After Shui Qingchen helped Su Qing roughly process the sixth-grade spiritual herbs, Su Qing summoned the Heavenly Flame Netherflame.
Shui Qingchen saw the azure flames of the Netherflame surge, completely engulfing Su Qing's colossal alchemy furnace. She herself possessed Heavenly Fire, but it was utterly incomparable to the Netherflame.
Shui Qingchen also noticed some golden flames within the pure blue heavenly fire. These flames were extraordinary, as Su Qing had borrowed some of the power of the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus of Immortal Fire.
The sixth-grade spiritual herbs are the essence left behind after being baptized by the heavens and earth of the Boundless Continent. Now, under the scorching flames, all impurities have been burned away, leaving only the purest part.
Shui Qingchen had witnessed Su Qing refine pills; she was skilled and efficient, and could refine a batch of pills in just a few strokes.
She didn't consider herself as carefree as Su Qing when it came to alchemy. She was always very careful when refining pills, afraid that she might fail to succeed if she wasn't careful.
She had only ever seen the same composure in alchemy as Su Qing when she was refining pills, as seen in those Nascent Soul stage alchemy grandmasters.
In fact, she didn't know that Su Qing's sea of consciousness was comparable to the Nascent Soul stage. She relied entirely on her own divine sense to control the pills, which was why she dared to refine them so boldly.
At this moment, Su Qing was going to challenge herself with the seventh-grade pill, the Seven Star Pill. This was a pill that even Shui Qingchen could not easily refine. Although her divine sense was strong, her body had only recently formed its core, so she still had to be careful when refining it.
The Netherflame, mixed with some Immortal Fire, refined all seven Grade Six Spirit Herbs. In the alchemy furnace, Su Qing used her divine sense to perceive the rich spiritual energy emanating from these pure spiritual liquids.
Su Qing had simulated the refining method of the Seven Star Pill countless times in her sea of consciousness. At this moment, she methodically used her divine sense to envelop the spiritual liquid, allowing it to gather together.
At this moment, a giant pill shaped like seven stars took shape in the alchemy furnace.
Su Qing still prefers to refine a giant pill all at once, and then cut it with spiritual energy after it is completed.
"Bang!"
When the giant Seven Star Pill was formed, the alchemy furnace finally couldn't withstand it and a crack appeared with a loud bang!
"Oh no! The oven has exploded." Shui Qingchen's expression changed drastically.
A powerful explosion shot into the sky. Shui Qingchen tried to pull Su Qing back, but Su Qing remained motionless, still using her divine sense to envelop the pill.
At this moment, Su Qing's face was somewhat pale, and her body was covered in sweat, but she slowly raised her head, her eyes full of determination.
Shui Qingchen was startled by Su Qing's eyes. She realized that even though the alchemy furnace was cracked, Su Qing still hadn't given up on refining pills.
Shui Qingchen took a deep breath and began to help Su Qing support the alchemy furnace, which had already begun to crack.
With Shui Qingchen's help, Su Qing's feeling of almost being drained disappeared instantly. At this moment, the Seven Star Pill had been condensed in the alchemy furnace.
At this point, the alchemy furnace could no longer withstand the pressure and shattered into a pile of fragments.
"Boom!"
Dark clouds filled the sky; this seventh-grade Seven Star Pill had actually attracted a lightning tribulation!
"Just in time!" Su Qing looked up at the dark thunderclouds in the sky.
With the blessing of the tribulation lightning, the Seven Star Pill became even more potent.
A bolt of lightning struck the Seven Star Pill, which was then enveloped in purple lightning and crackled.
This Seven Star Pill actually attracted three lightning bolts. After enduring the three lightning bolts, the Seven Star Pill shrank by half, but its medicinal power increased tenfold!
Su Qing raised her hand, and after beams of spiritual energy, the enormous Seven Star Pills all transformed into tiny Seven Star Pills the size of a thumb.
These seven-star pills are not perfectly round, but rather seven-pointed stars, each point having a different color.
These Seven Star Pills rained down in the air like a shower of Seven Star Pills, and then Su Qing collected them all into her storage space.
Su Qing scanned the area with her divine sense and found a total of 1,500 Seven Star Pills!
One hundred Seven-Star Pills were placed in a small jar, and each Core Formation stage cultivator could receive one jar. With the help of these Seven-Star Pills, their combat team would become stronger.
Su Qing looked at her alchemy furnace. She actually quite liked this enormous alchemy furnace, but unfortunately, her fate with it had to end there.
Two Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators hid at the very back. Their cultivation levels were too low to take the Seven Star Pill, but Su Qing did not give up on them. Instead, she took out a Grade 6 pill, hoping that the two of them could form their cores as soon as possible.
Shui Qingchen and Qiu Feiyang were extremely excited.
They risked their lives to participate in the sect competition precisely to break through their bottlenecks and achieve Nascent Soul formation, didn't they?
By taking the Seven Star Pill every day, they can gradually improve their cultivation level. Combined with the battles in the Gobi Desert, this is enough for them to reach the Nascent Soul stage.
The other four Core Formation stage cultivators were also very happy.
"Junior Sister Su Qing, you're amazing!" Yue Lan said, holding the Seven Star Pill. "I will definitely cultivate diligently!"
Wen An nodded vigorously.
Su Qing thought to herself, with the Seven Star Pill, she should be able to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage within a year, and then she could directly conquer the Demon Realm.
"Su Qing, we need to find a suitable place for cultivation," Shui Qingchen suggested.
Su Qing thought about it and realized that there really was such a place in the Gobi Desert.
“Sandworm Cave!” Su Qing said, pointing to a place on the map.
This is the northern part of the Gobi Desert. Su Qing was being chased by her enemies in the Gobi Desert and got stuck in quicksand, but she unexpectedly entered a sand worm cave.
Inside the Sandworm Cave, Su Qing not only escaped her enemies but also spent three months in seclusion cultivating.
Three months later, Su Qing emerged from seclusion after completing her Nascent Soul cultivation, wiped out all the sandworms in the Sandworm Cave, and then put her enemies to death!
At this moment, the Sandworm Cave was the best place for them to improve their strength.
"Then let's go to the Sandworm Cave."
Everyone agreed.
Since entering the Gobi Desert, the monsters they've encountered have been within acceptable limits, but the demonic cultivators there are truly terrifying. If they can't improve their cultivation level quickly, they fear they'll die at the hands of the demonic cultivators next time.
Shui Qingchen drew a route on the map, and the group left Xue Sha Village and headed towards the Sand Worm Cave.
Unbeknownst to them, the three guardians of the demon race had left the demon realm and entered the Gobi Desert, heading towards Xue Sha Village.
These three protectors were all Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
They were all wrapped in thick white robes, with only their eyes showing.
Along the way, they killed every demonic beast they encountered with a single move, but they had not yet encountered any cultivators.
"If I had known, I wouldn't have sent that woman to the Demon Lord's side," one of the guardians complained.
"Who says otherwise? Hmph, even a female cultivator in the Core Formation stage requires our protector to make a personal trip."
"When do you think the Demon Lord will regain his strength? He's sleeping all day now. When will our Demon Clan be able to conquer the Boundless Continent?"
"Don't think about that kind of thing for now. The most important thing is to finish the task assigned by the Demon Lord and kill that female cultivator," an older protector said coldly.
"Yes, Great Protector!" the other two protectors replied respectfully.
The Great Protector was somewhat uneasy. Since the Demon Lord awakened, he had only been awake for about an hour a day, and his cultivation level was only at the Core Formation stage.
If human cultivators were to discover their ambitions, they would likely be wiped out before they could even do anything about it.
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