Chapter 107: Spiritual Pill Formed

The difficulty of blending the pill mud was no less than combining willow leaf vapor and yellow cicada floral essence. The slightest error could be perilous. Jiang Xincheng focused intently, pushing his Spiritual Sense to its limit, gradually merging the pill mud bit by bit.

Time slipped away, and before he knew it, an hour had passed. Throughout that hour, Jiang Xincheng devoted all his attention to blending the pill mud, not daring to let his mind wander or focus on anything else. He was single-minded and meticulous, his spirit stretched to the extreme.

Most people couldn’t endure this long. If not for decades of hardship and tempering in his previous life, Jiang Xincheng would have found it difficult to manage as well.

Not only did he have to concentrate fully, but he also had to fuse the pill mud second by second without any mistakes. This level of challenge surpassed ordinary imagination. That’s why, even in later times, the Alchemist remained an extremely rare and respected profession. A first-rank Alchemist could easily earn over a hundred thousand per month.

As for second-rank Alchemists, if their monthly income didn’t exceed a million, they’d be too embarrassed to show their faces. Higher-ranking third and fourth-rank Alchemists could earn billions annually without batting an eye, showcasing the prestige and high earnings of the profession.

Despite this, the number of Alchemists remained limited. Among thousands of Primordial Warriors, there might not be a single Alchemist. Moreover, Alchemists were one of the professions with the highest mortality rates in the future cultivation world, often topping the death toll rankings.

Alchemy required risking one’s life!

This was a famous saying in the future, illustrating just how dangerous pill refining was. Even though Jiang Xincheng had once reached the level of a fourth-rank high-grade Alchemist, he still didn’t dare to be the least bit careless while refining a second-rank pill now.

Finally, the pill mud took shape—not a speck more, not a speck less—exactly enough to refine one Yellow Cicada Elixir.

Jiang Xincheng carefully controlled the pill mud, directing it toward the light green medicinal cloud. It spread out like a vast net, preparing to envelop the entire light green cloud completely.

This time, Jiang Xincheng needed to wrap the light green cloud tightly with the pill mud, leaving no gaps whatsoever. Only then could the medicinal power of the cloud be perfectly absorbed by the pill mud. Otherwise, if even a wisp of the cloud escaped, causing insufficient medicinal cloud within the mud, there would be a risk of explosion.

Thus, Jiang Xincheng had to be extra cautious and careful. Failing to refine the pill was a minor issue; getting injured or having the Qingming Cauldron destroyed would be a real disaster.

At one point, a glint flashed across Jiang Xincheng’s face. Inside the Qingming Cauldron, a large portion of the pill mud instantly formed an airtight curtain, enveloping the entire light green medicinal cloud without leaving any gaps.

Sensing with his Spiritual Sense and confirming that no medicinal cloud had escaped, Jiang Xincheng let out a deep sigh of relief. A smile crossed his face as he began to control the pill mud, slowly contracting and condensing it.

Once it formed into a pill shape, Jiang Xincheng added the prepared yellow flower stamens. They drifted down into the Qingming Cauldron and, under his control, transformed into a sea of yellow blossoms—dense and intricate, rising and falling as they swirled around the pill, creating an exceptionally beautiful scene.

Next, Jiang Xincheng needed to wrap the pill with these yellow stamens, just as the pill mud had enveloped the medicinal cloud. He couldn’t leave the tiniest gap, or else a Pill Explosion could occur.

Compared to wrapping the medicinal cloud with pill mud, using these fine yellow stamens to encase the pill was clearly more difficult and had the highest accident rate. In the future, many Alchemists refining the Yellow Cicada Elixir failed at this step ninety-nine percent of the time.

However, once this hurdle was overcome, the subsequent refining process became much simpler. As long as no accidents occurred, there was a seventy to eighty percent chance of successfully producing the Yellow Cicada Elixir.

This was an extremely challenging step!

Jiang Xincheng took a deep breath, feeling his dwindling Spiritual Sense Power, his expression grave. Slowly, he closed his eyes, waiting for the moment the yellow stamens would wrap around the pill.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a light flashed in Jiang Xincheng’s eyes. His hands moved like butterflies dancing among flowers, performing an elegant dance around the Qingming Cauldron. He pushed his Primordial Force and Spiritual Sense Power to the limit, controlling countless yellow stamens to instantly cover the entire pill—densely packed without leaving any gaps—perfectly merging the pill’s medicinal power within.

After a long while, Jiang Xincheng let out a long breath, leaning against the cave wall as if exhausted. This step was finally over.

If it weren’t for the assistance of the Qingming Cauldron, which made the refining process much easier, and the help of the coal fire, he surely would have failed this time. Fortunately, this step was behind him. If nothing went wrong from now on, he should be able to refine a second-rank high-grade Yellow Cicada Elixir.

A smile touched the corners of his mouth. After resting a moment, Jiang Xincheng threw himself back into the refining process.

“Heaven revolves, earth turns, the Spiritual Pill emerges!”

Several hours later, Jiang Xincheng formed sword fingers with both hands, pointing distantly at the Qingming Cauldron. A yellow pill followed his motion, leaping into the air, spinning smoothly before landing in the palm of his hand.

It was the size of a thumb, entirely yellow and translucent, like a piece of top-grade Meiyu, emitting a strange fragrance.

The second-rank high-grade Yellow Cicada Elixir had been successfully refined by Jiang Xincheng.

Gazing at the crystal-clear pill in his palm, Jiang Xincheng smiled slightly, then lay down to recover his expended energy and spirit. A few hours later, his energy and spirit returned to their peak. After some thought, he placed the extremely precious Yellow Cicada Elixir into his mouth.

As the Yellow Cicada Elixir entered his mouth, Jiang Xincheng clearly sensed a cool medicinal power spreading from his mouth throughout his entire body. He activated the Thousand Refinements Spirit Tempering Method, refining this potent medicinal power into pure Spiritual Sense Power, which he drew into his Spirit Sense Sea. Bit by bit, it strengthened the Spiritual Sense Power within the sea, making it increasingly vast and dense, shining brilliantly white, captivatingly white.

Unconsciously, a smile spread across his face. Feeling the rapid surge of his Spiritual Sense, Jiang Xincheng experienced a sense of being in control of everything. The larger his Spiritual Sense grew, the wider the range he could perceive and the more detailed his perceptions became. His control over the Primordial Force within his body also became more effortless, granting greater advantages when breaking through bottlenecks and during cultivation.

Additionally, the greater his Spiritual Sense, the more it promoted the enhancement of his soul core. The soul resided deep within the Spiritual Sense; Spiritual Sense was the extension of the soul. The soul determined a Practitioner’s comprehension. Moreover, according to calculations by Practitioners after New Era Year 60, upon reaching sufficiently high realms, soul cultivation would occupy a primary position, even rivaling the cultivation of Primordial Force, and it determined the level of Primordial Force, highlighting the soul’s importance.

Unfortunately, by New Era Year 65, there still wasn’t a single Primordial Warrior on Earth who had reached the Celestial Human Realm, let alone the legendary Deity and Demon Realm. Therefore, no one could confirm this theory for certain.

However, the importance of the soul had been proven in later times. It governed the growth and purity of Spiritual Sense, as well as comprehension, making it one of the most mysterious and crucial parts of the human body.