I Know What You're Up To, Miss!

[Don't panic; I'm just going to refine a simple pill.]

During their conversation, Lu Xingyan had already prepared the medicinal herbs.

This was the first time he was refining two batches of pills at the same time, and without experience, so Lu Xingyan chose to refine the Spirit Gathering Pills for both batches.

This way, both the pill refining steps and the control of the fire would be the same.

He had been a Junior Alchemy Master back when he was at the Qi Refining Cultivation level.

Now that he had elevated to Foundation Establishment, refining primary Spirit Gathering Pills was too easy.

Yuezheng Yan opened a bottle of Marrow Cleansing Pills and was about to take one in his Immortal's Cave when he smelled the strong scent of spiritual power coming from outside.

The source was nearby, coming from Lu Xingyan's Immortal's Cave.

Thinking that Lu Xingyan must be refining pills, Yuezheng Yan didn't pay too much attention to the scent.

After taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill, effects began to emerge swiftly, bringing a pain that penetrated deep into his bones.

He had taken the Marrow Cleansing Pill ten years later than his peers, and thus had to endure ten times more pain than others.

Yuezheng Yan was circulating his spiritual power according to the mental method from his previous life while also enduring this heart-wrenching pain, yet his mood was actually quite pleasant.

Until, amidst the thick aroma of the pills, he smelled something burning.

He didn't even have time to guess whether Lu Xingyan's pill refinement had failed when a panicked shout came from outside the Immortal's Cave.

"Run, Junior Brother, the furnace is going to explode!"

The Marrow Cleansing process was only half done, and at that moment, Yuezheng Yan was in such pain and weakness that he couldn't even stand up.

Moreover, he couldn't simply stop the Marrow Cleansing process if he wished to.

Lu Xingyan, realizing that the furnaces were about to explode, had used her pitiful amount of Wind Spiritual Power to dart to the opposite riverbank outside the Immortal's Cave in an instant.

Turning her head back toward her own Immortal's Cave that was now spewing black smoke blocking her view, she realized she had called out to Yuezheng Yan, but he hadn't come out yet.

With no other choice, Lu Xingyan started to gather her spiritual power, preparing to run back to Yuezheng Yan's Immortal's Cave.

She hadn't even crossed that river when a thunderous boom rang out; amidst the explosion and earth-shaking tremors, the two Pill Furnaces exploded, leveling Lu Xingyan's Immortal's Cave to the ground.

The Immortal's Cave that Yuezheng Yan had just moved into that day also collapsed by half.

Thick black smoke lingered above the collapsed Immortal's Cave, and the rocks ruptured by the explosion rolled into the river, kicking up huge splashes of water several meters high.

"Master… Junior Brother?" Lu Xingyan was completely stunned.

She stared blankly at the half-collapsed Immortal's Cave of Yuezheng Yan, whose entrance was also sealed shut.

[Old Sixth, that Little Antagonist is still alive, right…]

[Alive… He should be alive, right?]

The 666 system said uncertainly.

[What were you thinking, not satisfied with refining two batches of pills at once, you actually tried to refine two batches, each with ten times the amount of medicinal herbs normally used for refining pills!]

Lu Xingyan's first attempt at refining two batches of pills at the same time was a success.

This made her quite complacent.

Thinking that her spiritual power had increased, her cultivation level had risen, and she could refine two batches at once.

Even with her high success rate, a batch produced only 20 Pills, although they were all top grade.

But Lu Xingyan was in need of money. She was so poor that she only had one high-quality spirit stone on her, even poorer than Yuezheng Yan.

She was counting on refining more pills so she could sell them at the black market next time.

She came up with a crooked idea to add ten times the normal amount of medicinal herbs into the Alchemy Furnace, aiming to produce a hundred Pills per batch.

Furthermore, Xiaoyao Peak was usually only inhabited by her and her Master, Xiao Qingge. Whenever Lu Xingyan fell into the realm of alchemy, she would forget everything else, not remembering that her new neighbor, Yuezheng Yan, had moved in next door today.

She thought the Immortal's Cave was still hers alone, and as usual, acted on her inspiration as soon as it struck.

The result was that the idea was good, the supply of herbs was sufficient, but the Pill Furnace was not.