"Every pill requires the souls of a complete cosmic cycle, tempered with Nine Nether Demon Fire and Nine Heavens Solar True Fire, refined through the suffering of the eighteen layers of hell, stripping away every thought within those souls before this incomparably pure soul essence can be produced."
"Then they must be further refined in the pill furnace for eighty-one years before they can be completely absorbed."
As he spoke, he swallowed a pill. It melted the moment it entered his mouth, transforming into a mysterious spiritual radiance that surged into his body.
Feeling that radiance nourish his soul, Yuan Zhihui's face blossomed with a brilliant smile.
Beside him, Li Qiuxian also ate a pill. Mysterious spiritual radiance spread from both their bodies as they rapidly absorbed the power contained within the pills.
Only after a long while did the two awaken from their intoxication. Yuan Zhihui turned his gaze toward the fruit on the platter.
They were fruits with human faces, each one resembling a peach. At the sight of them, his face too filled with delight.
"Thousand-Year Human-Faced Peaches—these are the finest among spiritual plants."
"Each one must be planted using a hundred thousand living beings, with bones as branches, flesh and blood as sap, and endless resentment and despair as nourishment. They flower once every thousand years, bear fruit once every thousand years, and ripen once every thousand years."
"They are one of the three great immortal-grade treasures. Eating one is equivalent to a hundred years of arduous cultivation."
"Fellow Daoist, you have truly been generous this time."
With that, he picked up a Human-Faced Peach, opened his mouth, and tossed it in.
His mouth was like a gaping maw of blood, easily chewing the peach until not a trace remained.
Li Qiuxian likewise ate one. Their