Bingyi related the matter once. The faces of Xuanji and Bai Qianxue didn’t look so well.
They all liked Hua Qiyue, but neither of them could do it like Yun Shimo.
Bai Qianxue was a little displeased. “How did he get the prescription of the Soul-rejuvenating Pellet?”
“Old Master Murong gave it to him,” Hua Qiyue said flatly.
Bai Qianxue laughed and shook his head. “If I had been involved, the failure rate would have been much lower, but I didn’t know that…”
He did not care that Hua Qiyue loved Yun Shimo. If Yun Shimo had invited him to refine medicine with him, he would have done that.
After all, if two people refined medicine together, then half the effort could be saved. That made it a lot easier.
If a person refined medicine alone, in the end, the person would be exhausted. Failure rates were high if one couldn’t concentrate or didn’t have enough spiritual energy to support the final step.
However, most of the alchemists were arrogant and superior. They didn’t like to cooperate with another person and usually refined medicine alone.
Perhaps that was true for Yun Shimo, too. That was why he wouldn’t involve Bai Qianxue.
“After all, refining this medicine pellet is too dangerous. It’s not a good thing to involve you.” Xuanji shook his head. “If we lose a strong man, we can have less strength to escape when those figures in the Great Deity Realm arrive.”
Xuanji’s explanation made Bai Qianxue smile helplessly.
His analysis was good.
If they couldn’t beat the other side, Hua Qiyue at least wouldn’t be hurt too severely with Bai Qianxue’s presence.
“I know Brother Yun’s character very well. You don’t have to blame him for deciding that no one else should be involved in his own affairs,” Huangfu Xuan said flatly.
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Hua Qiyue shot a glance at Huangfu Xuan. He had changed a lot since he had followed her out to adventure in the world.
At least he was not as arrogant as he used to be. His gradual maturity was also something to be congratulated.
They had to leave one person here. So, Bingyi safeguarded Yun Shimo outside the room, and the others would come back later to check the situation.
But Hua Qiyue didn’t eat much and was really in no mood. Seeing Hua Qiyue’s performance, Tianci became quite sensible and stopped clamoring for hanging out and eating. Accelerating the speed of their promotion wasn’t their sole task now.
After putting down the bowl, Hua Qiyue went straight to the east yard, only to find that Bingyi stood not far away, looking grave. When Hua Qiyue came, he hurried over.
“Princess, His Highness… doesn’t look well. Generally speaking, it will take a few days to refine this kind of medicine pellet. His Highness said it might take three days and three nights. But it’s just beginning…”
Bingyi’s words made Hua Qiyue’s face change. She moved to the window in an instant and peered into the chamber through the pane. But she saw Yun Shimo face her with his back. She could not see his face at all.
Hua Qiyue frowned. It was a nice yard, but this medicine refining chamber had only one window, and it was impossible for her to see Yun Shimo’s reaction through the other.
Bingyi came over and whispered, frowning, “It seems that His Highness is afraid you’re worried about him. He doesn’t want you to see his face.”
Hua Qiyue’s heart sank.
Yun Shimo wouldn’t have done that if he hadn’t been 100% sure, would he? But one shouldn’t be distracted when he was refining medicine. If they kept loitering by the window, though he could not hear them, he would be distracted.
“Don’t worry. Let’s go over there and wait,” Hua Qiyue said calmly.
She tried not to worry about Yun Shimo, believing that he was capable of refining the Soul-rejuvenating Pellet.
Hua Qiyue went back under the Bodhi Tree, closed her eyes, and went into a state of practice.
Bai Qianxue and the others came over and stood aside in silence. They were in no hurry to practice. Tianci sat silently beside Hua Qiyue, looking at the medicine refining chamber not far away, with worry written all over his small face.
Ji Jing could not bear to see it. So she reached out and took Tianci’s hand, and motioned to hang out with him.
Tianci, however, shook her hand off and shook his head, showing that he’d like to stay here.
The crowd was silent.
Everyone waited in silence, not daring to cast Yun Shimo a glance. They feared that he might be distracted and that they might see something sad.
While making this kind of top-grade medicine pellet, the alchemist would explode and die at any time, or be burnt to ashes by the powerful flames that the medicine tripod would emit.
“Do we have to wait like this?” Ji Jing was the most impatient. She saw all the people waiting in silence. Xuanji and Bai Qianxue were the calmest, for they were drinking scented tea under the tree.
“Jing, we should trust Brother Yun,” Ji Feng said dryly. He had known for some time that Yun Shimo was preparing to refine this kind of medicine pellet and that he himself had given Yun Shimo some of the principal medicinal materials.
Ji Jing curled her lip. Although she no longer had any love for Yun Shimo, they were still good friends. As someone who had an active and lively personality, how could she be quiet?
Hua Qiyue closed her eyes tightly, and her whole body was suffused with a lavender holy light.
Although the purple light on her body was not as intense as that on Tianci’s body, it was full of cold auras.
Her anima energy was building up in her body, becoming one with the magic power.
It did not seem long before she reached the medium level of Holy God.
Time passes like water.
When Hua Qiyue opened her eyes, she saw people sitting around her. It turned out that they were Xuanji and the others.
At this moment, Hua Qiyue felt that she was too calm.
