What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

The night is getting darker.

Lin Yuan transformed into a streak of light and headed straight for the Bamboo Sea.

Deep in the bamboo forest, Li Yang, dressed in a purple dress, stood with her back to Lin Yuan under a thick purple bamboo.

Sensing the presence, she turned around, her face icy cold.

"Let's begin. The sooner we start, the sooner we'll finish!" Li Yang said softly, her red lips parting slightly.

There were no pleasantries, no feigned allure. Her patience as a Core Formation cultivator had run out; all she wanted now was to endure this humiliating transaction as quickly as possible and obtain the pill.

Lin Yuan didn't waste any words and nodded.

……

One hour later.

Purple bamboo leaves fell to the ground inside the barrier.

Li Yang put on a purple dress and quickly tidied her messy hair with her fingertips. Her chest rose and fell slightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. Her eyes revealed undisguised indifference and disgust.

Li Yang's voice tightened: "Have you broken through your bottleneck yet?"

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on a layer of withered bamboo leaves, without getting up.

His gaze swept over the small gold characters at the bottom of his eyes.

Available attribute points: 10088

A full ten thousand points. Enough to advance to the sixth-grade alchemist.

But his mind raced. The fact that this woman could endure ten times meant that her desire to restore her dantian had overwhelmed her dignity as a Core Formation stage cultivator.

You can't just take enough wool to use.

Upgrading a talisman also requires 1,000 points.

"Manager Li," Lin Yuan looked up, his tone grave, "my spiritual energy has reached its critical point. I'm just one last push away from breaking through the bottleneck."

Li Yang's movement of adjusting her collar suddenly froze.

She turned her head, and her early-stage Core Formation spiritual pressure instantly went out of control, snapping more than a dozen purple spirit bamboos around her in half.

"Lin Yuan, how dare you play me?" Li Yang's eyes were practically spitting fire.

Lin Yuan stood his ground, meeting her gaze directly into her eyes despite the oppressive aura: "I have no reason to joke at a time like this. Breaking through a bottleneck in cultivation is inherently unpredictable. We're just one step away. If we stop now, all our previous efforts will be in vain."

He paused, then delivered the fatal blow: "By then, I will truly be powerless to help with this elixir."

Wanzhuhai was deathly silent.

Li Yang clenched her fists tightly, staring intently at Lin Yuan's calm face, wishing she could tear him apart on the spot.

Reason will ultimately suppress humiliation.

"This is the last time." Li Yang's voice was like a cold wind blowing from the deepest hell. "If you dare to say another word, even if I lose this dantian, I will drag you down to the Abyss of Ten Thousand Ghosts with me."

After an incense stick has burned.

A dark blue storage bag landed on the ground in front of Lin Yuan.

"Inside are two sets of spiritual materials for repairing the dantian, plus a recipe for a Spirit-Seizing Pill." Li Yang looked down at Lin Yuan.

Li Yang held up two slender white fingers: "Deliver the pills to the Pill Treasure Pavilion within ten days."

"If the refining fails, I don't need to remind you of the consequences, do I?"

After saying those words, Li Yang transformed into a purple rainbow and plunged into the night sky without looking back.

Lin Yuan picked up the storage bag from the ground and patted off the dirt.

"He has a terrible temper, but he's also quite responsible."

"What a pity... If only we could keep getting freebies!"

Lin Yuan activated his movement technique and quickly returned to his cave.

Upon entering the stone chamber, the array plates and all four array flags were activated immediately. A pale blue light curtain lit up against the stone wall, completely isolating the cave from the outside world.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged on the bluestone bed.

Lock onto the skill bar with your mind.

Alchemist: Rank 7 (0/10000) (Points can be added)

"Add some points," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Ten thousand attribute points were deducted instantly.

boom!

Lin Yuan's eyes suddenly bulged out, and he let out a suppressed, miserable groan.

His sea of ​​consciousness felt as if it had been cleaved open by a giant axe. A massive amount of information, like a tangible torrent, poured into his mind.

The medicinal properties of thousands of elixirs, and the principles of mutual generation and mutual restraint.

Tens of thousands of fire control techniques, subtle perception of the timing of pill formation, and skills in removing tiny impurities from the medicinal liquid.

This information is not just memory, but an instinct that has been accumulated through countless times of personally refining pills.

Lin Yuan's muscles convulsed violently, veins bulging on his forehead and neck. His soul was being torn apart and reassembled to the extreme, and cold sweat instantly soaked through his coarse cloth shirt.

This excruciating pain lasted for the duration of an incense stick burning.

The pain subsided.

Lin Yuan gasped for breath and collapsed onto the bluestone bed.

After a moment, he slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes held a newfound wisdom and clarity born from the passage of time.

