19: Ice Soul Tempering Pill? No! It's a Life-Taking Pill!

In Room No. 3 of the Bing block, the door was tightly shut, cutting off the clamor of the outside world.

Jiang Linfeng leaned his back against the cold wall and slowly slid to the floor.

His palms were a bloody mess; blood dripped through his fingers, blooming into a striking red on the rough floor.

But he was completely unaware; all his senses were swallowed by the raging fury and murderous intent within his chest that threatened to incinerate everything!

Situ Wufeng!

You old scoundrel!

To dare threaten him with Yaner and their unborn child! To dare speak such vicious words!

"Die in the womb... send her to a brothel..."

Every word was like a poison-tipped steel needle, ruthlessly piercing Jiang Linfeng's heart! That cold murderous intent, like the Nine Heavens cold spring, instantly froze all his hesitation and restraint!

The Source Spirit Body roared within his body! The power of the Zhaoshen Realm was like a suppressed volcano, churning violently under the constraints of the Breath Concealment Art!

The Invincible Domain stirred up towering waves in his Sea of Consciousness! A cold, tyrannical, terrifying aura that seemed to come from the abyss spread uncontrollably, causing the temperature in the small room to plummet and frost to form on the walls!

"Hoo... hoo..."

Jiang Linfeng gasped for air, forcibly suppressing the destructive impulse that threatened to burst out of his body!

He couldn't! Not yet! Yaner was still in the Cold Plum Courtyard! Under house arrest by that old dog Situ! Old Man Zhong's attitude was unclear! He had to endure! He had to ensure everything was foolproof!

But enduring... did not mean yielding!

Situ Wufeng! Didn't you want the ice soul tempering divine pill?

Fine!

I'll give it to you!

I'll give you a... life-taking pill!

A cold light shot from Jiang Linfeng's eyes! Like two unsheathed ice blades!

He suddenly opened his palm; resting quietly in his palm were the xuan yang fruit core (75% energy remaining) "bestowed" by Elder Situ and the root of the ice heart lotus that emitted a faint cold aura.

xuan yang fruit core? Domineering fire energy? ice heart lotus root? Low medicinal efficacy?

You old dog Situ! You underestimate me too much! And you underestimate... the Source Spirit Body!

"System! Extract all the medicinal dregs containing the essence of the ice heart lotus! Perform deep purification!" Jiang Linfeng roared in his heart!

【Ding! Command received! Starting deep purification of "ice heart lotus essence medicinal dregs"!】

【Consuming 10% Origin Spirit Power! Purifying...】

【Obtained: Pure ice heart lotus Origin essence × 3 portions (Profound Rank Low Grade)!】

Three drops of Origin essence, the size of a dragon's eye, icy blue throughout and emitting pure cold energy, floated in the System space! The freezing power contained within them was a hundred times greater than that root!

"You old dog Situ! Didn't you want Profound Rank Low Grade?" Jiang Linfeng's mouth curled into a cruel arc, "I'll give you a... Profound Rank High Grade!"

With a thought, he took out the earth fire flame heart fragment that had reached 99% restoration! The crimson Ore pulsed slightly in his palm, its core Earth Fire Flame power pure and condensed, carrying a trace of the xuan yang fruit core's domineering nature!

"Source Spirit Body! Maximum power! Simulate Alchemy! Target: ice soul tempering divine pill (Profound Rank High Grade · Mutant)!" Jiang Linfeng closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking into his Sea of Consciousness!

Boom!

The Source Spirit Body operated at full capacity! Vast Origin Spirit Power flowed crazily through his body like a galloping galaxy! In his mind, Great Master-level insights into the Pill Refining Art lit up like stars! Countless fragments of knowledge regarding medicinal property Fusion, heat control, and Law induction were crazily combined and deduced!

【Ding! Alchemy simulation started!】

【Main Materials: Pure ice heart lotus Origin essence × 3 (Profound Rank Low Grade)!】

【Auxiliary Materials: xuan yang fruit core (75% energy remaining)! earth fire flame heart fragment (99% restored)!】

【Simulation Target: ice soul tempering divine pill (Profound Rank High Grade · Mutant)!】

【Characteristics: Extreme cold tempering of the Divine Soul! Includes latent "Xuan Yang fire seed"! Trigger condition: Target's Divine Soul fluctuates violently or is forcibly refined! Effect: Detonate latent fire seed, ice-fire counter-clash, Divine Soul annihilation!】

【Simulation success rate: 68% (Affected by host's Source Spirit Body control and material quality)!】

【Confirm simulation?】

"Confirm!" Jiang Linfeng did not hesitate! 68%! That was enough! Even if he failed, he had time to try again! But that old dog Situ... must die!

