"Boom!"
As Zhou Xuan tossed the Golden Jade Fruit in his hand into the cauldron, the surging Pure Yang Fire immediately pounced.
In the blink of an eye, the skin of the Golden Jade Fruit began to curl and char.
As the flames intensified, the half Golden Jade Fruit slowly transformed into a small clump of golden liquid.
"Rise!"
With Zhou Xuan circulating his true qi, the small clump of liquid was drawn by his hand into a prepared cup.
"Although the amount is a bit small, it's barely enough!"
"After refining the Bitter Spirit Bamboo Shoot and Sky Snow Grass, I can concoct the pills!"
Looking at the golden liquid in the cup, Zhou Xuan nodded with satisfaction.
Although half of the Golden Jade Fruit had been gnawed by the thin tiger, it did not affect the medicinal properties of the ingredients themselves.
At most, the pills refined would have slightly weaker efficacy.
However, Zhou Xuan didn't care about such matters at all.
After all, the pills he refined were not for himself.
It didn't matter if the efficacy was slightly weaker, there would always be some gullible buyer to foot the bill!
With these thoughts in mind, Zhou Xuan smiled slightly, took out the Bitter Jade Bamboo Shoot from the bag on the ground, and began to refine it again.
In the black cauldron, the Pure Yang True Fire burned fiercely. After a quarter of an hour, Zhou Xuan had refined all three medicinal ingredients into liquid form.
Looking at the liquids of different colors in the three cups before him, Zhou Xuan took a deep breath and waved his hand, pouring them back into the cauldron.
The refining was complete; now came the most crucial part.
That was to control the Pure Yang Fire to temper while simultaneously controlling his true qi to continuously compress these three medicinal liquids.
Finally, these three medicinal liquids with different properties would condense into solid pills.
Only then could the alchemy be considered successful.
"Phew!"
"It's been a while, I've indeed become a bit rusty!"
"But thankfully, I still remember all the steps!"
"Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for my master!"
Slowly exhaling a breath of stale air, Zhou Xuan muttered to himself and once again drew a stream of true qi from his body.
He then used that true qi to perform the final compression on the three medicinal liquids that were continuously tumbling in the flames.
Under the effect of this true qi, the three liquids that had been tumbling and boiling in the flames, mutually unaffected,
now seemed to be slowly drawing closer to each other, as if being squeezed by an invisible wall of wind.
And during this process, Zhou Xuan had to maintain the circulation of his true qi continuously.
Otherwise, once Zhou Xuan's true qi withdrew, the three merging medicinal liquids would separate again, until they were completely incinerated by the Pure Yang Fire.
Thus, a long tug-of-war was formed in the room.
However, fortune favored the persistent; with the support of Zhou Xuan's profound true qi, this tug-of-war concluded in his favor as expected.
Looking at the three medicinal liquids that had long since disappeared in the black cauldron, and a pill the size of a thumb emitting a golden-green glow,
a slight curve formed on Zhou Xuan's lips.
Because he knew that this pill, named the Golden Spirit Pill, had been successfully refined by him!
"Not bad, although the speed is still a little slower than in previous years!"
"But with this first warm-up, it should be much easier to refine the rest later!"
"Keep up the good work!"
With that, Zhou Xuan grabbed another medicinal herb from the ground and tossed it into the black cauldron!
The night passed slowly in the flames burning from the black cauldron.
During this night, except for a brief period of rest to recuperate from the severe depletion of his true qi, Zhou Xuan had not closed his eyes even once.
However, as a strong cultivator in the Creation Realm, even without a night's rest, Zhou Xuan did not feel overly fatigued.
Moreover, looking at the more than twenty wooden boxes arranged on the wooden table in his room,
and the various colored pills displayed within the boxes, Zhou Xuan couldn't help but show a pleasant smile.
These were all the fruits of his labor throughout the night!
"Brother Xuan!"
"It's time to get up and eat!"
"You're not still asleep, are you?"
"I'm coming in!"
Just as Zhou Xuan was basking in the glow of his achievements, Lu Ling'er had already arrived outside his room.
Seeing that Zhou Xuan did not respond even after she called out a few times,
Lu Ling'er assumed Zhou Xuan had overslept and pushed the door open directly, intending to wake him for breakfast.
However, just as she pushed the door open and before she could even speak,
a slightly thin tiger opened its mouth wide and pounced towards her!
"Ah!"
Seeing this terrifying scene, Lu Ling'er was so frightened that she collapsed onto the ground, unable to react.
"Ling'er!"
"Thin Tiger, come back!"
At this moment, Zhou Xuan, who was inside the room, finally realized the imminent danger.
With a startled shout, Zhou Xuan immediately circulated the true qi within his body and rushed towards Lu Ling'er.
Unfortunately, due to the suddenness of the event and Zhou Xuan's reaction being a beat slower than the thin tiger,
even though Zhou Xuan had exerted his full strength, he was still unable to reach her before the thin tiger attacked Lu Ling'er.
Seeing Lu Ling'er about to be devoured by the tiger's claws, Zhou Xuan's eyes reddened.
Just as he was about to raise his hand to fire a true qi bullet directly at the thin tiger, the Void Ring on his hand suddenly burst into a brilliant light.
Then, Zhou Xuan saw Lu Ling'er's figure instantly disappear from her spot.
And the thin tiger's attack landed precisely where Lu Ling'er had been sitting, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
"Ling'er?"
Seeing the scene before him, Zhou Xuan's hanging heart finally settled.
He quickly circulated the Void Ring on his hand and released Lu Ling'er from the space within the Void Ring.
"Brother Xuan!"
"Wuuuuu!"
As soon as Lu Ling'er reappeared from the Void Ring's space, she looked at Zhou Xuan before her.
She immediately stepped forward, hugged him, and then burst into tears.
The scene just now had truly terrified her.
She had thought she was going to die and would never see Zhou Xuan again.
"Alright, alright!"
"It's okay, it's all good now!"
Holding Lu Ling'er in his arms, Zhou Xuan gently patted her back and comforted her softly.
Actually, it wasn't entirely the thin tiger's fault.
It was Zhou Xuan who had asked for its help in guarding him; it was merely following orders.
Therefore, Zhou Xuan found it difficult to reprimand it now.
After all, although it possessed intelligence, it was still just a wild beast.
However, it was fortunate that the Void Ring had played its part at the crucial moment.
Otherwise, Zhou Xuan truly couldn't imagine what the scene would have been like now!
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