Supernatural Insight Eyes
Chapter 738 - 0739 Refining! (First Update)

Chapter 738: 0739 Refining! (First Update)

The Xuan Ying Dan, upon ingestion, felt like swallowing a live fish.

Electricity snaked through the gaps in the teeth and into the mouth, acting directly on the pill. Fortunately, Ye Qiu’s body attracted a great deal of the power of thunder and lightning, allowing the Xuan Ying Dan to dodge a tribulation. Yet, its fate of being refined was ultimately inescapable.

It slid down the throat into the Dantian.

Ye Qiu began to refine the Xuan Ying Dan, which had absorbed some of the power of thunder and lightning, thoroughly setting its form. Originally, the pill was meant to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation, after which its medicinal power would become even more vast and formidable. However, Ye Qiu did not wait for that moment because he sensed that Wu Yang, the protector, harbored thoughts of seizing the pill. With no choice, he had to consume it immediately.

It was better that the pill effect was slightly lacking rather than it being taken away by Wu Yang.

Although Wu Yang came as a protector, at the end of the day, he was from Yun Shang Palace, and their relationship was merely one of cooperation. If Wu Yang disregarded face and took the pill, there was nothing Ye Qiu could do. Thus, Ye Qiu had to immediately absorb and refine it into his own strength, extinguishing Wu Yang’s covetous thoughts toward the Xuan Ying Dan.

The Xuan Ying Dan, now inside the Dantian, darted about wildly. After all, having reached the rank of a Divine Grade medicinal pill, it had attained sentience. Despite being only the size of a chicken egg, if it were allowed to escape, it could grow and eventually turn into a cultivator on its own. If that were to happen, capturing it would be harder than ascending to the heavens.

Ye Qiu had known since the process of refining the Xuan Ying Dan that it would inevitably provoke a Heavenly Tribulation, which is why he took decisive action.

Pill grades are divided into low grade, middle grade, high grade, followed by Divine Grade, and then Divine Grade.

It was fortuitous for Ye Qiu to have refined a Divine Grade medicinal pill, his luck defying the heavens. Even in an era renowned for alchemists, at his age, to be able to refine a Xuan Ying Dan was extremely rare.

Knowing the opportunity was precious and not to be missed, Ye Qiu immediately began to refine it.

The Xuan Ying Dan was too restless. Ye Qiu harnessed the power of black flames, transforming it into a giant palm, and attempted to capture it from all directions.

Fortunately, the Xuan Ying Dan was already within his Dantian. With this security, Ye Qiu wasn’t afraid of it escaping. After great effort, like capturing nine bulls and two tigers, he finally bound the Xuan Ying Dan and began to absorb its power.

"I wonder how much this Xuan Ying Dan will enhance my strength!" murmured Ye Qiu with his eyes closed, regulating his breath. The Xuan Ying Dan roared and howled incessantly, but to no avail. Now only a mere pill, although it possessed the ability to escape, it had no way to exhibit that power here, nor did it have time to grow. Therefore, facing Ye Qiu, it had no strategies left and could only be absorbed by him.

Gradually, Ye Qiu’s aura began to strengthen. From its initial struggle, the Xuan Ying Dan started to calm down and, just like Ye Qiu, grew quiet. Its body started to shrink as its medicinal power was continuously absorbed by the Dantian.

Whoosh whoosh...

An unfelt wind started to stir around him. Seeing this scene, Jin Shanshun knew that Ye Qiu was making a breakthrough and that now was not the time for interruptions. Suddenly, he sensed a presence drawing near, making its way from outside the cavern.

Hm?

The aura was very familiar, it was Jin Zhimo!

Why had she come?

Turning his head, Jin Shanshun saw Jin Zhimo’s figure appearing before his eyes.

Brother!

A soft call came from Jin Zhimo’s mouth. She looked at Ye Qiu, who was sitting cross-legged and whose strength was exploding in growth, and was momentarily stunned.

Such a powerful aura, what is his cultivation level exactly?

Jin Zhimo had no idea that Ye Qiu’s aura was all because of the Xuan Ying Dan. Such a Divine Grade medicinal pill was not only beneficial for a legendary realm practitioner but also for those of the mythical realm and even higher realms of martial artists.

The temptation of it had made even the respected Wu Yang unable to resist. One could see the importance of the Xuan Ying Dan.

