Devouring Soul Emperor

Seeing that Zhou Ling had begun again.

The men in front of and behind her, Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang, both smirked as they picked up their brocade boxes. They, too, began their fourth attempt at alchemy.

They had already made up their minds. They would intentionally be a bit slower than Zhou Ling during the spiritual medicine refining stage. That way, they could spare some of their attention to sabotage her.

As long as they could make Zhou Ling's alchemy fail, their two sects would be able to completely overwhelm the Saint Extreme Sect in this Pill Battle Conference in Celestial Martial City!

As for Zhou Ling's words.

Chu Qingyun was a little confused, unsure how he had offended this young lady from the Saint Extreme Sect.

But he didn't pay it much mind.

All around him, everyone was concentrating on their alchemy.

Chu Qingyun didn't waste any time either. With a wave of his hand, the Fire Cloud Cauldron appeared before him, and jets of flame erupted from the cloud-shaped reliefs on its body.

Nearly six hours had passed in the real world.

In the Illusion Realm, nearly six days had gone by.

Six days of high-intensity, focused practice had made Chu Qingyun intimately familiar with every spiritual medicine, every step, and even every minute detail of refining the Youthful Appearance Pill.

And now, he was finally going to begin refining it in the real world!

Once the Fire Cloud Cauldron was completely enveloped in flames, Chu Qingyun lifted the lid. A ball of Martial Soul Fire surged from his hand into the Pill Cauldron, and flames instantly erupted within it.

He split off a portion of his Heart and Mind and Soul Power to control the flames.

Then, Chu Qingyun picked up the brocade box he had opened earlier and began the first step: refining the essence of the spiritual medicines.

With the strength of his Soul Power and the Divine Control Ability he had honed over a long time using his Ten-star Vine Martial Soul, he could have refined all the spiritual medicines at once and still maintained complete control.

However, doing so would have been far too astonishing.

So, Chu Qingyun decided to take it slow, proceeding at a pace just slightly faster than normal.

After all, this Pill Battle Conference was a competition of the final pill's quality, not the speed of refining the elixir.

Chu Qingyun continuously tossed one spiritual medicine after another into the Fire Cloud Cauldron.

He refined nearly thirty different spiritual medicines in one go. Chu Qingyun made not a single mistake, completing the first step—refining the essence of the spiritual medicines—with the grace of flowing water.

Chu Qingyun, Zhou Ling, Zhu Tianyun, and Li Ruoguang were all in the same area on the high platform.

The four of them had started refining the spiritual medicines at almost the same time.

And naturally, the first to finish was Chu Qingyun.

Although he had deliberately slowed down quite a bit, his fluidity of motion far surpassed the other three. As a result, he was still the first to finish refining the Essence of Spiritual Medicine.

Nearly thirty globules of Essence of Spiritual Medicine, each a different color and form, were enveloped in Soul Power, suspended within the Martial Soul Fire inside the cauldron.

Among them were viscous liquids, fine powders, and even solid granules.

Each spiritual medicine possessed its own unique medicinal properties and characteristics.

A proficient mastery of the properties and characteristics of various spiritual medicines was one of the cornerstones of being an Alchemist.

The first step was completed without any difficulty. After a brief pause, Chu Qingyun began the second step: fusing the essences of the spiritual medicines.

He had practiced every step and detail of refining the Youthful Appearance Pill thousands of times in the Illusion Realm, achieving absolute proficiency.

Under the control of Chu Qingyun's Soul Power, and with the aid of the Martial Soul Fire, the various essences of the spiritual medicines began to slowly fuse together.

Even after practicing it hundreds of times, this step allowed for no carelessness whatsoever. It demanded his utmost concentration.

Before long, Zhou Ling also finished refining the essences of her spiritual medicines.

She instantly grew tense, knowing that Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang would definitely try to sabotage her again.

However, she had no choice. She couldn't just stop.

So, Zhou Ling focused her mind completely. As she began the second step—fusing the essences of the spiritual medicines—she also split off two streams of her Soul Power, ready to defend against their interference at any moment.

As soon as Zhou Ling began, Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang made their move.

Two streams of Soul Power surged from between their eyebrows, crashing toward Zhou Ling like a tidal wave.

Zhou Ling, in turn, directed her prepared Soul Power to meet the assault.

The Soul Power of the three instantly clashed in a formless, silent battle.

Unfortunately, this spelled trouble for Chu Qingyun, who was closest to them.

Waves of chaotic, uncontrolled Soul Power continuously radiated from their clash, washing over Chu Qingyun. It disrupted the once orderly and stable environment within his Pill Cauldron, throwing it into disarray.

Zhou Ling gritted her teeth and held on, but her face quickly turned pale, and cold sweat beaded on her forehead.

Refining an elixir while simultaneously fending off the Soul Power assaults of two people was indeed a massive test of her own Soul Power and Control Power.

Meanwhile, Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang sneered, continuously intensifying their Soul Power assault on Zhou Ling.

Chu Qingyun was being affected more and more, and his expression couldn't help but darken.

To ensure a good result, his goal wasn't just to refine a Youthful Appearance Pill. He aimed to create a Middle Grade pill at the very least, or even an Upper Grade one.

To refine an Upper Grade Youthful Appearance Pill, every step and every detail, from start to finish, was critically important and allowed for no mistakes.

Under these conditions, with chaotic and uncontrolled Soul Power constantly surging around him, refining an Upper Grade elixir was nearly impossible!

"You two, aren't you going a bit too far?"

Chu Qingyun turned his head and spoke to Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang.

He wasn't an idiot. Being so close, he could tell at a glance that the two were obviously targeting Zhou Ling, and he was just an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.

Chu Qingyun spoke up.

Surprise flashed across Zhou Ling's face.

Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang, however, just scoffed. The gazes they directed at Chu Qingyun were filled with utter contempt.

"Too far? Kid, who do you think you are, telling us what to do?"

"Shut your mouth, kid. A nobody like you dares to meddle in our affairs? Be careful, or we'll ruin your elixir too!"

Far from showing any restraint, Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang began to threaten Chu Qingyun instead.

Chu Qingyun…

Zhou Ling glanced at the name carved on Chu Qingyun's station and said, "Chu Qingyun, you should stay out of this. You don't want them holding a grudge against you. Just focus on refining your own elixir."

'Zhu Tianyun and Li Ruoguang both held high statuses in the Purple Cloud Sect and Tianya Sect.'

'But she had never even heard the name Chu Qingyun. He must be some minor figure from a small sect. Zhou Ling didn't want to drag him into this and get him hurt.'

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