Chapter 493: Sacred Artifact Fragment? Black Demon Pill? Refining Demons into Pills

The Hunyuan Bell rotated several times, and the Shadow Grand Elder's voice disappeared, until the last trace of soul origin was devoured; when Chen Chuyang looked inside the Hunyuan Bell again, there was no longer any aura of the Shadow Grand Elder.

A generation of old schemer, thus perished body and soul.

Chen Chuyang saw new changes in the Hunyuan Bell, took out the good items he had obtained, and tossed them all in.

The Spiritual Artifact fragments given by Jing Yuheng were quite a few; she had no beast fire or earth fire, but she could still find some weapon fragments—mostly relatively low-level weapon fragments, with not many Spiritual Artifact fragments, all of which she gave to Chen Chuyang; collecting these fragments cost a fair amount of money.

What Eldest Princess Qi Ruohua gave was even more outrageous—the quantity was over ten times that of Jing Yuheng's; the wealthy and generous Eldest Princess, no, she should now be called the new Qihuang Your Majesty, gave quite a lot of fragments.

Various spiritual herbs, various things Chen Chuyang needed, and quite a few ores as well; he kept some, and gave most of them to the Hunyuan Bell to devour, increasing the Hunyuan Bell's power.

He threw in quite a lot; sorting through them alone took half a day.

Finally, Chen Chuyang took out that fragment obtained from the Qi Family treasury; it emanated a peculiar divine charm, and after examining it for a long time, Chen Chuyang could not tell what weapon it was—a Spiritual Artifact? Or a Sacred Artifact?

Very wondrous, and very hard, impossible to refine; the Formation on it was shattered, yet that divine charm still lingered faintly.

Tempered by the passage of years, that divine charm had not disappeared, still unable to conceal its original power.

After handling it for a long time, Chen Chuyang covered this fragment with his Spiritual Sense, analyzing bit by bit, beginning to penetrate it little by little, examining the artifact-refining techniques within it; as an artifact refiner, Chen Chuyang could see many things, not just a little; if it were of no use, he would toss it to the Hunyuan Bell to devour.

When the Hunyuan Bell saw this fragment appear, it immediately vibrated, urging Chen Chuyang to let it devour it.

So urgent, so anxious—if Chen Chuyang had not been acting as its Protector, the Hunyuan Bell would have flown right over to swallow this fragment.

"Alright, don't rush, let me study it; it won't run away."

Chen Chuyang soothed the Hunyuan Bell, then stared at the fragment, examining it.

Sinking into it, analyzing with his Spiritual Sense.

He obtained some useful information from it, but alas, this fragment was limited and incomplete—a palm-sized piece with no great use; for the time being, he could not research much from it; the artifact-refining techniques on it were very wondrous and well worth Chen Chuyang's study.

Fusing it with his own, he gained a slight improvement, just not much.

Burned by Pill Fire, the fragment could not be melted.

Chen Chuyang thought it over and decided to set it aside for now, not giving it to the Hunyuan Bell to devour; this fragment might be of great use later.

His intuition told him that the fragment would be useful in the future.

The Hunyuan Bell shook unwillingly, expressing its dissatisfaction.

Chen Chuyang repeatedly comforted it and gave assurance after assurance, only then did the Hunyuan Bell quiet down.

Next was a Monster Pill, a black Monster Pill; Chen Chuyang had not been able to research anything from it back then, and this time, he stared at this Monster Pill once more.

Delving deep into it, Chen Chuyang saw a demonic beast's will—the last remnant of its will—its soul already obliterated.

The power of time was truly terrifying.

That trace of will sensed Chen Chuyang's entry and let out a furious roar.

The demonic beast, shaped like a black dog, roared ceaselessly.

The moment Chen Chuyang saw this demonic beast, a name surfaced in his mind.

"Black Demon."

A black dog Black Demon, an extremely rare Black Demon; a Black Demon that had cultivated to this level was even rarer.

