CHAPTER 194: CHAPTER 194: FLAW

The starry sky was radiant, with not a cloud in sight.

The bright moonlight cast down a white glow, illuminating every corner of the market, making the night almost as bright as day.

This removed some of the mystery, adding an inexplicable sense of subtlety.

Within the Ye Family’s small building, the intense firelight filled the entire room, even brighter than outside.

The terrifying heat waves caused the isolation array outside to ripple, as if even the residual warmth was too much to bear.

However, at this moment, Ye Jingcheng was too focused on alchemy to pay attention to the array, fully concentrated on refining the elixir.

Inside, the melted medicine had reached its final phase, refining a three-hundred-year-old Jade Soul Fruit.

He had been studying this pill formula for three months, and now it was the second time he was starting the furnace.

The first time ended in failure during the solvent phase. After summarizing for five whole days, he started the furnace again.

During these three months at the Taihang Market, he had been engaged in alchemy and studying pill formulas almost daily.

Initially, he naturally researched the Cyan Grain Pill, Spirit Nourishing Pill, and Celestial Essence Pill, among others.

His research speed was extremely fast, after all, many Tier One pill formulas had similarities. For example, the Cyan Grain Pill was similar to the Cyan Spirit Pill, only replacing the main ingredient, and the Cyan Grain Pill had better effects.

Whereas the Cyan Spirit Pill was more affordable.

So, he studied the Cyan Grain Pill’s formula for five days and ensured a high success rate of the elixirs, with almost all emitting pill fragrance.

Yet Ye Jingcheng spent a whole month researching the Celestial Essence Pill and Spirit Nourishing Pill before successfully refining them.

Now, the pill formation rate had reached seventy percent, with more than seven pills per batch.

However, pill fragrance and pill patterns were scarce.

And today, after another two months of research, Ye Jingcheng was attempting to refine the Jade Soul Pill for the second time.

After the Red Flame Fox advanced to Tier Two, the fire temperature rose significantly, and its control improved greatly.

Intentionally employing the Six-Part Alchemy Method, Ye Jingcheng made the alchemy process more stable.

After all, his divine sense was now incomparable to before, several times what it was at the Ninth Layer of Qi Cultivation.

Yet now, he could hear a faint buzzing noise coming from the Cyan Elephant Furnace.

Previously, Ye Jingcheng might not have understood the reason, but after learning from Sha Yun Mountain, he knew the array patterns of the pill furnace well.

The buzzing was due to excessive fire temperature, causing the furnace to struggle to endure.

After all, this was only a Tier One Top-Grade furnace, and the Jade Soul Pill was considered challenging even among Tier Two Lower-Grade elixirs.

Since it involved enhancing the divine soul, the elixir should ideally have a fragrance to be optimal.

Soon, a glow surged inside the furnace, which began to spin rapidly.

At this moment, through his divine sense, it was clear the furnace had divided into five portions, gradually merging into one pill.

Ye Jingcheng breathed a sigh of relief; last time, he encountered issues before this stage, wasting a three-hundred-year-old Jade Soul Fruit.

Now at the solidifying pill phase, the chances of issues were slim.

The Red Flame Fox lowered the flame, starting to solidify the pill.

Under the slightly diminutive light, Ye Jingcheng appeared even more solemn.

To enhance the effect, Ye Jingcheng used the Spirit Awakening Method once more.

Carving the pill pattern himself.

Typically, pill patterns and fragrances are naturally formed, but the Ye Family’s Spirit Awakening Method uniquely focuses on pill patterns, summarizing several broadly applicable ones to guide the solidification process intentionally.

That’s why Ye Xuefu believed an elixir wasn’t complete without its fragrance.

Because even if pill patterns aren’t visibly clear, they waft a fragrance.

This Spirit Awakening Method is the true secret tradition of the Ye Family.

In the next moment, accompanied by a clear trumpeting sound from the elephant, the furnace lid opened, revealing two green jade-colored pills.

The pills had a shallow pattern on their surface that didn’t form pill patterns, but the spirit fragrance was considerable.

Ye Jingcheng cast a spiritual technique, retrieving the two Jade Soul Pills and placing them into a small pill bottle.

He was immensely excited for a moment.

With the successful refinement of the Jade Soul Pill, he could cultivate the Celestial Soul Technique, swiftly strengthening his divine soul, increasing alchemical success rates, and preparing for soul splitting.

In a rare move, Ye Jingcheng took out a Fire Heart Pill for the Red Flame Fox, then a spirit cloth, beginning to carefully wipe the Cyan Elephant Furnace.

At this moment, the Cyan Elephant Furnace still appeared somewhat crimson, as if extraordinarily hot, yet unable to dissipate heat.

Ye Jingcheng spent half an hour cleaning the furnace thoroughly.

The Red Flame Fox chirped twice, quietly digesting the Fire Heart Pill within the room.

Its injuries had long healed completely; its entire demeanor was slightly stronger than before, seemingly having made substantial progress.

Ye Jingcheng then released the Golden Scale Beast, Jade Qilin Snake, and Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

However, this time, he let them out in the courtyard. After feeding the Golden Scale Beast and Jade Qilin Snake, he kept the Three-Colored Cloud Deer alone.

As a new spirit beast, it required more training and guidance to improve his synergy with the Three-Colored Cloud Deer.

Currently, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was the size of a regular lion, with long cloud wings, and exhibited a robust physique. When galloping, it carried a not insubstantial air of presence, with its tri-colored patterns exquisitely beautiful, cloaked in a light layer of Three-Colored Spiritual Marsh.

Its transformation from when it first arrived was drastic.

Ye Jingcheng sat atop the Cloud Deer, having it swiftly leap around; as a flying spirit beast, he intended for the Three-Colored Cloud Deer to carry him in the future, especially since it wasn’t suitable for close combat.

Thus, he began training high-difficulty evasive maneuvers early on.

After some leaping practice, he had the Three-Colored Cloud Deer release seeds, performing Scattering Wood into Soldiers.

Midway through, he instructed the Three-Colored Cloud Deer to retract swiftly.

In a mere breath, the Wood Puppet condensed, then dissipated in another breath.

He also fed two Spirit Cultivation Pills to the Three-Colored Cloud Deer, then retrieved spirit medicines for it to consume.

Compared to floral or fruit-type spirit medicines, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer clearly preferred spirit grass, chewing it slowly with a content expression.

Although the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was a stag, under normal circumstances, it was calm and only revealed its ferocity in facing outsiders.

This time, though, the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was impatient, bleating continually, as if a single Tier One Middle spirit grass was insufficient for it to devour.

Ye Jingcheng was a little surprised because the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was usually extremely quiet before.

But afterward, he was full of joy; it was obvious the Three-Colored Cloud Deer was about to advance to the Late Stage of First Tier.

The speed of this advancement opened Ye Jingcheng’s eyes.

Of course, he understood this was related to the fact that the Three-Colored Cloud Deer did not use any Tier One Advancement Pills, but started directly with Tier Two Bloodline Advancement Pills.

So the rapid progress was reasonable.

He took out three identical Wood Cloud Grasses, then a mass of Forest Pig’s blood and flesh.

The Three-Colored Cloud Deer first inhaled towards the flesh, absorbing all the blood qi through its nose, only then did it calmly chew the spirit grass.

Its fur surface became increasingly saturated with spiritual marsh.

Ye Jingcheng called the Three-Colored Cloud Deer into the room, letting it carefully undergo its breakthrough.

Almost as the Three-Colored Cloud Deer entered the room, his divine soul stirred once again.

He looked towards another Spirit Beast Bag, noticing that it seemed to emit a faint black spiritual aura.