The Pills Are Complete

"What is he trying to do?"

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the others looked utterly bewildered.

Ning Rongrong, Shui Bing'er, Huo Wu, and the others could not make heads or tails of it either.

The concept of pills was simply too advanced.

Tang San had been reduced to eating immortal herbs raw.

That alone showed just how far ahead the concept of pills was.

But never mind what they could not understand. Let's talk about what they could understand...

Alchemy!

This bug-like ability!

How could it refine anything and everything?!

Twenty-five liters of Water of Life?

Since when was this stuff measured in liters?

Did they know how precious Water of Life was?

Ordinary people had never even heard of it!

This was a divine treasure capable of extending one's lifespan!

Out in the world, it was sold by the drop!

One drop cost several million Gold Soul Coins!

Since when was it measured by the liter?

And there was the Tianshan Blood Lotus. It needed to be nourished with vast amounts of blood, and ordinary blood was not even good enough. It had to be fed the blood of soul beasts or soul masters. One Blood Lotus often consumed the essence blood of dozens of thousand-year soul beasts. Eating it could transform one's physique. In the several-thousand-year history of the Human Race, the Tianshan Blood Lotus had appeared fewer than five times in total, usually only once every thousand years or so. Most Titled Douluo had never seen the real thing, only written descriptions and illustrations!

Measured by the jin?

Shouldn't this stuff be counted by the flower?!

What made Yue Guan's heart ache the most was the twenty jin of Phoenix Blood!

At least it was no longer measured in liters. A cause for celebration. But Phoenix Blood was not some roadside cabbage either. In the soul master world, it ought to be measured in taels. For example: how much did one tael of Phoenix Blood cost? How had it suddenly become something measured by the jin once it reached his hands?

Fine, measuring it by the jin was one thing, but he had asked for twenty jin right off the bat?

As Ye Qingcang named one familiar item after another, all with absurd quantities attached, everyone who knew how precious those materials were wore expressions of agony. Those who did not know their value were instead fortunate.

What one did not know could not hurt.

Still, even among those who felt the pain, there were different degrees.

At the very bottom was Yu Xiaogang.

His envious eyes practically spat fire.

It was as though Ye Qingcang was not reading out names, as though those materials had not been transformed by Violet through Alchemy, but had been snatched from his hands. His greed and jealousy had reached a point where they could no longer be concealed.

Slightly better was Ning Rongrong.

Although her glass-like eyes were also full of envy, she was not so envious that she was about to burst into flames. Her envy was merely envy, without greed or jealousy. The extra emotions in her gaze were only yearning, something absent from Yu Xiaogang's eyes, as well as a faint hint of affection.

Yue Guan performed the best.

That was also related to Yue Guan having seen more of the world.

Wasn't it just using gold to transform Water of Life?

Wasn't it just using gold to transform Tianshan Blood Lotus?

Wasn't it just using gold to transform precious materials?

To a god, it was no big deal. Gods could even increase a soul master's soul ring age, turning a hundred-year soul ring into a ten-thousand-year soul ring. Just like the Great Grand Elder Qian Daoliu they had seen—within Spirit Hall, it was no secret that Qian Daoliu was the High Priest of the Angel God. A full set of ten-thousand-year soul rings, along with three 100,000-Year Soul Rings whose colors had long been altered by soul skills—his lineup was already maxed out.

Besides, gods were immortal.

Water of Life was useless to gods.

Was this really worth being surprised about?

Of course, Yue Guan did not know that even gods could not freely transform matter at will. It was as laughable as a farmer believing an emperor plowed fields with a golden hoe. Yue Guan had seen the world, but not enough of it. It was only natural that he subconsciously glorified gods, viewing them as omnipotent and trapping himself within that worldview. He could not be blamed for it.

Thus, after deciding that gods were omnipotent, the things that astonished Yu Xiaogang, Ning Rongrong, and the others were completely unremarkable in Yue Guan's eyes. What surprised him was something else: Ye Qingcang had melted down so many precious materials and three ninety-thousand-year Thousand Jun Ant Kings. Could he even digest whatever he refined?

