Late at night, a fresh medicinal fragrance spread through Chu Xisheng's room.
The Chu siblings both wore grave expressions as they watched the square table before them.
There was nothing on the table except an earthenware medicine bowl.
Inside the bowl was a mass of black paste.
These were the supplementary ingredients for the secret medicine of the Origin-Nourishing Art's third layer. They had already been prepared, awaiting only the final main ingredient.
Both of them were a little nervous now, their faces taut.
Preparing secret medicine carried a risk of failure.
One wrong step, or too much or too little of an ingredient, could bring all their efforts to ruin at the final hurdle.
That would mean the thousand-odd taels of demon silver they had spent had all been thrown into the water.
That was a price they could not afford right now, especially since Chu Xisheng would face two extremely dangerous Life-and-Death Arena matches in three days.
His talent and saber attainments were fairly good now, but his True Essence cultivation and physique were somewhat weak. They were his greatest shortcomings.
With utmost care, Chu Xisheng poured in all the powder ground from the Ice Silkworm Fire Cocoon.
An instant later, crimson flames rose inside the medicine bowl.
Much like the previous dose of secret medicine, the flames burned briefly before going out on their own.
Inside was a mass of pale-red medicinal liquid. Bubbles churned for a while before settling, revealing a jade-like texture as an unusual fragrance wafted into their noses.
Chu Xisheng's spirits lifted. He knew the secret medicine had been successfully prepared.
The liquid's characteristics matched the prescription's description exactly.
Chu Yunyun glanced at him. "Why aren't you drinking it? The medicine's spiritual potency will dissipate."
She found it a little strange.
She had