Profound Heaven Soul Sovereign

In the chaotic trade center, no one noticed as an unassuming group of people quietly departed. It was Ye Xuan and his party, who had just obtained the materials.

Before leaving, Ye Xuan couldn’t help but glance at Luo Ping and shake his head, speechless.

’If my Venerable Pill were really that easy to reverse-engineer, there wouldn’t be so many exclusive pill formulas in this world.’

’Although the Venerable Pill is only Sixth Grade, its refinement method is exceptionally unique. Forget a Seventh Grade Alchemist like Luo Ping; even an Eighth Grade, Emperor Level Alchemist couldn’t hope to analyze its ingredients and refinement process.’

’That Luo Ping is destined for disappointment.’

After trading the Venerable Pill, Ye Xuan’s group quickly returned to Xiuyi Pavilion.

"Young Master Ye, that scene just now was absolutely insane."

Ge Puzi, who had been desperately holding in his excitement the whole way back, couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement as soon as he returned to the courtyard.

"A single Sixth Grade Pill was traded for so many rare materials... Young Master Ye, isn’t that just insane?"

Su Xiuyi and the others were also dumbfounded, exclaiming in endless amazement.

The past two days of trading the Venerable Pill had been a real eye-opener for them.

When Ye Xuan had initially taken out the first Venerable Pill to trade for three types of Tier Seven materials, they had thought it was a bit much. But after the second Venerable Pill was traded, everyone realized that the first one had been sold far too cheaply—it hadn’t even fetched a tenth of what the second one did.

Of course, Su Xiuyi and the others also understood that the reason the second Venerable Pill caused such a sensation was inextricably linked to Lin Tian, the buyer of the first one.

"Well, our Profound Light Pavilion has become a hit before it’s even opened," Ge Puzi said with emotion.

"It’s a hit, alright, but that also brings trouble," Dongfang Xuan sighed. "Our strength is still a little lacking. If people find out that the Venerable Pill was refined by our Profound Light Pavilion, do you think we’ll be able to know any peace?"

Everyone fell silent. This was indeed a very serious problem.

Everyone understood the principle that the nail that sticks out gets hammered down.

If they had a powerful backer, being this successful would be no problem at all; it would only bring them rolling tides of wealth. But they were all outsiders. Being so high-profile, it was inevitable that they would attract the greedy eyes of others.

"Why don’t we change Profound Light Pavilion’s name?" Jiuchen said in a low voice.

"We worked so hard to make a name for the Profound Light Pavilion, and now you want to change it before we’ve even opened for business?"

The others just smiled wryly. What a mess. At the end of the day, it all came down to being too weak.

"Pavilion Master, that Steward Guan from the Household Registration Section... I think he knows our new shop is called Profound Light Pavilion," Jiang Huarong said suddenly.

Everyone’s heart skipped a beat.

Su Xiuyi’s expression turned grave. He remembered that he seemed to have told Guan Wei that Xiuyi Pavilion had purchased Suxin Tower and was preparing to turn it into Profound Light Pavilion.

If Steward Guan spread the word, then it wouldn’t matter what they changed the name to; it would be useless.

"Alright, let’s not overthink this," Ye Xuan said suddenly. "Celestial Capital Prefecture is a second-tier power, after all. It’s not going to become so lawless over a single type of Pill, at least not in the short term. What we need to do is focus on increasing our own strength. Anywhere you go, as long as you’re strong enough, nothing is a problem."

Although Ye Xuan was the youngest one present, everyone had unknowingly come to trust him completely over the course of their journey, and they all nodded in agreement.

"I’m short on a few materials. I was wondering if Xiuyi Pavilion could find some for me," Ye Xuan said, suddenly producing a list and handing it to Su Xiuyi.

Elder Yao and the others gathered around to look and were taken aback. The list was densely packed with dozens of materials. The most valuable among them were several Tier Seven materials, each one incredibly precious.

"Young Master Ye, this is..."

A thought struck Elder Yao. He was well aware of Ye Xuan’s accomplishments in Alchemy. When an Alchemist wanted to buy materials, the only reason was to refine Pills.

"Yes, I’ve just acquired some good materials and plan to refine some Pills." Ye Xuan nodded, not hiding anything. "If all goes as planned and I succeed in refining these Pills, the overall strength of our Profound Light Pavilion will rise by at least a whole level."

’What kind of Pill could be so miraculous?’

Everyone was secretly shocked, but they believed Ye Xuan’s words without a shred of doubt. Throughout their journey, Ye Xuan’s performance had completely won them over.

"Xuan Ye, the materials you’ve listed are precious, but we should be able to find them all in Celestial Capital Prefecture. How about this: leave this matter to me. I’ll have results for you within three days."

Su Xiuyi thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Elder Yao, I have some equipment needed for Alchemy here. Please help me set it up."

"Also, Master Lu Li, I need to set up a few formation arrays. Please discuss it with Elder Yao and the others and get them set up as soon as possible."

Ye Xuan instructed Elder Yao, Elder Dong, and the others.

What he was about to refine was, in fact, the Emperor’s Heart Pill. However, the Emperor’s Heart Pill was an Eighth Grade Pill, and with his current Seventh Grade Profound Sense, it was impossible for him to refine it.

Of course, what Ye Xuan planned to refine couldn’t be the complete Emperor’s Heart Pill, only a simplified version. Even so, it required preliminary preparations.

