Necropolis Immortal

al Seventh Rank Lotus,” Lu Yun explained.
“The properties and theory behind these thirty-three ingredients can be reformed, so they won’t necessarily blow up the cauldron.”

The elder inclined his head and waved, calling thirty-two spirit roots and herbs into his hand.
He handed them to the young man without further questions.

Possessing a personal pill fire and using it to craft a pill cauldron was proof enough that though this kid only possessed ninth step soul force, his mentality was already grandmaster.
In fact, the Alchemist Sovereign felt that Feng Feifan should be eating that lotus instead of refining it.

“If he succeeds, his soul force will take another step forward and reach grandmaster level.” The sovereign stroked his beard with a smile.
“If he fails, I’ll have him eat a lotus.
His soul force is ninth step, but his mind is already at grandmaster.
Doesn’t the Principal Seventh Rank Lotus exist precisely for someone like him?”

……

Lu Yun put the Alchemist Sovereign out of his mind and focused on refining his pill.
He threw all of the ingredients into the cauldron at the same time.

Spirit roots were connate items that formed at the intersection of the fourth realm’s rules and orders, whereas spirit herbs weren’t connate plants.
They were born in worlds that developed later on and they lacked spirituality, but their medicinal properties were so strong that they could complement spirit roots.

Lu Yun’s cauldron contained a world.
The thirty-three ingredients immediately disassembled when they entered it, were refined and distilled into the components that he wanted.
Pill refinement hand seals and gestures directed the operation of the pill cauldron as the Alchemist Sovereign was gradually entranced by the young man’s process.

“Is this kid… actually the reborn soul of a powerful grandmaster?” The elder swallowed hard.
“No, if he was, then his soul force would easily reach grandmaster level.
He wouldn’t have to go to the trouble of searching out a Principal Seventh Rank Lotus or refining an almost impossible pill…

“His hand gestures also aren’t the ones of a grandmaster—they achieve great results with minimal effort.
To be able to deploy the effect of grandmaster soul force when he possesses only ninth level… Amazing, incredible!” The sovereign’s mouth was going dry.

Boom!

Lu Yun’s silver cauldron jerked with a dull roar as an intangible ripple spread out in all directions.

“Has he failed?” The elder’s face fell.
“No matter, any new pill recipe must undergo countless failures before it is—eh?”

His eyes widened and jaw dropped as the cauldron that should’ve been blown to smithereens transformed into a ball, over which radiance of seven colors shimmered as a magnificent wheel of light.

A black tribulation cloud appeared over Mount Buzhou.

“What’s that kid gotten up to now to attract such a strong pill tribulation…” Ah Zhi stretched open bleary eyes, yawned, then went back to sleep.

The terrifying pill tribulation filtered through the mountain treasury and blasted Lu Yun’s cauldron.
Such tribulations appeared whenever heaven defying pills appeared in the fourth realm or Hongmeng and could not be rebuffed; the pills had to endure it themselves.
Otherwise, their karmic repercussions would remain and disaster would befall whoever took them.

Thus, Lu Yun didn’t absorb the tribulation with Thunder Palmstrike.

Kaboom!

The pill cauldron exploded, leaving behind seven pills glowing with seven colors hovering in the void.
Explosions reverberated between them and gave rise to formless ripples through the air.
Those ripples dispelled the black lightning before it had a chance to land.

“Those ripples… are combat arts! Pills can possess combat arts?!” The Alchemist Sovereign suddenly felt that he was a waste of his many years of life.

etvolare's Thoughts

Eh, don't be so hard on yourself old man.
Not your fault you're encountering the MC halo.