Mu Bai's experiment had truly brought him to the threshold of the true meaning of the Dao of Alchemy. Artifacts had spirits, and pills had spirits too; all things could be said to possess spirits. It was simply that the world had never seen pills with such spirituality.
With the Nascent Pills formed, Mu Bai covered the Crow Cauldron and carefully controlled its temperature, beginning the final step of nurturing the pills.
As expected, before an incense stick had burned down, Zeng Yuan finished refining his pills. With a sweep of his hand, he opened the Pill Furnace. Crow Radiance instantly blazed within, and a rich medicinal fragrance rushed into their noses.
With the fruits of victory already in hand, Zeng Yuan could not suppress his inward delight. Using his Divine Sense, he placed three perfectly round Soul-Breaking Pills on a jade dish and respectfully presented them to the main dais.
The three powerful Sect Heirs each held a pill. Every pill shimmered with Crow Radiance, and when turned over for inspection, each bore three spiraling grayish-white Pill Marks—the unmistakable appearance of supreme-grade pills.
The Sect Heirs and elders passed them around, all nodding in approval. Refining three supreme-grade Soul-Breaking Pills in a single attempt truly displayed the bearing of a master alchemist blessed with heaven-sent talent! Making him a Pill Hall Deputy Hall Master would be an honor well deserved.
As they passed the pills around, they turned their eyes back to Mu Bai, their gazes already carrying disdain. He had already lost to Zeng Yuan on time. Even if Elder Mu also refined three supreme-grade Soul-Breaking Pills, he would still lose!
Mu Bai did not disappoint them. His furnace indeed began to ring, and even the thick, sturdy Crow Cauldron showed faint signs of trembling.
"Oh? Elder Mu