Taking It!

Xiao Yan glanced at Qing Yuan, who was still lying on the Jadeite Stone Bed, and began preparing the neutralizing medicinal liquid once more.

What followed was much the same as before. He tirelessly altered the proportions of the three medicinal liquids. For a liquid meant to balance a pill's medicinal potency, even the slightest excess or deficiency would break the balance among the three liquids and result in failure. Therefore, he absolutely could not let repeated failures disturb his state of mind...

After all, preparing this neutralizing medicinal liquid was unlike fusing a pill, where the powers of several medicinal ingredients were combined into one.

While balancing the three heavenly treasures, Xiao Yan failed nine times. Those nine failures consumed nearly a third of the three treasures...

However, despite the considerable cost, there was not the slightest trace of impatience on Xiao Yan's face. His hands grew increasingly deft as he worked, and he no longer hesitated as he adjusted the proportions.

Given his current alchemy skills, there were likely only a handful among his peers who could surpass him. Naturally, such failures would not disrupt his composure. After all, if he could not even endure this, how could he shine at the Alchemist Association?

Xiao Yan stared intently into the jade bowl. The three differently colored liquids gathered at his fingertips. Whenever the amount of one liquid in the bowl decreased, he swiftly added a tiny drop, doing his utmost to preserve their balance.

After so many failures, the liquid in the jade bowl this time became increasingly clear and verdant. A faint fragrance gradually spread through the air.

Only when he caught that scent did a ripple finally appear in Xiao Yan's otherwise unmoving eyes. With a flick of his finger, a drop of liquid transformed from the Earth Mother Stone slowly fell into the jade bowl.

"Sizzle!"

As that drop of Earth Mother Stone liquid fell in, wisps of pale smoke immediately rose from the jade bowl. When the smoke dispersed, all that remained was a small bowl of viscous jade-like slurry brimming with vitality...

"Phew..."

Seeing the quality of the liquid in the jade bowl, Xiao Yan finally let out a relieved breath. He then carefully poured the slurry into a fine jade bottle...

Of course, this small amount of prepared Primordial Jade Liquid was far from enough to neutralize the medicinal potency of the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill. However, with his first success behind him, the rest became much easier. In roughly two hours, Xiao Yan successfully prepared nearly half of the remaining three heavenly treasures...

Looking at the jade-green liquid that had filled the bottle to its mouth, a pleased smile finally crossed Xiao Yan's face. Though he had failed many times, the successful product that remained was enough for his needs this time...

"Next comes the most important part..."

A ruthless glint flashed through Xiao Yan's eyes. He raised the jade bottle and slowly walked over to Qing Yuan. Taking out the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill, he looked at Qing Yuan, who seemed to be asleep.

"Use the Primordial Jade Liquid together with the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill and have the girl take them at the same time," the Golden Dragon King said.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan frowned. He held the Primordial Marrow and the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill in one hand, while his other hand moved toward Qing Yuan's delicate lips as she lay sleeping.

"This..." Xiao Yan broke into a cold sweat.

Xiao Yan had just tried to pry open Qing Yuan's delicate lips so she could take the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill, but strangely, he could not open them at all.

"Stop dawdling. The Primordial Jade Liquid has a time limit. Once that time passes, it will lose its medicinal effect." The Golden Dragon King did not know whether to laugh or cry at Xiao Yan's predicament.

"Forgive me." Xiao Yan was not one to hesitate. He swallowed the Primordial Jade Liquid in one gulp, held the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill in one hand, and bent down toward Qing Yuan on the Jadeite Stone Bed.

Xiao Yan first placed the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill beside Qing Yuan's delicate lips, then directly poured nearly half of the Primordial Jade Liquid into her mouth. It gurgled down her throat and flowed entirely into her body.

Strangely, Qing Yuan's lips, which had been tightly shut just moments ago, parted slightly upon touching Xiao Yan's lips. Xiao Yan did not bother with anything else and directly pushed the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill into her mouth. Together with the Primordial Jade Liquid, he transferred it all into Qing Yuan's body through his lips.

Unbeknownst to him, a faint blush had appeared on Qing Yuan's previously calm cheeks.

The instant the Primordial Jade Liquid poured into her body, Qing Yuan's sleeping mind suddenly buzzed. The soul power between her brows abruptly swelled as though it had been fed some kind of catalyst.

The sudden surge of powerful soul power from Qing Yuan caused intense swelling pain between Xiao Yan's brows. It felt as if his head were about to explode!

Sensing this sudden change, Xiao Yan's heart jolted. Yet at a time like this, he did not dare act rashly. He could only force himself to remain calm and watch the changes within Qing Yuan's body.

"Don't look at me. This is my first time doing this too." The Golden Dragon King was clearly at a loss as well.

After entering Qing Yuan's body, the neutralized Primordial Jade Liquid rapidly melted the icy threads covering her body. Then, the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill transformed into a scorching current of heat and dispersed.

It immediately spread through Qing Yuan's body. Streams of dark green, strange mist rapidly rose up, passing through her body as the medicinal power within the mist slowly enveloped her entire form.

As the emerald Primordial Jade Liquid intertwined with the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill's medicinal potency, Xiao Yan swiftly sensed an incomparably powerful and terrifying energy rapidly emanating from Qing Yuan's soul. At the same time, Qing Yuan's strength seemed to have consumed some great tonic, beginning to surge at a rate that horrified Xiao Yan!

As her soul power rapidly increased, the swelling pain between Xiao Yan's brows grew stronger and stronger. He had not expected the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill to retain such immense power even after being neutralized by the Primordial Jade Liquid.

"What pure soul power..." Xiao Yan could not help muttering. The sudden soul power emerging from Qing Yuan's forehead was far stronger than Xiao Yan's Emperor Realm Mortal Grade soul power. In terms of purity alone, Xiao Yan was unquestionably inferior to Qing Yuan.

Faced with the increasingly intense pain between his brows, Xiao Yan had no solution. He could only circulate all his soul power and form a protective barrier before himself, watching Qing Yuan's increasingly powerful soul power from atop the Jadeite Stone Bed. The moment anything happened, Xiao Yan would act!

The medicinal potency of the Gu Ben Pei Yuan Pill was clearly so intense because it contained the blood essence of the excessively high-grade Bloodthirsty Demonic Dragon Lizard. Thus, after Qing Yuan on the Jadeite Stone Bed had absorbed it for nearly an hour, her original Dou Sheng strength began to soar!

Four-Star Dou Sheng!

Five-Star Dou Sheng!

Dou Di!

In but a brief instant, Qing Yuan's strength surged explosively!

However, that was not the most important part. After her strength soared, the strange power between Qing Yuan's brows suddenly became violent. Finally, an invisible ripple silently spread outward, passed through the stone bed, and diffused into the skies above the waterfall...

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