Martial Ascent to Divinity-Chapter 727 - 706: Fragrant Medicine

The scene inside the Star Refining Furnace appeared before his eyes.

At the bottom of the furnace, a small pile of black ash scattered.

The first attempt at alchemy, failed.

As expected, Zhou Leng opened the Star Refining Furnace, a burnt smell wafting out.

He took out the residue, examined it carefully, and then reflected on the process, thinking through each step.

Then, he repeatedly put the materials for the Dragon and Tiger Pill into it.

Again and again, he failed.

With continuous practice, and the aid of alchemy books from high-level civilizations, Zhou Leng’s experiences with Star Refining techniques progressed by leaps and bounds.

On the eleventh completion, he opened the furnace lid, and a faint medicinal aroma wafted out.

Looking down, a small pile of grey-white powder lay at the bottom of the furnace.

Zhou Leng wore a faint smile.

This is ’dispersed medicine’; although it didn’t form into a Star Pill, it still exhibits some medicinal properties and can be taken, albeit with only a tenth of the efficacy of a complete pill.

Zhou Leng took out the dispersed medicine, added medicinal powder, and manually rolled it into three Dragon and Tiger Pills.

He pinched one, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it down.

Closing his eyes, he carefully felt it.

A streak of fierce fire entered his belly, the fiery power spreading from his stomach, flowing toward his limbs and bones.

Once the medicinal vapors stabilized, Zhou Leng opened his eyes.

Though it was mere dispersed medicine, its efficacy was at least three times that of a genuine Dragon and Tiger Pill.

Moreover, Zhou Leng had already consumed a hundred Dragon and Tiger Pills, where its efficacy was originally negligible, but consuming this one, felt like taking a new one.

It might have something to do with the Tree-man Divine Techniques, or maybe...

Zhou Leng looked toward the Star Refining Furnace.

This kind of Dragon and Tiger Pill should be named the Celestial Sky Little Dragon and Tiger Pill.

Afterward, Zhou Leng continuously refined Dragon and Tiger Pills.

The experience accumulated more and more; after two hundred complete refinements, the star energy within his body was only half left.

He had to sit down to cultivate and gather energy.

The colorful light lake had disappeared, but the crack connecting the lake and the ground remained.

Trickles of lake water flowed out, releasing destructive star power.

The Tree-man Divine Techniques continuously converted the outside destructive star power into genuine celestial energy.

Though the speed was slow, it was better than nothing.

When the celestial energy was fully restored, Zhou Leng followed the methods taught by the Sect Leader Sister Shen Yunxian and refined the Dragon and Tiger Pill a thousand times.

Before the seven hundredth time, there would occasionally still be burnt waste pills.

After the seven hundredth time, all were refined into dispersed medicine.

With a thousand attempts at alchemy, not one Star Pill was successfully formed.

Zhou Leng pondered repeatedly and finally realized that ordinary pills couldn’t truly form stars; making dispersed medicine was the limit.

Then, he took out the formulas for other Little Star Pills, repeatedly studying them, and then began refining with the materials for Little Star Pills.

Initially, almost all ended in failure.

No longer caring how many times he had tried, Zhou Leng was too lazy to check before opening the lid, simply opening it right after finishing the refinement.

Again and again, he failed.

The best result was only dispersed medicine, edible but unable to form into a Star Pill.

When refining failed, a burned smell emerged.

When refining dispersed medicine, a faint fragrance emerged.

Zhou Leng became more proficient with practice, eventually reaching a state of numbness.

Another refinement was completed. As usual, he opened the lid.

Buzz...

The auspicious clouds surrounding the Star Refining Furnace suddenly gathered, transforming into a circular white smoke.

The white smoke lightly trembled, absorbed the pill gas, flew up high, transforming into a circle of white rings, slowly spreading out.

With the emergence of the cloud rings, a Star Pill was completed.

As the cloud rings dispersed, an aroma ten times richer than before permeated the sky, lingering persistently.