Maybe when she got into a state of practice, she couldn’t think too much.
It was about 5 to 7 p.m. Hua Qiyue rose slowly and walked briskly to the medicine refining chamber. All the others looked at each other but did not follow her.
Hua Qiyue looked in at the window for a moment. Yun Shimo was still refining medicine, and the fire in the medicine tripod got stronger. He stood with his back to her, and she could not see his face at all.
But she sensed that he was somewhat nervous, for his sweat trickled down to the floor and made puffing noises.
Hua Qiyue had seen him refine medicine. She had never seen him so nervous, except when he refined medicine for the first time. Now, his sweat even wetted the robe on his back.
Moreover, Hua Qiyue had seen him refine medicine many times. At that time, he was very relaxed.
Now he was refining the most dangerous medicine pellet, and that was why he had set the anima energy shield and remained so focused.
Hua Qiyue sighed gently. Although she was here, she could do nothing for this man.
Hua Qiyue walked back and could no longer go into a state of practice. She just sat quietly under the Bodhi Tree and waited there.
She waited in silence until dinner time. Then they dined again in the dining-room. The new cook they hired was skilled at cooking, and he was a Qi Artist as well. He had the courage to be their cook because he admired Hua Qiyue.
Lan Luo left the day before yesterday and did not return until today. He found out where Hua Qiyue lived, and when he found her, they were having dinner.
“Where have you been these days?” Hua Qiyue asked flatly.
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She did not trust Lan Luo, but he was not powerful enough to hurt them.
Lan Luo answered respectfully, “I’ve got people on my Sect Leader’s side, but it’s hard for me to see her. I did get some information that she was in touch with Chu Qianzhao and that they might come to you in a few days.”
He had heard about the battle of Hua Qiyue and Yun Shimo with Heavenly Saint Xuanyuan, and the result was astonishing to him.
He had thought that Heavenly Saint Xuanyuan would be sure to win. It seemed that their potential was really too great.
“I see. We’ll be ready. You go and help me gather some information about Chu Qianzhao. We need to know more about him.” Hua Qiyue thought for a while. Only by knowing the enemy could one be sure of winning.
Of course, Lan Luo obeyed the order and left.
Hua Qiyue had good reason for not letting him stay. Yun Shimo was now refining the Soul-rejuvenating Pellet. If Lan Luo had stayed here, the news would probably have leaked out.
Hua Qiyue was afraid that their enemies would come to their door before the Soul-rejuvenating Pellet had been refined. Without a doubt, it was a tragedy if that did happen.
After Lan Luo left, Hua Qiyue asked the cook to buy enough vegetables and rice to eat for many days and put them into the Space Ring. Anyway, there was some meat of evil beasts left, enough for them to eat for half a month.
Hua Qiyue set up an array made of runes and allowed no one in.
That was to say, even if the news that Yun Shimo was refining medicine leaked and their enemies came to their door, this Universe Consolidation Array could prevent them from being hurt for a few days.
Hua Qiyue had a sleepless night.
Summer had come, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.
The summer wind wafted gently, with the fragrance of the flowers.
Hua Qiyue gazed at Tianci’s little red face and sighed gently. Finally, she got up and quietly got out of bed.
“How can I sleep without concern? I’d better go and check on him…”
With this thought in mind, Hua Qiyue went out of the courtyard she lived and moved toward the east courtyard. She saw Bingyi dozing by the side of the chamber.
When Hua Qiyue came, Bingyi was not drowsy at all.
The faint purple light dimly lightened the medicine refining chamber. The flames in the tripod reflected him red.
It was really hard for alchemists to refine medicine in such sultry weather.
“His Highness’s breath was faint just now, and I was so worried. But for some reason, all of a sudden, the purple light came out of his body.” Bingyi told Hua Qiyue in this way.
Hua Qiyue nodded in silence. The Purple Primordial Chaos Bead would protect its master. There were some auras of it inside them, though there was no Purple Primordial Chaos Bead in the bodies of Yun Shimo and hers. So even the auras would protect the owner?
Was it because the Purple Primordial Chaos Bead was so powerful that people all over the world coveted it?
Hua Qiyue watched the man with purple and red glows on him and guarded him in silence.
Hua Qiyue and Bingyi all stood outside the door all night and then went to breakfast again. Everyone was absent-minded and didn’t eat much. After that, they again waited under the Bodhi Tree.
They still couldn’t see Yun Shimo’s condition. Every time Hua Qiyue visited Yun Shimo, she saw him enveloped in red and purple light.
The third day came quietly. But in Hua Qiyue’s mind, three days were like three thousand years, so long and so hard to endure.
On the third day, after breakfast, Hua Qiyue, Bingyi, and the others went together to the window. Just now, they heard a little noise. They wondered if Yun Shimo was going to succeed in refining medicine?
Through the pane of the window, everyone could see that Yun Shimo’s body was trembling slightly. Hua Qiyue’s heart tightened, and Tianci grasped her hand uncontrollably.
They saw the medicine tripod shake violently. Yun Shimo channeled more and more anima energy into his hands, controlling the growing flames!
Hua Qiyue knew that the medicine pellet would soon be ready. Generally, at this time, alchemists would raise the temperature of the flames, so that the medicine pellet could be perfectly condensed into the shape of the elixir!
