Imperial Extreme Pill

"By the way, Teacher should be awake by now, right?" Xiao Yan said, turning the Storage Ring on his finger.

"Little fellow, are you leaving already?" Medusa asked with an unhappy pout.

"No, I don't plan to leave for the time being. Before I go, I intend to give you a grand gift." Xiao Yan smiled mysteriously.

"Grand gift?" Medusa asked with interest.

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

"Little fellow, you know about that too?"

Medusa leaned her delicate body slightly forward, tilting her forehead toward Xiao Yan with a probing expression. Her enchanting face was barely half an inch from his.

Just as Medusa was about to press further, an aged, illusory figure shot out from the Storage Ring on Xiao Yan's finger. Who else could it be but Yao Lao, who had been asleep for days?

"Hahaha, Yan boy, I'm awake—uh." Yao Lao's laughter abruptly caught in his throat, and his voice suddenly cut off.

Yao Lao looked awkwardly at the two of them on the bed, nearly pressed together.

"Hahaha, wrong timing, wrong timing. You two carry on, carry on."

Then Yao Lao dove back into the Storage Ring several times faster than when he had emerged.

"So that's the mysterious expert who appeared that day? He was merely a soul body." Medusa narrowed her beautiful phoenix eyes and murmured.

"Teacher!" Xiao Yan said helplessly, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Teacher, come out quickly. I have something to ask you about. Come out."

"Should I come out and interrupt you two?" Yao Lao's muffled voice came from the Storage Ring.

Medusa sat upright beside Xiao Yan, idly playing with her silken hair. Upon hearing Yao Lao's question, the smile on her dignified and seductive face grew even brighter.

"You won't interrupt us, you won't interrupt us," Xiao Yan said with a bitter smile.

Whoosh!

Yao Lao finally flew out again and floated before them. Looking at the two beautiful people leaning together on the bed like a golden boy and jade maiden, he wore a kindly, motherly smile.

"Alright, alright, Teacher." Seeing the strange smile on Yao Lao's face, Xiao Yan hurriedly cut him off.

"Teacher, the four great elders of the Snake-People Tribe have lingered at the Peak Dou Emperor realm for a long time. I want to ask you to refine a batch of Imperial Extreme Pills for them, helping them break through the Dou Zong barrier."

"Alright, alright. Imperial Extreme Pills, right? No problem. Will one batch be enough?" Yao Lao readily agreed without even thinking about what they were for.

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Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao with a headache. Yao Lao seemed as if he were about to arrange Xiao Yan's wedding immediately, and Xiao Yan felt that he was acting very strangely.

Give me back my aloof "Venerable Yao," damn it!

"Medusa, go prepare the materials for refining the Imperial Extreme Pills." Yao Lao handed Medusa a list he had just written.

"We have all these materials in our clan's stores. I'll prepare them right away."

Medusa took the list, glanced over it, and rose to her feet.

Within a spacious, tranquil courtyard, Yao Lao sat cross-legged in the open area. Before him stood the Black Demon Cauldron, along with the Jade Skin Flowers, Golden Dragon Saliva, Thousand Gold Vine, and Sixth-Tier Magical Beast core needed to refine the Imperial Extreme Pills.

Xiao Yan and Medusa stood some distance away from Yao Lao, preparing to observe in silence.

When the blazing sun reached directly above them and the fire element in the air was at its most active, Yao Lao spoke. "Begin."

Yao Lao lightly pointed at the Black Demon Cauldron, and a pale white illusory flame leaped up from within it, exceptionally lively.

Once the Black Demon Cauldron had been preheated, Yao Lao controlled the Bone Chilling Flame with one hand while steadily tossing three Jade Skin Flowers into the cauldron with the other.

Bang! A flame burst up playfully.

As the Jade Skin Flowers slowly heated and softened in the pale white flames, eventually releasing crimson juice, Yao Lao tossed in a portion of Golden Dragon Saliva at precisely the right moment. In an instant, the glittering golden saliva intertwined with the red liquid.

Next came the Thousand Gold Vine and the Sixth-Tier Magical Beast core.

After a long while, a pill-shaped solid with a pitted surface slowly began to form within the Black Demon Cauldron. As time passed, it gradually became smooth and round, perfectly spherical, while waves of faint fragrance drifted from its surface.

As the pill continued to take shape, the energy density within the courtyard steadily increased. Due to the excessive condensation of energy above the courtyard, clouds shaped like strange beasts formed in the sky—now a horse, now a deer, now a bird—flying about merrily overhead.

The phenomenon created above the courtyard by the pill refinement had long since drawn the attention of the Snake-People Tribe within the city. However, Medusa had issued orders beforehand, and Medusa's Royal Guard had heavily secured the area around the courtyard, so naturally no one dared approach and disturb them.

At the same time, muffled rumbles came from the clouds high above the courtyard where the three stood. Layer after layer of thunderclouds gathered in the sky, with bolts of lightning flashing through them from time to time.

With a boom, a thunderous sound shook heaven and earth. Another bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, followed by another rolling thunderclap as the storm clouds continued gathering. The silent clouds spewed forth another patch of dazzling, brutal firelight, and explosive thunder rang out.

"Pill Lightning is coming. Cai Lin, I'm counting on you," Xiao Yan said, looking at the thunderclouds overhead before turning to Medusa beside him.

"Don't worry, little fellow," Medusa said lazily, parting her rosy lips.

Medusa raised her head and watched bolts of lightning flash through the clouds. A cold, captivating smile appeared on her face, and with a twist of her slender waist, she shot toward the cloud layer.

In midair, Medusa's body suddenly shone brilliantly. Amid the flashing radiance, she rapidly transformed into a massive seven-colored serpent more than ten zhang long, her body radiating an unusual fragrance.

"She's transformed into her true form?" Xiao Yan watched Medusa reveal her true form in the sky, her enormous body seeming to blanket the entire sky above the courtyard.

Roar! A howl that sounded both draconic and tiger-like came from the sky.

Then the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python shook her enormous body and fearlessly charged toward the clouds that were continuously gathering strength.

Whoosh! Her serpentine body rolled through the thunderclouds, and from time to time, she opened her blood-red maw toward them.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

In the end, Medusa actually devoured the clouds and the lightning gathering within them completely!

The lightning that had yet to descend vanished unwillingly into the air.

"Urp!"

The Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python in the sky let out a satisfied belch and returned to the ground contentedly.

Whoosh! Medusa reappeared beside Xiao Yan.

"I'm so full. The energy I devoured this time should be enough for me to challenge the Peak Three-Star Dou Zong realm, right?" Medusa said, somewhat embarrassedly raising her jade-like hand to cover her rosy lips.