Refining the Transformation Pill

"Tut-tut. Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, Nine-Grade Purple Zhi, Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng." Lin Xuan swept his gaze over the immortal herbs within the Icefire Yin Yang Well, satisfaction flickering through his violet-black eyes.

Some of the especially famous immortal herbs from the original work were all present in the Icefire Yin Yang Well. There was even more than one of certain herbs, such as the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, with several growing here.

"Hmm... I'll gather the ingredients needed to refine the Transformation Pill first. Although most of the immortal herbs here differ from the ingredients required by the prescription, I can still find substitutes." Lin Xuan muttered before beginning to select the various herbs he needed from the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

"Transformation Grass, one of the main ingredients for refining the Transformation Pill... I think there's some here..."

"Icefire Soul-Melting Fruit... there isn't any. I'll substitute Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass."

"Water Spirit Lotus Heart... there isn't any of that either. I'll use Jade Forest Lotus Seed instead."

"Ice-Concentrating Grass... none of that either. I'll substitute White Ice-Concentrating Herb..."

"Frost Lotus Seed... none of that either. I'll substitute Arsenic..."

"Spirit-Gathering Grass... none of that either. I'll substitute Qi-Concentrating Grass..."

Lin Xuan searched through the Icefire Yin Yang Well for roughly half an hour before finally gathering all the ingredients needed to refine the Transformation Pill. Even for herbs that did not exist on Douluo Continent, he had found suitable substitutes.

Looking at the many immortal herbs he had selected, Lin Xuan smiled in satisfaction and prepared to make his first attempt at refining a Transformation Pill.

With that thought, Lin Xuan raised his hand and summoned Nihility Devouring Flame.

Whoosh!

In an instant, a wisp of black flame rose from Lin Xuan's palm, transforming in the blink of an eye into a hideous, twisted human face.

"Condense the Cauldron!"

A thought stirred in Lin Xuan's mind as he gave a low shout.

As his shout fell, the Nihility Devouring Flame on his palm trembled slightly, then detached itself from his hand and floated in midair, swiftly condensing into an enormous black medicinal cauldron.

The cauldron was pitch-black throughout. The instant it took shape, an incomparably powerful devouring force swept out from within, madly swallowing the heaven and earth energy inside the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

As more and more energy was absorbed, the cauldron's black color became increasingly profound, and its strange pressure grew even heavier.

"Fall!"

Lin Xuan lightly pressed his palm downward and calmly uttered a single word.

Boom!

As the medicinal cauldron crashed down, it gave off a dull rumble, and that devouring force became even more terrifying.

"What a frightening devouring force." Wang Qiu'er slowly walked over to Lin Xuan's side. Her beautiful eyes swept over the black medicinal cauldron before her, and surprise flashed through her pinkish-blue eyes.

"Qiu'er, you came at the perfect time. I'll teach you how to refine pills!" Seeing Wang Qiu'er approach, Lin Xuan's lips curled upward. He then pulled her down to sit with him before the medicinal cauldron.

After pulling Wang Qiu'er down, Lin Xuan did not behave himself. Instead, he wrapped an arm around her slender waist and drew her closer into his embrace.

"Qiu'er, you smell so good..." Lin Xuan leaned close to Wang Qiu'er's face and planted a kiss on it, grinning wickedly.

At the same time, he lightly waved his other hand. The herbs he had selected beforehand rose from the ground and fell into the pitch-black medicinal cauldron before them.

Whoosh!

The instant the herbs entered the cauldron, black flames surged up inside it and enveloped both the herbs and the Soul Bone.

"Mm... hubby... stop fooling around... Aren't you supposed to be refining pills?" Wang Qiu'er's delicate body stiffened slightly, a lovely blush spreading across her pretty face as she spoke softly.

"Hehe, it's fine. Your husband knows what he's doing." Lin Xuan chuckled and gave Wang Qiu'er's full breast another squeeze. With a mischievous grin, he said, "I can refine pills while keeping my wife company."

With the second-ranked Nihility Devouring Flame from the Heavenly Flame Ranking as his trump card, Lin Xuan was quite confident in his pill refinement.

Although the system had weakened the Nihility Devouring Flame it gave him, it was still not something ordinary flames on Douluo Continent could compare to.

Even Ultimate Fire on Douluo Continent could not rival his Nihility Devouring Flame. As far as he remembered, among the fire-attributed soul masters of Douluo Continent, there was only Yan Shaozhe in the early stages, and then Ma Xiaotao, who reached the Super Douluo realm later in the story.

However, those two fire-users were nothing but little brothers before his Nihility Devouring Flame. His Nihility Devouring Flame could devour all things. Ultimate Fire? Even if it were Ultimate Water, it would still be devoured.

And the pill Lin Xuan was refining this time was, after all, a Seventh-Grade Pill—the Transformation Pill. Its grade was far beyond that of the sixth-grade pills he had refined before, but that did not stop him from teasing Wang Qiu'er.

Besides, the refinement process was still only in its initial stage. Once he had removed all the impurities from the pill ingredients, he only needed to become more serious during the pill fusion stage.

"Hey! Little Xuan! Where are you putting that hand?" Seeing Lin Xuan's wandering hand nearly slip inside Wang Qiu'er's clothes in front of her chest, the Ice Empress's face darkened. She shouted, "Aren't you refining pills right now? Be more serious!"

"Er..." Hearing that, Lin Xuan's mischievous hand froze abruptly. He then smiled sheepishly and said, "Got it, Sister Bing'er."

As time slowly passed, the various ingredients inside the medicinal cauldron had all been tempered into clusters of crystalline medicinal powder, floating within the cauldron...

"It's time to add the Soul Bone and the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow." Lin Xuan no longer had the mood to tease Wang Qiu'er. The pill refinement had now reached a rather crucial moment.

"Sister Xue'er, give me ten portions of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow." Lin Xuan lightly tapped his Storage Ring with a finger, took out the Soul Bone of Aromatic Silk Beauty, and directly tossed it into the medicinal cauldron. Then he turned to look at the Snow Empress behind him and spoke.

Seeing this, the Snow Empress nodded without hesitation. With a slight raise of her wrist, the ice-flower bracelet she wore trembled gently. Ten ice flowers flew out from it and landed in the medicinal cauldron before Lin Xuan.

In an instant, black Nihility Devouring Flame surged forth within the cauldron, directly wrapping around the Soul Bone of Aromatic Silk Beauty that Lin Xuan had thrown in, along with the ten ice flowers the Snow Empress had added.

Sizzle!

Before long, a faint sound rang out as the Soul Bone of Aromatic Silk Beauty and the ten ice flowers were refined into two clusters of crystalline liquid, floating within the medicinal cauldron.

"Phew."

Only then did Lin Xuan let out a slight sigh of relief.