"It's already been three days..." Lei Jingxiao, who had been standing guard the whole time, complained in boredom. After all, making him watch someone else refine medicine nonstop was a severe test of his patience. At this moment, he was thankful that Aunt Yan had only forced him to learn Dou Techniques. If he had needed to study alchemy at such an intense pace, he might have gone mad.
The other three, however, watched with great interest. Being able to observe an alchemist of a higher rank at such close range was already something worth celebrating.
"Be patient. It should be about time," Xiao Yan reminded Lei Jingxiao.
Cao Ying nodded in agreement. The Heart Bamboo Pill was among the gentler types of eighth-tier pills, without particularly fierce medicinal effects. Therefore, its pill-forming process was relatively shorter. Whether it succeeded or failed, they would have an answer today.
Sure enough, three hours later, Wei Jiangyuan reached the final stage of condensing the pill's embryonic form. Jade-green flames swirled through the cauldron like roaming dragons. Fine beads of sweat had appeared on Wei Jiangyuan's brow, while his Spiritual Strength had long since transformed into countless threads wrapped around the embryonic pill. The mass of golden-green liquid had condensed into a round bead the size of a pigeon's egg. Its surface was still somewhat uneven, yet it gleamed with an emerald-like radiance, signaling its extraordinary nature. After all, it was a genuine eighth-tier pill.
Yet at this final step, Wei Jiangyuan suddenly detected something amiss—violent fluctuations had appeared within the formerly mild medicinal power.
"What is this?!"
Xiao Yan and Cao Ying both noticed the change inside the cauldron immediately. Throughout their studies, their teachers had repeatedly emphasized the most crucial stages of alchemy. What lay before them now was the final