Imperial Extreme Pill

"It's about time Teacher woke up, don't you think?" Xiao Yan said, twisting the Storage Ring on his finger.

"Little fellow, are you planning on leaving already?" Cai Lin pouted with dissatisfaction.

"No, I don't intend to leave just yet. I plan to give you a grand gift before I go," Xiao Yan said with a mysterious smile.

"A grand gift?" Cai Lin asked, intrigued.

"Yes. If I want to whisk you away, I must first win over the elders of the Snake-People Tribe. I have heard that the four Great Elders of the Snake-People Tribe have been stuck at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm for a long time. I wish to ask Teacher to refine a batch of Imperial Extreme Pills for the four elders to help them break through the barrier of the Dou Zong." Xiao Yan explained.

"Little fellow, you even know about this?"

Cai Lin leaned her lithe body forward, tilting her forehead toward Xiao Yan with a look of inquiry. Her enchanting, beautiful face was barely half an inch from his.

Just as Cai Lin was about to press for more, a pale, illusory figure shot out from the Storage Ring on Xiao Yan's finger. It was none other than Venerable Yao, who had been in a deep slumber for many days.

"Hahaha, brat, I have returned—uh." The boisterous laughter of Venerable Yao suddenly cut off as if he had choked.

Venerable Yao looked awkwardly at the two people on the bed who were practically glued together.

"Hahaha, wrong turn, wrong turn. You two continue, please continue."

With that, Venerable Yao dove back into the Storage Ring at several times the speed he had emerged.

"Is this the mysterious powerhouse who appeared that day? So he is merely a soul body," Cai Lin murmured, narrowing her beautiful phoenix eyes.

"Teacher!" Xiao Yan said, looking at the scene with a wry smile.

"Teacher, come out quickly. I have important matters to consult with you, come out!"

"And disturb you two?" Venerable Yao's muffled voice came from the Storage Ring.

Cai Lin, who was sitting beside Xiao Yan playing with a strand of her dark hair, felt the smile on her graceful, enchanting face grow even brighter upon hearing the question.

"It's no disturbance, no disturbance at all," Xiao Yan said with a bitter smile.

"Whoosh!"

Venerable Yao finally flew back out, hovering before the two. Looking at the pair leaning together on the bed like a golden boy and jade girl, a kindly, motherly smile appeared on his face.

"Alright, alright, Teacher." Xiao Yan hurriedly interrupted, seeing the strange look on Venerable Yao's face.

"Teacher, the four Great Elders of the Snake-People Tribe have been stuck at the peak of the Dou Emperor realm for too long. I wish to ask you to refine a batch of Imperial Extreme Pills to help them break through the Dou Zong barrier."

"Good, good. Imperial Extreme Pills, is it? No problem. Is one batch enough?" Venerable Yao agreed readily without even thinking about the implications.

"..."

Xiao Yan looked at Venerable Yao, who seemed ready to organize his wedding on the spot, with a headache. He felt that something was very wrong with his teacher.

"Give me back my cold and aloof 'Venerable Yao', you jerk!"

"Cai Lin, go and prepare the materials for refining the Imperial Extreme Pills." Venerable Yao handed a list he had just written to Cai Lin.

"My tribe's inventory has all of these materials. I will go prepare them at once."

Cai Lin took the list, glanced at it, and rose to her feet.

Inside a spacious and quiet courtyard, Venerable Yao sat cross-legged on the open ground. Before him sat the Black Demon Cauldron, along with the Jade Skin Flower, Golden Dragon Saliva, Thousand Gold Vine, and a Rank 6 Monster Core required for the Imperial Extreme Pill.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin stood not far from Venerable Yao, preparing to observe in silence.

When the scorching sun reached its zenith and the fire element in the air was at its most active, Venerable Yao spoke: "Let us begin."

Venerable Yao pointed lightly at the Black Demon Cauldron, and a forest-white illusory flame leaped up from within, appearing exceptionally lively.

After the Black Demon Cauldron was preheated, Venerable Yao controlled the Bone Chilling Flame with one hand while steadily tossing three Jade Skin Flowers into the cauldron.

"Boom!" A flame flared up playfully.

As the Jade Skin Flowers slowly softened in the forest-white flame and finally released their red juices, Venerable Yao added a portion of Golden Dragon Saliva at the perfect moment. Instantly, the golden liquid intertwined with the red juice.

Next came the Thousand Gold Vine and the Rank 6 Monster Core.

After a long while, a pitted, pill-shaped solid began to slowly form inside the Black Demon Cauldron. As time passed, the pill gradually became smooth and round, uniform in shape, and a faint, exotic fragrance began to emanate from its surface.

As the pill continued to take shape, the concentration of energy in the courtyard grew increasingly dense. Due to the excessive accumulation of energy, clouds shaped like strange beasts began to form above the courtyard. One moment they were horses, the next deer, then birds, flying back and forth in the sky, looking quite lively.

The strange phenomenon caused by the pill refinement had long since caught the attention of the Snake-People Tribe members in the city. However, because Cai Lin had already given orders, and the area around the courtyard was heavily guarded by Medusa's Royal Guard, no one dared to approach or interfere.

At the same time, muffled rumbles began to echo from the clouds in the sky above the courtyard where the three were located. Layers of lightning clouds were gathering in the high altitude, with flashes of electricity darting through them from time to time.

"Boom!" A heaven-shaking sound erupted. Another bolt of lightning tore through the sky, followed by a rolling thunderclap as the clouds gathered. The silent clouds once again spat out a blinding, fierce firelight, and a thunderous explosion rang out.

"The Pill Lightning is coming. Cai Lin, I leave this to you." Xiao Yan looked at the thunderclouds overhead and turned to Cai Lin beside him.

"Rest assured, little fellow," Cai Lin said lazily, opening her red, delicate lips.

Cai Lin looked up at the lightning flashing through the clouds, revealing an enchanting and cold smile. With a sway of her willow-like waist, she shot toward the clouds.

As she flew into mid-air, a brilliant light erupted from her body. Amidst the flashing radiance, she rapidly transformed into a seven-colored giant snake, over a dozen feet long, emitting an exotic fragrance.

"She has revealed her true form," Xiao Yan said, watching Cai Lin in the sky. Her massive body seemed to shroud the entire sky above the courtyard.

"Roar!" A hiss that sounded like both a dragon and a tiger echoed through the sky.

Then, the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python shook her massive serpentine body and charged fiercely toward the clouds that were continuously gathering power.

Whoosh! The serpentine body rolled through the thunderclouds, occasionally opening its massive, blood-red maw toward the lightning.

"Roar!", "Roar!", "Roar!".

In the end, Medusa actually swallowed the cloud layer and the lightning gathering within it whole!

The lightning, still brewing and yet to strike, vanished into the air in frustration.

"Urp!"

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python in the sky let out a satisfied burp before descending back to the ground.

Swish! Medusa reappeared by Xiao Yan's side.

"So full. The energy I consumed this time should be enough for me to push toward the peak of a three-star Dou Zong, right?" Medusa said, slightly embarrassed as she raised a jade hand to cover her crimson lips.