The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 468 - 467: Agreeing to Refine a Ninth Grade Pill

Chapter 468: Chapter 467: Agreeing to Refine a Ninth Grade Pill

The Elder of Su Family furrowed his brows and asked, "Does the Alliance Hierarch truly believe she can refine a Ninth Grade Elixir? Anyone with clear eyes can see she’s just buying time. With the Demon Clan still looming like a tiger stalking its prey, should we really indulge her caprice?"

His words held reason.

There were indeed others present who shared similar thoughts.

Lord Qiansha said, "What’s the hurry? The Alliance Hierarch isn’t even concerned."

The corner of the Alliance Hierarch’s mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Immediately after, the Alliance Hierarch looked towards the other Elders, "What do you all think?"

Elder Yanling replied, "Just prepare a few Spirit Plants for her to refine, that’s all, not a difficult task."

The Elder from the Song Family followed, "Is it a mule or a horse? Just let it out for a walk, I don’t understand what there is to argue about in this matter. At most, it’s just a year or two."

The people present were speechless.

Does refining a Ninth Grade Elixir need a year or two?

As long as the Spirit Plants are ready, it could take just a month or two, right? If it fails halfway, it would take even less time.

People from those few families probably realized that there was no changing the situation, so they generously offered to provide the Spirit Plants, also requesting that the person stay to refine elixirs at the Alliance Council.

Magnanimously claiming to ensure the safety of Xie Jiuniang.

But who didn’t know this was to prevent her from escaping?

Really, the actions of these people were not overbearing—their proactive supply of Spirit Plants, the thoughtful arrangement of a cave dwelling, were all very attentive, weren’t they?

The problem was that everyone saw through it.

Offering the Spirit Plants was merely to avoid Xie Jiuniang using the search for Spirit Plants as an excuse to delay.

Lord Sujin and others quietly wiped sweat for her in silence.

However, Xie Jiuniang, the person in question, seemed unconcerned.

Thereupon, several major family powers immediately assembled a set of Spirit Plants necessary for the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Elixir, and after the Alliance Hierarch and others confirmed there was no issue, they handed them over to Xie Jiuniang.

These families, they were willing to spend a hefty sum to see her dead.

Xie Jiuniang, upon receiving the Spirit Plants, asked, "Who gets the elixir once I refine it?"

The Alliance Hierarch looked towards the Elders of the Su Family and others, "What do you say? The Spirit Plants came from you."

"The elixir belongs to the Alchemist; if she really can refine it, consider it a congratulatory gift from us," replied the Elders from the Su Family, who did not believe in the slightest that Xie Jiuniang could succeed in refining.

Since it was destined to fail, they didn’t mind giving it away generously.

Thus, the public trial in the grand hall—without even starting the Elders’ judgment—came to a temporary close upon Xie Jiuniang’s proposal to refine a Ninth Grade Elixir.

What followed was everyone waiting for the result of her alchemy.

In fact, some were waiting to see Xie Jiuniang’s embarrassment, or even that of Lord Qiansha and the Tianxu Sect.

A mere mid-Nascent Soul junior daring to brazenly claim to be a Ninth Grade Pill Master—the storytellers wouldn’t dare write such a tale.

Just as the matter was about to conclude and people were about to disperse, the Alliance Hierarch suddenly spoke again, "Wenzhong, Su He, and the other four who abandoned their posts without authorization and left the border privately shall each receive twenty Soul Whips and slay a Demon Clan leader."

"Wow—"

Someone exclaimed in shock.

Was the Alliance Hierarch settling accounts after the fall harvest?

No, this was simply conducting official business.

Thus, Xie Jiuniang, who should have departed, stayed back and was forced to witness six people each receive twenty lashes of the Soul Whip before being helped away.

Xie Jiuniang, watching from the side with a sense of unfulfilled amusement, didn’t get the chance to speak with Master Qiansha before Lord Guanlan personally took her to a cave dwelling within the Alliance Mountain.

