manynovel 563. Receiving Dan Lei
563. Receiving Dan Lei
The Nine-Jointed Green Bamboo Heart, obtained through the donation of numerous herbs, finally played its role. In Wei Jiangyuan's third attempt, the Heart Bamboo Pill, with the Nine-Jointed Green Bamboo Heart as its core, was finally successfully formed!
Wei Jiangyuan had been tirelessly refining the medicine for five days. Now, his gaze slowly turned to the cauldron, looking at the green-gold pill embryo encased in emerald flames. A relieved smile appeared on his face.
The nascent pill was about the size of a longan, with a faint golden-green color. Its surface was pitted and uneven, making it look extremely unsightly. However, the group could still feel the soft and lingering pure medicinal power emanating from it.
The rudimentary form of the pill has been formed. The next step is the final step of pill formation. Under the protection of the spiritual soul, this step is completely risk-free, because all the medicinal power has been perfectly integrated within the rudimentary pill.
Seeing this, Xiao Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If this attempt failed again, they would have to send Yao Qingyu out manually, but using that method would likely result in Wei Jiangyuan losing his qualification for the competition. Fortunately, his judgment was correct: Wei Jiangyuan's previous failure was due to falling at the last step. This time, after adjusting his condition, he finally made another step forward.
The one who felt this most deeply at this moment was Yao Qingyu. After all, in essence, Wei Jiangyuan and Xiao Yan were only working hard for her sake. In fact, if they hadn't known she wanted to stay at the Pill Gathering, they would have chosen a more prudent approach instead of trying to adjust the pills. Just now, the two of them were forced to suffer humiliation in front of Ling Zhuo, their biggest rival, in order to trade for the Nine-Section Jade Bamboo Heart.
For the time being, Yao Qingyu kept all her gratitude buried in her heart. She knew that under the current circumstances, saying more would be superfluous. Her most important task was to recover after taking the medicine and defeat Ling Zhuo at the Pill Gathering!
As the fragrance of the medicine in the cauldron grew stronger, dark clouds began to gather in the sky, accompanied by low rumbles of thunder. As time passed, the clouds churned like ink, and the vegetation on the entire mountain trembled under the oppressive force.
This is the inevitable phenomenon that occurs when an eighth-grade pill is formed—Dan Lei! High-grade pills will all go through the Dan Lei test after being formed. The power of Dan Lei is extremely terrifying, and even a Dou Zong would find it extremely difficult to deal with the Dan Lei triggered by an eighth-grade pill.
The commotion here has attracted a lot of attention. Everyone in the Pill Realm is a true alchemist, and they all know what this unexploded lightning represents.
"Look, it's Danlei!"
"Which old monster is refining an eighth-grade pill?"
"The Dan Conference hasn't even started yet, and I've already met Dan Lei. This trip was truly worthwhile."
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Wei Jiangyuan looked calmly at the thunderclouds gathering above his head. This was not the first time he had refined an eighth-grade pill, and he was fully confident in dealing with this pill thunder.
But a figure arrived above him beforehand and instructed him, "Leave the pill lightning to me. You focus on protecting the pill. There can't be any more accidents this time."
Seeing that Xiao Yan had taken the initiative to appear, Wei Jiangyuan initially wanted to refuse, but remembering his previous failed attempt at pill formation, he remained silent. Xiao Yan's initiative wasn't due to a lack of trust in Wei Jiangyuan, but rather because he had been eagerly anticipating the pill lightning that came with this eighth-grade pill!
His soul cultivation technique, "Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit," requires the assistance of external heavenly thunder power for tempering, which is usually difficult to find. After careful consideration, Xiao Yan discovered that Dan Thunder was the most suitable for cultivation.
After all, the lightning attracted by the elixir was indeed genuine natural lightning, and the Heavenly Lightning Forging method has always emphasized using natural lightning to temper the soul.
Having reached my current level, the number of times I refine low-grade pills should gradually decrease, while the number of times I refine eighth-grade pills will continuously increase. I'll definitely encounter pill lightning quite often, so it would be a waste not to use it.
"Colorless Dan Lightning, huh?" Xiao Yan murmured to himself as he looked at the lightning in the sky.
Eighth-grade pills are clearly categorized based on their medicinal potency, determined by the state of their pill lightning: colorless pill lightning, one-color pill lightning, two-color pill lightning... and nine-color pill lightning. Although the Heart Bamboo Pill is also an eighth-grade pill, its effects are mild, so it only triggered colorless pill lightning, which was the best outcome for Xiao Yan.
After all, this was the first time he had ever used his body to receive the Dan Lei Hammer Chain, so it was naturally the best thing to use this colorless Dan Lei to feel the power of the Dan Lei attached to an eighth-grade pill.
The silver lightning bolts converged more and more fiercely within the dark clouds, until the atmosphere across the entire sky became extremely oppressive. After about ten breaths, the dark clouds suddenly split open, and immediately, a bolt of silver lightning, about half a foot long and wide, shot out from the clouds with a deafening roar, like a giant silver python. Its target was none other than the Heart Bamboo Pill, which was in its final stages of development within the medicine cauldron.
Xiao Yan's eyes reflected the silver lightning, and his soul power condensed into a deep vortex, guiding all the silver lightning toward himself.
Xiao Yan sat cross-legged in mid-air, his hands forming the Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit Seal. His soul power condensed into a vortex, forcefully twisting the direction of the pill lightning. The moment the silver lightning touched his body, violent currents struck him like a thousand blades, every inch of his muscle spasming and emitting a scorching aura. As a Dou Zun powerhouse, Xiao Yan naturally had methods to resist these pill lightning bolts, but if he actively resisted, he would lose the meaning of forging his soul. Therefore, at this moment, Xiao Yan completely released all defenses, letting the lightning strike him.
To withstand heavenly lightning with one's own body!
When the first wave of pill lightning struck him, even with Xiao Yan's extremely strong willpower, he kept his eyes tightly closed, veins bulging on his forehead, and suppressed a low growl in his throat—although the colorless pill lightning was the lowest-level eighth-grade pill lightning, its pure natural power was still extremely terrifying.
Lightning surged wildly through his meridians, yet under the guidance of the Heavenly Thunder Forging Spirit Technique, it was drawn into a specific trajectory. As the silver light flowed, his battle qi and soul were simultaneously battered: his bones emitted fine crackling sounds, impurities transformed into black mist seeping from his pores; his soul's essence was forged as if by an invisible hammer, and the final bottleneck of his previously stagnant early-stage spiritual realm began to loosen. The remaining lightning snakes, not absorbed by the technique, thrashed wildly within his body, but Xiao Yan subtly circulated his Crimson Lotus Heart Flame, forcing them all back into his cultivation cycle.
A single bolt of lightning was enough to make Xiao Yan noticeably feel a significant enhancement in his soul power. Xiao Yan had to admit: being struck by lightning felt awful, but it was undeniably effective!