After assigning all the tasks, Ye Xuan returned to his room. A moment later, a strange-looking Spirit Medicine appeared in his hand.

The Spirit Medicine looked like a thin, twisting snake. It was emerald green all over, and as it swayed, it emitted a dense aura of life.

This Spirit Medicine was the Immortal Grass, one of the three top-tier Tier Seven materials Lin Tian had used to trade for the Venerable Pill.

Immortal Grass, a top-tier Tier Seven Spirit Medicine, grows in dense mountain forests rich with life energy and is the main ingredient for the Seventh Grade Immortal Pill.

The effect of the Immortal Pill was just as its name suggested: it could allow a Tier Seven Martial King who was severely injured to return to their peak state in a short time, fully healed. It was absolutely heaven-defying.

Beyond that, the Immortal Pill also had a significant healing effect on the injuries of a Tier Eight Martial Emperor.

Even without being refined into a Pill, the Immortal Grass alone had immense healing properties for a Martial Artist, capable of regenerating flesh on bone and bringing one back from the brink of death.

Therefore, although the Immortal Grass was only a Tier Seven Spirit Medicine, it was a treasure sought after by countless powerful experts.

In terms of effects, the Immortal Grass seemed somewhat similar to the Seven-Colored Lotus Ye Xuan had encountered before. However, the Seven-Colored Lotus not only healed but also had the effect of helping one break through to a higher level.

The Immortal Grass’s power, however, was purely concentrated on healing. Therefore, in terms of healing alone, the Immortal Grass was even more effective than the Seven-Colored Lotus.

However, Ye Xuan had no injuries at the moment. His purpose in taking out the Immortal Grass was not for healing, nor was it for Alchemy. He had another use for it: enhancing his Martial Soul.

’For my Life Martial Soul to advance, it must absorb a massive amount of life force in addition to Soul Crystals. I wonder if this Immortal Grass will work.’

Among Ye Xuan’s current Martial Souls, his Devouring Martial Soul had already broken through to Six-Stars, making it the fastest to advance. His Earth Martial Soul was at Five-Stars, while his Life Martial Soul was only at Two-Stars.

From the process of advancing from one to two stars, Ye Xuan had already learned that for the Life Martial Soul to break through, it required a massive supply of life force in addition to plant-type Soul Crystals. The last time, if he hadn’t urgently consumed the stem of a Seven-Colored Lotus after absorbing the Breathing Vine’s Soul Crystal, his Life Martial Soul’s breakthrough would have certainly failed.

In preparation for his Life Martial Soul’s breakthrough, Ye Xuan had long since prepared some plant-type Soul Crystals. He had simply been waiting because he lacked a treasure rich in life energy. Now that he finally had a Tier Seven Immortal Grass, he naturally began the attempt.

He first took out a dark green Soul Crystal and began to absorb it.

This Soul Crystal was from a Tier Six Celestial Vine Tree he had obtained previously.

Ye Xuan rapidly formed a series of hand seals for a Soul Skill, channeling the Soul Power from the Celestial Vine Tree’s Soul Crystal into his Life Martial Soul.

The foot-long willow branch in Ye Xuan’s mind began to sway rapidly, glowing faintly. The Life Martial Soul, originally just a foot long, actually began to grow slowly. Green sprouts bloomed on it, and a rich aura of life spread out continuously.

"SQUEAK SQUEAK!"

The Little Purple Mink seemed to sense this aura and instantly appeared on Ye Xuan’s shoulder. It squinted its eyes comfortably, enjoying the dense life energy and mumbling contentedly, though what it was saying was unclear.

Boosted by the Soul Thought from the Celestial Vine Tree’s Soul Crystal, the Life Martial Soul grew continuously, quickly expanding from just over a foot long to about three feet.

An immense aura of life emanated from the Life Martial Soul.

At the same time, a third, dark red star ring began to form.

However, the ring formed very slowly. By the time the Celestial Vine Tree’s Soul Crystal had completely disappeared, it was only about halfway complete.

Having lost the support of the Celestial Vine Tree’s Soul Crystal, the star ring quickly became unstable, looking as if it might collapse at any moment.

’As expected, it’s not enough.’

Ye Xuan immediately swallowed the prepared Immortal Grass in one gulp.

BOOM! A dense wave of life force instantly spread throughout Ye Xuan’s body.

This life force was so strong that Ye Xuan felt as if his body was bathing in a spring of life, every cell within him breathing freely.

The power of life continued to surge.

Nourished by this life force, the third star ring began to coalesce once more.

Finally, just as the life force from the Immortal Grass was about to be completely exhausted, the third star ring on Ye Xuan’s Life Martial Soul successfully finished forming.

’That was close. Even the life force of a Tier Seven Immortal Grass was barely enough for my Life Martial Soul’s third star ring to form. This is just...’

The realization sent a cold sweat down Ye Xuan’s back.

A normal Martial Soul only needed to absorb a Tier Three Soul Crystal to break through to Three-Stars. His Life Martial Soul, however, had not only absorbed a Tier Six Soul Crystal but also a Tier Seven Immortal Grass, and it had still only barely succeeded. The sheer difficulty of it left Ye Xuan utterly shocked.

With a thought, his Life Martial Soul immediately materialized above his head.