"Thirteenth-tier pill, Heaven-Fusion Pill—now there's hope."
Long Chen shouted in surprise. The Heaven-Melting Pill could help him rapidly boost his strength. If he advanced to the Twelfth Heaven before the Blood Fiend Demon Lord and others could become emperors, wouldn't beating them be as easy as hitting a dog?
"Wisteria Phoenix Gallbladder Fruit, Earthbone Ambergris Incense, Wolong Star Soul Grass, Polar Eight Bitter Roots—hmm, I have these, but I didn't expect to use them here..."
Long Chen carefully examined the pill recipe and found that most of the ingredients for thirteenth-tier pills were twelfth-tier, with only a few items that were extremely rare.
Especially the Earth Bone Ambergris Incense, which actually grows in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest and resembles coral. It is highly intelligent. When Long Chen first obtained it in the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest of the Star Domain Divine Realm, he had no idea what it was for.
Only now did I realize it was useless, but when cut open, it would ooze a glass-like juice—this was the main ingredient of the Rongtian Pill.
"They actually have everything, not a single one missing?" Could it be that with the blessing of the Five Emperors, my luck has finally started to change? After reviewing all the recipes, Long Chen compared them one by one with the medicinal herbs he had and found that all the rare medicines were present, which surprised and delighted him.
You have to know, everything Long Chen does is full of twists and turns; it's never smooth. Now, having just obtained this formula and discovering all the rare medicines are available, Long Chen felt a bit unaccustomed for a moment.
"Alchemy and pill refining... Without hesitation,
Long Chen directly summoned the Moon Furnace of Star Refining. As soon as the furnace appeared, the Demon Moon Furnace also appeared.
"Brother Long Chen is biased, why doesn't he need me?" Ling'er ran out, speaking somewhat reluctantly.
"Ling'er, don't mess around. You watch from the side. Senior Rongyue has alchemy experience, so learn from him. From now on, you two will practice together." Long Chen said.
Ling'er needed to refine pills to make herself stronger. After such a long time of refining, the Rongyue Star Refining Furnace had recovered about sixty to seventy percent of its strength. Its alchemy ability even shocked Long Chen.
The Moon Fusion Star Refining Furnace is extremely strong in alchemy. Just as Long Chen said he wanted to refine the Fusion Heaven Pill, the furnace had already started heating it, and the heat was exactly seventy and fifty—the optimal temperature for refining the pill.
Obviously, the Rongyue Star Refining Furnace must have refined the Fusion Heaven Pill before, but it hadn't fully recovered. Some memories were incomplete, and everything was still done by instinct. Still, it allowed Long Chen to quickly master the alchemy technique.
"Whoosh!"
A rare herb was turned into powder inside the pill furnace, all the essence locked inside, impurities perfectly removed.
"Using such intense heat from the start—the difficulty of forming a pill must be terrifying." Although Long Chen was excited, he was also prepared.
Usually, alchemy is refined at about 30% heat, and about 50% for condensation.
The hardest part is just fifty percent heat to purify and seventy percent heat to condense the pill. You have to understand, the stronger the heat during condensation, the harder it is to control. If you're not careful, the pill will turn to ash.
This was Long Chen's first time refining such a difficult pill. Fortunately, the Moon Melting Star Furnace had experience refining the Fusion Heaven Pill, and with its cooperation, everything proceeded smoothly without any danger.
"Whoosh."
When all the powders were fused and the pill was about to form, flames surged rapidly in Long Chen's hand—this was the key to forming the pill.
The flame power reached eighty percent, but the Moon Melting Star Furnace was still absorbing it, indicating the heat was insufficient. Flames churned in Long Chen's hand, intense heat spreading, and the flame power reached ninety percent.
But the Moon Furnace kept urging on with even greater firepower. Long Chen took a deep breath, unleashing all his flame power. In that instant, he was completely engulfed in flames.
At this moment, Long Chen focused all his attention on alchemy, unable to care about anything else. The secret chamber he was in began to melt, and then a cry of surprise came from outside.
Meng Qi and the others discovered that the secret chamber where Long Chen was had melted, fiery red lava was everywhere on the floor, and the terrifying heat was spreading wildly.
"Long Chen is refining pills and is at a critical moment. We can't disturb him. Everyone should retreat." Mengqi said.
Their place was the cultivation chamber of the Tianwu Alliance headquarters, originally hidden underground and protected by formations.
But Long Chen's terrifying flames burned through the earth, and the formation was as thin as paper before his flames—completely useless.
Seeing the ground continuously burning, Mengqi and the others could only order everyone to retreat to avoid being swept in by the flames.
"What is this kid doing?" Qu Jianying and the old man arrived. Seeing flames roaring around Long Chen, Qu Jianying was both shocked and annoyed. Was this kid trying to burn down the entire Tianwu Alliance headquarters?
"It's a pity Sister Zhiqiu isn't here, otherwise she could have stopped the flames from spreading." Tang Wan'er said.
"Boom!" Suddenly,
the pill furnace in Long Chen's hand exploded, the entire furnace trembled, endless Heavenly Dao power surged, and a massive vortex formed between heaven and earth, with the core of the vortex being the Moon Melting Star Refining Furnace.
"Dancheng?"
Guo Ran and the others were overjoyed; judging by the aura, it seemed to be a sign of successful pill refinement.
"Whoosh!"
The flames in the sky receded, the ground had already been scorched into a huge crater, the air thick with a foul heat. Ignoring the scorching heat, everyone rushed to Long Chen.
"Boss, what kind of pill are you refining?" Guo Ran looked at the furnace, his face full of surprise. From what he knew about Long Chen, this was definitely a valuable item.
"Fusion Heaven Pill," Long Chen said.
Everyone gasped—even the Fusion Heaven Realm had pills that could boost cultivation? Is that possible?
"Boss, give me one quickly. I'm willing to be the vanguard and see how it works." Guo Ran said impatiently.
"Crack, crack..."
The furnace lid was opened; there were no pills inside, only a handful of ashy residue.
"That..." Guo Ran was stunned.
"I failed." Long Chen shrugged helplessly.
"You little rascal, you actually failed! You burned down the entire secret room..." Qu Jianying was furious.
"Enough, the child has already failed, and instead of saying something encouraging, you're rubbing salt in the wound?" The old man glared.
Qu Jianying seemed to realize he had gone too far; for the first time, he glared at the old man and didn't fight back.
"Hehe, actually, it's not a failure. Even these pill residues are very useful.
And I realized that this Rongtian Pill isn't meant for normal people at all. Although Long Chen failed, he was actually a bit excited, because the Moon Fusion Star Refining Furnace told him that his formula was the same as the Heaven Fusion Pill, but the refining method was different, so this time he failed.
But this failure couldn't be called a complete failure, because Long Chen had found the reason and knew what to do.
"Boss, you're not planning to make us eat this crumb, are you?" Guo Ran hesitated a little.
"This thing can't be eaten; if you do, you might be able to eat itHe will die. Long Chen shook his head.
"What?"
Guo Ran was startled and hurriedly threw the pill residue back in his hand.