After returning to the Pill Tower, Xiao Yan immediately went into seclusion.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
Throughout those three months, the thunderclouds above Xiao Yan's residence never ceased.
During that time, he refined every material he had extracted from the West Dragon King into pills.
They fell roughly into two categories: Qi Refining pills and Body Refining pills.
Xiao Yan named the Qi Refining pills Saint Marrow Pills. Ranked Eighth-Tier, they were refined from the West Dragon King's Dou Sheng Marrow and other medicinal herbs used to balance its effects. Taking one raised a Dou Zun's cultivation by one star, with no limit on how many could be taken.
Their only shortcoming was that they worked only before the Nine-Star Dou Zun stage. Once a cultivator reached the stage of compressing Dou Qi, the Saint Marrow Pills had little effect.
The Body Refining pills were the same kind he had previously refined for Dan Chen, ranked at the peak of the Seventh-Tier.
Their main ingredient was diluted blood-and-flesh essence from the West Dragon King, combined with Azurefall Life-Nourishing Root and other medicinal herbs used to balance its effects.
Xiao Yan named them Voidroot Pills. They strengthened the body and reinforced its foundations.
After three months without sleep or rest, Xiao Yan finally used up all the materials. The number of pills was considerable, too—enough for Cai Lin and the others.
"I should visit Starfall Pavilion first," Xiao Yan said after a moment's thought.
He then tore open space and swiftly headed for Starfall Pavilion.
With the Rabbit Talisman's aid, Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion in an instant.
Following Feng Xian's aura, he found him handling affairs within the pavilion.
"Xiao Yan, you're back! Did everything go smoothly?" Feng Xian looked up and spotted him,