Inside the secret chamber, Xiao Yun held the emerald-green Dou Ling Pill from earlier. A ring of cyan flame patterns circled its smooth surface. He brought it to his nose and took a light sniff, and a rich medicinal fragrance immediately entered his body.
"Not bad. The pill has flame patterns, and its fragrance is rich. It seems the Green Lotus Core Flame has greatly improved my alchemy."
Xiao Yun wore a delighted expression. This was not his first time refining a Sixth-Tier Pill. When he had refined Sixth-Tier Pills at Jia Nan Academy before, not only had it taken a long time, but their surfaces had been pitted and uneven, and their fragrance had not been particularly rich. They could not be considered successful Sixth-Tier Pills at all, and he himself had only counted as a half-baked Sixth-Tier Alchemist.
But now, with the help of a Heavenly Flame, Xiao Yun had refined a superb Dou Ling Pill in just two days. That was enough to prove that both his feet had already crossed the threshold of a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, making him a true Sixth-Tier Alchemist!
"Phew!"
After exhaling the foul air in his chest, Xiao Yun took a Qi Recovery Pill from his Storage Ring and swallowed it. After resting for a while, he began refining another Dou Ling Pill.
Cyan flames burned once more within the Flame Dragon Heavy Cauldron, forming a vortex of fire that continuously swallowed the medicinal ingredients Xiao Yun tossed inside.
Perhaps because it was his second attempt, Xiao Yun's extraction process went extremely smoothly this time. Not a single medicinal ingredient was burned away. They all turned into pools of medicinal essence, slowly merging together beneath the scorching heat of the Green Lotus Core Flame...
Gradually, the outline of a second emerald-green pill