After prolonged roasting by the Bone Chilling Flame, the essence droplets of dozens of medicinal herbs finally gradually lost their repulsiveness and began their final Fusion.
Condensing the pill is the most critical step in Alchemy.
If even a slight mistake is made during this step, the medicinal Materials that were refined with great difficulty will be incinerated in an instant.
Therefore, even with Yao Lao's strength, he did not dare to have the slightest Divided Soul at this stage.
Yao Lao's mind focused once again inside the Medicine Cauldron, his Soul Power pouring in completely to take in every detail of the flame's intensity and the various reactions produced by the Fusion of the medicinal liquids.
Feeling the calmness within that mass of liquid through her Soul Power, Xiao Xue also felt a sense of relaxation.
Looking at the situation, as long as all the medicinal properties within were completely fused, they would gradually condense into the embryonic form of a Medicinal Pill.
Of course, this was a rather slow process.
According to Xiao Xue's estimation, this Fusion period would likely take at least five days or more.
Yao Lao also slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. For him, currently possessing only the strength of a Dou Zong, refining a seventh-grade pill was not an easy task.
Fortunately, from the looks of it, the most difficult part had been safely passed.
Yao Lao's eyes slowly closed, his Soul Power still circling within the Medicine Cauldron, controlling the heat and the Fusion between the various medicinal properties.
Now, all they needed to do was wait quietly.
And this wait lasted for a full six days.
During this period, Xiao Xue naturally did not disturb Yao Lao, instead sitting cross-legged nearby to quietly Cultivate.
Xiao Xue wasn't sure how long it took to refine a pill of the seventh-grade level.
But after seeing Yao Lao's Alchemy with her own eyes, even she couldn't help but click her tongue in wonder.
No wonder seventh-grade pills were so precious; she hadn't expected their refinement to be so troublesome and tedious.
Compared to a sixth-grade pill, the difficulty of refinement had almost doubled, and it was accompanied by Pill Lightning.
It was no wonder that countless Alchemists made it their lifelong pursuit to refine a pill that could draw forth Pill Lightning.
Don't look at Xiao Xue now, whose Soul Power had already reached the seventh-grade.
In truth, her talent was only on par with her Cheap older brother Xiao Yan.
And her Opportunity was naturally far inferior to Xiao Yan's.
If it weren't for the System clearing the way, her current Soul Power would probably only be around the third-grade.
It was even uncertain whether she could have become an Alchemist at all.
Even with her knowledge of the plot, she would never have achieved her current success.
Therefore, while Xiao Xue was confident, she was never arrogant and never slacked off just because she had the System.
She knew that on the Fighting Qi Continent, only strength was the foundation.
Thus, after observing Yao Lao's Alchemy, Xiao Xue immediately entered a state of "secluded" meditation on the spot, beginning to absorb the knowledge she could use from the observation.
Over these few days, Yao Lao's aura gradually became faint and indistinct, like an old monk about to pass away.
But inside the Medicine Cauldron before him, it was as if heavenly thunder had struck earthly fire, with rumbling sounds echoing incessantly.
An extremely terrifying Soul Power whistled and circled within.
Under this Soul Power, even the Bone Chilling Flame could only obediently follow his commands.
After six days, Yao Lao abruptly opened his eyes and slowly turned his gaze toward the Medicine Cauldron.
Looking at the green pill embryonic form within, a smile appeared on his aged face.
The pill embryo was about the size of a longan, entirely green, and its surface, which was not very smooth, was gradually becoming rounded.
Finally, that pitted pill embryo turned into a thumb-sized pill of two colors, green and white.
The moment this pill was formed, the sky over the Black-Corner Region suddenly turned dark rapidly.
Heavy dark clouds quickly gathered in the sky, and within the clouds, silver lightning could be seen moving around like silver snakes.
At the same time, Xiao Xue also opened her eyes and looked straight into the Medicine Cauldron.
Medusa glanced at the Medicine Cauldron, then looked up at the thunderclouds in the sky with a solemn expression.
"Pill Lightning..."
Even she felt a faint palpitation under this heavenly might.
Medusa had never seen a seventh-grade pill being born; the greatest natural phenomenon she had seen was the one drawn by Xiao Xue when she refined a sixth-grade pill.
And those phenomena were undoubtedly insignificant compared to the Pill Lightning before her.
"Little girl, it's your turn to act."
Yao Lao glanced at the thunderclouds in the sky, then at Medusa beside him, and spoke calmly.
Medusa: "..."
She was several hundred years old after all; in terms of age, she might even be quite a bit older than this remnant soul old man.
Yao Lao addressing her this way made Medusa feel somewhat uncomfortable.
However, she didn't say anything to refute him, merely nodding and disappearing from the spot in a flash.
The next moment, Medusa appeared in the sky, confronting the thunderclouds from a distance.
Xiao Xue, on the other hand, very relaxed, watched the show below with Yao Lao.
From the perspective below, Medusa currently had heavy thunderclouds almost directly above her head.
Within those thunderclouds, silver lightning moved around, occasionally colliding to erupt in massive thunderclaps, the heavenly power of which made one's heart tremble with fear.
However, Xiao Xue wasn't worried about Medusa at all.
She knew that for Medusa, a Seven-Star Dou Zong, this Pill Lightning, which had the power of about a Five-Star, couldn't threaten her at all.
While Medusa went up to resist the lightning, she also released her own Qi pressure.
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