On the fourth floor of the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion, Xiao Yan tightly gripped the unfolded pill formula in his hand, couldn't help but let out a long breath, and his dark eyes revealed a look of surprise.
The seventh-tier Barrier-Breaking Pill, ranking in the middle grade, can increase the chance of a Peak Origin Emperor's breakthrough by 20%. If one is lucky, the chance can even be increased to 30% to 40%. Although this chance may seem small, even a 10% breakthrough rate is extremely tempting for a Peak Origin Emperor, let alone the fact that this Barrier-Breaking Pill can increase it by 20%.
"Call..."
With a sigh of relief, Xiao Yan quickly put away the pill formula in his hand and then headed back up the steps he had come from.
Now that the pill formula is in hand, there's finally a way to solve Xiao Xuan's cultivation problem, so there's no need for the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion to stay any longer.
Running lightly down the stairs, Xiao Yan's mood improved considerably. Having found the pill formula, the gloom that had been hanging over his heart naturally dissipated. Next, he needed to consider how to prepare to refine this seventh-grade pill.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Yan returned to the first floor.
Looking at the gently swaying gate before him, Xiao Yan felt a pang of sadness. His hand unconsciously went to the storage Storage Ring, gently stroking it to confirm that the pill formula was indeed there. Only then did he take a few steps to the gate and was about to pull it open when, just then, the old voice in the hall came again, as if haunted by a vengeful ghost.
"Wait a minute..."
Upon hearing these words again, Xiao Yan felt a sudden jolt in his mind, and his raised hand abruptly froze in mid-air. He felt a surge of frustration; the two old men's actions, one after another, had truly caused his emotions to fluctuate. He wondered what other tricks the old man had up his sleeve.
"Well..."
With a helpless sigh, Xiao Yan shrugged indifferently, turned around slowly with a bitter face. As long as these two old guys didn't try to Barrier-Breaking Pill, everything else was fine.
This time, standing before him were two old men dressed in black robes. One of them, with a mocking expression, was the same one Xiao Yan had seen earlier. As for the other, his aged face appeared somewhat stiff, exuding an invisible, chilling aura that made people hesitant to approach him. It was undoubtedly the latter who had called out to Xiao Yan earlier.
"This junior Xiao Yan, greets the two seniors!"
Even if he harbored resentment, the two people before him were, after all, the guardians of the Heaven-Nurturing Pavilion. Regardless of their strength, their very status required him to treat them with utmost respect.
In response to Xiao Yan's respectful attitude, the jovial old man smiled and waved his hand, while the other ignored him indifferently and simply spoke coldly:
"The pill formula you chose, is it the Barrier-Breaking Pill?"
As soon as the indifferent old man finished speaking, Xiao Yan's heart sank, and the expression on his face changed slightly. He hadn't expected that this old man had actually come for the recipe for the Barrier-Breaking Pill.
"Is it for Xiao Xuan?"
Seeing that Xiao Yan did not react, the old man continued to speak as if he did not care.
Upon hearing Xiao Xuan, the former suddenly frowned, clenched his teeth, and remained noncommittal.
Seeing this, the jovial old man beside him shook his head helplessly and said:
"Young man, I don't mean to discourage you, but given Xiao Xuan's physical condition, even if the Grand Elder personally intervened, he wouldn't be able to find anything. Even if you can refine the Barrier-Breaking Pill, it still won't help him!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's stiff expression softened slightly. He bowed slightly to the former and said:
"I appreciate your kindness, senior, but no matter what, I must try it myself."
"But if Xiao Xuan has already taken the Barrier-Breaking Pill, are you still going to insist?"
Upon hearing the old man's words, Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow and looked at him with surprise. Hearing this, Xiao Yan realized that Xiao Xuan had already taken the Barrier-Breaking Pill. If so, then the pill formula he had painstakingly found over so long was completely worthless.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan felt a pang of regret. Who could have imagined that all his efforts would be in vain?
Seeing Xiao Yan's lowered head and downcast eyes, the two old men on the field exchanged a glance. At the gesturing of the joking old man, the latter flicked his finger, and a storage Storage Ring on his finger flashed. A scroll turned into a stream of light and fell into the former's hand in the blink of an eye.
Immediately afterward, just as Xiao Yan's expression of disappointment deepened, the old man's voice, full of laughter, rang out again.
"Although the Barrier-Breaking Pill is unusable, I do have another pill formula here. I wonder if you have the courage to give it a try?"
"Another volume of alchemical formulas?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan's previously somewhat disappointed gaze instantly shifted, and he looked up at the old man with a surprised expression, a burning light once again shining deep within his eyes.
Seeing this, the old man chuckled and said:
"Have you ever heard of the Ancestor Transformation Pill?"
" Ancestor Transformation Pill?!"
Almost as soon as the old man finished speaking, Xiao Yan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, his face beaming with joy.
Compared to the Barrier-Breaking Pill, the Ancestor Transformation Pill is far more renowned.
Although both pills are ranked in the seventh rank, the Ancestor Transformation Pill is a high-level seventh-rank pill. The difficulty of refining it is far beyond that of the former, and it is even comparable to some ordinary eighth-rank pills. At the same time, the effects it can produce are naturally incomparable to ordinary pills.
The greatest effect of the Ancestor Transformation Pill is, as its name suggests, that it can enable a powerful cultivator at the Peak Origin Emperor to successfully break through to the Yuan Zong. This characteristic made the Ancestor Transformation Pill highly sought after by countless Origin Emperor experts on the continent.
However, everything has two sides. While the Ancestor Transformation Pill can indeed help Origin Emperor- level expert break through to the Yuan Zong, this so-called Yuan Zong, in its true sense, can only be barely considered a " Pseudo Yuan Zong."
Although the special effects of elixirs can help cultivators condense the Origin Qi of heaven and earth to achieve a breakthrough, this breakthrough will also result in the cultivator's Origin Qi becoming weak and difficult to condense. This will inevitably lead to a long period of stagnation in cultivation, causing them to miss the best time for cultivation and thus regret it for the rest of their lives.
That being said, all these negative conditions are not a problem for Xiao Xuan at all. After all, the Origin Return Mantra Xiao Xuan cultivates is specifically designed for the condensation of the Origin Qi Heaven and Earth. Even if Xiao Xuan does not deliberately cultivate it, he can still attract the gathering of the Origin Qi of Heaven and Earth. Moreover, this is just a side effect of the pill.
Xiao Yan had no doubt that with the help of the Ancestor Transformation Pill, Xiao Xuan's breakthrough was inevitable!