For dog-kind to cultivate into demonic beasts was very difficult, more difficult than any other demonic beast.

The Black Demon was a special anomaly among them, with a suppressive effect against yin ghosts.

This Black Demon had cultivated for many years, its cultivation heading straight for the True Realm; what a pity, it could not take that step.

Just one step away; after so many years of consumption, this Monster Pill's demonic power still remained considerable.

This was a good thing—it could reform the body and enhance the body's toughness.

"A Black Demon Monster Pill, greatly nourishing, and moreover, it has special benefits for the body."

"The Wild Dragon Snake's inner core was fused by me and is already gone; this Monster Pill, however, remains."

Refine pills, or fuse directly?

The Wild Dragon Snake's inner core had been fully digested by him.

Chen Chuyang's cultivation had risen this fast, all thanks to the Wild Dragon Snake's inner core, and thanks to the Wild Dragon Snake's years of accumulated demonic power—all of it benefiting Chen Chuyang.

Although the Black Demon Pill was not very powerful, it could still bring Chen Chuyang quite a few benefits.

Pill Refining would allow better use of this Monster Pill.

Much better than fusing.

Thinking of this, Chen Chuyang frowned.

"Let's do Pill Refining; this way, I can better absorb the Black Demon Pill's energy and make full use of it."

To refine pills, one needed a pill formula.

For the Black Demon Pill, there was no suitable pill formula for refining.

Chen Chuyang began researching the Black Demon Pill.

Using the Black Demon Pill as a base, he would refine a special pill.

Previously, Chen Chuyang had thought about this matter—using demonic beasts as pills, refining pills from them.

Many sects would do this, and many human pill refiners would use this method as well.

This time, among the resources Qi Ruohua gave, there were also some texts on Pill Refining.

Among them, there were records on this subject.

Chen Chuyang began seclusion, studying Pill Refining knowledge.

Half a month later.

A new pill formula appeared in Chen Chuyang's mind—a pill formula for refining demonic beasts into pills; the techniques were mostly the same: removing the demonic beast's will and the innate savagery within the Monster Pill, avoiding direct harm to the body.

Combined with various spiritual herbs, it was largely similar, just making adjustments according to the Monster Pill's characteristics.

Very soon, Chen Chuyang formulated a pill formula suited to the Black Demon Pill.

With the pill formula ready, Chen Chuyang began preparing to refine the pill.

"I have the pill formula for the Black Monster Pill, but I don't know if I can succeed."

"Refining a monster into a pill is quite difficult, with a high probability of failure, but the Black Monster Pill's soul and will have both been ground away, so the difficulty will be reduced considerably."

Thinking of this, Chen Chuyang began to take out the Alchemy Furnace and burn it with Pill Fire.

He directly began refining the pill, placing the Black Monster Pill in and removing the impurities.

After a long time, the impurities were mostly removed, and he added in the spirit medicines.

These spirit medicines had a specific order — to remove the Monster Pill's toxicity, as well as its residual will, then going over it once more just in case.

Through the Alchemy Furnace's Pill Fire burning, they melted.

Inside the Alchemy Furnace, a mass of liquid soon appeared — black liquid.

The coalescing liquid gathered together little by little.

"Black Monster Pill, condense."

Chen Chuyang's hands rapidly formed the pill-condensing hand seals; as these hand seals were applied, the Pill Fire blazed vigorously.

The moisture in that liquid was evaporated, and then it became a viscous liquid.

Finally, using his Spiritual Sense to control it, he condensed it into a pill.

The pill was done.

Nine pills.

Chen Chuyang breathed a sigh of relief, then circulated his true Qi, not daring to slack off.

The final step — nourishing the pill.

This step would not be a problem.

One quarter-hour later.

Chen Chuyang opened the lid of the Alchemy Furnace, and the nine pills inside were taken away, all collected into jade bottles.