Staring at the fiery red medicinal cauldron before him, Xiao Yan took a deep breath. Opening his mouth, he expelled a huge mass of Milky White Flame. With a flick of his finger, the flame traced a beautiful arc and shot straight into the cauldron, where it abruptly erupted.
Blazing flames churned continuously within the medicinal cauldron. As the temperature rose higher and higher, the wooden hut gradually became somewhat scorching.
As the flames surged, Xiao Yan swept his sleeve, and one medicinal ingredient after another drifted out from his Storage Ring. Wrapped in Dou Qi, they hovered in midair within the wooden hut like tiny glowing orbs. Seen from below, they were rather dazzling.
"The Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill. A First-grade Emperor Pill, a heavenly-tier pill. It can improve one's physique, awaken the dormant potential within the body, and produce the astonishing effect of enhancing one's cultivation talent. The materials needed to refine it are exceedingly complex, numbering roughly one hundred and seven. There are five main ingredients: Snow Cream Ganoderma, Green Wood Fruit, Dragon Blood Immortal Vine, an Emperor-tier Dragon Core, and Emperor-tier or higher magical beast blood essence. Every one of these five materials is a rare and precious item, extremely difficult to find. Fortunately, there are still some materials in my teacher's ring, and with the magical core from the ruins, I still have only one chance. The refining method is also particularly exacting and harsh..."
The method for refining the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill slowly surfaced in Xiao Yan's mind, its critical details engraved in his mind without missing a single word.
A pill requiring one hundred and seven refining materials was something Xiao Yan had never seen before. Even during the Alchemist Association examination, he had not encountered anything this complicated. This