The Most Powerful Bodyguard

Chapter 1450: Chapter 1450: Pill Completion

Yang Yan brushed his palm across the Void, and stalk after stalk of medicinal herbs shot out from before him, finally spinning as they floated around the Medicine Cauldron.

Alchemy demands precise timing and control of the flame; when to add each herb, and the order in which they’re added, is the most critical.

And because these three materials are sufficiently old in years, they must be refined first.

As for the other ingredients, since they’re all auxiliary, used to adjust medicinal properties, they instead seem not quite so important.

Yang Yan focused all his attention on the changes in the flame; just as the white of the fire grew somewhat faint, a gleam of sharp light flashed through his eyes.

"Go."

The Nine Spirits Grass trembled, then flew toward the Medicine Cauldron.

The Cauldron’s lid opened with a responsive pop, and as the Nine Spirits Grass flew in, it snapped shut again.

At this moment, the entire Medicine Cauldron, which had previously been radiating a purple-gold glow, also flashed with a streak of emerald green.

In the end, it actually completely covered its original luster, becoming like a piece of top-grade emerald jade, flowing with treasure-light.

Yang Yan gave his sleeve a fierce sweep, and the Cyan Spirit Vine coiling around the Cauldron together with the three stalks of Essence Firming Grass immediately linked end to end and plunged into the Cauldron.

After finishing all this, Yang Yan slowly closed his eyes, concentrating all of his mind within the Medicine Cauldron, continuously refining these five stalks of Thousand-Year Spirit Grass.

The Medicine Cauldron slowly rotated within the white flame, all kinds of colors rapidly shifting across its body...

In truth, for the Life Spirit Pill, the very last step of the whole refining process is actually not the hardest; it’s the refinement of these core herbs.

After all, each carries a millennium’s worth of medicinal power, each with its own properties. Wanting to fuse them together is anything but easy.

It’s only because Yang Yan himself possesses extraordinary learning ability, and because the Medicine Cauldron and flame he uses are of the highest grade, that even this first attempt goes so smoothly.

Just as Yang Yan was putting his whole being into refining the Life Spirit Pill, a sudden commotion broke out outside the villa’s secret chamber.

Three thousand Liuyun Crowd and eight hundred Celestial Mist Dao were all mobilized.

They ran in all directions, even releasing their Spiritual Sense, as if searching for something.

"Report!"

One member of the Liuyun Crowd ran toward Ao Tian.

"Well? Did you find her?" Ao Tian stared tensely at the Puppet Warrior before him and asked.

When Yang Yan returned, he had freed part of these Puppet Warriors’ thought.

He had even already made up his mind that when the time was right, he would completely free their consciousness.

Of course, for safety’s sake, Yang Yan did not dare return the memories he had stripped from them.

After all, among these people, quite a few had once been vicious, heinous cultivators. Later, when she succeeded in obtaining the Moonlight Emperor’s Titled rank, they were all resurrected by him using the Moonlight inheritance’s Secret Technique, and then became his Absolute Armament.

"No!" The Liuyun Puppet’s voice answered with a somewhat mechanical tone.

Ao Tian gnashed his teeth and said, "Keep searching. Even if you have to turn heaven and earth upside down, you must find her for me."

At this moment, Ao Tian’s heart was filled with bitterness.

Little Ancestor... you mustn’t have anything happen to you!

...

Three hours later, inside the secret chamber, the temperature grew higher and higher, and the sweat on Yang Yan’s forehead grew more and more.

"Enough, raise the Cauldron." Jian Mingyin watched the Medicine Cauldron intently; seeing it grow restless and agitated, as if it would explode in the next instant, she suddenly shouted.

Boom!

With an explosive crash, the Cauldron’s lid suddenly sprang open.

In the next moment, a glob of viscous liquid slowly floated up from the mouth of the Cauldron, finally hanging in the air about three feet above it.

White flame still wrapped around it, tongues of fire constantly flickering, medicinal fragrance overflowing.

Yang Yan’s eyes snapped open as well.

He took one look at the "Pill," and the joy in his gaze suddenly froze for a moment.

"Immortal Power!"

All of a sudden, Jian Mingyin’s voice exploded by his ear.

Yang Yan jolted back to his senses, only then realizing that he had almost been affected by the pill power and fallen into deviation.

Yang Yan hastily pressed his hands together; Immortal Power immediately coiled between his palms.

Whoosh!

With a sweep of his hand, the white Immortal Power turned into a streak of flowing light, directly wrapping around that glob of liquid.

The instant the two touched, they burst into an even more dazzling radiance.

Even Yang Yan subconsciously shut his eyes, not daring to look further.

Under the fusion of Immortal Power, that glob of liquid rapidly transformed, presenting all kinds of shapes, emitting all kinds of colors...

This wondrous spectacle lasted for at least another quarter-hour before, with a soft snap, it turned into countless tiny droplets of rain, falling back into the Medicine Cauldron.

"Increase the Soul Fire!"

As Jian Mingyin’s voice rang out once more, Yang Yan immediately complied.

In fact, during that fusion just now, he had already clearly felt that with the addition of Immortal Power, these medicinal liquids had completely merged, fusing like milk and water.

But next came the crucial moment of bearing and shaping.

Because the Soul Fire is linked with Yang Yan’s mind, he knew every minute change within it like the back of his hand.

Even so, he still needed Jian Mingyin, this temporary advisor, to constantly help monitor.

At last, Yang Yan sensed a sign of solidification within, realizing that the Life Spirit Pill was condensing; only then did he secretly let out a breath of relief.

What followed was another long wait.

Completely different from the previous fusion, Core Formation begins from the very center.

This process was agonizingly slow, like the surrounding liquid clinging to the central region drop by drop.

After about another hour, a plume of white vapor rose from within the Medicine Cauldron. When the white mist dispersed, a perfectly round emerald-green pill appeared in his hand.

The moment this pill appeared, an intoxicating medicinal fragrance spread out, filling the entire space.

Taking in one breath of it down into his belly made the originally exhausted Yang Yan feel his spirit revive.

Yang Yan restrained the joy in his heart; with a sweep of his sleeve, he collected all the remaining pills in the Pill Furnace.

Eighty-one pills!

Even Yang Yan himself found it hard to believe.

Although from the very beginning he’d had ample confidence in succeeding, he had never imagined that on just the first batch he would display such perfection.

All pills follow a Rule: at most, only eighty-one pills can be refined per batch.

Generally speaking, being able to reach half that number is enough to be called a master; now, he had actually refined the full number in one go, flawlessly, leaving him overjoyed beyond expectation.

Of course, when Yang Yan turned his thoughts over, he understood the key behind it.

First of all, this Ancient Pill Formula is extremely rare.

The more precious a Pill Formula is, the more its refining method tends to be simple and efficient, allowing one to obtain the best things at the lowest cost.

Coupled with a good Pill Furnace, ingredients of sufficient age, and the guiding medium—Immortal Power—they together produced such a result.

Of course, although this single batch of pills is far from enough, Yang Yan was confident that after personally comprehending the process, even if he can’t refine as perfectly as this first time in the future, at the very least he won’t make any major mistakes.

"My thanks."

Yang Yan looked at Jian Mingyin and earnestly cupped his fists toward her.

He genuinely felt, from the bottom of his heart, everything this woman had done for him.

Even though he still didn’t know how she had guessed all this and made her preparations in advance, Yang Yan did not doubt in the slightest the painstaking care behind Jian Mingyin’s intentions.

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