As soon as Xiao Yan spoke, Yao Lao swallowed the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill in one gulp, then turned into an illusory streak of soul light and merged into the North Dragon King's body.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan flicked his finger.
The next instant, the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame split apart, encircling the North Dragon King's body and tempering it.
Unlike when he had resurrected the Heavenly Fire Venerable, however, the North Dragon King had already set half a foot into the Four-Star Dou Sheng realm, so tempering his body took far more effort.
Still, it remained well within what Xiao Yan could handle.
Half a month passed in a flash!
Under Xiao Yan's tempering, the North Dragon King's body had gradually taken on Yao Lao's appearance, and an immensely terrifying Dou Sheng pressure radiated from it.
At the sight, Xiao Yan's smile deepened.
From the looks of it, once his teacher was resurrected, he would no longer be Venerable Yao.
Instead, he would be-
The Medicine Saint!
Just as the North Dragon King's body and Yao Lao's soul were merging ever more harmoniously, Xiao Yan suddenly frowned.
A cloud of black mist abruptly emerged from the North Dragon King's body, carrying faint echoes of his voice, filled with resentment and unwillingness.
"I refuse to accept this!"
"I refuse to accept this!"
A fierce glint flashed through Xiao Yan's eyes at the sight.
He had not expected a trace of the North Dragon King's consciousness from life to remain within his body even after his death.
Unless this remnant consciousness was removed, Yao Lao would likely be unable to merge fully and smoothly with this body.
"You won't rest even in death!"
Xiao Yan cursed under his breath, and surging blood qi power erupted from his body.
His blood qi