Zhou Leng leaned in for a look, inside the furnace, a faint white sparkling pill levitated, hovering a foot above.

Zhou Leng cautiously extracted the pill, examined it in his hand.

This was a ’Celestial Light Little Star Pill’, the size of a ping pong ball, surrounded by a white glow on its surface, with a miniature vast ocean atop the pill, and nothing else.

A Star Pill, as the name implies, is a pill refined from stars.

A complete Star Pill is an edible star, with a fully evolved star system upon it with mountains and waters, mirroring a real star.

But this was just a Little Star Pill without complete stellar power, at a glance resembling merely a sphere of pure water, with incomplete power.

But even so, it was sufficiently powerful.

Zhou Leng carefully stored it away and continued refining alchemy.

In the final thirty refining attempts, he succeeded in creating three pills.

A one-tenth chance of forming a Star Pill.

The ingredients for the Divine Essence Pill could only allow for five attempts.

Zhou Leng acted without hesitation, immediately beginning to refine, intending to search for more if he failed.

The first time, failure.

The second time, failure.

The third time, failure.

The fourth time, success.

The fifth time, failure.

He put away the Star Refining Furnace, looking at the Divine Essence Pill wrapped in tin foil in his hand.

The Martial Saint Battle Path was originally seeking the heart of martial arts, in preparation for becoming a Saint.

Results only emerged as vague directions, still one step away from the last.

Unexpectedly, though the west was dark, the east became bright, resulting in the creation of a Divine Essence Pill.

With this Divine Essence Pill, he could dispel the residual divine power on Zhang Xinglie.

Of the three Little Star Pills, one for Zhang Xinglie, to seek help from a Demigod Demon Spirit Master, accelerating the recovery of his body,

one for Song Juesi, to complete his body’s final shortcomings.

The last one was kept for himself for unforeseen needs.

Zhou Leng glanced at the colorful light lake’s ground.

Thin ribbons of bright blue lake water flowed out at an extremely slow speed.

The Martial Saint Battle Path has been completed, and now I just need to return to the Frost Giant Tree for quiet cultivation. When the time is right, I can ascend to sainthood perfectly.

Rather than staying here, it’s better to hurry back and hand the Divine Essence Pill to Zhang Xinglie.

"I wonder if Zhang Xinglie has ascended to Grandmaster yet..."

Zhou Leng gazed into the distance full of anticipation, recalling the image from his childhood.

Back then, two kids bowed and pledged allegiance before the photographs of Zhao Dongjun, Wan Yumin, and Wu Duanxiong, the Three Saints of Mount Tai.

They promised to ascend Mount Tai together after becoming Saints.

Now, Song Juesi might be added to that group.

Zhou Leng thought about the future scene of the new Three Saints of Mount Tai, walked a few steps, and stopped, surveying the Wan-He battlefield and lowering his head in a bow.

Farewell, heroes who ignited Wan-He.

Your forty-plus years of accumulated strength have been transformed into a Divine Essence Pill, enough to dispel the residual Divine Spirit power on Zhang Xinglie.

I, Zhou Leng, will now hand the Divine Essence Pill to Zhang Xinglie, and then shoulder to shoulder with everyone, walk towards a future with humanity.

Humanity is eternal.

Zhou Leng ran towards the exit with big strides.

On the way, he kept feeling his body.

Witnessed with his own eyes the simultaneous explosion of Wan-He, both his Martial Arts Will and Martial Heart advanced further.

The fragrance of Pills formed from four successful Little Star Pills was extraordinary, nourishing the body.

Nearing the exit, a large number of Grandmasters stood in front of him.

The Demon Alliance stood together, the Humanoid Alliance stood together, and the Giants and Dragons stood further apart.

Zhou Leng remained in disguise, and they couldn’t recognize him.

"Stop, human."

Total of seventeen Demon Prison Angels lined up in a row, blocking Zhou Leng.

The Humanoid Alliance Grandmasters frowned but looked at the people on this side and sighed inwardly.

They were far from being opponents to these Demon Prison Angels.

