He stared blankly at the Jade Bottle Si Chen had taken from his Storage Ring, his whole body frozen.
That was a Nascent Soul Condensation Pill! A supreme-grade spirit pill that countless Golden Core Cultivators would fight tooth and nail over, one that could even spark a war between sects!
"Young master... are-are you saying this pill stir-frying method... worked?"
Si Chen did not notice the seas churning and rivers raging across Wang Yan's face. Brimming with enthusiasm, he took that Jade Bottle from his Storage Ring, tipped out a pill, and offered it to him.
"Here, take a look."
The pill rolled into Wang Yan's trembling palm. Purple radiance flowed over its smooth, lustrous surface, with faint traces of Dao resonance winding around it.
Merely inhaling a breath of its drifting medicinal fragrance further consolidated his newly stabilized Foundation Establishment cultivation.
Its quality surpassed every pill he had ever seen a hundredfold!
"The pill stir-frying method... can truly reach such heights?!" he murmured.
Si Chen nodded, looking as though it were only natural. "I followed your theory. I just didn't get the heat right at first and burned it a little, but I corrected that afterward."
Burned it a little? Corrected that afterward?
In an instant, emotions surged through Wang Yan's heart, and an image rose unbidden in his mind:
Beneath a lone lamp late at night, the young master had faced a pill furnace alone to test his seemingly absurd theory... er... or perhaps a wok?
Failure after failure, adjustment after adjustment to the heat, scorched by flames and choked by smoke, perhaps even injured by the blast of an exploding furnace...
After countless hardships and who knew how many precious ingredients, he had finally succeeded in "stir-frying" this legendary Nascent Soul Condensation Pill!
What an arduous exploration!