【Simulation started!】

In the Sea of Consciousness, scenes of Alchemy flashed by rapidly! Origin Spirit Power simulated flames, controlling them purely!

The ice heart lotus essence and the xuan yang fruit core energy collided and merged violently in the simulation! The earth fire flame heart fragment served as the core fire source, providing stable and powerful support!

Every conflict of medicinal properties, every induction of Law, was forcibly twisted and guided toward the final goal under the absolute control of the Source Spirit Body!

Failure! Ice and fire out of control! Simulation furnace explosion!

Failure! Law conflict! Pill body disintegrated!

Failure! Fire seed latency unstable! Detonated prematurely!

...

Failure after failure! Adjustment after adjustment! The Source Spirit Body was like the most precise supercomputer, calculating and optimizing crazily! Jiang Linfeng's face turned slightly pale, his Origin Spirit Power consumption was huge! But his eyes grew brighter and brighter! And colder and colder!

【Simulation progress: 50%... 60%... 70%...】

【Success rate increased: 68% → 72% → 75%...】

Finally!

【Ding! Simulation successful! ice soul tempering divine pill (Profound Rank High Grade · Mutant) refining plan generated! Success rate: 85%!】

【Plan solidified! Host can invoke it at any time!】

It's done!

Jiang Linfeng opened his eyes abruptly! Deep within his pupils, ice and fire intertwined, murderous intent chilling!

Situ Wufeng! Your death day... has arrived!

For the next few days, at the Pill Room Waste Slag Pit.

Jiang Linfeng continued to "diligently" sweep the pill ash, his movements "clumsy", his expression "terrified". But in a corner no one noticed, in the dead of night in Room No. 3 of the Bing block, a true "Alchemy" session was quietly taking place!

He took out the thick earthen jar that had been repeatedly reinforced by Origin Spirit Power. Without alerting anyone, he operated the Source Spirit Body, isolating his aura!

Step 1: Activate the earth fire flame heart fragment!

Hum!

The 99% restored fragment erupted with brilliant red light! A condensed flame dragon roared out! The temperature was stable and restrained!

Step 2: Add the pure ice heart lotus Origin essence!

Szz—!

The icy blue essence fell into the flames and was instantly enveloped! Extreme cold and violent flames clashed intensely!

The jar vibrated violently! But under the absolute control of the Source Spirit Body, the conflict was forcibly guided, forming a strange balance!

Step 3: Strip the xuan yang fruit core's central fire seed!

Jiang Linfeng's fingertip Origin Spirit Power turned into the most precise carving knife, cautiously stripping a wisp of pure, domineering, and destructive Xuan Yang fire seed from the xuan yang fruit core! This fire seed was the key to taking a life!

Step 4: Induce Law! Ice and fire merge! Fire seed lies latent!

The Source Spirit Body was pushed to the limit! The simulated Alchemy plan was executed perfectly! The prototype of the ice soul tempering divine pill slowly condensed amidst the Fusion of ice and fire!

That wisp of Xuan Yang fire seed, under the clever wrapping of Origin Spirit Power and the induction of Law, slipped into the core of the Medicinal Pill silently and soundlessly like the most cunning poisonous snake!

It formed an extremely fragile, subtle, symbiotic balance with the cold Origin! On the surface, the Medicinal Pill exuded a pure, cold, Soul-tempering aura, flawless!

Step 5: Condense the pill!

Hum—!

Inside the jar, ice-blue light flared! A Medicinal Pill the size of a dragon's eye, icy blue and translucent, yet with a trace of almost imperceptible gold-red fire patterns flowing on its surface, slowly took shape!

The cold aura emitted by the pill was so pure it made one's Soul tremble! But beneath that coldness, it hid a terrifying, tyrannical power capable of incinerating the Divine Soul!

【Ding! Congratulations to the host! Successfully refined "ice soul tempering divine pill (Profound Rank High Grade · Mutant)" × 1!】

【Pill effect: Extreme cold tempering of the Divine Soul (positive)! Includes latent "Xuan Yang fire seed" (Trigger condition: Target's Divine Soul fluctuates violently or is forcibly refined! Effect: Detonate fire seed, ice-fire counter-clash, Divine Soul annihilation)!】

【Pill Refining Art proficiency + 1000! Pill Refining Art Rank: Great Master (1500 / 5000)!】

It's done!

