The next day, at the hour of the Dragon.
Xu Yan sat cross-legged on a jade cushion and took a premium Essence Cultivation Pill from the green bottle in his Qiankun Bag.
The pill contained five-element Mystic Qi, vast and surging as a boundless sea.
Drawing a deep breath, Xu Yan immediately swallowed the pill, then circulated the Eight-Nine Profound Art to refine it. In an instant, an incomparably pure tide of five-element Mystic Qi surged through his spiritual veins.
The medicinal potency of this pill was several times greater than that of a high-grade one.
Rumble—
A drumlike tremor resounded within his body as Xu Yan guided his Mystic Qi to assault the Jade Pillow Pass at the back of his head.
He gritted his teeth and steadied his divine sense, feeling the meridians around the Jade Pillow Pass stretch taut while his blood and qi boiled through his channels.
For a time, his head spun and his vision blurred slightly.
Within the splendid cave abode, Xu Yan's Daoist robe fluttered loudly in the wind, and pure five-element Mystic Qi rippled throughout the entire dwelling.
As Xu Yan continued refining it, he broke through the obstruction by force. After a full hour, the medicinal power of the premium Essence Cultivation Pill was finally completely refined.
The Jade Pillow Pass had also loosened six times, but he still had some way to go before breaking through it.
"The accumulated pill toxin is minuscule. Half a day will be enough to cleanse it away completely."
Every medicine carried some poison. Taking pills in succession could rapidly improve one's cultivation, but it could also leave one's Mystic Qi unsteady and one's foundation unstable.
Xu Yan examined himself inwardly. The pill toxin left behind in the sinews and bones of his Dao body