Chapter 804: Hear the Dao at Dawn, Death at Dusk

If Liu Chenyu's pill‑refining is a visual feast, then Ye Qingran's pill‑refining seems to follow a mysterious rhythm, as if it merges with the natural laws.

"If I didn't know she was refining pills, I'd have thought she was creating life!"

"So I'm not the only one with that thought!"

"Suddenly it feels like Liu Chenyu is playing with mud!"

"Same feeling!"

Everyone gradually began to calm down; the vast Jade Autumn Sect was as quiet as a chicken, and everyone even subconsciously slowed their breathing, fearing to ruin this particular beauty.

Liu Chenyu sensed something amiss, glanced toward Ye Qingran, and that very glance made her breathing quicken.

This is…

How could Ye Qingran have such a realm?

Although she doesn't know what realm this is, it feels very professional!

"She must be bluffing!" Liu Chenyu silently comforted herself.

After more than half a shichen, Liu Chenyu began to form the pill.

Ye Qingran glanced this way, noticed Liu Chenyu's pill formation was taking place in a cauldron, and realized that the alchemy of the Floating Life Realm seemed a bit behind that of the Xi Ji Shengyu.

At least many years ago, Ling Xianliu had already mastered the Void Pill Formation method.

"Form!"

When the pill formation completed, Liu Chenyu's eyes brightened, and she let out a clear shout.

A brilliant smile blossomed on her face; clearly she succeeded, and the result pleased her greatly.

Liu Chenyu couldn't wait to open the cauldron, displaying the pills to everyone; inside were five holy pills, all of high quality.

"These are Disaster‑Breaking Pills, top‑grade holy pills! There are five in total!"

Liu Chenyu shouted "Oh ah," the voice blended with Mysterious Force and entered each person's ears.

Top‑grade holy pill!

And still five of them!

Everyone wore a look of surprise.

One must know that producing five holy pills at once is already difficult, let alone all five being top‑grade!

"Liu Chenyu truly lives up to being the Floating Life Realm's number‑one prodigy alchemist! No one can match that talent!"

"The title of the youngest Dan Saint is not empty after all!"

The crowd clicked their tongues in amazement, all praising Liu Chenyu.

Even though Liu Chenyu has heard such praise countless times, today she felt especially excited.

"Ye Qingran, although I have refined five top‑grade holy pills, I don't want to influence you! I hope you can exceed the norm!"

Ugh~

Members of the Lingyun Team literally wanted to vomit.

Green tea, green tea, stinky green tea!

Ye Qingran ignored Liu Chenyu; she also reached the pill‑forming stage, and the liquid in the cauldron, under her control, left the cauldron and floated in the void.

"What is she doing?"

"Forming a pill?"

Many were shocked by Ye Qingran's bizarre maneuver.

However, as Ye Qingran continued, finally an alchemist noticed the anomaly.

"Could it be…" a alchemist trembled with excitement.

"It's Ruan Lao! He is a highly respected Dan Saint!"

Someone recognized the elder.

"Could this be the legendary Void Pill Formation?"

Void Pill Formation is not a new technique, but it has been lost for ages; back then Ling Xianliu relied on his insight, repeatedly tried, and eventually restored the optimal Void Pill Formation method.

Old alchemists of the Floating Life Realm have all heard of the Void Pill Formation, and many pill‑obsessed scholars tried to restore it, all ending in failure.

Ruan Lao was one of them.

He began at thirty, has tried for seventy years, now a hundred years old, thought his life was hopeless, yet before he was about to die he actually witnessed the legendary Void Pill Formation!

He immediately shed torrents of old tears.

Void Pill Formation method?

The other alchemists' faces changed as soon as they heard.

People around, seeing the alchemists' identical reactions, felt an inexplicable chill.

As a member of the Suspended King Hall, Liu Chenyu naturally also knew the Void Pill Formation.

But she never dreamed it would reappear on Ye Qingran!

"No! This can't be!"

Even if Liu Chenyu were beaten to death, she wouldn't want to believe it's real!

She can't, so what does Ye Qingran rely on?

Ye Qingran quickly completed the pill formation.

The advantage of Void Pill Formation, besides better quality, is also faster speed.

Of course, the prerequisite is proficiency; otherwise it's more prone to failure than traditional cauldron pill formation.

At this moment, the sky, which had been a clear azure, began to darken.

Wind rose and clouds swirled; above the Jade Autumn Sect, dark clouds gathered, and gusts blew continuously.

"What is happening?"

"Has the wind and clouds changed color?"

"Is someone doing something that defies the heavens?"

Just as everyone was puzzled, Liu Chenyu suddenly stared at Ye Qingran.

To be precise, he was looking at the medicine cauldron before her.

Inside this cauldron, what it held—could it be...

Imperial Pill?

"No, that's absolutely impossible!"

The Floating Life Realm doesn't have a Pill Emperor at all; where would an Imperial Pill come from?

Besides, Ye Qingran is still so young; how could she be a Pill Emperor?

The over‑hundred‑year‑old old Alchemist Ruan Lao, trembling, looked up at the sky for a moment, then, shaking, pointed at the cauldron before Ye Qingran, muttering, "Imperial Pill, is... cough cough, Imperial Pill!"

Imperial Pill?

"With the Imperial Pill emerging, the winds and clouds change... Could Ye Qingran truly have refined an Imperial Pill?"

All the Alchemists present could no longer sit still; they surged toward Ye Qingran.

They must witness with their own eyes whether the cauldron truly contains an Imperial Pill!

Although ancient texts record celestial phenomena when the Imperial Pill appears, after living so many years they have never seen it!

In the Floating Life Realm, it has been many years since a Pill Emperor has emerged!

If they could see an Imperial Pill, they...

Would die without regret!

"Miss Ye, may I ask, what's inside your cauldron..."

The Alchemists, led by Ruan Lao, are not people of the Suspended King Hall; when young they were a wandering Alchemist, and in old age sought a secluded mountain retreat, with countless disciples.

Ruan Lao has indeed seen much of the world, yet at this moment he was still so agitated he could not speak.

"Senior, you didn't guess wrong; it really is an Imperial Pill!"

Imperial Pill!!!

Ruan Lao's frail body trembled uncontrollably, "Can, can I have a look?"

"Of course."

But a mere Imperial Pill—what's the problem?

Of course, Ye Qingran understood their reactions.

It was the most sincere response from those who truly love.

She respected them.

Ye Qingran lifted the cauldron lid; after the smoke cleared, dozens of pill crystals gleamed, as clear as pearls.

A strong pill fragrance burst forth, filling the air, then softened; breathing it made one feel refreshed and delighted.

"So many?!"

All the Alchemists were dumbfounded.

They had refined dozens at once... Imperial Pills?

Those with weak hearts fainted on the spot.

Ye Qingran took one out and handed it to Ruan Lao.

Ruan Lao accepted it gingerly, examined it closely, tears welling in his eyes.

"It really is an Imperial Pill! It really is an Imperial Pill! It really is an Imperial Pill!"

As she spoke, she began to cry.

Having attained what she had sought all her life in her twilight years—though she could not achieve it herself—seeing it with her own eyes fulfilled a long‑held wish.

"I, old man, die without regret!"

Hear the Dao in the morning, one may die by evening.

Life may simply not be that complicated.

Ye Qingran felt moved, "This is a top‑grade Imperial Pill, a Dao‑hearing Pill."