Seeing this, Xiao Dong naturally had no intention of standing on ceremony. With a hearty laugh, he stepped closer, his warm, broad hand reaching out as if it were only natural and landing directly on the side of the girl's taut, springy thigh.
Beneath his palm, her skin was smooth, warm, and supple, firm to the utmost. The resilient contours of muscles forged through years of arduous training possessed an astonishing elasticity.
His broad hand stroked upward inch by inch along her long, straight leg, passed over her trim waist, slender enough to encircle with one hand, and finally gave her pert, rounded curves an utterly domineering squeeze!
"Ah...!"
Under his shameless, roving touch, Wu Feng's body shuddered violently. As though struck by lightning, her legs weakened, and an alluring, faint gasp escaped uncontrollably from deep in her throat. Her pretty face flushed crimson, and she nearly fainted from sheer embarrassment.
Beside them, Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian were already blushing all the way down their necks. They hastily turned their heads away, their hearts pounding like thunder.
Only after indulging himself to his satisfaction did Xiao Dong slowly withdraw his hand. The lingering warmth and fragrance of the girl seemed to remain on his fingertips. He waved casually and said with a faint smile:
"Excellent feel. All right, considering how hard you've worked, you'll get your share."
"Hmph... shameless lecher!"
Finally free again, Wu Feng hurriedly retreated several steps, fumbling to straighten her slightly disheveled leather skirt. Her narrow, beautiful eyes glistened as she shot Xiao Dong a fierce glare, then turned her head away, desperately using a cold snort to conceal the heat that had yet to subside within her.
Once their playful antics ended, Xiao Dong's expression slowly regained its composure. His gaze shifted slightly, settling on the mountainlike heaps of Soul Beast remains in the center of the valley.
The eighty-thousand-year Three-Eyed Purple Spirit Lynx King, the fifty-thousand-year Netherworld Demon-Eyed Lizard, the fifty-thousand-year Red-Armored Flame Crystal Turtle, and the enormous Azure Flame Demon Eagle.
Their bodies, brimming with blood vitality, and their resilient bone marrow, tempered over tens of thousands of years, remained like a vast, untapped treasury. Simply abandoning them in Barren Mountain outside the city would clearly be a considerable waste.
Xiao Dong folded his arms and slowly closed his eyes. Within his Mud Pill Palace, his immense spiritual power began frantically circulating as he worked through possibilities.
Countless medicinal interactions, both complementary and opposing, and methods of controlling the heat flashed and intertwined rapidly in his mind.
After only a few short minutes of calculations, a spark of inspiration suddenly surged from the depths of Xiao Dong's heart!
He would use the boundless blood vitality and bone marrow of these high-tier Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts as his primary ingredients, supplemented by the many nourishing medicinal ingredients gathered by the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. With his formidable mastery of alchemy, he would devise and refine an entirely new, powerful pill formula!
A fifth-grade spirit pill-the Blood-Tempering Body Pill!
If he successfully refined this pill, whoever consumed it could draw upon the blood essence of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to cleanse their marrow and temper their bones completely, bringing about a true rebirth in their physical strength and defense!
With his calculations complete, a sharp gleam flashed deep within Xiao Dong's eyes. He hesitated no longer.
"Rise!"
With a sudden sweep of his sleeve, several high-grade medicinal herbs shimmering with strange luster shot out in orderly succession under the guidance of his tremendous spiritual power, like water drawn into the maw of a great whale.
Flesh-regenerating vine, blood spirit grass, earth core fire ganoderma...
One rare medicinal herb after another hovered in the air within several yards of Xiao Dong, slowly revolving and releasing rich medicinal fragrances that refreshed the heart and soul.
Watching Xiao Dong's opening movements flow like drifting clouds and running water, Ning Tian and Xiao Xiao could not help widening their beautiful eyes, their pretty faces filled with curiosity and anticipation.
Yet Wu Feng, who had just been taken advantage of, could not help gritting her teeth after her initial astonishment. With a sour snort, she said:
"Hmph, putting on a mysterious act. You only got lucky and cobbled together a puddle of medicine earlier, and now you're showing off again. Let's see what new tricks you can pull!"
Faced with Wu Feng's stubborn mockery, which belied her true feelings, Xiao Dong did not so much as lift his eyelids. Only a cold curve rose at the corners of his mouth, making all three girls' hearts leap.
