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More than a dozen powerful spiritual senses appeared on the scene, leaving Li Cheng somewhat astonished. A simple alchemy exchange and it drew the attention of so many Loose Immortal elders?
However, the fact that he could detect their spiritual senses was enough to demonstrate that Li Cheng's spiritual sense was no weaker than theirs.
'There must be some spiritual senses that I am unable to detect. I wonder how many Loose Immortal Tribulations the most powerful Loose Immortal in the sect has transcended,' Li Cheng thought with some curiosity.
The existence of Loose Immortals in any sect is top secret. Even the Sect Master probably doesn't know exactly how many Loose Immortals there are, let alone the elders.
Only the Loose Immortals themselves are likely to be aware of the specifics.
Their presence is the last barrier of the sect. Unless there is a crisis, they simply would not take action.
Because once they do take action and suffer severe consumption or injury, then they would have great difficulty in transcending the next Loose Immortal Tribulation!
That would be a tremendous loss for the sect!
"This is the one who cultivated to such a level in thirty years?" Li Cheng detected the fluctuation of a spiritual sense communicating.
"Indeed, his name is Li Cheng, the disciple of Uncle Wuya, a frighteningly prodigious talent. If only he could ascend to the Immortal World a day sooner..."
"Hold on, doesn't he not want to ascend for the time being? Let's just watch for now and discuss ascension later on."
"That's not appropriate. I think Bai Tieyi is right. A prodigious talent like him should ascend earlier and develop in the Immortal World sooner."
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Li Cheng was speechless. If these Loose Immortal elders knew he had heard all their spiritual sense communications, it would be quite embarrassing.
Discussing his ascension in front of him, was that proper?
Never mind, he pretended not to hear and focused on refining the pill!
Concentrating his mind, Li Cheng began to refine the pill with dedication.
The materials for the Nascent Soul Breaking Dan had already been added to the tripod. As the True Fire surged in and under Li Cheng's control, every herb was precisely melted down.
Li Cheng was not refining and combining the herbs in order as he mentioned earlier but melted all the herbs simultaneously!
For ordinary Pill Masters, this was impossible.
But Li Cheng's True Fire was powerful, and his spiritual sense strong, allowing him to precisely control the True Fire to melt every herb perfectly.
In just over a dozen breaths' time, Li Cheng had begun to merge the pills. His speed in concocting was simply unbelievable!
Over at the Elder Seventh's station, the first herb hadn't even finished being refined.
A few more breaths passed, and a lump of crystal-clear essence of spirit medicine appeared in the tripod, fusion completed!
Following that, under Li Cheng's control, the True Fire weakened and started spinning rapidly, forming a Fire Dragon whirlwind in the tripod, spinning the essence of spirit medicine evenly into more than a dozen parts.
And as the True Fire annealed and weakened, each portion of the spirit medicine essence began to solidify.
In just over a dozen breaths, Li Cheng retracted the True Fire, leaving behind only more than a dozen Spirit Pills tumbling in the tripod!
"Who taught him this Pill Skill? It looks like a mess, yet the results are surprisingly good!" A wave of spiritual sense communication arose again, but this was beyond Li Cheng's perception.
"Who in our sect knows such Pill Skill? He probably learned it from outside."
"Too fast. Within the time it takes to drink a few sips of tea, the kid has already refined a batch of Nascent Soul Breaking Dan. Looking at the quality, it's top-notch, impressive!"
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Li Cheng, not noticing these exchanges, withdrew the True Fire and then looked towards the materials for the Spirit Transforming Dan, paying no attention to the Pill Tripod.
"Eighth Elder failed too quickly, didn't he? I said it. Such powerful True Fire, the herbs for the Nascent Soul Breaking Dan cannot withstand it."
"It seems like there's some rolling sound inside the Pill Tripod!"
"It's probably the sound of medicine dregs falling!"
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People were discussing when they suddenly noticed a rich fragrance of pills wafting from the tripod!
At this moment, the noise from the tripod ceased, indicating that the dozen or so Nascent Soul Breaking Dan had settled at the bottom of the Pill Tripod.
