Supernatural Insight Eyes
Chapter 696 - 0697 Successful Transformation! (Third Update)

Chapter 696: 0697 Successful Transformation! (Third Update)

Bang!

Black smoke billowed, and Jin Shanshun was once again awakened by an explosion.

Ye Qiu scratched his temple and smiled, "A mistake, a mistake..."

All night long, the furnace had exploded no less than a hundred times, and seeing Ye Qiu’s clothes torn and tattered, Jin Shanshun felt that Ye Qiu had lost his mind and didn’t dare stay any longer, for fear that another startle from Ye Qiu would fray his nerves completely.

Ye Qiu had used up a quarter of the two thousand portions of herbs, and yet he hadn’t produced a single successful pill.

Although the results were disappointing, Ye Qiu hadn’t given up. He felt the more he continued, the more proficient he became, and eventually, he would find the knack.

He was not one to easily admit defeat. At the moment, Ye Qiu stopped continuing with the furnacing. He wanted to find out the reason for the explosions. Why did it explode every time?

"Every spell I cast was in accordance with the timing noted in the records, it makes no sense for the furnace to explode every time!"

Ye Qiu pondered. The reasons for the furnace exploding could only be two: one was the instability of the energy inside the pill furnace leading to a collapse, and the other was the timing of his alchemy spells.

Ye Qiu believed he had nailed the timing of his alchemy spells, but each attempt ended in failure.

It seemed the reason had to be narrowed down to one thing: the stability of the energy inside the pill furnace, which he couldn’t control well.

Ye Qiu continued trying, disregarding the disheveled appearance caused by the furnace explosions and entering a frenzied mode of alchemy.

One day.

Three days.

Five days.

Ten full days, Ye Qiu neither ate nor drank, entirely focused on mastering alchemy.

During this time, Jin Shanshun visited daily to bring Ye Qiu something to eat. Yet, each meal remained untouched, and Ye Qiu still kept his eyes fixed on the pill furnace, paying no attention to Jin Shanshun.

"Does Brother Ye want to become a Pill Master?" Jin Shanshun saw Ye Qiu’s dedication. A Pill Master was unheard of in the entire ancient land. Only in legends, a very long time ago, did the ancient land have Pill Masters, but now, no one in the ancient land knew how to perform alchemy.

After watching for a while, Jin Shanshun turned and left, hoping that Ye Qiu could eventually produce real pills.

Jin Shanshun returned to the Jin Family and ran into Jin Zhimo.

"Brother." Jin Zhimo greeted cheerfully.

"Zhimo." Only then did Jin Shanshun notice Jin Zhimo in front of him, but his gaze soon shifted from her to Bu Ling, who was walking alongside Jin Zhimo.

Seeing Jin Shanshun look over, Bu Ling shyly turned her head away.

"Brother, why have you been running to the back mountain recently?" Jin Zhimo asked. She and Bu Ling were about to leave the Jin Family to have some fun when they saw Jin Shanshun returning from the direction of the back mountain.

"Ah... haha, it’s nothing, just went to practice some skills," Jin Shanshun said evasively.

Jin Zhimo was skeptical. Her brother was not one who was particularly fond of practicing skills; studying cunning techniques was more like him.

However, since Bu Ling was there, Jin Zhimo didn’t press further. Jin Shanshun changed the subject, "Where are you two going?"

"I’m going out with Sister Bu Ling for a walk. Why don’t you join us?" Jin Zhimo suggested with a smile.

Jin Shanshun was about to agree, but quickly declined, "No, you go ahead. I have things to do."

His gaze lingered on Bu Ling for three seconds before he walked away.

Leaving the two women standing there, Jin Zhimo chuckled, "Sister Bu Ling, look, brother is shy."

"Hmm," Bu Ling nodded.

Bu Ling was to marry Jin Shanshun, and thus Jin Zhimo had already considered Bu Ling her sister-in-law, although Bu Ling hadn’t yet married into the Jin clan. However, the two clans had always been very close.

The reason Jin Shanshun hadn’t agreed was that he was studying the puppet design that Ye Qiu had given him. He was now at a critical stage of his research; if he could succeed, he would create a puppet that could rival those of the mythical realm, which would greatly enhance the status of the Jin clan.

In the ancient lands, this month had been very quiet since the descendants of various clans had returned from the Great Emperor’s tomb and were all in closed-door cultivation.

Some descendants of ancient clans had found opportunities and were secretly enhancing their cultivation without anyone else’s knowledge.

Out of the three great prodigies, Shi Qingbing had now become crippled and the Shi clan was trying to find a way to heal him in the hopes of restoring him.

Meanwhile, the name of Ye Qiu was resounding in the ancient clans; he had previously been considered one of the four great prodigies.

Now, with the crippling of Shi Qingbing and the defeat of Mu Cannan, Ye Qiu had risen swiftly to become the second greatest prodigy, only less famous than Ji Lingchen.

Some descendants of the ancient clans, who had not entered the Great Emperor’s tomb and witnessed Ye Qiu’s strength, did not agree.

A man with no background, just a martial artist from the martial world, being lauded as the second greatest prodigy, seemed too easy for him.

Many were thinking of challenging Ye Qiu, to defeat this ’second great prodigy’ by their own hands.

Unfortunately, Ye Qiu had not appeared and no ancient clan had spotted him.

Within the Tang clan.

The death of Tang Feng was a great loss for the Tang clan, and a layer of sadness permeated throughout the clan.

As Tang Feng’s disciple, Tang Ze, he hated Ye Qiu. If it hadn’t been for Ye Qiu, Tang Feng wouldn’t have gone to rob people and ended up never returning.

Although Tang Ze believed that Tang Feng’s death was related to Ye Qiu, Tang Ze’s judgment was just a conjecture and couldn’t be established.

A legendary realm killed a mythical realm?

Saying such things made one scoff; at least within the entire Tang clan, aside from Tang Ze, few believed it.

The somber atmosphere was quickly dispersed much by the awakening of Tang Biao and Tang Yuan, two of the Tang clan’s prodigies.

This news brought great joy to the Tang clan, as Tang Biao and Tang Yuan were the most outstanding among their prodigies. Now that they had awakened, they were bound to quickly return to their peak.

Tang Heshan did not show much joy, because Tang Biao and Tang Yuan were so outstanding that his daughter, Tang Surou, simply couldn’t compare.

"I hope that after Surou finishes her seclusion, she can reach the late stage of the legendary realm. Then, when I hand over the Tang clan to her, even the four elders will have nothing to say," Tang Heshan gazed toward the distant peaks, a fleeting thought crossing his mind.

The news of Tang Biao’s and Tang Yuan’s awakening spread throughout all ancient clans.

Some ancient clans had an uneasy atmosphere regarding the awakening of these two prodigies, expressing unhappiness; others were indifferent. They guessed that the awakening of Tang Biao and Tang Yuan would cause some disturbances in the ancient land, and whoever made the move, might be revealed, potentially starting a strife among the clans.

There were predictions that maybe another ancient clan would join the upper echelons, and the hopes for the Tang clan were promising.

Amidst the various rumors and speculations in the ancient land, deep in a cave behind the mountains of the Jin clan.

Ye Qiu’s eyes were blood red, the eyeballs filled with blood color, finally nearing the last step.

After thousands of attempts, the first batch of pills was likely to be successfully cultivated.

Ye Qiu cast the last spell, turned it into golden light, and sent it into the pill furnace.

The pill furnace quieted down instantly, followed by a burst of pill fragrance that assailed the nostrils.

Ye Qiu’s eyes flashed with excitement, and he thought to himself: "The pill is formed!"