Lord Guanlan said, "You will undergo closed-door alchemy here, any objections?"

"None," Xie Jiuniang shook her head.

Lord Guanlan added, "This cave dwelling was personally carved out by your master."

Xie Jiuniang suddenly looked up at Guanlan.

Seeing him gaze at the cave dwelling as if reminiscing, Xie Jiuniang believed him; now, when she looked at the cave dwelling again, it felt different, and her eyes gradually grew damp.

While Xie Jiuniang was lost in thought, unbeknownst to her, Lord Guanlan had already left.

Xie Jiuniang stepped into the cave dwelling and activated the formation once more.

Any lingering Divine Senses probing around were entirely blocked outside by the formation.

"Dog owner, you really have guts!"

Jian Lingyan, finding themselves finally alone, couldn’t help but come out and complain, almost scared to death today, "Now what? You still haven’t broken through to Ninth Grade yet."

Others might not be clear, but how could the Sword Spirit not know?

Earlier, Xie Jiuniang had attempted to break through to the Ninth Grade Pill Master, but had never succeeded during the premonition process.

Xie Jiuniang did not answer the Sword Spirit.

She walked slowly inside the cave, slowly looking around.

One hall, three rooms.

There was a stone table and stone stools in the hall, as well as an Alchemy Room and an Artifact Refining Room; the remaining stone room was for the master to rest, with a stone bed polished to be extremely smooth.

In front of the cave dwelling, a Spiritual Peach tree was planted.

It wasn’t the season for peach blossoms, and only small green buds grew on the branches.

Chaoyan had once been punished to stay here for ten years, and the cave dwelling he opened at that time was this one; he was a person who valued quality of life and would never mistreat himself no matter where he went.

Jian Lingyan, originally chattering away, stopped for some reason, quietly keeping a distance from their owner, as the owner’s condition was clearly not right.

Xie Jiuniang took her own meditation cushion into the hall, sat down cross-legged, and did nothing for a long time.

She appeared to be crying, her body exuding a thick sorrow.

Yet there wasn’t a single tear.

Today, she had personally avenged her master.

In the great hall, she had chosen to perform alchemy.

Because she knew that if she didn’t choose alchemy, she wouldn’t be able to leave unscathed, and then she might be alright, but in order to protect her, someone would surely have to bear something on her behalf.

Xie Jiuniang didn’t want her own affairs to involve others again.

Especially those who cared about her.

Right now, she indeed could not refine a Ninth Grade elixir.

But, forced by circumstances, she could only strive to take a gamble; the key was to refine the overflow of Soul Power from the Mo Family ancestor’s Spiritual Soul, seizing the opportunity to make a breakthrough for the Spiritual Soul to Divinity Transformation. As long as the Divine Sense reached Divinity Transformation, it wasn’t impossible to refine a Ninth Grade Elixir...

Currently, the Mo Family ancestor, imprisoned within Xie Jiuniang’s Sea of Consciousness, was thrashing around, desperate to break free from the confinement of the Time Leaf.

In the Water Cell, the Mo Family ancestor had been miserable, but now, he truly felt the great crisis of his Spiritual Soul perishing.

"Soul Power? My Soul Power is being sucked away by something!"

The Mo Family ancestor no longer held his usual pride.

He had just been tortured to death, and now faced with the dissipation of his soul body; even those with strong mental endurance couldn’t accept their current situation.

"What’s going on? What happened?"

"Where am I? No, wait, is it the Law of Time?!" In a near-breaking state of mind, the Mo Family ancestor finally became aware of the problem and screamed in panic, "Is it you?! That damned Child of Destiny!"

"Quickly release me!"

"I am the only Ninth Grade Pill Master; what will happen to the borderlands if I die?!"

"No, I don’t want to die; just let me go, and I will overlook the past. I’ll even give you vast wealth and abundant resources."

"Spare me, my wishes are not yet fulfilled; the improved elixir formula is only one third complete, I can’t die!"

"I don’t want to die..."