Can it be taken multiple times? How is that possible?

Nalan Yanran struggled to climb up from the ground, blocking the path in front of Yun Yun.

Her body was still trembling and blood stained the corners of her mouth, yet her gaze remained firm.

"Xiao Yan, if you want to kill my teacher, you must kill me first."

Xiao Yan looked at her, his face devoid of any expression.

"Get lost."

Nalan Yanran gritted her teeth. "No."

"Do you want to die?"

"If I die, then so be it," Nalan Yanran said. "I am not afraid."

Xiao Yan glanced at her without saying a word.

He crouched down to look at Yun Yun.

"I do not intend to kill you."

Yun Yun was stunned.

Nalan Yanran was also stunned.

"What did you say?" Yun Yun asked, unable to believe her ears.

"I said I do not intend to kill you," Xiao Yan stated.

Yun Yun looked at him, not knowing what to say.

She had assumed that today would surely be her end, yet Xiao Yan had actually said he would not kill her.

"Then what is it that you want?" Yun Yun asked.

"What I want," Xiao Yan said, "is to do you a favor."

"Help me?" Yun Yun was even more confused.

"I can help you increase your strength," Xiao Yan said. "I will refine an Imperial Extreme Pill to help you raise your cultivation by one star."

Yun Yun was completely dumbfounded.

Nalan Yanran was also stunned.

Help her teacher increase her strength? Could Xiao Yan really be so kind-hearted?

"You—are you telling the truth?" Yun Yun asked, still in disbelief.

"Naturally, it is the truth," Xiao Yan said.

Nalan Yanran regained her senses, her eyes filled with suspicion as she looked at Xiao Yan.

"Xiao Yan, what exactly are you planning?" Nalan Yanran demanded.

Xiao Yan did not look at her.

"You helping my teacher increase her strength must mean you have ill intentions," Nalan Yanran said. "Are you trying to take advantage of this opportunity to harbor evil thoughts toward my teacher?"

"Shut up," Xiao Yan said indifferently.

Nalan Yanran's face turned pale. "You—"

"Say one more word and I will kill you."

Nalan Yanran immediately clamped her mouth shut; although she hated Xiao Yan, she knew that he meant what he said.

Yun Yun looked at Xiao Yan, her heart filled with doubt.

She did not understand why Xiao Yan would want to help her.

She was the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, and since Xiao Yan had killed three of the sect's elders, their relationship should have been one of irreconcilable enmity.

Yet, not only did Xiao Yan refuse to kill her, he even wanted to help her increase her strength.

This defied all logic.

"Xiao Yan, why are you helping me?" Yun Yun asked.

"There is no 'why'."

"Believe it or not, that is up to you."

Yun Yun was silent for a moment before speaking. "But I have already consumed an Imperial Extreme Pill."

Xiao Yan looked at her. "I know."

"You know, yet you still say you want to refine an Imperial Extreme Pill for me?" Yun Yun said. "An Imperial Extreme Pill can only be consumed once; one can only ever take one in a lifetime."

"It has no effect on anyone who consumes a second one."

"Refining an Imperial Extreme Pill for me is completely useless."

Upon hearing this, the corners of Nalan Yanran's mouth could not help but curl upward.

"Xiao Yan, did you hear that?" Nalan Yanran said. "Teacher has already consumed an Imperial Extreme Pill."

"You didn't even know that, yet you claimed you wanted to help my teacher increase her strength?"

"Pretending to understand when you don't is just spouting nonsense."

Xiao Yan glanced at her, and Nalan Yanran immediately fell silent.

"I said I can, so I can," Xiao Yan stated.

Yun Yun frowned. "What do you mean?"

"The Imperial Extreme Pill I refine is different from the ordinary Imperial Extreme Pill," Xiao Yan said.

"Different?" Yun Yun asked. "How is it different?"

"An ordinary Imperial Extreme Pill can only be taken once by a Dou Emperor," Xiao Yan explained. "But the one I refine can be taken multiple times."

Yun Yun's eyes flashed with shock.

"What did you say?"

"I said, the Imperial Extreme Pill I refine is not restricted by the number of uses," Xiao Yan said. "Taking it a second or third time will not result in failure."

"Furthermore, the medicinal efficacy will not diminish."

Yun Yun was completely stunned.

In all her years in the Jia Ma Empire, she had never heard of such a thing.

The pill formula for the Imperial Extreme Pill had been passed down for ages and had never changed in thousands of years.

It was common knowledge that a Dou Emperor could only consume one Imperial Extreme Pill in their lifetime.

Yet, Xiao Yan claimed that the one he refined could be taken multiple times?

How could this be possible?