[Alchemist: Rank Six]

Lin Yuan sat up straight and walked to the bluestone table.

It's time to test the mettle of a sixth-grade alchemist.

With a flick of his wrist, the bronze alchemy furnace landed steadily on the table. He then took out the ingredients for the remaining ten portions of the Qi Condensation Pill.

There are no complicated starting moves.

With a flick of his finger, a ball of crimson flame shot into the bottom of the furnace.

He tossed the Condensing Essence Fruit, Purple Blood Vine, and other medicinal herbs into the air one after another. Enveloped in spiritual energy, the impurities on the surface of the herbs were instantly removed by the high temperature.

Purify, fuse, and unleash the magic formula.

The entire process was smooth and natural, without any awkwardness or deliberate effort; it was a completely instinctive reaction, a skill that was almost akin to the Tao.

"rise."

Lin Yuan tapped the furnace wall with his fingers.

The stove lid was lifted. No strong medicinal aroma wafted out.

Shenhua is inwardly restrained.

Nine dark purple Qi Condensation Pills lay quietly at the bottom of the furnace. Each pill had two clear white cloud patterns imprinted on its surface.

Top-grade Qi Condensation Pill. Completely free of any residual toxins.

"This skill is definitely among the top alchemists in the Xuan Yin Sect." Lin Yuan put the nine pills into a jade bottle and smiled with satisfaction.

Practice over. Time to get down to business.

Lin Yuan picked up the dark cyan storage bag left by Li Yang and probed it with his divine sense.

Several medicinal herbs radiating astonishing spiritual energy flew out and hovered in mid-air.

The thousand-year-old Blood Jade Mushroom is crystal clear, with thick blood flowing inside.

The thousand-year-old Ice Lotus exudes a bone-chilling cold, and tiny ice crystals quickly condense in the surrounding air.

Limitless Fruit, Heavenly Spirit Water...

Two complete sets of materials for refining the Spirit-Stealing Pill.

These thousand-year-old spiritual herbs are so rare that even the outer sect members never hear of them. Even for someone like Li Yang, who is at the Core Formation stage, obtaining these two sets of materials would probably have cost him most of his fortune.

"These are good things." Lin Yuan unceremoniously stuffed one of the rare spiritual materials, including the Thousand-Year Blood Jade Mushroom and the Ice Soul Snow Lotus, into his storage bag.

The success rate of a sixth-grade alchemist is indeed not 100%.

However, the sixth-grade realm, enhanced by the panel, is an absolutely perfect state.

"It's reasonable to use one of your materials as processing fees, isn't it?" Lin Yuan made the decision with a clear conscience.

He took out a blank jade slip and stuck the recipe for the Spirit-Seizing Pill given to him by Li Yang on his forehead.

After mentally rehearsing the process several times and confirming that there were no problems, Lin Yuan directly started the furnace.

With a flick of a finger, crimson flames licked the bottom of the furnace.

The Heavenly Spirit Water was the first to enter the furnace, transforming into a boiling spiritual liquid. The Thousand-Year Blood Jade Mushroom, enveloped in spiritual power, floated above the furnace opening. Lin Yuan's fingers clenched. Instantly, the mushroom was compressed by an invisible force, and drops of thick, blood-like medicinal liquid fell precisely into the furnace.

The Ice Lotus followed closely behind. Extreme cold and extreme heat collided violently within the cramped furnace.

An ordinary sixth-grade alchemist would have to concentrate fully to suppress the surging spiritual energy. Lin Yuan, however, simply waved his sleeve, unleashing three alchemy incantations. The violent medicinal power was instantly tamed and integrated.

One hour later.

As the final incantation for collecting the elixir was poured into the furnace wall.

The bronze alchemy furnace trembled violently, emitting a clear hum.

The lid of the cauldron is opened.

Three pills, each the size of a longan, floated in mid-air.

The pill was a translucent dark gold color, with a wisp of purple energy circulating inside.

Although the luster was slightly dull and the medicinal properties were not yet perfect, it was indeed a completed pill.

Three mid-grade Spirit-Seizing Pills.

"Even a mid-grade pill is enough to repair that woman's dantian. To refine this kind of pill into a top-grade one, one needs at least a fourth-grade alchemist. Not to mention the Xuan Yin Sect, even the major forces in the vicinity combined don't have one."

Lin Yuan took out a specially made sandalwood box and carefully sealed the three divine pills inside.

The phase of the mission has been successfully completed. Sixth-grade alchemist attainment achieved, plus a free millennium-old spiritual material.

Lin Yuan put away the wooden box, swallowed a top-grade Qi Condensation Pill, and closed his eyes to meditate and recover his depleted spiritual energy.