The Life-Taking Pill!

Jiang Linfeng carefully put the Medicinal Pill into an ordinary jade bottle.

The icy blue pill body floated in the bottle, that trace of gold-red fire pattern appearing and disappearing in the coldness, like the pupil of a poisonous snake, cold and deadly!

A cold smile curled the corner of his mouth.

Situ Wufeng... this "thank-you gift"... you must... enjoy it well!

The ten-day deadline passed in a flash.

Pill Room quiet room.

Elder Situ sat cross-legged, his face still carrying a sickly pallor, but his eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, carrying a trace of suppressed excitement and... cruel anticipation. Before him stood Jiang Linfeng, "trembling with fear", holding the jade bottle.

"The pill... is it refined?" Elder Situ's voice was low, carrying a trace of barely perceptible urgency.

"Back... back to Elder..." Jiang Linfeng handed over the jade bottle "terrified", his voice "trembling", "This lowly one... this lowly one worked day and night... finally... finally didn't fail the Elder's expectations... it's just... it's just that this pill... seems... a bit different..."

Elder Situ snatched the jade bottle and pulled out the stopper!

Hum—!

A pure, extreme cold aura instantly permeated the room! The temperature in the quiet room plummeted!

Frost formed on the walls! That cold aura seemed to be able to penetrate directly into the Soul, bringing a kind of refreshing comfort that cleansed the Divine Soul!

In the jade bottle, a Medicinal Pill, icy blue and translucent, flawless, emitting Profound Rank High Grade fluctuations, lay quietly!

Profound Rank High Grade?!

Elder Situ's pupils contracted sharply! Unbelievable ecstasy erupted in his eyes! Far exceeding expectations! This brat... actually really refined it?! And of such high quality?!

He forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and scanned the Medicinal Pill carefully with his spiritual sense! Pure cold Origin! Perfect medicinal property Fusion! Not a single impurity! And absolutely no foreign energy fluctuations! Perfect! Too perfect!

"Good! Good! Good!" Elder Situ said the word "good" three times, a look of wild joy appearing on his face, "Jiang Linfeng! You truly didn't disappoint this old man! This pill... this old man accepts it!"

He carefully put the Medicinal Pill away, as if holding a rare treasure.

With this Profound Rank High Grade ice soul tempering divine pill, his damaged Divine Soul could not only fully recover, but perhaps even go a step further! Breaking through the Bottleneck of the Void Tribulation Realm now also had hope!

As for Jiang Linfeng... a trace of cold murderous intent flashed in Elder Situ's eyes.

Leaving this brat alive would ultimately be a disaster! Once he refined the pill and stabilized his Realm... it would be this brat's death day! And that Luo Yan and the wild seed in her belly... none of them would be allowed to live!

"You... did very well!" Elder Situ squeezed out a "kind" smile, "Go down! This old man needs to go into seclusion to refine this pill! When this old man comes out of seclusion... there will naturally be a great reward!"

"Thank... thank you, Elder!" Jiang Linfeng bowed "flattered", his head lowered, but a cold, bone-chilling arc curled the corner of his mouth.

A great reward?

A "great reward" to go to Hell?

You old dog Situ... enjoy... your final moments well!

Jiang Linfeng "respectfully" exited the quiet room. The moment the door closed, the "terror" on his face vanished instantly, leaving only cold murderous intent and a trace of... anticipation.

Inside the quiet room.

Elder Situ couldn't wait to set up heavy Restrictions! He sat cross-legged! He took a deep breath, his eyes full of fanaticism! He carefully took out that ice soul tempering divine pill!

The pill was cold to the touch, its pure cold aura making his spirit lift! He didn't hesitate anymore and swallowed the pill in one gulp!

Boom—!

The pill melted the moment it entered his mouth! A vast, pure, unimaginable cold Origin instantly erupted!

Like the Nine Heavens galaxy pouring down, it washed over his limbs and bones, nourishing his damaged Divine Soul!

That feeling... comfortable! Unprecedentedly comfortable! It was as if his Soul was being cleansed and sublimated!

"Hahaha! Good pill! Truly a good pill!" Elder Situ couldn't help but laugh out loud!

He felt his Divine Soul rapidly repairing and strengthening! The hidden injuries that had plagued him for years were being quickly smoothed out by this pure cold Origin!

He even touched that ethereal barrier of the Void Tribulation Realm!