He was definitely going to absorb it.

Otherwise, there would have been no point in refining it.

He could not possibly be refining it just for fun, could he?

But the energy contained in all those things, melted together, was enough to overstuff a Titled Douluo to death. It was like an ordinary person taking a bite of genuine hundred-year ginseng—within moments, they would get a nosebleed. Could Ye Qingcang's body withstand all that energy?

What?

Ye Qingcang = a humanoid Thousand Jun Ant?

Then never mind...

"But something is strange..." The fragrance of pills spread in every direction, drifting for miles. Breathing in the scent, Guimei felt his body grow unusually warm. He signaled to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the others that they did not need to hold their breath and could breathe normally. The fragrance was harmless to the body. Only then did he land beside Yue Guan and wake him from his thoughts with a single remark. "Did you notice? Those three Thousand Jun Ant Kings didn't produce soul rings!"

"That's because the Qi and Blood Furnace gains the ability to refine pills after its third sublimation."

Liu Erlong had also calmed the Blue Tyrant Academy students.

In truth, she did not even need to calm them.

The original Blue Tyrant Academy students were extremely sensitive to qi and blood.

They had long since sat cross-legged and begun circulating their qi and blood.

Only students who had joined Blue Tyrant Academy later, such as Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong, knew nothing about it. They neither practiced the Stellar Martial Path nor understood the value of pill fragrance.

The same was true on Shui Feng, Huo Lie, and Feng Wuji's side.

They copied Liu Erlong's approach.

They had their academy students breathe in as much as they could.

Even if they could not circulate their qi and blood, stimulating it a little was still good.

They walked over after Liu Erlong.

They also heard Liu Erlong explain to Yue Guan, Guimei, and Dugu Bo, "The Qi and Blood Furnace's foundation makes one immune to cold and unafraid of yin spirits. Every move can be infused with pure, masculine Bloodline Power. The first sublimation allows the furnace to be manifested, the second allows Blood Flame to be ignited within it, and the third allows pills to be refined inside it. Pills are a new concept Little Eagle proposed after Spirit Cuisine. The name carries the meaning of being round and flawless. They are similar to round medicinal pellets. They can combine many kinds of medicinal ingredients... and not just medicinal ingredients, either. Anything can be used. Like the batch of pills Little Eagle is refining right now, which includes minerals such as Fine Gold, Five Elements Amber, and Spirit-Sealing Sea Silver. Extract the essence from these materials, remove the impurities, and one can obtain a pellet containing highly concentrated energy."

"Separate the impurities." While Liu Erlong, Yue Guan, and Guimei were talking, Ye Qingcang's pill-refining process reached its final stage. He struck the furnace with one palm, and Hua Guang Chong Dou erupted. "One drop of Poison Dragon Blood!"

"Understood!"

Violet flipped her hand, activating the alchemy array.

A drop of pure black blood shot into the Qi and Blood Furnace.

She then took a piece of chocolate from the gemstone on her chest.

She popped it into her mouth, chewed, and absorbed its nutrients.

There were many varieties of Spirit Cuisine.

Chocolate was one of them.

However, because chocolate was easy to carry and had a long shelf life, its cost was relatively high. It was not sold to outsiders and was not included on the Spirit Cuisine Room's ingredient list. It existed only within Blue Tyrant Academy and could only be purchased with credits.

"Open the furnace!"

Ye Qingcang drew the Qi and Blood Furnace back into his body.

Two pills, one large and one small, fell into his palm.

The moment Hua Guang Chong Dou erupted, Yue Guan, Guimei, Liu Erlong, and the others were alerted. It was not just them; everyone else had been alerted as well. Thus, everyone saw the two pills.

One was red, about the size of a marble.

One was black, only the size of a fingernail.

A miniature red soul ring revolved around the red pill, making it resemble a star in the cosmos!

As for the black pill, although no miniature soul rings floated around it and it had no star-belt-like effects, a giant dragon coiled around it!