By this time, Wu Yang had calmed down. The fleeting thought of snatching the pill vanished when he saw Ye Qiu consume it.

He believed that as long as Ye Qiu was there, he would surely be able to refine a pill of Divine Grade again.

Although he hadn’t managed to obtain the Divine Pill, leading to some regret, there was no doubt that Ye Qiu’s importance in the heart of Wu Yang, the honored elder, had become extremely significant.

He was almost certain that only Ye Qiu could assist him in breaking his shackles and making a breakthrough to a higher realm.

"Divine Grade elixirs are indeed excellent, but for someone at the legendary realm to assimilate them, it’s a venture of nine deaths and one life. It seems this boy has realized that I harbored thoughts of seizing his pill, thus he quickly swallowed it," Wu Yang, the honored elder, couldn’t help but laugh, with his experience akin to that of an old monster, how could he not understand the meaning behind Ye Qiu not allowing the Xuan Ying Dan to endure the Heavenly Tribulation.

It was unexpected that this young alchemist was quite cunning.

Just as Wu Yang, the honored elder, had predicted, at this moment, Ye Qiu truly felt that assimilating the Divine Grade elixir was not an enjoyable task, but rather painfully tormenting.

The energy of the Xuan Ying Dan was simply too immense, far beyond comparison with a mid-grade elixir like the Primordial Pill, even a hundred or a thousand Primordial Pills could not compare to a single Xuan Ying Dan.

"Hu..."

Ye Qiu’s body inexplicably expanded, his skin inflating like a balloon, an experience akin to gulping down a whole fat person.

His whole body swollen and uncomfortable, Ye Qiu felt he was on the brink of exploding.

Inside his Dantian, the Black Flame Pill Body rapidly revolved, absorbing massive amounts of energy from the Xuan Ying Dan and converting it into the power of black flames.

However, the power of the Xuan Ying Dan was like a deluge, whipping up mighty waves within the Dantian, leaving no time for the Black Flame Pill Body to convert it, and stormed forth relentlessly.

Experiencing for the first time what it felt like when power arrived too quickly to be absorbed, Ye Qiu felt extremely uncomfortable.

He did not know how long he could hold on. Perhaps, in the next second, he would be blown to pieces by the power of the Xuan Ying Dan in his Dantian, blast to an irreversible death.

He must quickly find a solution or further delays would ensure, and he was certain that before the power was fully absorbed, it would cause his body to burst apart.

But Ye Qiu did not wish to release this power. Doing so would mean that the elixir had been refined in vain. Having expended much of his energy, only to throw it all away, was not something Ye Qiu was willing to accept!

He must absorb it all, assimilate!

Ye Qiu steeled his heart and squared off against this overwhelming power.

Just at that moment, the residual eyeball in his body, which had been motionless for a long time, suddenly moved. It began absorbing the pervasive power of the pill, much faster than the transformation speed of the Black Flame Pill Body, like an invisible gaping mouth swallowing voraciously.

Seeing this, Ye Qiu’s face lit up with joy. There was a turning point!

If the energy of the Xuan Ying Dan was absorbed by the residual eyeball, it was an acceptable outcome for Ye Qiu, especially since the eyeball had assisted him several times before.

As if a vent had been found, the enormous energy was swiftly absorbed by the residual eyeball, while the Black Flame Pill Body, under Ye Qiu’s control, transformed at the fastest speed possible.

His body began to slowly return to its original form, no longer expanding like an about-to-burst balloon as it had at the beginning.

Upon seeing this, Jin Shanshun breathed a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, excitement flickered in Wu Yang, the honored elder’s, eyes as he exclaimed in surprise. How did this kid do it? A legendary realm cultivator surviving a Divine Grade elixir without exploding?

"This fellow is indeed interesting!" Moments later, failing to find the reason for Ye Qiu’s safe absorption of the Xuan Ying Dan’s energy, Wu Yang, the honored elder, couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

Time passed slowly, and Jin Zhimo stood quietly to the side, not disturbing Ye Qiu as per Jin Shanshun’s instructions.

After a long while, the aura around Ye Qiu gradually stabilized, and he opened his eyes. A gleam of sharpness shot out from his eyes like an arrow piercing the void and disappeared in a flash.

"I’ve finally succeeded!" Ye Qiu smiled slightly, his face brimming with happiness, causing both Jin Shanshun and Jin Zhimo to be momentarily stunned.