The blood essence in Ye Chen's hand floated, and with a swish sound, it flew inside the purple cauldron, which was already heated by ice flame.

After this, Ye Chen focused all the spiritual consciousness in the cauldron while running the formation at full power.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Like a wind, the spiritual Qi started to gather, forming a misty white whirlpool over the cauldron.

Then slowly yet surely the spiritual Qi condensed into liquid form before dripping on the drop of blood essence.

"Yunqi, do you really not know what he is doing?" Jing Xiao asked with a pout.

"Even if I knew it, I wouldn't tell you," Zhen Yunqi stated with curled lips and ignored her.

Watching her like this, Jing Xiao snorted with dissatisfaction and once again focused on Ye Chen.

Thinking of his special physique, she couldn't help but wonder why her luck wasn't as good as Zhen Yunqi's.

'His physique must be related to fire or medicine ability,' she concluded after a little thought.

Not only her but Su Qiming and others also thought of this. After all, it seems he had obtained high-level inheritance of a medicine master; unless he was talented, he wouldn't be able to get it, especially at his cultivation level.

But that wasn't the truth, and only Zhen Yunqi and Li Mei were aware of it. They both thought this might be a divine ability of a spiritual mountain or something like this.

As for Lan Ming, she was unaware and thought the same as Jing Xiao.

Inside the cauldron, the drop of blood essence hovered in the midair with tremendous vitality. No matter how high the flame was, the drop remained still without any change.

But there was a slight difference when condensed spiritual Qi seeped inside.

Although not visible to the naked eye, if one focused, they could see blood essence moving inside and out with a faint silver luster.

'It's time,' Ye Chen said to himself as he witnessed this.

He didn't hesitate and made a few hand gestures.

Shing! Shing! Shing!

The spiritual consciousness from the three rushed inside the cauldron, forming strange ancient characters at his command.

These characters revolved around his blood essence while shining brightly with a golden hue.

Just as this was happening, except for Ye Chen, everyone's heart skipped a bit as they felt the air around them becoming cold and silent.

Zhen Yunqi couldn't help but narrow her eyes and glance at Su Ying's room.

Despite the wall in between, she could clearly see Su Ying, whose eyes had turned pitch black, and her gaze was fixed in this direction.

'Is this really a congenital disease?' She questioned and sent a voice transmission to Su Qiming saying his daughter had no problems.

He was, after all, worried, and it wouldn't do any good if he got distracted at the important moment.

Su Qiming knew the priorities, so he could only grit his teeth and force himself not to worry.

Hong Fang, who was sitting away from him, saw through his expression and sighed inwardly.

'He is really unlucky; his first daughter disappeared in the secret realm while the only second daughter is affected by such a disease,' he muttered in his heart.

Su Qiming only had two daughters and nine sons. With one of the daughters already missing while the second one was suffering daily, it can be seen how much pain he was going through.

Hum!

Suddenly, the room's air began to tremble, and the spiritual Qi from the surrounding environment surged like a wave.

This time, rather than condensing into drops, it directly made its way inside the cauldron before getting refined by ice flame.

After which the spiritual Qi turned into a silver liquid, gathering at the bottom of the cauldron.

This process continued for a while, and once the desired amount was reached, Ye Chen made a few hand gestures, which stopped this process.

'Let's see if the divine alchemy art can refine a tier-9 pill or not,' he thought to himself, aiming for the highest possibility.

If anyone knew his thoughts, they would definitely treat him as an idiot. After all, where are the herbs? Not even a tier-1 was seen, yet he wanted to refine the pill! Was this some joking stunt?

Many people would just not believe this. However, if the ancient experts see him, their eyes will shine with bright light.

There were many pills that didn't need any herbs, and Ye Chen was refining one of them.

This pill needed two main ingredients and condensed spiritual Qi as a catalyst. One of the main ingredients was blood essence filled with extraordinary vitality, while the other was something everyone feared and also looked forward to.

'Let's begin!' Ye Chen said in his heart and waved his hand furiously.

In that instant the whole formation lit up with illumination, and strange characters from inside the cauldron appeared above it.

But they didn't stop here and continued to fly upwards with golden illuminance.

…

Today was the day Ye Chen was going to treat Su Ying; hence, many people kept their eyes on Su's estate.

Many wanted to go inside and see what Ye Chen wanted to do, but how could Su Qiming allow it? Hence, everyone could only stay outside waiting for the news.

One of them was Mo Chongsheng, who waited with an anxious look. Yesterday he had been humiliated and even spat out blood in front of everyone.

No matter what, he couldn't wait to kill Ye Chen. So how could he not be anxious after hearing the news of Ye Chen wanting to cure Su Ying?

"Hey! Look, what's that?"

"Huh? Those strange characters, are they some treasure?"

"I don't think so. Although they are mysterious, I don't think there would be any use for them."

"Yeah, he is right. By the way, do you think this is caused by Ye Chen? After all, he went inside for quite a while."

"It can be possible, but it might also be caused by something else."

Some cultivators remained skeptical, while others believed it was related to Ye Chen.

Many powers had already purchased the pill formula of the cleansing pill; some even tried refining and were successful. The pill quality and effect were even higher than the Flame Dragon Sect.

It's just how could people not be jealous of someone with ability? If he had strength, then they might be able to accept it easily, but how could they admit a mere Qi-gathering cultivator was better than them?

Hence, many stated that Ye Chen just chanced upon luck and nothing else.

'Humph! No matter how lucky you are, we will see it later!' Mo Chongsheng snorted angrily; however, he was already uneasy.

Especially looking at the golden characters flying upwards, his uneasiness became stronger.

"Damn, why do I feel something terrible is going to happen?"

"What, can you feel it too?"

"Yeah, and look, everyone is also having this feeling."

The cultivators panicked a little and distanced themselves from the Su estate.

However, this was not the same for Nascent Soul cultivators. Almost everyone at this stage arrived outside the Su estate with a frown.

Soon more than ten figures stood outside gazing at the sky with serious and excited expressions.

…

"Did you feel it too?" Ji Xingchen inquired with a grave look as his gaze swept towards the southern province.

"Your majesty, I sensed it. Do you want me to divine the person related to this phenomenon?" Zhao Xiangyi, the old man beside the king, inquired.

"No, let's not do this; however, remember to calculate the fate of Ji Feng. I want his safety guaranteed no matter what!" Ji Xingchen stated with a serious look.

In response, Zhao Xiangyi nodded and assured him before divining the fate of Ji Feng.

…

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The strange ancient characters made their way into the clouds swiftly, and soon they disappeared from sight.

However, the uneasiness in cultivators remained as they felt the whole city was targeted by something.

Inside the courtyard, Su Qiming and others also felt this. But they were excited rather than feeling uneasy.

Jing Xiao and Zhen Yunqi also displayed the same expressions and gazed at the skies.

Li Mei and Lan Ming were puzzled at what was happening, but they also looked upwards.

Boom!

Suddenly a terrifying thunder echoed, and pitch-black clouds started to appear with a terrifying vortex.

This vortex loomed over the whole mystic city and was continuously expanding in size with intense pressure.

Anyone who looked up at the clouds felt the uneasiness even more strongly. Just the terrifying vortex, which swirled violently, cast fear inside low-level cultivators, not to mention the pressure from it.

However, this was not a dangerous thing but rather an opportunity.

The Nascent Soul wasn't the end of the cultivation path. There was one more realm above it, and to reach that realm, one must undergo the tribulation and get baptized by heavens.

Only then will that person reach the Void Ascension realm!

However, the fatality rate was too high; only twenty percent survived, and the majority of them are the ones who had witnessed the tribulation before.