Inside the great cauldron, the inner walls were not smooth. Instead, there were nine fist-sized grooves set into the bottom.
The grooves formed an eight-star arching around the moon formation, and eight of them were empty.
In the final groove lay a dull, half-black, half-white Spiritual Pill.
The Spiritual Pill was far larger than an ordinary medicinal pill, only slightly smaller than the groove, fitting it perfectly without the slightest gap.
There were also five holes on the Spiritual Pill's surface.
The five holes connected to one another, making the entire Spiritual Pill seem hollow.
"The fifth-turn Spirit Pill... so this is what it looks like?"
Su Shi'er felt somewhat puzzled. As he muttered to himself inwardly, a murky, sinister aura suddenly flashed past, causing his pupils to constrict and his expression to change slightly.
"Hm? That aura just now was..."
The murky aura came quickly and vanished just as quickly.
Su Shi'er only vaguely felt that it was familiar. Yet he could neither sense it clearly nor grasp that fleeting feeling of familiarity.
He was in no hurry. He immediately focused his attention and continued his investigation.
Though the fifth-turn Spirit Pill appeared hollow, a mass of cotton-like substance churned continuously within it.
The fluffy substance drifted and surged. It looked light and weightless, yet seemed to contain astonishing, terrifying energy.
Perhaps because it had been stored for too long, although it still emitted an extraordinary aura, it clearly looked as though it might disperse at any moment.
"Gasp... the energy within this Spiritual Pill is far too astonishing and terrifying, isn't it?"
"No wonder... no wonder this pill can allow a Nascent Soul cultivator to reach the Out of Body stage in a single step."
"With such astonishing energy, even the combined power of my two Nascent Souls