Lan Tian spent nearly an hour in the workshop.
On the table sat several precious herbs harvested from the Icefire Basin, including slices of millennia-old ganoderma, stems and roots of dragon saliva grass, and a small piece of old bark that had naturally peeled off the golden ancient tree.
These materials, taken out individually, were already extremely rare treasures, but the pill he needed to refine today also required a most crucial catalyst—his own life essence.
He raised his right hand and channeled the Blue Silver God Power, causing a drop of blue-gold liquid, concentrated to the point of near solidity, to ooze from his fingertip and condense into a smooth, rounded liquid bead in his palm.
The energy contained within that drop of life essence was extremely pure, and even just resting it in his palm made him feel the flora breath in the surrounding air converging toward it.
He tossed that drop of essence together with several precious herbs into the refining array map. Vines wrapped around the medicinal materials and slowly rotated, the medicinal potency gradually merging and condensing under the guidance of the Blue Silver God Power.
After about half an hour, a jade-warm, pale golden pill took shape within the vines.
The surface of the pill emitted a soft luster, radiating a mellow and lingering medicinal fragrance that refreshed one's mind upon smelling it.
Lan Tian took the pill, put it away, stood up, and left the workshop, walking toward the golden ancient tree.
Ah Yin was sitting in a soft chair beneath the tree, regulating her breathing with eyes closed, while Lan San slept in the cradle beside her, his little mouth twitching slightly.
Lan Tian walked up to her, squatted down, and handed the pill over. "Peiyuan Pill. Eat it, and it will