Chapter 414

In the time that followed, Tang Wulin locked himself in the Tang Sect's Soul Tool Hall, focusing on alchemy, while his affairs in the Tang Sect and the Soul Tool Hall were respectively handled by Huo Yutong and Song Lao.

After learning what he was doing, everyone also expressed understanding, without saying more.

Days passed one by one, and Tang Wulin gradually faded from everyone's lives; only Huo Yutong, who persistently brought him meals each day, proved that he still existed in the Tang Sect.

Soon, half a year passed silently and unnoticed.

Suddenly one day, an extremely rich medicinal fragrance emanated from the room where Tang Wulin was refining pills.

Smelling this fragrance made one's whole body tremble, heart refreshed and spirit delighted, as if the soul were being sublimated, while one's cultivation also faintly showed signs of a breakthrough.

"Quick! Organize the disciples to go to the door of the alchemy room to cultivate!"

Bei Bei received the news, and after a brief moment of joy, he quickly reacted, directing the Tang Sect's disciples to go cultivate.

While doing these things, his heart couldn't help but begin to anticipate, for even the medicinal fragrance had such a potent effect—what exactly had Tang Wulin refined? At that moment inside the alchemy room, Tang Wulin had one hand pressed against the alchemy furnace, focusing on controlling it, while Huo Yutong stood behind him, her hands against his back, continuously feeding her soul power into his body.

Although the alchemy furnace only recognizes Tang Wulin's soul power, this does not mean Huo Yutong cannot help him; rather, among everyone, only she can best assist him.

When their soul powers merged, the divine power component within their soul power would suddenly strengthen; the divine aura governing life and death exerted such a strong suppressive force on these heavenly materials and earthly treasures that the energy contained within them in the alchemy furnace dared not act rashly in their presence.

At first, Tang Wulin was extremely cautious, taking some ordinary herbs to practice, but once he discovered that the absolute suppression caused by his and Huo Yutong's martial soul fusion on these heavenly materials and earthly treasures, he let loose and began using more precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures to refine pills.

The subtle guidance and divine power suppression made him invincible, with not a single failure in refining; thus he quickly raised his aim, setting his sights on the legendary first pill, the Cosmos Creation Pill.

After all, with so many heavenly materials and earthly treasures at his disposal, not trying the best one would leave him somewhat unwilling.

Thus came the present scene.

The rich medicinal fragrance continuously emanated from the sealed alchemy furnace, restoring the soul power consumption of Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong nearest to it, while the surging energy waves constantly churned inside the furnace, yet were firmly suppressed by the Nine-level Soul Guide Device and divine power.

The final refining process proceeded orderly, as the energy contained within dozens of top-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures, under the joint suppression of Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong's power, gradually steadied.

Finally, Tang Wulin extended his hand and pointed at the alchemy furnace; at the same time, his martial soul switched to Natural Son, emerald-gold soul rings rose, and life-attribute divine power poured into the furnace, completing the final sublimation.

With a loud "Bang!", Tang Wulin sensed that the energy inside the alchemy furnace had completely settled.

Success! He couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief and plopped down onto the ground.

Only halfway through the refining did he realize that this attempt was all-or-nothing; if it failed, even if the contents didn't become dregs, their potency would drop to less than ten percent.

For this refining, he basically used all usable heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and the plant-system soul beasts of the Life God Realm also, while ensuring their own origins remained unaffected, contributed everything they could.

If it failed, not only would his half year be wasted, but he would also have to wait several more years before attempting to refine pills again.

At this critical juncture, several years is no laughing matter; given the combat strength of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps he had seen, several years would be enough for them to sweep the three nations.

Fortunately, he ultimately succeeded; the nine-level alchemy furnace forged from spirit metal, the absolute suppression of life divine power, and his martial soul fusion with Huo Yutong—without any one of these three, he could not have completed the refining at this stage.

Huo Yutong naturally sat beside him, gently massaging his shoulders, and spoke softly:

"You've worked hard, Wulin." Tang Wulin grasped her hand.

"I'm fine, but you must have been really busy this period."

During this period he shut himself in the alchemy room, and all related affairs of the Tang Sect were handled by Huo Yutong on his behalf.

Unlike with Song Lao, Huo Yutong was already busy enough, and having to help him share the work was already exhausting.

Huo Yutong lightly shook her head, then leaned against his shoulder.

"It's fine; as long as you're by my side, I don't feel tired at all."

Tang Wulin helplessly rubbed her little head, saying: "Don't say anything else; after we go out this time, you rest for a while, and I'll take over your work."

"But..."

"That's settled then!"

Tang Wulin ignored Huo Yutong's opposing attitude, stood up abruptly, and walked to the front of the alchemy furnace.

"Mmm—"

Huo Yutong pouted in dissatisfaction, but she also knew that Tang Wulin's attitude left no room for argument; she too stood up, came to his side, and with a slightly petulant tone asked: "How many Cosmos Creation Pills do you think we'll produce?"

Tang Wulin lightly shook his head.

"I don't know either; I only know that this Cosmos Creation Pill might be even more powerful than we imagined."

Just smelling the medicinal fragrance earlier could nearly nullify his and Huo Yutong's soul power consumption; he now greatly anticipates how much his cultivation will increase after taking it.

He placed his hand on the furnace lid, pressed the button above, and the lid opened with a sound.

Instantly, a rich medicinal fragrance almost solidifying surged out, shaking the spirits of both Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong.

But immediately afterward, their expressions suddenly froze.

Because they saw that there were only twelve pills inside the alchemy furnace.

You know, Tang Wulin used over fifty kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and these are not ordinary; even a single stalk taken outside would fetch an astronomical price.

Normally, these heavenly materials and earthly treasures should yield at least thirty pills, right?

Now there are only twelve, yet they need to be divided between the Tang Sect and Shilake Academy—how should they be split?

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong looked at each other, both feeling somewhat torn between laughter and tears.

He sighed.

"Forget it, let's go out first; we two alone can't figure this out, we need to inform everyone."

(End of chapter)