Pill Refining Failure
Translator: Cinder Translations
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Ye Hua flicked his fingers, and a spark of fire fell into the great pill furnace below.
"Boom!"
The intense flames soared, instantly enveloping the entire pill furnace.
The scorching heat swept through the entire pit, dispelling the darkness within.
Ye Hua slightly raised his finger, and a jade vial suddenly appeared.
The jade vial flew above the pill furnace, and clear spiritual spring poured out from it.
The spiritual spring seemed endless. Despite the vial being only the size of a fist, the amount of spiritual spring that poured out filled half of the pill furnace.
"Spirit vine, emerald algae, longevity fungus... refine the essence and pour it into the furnace."
Under Ye Hua's command, Song Wen and the other eight third-tier pill refiners began to refine the herbs one by one.
As the essence of each herb was poured in, the once-clear spiritual spring in the furnace began to change color in strange ways.
After each of the nine refined a herb essence, the liquid inside the furnace turned a deep green, and its viscosity greatly increased. Under the burning spiritual flames at the furnace's bottom, it surged and emitted colorful mist.
Ye Hua glanced at the skinny figure beside him, and Zhu Yin, understanding, shouted loudly towards the top.
"Open the ship, release the sheep!"
With her voice echoing through the air, the bottom of the flying ship suddenly opened.
A ten-zhang wide hole appeared.
"Ah..."
"Don't..."
Countless figures fell from the hole, dropping into the great pill furnace below.
Among these people, there were men and women, all young and strong, between the ages of fifteen and thirty.
Some screamed in fear, others cried out in panic, some wept bitterly...
However, no matter how much they struggled or screamed, waiting for them was the scorching pill liquid.
One by one, these mortals fell into the furnace, only to be engulfed by the green pill liquid.
The furnace was only twenty zhang in size, and hundreds or even thousands of people fell into it. Yet, it seemed as though the furnace could never be filled, as no matter how many people fell in, the pill liquid did not overflow.
In just two short quarters of an hour, tens of thousands of mortals had fallen into the furnace and were devoured by the pill liquid.
The flying ship now carried no more mortals and quickly flew away. Then, another flying ship arrived.
Just like before, tens of thousands of mortals fell like raindrops into the furnace.
Next came the third, fourth, fifth ships...
Until the tenth flying ship.
In less than three hours, a hundred thousand mortals had been thrown into the furnace.
With so many mortals thrown in, the pill liquid inside the furnace only rose by three feet, and the color turned a bright red, but there was no other change.
"Nine deaths formation," Ye Hua called out loudly.
As the process of refining the human pills continued, more and more herbs were added.
Song Wen and the others all had the pill recipes, knowing the sequence and timing for each herb to be added. They had already started extracting the essences of the herbs in advance, so when Ye Hua gave the order, they simply added the essence into the great pill furnace.
Throughout the entire pill refining process, Ye Hua was the busiest. His methods were nearly constant, with one technique after another being directed into the furnace, while the spiritual flames beneath the furnace were controlled by him, fluctuating between dim and bright.
"Wood spirit fruit," Ye Hua called again.
The wood spirit fruit was being refined by Ke Shuang.
Upon hearing Ye Hua's call, Ke Shuang's face flashed with panic.
The refining of the wood spirit fruit had not yet been completed!
"Add the wood spirit fruit essence!" Ye Hua urged again, his voice tinged with anger.
His cold gaze swept over Ke Shuang.
Ke Shuang suddenly felt a tremendous pressure descend, causing her hand movements to falter.
"Boom!"
A muffled sound!
The small pill furnace in front of the female cultivator exploded, and a cloud of black smoke slowly rose.
"Useless!"
Ye Hua angrily cursed.
However, he did not act to punish the woman. This was a pill refining session, not the time for reprimands.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and refine another wood spirit fruit!" Ye Hua shouted angrily.
The refining process for the vitality pill involved fifty-four different herbs. Most of them needed to be added multiple times, so several of the herbs were prepared in multiple quantities.
This gave Ke Shuang an opportunity to salvage the situation. She quickly took out another wood spirit fruit and threw it into the small pill furnace in front of her.
The refining of the wood spirit fruit would take about half an hour. During this time, Ye Hua had to stabilize the pill liquid inside the furnace to maintain its spiritual properties.
While Ke Shuang frantically refined, the essence of the wood spirit fruit was finally extracted.
A ball of thick green liquid dropped into the great pill furnace.
Ke Shuang sighed in relief, finally relaxing a little.
Ye Hua's gloomy expression softened slightly.
He quickly performed a series of hand gestures, intending to fuse the essence of the wood spirit fruit with the pill liquid in the furnace. However, things were not as simple as he had hoped.
After wasting half an hour, it seemed that the pill liquid had undergone some unknown change.
"Boom!"
A loud noise.
The pill liquid suddenly began to boil violently, and large splashes of the liquid erupted from the furnace, flying in all directions.
Song Wen and the others instinctively raised their protective shields, blocking the rain-like blood-colored pill liquid.
A moment later, the splashing subsided.
Inside the furnace, only a thin layer of pill liquid remained, while the rest had splattered all over the pit.
Seeing that there was no further danger, everyone withdrew their protective shields.
Song Wen sat cross-legged on the ground, seemingly in too much of a hurry to remove his shield. A small drop of the blood-colored pill liquid fell from above, landing in the palm of his hand.
His face turned tense as he quickly rubbed his palm against the rock floor.
A surge of spiritual energy flowed from his palm into his body, and at that moment, a faint wisp of vitality appeared.
This sensation was similar to when he consumed the blood serpent from the "Devouring Soul Array" but also different.
The blood-colored pill liquid before him primarily enhanced cultivation, whereas the blood serpent had boosted lifespan.
The vitality and spiritual power contained in the small drop of blood-colored pill liquid were quite weak, so no one noticed anything unusual about Song Wen.
In fact, the attention of the others was entirely focused on Ye Hua and Ke Shuang.
Ye Hua's expression was cold, his gaze looming down at Ke Shuang like he was looking at a dead person.
The overwhelming pressure almost suffocated Ke Shuang, her face filled with terror. "Demon... Demon Sovereign, please spare me this once!"
Ye Hua raised his hand, and a fierce burst of energy instantly pierced through Ke Shuang's chest. She didn't even have time to scream before her body shattered into pieces.
Song Wen and the others were left in stunned silence, not daring to make a sound.
"I had warned you all earlier to leave if your pill refining skills were insufficient. Yet, she, with her shallow knowledge, failed to recognize it. The outcome she faced is of her own making. She has no one else to blame," Ye Hua said.
Afterward, he glanced at Zhu Yin, and his figure suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Zhu Yin looked at the chaotic Soul Cave and shook her head.
"Everyone, do not panic. As long as you focus on pill refining, the Demon Sovereign will not harm your lives easily. Please rest in the Soul Cave for a few days. We will soon resume the pill refining process."
(End of the Chapter)
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