A golden lion phantom soared into the sky as though coming to life, countless reddish-yellow scales layering over it.
Beneath the lion phantom, the Five-Phase Furnace spun continuously, and countless spiritual rays filled the air in an instant.
At that moment, Ye Jingcheng held his breath and focused.
The Crimson Flame Fox beside him and the Golden-Scaled Beast guarding the perimeter did the same.
At last, with a low roar from the lion beast's spiritual phantom, the pill inside the furnace finally took shape.
Ye Jingcheng let out a long breath and cast a spell. The furnace lid flew up, finally revealing a golden spiritual pill.
It was none other than a fourth-tier Golden Scale Pill!
The pill had neither spiritual patterns nor fragrance.
This was not because Ye Jingcheng's alchemical skill was lacking, but because the fourth-tier Advancement Pill used fourth-tier spirit beast blood essence, which unleashed overwhelmingly powerful spiritual and bestial pressure.
The blood essence used for this Golden Scale Pill belonged to the Houxuan Qilin Lion. When it went berserk, it nearly brought the entire refining process to ruin.
Only the enhancement provided by the Five-Phase Furnace and the Crimson Flame Fox's refining efforts had allowed this batch to barely succeed.
"The Crimson Flame Pill is next!" Ye Jingcheng said, reassuring the Crimson Flame Fox.
These nearly two years of pill refining had placed the heaviest burden on the Crimson Flame Fox, and naturally, he felt most sorry for it.
The Crimson Flame Fox chirped and nodded its head intelligently, then lay down and quietly began absorbing spiritual energy to recover.
Ye Jingcheng also took out a spiritual pill for the Crimson Flame Fox to swallow and recover, then began wiping down the Five-Phase Furnace.
Meanwhile, the Golden-Scaled Beast at the perimeter was already beside itself with