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585. Following Danlei
"Huh? What?" Dan Chen didn't understand Cao Ying's meaning for a moment.
Cao Ying didn't explain much, but simply gave Dan Chen a jade slip. Dan Chen activated his soul power and, being an eighth-grade alchemist himself, immediately understood Cao Ying's meaning: "This method... where did this come from?"
"Xiao Yan brought it to me before the competition started."
Compared to Cao Ying's outgoing personality, Dan Chen has always been taciturn, but her silence does not mean she has no thoughts.
"So these two pills were made to solve our problem?"
"That should be true. I originally thought he could only refine one at most at a time, but in the end he actually made two pills in one cauldron, which really surprised me."
Dan Chen suddenly asked in a deep voice, "To be honest, just looking at the pill formula doesn't seem to give me complete confidence. It seems you're already prepared. Why do you trust Xiao Yan so much?"
Cao Ying gave a wry smile upon hearing this: "If we don't prepare, what can we do? Do we really expect a good outcome if we join the Spirit Clan, given their methods?"
"As for Xiao Yan," Cao Ying's eyes finally lit up with a different light as she said this, "if I told you that I believed him only because of a vague feeling, would you believe me?"
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Regardless of Cao Ying and Dan Chen's thoughts, Xiao Yan wiped the sweat from his brow after successfully refining the pills. Rushing to refine them and ultimately achieving two pills in one cauldron was no easy feat. In fact, his final actions had been quite reckless. Fortunately, his self-created pill formula was ultimately successful. The two pills before him were the first pills Xiao Yan had ever created entirely independently of others, relying solely on his own experience and knowledge. As the true author, he now possessed the right to credit himself for these pills!
However, Xiao Yan had no time to think about these things at the moment, because the Pill Lightning hanging high in the air was already stirring. It was a three-colored Pill Lightning, and a rather perfect one at that, so Xiao Yan dared not underestimate it at all.
After letting out a long sigh, Xiao Yan flew up again. He had already thought of a way to deal with the three-colored pill lightning—to continue using it to cultivate the Heavenly Thunder Spirit Forging Technique!
Xiao Yan gazed at the churning silver, blue, and red thunderclouds in the sky, a near-fanatical smile curving his lips. He formed the Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit stance with his hands, and a vortex of his soul condensed behind him into a dark abyss, actively drawing the first silver-blue lightning bolt down. The instant the three-colored plasma, carrying the pressure of heaven and earth, poured into the top of his head, his bones crackled like popping beans, and his exposed skin was instantly bathed in dazzling lightning. At this moment, Xiao Yan resembled a super-powerful magical beast that commanded the power of thunder.
At this moment of intense public attention, Xiao Yan once again drew the attention of the entire audience with his actions. The alchemists present were all very experienced, and they had all used various methods to catch the pill lightning that had struck them before. However, Xiao Yan's act of leaping forward and taking the lightning strike with his own body was simply too audacious.
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Of course, Xiao Yan had personally tried to take the lightning strikes before, whether on the Heavenly Talent Ranking or in the Pill Realm. This time, finally, no one wanted to go forward to rescue Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan, who was at the center of the lightning strike, had a completely different feeling. Unlike the previous times when he was hammered and chained, now that he had guided the lightning into his body, his muscles did not seem to be reacting to the extremely painful sensation. Instead, they seemed to be like a sponge that had been flattened for a long time, frantically absorbing the lightning energy that had entered his body.
Xiao Yan now understood that the senior who created "Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit" was not exaggerating. After undergoing numerous excruciating trials, his body had gradually adapted to the energy of lightning strikes. And through these subtle changes, his body had become increasingly resilient under the tempering of lightning.
However, physical training is secondary, so it's not as direct and noticeable as progress in soul power.
"Since that's the case, let it come even more fiercely!" Xiao Yan felt that the lightning strikes were no longer as unbearable as usual, so he simply roared fiercely. The power guiding the Soul Flow Black Vortex grew stronger, and a new pillar of lightning immediately bombarded towards him.
A roar mingled with the deafening thunder as Xiao Yan spread his arms wide, allowing the second crimson lightning bolt to pierce his chest. The three-colored lightning twisted into a spiraling storm within his meridians, raging wildly in its path, yet guided by the Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit, it entered a strange path. His soul essence trembled violently at the center of the storm; his once solid mid-stage Spirit Realm soul body was torn apart with spiderweb-like cracks, yet under the tempering of the Heavenly Thunder, it flowed with liquid silver light.
Xiao Yan's body was constantly being tested by lightning strikes, and faint, barely perceptible lightning patterns began to appear in his blood and meridians. These patterns only flashed briefly when the lightning struck Xiao Yan directly, and although they were extremely inconspicuous, they still contained terrifying energy. It was conceivable that if Xiao Yan could one day utilize them, his physical strength alone would reach an incredibly formidable level. After all, even the most powerful magical beasts, unless they were close to the lightning attribute, would not dare to so crudely withstand the lightning strikes of an eighth-grade pill with their bare bodies.
Wei Jiangyuan watched this scene thoughtfully: "Three-colored pill lightning, I wonder how far this guy's soul power can be strengthened."
Wei Jiangyuan clearly felt that with each strike of the three-colored pill lightning, Xiao Yan's dormant soul power grew stronger. His heart also stirred suddenly, and a spark of passion began to rise within him, though now everyone, including him, could only watch Xiao Yan's performance.
After all, the Pill Gathering wasn't over yet, and the spectacle of a person physically absorbing heavenly lightning was something rarely seen elsewhere, making it incredibly captivating. At this moment, not a single spectator was willing to leave. They all wanted to see what would happen after Xiao Yan used his own body to withstand the heavenly lightning.
The three-colored pill lightning was, after all, designed to target wondrous items like eighth-grade pills, and the bombardment of Xiao Yan lasted for nearly an hour. In the end, Xiao Yan was even blasted so hard that his seven orifices were filled with three-colored lightning. As soon as the pill lightning ended, Xiao Yan immediately sat cross-legged to digest the lightning power that had accumulated in his body.
These thunderbolts, after all, are crude and terrifying energies, and it's impossible to let them remain in the body for so long. Furthermore, Xiao Yan's ever-increasing soul power needs them to continue sustaining his ascent to a higher realm.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged for a full day.