There are two main Spirit Medicines for refining the Cyan Clarity Pill.

The Second-Tier, Middle-Grade Jade Patterned Profound Lotus and the Second-Tier, Lower-Grade Moon Orchid.

Among them, the Jade Patterned Profound Lotus—a Second-Tier, Middle-Grade Spirit Medicine—requires thirty-three years to mature, which is a long time for a Spirit Medicine of its grade.

Within the sect, Second-Tier, Middle-Grade Spirit Fields are scarcer than Second-Tier, Lower-Grade ones. The more demanding a pill’s Spirit Medicine requirements, the harder it is to gather the ingredients for even a single refinement.

Of the main Spirit Medicines, the Jade Patterned Profound Lotus was of good quality, while the Moon Orchid was of excellent quality.

As for the supplementary Spirit Medicines, aside from a single Second-Tier, Lower-Grade Spirit Medicine, the rest were all Tier-One, and most of them were of excellent quality.

For his first attempt at refining the Cyan Clarity Pill, the quality of the Spirit Medicines gave Fang Yun a very good start.

Before refining the Cyan Clarity Pill, Fang Yun reviewed its Pill Formula one more time.

Once he had adjusted his condition to its peak, a ball of flame rose from his palm, and he officially began refining the Cyan Clarity Pill.

This was the first time Fang Yun had ever refined a pill requiring two main Spirit Medicines.

Compared to a pill with only one main Spirit Medicine, one that required two was undoubtedly harder to refine, and the entire process was more complex.

The Spirit Ascension Pill had a total of twenty major refining steps, whereas the Cyan Clarity Pill had as many as thirty.

The Cyan Clarity Pill had ten more major steps. It also used one more supplementary Spirit Medicine than the Spirit Ascension Pill, but the problem clearly wasn’t the supplementary ingredients. It was the main ones.

This was the complexity that came with refining a pill with two main Spirit Medicines.

If one of the main Spirit Medicines for the Cyan Clarity Pill were relegated to a supplementary role, the refining process would become much simpler.

Having adjusted his mindset, Fang Yun was extremely confident in his six-star Alchemy Talent.

While steadying his nerves and facing his slight anxiety, he kept telling himself, ’My six-star Alchemy Talent is more than enough to handle refining the Cyan Clarity Pill with ease.’

The single most difficult part of refining the Cyan Clarity Pill was the eighteenth major step, right in the middle of the process.

During this step, both the Jade Patterned Profound Lotus and the Moon Orchid would react.

This was also the most crucial step in the entire refinement.

Time trickled by.

A day later, Fang Yun finally reached this step.

He grew even more cautious, striving to make as few mistakes as possible during this stage.

More than half a day later, the Cyan Clarity Pill was finally refined.

Just like the Qi Condensing Pill, a single refinement of the Cyan Clarity Pill could yield a maximum of three pills.

The moment he finished refining the Cyan Clarity Pill, Fang Yun couldn’t wait to inspect his results.

"Good. Nothing went to waste."

Looking at the three Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills in his hand, Fang Yun breathed an inward sigh of relief.

Producing three Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills on his first attempt was the goal he had set for himself.

He had now achieved that goal.

He still had enough Spirit Medicines for one more batch, and he planned to carefully review his experience from the first attempt before refining a second cauldron of Cyan Clarity Pills.

Unlike with the Spirit Ascension Pill, the mission to refine the Cyan Clarity Pill didn’t allow him to keep any of the finished product.

However, upon submitting the mission, he did gain one benefit: he could immediately purchase Cyan Clarity Pills.

Even Elders who had pre-ordered Cyan Clarity Pills would have to queue up behind him.

This was a right he had secured for himself.

He wouldn’t be buying the Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills, though.

He was after Upper-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills.

These Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills were best suited for Elders with Dual Spirit Roots. For Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivators, breaking through from the peak of the early Foundation Establishment Stage to the middle stage wasn’t very difficult.

Barring any accidents, after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, Cultivators with an Abnormal Spirit Root could generally cultivate steadily all the way to the Peak of Foundation Establishment.

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Dan Cloud Peak.

Inside the Management Elder’s cave residence.

Wan Xuanye appeared, looking at Bai Heyan with a dissatisfied expression.

"Elder Bai, what is the meaning of this?"

"What do you mean? Please, Elder Wan, be a little clearer." Bai Heyan looked at Wan Xuanye with a faint smile.

In his eyes, Wan Xuanye’s anger was no threat at all.

"Wasn’t the mission to refine the Cyan Clarity Pill supposed to be mine? You just gave it to Elder Fang, just like that?" Seeing Bai Heyan feign ignorance, Wan Xuanye, who was bursting with suppressed anger, was about to lose it.

"Elder Wan, it’s not as if you’re unaware of Elder Fang’s talent. Three months ago, he perfectly refined the Spirit Ascension Pill. There’s no problem with giving him the task of refining the Cyan Clarity Pill."

Having said this, Bai Heyan retorted with a question of his own.

"Surely you aren’t questioning Elder Fang’s Alchemy Talent, are you, Elder Wan?"

"That’s not what I meant." Wan Xuanye took a deep breath and spoke slowly. "I naturally acknowledge Elder Fang’s Alchemy Talent. However, I don’t think now is the time for him to be refining the Cyan Clarity Pill. He should accumulate more experience refining Second-Tier pills first."

"Hmm, there’s some truth to what you’re saying, Elder Wan. If Elder Fang hadn’t so quickly succeeded in perfectly refining the Spirit Ascension Pill, this task would have gone to you. But given the current situation, your words no longer make sense."

Bai Heyan continued to state his reasons.

"The sooner the task of refining the Cyan Clarity Pill is given to Elder Fang, the sooner he will be able to produce Upper-Grade ones, no?"

"Be that as it may, if Elder Fang fails to produce five Lower-Grade Cyan Clarity Pills this time, the remaining four cauldrons’ worth of ingredients must be handed over to me." Wan Xuanye didn’t want to argue with Bai Heyan any further and stated his terms directly. "Once Elder Fang has accumulated more experience refining Second-Tier pills, he can try the Cyan Clarity Pill again. I will have absolutely no objection at that point."