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

Sun Yao gathered these spiritual herbs into a single liquid and condensed it into a ball. Finally, all the surrounding flames converged together and formed it into the shape of a pill.

Ultimately, the large mass of medicinal liquid, under the heat of the flames, differentiated into several solid pills. Because of the use of the Heaven and Earth Furnace, Sun Yao did not lose any medicinal power when refining the pills. Each of these pills had 100% medicinal power and was considered perfect.

This batch of pills yielded 12 pills, their effect being to aid in cultivation. Even for Sun Yao, it was enough to compensate for nearly three months of his cultivation time. For an ordinary person, this type of pill could increase their Qi accumulation by at least 3 to 5 years. This batch of pills was exactly enough to compensate for three years of his arduous cultivation. If he refined all of these pills, he might be able to reach the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining, or even higher.

Sun Yao couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the twelve pills. This was exactly what he had been craving, and now it was right before his eyes. He carefully placed all twelve pills into a jade bottle, one he had prepared beforehand. To prevent the medicinal properties of the pills from dissipating, it was best to use a pre-made bottle. White jade was the best material, but it was also the most expensive. Therefore, he had to settle for a bottle made of Hetian jade. Even this small Hetian jade bottle emptied his savings.

He'd swindled money from so many illegal establishments, and it's all gone in the time it took to buy this tiny bottle. The antique and jade industry is truly lucrative. If he could work in that business, maybe he could even meet his cultivation needs.

Sun Yao wrote the three characters "Little Yellow Pill" on yellow paper and then pasted it on the jade bottle. This was the name he gave to the pill. Small in size and yellow in color, what a simple and clear name.

After obtaining the Little Yellow Pill, Sun Yao began his daily cultivation routine. He spent his days reading in the Scripture Pavilion and his nights refining the Little Yellow Pill to improve his cultivation. This went on for three whole months.

For the past three months, he has been repeating the same two things: reading and cultivating. He is like a robot with a pre-programmed routine, running almost in a straight line between the library and his courtyard.

However, the result was good. In just three months, his cultivation level improved dramatically. On average, it took him 10 days to successfully refine the medicinal power of a single pill. But as his cultivation became more streamlined, this time was shortened to 5 days. In three months, he successfully refined all 12 pills, and his cultivation level rose from the second level of Qi Refining to the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Although he didn't know his current strength, he was certain that if he were to face Chen Wuji again, a single Five Thunder Talisman would be enough to defeat him. However, he no longer needed the Five Thunder Talisman, because in the past three months, he had mastered the Celestial Master's Mansion's Five Thunder Orthodox Technique. This was originally a closely guarded secret of the Celestial Master's Mansion, but Sun Yao's talent was so exceptional that both the old Celestial Master and his senior uncle, who was responsible for guarding the Scripture Pavilion, couldn't resist teaching him something new.

Over time, he learned all the techniques of Longhu Mountain, and even developed many new ones. For example, he developed sword control techniques through the art of object manipulation; what kind of immortality cultivation is it if you can't control a sword?

There's also a thunder technique evolved from the Five Thunder Orthodox Method. This time, it truly is just a thunder technique, only he's prefixed with "Purple Heaven," hence the name Purple Heaven Thunder Technique. This thunder-dispelling technique was deduced from the Five Thunder Orthodox Method and the Divine Heaven Thunder Book in the Golden Hall of Dragon Tiger Mountain, and its power far surpasses that of the Five Thunder Orthodox Method. Because the lightning has turned purple-gold when it's used, he named it the Purple Heaven Thunder Technique.

The power of the Purple Heaven Thunder Technique far surpasses that of the Five Thunder Orthodox Technique. A single Purple Heaven Thunder Talisman he draws is nearly ten times more powerful than a Five Thunder Talisman. Sun Yao has considerable doubt as to how many times more powerful the Purple Heaven Thunder Technique could be if used normally.

As for other things, they're not significant. The most important thing is that his strength has grown from the second level of Qi Refining to the seventh level. With this seventh-level Qi Refining strength, he can be considered a peerless figure in this world. After all, not everyone is an Old Celestial Master, and how many people in this world can surpass his strength?

With this strength as a foundation, he can then pursue even greater goals. For example, he can use more money to buy more spiritual herbs, and with more spiritual herbs, his strength can reach new heights.

In these three months, he not only improved in strength and magic, but also in magical artifacts. Now that he had mastered the art of sword control, he needed a flying sword. He read through the weapon-refining manual he had found from Chen Wuji and learned some of the tricks of weapon refining.

The most important aspects of weapon crafting are actually three: first, fire control; second, casting; and third, inscription. He is naturally not afraid of fire control; and it's not just him bragging, but probably no one in this world can surpass him in the art of fire control.

The second point is weapon forging, which, as the name suggests, involves creating the desired prototype of a magical artifact. This is done simultaneously with fire control, as fire control is essential for perfectly forging the prototype. He had no experience in this area, so he specifically consulted a nearby swordsmith. After successfully forging the Hundred-Forged Sword under the master's guidance, he finally gained some experience in the art of forging, and only on this basis did he begin to forge his own magical flying sword.

However, before forging the flying sword, there was one more step he needed to take: learning the corresponding inscriptions. The function of a magical artifact is usually determined by its inscriptions; the type of runes you inscribe on an artifact will determine the abilities it will possess.

Just like Chen Wuji's Yin Soul Banner, the reason it can change size is that Chen Wuji engraved runes on it to change its size at will when he forged it.

After preparing everything, he began to forge his own flying sword. The material he used was wrought iron, which was refined nine times in the furnace until it became liquid. He then poured it into the shape of a sword. After solidification, he quenched it and added lightning. Finally, he engraved runes on the flying sword, such as "major and minor," "divided into countless forms," ​​"indestructible," and "gathering lightning."

After its success, it was further tempered by heavenly lightning, eventually becoming a fine iron flying sword, which Sun Yao named Thunder Pool. With this Thunder Pool flying sword, Sun Yao couldn't resist using his sword-riding technique to soar into the sky, finally fulfilling his dream of becoming a sword immortal.