Their opposition was too strong.

Zhou Leng looked at them.

"After you entered, changes occurred inside, and there was a magical fragrance four times. We could benefit from the fragrance from afar. What have you discovered inside?"

Zhou Leng asked, "You benefited from the fragrance?"

"Of course. Tell us what happened inside, or you cannot leave."

Zhou Leng asked again, "You benefitted from the fragrance I refined, and now reverse to block me?"

The seventeen Demon Prison Angels were taken aback. Zhou Leng suddenly disappeared from his original position.

"Not good..."

Zhou Leng, like a specter, appeared close to each Demon Prison Angel.

With a punch, a Demon Prison Angel’s head exploded.

With a finger, a Demon Prison Angel’s heart was pierced.

With a palm, a Demon Prison Angel’s head was smashed into his chest, discharged through his pants and fell to the ground.

With a leg, a Demon Prison Angel was cut in half...

In three seconds, Zhou Leng performed seventeen moves, killing seventeen Demon Prison Angels.

Picked up seventeen Magic Spirit Bags and walked towards the exit.

Watching the shadow disappear, the remaining Grandmasters were silent.

After a while, they discussed secretly and finally reached a consensus.

The human Martial Saint disregarded martial virtue, disguised as a Grandmaster entering the Wan-He battlefield.

Outside the Wan-He battlefield, Zhou Leng ran swiftly through the water at a speed of eight times the speed of sound.

Even controlling power, he caused a subtle explosion, leaving a long white water trail.

Soon, he approached the area near the former Turtle Shell Castle.

Collided head-on with an army frantically searching for the Turtle Shell Castle, led by none other than three Sea Siren Demigod avatars.

"Stop!" A Sea Siren Demigod avatar shouted.

Zhou Leng suddenly accelerated, punched out, annihilating three Demigod avatars, and then used the Sea Siren army as training puppets, repeatedly executing East Wind Fist.

Centered around Zhou Leng, within hundreds of meters, the sea boiled, and where he passed, all demons perished.

Sea Sirens from afar communicated quickly.

A large number of Sea Sirens inquired and rushed to the scene.

At the junction between West Sea Demon City and humanity, a massive 70-meter-long black silhouette slowly floated above the Sea Siren army.

The side fins spread out, resembling wings of dozens of meters, and the dorsal fin at the back stood tall, its edges sharp like flags.

Like a Black Dragon, overlooking thousands of troops.

Numerous Sea Sirens bowed their heads in salute.

The newly ascended Demigod, Fish Demon, Banner of Canglan.

Turtle Shell Castle was seized, and the Sea Siren Demigod was furious.

The powerful Demigod body entering the Demon City requires a huge price to pay.

The newly ascended Demigod, with weaker strength, entered West Sea Demon City from the Sea Siren World by paying a lesser price.

Banner of Canglan snorted lightly, flicked its fins, and accelerated in swimming.

Speed increased rapidly, reaching 6 Mach quickly.

Water resistance was great; Sea Sirens in water swam slower compared to Martial Saints running at full speed on land.

Banner of Canglan rushed forward vigilantly observing all around.

Suddenly, a faint vibration came from the left front. Turning the head, at the end of the vision, a human shadow flashed by, leaving a long white water trail.

Banner of Canglan paused momentarily, as the opposite’s speed was faster than his.

"It’s very likely this person!"

Banner of Canglan flicked its tail, turned sharply, and accelerated with all its might.

Mach, 7 Mach, 8 Mach, 9 Mach, 10 Mach...

Mach, reaching the limit of the newly ascended Demigod.

Full of confidence, he looked ahead.

As time went by, his eyes gradually became bewildered.

Where was that person?

After slaughtering the Sea Siren army, Zhou Leng wanted to quickly deliver the Divine Essence Pill to Zhang Xinglie, accelerating gradually.

Finally, the speed exceeded 10 Mach, approaching 11 Mach.

On the way, he vaguely felt something slow approaching, but it seemed to leave quickly, so he didn’t mind.