Failed Pill Refinement

Ye Hua flicked his finger, and a wisp of fire fell beneath the great Pill Furnace.

"Bang!"

Flames billowed up, instantly engulfing the entire Pill Furnace.

The intense heat instantly swept through the entire pit, dispelling all the darkness within.

Ye Hua slightly raised his finger, and a jade bottle suddenly appeared.

The jade bottle flew above the Pill Furnace, and clear spiritual spring water poured out from it.

The spiritual spring seemed to flow endlessly; the jade bottle, only the size of a fist, poured out spiritual spring water that filled half of the Pill Furnace.

"Spirit Breath Vine, Jade Algae, Longevity Lingzhi... refine their essence and infuse it into the Pill Furnace."

Under Ye Hua's orders, Song Wen and nine other third-tier Alchemist began refining spirit medicine one by one.

As the essence of various spirit medicine herbs was poured in, the originally crystal-clear spiritual spring in the Pill Furnace gradually began to change color in a strange way.

After the nine people each infused the essence of a spirit medicine, the liquid in the Pill Furnace turned a deep green, and its viscosity increased significantly. Under the scorching heat of the Spirit Flame at the bottom of the furnace, it churned and steamed out colorful mist.

Ye Hua glanced at Zhu Yin beside him, and Zhu Yin understood immediately, shouting loudly towards the sky.

"Set sail! Dispense the poison!"

As her voice echoed through the air, the bottom of the spaceship suddenly opened up.

A cave entrance, ten zhang long and ten zhang wide, appeared.

"Ah..."

"Don't want..."

Countless figures fell from the cave entrance and landed in the Pill Furnace below.

These people included both men and women, but all were young adults between the ages of fifteen and thirty.

They were either terrified, screaming in alarm, or weeping bitterly...

However, no matter how much they struggled and screamed, what awaited them was scalding liquid.

One mortal after another fell into the Pill Furnace and was then swallowed by the green liquid.

The Pill Furnace was only twenty feet in size, and hundreds or even thousands of people fell from above. However, the Pill Furnace seemed to be never full, and no matter how many people fell into it, not a single drop of the elixir spilled out.

In just a quarter of an hour, ten thousand mortals fell into the Pill Furnace and were swallowed by the elixir.

There were no humans on board the spaceship, and it quickly departed. Then, another spaceship flew over.

As before, ten thousand mortals fell into the Pill Furnace like raindrops.

Then came the third, the fourth, the fifth...

Until the tenth spaceship.

In less than three hours, a total of 100,000 mortals were thrown into the Pill Furnace.

The fact that so many mortals were thrown into it only caused the liquid in the Pill Furnace to rise three feet and turn bright red; nothing else changed.

"Nine-Death Flower!" Ye Hua shouted.

During the process of refining human medicine, spirit medicine are continuously added to it.

Song Wen and the others all possessed the Pill Formula and knew the order and approximate timing of each step of adding the spirit medicine. Therefore, they would begin extracting the essence of the spirit medicine in advance and add them to the large Pill Furnace when Ye Hua gave the order.

Ye Hua, who was in charge of the entire Alchemy process, was the busiest, and the Method Formula in his hands were almost never stopped.

He poured one Method Formula after another into the Pill Furnace, and the Spirit Flame beneath it flickered under his control.

"Wood Spirit Fruit!" Ye Hua shouted once again.

The extraction of the Wood Spirit Fruit was handled by Ke Shuang.

Upon hearing Ye Hua's call, a look of panic flashed across Ke Shuang's face.

The tempering of the Wood Spirit Fruit is not yet complete!

"Add Wood Spirit Fruit extract."

Ye Hua urged again, his voice now tinged with anger.

His cold gaze swept over Ke Shuang.

Ke Shuang suddenly felt an immense pressure descend upon him, and the Method Formula in his hands abruptly became disordered.

"Bang!"

A muffled thud!

The small Pill Furnace in front of the female cultivator exploded, and a plume of black smoke slowly rose.

"Waste!"

Ye Hua cursed angrily.

However, he did not punish the woman, as he was currently Alchemy and it was not the time to pursue any responsibilities.

"What are you standing there for? Refine another Wood Spirit Fruit!" Ye Hua roared.

Of the fifty-four kinds of spirit medicine used to refine the Life-Breath Pill, most of them, except for a few, require multiple applications. Therefore, many of these spirit medicine are prepared in greater quantities than one.

This gave Ke Shuang a chance to salvage the situation. She hurriedly took out a Wood Spirit Fruit and threw it into the small Pill Furnace in front of her.

The refining of the Wood Spirit Fruit takes about half an hour. During this time, Ye Hua needs to stabilize the liquid in the furnace to maintain its spiritual essence.

Under Ke Shuang's frantic refining efforts, the essence of the Wood Spirit Fruit was finally extracted.

A thick, blue liquid fell into the great Pill Furnace.

Ke Shuang's anxious heart finally relaxed a little.

Ye Hua's gloomy expression eased slightly.

He quickly formed hand Method Formula, trying to blend the essence of the Wood Spirit Fruit with the elixir in the furnace. However, things were far from as simple as he had imagined.

In the wasted half hour, the elixir seemed to have undergone some unknown change.

"Boom."

A loud bang.

The elixir suddenly boiled violently, and clumps of elixir splashed out of the Pill Furnace, flying in all directions.

Song Wen and the others instinctively raised their Law Power shields to block the sudden downpour of blood-red liquid.

A moment later.

The splashing subsided.

Only a thin layer of elixir remained in the Pill Furnace; the rest had splashed into various parts of the cave.

Seeing that there was no danger, everyone removed their Law Power shields.

Song Wen sat cross-legged on the ground. It seemed that he was in too much of a hurry when he removed his Law Power shield, and a small drop of blood-red liquid fell from the sky and landed in his palm.

He looked nervous and hurriedly rubbed his palms against the rocks on the ground.

A surge of spiritual energy flowed into Song Wen's body from his palm, along with a faint life force.

This feeling is similar to that of the Blood Serpent that devoured the <Devouring Essence Array>, but not entirely the same.

The crimson elixir before us primarily enhances cultivation, while the Blood Serpent mainly extends lifespan.

The life force and spiritual power contained in a small drop of blood-red liquid were very weak, so no one noticed anything unusual about Song Wen.

In fact, no one else was paying attention to Song Wen at all.

Everyone's attention is on Ye Hua and Ke Shuang.

Ye Hua's expression was cold and stern as he looked down at Ke Shuang, his eyes flashing with a cold light, as if he were looking at a dead man.

The overwhelming aura made it almost impossible for Ke Shuang to breathe, and her face was filled with terror. "Demon... Demon Lord, please spare me this once!"

Ye Hua raised his hand and waved it, a powerful energy instantly piercing through Ke Shuang's chest. The latter didn't even have time to scream before his body was torn to pieces.

Song Wen and the others were so terrified that they remained silent, not daring to breathe.

"I warned you all beforehand to leave if you felt your alchemy skills were insufficient. However, she was unaware of her own shallowness. Her current predicament is her own doing, and she has no one to blame but myself."

After saying that, Ye Hua glanced at Zhu Yin, and then his figure suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Yin looked at the chaotic Living Soul Cave and shook her head.

"Please do not panic, everyone. As long as you focus on Alchemy, the Demon Lord will not harm your lives. Please rest in this Living Soul Cave for a few days, and we will resume Alchemy soon."