However!

Just at the moment his mind was surging and he was wildly happy!

Just at the Peak moment when his Divine Soul was fluctuating violently and he was completely unguarded!

Hum—!

The core of the Medicinal Pill he had swallowed, which had been emitting pure cold aura!

That wisp of Xuan Yang fire seed that had been perfectly wrapped by Origin Spirit Power and formed a subtle balance with the cold Origin! Suddenly shook!

The balance... was broken!

Szz—!

An indescribable, extremely violent Xuan Yang fire energy! Like a volcano that had been suppressed for billions of years! Suddenly erupted from the core of the pill!

It instantly broke through the shackles of the cold Origin! It turned into a flame dragon that would incinerate all things! It slammed ruthlessly into Elder Situ's unguarded Divine Soul, which was in the middle of being repaired and strengthened!

"Ah—!!!"

A shrill scream that didn't sound human! Erupted from the quiet room! Piercing through the heavy Restrictions! Resonating throughout the entire Pill Room!

Elder Situ's body felt as if it had been thrown into Hell! Half of his body was instantly covered in thick frost emitting extreme cold!

The other half of his body was as if it had been doused by magma! His skin cracked inch by inch! Billowing green smoke rose! Ice and fire! Two extreme powers clashed crazily within his body! Tearing! Annihilating!

His Divine Soul! Like fragile glass! Under the terrifying power of the ice-fire clash! It made a sound of unbearable shattering!

"No—!!" Elder Situ's eyes were about to split! His eyes were filled with endless fear, pain, and disbelief! He frantically circulated his spiritual power!

Trying to suppress the rampaging ice-fire power within his body! But... it was too late! That ice-fire power had long since merged into his Origin! Like maggots on bone! Crazily destroying everything!

"Pfft—!" He spat out a mouthful of blood! Half of that blood was ice shards! Half was burning flames!

"Jiang... Lin... Feng!!!" Elder Situ let out a beast-like roar! He finally understood! That was not a life-saving Spirit Pill at all!

That was... a life-taking poison! It was the burial ground that that Menial Worker... had carefully prepared for him!

He wanted to rush out of the quiet room! He wanted to tear that Menial Worker into ten thousand pieces! But the power of the ice-fire clash within his body fully erupted! His body seemed to be nailed to the spot!

He could only watch as his vitality was crazily devoured! His Divine Soul was torn apart inch by inch!

"Ugh... ugh..." Strange, rattling sounds came from Elder Situ's throat, his eyes beginning to lose focus. Frost covered half of his face, flames burned the other half. Extreme pain and fear completely submerged him.

Outside the quiet room.

Jiang Linfeng had not gone far. He stood in the shadows of the corridor, like a ghost merged with the darkness.

The shrill screams and violent energy fluctuations from the quiet room clearly reached his ears.

He was expressionless, his eyes as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice.

The Source Spirit Eye was activated, penetrating the Restrictions, and clearly "saw" the hellish scene inside the quiet room.

Elder Situ's body twisted and disintegrated in the ice and fire.

His Divine Soul let out a silent wail as it was annihilated.

His eyes were filled with endless resentment, fear, and... a trace of... finally enlightened despair.

Jiang Linfeng slowly raised his hand, and toward the direction of the quiet room, clenched his five fingers tightly!

As if crushing some invisible existence.

Inside the quiet room.

Elder Situ's body stiffened suddenly!

The last trace of vitality was completely severed!

The frost and flames extinguished at the same time!

Leaving only a corpse that was half charred, half covered in thick frost, with a ferocious expression, dead with eyes wide open!

【Ding! Target "Situ Wufeng" dead!】

【Hatred target eliminated!】

【Obtained reward: Origin Spirit Power greatly increased! Realm increased: Zhaoshen Realm Level 1 → Level 2!】

【Obtained special item: Situ Wufeng's Pill Refining Insights (Incomplete)!】

【Obtained title: "Pill Dao Avenger" (Damage to Alchemists increased by 10%)!】

It's done!

You old dog Situ... executed!

Jiang Linfeng slowly retracted his hand, his eyes calm and waveless, as if he had just crushed an ant.

He turned, merged silently into the darkness, and walked toward the Cold Plum Courtyard.

There, everything he needed to protect was waiting.

Deep in the Pill Room, the Restrictions of the quiet room slowly dissipated.

A strange aura, mixed with burnt and icy cold scents, permeated the air.

Elder Situ's remains lay quietly there.

Like a... silent warning.