Extreme Yin Takes the Blood Qi Pill

Song Wen sat cross-legged, adjusted his breathing, and only after a moment did he place the pill into his mouth.

Once the pill entered his stomach, it was just like before, transforming into streams of heat that flowed throughout his entire body.

The spiritual power in his meridians began to surge wildly, swiftly coursing through his limbs and bones before finally returning to his dantian.

Likewise, the qi and blood within his body began to drain sharply, as though the pill's effect was to transform the qi and blood in his body into spiritual energy.

The mysterious energy that had appeared once before emerged again, rapidly replenishing the qi and blood he had expended.

Song Wen had always wanted to uncover the mystery of his own physical body, so from the very beginning, he devoted part of his attention to observing the changes within himself.

This time, he finally noticed the source of that mysterious power.

It actually came from deep within the bones throughout his body—the essence blood stored in his bones was being released.

Could it be that after the essence blood I devoured from those people I killed was absorbed and digested by my body, it became my own essence blood and lay hidden within me?

Essence blood is the essence of a person's life. It concerns one's health and lifespan. I wonder whether this essence blood can extend one's life.

Perhaps because Song Wen had devoured the essence blood of five people, the essence blood energy that emerged this time was far greater than before.

This kept the qi and blood in Song Wen's body in a constant state of balance, and he showed no obvious signs of weakening.

This made Extreme Yin, standing to one side, especially excited. After years of attempts, he had finally glimpsed the dawn of success.

Yet Song Wen, who was refining the medicinal power, was not as optimistic as Extreme Yin.

Damn it, what's going on? Why is this pill's medicinal power more than twice as strong as last time? Just how did Extreme Yin refine these pills? Their potency is so unstable.

Good thing I devoured the essence blood of Gou Hang and the other two. Otherwise, I might not have been able to endure this.

As Song Wen silently refined the medicinal power, he cursed inwardly.

The stronger the pill's medicinal power, the more qi and blood it consumed, which meant the more spiritual power it converted for Song Wen.

Without realizing it, Song Wen's cultivation suddenly soared. He directly broke through the first level of Qi Refining and reached the second level of Qi Refining.

"It worked!"

Extreme Yin was beside himself with excitement. His eyes widened as he muttered in a low voice.

Even his hands trembled with excitement. He wanted to immediately try swallowing a pill himself and break through the cultivation bottleneck that had trapped him for years.

However, Extreme Yin ultimately suppressed this impulse. To be safe, he decided to wait until Song Wen had completely refined the medicinal power before seeing the results and making a decision.

Half an hour later, Song Wen had completely refined the pill's medicinal power, and his cultivation had stabilized at the second level of Qi Refining.

Excitement gleamed in Song Wen's eyes, carrying both the relief of having survived a calamity and the joy of a breakthrough in cultivation and increased strength.

"Master, there's no problem with the pill. My cultivation has also broken through."

Extreme Yin nodded. He gripped Song Wen's wrist and examined Song Wen's body with spiritual power.

In his perception, there was nothing wrong with Song Wen's body, and his cultivation had genuinely reached the second level of Qi Refining.

All of this proved that he had successfully refined the Blood Qi Pill—a Blood Qi Pill that could help people break through their bottlenecks.

"Good!" Extreme Yin said with a smile. "This is truly excellent."

"Song Wen, go down and rest. Your master will be entering seclusion to make a breakthrough. Everything in the courtyard will be your responsibility. At the same time, you must guard me and forbid anyone from going up to the second floor."

Song Wen hesitated for a moment, then asked with a note of expectation in his voice, "Master, may you first bestow the antidote to the Seven-Day Heartbreak Pill upon this disciple?"

A trace of killing intent flashed through Extreme Yin's eyes, but it was quickly concealed.

"After your master emerges from seclusion, I will give you the true antidote to the Seven-Day Heartbreak Pill."

Song Wen happily clasped his hands in salute. "Thank you, Master. This disciple will certainly guard Master well and will not allow anyone to disturb Master's breakthrough."

With that, Song Wen turned and went down from the second floor, standing motionless outside the wooden building.

Extreme Yin rose and glanced at Song Wen downstairs, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips.

"Once I break through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, you will be useless."

Extreme Yin closed the door and began meditating to regulate his breath. He was not in a hurry to take the pill. He wanted to bring his essence, qi, and spirit into their absolute best condition before taking it, so his chances of a successful breakthrough would be greater.

Extreme Yin spent several hours bringing his essence, qi, and spirit to their best state. By then, it was already deep into the night.

In his perception, Song Wen was still dutifully guarding below, never having left even a single step. During that time, Aunt Chen, a servant, had come twice to deliver food, but Song Wen had turned her away both times.

"What a foolish yet dutiful man. It almost makes your master feel guilty for having to kill you."

Extreme Yin no longer paid attention to anything else. Opening his mouth, he swallowed a Blood Qi Pill.

The violent medicinal power erupted in his stomach at once. It transformed into streams of scalding heat that swiftly rushed into his meridians.

At the same time, vast waves of spiritual power sprang forth from nowhere, appearing within his meridians.

Extreme Yin hurriedly circulated his cultivation technique, trying to refine all of this spiritual power to help himself break through his bottleneck.

"What's going on?"

Suddenly, Extreme Yin discovered something was wrong.

He sensed the medicinal power rapidly consuming his qi and blood.

"How is this possible? Song Wen clearly didn't consume any qi and blood when he took the pill."

Extreme Yin could not understand why, but with the arrow already on the string, everything was beyond his control.

He could only grit his teeth and continue refining the pill, hoping to exhaust its medicinal power before his qi and blood ran dry.

He no longer held any hope of breaking through to the fourth level of Qi Refining. Staying alive would be enough.

As the medicinal power was digested, his qi and blood deficit grew increasingly severe. With his qi and blood supply insufficient, his body rapidly weakened.

At this moment, he felt the pain and terror of those people he had once used to test his medicine.