66 Treating Fan Song Xue - 22.3

After taking a mental stock of all the herbs she had in her space as well as looking at the ones she already brought out, Fan Zhu Xia's eyes lightened up in delight before she brought out a small wooden chest.

This was the same exact chest that Cong Shi Hong placed the herb they gathered in Abyss Valley Mountain Range; the Abyss Void Grassweed.

She knew that she said that she'll return it to Shi Hong once he wakes up but the Abyss Void Grassweed is perfect for refining the Absolute Purging Pill especially with it's medicinal property that can repel and purge out any kind of poison no matter how potent the poison is as long as it's medicinal effects linger and is still in effect. Coupled with the Thousand Year Old Blood Root that the Lord Owner of the Thousand Treasures Pavillion gifted her that due to it's age, it's effects are amplified and it can boost the medicinal efficacy, potency and duration of the Absolute Purging Pill's effect last in Fan Song Xue's body due to it's unique property as a support herb for a much longer time than just a regular Blood Root.

Fan Zhu Xia just resolved to make time and go and get more of the Abyss Void Grassweed in the future to replace the ones she'll be using today.

After bringing a couple more supplementary herbs along with scraping off some rind off the skin of the Golden Crystal Spirit Fruit about the size of a fingernail, Fan Zhu Xia then started the preparations for the herbs to be used in refining the Absolute Purging Pill.

Using her qi, she concentrated it until it manifested into her own alchemic flame which was a vivid, vermillion-red color in her left hand. Taking another cursory glance at the herbs, she then started throwing the herbs in one by one and let he flame envelop them until they all hovered inside individual balls of flame, illuminating the room brightly and bringing the temperature up until even the guards outside had beads of sweat dotting their foreheads.

As if oblivious to the rising heat, Fan Zhu Xia concentrated on the herbs inside her flames and focused on purifying each one and removing it's impurities in varying degrees of heat. To anyone witnessing the scene, they would be astounded at the level of control that Fan Zhu Xia had over her flames because looking at each ball of fire, one could still clearly see each medicinal herb perfectly intact and was just being partially obscured by a ruby red haze due to the flames.

After about an hour, Fan Zhu Xia who's brows were faintly glistening with sweat then opened the lid on her refinery cauldron and placed the balls of fire inside in such a way that all the supplementary herbs formed a circle while the Abyss Void Grassweed sat in the middle then flanked by the Thousand Year Old Blood Root and rind of the Golden Crystal Spirit Fruit on either side before closing the lid and placing both her hands at the front side of the cauldron and with a low shout, flooded it with her qi.

The moment her pale blue qi made contact with the cauldron, it instantly shone a deep red while the engravings lit up a beautiful shade of amber gold. After feeding it with her qi, the four dragons slowly shifted as if coming to life with their snouts going closer to

the openings while their previously colorless eyes lit up in different colors. Emerald for earth or as some would call it; nature element, red for fire, blue for water and white for the air element.

The moment the eyes lit up, different colored energies flowed from the dragons' mouth towards the openings, mixing inside the cauldron and flowing in between the balls of flame that still contained the medicinal herbs.

With a deep exhale, Fan Zhu Xia then started making different handsigns with her eyes closed as she focused and used her divine sense to see and monitor what's happening inside the refinery cauldron.

One by one the herbs were released from the ball of flames and were swallowed up by the different-colored energies that had somehow melded together to reflect a rainbow-like river that flowed gently between the orbs of fire. With the multi-colored energy serving as a medium, the medicinal effects of the different supplementary herbs merged together flawlessly, laying down a perfect foundation for the three main herbs.

The Abyss Void Grassweed was the first to be released, closely followed by the housand Year Old Blood Root and topped off with the rind of the Golden Crystal Spirit Fruit.

As soon as the three herbs were dropped into the mix, the rainbow-colored energy slowly condensed until it turned a deep black with a bright golden sheen to it.

With a huff, Fan Zhu Xia pulsed her qi into it as soon as she felt it condense and with a low 'heng' sound, the perched phoenix on the lid lit up with a brilliant aray of colors as it opened it's beak and a rainbow-colored cocoon was spat out to land on one of the largest clouds on the lid before the whole refinery cauldron slowly dimmed as if loosing it's luster and turning a deep gray once again.

The only proof that the pill refining was a success was the hot temperature of the room and the strong medicinal scent that pervaded the room once the rainbow-colored cocoon slowly dissipated to reveal six plump bills with a midnight-black color that shone subtly with a golden sheen.

Smiling tiredly, Fan Zhu Xia brought out a small jade bottle and with a gesture, the black pills flew inside before she topped it with a cork.

Flicking her fingers, a gold pill with jade green swirls on it appeared and she popped it into her mouth, swallowing it immediately.

Soon, she could feel the effects of the Vitality Returning Pill that she personally refined spread through her, making her feel refreshed and helping her recover from her fatigue.

Of course, the effects of her Vitality Returning Pill vastly differed from the one refined by Gu Lang an even the appearance had some differences due to it's quality. While hers were plump with a beautiful golden color and delicate jade patterns, Gu Lang's was purely jade green in color with just a hint of golden sheen to it which is still a pretty impressive result for a first successful try.

Wiping the sweat that gathered on her forehead with her sleeve, Fan Zhu Xia took a deep breath and softly murmured to herself.

"Now that the Absolute Purging Pill is done, time to refine the pills to supplement Grandfather's body."

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