The next instant, Xiao Dong slowly curled his lowered hand into a grasp at empty air!
Rumble!
Without warning, the ground throughout the open valley began trembling. Then, beneath the three girls' horrified gazes, the high-tier Soul Beast carcasses piled at the valley's edge, each as heavy as a small hill, were wrenched bodily off the ground by an indescribably terrifying force!
Several colossal carcasses, each weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds and radiating monstrous, baleful death energy, rose thunderously into the sky above Xiao Dong. They blocked out all the sunlight pouring down, casting vast, sinister shadows!
"Th-this... he actually summoned all those enormous carcasses over too?!"
Wu Feng cried out involuntarily. Her tall figure retreated half a step, her pretty face filled with shock.
Standing farther forward, Ning Tian swept her beautiful eyes over the savage Soul Beast remains, which reeked of pungent blood. Profound astonishment welled up on her refined, lovely face. She sucked in a cold breath and exclaimed:
"Using the blood vitality of powerful Soul Beasts comparable to humanity's greatest experts as a catalyst... if he really can refine this into pills, their grade will surely shake the world. They would be extraordinary beyond measure!"
Using high-tier Soul Beast carcasses as medicinal ingredients-such a crazed notion was practically a tale from the Arabian Nights. Even throughout the continent's long history, surely no one had ever dared attempt such a thing!
"Tch... all bluff and bluster. Who knows whether he's just slapping his own face swollen to look fat!"
Hearing her young sect master's lofty appraisal, Wu Feng's heart was likewise churning like overturned rivers and seas. Yet even as her long, taut legs secretly trembled, she continued arguing stubbornly.
Unlike the obstinate Wu Feng, Xiao Xiao blinked her large eyes, her two adorable dark-green pigtails bouncing with the movement of her little head. Clenching her small fists before her chest, she called out sweetly, her face full of adoration:
"Go, big brother Xiao Dong! Xiao Xiao knows you can make the most amazing divine medicine!"
Hearing the clear, sweet encouragement from behind him, Xiao Dong smiled faintly. Then, with a thought-
"Descend!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The medicinal herbs hovering in the air, along with the Soul Beast carcasses, all transformed into streaks of light and were swallowed whole into the belly of the enormous, pure-white Fire Cauldron!
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
Enveloped by the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame's domineering divine power to purify all things, the incomparably savage, baleful death energy within the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts was ruthlessly licked by the demon flame. It evaporated into wisps of gray-white smoke that drifted away through the cauldron's mouth!
Immediately afterward, scales and bones harder than refined iron began melting inch by inch at a visible pace. Their boundless, ten-thousand-year blood vitality and marrow essence were forcibly extracted and purified, becoming mighty rivers of thick, pure blood vitality resembling crimson crystal, churning like raging seas within the cauldron!
Medicinal fragrance and blood vitality intertwined and spiraled, soaring into the heavens!
This terrifying spectacle of alchemy, almost a divine miracle, left the three girls below utterly spellbound.
Xiao Xiao cupped her little face in both hands, dazzling colors flickering in her large eyes. Her adoration was almost tangible.
Ning Tian unconsciously covered her slightly parted cherry lips. Her body trembled violently, and the shock in her heart had reached an unsurpassable height.
As for Wu Feng, who had always prided herself on being haughty and fiery, this miracle left her so stunned that her jaw fell open, and she even forgot to close her mouth. Only when she noticed her young sect master's peculiar gaze did she snap back to her senses as though struck by lightning. She hurriedly thrust out her chest and clumsily affected a cold, composed expression, attempting to conceal her profound uncertainty and wavering confidence.
However, Xiao Dong had no time to concern himself with the three girls' thoughts.
His expression was unusually grave. The immense spiritual power deep within his Mud Pill Palace surged out like a celestial river cascading downward. His fingers rapidly shifted through seals, and countless threads of spiritual sense forcibly pierced the depths of the Fire Cauldron. Following profound principles of mutual generation and restraint, he began forcibly blending and compressing the thoroughly refined rivers of ten-thousand-year blood vitality with the essences of several medicinal herbs!
The fusion had begun!
Below, the three girls held their breath and focused with absolute concentration, unwilling even to blink as they stared fixedly at the brilliant mass of light in midair, which gradually shrank while radiating a dazzling glow.
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