Beside the enormous Alchemy Furnace, Yun Xi was diligently refining pills, while the white spirit beside her watched with rapt attention.
"Why didn't I think of that? Why didn't I think of that? This spirit herb is gentler. It can temper the Crimson Sun Pill's volatile nature and keep it from exploding so easily."
As the white spirit spoke, he grew increasingly excited.
Yet a moment later, his face abruptly darkened.
"Why are those vermin here again? Don't they know how utterly loathsome they are?"
"What vermin?" Yun Xi asked as she processed the spirit herbs.
"Don't worry about it. I'll deal with them." The white spirit vanished in an instant.
Before long, the white spirit flew back, clutching a black-robed man.
"Destroy... destroy the inheritance." Even in his grasp, the black-robed man continued speaking in broken phrases.
"You lot think you can destroy the Human Race's inheritance? You're lucky you came to my territory. If you'd gone to that Flame Dragon, you'd have been burned straight to ashes!"
The white spirit spoke furiously.
"What is..." Behind him, Yun Xi stared in bewilderment.
"This is a member of the Devil Race. You helped me solve the problem with the Nine-Turn Crimson Sun Pill, so I'll teach you to refine pills using devils."
The white spirit sneered as he gripped the devil.
"Devils... can be refined into pills?" Yun Xi looked stunned.
That devils could actually be refined into pills was unheard of throughout the entire Cultivation World.
"What's so strange about that? In the Ancient Era, devils fed on the flesh and blood of the Human Race. What's wrong with us using them to refine pills? They used us to make medicine too." The white spirit spoke as though it were perfectly natural.
"We and the Devil Race have always