Su Qing was going to refine a fifth-grade pill, which required as many as fifty kinds of spiritual herbs.
This time, Su Qing brought out all the high-level spiritual herbs she had recently accumulated, most of which she obtained in the Xuanyuan Secret Realm.
Of course, the highest-ranking among them is the seventh-rank Eternal Golden Lotus, a high-level spiritual herb.
The higher the grade of the spiritual herb, the longer it takes to control and burn off impurities. Su Qing manipulated her spiritual power to suspend the Eternal Golden Lotus in the air, and with a hand seal, a ball of blue flame appeared at her fingertips.
The blue flames were, of course, Mingyan's hair. Poor Mingyan crouched in the corner, holding his head and sobbing.
It's so pitiful. They have to pull out a few strands of hair every now and then. This time it was even worse; they pulled out ten strands of hair.
Even with the Netherflame, a heavenly fire, it still took Su Qing three hours to refine the Eternal Golden Lotus into a ball of spiritual liquid.
The elixir of the Eternal Golden Lotus is a golden liquid that emits a rich fragrance, attracting many demonic beasts to stir with desire.
Especially since this place is near the entrance to the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, some demonic beasts came out of the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons. Three fourth-tier demonic beasts led the way, followed by more than a dozen third-tier demonic beasts, and they actually formed a small beast tide, rushing towards this place.
"A beast tide! A small-scale beast tide has appeared!" A sharp-eyed cultivator saw this and shouted.
"Good heavens, they're heading towards Crescent Lake."
"It must be the aroma of the pills that has attracted these demonic beasts. What grade of pills is Junior Sister Su Qing making that could cause such a beast tide?"
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While everyone was discussing it, the sect leader of Xuanling Sect was completely unsettled.
The placement of the Eternal Golden Lotus in Crescent Lake serves two purposes: to show off and to attract the mythical beasts depicted in the "Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" painting.
It was because of the Eternal Golden Lotus of Crescent Lake that most of the demon beasts were lured to the vicinity and then driven into the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.
Now look what's happened! Su Qing has plucked the Eternal Golden Lotus and is brazenly trying to refine it into pills, attracting all the demonic beasts from the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons.
If it weren't for the presence of a spirit guarding the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, they would probably all have escaped.
"Hmm, these monsters can be considered a small beast tide." Wen Yutian was in a good mood and wished that the beast tide would just rush up and trample Su Qing to pieces.
It's infuriating! It's bad enough that such a talented cultivator isn't from their Wuji Sect, but he's actually from the Xuanling Sect!
"It's just a dozen or twenty demonic beasts." The Xuanling Sect leader spoke casually, but his mind was in complete turmoil. Oh dear, how can he be so calmly refining pills? He should hurry up and deal with the beast tide.
“That’s true. With such an outstanding disciple of the sect leader, one person could easily deal with these insignificant demonic beasts.” Wen Yutian smiled cunningly.
The three leading fourth-tier demonic beasts were a Crimson Flame Thunder Leopard known for its speed, an Earth Ape known for its defense, and a Jade-Eyed Cloud Lion known for its strength.
These three fourth-tier demonic beasts had formed a triangular formation and were charging towards them with more than a dozen third-tier demonic beasts. With such a formation, even if Xuan Qingye could use her ice spikes to instantly kill the Crimson Flame Thunder Leopard at the front, she would not be able to protect Su Qing, who was refining pills.
At this moment, Su Qing was at a crucial juncture in her alchemy process.
Everyone was on tenterhooks, holding their breath for her.
There are already hundreds of spirit liquid clumps in the alchemy furnace. The next step is to refine and fuse all of these spirit liquid clumps together in the correct proportions before they can be finally made into a pill.
Su Qing also noticed the approaching beast tide, but she only raised her eyelids to glance at it.
A fourth-tier monster?
Fire, earth, and water attribute monsters?
"Senior Brother Xuan, leave the three fourth-tier demonic beasts behind, and kill all the other demonic beasts!"
Xuan Qingye responded, but instead of paying attention to the three fourth-tier demonic beasts that had already rushed in front of her, she flew up on her sword and released ice spikes in the air.
The five third-tier demonic beasts suddenly had fist-sized bloody holes between their eyebrows. These five demonic beasts rushed forward a few steps before collapsing to the ground. The demonic beasts behind them rushed up like dominoes, tripped and fell to the ground, and then had large bloody holes pierced by ice spikes on their bodies.
In just a moment, more than a dozen third-tier demonic beasts fell, leaving a sea of blood on the ground that stained a large part of Crescent Lake red.
As for the three fourth-tier demonic beasts, they crashed into a large, transparent ice shield one after another, leaving them dizzy, disoriented, and bleeding from their heads.
Everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene, unable to believe their eyes. Only then did they realize that Su Qing was surrounded by six completely transparent ice shields.
With Xuan Qingye's ice shield protecting her, Su Qing dared to refine pills so freely.
Su Qing raised her eyelids, and the Jade Lotus Sword flew out, aiming straight for the demon crystals on the foreheads of the three fourth-tier demonic beasts.
Fire, earth, and water elemental crystals arced through the air and fell into the alchemy furnace. At the same time, Su Qing also dropped wood and metal elemental crystals. The five crystals formed a five-element cycle and shimmered with five-colored light around the alchemy furnace.
With the blessing of the five types of demon crystals, Su Qing, whose spiritual power was originally somewhat insufficient, immediately felt a reduction in pressure.
The Xuanling Sect Master then realized that Su Qing had actually used the demon crystal of a fourth-tier demon beast to set up a five-element cycle formation.
In this Five Elements Cycle Formation, the five types of demon crystals interact with each other, forming a closed loop.
Su Qing once again unleashed the Infinite Great Whirlpool Technique, and the surrounding spiritual energy swirled around the Five Elements Cycle Array, instantly forming a massive spiritual energy vortex that rushed towards the alchemy furnace.
This is the wonder of the Xuanyuan Alchemy Furnace that Su Qing later discovered.
By using the Five Elements Cycle Formation, the Infinite Great Whirlwind Technique, and the Xuanyuan Alchemy Furnace, Su Qing's cultivation deficiencies can be compensated for, allowing her to refine fifth-grade pills.
Inside the alchemy furnace, the extracted spiritual liquid was stirred together completely. But that wasn't enough; clusters of blue flames were also stirred in.
Spiritual energy, spiritual liquid, and dark flames all swirled and condensed in the vortex, eventually coalescing into a huge medicinal ball.
The moment the medicinal pill took shape, a fragrance filled the air, permeating the entire landscape painting with its rich aroma.
The elixir is complete!
If the fragrance of the spiritual liquid can spread for a hundred miles, then the fragrance of the elixir can spread for ten thousand miles.
The moment the fifth-grade elixir was refined, the entire Wanli Jiangshan Map was enveloped in a rich fragrance of the elixir.
"It smells so good. I wonder what kind of elixir this is." Mu Zihan took a deep breath and felt that the fragrance of the elixir made him feel more energetic.
"Is Junior Sister Su Qing refining pills? These pills are truly potent," Wen Yougui remarked.
"Could it be that you obtained some precious spiritual herbs in the 'Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains' painting?" Liu Xuan raised an eyebrow. As an alchemist, she would be eager to refine any spiritual herbs she liked into pills immediately.
Jiang Cheng and Bai Xintong had been arguing the whole way about who should keep the demon crystals of the fifth-tier demon beasts. Now, smelling the fragrance of pills, the two started arguing again about what kind of pills Su Qing was refining. The other cultivators traveling with them were almost driven crazy by the two of them.
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