681: Nine Aperture Nourishing Spirit Pill

Pill Venerable Xuanyang's intentions were currently shrouded like clouds and mist, permeated with an indescribable mystery.

But Yao Delong cast aside that trace of doubt in an instant!

Whatever his intentions were, one of the core goals of this trip was to obtain an Eighth Order Pill Formula or Medicinal Pill that could enhance the Primordial Spirit!

This immense Opportunity was right before his eyes!

“System, confirm completion!” His thought was decisive!

“Ding! Consumed 150 yin yang points. Deducing the complete Pill Formula and optimal refining method for the nine aperture spirit nurturing pill...”

Instantly!

A vast and precise torrent of profound information, reaching directly to the Alchemy Origin, arrogantly poured into Yao Delong's Sea of Consciousness!

The nine missing main ingredients on that incomplete Pill Formula—crimson sun soul fruit, nine yin soul condensing grass, star tear crystal, earth vein dragon marrow... their names, forms, age requirements, and detailed medicinal properties... were all incredibly clear!

More importantly, it was that lost core refining method—the Nine Flames Spirit Tempering Art!

It required nine different attributes of extremely high-grade Heaven and Earth strange fires to simultaneously and precisely temper these nine main ingredients.

Finally, when condensing the pill, the Pill Fire's grade must be at least at the Holy Fire level to trigger the mystery of the 'Nine Apertures' and nourish the Primordial Spirit!

All the mist suddenly cleared!

“So that's how it is!” Yao Delong felt greatly reassured, a confident arc curling at the corner of his mouth. A System product was indeed awesome!

Yao Delong looked at his remaining 780 yin yang points; spending 150 yin yang points this time was a huge gain!

He no longer hesitated, his Divine Thought sweeping through the massive medicinal ingredient storehouse provided by the Pill Venerable Phantom, which contained countless rare and precious medicines.

They were prepared specifically for the person who completed the Pill Formula. His fingers were like lightning, pointing with absolute precision at nine of the dazzling main ingredients:

“crimson sun soul fruit! nine yin soul condensing grass! star tear crystal! earth vein dragon marrow...”

Nine streaks of light enveloped the precious medicines of various forms and soaring medicinal fragrances, landing steadily in the Pill Furnace area in front of Yao Delong.

“Pfft!” The Savage Demon Green Dragon, who was concentrating on his deduction and believed he had grasped a trace of the pattern,

was first stunned to see Yao Delong choose nine main ingredients with conflicting auras and vastly different medicinal properties in one go.

Then, his face showed undisguised mockery and disdain:

“Fool! The Dao of Alchemy emphasizes the roles of ruler, minister, assistant, and envoy, seeking balance and harmony!

By piling them up like this and blindly adding nine overbearing main ingredients, the medicinal properties will inevitably clash violently, and the furnace will explode in an instant!

You still want to refine a pill? It's simply a pipe dream!” He seemed to already see the miserable scene of Yao Delong's pill being destroyed and the man dying, feeling extremely gratified in his heart.

High in the sky, the Pill Venerable Phantom's face, which had remained as calm as a well, suddenly showed a clear ripple the moment Yao Delong selected those nine main ingredients!

A flash of unbelievable shock passed through his illusory eyes!

‘He... he actually chose these nine ingredients?! Not a single one is wrong!’

The Pill Venerable's heart was in turmoil. ‘This kid... could it be that in such a short time, he perfectly and flawlessly deduced the complete Pill Formula for the nine aperture spirit nurturing pill?!’

‘No! Impossible! Even if his previous performance was that of a Prodigy, his Alchemy foundation could at most be at the Eighth Order Peak, touching the edge of the Ninth Order!’

‘And this Pill Formula is my life's work. Its complexity and mystery are such that even if a Ninth Order Pill Emperor came in person,’

‘without enough time to deduce and the clues I left behind, it would be absolutely impossible to complete it so accurately! How exactly... did he do it?!’

A sense of unprecedented curiosity and focus locked firmly onto Yao Delong!

Outside the field!

Tu Wanxiong' eyes were as sinister as a venomous snake, staring intently at Yao Delong, who had already begun processing the ingredients, as alarm bells rang in his heart:

‘This boy is too bizarre! I must not let him succeed in refining!’

