One person: I, Daoist Master, am a cultivator of immortality!

Sun Yao controlled the Samadhi True Fire to extract all the impurities from the medicinal herbs, and the process didn't take long at all.

Under the powerful influence of the Samadhi True Fire, in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the herbs were transformed into medicinal liquid that floated and sank in the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace.

At this moment, Sun Yao put a drop of true dragon blood into it, and the medicinal liquid instantly enveloped the drop of true dragon blood.

After the drop of true dragon blood and these medicinal liquids became one, the huge mass of medicinal liquid suddenly exploded, scattering into countless small particles the size of longan.

These are the Yellow Dragon Pills that Sun Yao is going to refine this time. Each pill is the size of a longan, and he refined a total of thirteen pills in this batch.

He immediately increased the power of the Samadhi True Fire, and in the blink of an eye, he had refined the 13 Yellow Dragon Pills, each the size of a longan.

However, that was not enough. He also needed to refining these pills through seven cycles of refining and nine refinings to successfully unleash the maximum medicinal power of the Yellow Dragon Pill.

The next few reforging sessions are crucial, and no mistakes can be tolerated. Sun Yao casually placed the Myriad Soul Banner above his head; with its protection, no one could disturb him.

After all, besides the ten thousand Yin soldiers, the Ten Thousand Soul Banner also contained three Yin generals. That's right, they were the Black and White Impermanence, formed from the ghost king created by Shuten-dōji and the remnants of Yin spirits and merits.

These three Yin Generals are not to be underestimated. Even Sun Yao cannot guarantee a victory against them in a 1v3 situation.

With their help, unless there are several Celestial Realm experts or terrestrial immortals present, no one can disturb Sun Yao's alchemy.

However, this time Sun Yao's alchemy caused quite a stir. Not to mention the entire Liangzhou City, at least the entire Northern Liang Royal Palace was alarmed.

Everyone in the Northern Liang Royal Palace rushed to the shore of Qingliang Lake to watch Sun Yao refine pills, including but not limited to Xu Xiao, Xu Fengnian, Lao Huang, and even Li Yishan, who had long resided in Tingchao Pavilion, peeked out to see what was going on.

This time, the alchemy process was not as swift as Sun Yao's previous alchemy processes. This time, the alchemy process lasted for three days and two nights. It wasn't until the evening of the third day, when the sun was already setting, that Sun Yao stopped the hand seals he had been constantly controlling the flames.

As Sun Yao stopped controlling the flames, the Samadhi True Fire in the lower layer of the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace was also put away by the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace.

Sun Yao gently tapped the Heavenly Star Torch Furnace, and its lid immediately rose. Instantly, the fragrance of elixirs filled the air, enveloping the entire Northern Liang King's Palace on Qingliang Mountain.

Then, suddenly the celestial phenomena changed. The sun had already set in the west, but suddenly the sky was filled with colorful clouds. Suddenly, hundreds of birds came from the west to pay homage, and the leader was a huge phoenix.

This is a huge phoenix, entirely white except for a few bluish-white tail feathers that resemble a phoenix.

The blue-white phoenix circled over the cool lake, its cry echoing throughout Liangzhou City. After the extraordinary phenomenon of all birds paying homage to the phoenix ended, the blue-white phoenix seemed to have gained sentience and landed directly beside Sun Yao.

Sun Yao didn't have time to worry about it and quickly put all thirteen Yellow Dragon Pills away in the jade box he had prepared in advance.

With these thirteen Yellow Dragon Pills, he could not only reach the late Foundation Establishment stage, but also have a chance to reach the Golden Core stage.

Because when he was sorting through the thirteen Yellow Dragon Pills, he noticed that one of them was particularly unusual.

This Yellow Dragon Pill has five pill patterns, each containing unimaginable Daoist charm. Having a Yellow Dragon Pill with nine refinements and five patterns is enough to help him break through to the Golden Core realm.

As for the late Foundation Establishment and peak Foundation Establishment realms, he still had twelve Nine-Refined Yellow Dragon Pills on hand, he had never fought such a rich battle before.

Sun Yao immediately swallowed a Yellow Dragon Pill and began refining it. In no time, obvious spiritual energy fluctuations began to emanate from Sun Yao's body.

The spiritual energy within Sun Yao's dantian transformed into a sea, beginning to overflow. As Sun Yao's cultivation level broke through, waves of heat actually rose from his dantian.

Then, the sea of ​​spiritual energy began to condense, and in a short while it became as thick as paste or mercury. This was the sign that Sun Yao had successfully entered the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

His spiritual energy was like a paste or mercury, and its quality improved by leaps and bounds. Sun Yao now felt he could handle three of his former selves.

After finishing his cultivation, Sun Yao stood up directly from the lake. That's right, he had just refined the pills on the lake surface, and he sat down on the lake without sinking at all, just like on flat ground.

Sun Yao's water-based techniques had been operating naturally without him even realizing it, as if it were an instinct.

After Sun Yao got up, he looked at the blue and white phoenix circling around him. It could walk on the water as if it were flat ground, so it seemed to have some kind of supernatural power.

"Good bird, you're determined to follow me if you don't leave?"

Sun Yao gently stroked the head of the blue-white phoenix. It did not resist and even rubbed its head against Sun Yao's palm, appearing extremely affectionate.

“Good bird, your whole body is as white as white jade, so let’s call you White Jade Phoenix.”

Sun Yao immediately named Bai Yuluan, and Bai Yuluan cried out after hearing her name.

This cry was like the cry of a phoenix in the heavens, and in an instant, the scene of hundreds of birds coming to pay homage once again appeared above the Northern Liang King's Palace.

The sight of hundreds of birds flocking to the Northern Liang royal palace twice in one day has already frightened all those with ulterior motives.

The sight of hundreds of birds paying homage is not so simple. In ancient times, a black bird descended to earth, which led to the Shang Dynasty's conquest of the Xia Dynasty. The phoenix sang on Mount Qi, which led to the Western Zhou Dynasty replacing the Shang Dynasty.

All those with ulterior motives worried that the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion would use this as an excuse to rise up in rebellion. Meanwhile, within the Northern Liang Prince's Mansion, which had already been thoroughly investigated by various spies and had not yet been cleared out, all sorts of intelligence were flying out in all directions like snowflakes.

Xu Xiao's deliberate failure to eliminate these spies from various parties allowed Sun Yao's name to resound throughout the world once again.

The fact that he could attract hundreds of birds to pay homage simply by refining pills, and even make phoenixes recognize him as their master, has increased the importance that various forces attach to Sun Yao.

Meanwhile, in the Liyang Imperial Palace, Zhao Dun had already kicked over the wine table in front of him for the second time.

"If a single pill can attract phoenixes and bring all the birds to pay homage, isn't this pill comparable to the Nine Profound Golden Pill refined by Qi Xuanzhen of Longhu Mountain back then?!"

Still not satisfied after kicking the table, he casually swept all the books and scrolls off the table next to him.

"Why? Why is it that only Xu the Cripple has this kind of luck! There are so many geniuses in the world, how come he's the one who gets to find them all!"