The Revenge of the Reborn Supreme Sovereign-Chapter 264 - 260: Alchemy! (2)

On a bustling pedestrian street, a seemingly young girl appeared indifferent to the colorful sights on either side of her. She kept lifting her wrist, checking the time on her watch. Her normally cool, elegant expression was marred by a hint of urgency.

"It's been almost an hour! Why is there still no news?!"

Muttering to herself, the girl unlocked the phone in her right hand again, but to her dismay, the screen showed no new notifications.

Could they have failed? she wondered, her delicate brows furrowing. But she immediately shook her head. Impossible! They're carrying the attack powder concocted by Medicine Valley. Even a Martial Artist at the peak of the Dark Energy realm would suffer a serious blow. How could they fail!

Lost in her anxious muttering, the girl didn't notice a youth with a distinctly frivolous air approaching from behind.

PAT!

Suddenly, in the instant he was right behind her, Qin Fan's not-so-broad palm lightly patted the back of her head.

"Who?!"

Startled by the sudden contact, the girl shuddered and spun around, shouting in alarm. But all she saw were the puzzled and curious faces of passersby.

And Qin Fan, using the moment she turned, had already slipped past and was walking away briskly, not even giving her a clear look at his face.

After imprinting his Divine Sense on the three of them, Qin Fan left the pedestrian street, flagged down a taxi, and, to the driver's astonishment, headed straight west toward the renowned wild, mountainous regions of Chuanshu.

After crossing the rugged, rolling hills, Qin Fan selected a desolate cave as his alchemy location. By this time, night had already fallen. Amid the chirping of insects and the calls of birds, gusts of cold wind blew through, casting a chilling aura over the entire wilderness.

Entering the pitch-dark cave, Qin Fan immediately activated his Eyes of Golden Flame. Instantly, the entire cave was awash with brilliant light.

"Pill Furnace, appear!"

With a single thought, the Pill Furnace materialized from thin air and landed heavily on the ground, shaking loose countless specks of dust from its surface.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

At the same time, the Pill Furnace, having been in his sea of consciousness for some time, seemed to sense its master's arrival and began to vibrate intensely.

"Easy, easy," Qin Fan said with a knowing smile, stepping forward to gently pat the rim of the furnace.

At his words, the furnace immediately stopped vibrating. The scene, which completely defied the laws of physics, was utterly bewildering.

Lifting his left index finger to his mouth, Qin Fan bit down on the tip.

HISS!

A drop of blood immediately welled up from the cut. Instead of flicking it into the furnace right away, Qin Fan held his finger level, watching as the drop of blood gradually condensed and grew. Only when the Blood Pearl was the size of a soybean did he finally flick it into the furnace.

「The next moment.」

Something incredible happened. As Qin Fan's Blood Pearl fell into the Pill Furnace, which had sat idle for over two thousand years, it began to glow with a captivating red light that spread inch by inch. Starting from the point where the blood landed, the glow rapidly expanded in all directions, from inside to out, from the mouth to the feet.

In just a couple of minutes, the entire Pill Furnace was bathed in an unbelievable, enchanting red light. The peculiar patterns and talismans on its body glowed an even more brilliant red. The dust that had once coated its surface vanished without a trace.

If one were to wait for this Pill Furnace to gain its own spirit before refining the Elixir of Immortality, Qin Shi Huang might have truly achieved physical immortality. But there's nothing to be done. This is fate, Qin Fan thought, sensing the intense and rich spiritual essence emanating from the furnace. He shook his head with a wry sigh.

Then, his expression turned solemn and sharp. He extended two fingers over the Pill Furnace, as if guiding it, and commanded in a low voice, "Rise!"

BUZZ!

The Pill Furnace trembled. Then, under the guidance of his two fingers, it slowly levitated off the ground. When it was a full meter high, Qin Fan commanded again, "Stabilize!"

The entire Pill Furnace halted abruptly in mid-air.

Looking at the Pill Furnace suspended steadily a meter off the ground, Qin Fan grinned and pulled several talismans from his clothes. With a casual flick of his wrist, the talismans fluttered as if they had minds of their own, positioning themselves beneath the furnace.

Seeing this, Qin Fan took two steps back. The smile vanished from his face. He focused his Eyes of Golden Flame, gathering his energy and concentrating on the True Fire Talismans. With a sharp gaze, he commanded again, "One-Flavor True Fire, ignite!"

WHOOSH!

As he spoke, a beam of fiery light shot from his Eyes of Golden Flame. The instant it struck the True Fire Talismans, they vanished. In their place, a fiercely blazing ball of fire ignited out of thin air with a great roar.

As the True Fire licked at the Pill Furnace, it began to hiss, spewing acrid white smoke.

「Three breaths passed.」

The white smoke dissipated, and the Pill Furnace grew quiet. However, the red glow spreading within it became even more intense and dazzling. In that brief moment, Qin Fan quickly retrieved the Jiao Dragon from his storage space. Grasping the Jiao Dragon's head, he thrust a finger into its lower jaw. Instantly, azure Jiao Dragon blood gushed violently from the hole, shooting into the Pill Furnace with the precision of a jet from a faucet.

When the Jiao Dragon's blood filled one-third of the Pill Furnace's interior, Qin Fan slapped the bleeding puncture wound, and the flow of blood immediately stopped.

By now, the Jiao Dragon blood inside the furnace was bubbling under the heat of the One-Flavor True Fire, releasing waves of a foul, pungent smell. Qin Fan's expression remained grim and focused, as if he were completely unaffected by the odor. The next moment, he flung the front half of the Jiao Dragon to the ground. Gripping the rear half, he gave it a powerful tear!

RRRIP!

With that one motion, the Jiao Dragon's body was ripped in two. Without hesitation, he tossed the smaller half of the body—complete with tendons, flesh, and bone—into the Pill Furnace. As if it were a chaotic stew, the Pill Furnace was instantly crammed full. This state lasted for less than a minute, however, before the chunk of flesh dissolved into a viscous substance, melting into the Jiao Dragon blood.

After returning the rest of the Jiao Dragon to his storage space, Qin Fan sat down, crossed his legs, and closed his eyes. His Divine Sense tightly enveloped the entire Pill Furnace, sensing every subtle change.

「An hour later.」

The One-Flavor True Fire beneath the furnace began to diminish. The Jiao Dragon blood inside had reduced from one-third of a pot to one-quarter.

"It's time," Qin Fan muttered, his eyes snapping open.

He once again pulled nine True Fire Talismans from his clothes and tossed them under the furnace. The dwindling flames immediately roared fiercely back to life. At the same time, Qin Fan summoned the rare medicinal herbs collected by the Ye Family from his storage space and threw them all into the furnace.

SIZZLE! SIZZLE! SIZZLE!

The instant the herbs entered the furnace, they sizzled loudly, melting completely into the Jiao Dragon blood. The previously acrid, fishy stench immediately transformed into a lingering, fragrant aroma.

Standing up, Qin Fan grabbed the lid, walked over to the Pill Furnace, glanced inside, and then covered it. However, the instant the lid was in place, a series of sharp crackling sounds erupted from within the furnace.

Listening to the familiar sounds of alchemy, Qin Fan let out a soft sigh of relief. He sat down cross-legged once more. This time, however, his eyes remained open. The fiery patterns within his Eyes of Golden Flame seemed to connect with the One-Flavor True Fire beneath the Pill Furnace, maintaining a constant, silent link.