He calmly gave a look to a Mid-stage Soul Transformation Nine Nether Sect Disciple beside him, his lips moving slightly in a voice transmission:

‘Use the “Soul-Eroding Yin Wind Curse” to interfere with his Divine Soul! Make him fail at the last step!’

The Disciple understood and a flash of ruthlessness appeared in his eyes. His fingers under his sleeve quietly formed a strange seal.

An extremely hidden, invisible yin wind carrying the power to melt souls and erode bones silently attacked the back of Yao Delong's head on the high platform!

However—

“Hmph!”

A cold snort, seemingly containing the Laws of Heaven and Earth, exploded directly in the depths of everyone's souls!

The Pill Venerable Phantom's illusory sleeve seemed to give an extremely slight flick.

“Ah—!!!”

The Nine Nether Sect Disciple who was casting the evil spell only managed to let out half a scream.

His entire body, along with his Primordial Spirit, was like melting snow thrown into a blazing sun, vaporizing instantly!

In his place, only a wisp of curling green smoke and a faint burnt smell remained! Both body and soul were extinguished!

Within the Secret Realm, under the rules, all interference is turned to dust!

This terrifying scene left the entire place in dead silence!

The Sky-Splitting Demon King was just about to activate his demon power to interfere with Liu Ruyan's actions, but he forced it back.

His massive body subconsciously took a half-step back, his blood-colored pupils filled with horror and lingering fear!

He had no doubt that if he had acted just now, his end would not have been much better! The Pill Venerable's might was truly terrifying!

Tu Wanxiong' face was ashen, his nails digging deep into his palms, yet he dared not make any further move!

On the high platform.

Liu Ruyan looked at the incredibly complex Pill Formula information in her hands, then at the predatory gazes of the Sky-Splitting Demon King and Tu Wanxiong across from her, and gritted her silver teeth.

Forcing herself to refine a Seventh Order pill? She would almost certainly fail and might suffer a severe backlash! But asking her to give up? Absolutely impossible!

“Since the original formula can't be refined... then I'll lower the grade!” A bold thought flashed through her mind!

Her jade fingers flew, and her powerful Divine Thought rapidly deduced, forcefully preserving the core medicinal properties of that Eighth Order incomplete formula.

Supplementing it with alternative ingredients and simplifying the complex, she actually ended up transforming it, deducing it into a spirit nurturing pill formula whose difficulty had plummeted,

but whose core medicinal effect still maintained a Sixth Order Peak level!

“It's done!” A flash of exhaustion yet wisdom-filled light appeared in her eyes. She quickly selected the necessary ingredients for the modified version and began refining.

She didn't seek to be the champion, only to pass and share a bit of the pressure for her Junior Brother!

And at this moment, the focus of everyone's gaze—Yao Delong!

He finally moved!

“Glazed Hearth Fire, Nine Flames Light Split!”

Yao Delong's eyes were as sharp as knives as he gave a low shout!

“Buzz—!”

The seemingly soft seven-colored Glazed Hearth Fire in his palm suddenly erupted with a dazzling divine light!

Under everyone's horrified gazes, that wisp of divine fire actually seemed to possess life, splitting into nine!

Crimson like the rising sun! Deep blue like the cold soul of the deep sea! Golden yellow like the True Flame of the Great Sun! Emerald green like the vitality of plants!

...Nine types of strange flames with vastly different attributes, yet all emitting the aura of Origin Laws,

were like nine agile, roaring flame dragons, crashing around and entwining the nine precious main ingredients suspended in mid-air!

Nine flames burning together! One mind for nine tasks!

The temperature, form, and rhythm of calcination for each flame were completely different, yet under Yao Delong's outrageously powerful Primordial Spirit control, they were not in the least bit disorganized!

The crimson sun soul fruit tumbled in the solar flame, the nine yin soul condensing grass stretched out in the yin fire... each main ingredient,

under the tempering of the strange fire that best suited its medicinal properties, yielded its most pure medicinal essence!

“Nine Flames Soul Tempering?!” The Pill Venerable Phantom could no longer maintain his composure, his grand voice carrying a trace of trembling!

He stared fixedly at Yao Delong's smooth, flowing, and completely unhindered movements.

“He... he not only completed the Pill Formula... he actually even mastered... this lost core refining method?! This... this is impossible!!”