With enemies outside, Zilin Ling could not go out and could only refine the Qi Guiding Pill to seek a breakthrough.
"Body tempering is not ninefold, tenfold can fight heaven" was not an empty saying.
Zilin Ling's current strength was equivalent to the early stage of the Spirit Gathering Realm. Coupled with methods like the Soul Needle and Phantom Dragon Steps, she could barely contend with those at the peak of the Spirit Gathering Realm, but against a cultivator of the Yuan Transformation Realm, her only option was to flee.
However, if she could break through to the tenth level of Body Tempering, her own strength would be able to directly contend with the early stage of the Yuan Transformation Realm. If she added methods like the Soul Needle, she would be no less than a cultivator at the late stage of the Yuan Transformation Realm.
Fighting a Yuan Transformation Realm cultivator with Body Tempering Realm strength, was this not fighting heaven?
As for the beast tribes, with the little fellow Long'er around, how could they not be obedient?
That's right! The densely packed beast army in the valley was Long'er's masterpiece.
After Zilin Ling fled into the valley, Elder Du instructed her to release Long'er immediately and have Long'er unleash its bloodline power.
The dragon bloodline had little effect on humans, but it had a natural suppressive effect on beasts.
Moreover, Long'er was a five-clawed golden dragon with the purest bloodline among dragons. Its bloodline power was even more potent, and its suppression over the beast tribes was even stronger.
Therefore, upon sensing Long'er's bloodline, all the beast tribes expressed their submission.
Then, Long'er, following the method taught by Elder Du, drove them to surround the four individuals.
Elder Du had originally intended for Long'er to drive them to form a beast tide. However, the number of beast tribes in the valley was too small. Even if a beast tide was formed, it would not be very effective and would easily allow the four individuals an opportunity to sneak in.
Therefore, Elder Du changed his strategy and instructed Long'er to drive the beast tribes to block the entrance to the valley, thus buying Zilin Ling time.
At this moment, the Wind Wing Phantom Tiger lay obediently beside Zilin Ling, its large tiger eyes filled with admiration.
The moment Long'er appeared, it regretted not agreeing to follow Zilin Ling earlier with all its heart.
Even a five-clawed golden dragon of the dragon race was following Zilin Ling. What right did it, a mere demonic beast, have to be arrogant! Sudan Novels.
Zilin Ling was unaware of the Wind Wing Phantom Tiger's thoughts. She had already organized the medicinal ingredients and was using her spiritual energy to warm the alchemy furnace.
A moment later, Zilin Ling placed the first medicinal ingredient into the alchemy furnace and began to refine the medicinal liquid.
The speed of refining medicinal liquid using spiritual energy was incomparable to ordinary refining methods.
The speed was a hundred thousand miles ahead of ordinary methods.
In a quarter of an hour, Zilin Ling had already completed the refinement of three medicinal ingredients.
However, she still felt it was too slow, and most of her spiritual consciousness was idle, which was a waste.
Therefore, this time, she placed two medicinal ingredients simultaneously, dividing her spiritual consciousness into two to observe the changes in both medicinal ingredients at the same time.
Soon, two medicinal ingredients were easily refined.
Zilin Ling's brows furrowed slightly, and she grabbed five medicinal ingredients and threw them into the alchemy furnace.
A moment later, the five medicinal ingredients were also successfully refined.
Zilin Ling's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly again, and then she grabbed six medicinal ingredients and threw them in.
Seven!
Eight!
When eight medicinal ingredients were placed in at once, Zilin Ling began to feel some strain.
Because of the strain, she almost failed, and it was only due to her quick reaction that she didn't burn the medicinal ingredients to ash.
A smile appeared on Zilin Ling's lips. It seemed her limit was to refine eight medicinal ingredients simultaneously.
With this discovery, her refining speed increased significantly. In less than an hour, all the medicinal liquid required for the Qi Guiding Pill had been refined.
Next was the fusion of medicinal ingredients and the formation of the pill.
The Qi Guiding Pill was a low-grade pill. For Zilin Ling, who could already successfully refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill, it posed almost no difficulty.
The only unexpected issue was that the ordinary alchemy furnace could not withstand the constant impact of spiritual energy.
It had been overloaded by the previous refinement of the Muscle Molding Pill and Marrow Cleansing Pill, so in the final stage of pill formation, the alchemy furnace developed a slight crack.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and the Qi Guiding Pill was successfully refined by Zilin Ling.
Zilin Ling looked at the pill, which flowed with silver-white light, and the spiritual energy that rapidly gathered around it. Her heart couldn't help but become excited.
She sat cross-legged, adjusted herself to her optimal state, and then mentally contacted Elder Du and Long'er, asking them to guard her.
Elder Du made things easy. He searched for some spirit stones from the Nine Spirits Ring and quickly set up a defensive spirit gathering formation.
The so-called defensive spirit gathering formation, as its name suggested, had two functions: one was to defend against external interference, and the other was to attract and gather spirits, assisting Zilin Ling in her breakthrough.
After Elder Du set up the defensive spirit gathering formation, he burrowed into the Nine Spirits Ring, but he did not sever the connection between the Nine Spirits Ring and the outside world.
Long'er, on the other hand, diligently sat not far from Zilin Ling, vigilantly watching the surroundings.
The Wind Wing Phantom Tiger, after witnessing Zilin Ling's alchemy skills, regretted it even more profoundly.
It had already decided that when Zilin Ling left, it would follow her no matter what.
Therefore, to curry favor with Zilin Ling, it also lay not far from Zilin Ling, vigilantly watching the surroundings, and occasionally emitting low growls to warn the fierce beasts and low-level demonic beasts.
With everything prepared, Zilin Ling swallowed the Qi Guiding Pill in one gulp and concentrated on guiding the medicinal effect.
Under the combined effect of the spirit gathering formation and the Qi Guiding Pill, seven-colored spiritual energy converged from all directions, forming a vortex above Zilin Ling's head and pouring into her body.
Due to the grand scale of the formation, the commotion here not only alerted the beast tribes in the valley but also the four individuals at the valley entrance.
"What is that?"
Xiong Tai was the first to notice the anomaly and exclaimed.
The other three, who were cultivating, were awakened by him and opened their eyes one after another.
"What are you making a fuss about?"
Xie Shenghua said somewhat irritably.
She had finally reached the threshold of the late stage of the Yuan Transformation Realm, only to be interrupted by Xiong Tai.
"Bear Blacky, why are you shouting for no reason?"
Li Luo was also a little unhappy. He had just caught a glimpse of inspiration for a breakthrough, only to have it yelled away by Xiong Tai's shout.
Only Fu Liuyun was not angry. He followed Xiong Tai's gaze and saw the spectacular seven-colored vortex.
"Look quickly!"
His voice was filled with intense shock.
Xie Shenghua and Li Luo then shifted their gaze from Xiong Tai, glanced at Fu Liuyun, and then followed his gaze.
"My god! What is that thing?"
Xie Shenghua's mouth was agape in surprise.
"This... is someone cultivating?"
Li Luo also looked incredulous.
Xiong Tai's eyes widened. He felt as if his jaw was about to drop to the ground.
"Grandma's bear, who is cultivating to cause such a huge commotion!"