frantically devoured every trace of free Heaven and Earth Energy within a thousand li of the Medicine Realm.
The Medicine Realm's once-lush medicinal fields were now utterly withered. Vast swaths of herbs had fallen over, shriveled dry as sticks.
An Elder of the Yao Clan said anxiously, "Clan Leader, this is bad! Many of the Medicinal Herbs in the fields have withered. But even so, there still isn't enough energy for the pill refinement. What should we do?"
The Yao Clan had already done everything they could. To help Yao Wanhuo succeed, they had left some medicinal fields in the Medicine Realm unprotected, hoping to use the energy within those Medicinal Herbs to make up for the enormous energy deficit required to refine the Profound Pill.
Yet reality had dealt them a heavy blow. Judging by the current situation, they were still just short of the necessary energy.
Without sufficient energy to sustain him, it was only a matter of time before Yao Wanhuo's refinement failed.
In theory, Yao Wanhuo could replenish the energy with his own Dou Qi, but that was simply impossible in practice.
The energy required for a Ninth-grade Profound Pill was far too immense. It was not something Yao Wanhuo could make up for alone.
Everyone in the Yao Clan was anxious. Some Elders even suggested that the Clan Leader should help.
Under normal circumstances, if this were not an important event like the Medicine Convention, Yao Dan would have stepped in without hesitation to lend Yao Wanhuo a hand.
With two grandmaster alchemists