Li Cheng casually lifted the lid of the Pill Tripod, swept it with his True Yuan, and took out the Nascent Soul Breaking Dan. He then threw in the materials for the Spirit Transforming Dan.
Under Li Cheng's control, the twelve Nascent Soul Breaking Dan flew toward the Pill Child a few meters away.
At that instant, the scene became deathly quiet!
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief, fixated on the Nascent Soul Breaking Dan, even forgetting to breathe!
Those were the pills that aided in breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage, and in just a few dozen breaths, the Eighteenth Elder had refined them!
Everyone found their throats incredibly dry, and it took a while for someone to swallow saliva hard, coming back from the shock.
"How is this possible? Alchemy is a very precise process, it doesn't tolerate the slightest mistake, and even refining a first-level Spirit Pill takes time measured in hours. How did the Eighteenth Elder manage to refine them in just dozens of breaths?"
"How did the Eighteenth Elder do it? It's not logical at all!"
Everyone on the Seventh Peak was stunned, for when had they ever seen alchemy like this?
Before the crowd could think more, they saw that from the tripod in front of Li Cheng, the faint sound of rolling Spirit Pills came again!
And Li Cheng began to inspect the materials for the Fusion Dao Pill.
"No way, the Spirit Transforming Dan too, so quickly?"
"How could this be? The Eighteenth Elder is refining the Spirit Transforming Dan even faster than he did the Nascent Soul Breaking Dan!"
All the disciples stood up, craning their necks to stare at the Pill Tripod before Li Cheng, their expressions filled with indescribable shock.
Li Cheng opened the lid of the tripod, and twelve Spirit Transforming Dan flew toward the Pill Child. Then, they saw Li Cheng toss the materials for the Fusion Dao Pill into the tripod.
Powerful True Fire and powerful Spiritual Sense made these pills seem no different to Li Cheng.
Instead, as he had refined a couple of times, Li Cheng became even more proficient, and this time, refining the Fusion Dao Pill was even faster!
According to Li Cheng's estimate, it took just two minutes from start to finish to complete the refining of the three grades of Spirit Pills.
After taking out the Fusion Dao Pill, Li Cheng turned his gaze to the Sect Master watching from a distance, "There should be materials for the Unifying Pill, Tribulation Crossing Pill, and Responding to Calamity Pill, right? Please arrange a set of each for me to try."
The Sect Master, still in shock, came back to his senses at these words, swallowed his saliva, and turned his gaze to the people of the Seventh Peak, "Don't just stand there, hurry up and arrange it!"
After giving instructions, the Sect Master took a deep breath, feeling like he had seen a ghost. In just three days, Uncle had understood such an earth-shattering Pill Skill?
Pills like the Fusion Dao Pill no longer satisfied Uncle; now he was attempting to refine even higher-level pills like the Unifying Pill, Tribulation Crossing Pill, and Responding to Calamity Pill!
The Unifying Pill could help one step into the Mahayana Realm, the Tribulation Crossing Pill helped one successfully cross the tribulation, and the Responding to Calamity Pill aided a Loose Immortal to get through the Loose Immortal Tribulation.
Each was a strategic resource!
Especially the Responding to Calamity Pill, which was something even the Pill Sect couldn't refine!
Soon, the materials for the three types of Spirit Pills were delivered.
Li Cheng nodded in satisfaction. It was good to be in a large sect where such high-level materials could be readily provided.
Had it been a force outside of the top ten sects, they would probably have to bankrupt themselves to gather a single set, right?
Having refined three times and produced the best quality each time, Li Cheng already felt very proficient. Thus, he decided to strike while the iron was hot and test his limits.
Logically, with his level seven Pill Master skills, he should be able to refine the Tribulation Crossing Pill, but to be on the safe side, he decided to start with the slightly lower level Unifying Pill.
All techniques converge to one, return to the origin and truth, naturally formed, that is the Mahayana Realm.
Hence the name "Unifying Pill" for the pill that helps one break through to the Mahayana Realm.
Li Cheng scanned the materials for the Unifying Pill with his Spiritual Sense, and upon finding no issues, he put all of them into the tripod.
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