A low shout echoed throughout the alchemy room, causing the hearts of the elders and president to tighten.
Did Ling Feng manage to refine the seventh-tier medicinal pill, the Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill?
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ling Feng formed a hand seal and sent an inscription into the Six-legged Taotie Cauldron. The lid flew high, and a blue light shot out from inside!
Everyone's eyes twitched wildly. For sixth-tier and higher medicinal pills, if pill inscriptions were condensed, they had the chance to develop a trace of spiritual intelligence. Once the cauldron was opened, this top-grade pill would try to escape the alchemist's control.
The hand seal Ling Feng had just formed was a common one used by alchemists called the "Dragon Capture Seal."
The blue light scattered in all directions. In an instant, blue rays burst from the cauldron, like divine light shooting into the sky.
All the alchemists were excited. Not only had Ling Feng successfully refined the pill, but he had also produced a top-grade Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill with pill inscriptions!
With a wave of Ling Feng's hand, the pill was immediately enveloped in a true qi net. Ling Feng then leaped up and used a prepared jade box to capture the pill.
A powerful force erupted within the jade box. Ling Feng held the box tightly, and after ten breaths, the force gradually subsided, indicating that the pill had been tamed.
Hong Haotian and Yan Cangtian were the first to rush forward, their eyes filled with excitement as they looked at the jade box in Ling Feng's hand, overjoyed.
"It's done! A seventh-tier pill with spiritual intelligence!"
Hong Haotian swallowed hard. In his decades-long alchemy career, he had only refined three seventh-tier pills with pill inscriptions.
But Ling Feng, with a casual refinement, had just produced one!
The surrounding elders exchanged looks, their eyes filled with shock.
"Is this boy really in his teens?"
"Could he have been possessed by an ancient monster?"
"No, I think he's the reincarnation of an alchemy god!"
Hong Haotian wiped the sweat from his palms and stared intently at Ling Feng. "Ling Feng, my young friend, may I take a look at the pill you refined?"
"Of course," Ling Feng replied with a faint smile. "How else would President Hong inspect it?"
With that, Ling Feng handed the jade box to Hong Haotian.
Hong Haotian carefully held the jade box as if it were a treasure. It wasn't that he lacked the ability to refine seventh-tier pills or those with pill inscriptions, but the probability of him doing so was extremely low.
This was especially the case with the Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill. Due to the unique properties of blue ice, even he found it challenging to succeed on the first try, let alone produce pill inscriptions.
Taking a deep breath, Hong Haotian opened the jade box and took out the light blue pill, placing it in his palm for a thorough inspection.
"Cold to the touch and contains icy flames. It also has a pervasive fragrance and is transparent and crystalline! Indeed, this is the Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill. It’s a top-grade Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill!"
Holding the pill, Hong Haotian nodded heavily. "Ling Feng, my young friend, congratulations. You have passed the assessment perfectly! Your alchemical skills are absolutely on par with mine!"
No one refuted his words. Even Elder Hua, who had always been skeptical of Ling Feng, was deeply impressed.
Despite his experience surpassing even Hong Haotian's, he had never refined a seventh-tier pill with pill inscriptions in his entire alchemical career.
In alchemy, skill was paramount. Ling Feng's alchemical prowess had surpassed his, leaving him no ground to criticize Ling Feng.
"Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill?"
Ling Feng frowned slightly before bowing to Hong Haotian and smiling. "President Hong, you must be mistaken. The pill I refined is not an Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill."
"Hmm?" Hong Haotian's pupils constricted as he refocused on the pill. The next moment, a discovery made him tremble and nearly drop the pill.
"This... this... how is this possible!?"
Hong Haotian looked at Ling Feng as if he were a monster.
Yan Cangtian couldn't help but come over and take the pill for a closer look. He too was stunned, just like Hong Haotian. "Nine blooms! It has nine blooms!"
The other elders, unable to contain their curiosity, lined up to examine the pill. Each person who saw it was as shocked as Hong Haotian and Yan Cangtian, some almost popping their eyes out in disbelief!
What Yan Cangtian meant by nine blooms was the nine blooms of icy flame!
A typical Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill contained a single bloom of icy flame, making it a top-grade spirit medicine that was incredibly rare and valuable!
However, the pill Ling Feng had refined not only had pill inscriptions but also contained nine blooms of icy flames.
This was not an ordinary Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill but rather the long-lost Icy Soul-Stabilizing Golden Pill, an ancient medicinal pill!
The value of one Icy Soul-Stabilizing Golden Pill equaled a hundred ordinary Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pills!
The sound of swallowing was audible throughout the room. These elders, though experienced and knowledgeable, were still this shocked. If it were the apprentices and disciples of the Alchemist Guild, they would have fainted from astonishment.
Or rather, they might not even recognize such a pill!
In fact, if not for Yan Cangtian's reminder, most of the alchemists present wouldn't have recognized the legendary Icy Soul-Stabilizing Pill that Ling Feng had refined.
Ling Feng looked at Hong Haotian and saluted. "President Hong, have I passed the assessment?"
"Passed? Of course you've passed." Hong Haotian's lips twitched slightly. This wasn't just passing; it was completing the task a hundred times over!
"Hahaha!" Yan Cangtian burst into laughter. "From now on, Ling Feng is an honorary president of the Alchemist Guild!"