He took a pill furnace from his storage ring, then brought out the spirit herbs needed to refine the Six Harmonies Origin Restoration Pill and arranged them one by one.
Steadying his mind and calming his breath, he cautiously began the refinement, just as he had the first time.
But this time, his luck was not so good.
The first half of the Six Harmonies Origin Restoration Pill refinement proceeded smoothly. One spirit herb after another melted into pure medicinal power within the flames, while the fusion of their properties advanced steadily under his precise control.
But when he reached the fifth step, a tiny error in his Spiritual Sense caused the heat to spiral out of control.
A scorched smell drifted out of the pill furnace. The medicinal power of the spirit herbs was burned away by the intense heat, turning into a wisp of green smoke that dissipated.
Li Bufan looked at the black medicinal dregs left in the pill furnace and let out a long sigh. He put the furnace away, a trace of helplessness rising in his heart.
Pill refinement was indeed not something that succeeded every time. Even as a fifth-grade pill master, he still faced a considerable chance of failure when refining fifth-tier top-grade pills.
He did not wallow in his failure. He quickly adjusted his mindset and began reconsidering how to break through this crack.
Even the perfected Greedy Wolf Saber Technique combined with the Seven Killings Blade could not shake this place, so he could only seek another path.
He sat in the darkness, his gaze fixed upon that spider-silk-thin crack as all manner of thoughts raced through his mind.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him.
Right, there were still flames!
Back in Six Desires Heaven, he had once combined the