Chapter 1871: Chapter 1968: 7-Star Stepping Pill

The pill Fang Lin intended to refine this time was called the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill. Although it wasn’t a ninth-grade pill, it was already one of the finest among the eighth-grade pills.

The Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill was something many martial artists, who had reached the late stage of the Immortal realm, longed for. This pill could potentially give them a chance to impact the Heavenly Mandate realm.

Though taking the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill doesn’t guarantee stepping into the Heavenly Mandate realm, the success rate is significantly higher than training alone. Thus, many Immortal experts, unsure of their chances, would seek a skilled Pill Refiner to obtain a furnace of Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pills before their breakthrough.

Of course, though the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill can increase the success rate of a breakthrough, its effectiveness also hinges on the pill’s quality. If it’s of low grade, the success rate may only increase by ten to twenty percent.

A medium-grade Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill can increase the rate by thirty to forty percent.

If it’s high-grade, the effect is self-evident, boosting the success rate by at least fifty percent.

As for a perfect-grade Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill, it can improve the chances by at least seventy percent.

However, crafting a perfect-grade Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill isn’t easy, seeing as it’s one of the highest-tier eighth-grade pills. Most Eight Cauldrons Alchemists cannot produce a perfect-grade Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill; only Nine Cauldron Alchemists stand a chance.

Sadly, there aren’t many Nine Cauldron Alchemists across the land. They are mostly concentrated within the Pill Saint Palace, and most of them are seasoned veterans who don’t easily offer their services. Obtaining a Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill from them is no easy feat, requiring not only connections but also a significant price; otherwise, they won’t even give you a glance.

Fang Lin had already gathered all the various ingredients needed for the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill. Since he had planned to refine the pill earlier, he collected many herbs along the way, and combined with what he already had, it was enough.

One of the main ingredients for the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill is extremely rare. Fang Lin had searched for a long time and found only one, enough to attempt one furnace of the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill. If he failed, there wouldn’t be enough ingredients for a second batch.𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

This was unavoidable. Fang Lin couldn’t compare to his past life in the Pill Saint Palace, where he only needed to ask for any ingredient, and someone would procure it for him.

The black soul fire burned beneath the Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod, causing the entire tripod to heat up intensely, though externally, there was no visible anomaly. This was the power of the Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod, with its high fire tolerance, even Fang Lin’s controlled black soul fire couldn’t surpass what it could handle.

In contrast, the Nine Treasure Luminous Cauldron he used before probably wouldn’t withstand the prolonged blazing of the black soul fire, which was one reason why Fang Lin used the Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod.

"I don’t know if this furnace of Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pills will help me step into the Heavenly Mandate realm. If it doesn’t, I’ll have to find another way. There’s not much time left now; if I can’t break through to the Heavenly Mandate within two years, I’ll have to take things as they come," Fang Lin thought to himself as he watched the black fire rise.

Fang Lin was confident in his crafting of the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill, but time was tight. Even if he produced a perfect-grade pill, there would be only two years left for cultivation, which might not be enough to break through.

After all, no matter how good a pill is, it can’t work immediately. It takes time for the body to absorb the medicinal properties. This is especially true for pills that aid in breakthroughs, requiring the martial artist to cultivate in tandem with the pill’s power to maximize the Seven Star Stepping Heaven’s effect and enhance the chances of a breakthrough.

Everyone knows this principle, yet, in the vast world, some people believe after taking the pill, they just need to sit idle, expecting an easy breakthrough, only to find it ineffective, leaving them stuck at their original realm. They then blame the Pill Refiner for unskilled techniques.

Believe it or not, there are many such people who, finding the pill ineffective, reverse the blame onto the Pill Refiner.

For such people, once this happens, they are shunned by all Pill Refiners and will never obtain any pills again, sometimes even facing repercussions from the Alchemy Tao World.

It’s ludicrous! Pill Refiners put all their effort into crafting a pill, only to be blamed when things don’t go well — it’s unbearable for anyone.

That’s why there’s an esteemed entity like the Pill Saint Palace in the Alchemy Tao World. All Pill Refiners look up to the Pill Saint Palace. If a Pill Refiner is wronged and the Pill Saint Palace learns the full story, the consequences are severe.

After all, pills are merely auxiliary. For a martial artist, rather than overly relying on pills, it’s better to train more diligently.

Seeing the fire was just right, Fang Lin tapped the Nine Palace Bag and took out many herbs, placing them into the Ancient Sky-Lifting Tripod with ease, without any sign of tension or hesitation, as if he often crafted such pills.

In truth, Fang Lin hadn’t refined the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill much, only a few times in a past life. But given Fang Lin’s level, once he had refined a pill, he usually wouldn’t encounter problems in a second attempt.

As the pill refining process continued, even though the pill was not fully formed, a fresh fragrance spread far and wide.

Though Fang Lin tried to suppress this delicate pill scent, it was somewhat uncontrollable; this wasn’t an ordinary pill, but an eighth-grade pill.

This was merely the scent of the pill; when the pill was fully formed, there would likely be a Pill Formation Rainbow Light, surely attracting attention.

Luckily, Fang Lin had accounted for this by choosing this secluded location for refining. Even if the Pill Formation Rainbow Light appeared, it might at most draw some powerful demon beasts here, not human clan experts.

If human martial artists really discovered him, Fang Lin would have no one to blame but his own ill fortune for being found here.

Time passed, and three months later, the Seven Star Stepping Heaven Pill was near completion.

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