novelraw Chapter 1359: Han Yan’s Stunning Move
Chapter 1359: Han Yan’s Stunning Move
"It’s too late. I’ll find a way to delay a moment longer. You need to leave now. The farther you go, the better. If there’s really no solution, I’ll seal Danling Hall along with it. Please convey to my Yan Family disciples that this Danling Hall will henceforth be forbidden, and no one should come within a hundred steps, not even to collect my body." Yan Zishu gave his instructions as if leaving a will.If they were also Sword Saints, joining forces might have sealed the Pill Furnace, or if he had noticed something amiss earlier, there might have been hope. But now, clearly, it’s too late.
"Lady Mu, you should leave too. I’ve done my best, don’t blame me." After speaking, Yan Zishu turned around with a grim look on his face, saying to Han Yan.
"You all go first, we’ll give it one more try." The few elders looked at Yan Zishu, their faces also filled with desolation and despair.
Just then, Han Yan moved and stepped into Danling Hall within a few strides.
"What are you doing?" Yan Zishu and the others exclaimed in shock, shouting in unison.
Seeing the poison already leaking out, with the Eight-Door Purple Cloud Furnace about to explode, isn’t she courting death by rushing in now?
Han Yan didn’t answer, instead, she showed them with her actions.
A few steps away from the Eight-Door Purple Cloud Furnace, Han Yan began forming a Hand Formation!
The Rebirth Soul-breaking Pill within the furnace was Zirong’s only hope; the furnace must not explode or be abandoned. Yan Zishu, previously inhaling the toxic gas, had his strength severely reduced. Although Doctor Sun possessed excellent alchemy techniques throughout his life, his strength was too low to withstand the leaking poison of the Rebirth Soul-breaking Pill. To refine the elixir, it would have to depend on her.
"Han Yan!" Huayue and the others were also stunned, instinctively trying to follow.
"You stay outside and don’t move!" Han Yan commanded in a tone that brooked no objection.
They hadn’t yet crossed the chasm between Sword Master and Great Sword Master, and most likely wouldn’t withstand the poisonous gas inside the room. Even if they could, they wouldn’t be of much help, so why take the risk?
Huayue and the others simultaneously halted their steps, understanding what Han Yan planned to do and realizing their help would only hinder her. Watching Han Yan’s graceful figure, their faces were filled with worry and anxiety.
Zirong’s expression of calm and nonchalance disappeared, tightly pursing her lips, eyes moist.
"She actually intends to continue refining the Rebirth Soul-breaking Pill!" Yan Zishu and the elders were all stunned by Han Yan’s actions.
The elixir that even Yan Zishu couldn’t complete or seal, she now took upon herself, right as the Pill Furnace was about to explode; doesn’t she fear death?
Also, does she know alchemy? Could it be that with her extraordinary mastery in alchemy, sword casting, and beast taming, she also dabbles in alchemy techniques?
Under everyone’s questioning gazes, Han Yan was already swiftly circling the Pill Furnace, accumulating Qi and striking the furnace heavily as she moved.
Han Yan was now employing the alchemy technique learned from Ling Baobao! It was said that one of his masters was naturally gifted in alchemy, but with poor early strength, he forcibly fused medicinal materials and powers to form cores using this alchemy technique.
Yan Zishu had almost completed the Rebirth Soul-breaking Pill, save for the final core formation step. So Han Yan didn’t need to worry about timing or heat; she only needed to suppress the domineering and violent Dan Power in the elixir to force core formation. Ling Baobao’s set of alchemy techniques was perfect for this.
Soon, heavy muffled sounds echoed in the Danling Hall.
"This is alchemy, is there such alchemy in the world? If she used more hammers, it would clearly be a blacksmith’s forging technique, right?" Understanding what Han Yan intended, Yan Zishu and the others were momentarily lost watching her punching and kicking motion.
Just as they thought this, Han Yan fetched the sword-casting hammer again and smashed it against the Eight-Door Purple Cloud Furnace. Of course, she wasn’t really smashing it, just using the hammer to amplify the power of her Qi. She didn’t use the Cold Sky Sword for fear that its sharp Qi might accidentally split the furnace, which would spell disaster for both Zirong and herself.
It was really like blacksmithing! Watching the hammer in Han Yan’s hand swing, Yan Zishu and the others stared in disbelief, failing to notice that the leaking poison was being pushed back into the Pill Furnace, which now trembled less and less.
Relying on the Li’s Blacksmithing Technique learned from Ling Baobao... no, rather, the Li’s Alchemy Technique, and the power boost from the sword casting hammer, finally, the unruly Dan Poison was entirely suppressed, and the whole Pill Furnace returned to calm.
"Star Falling in Eight Desolates, pill complete!" Using Divine Sense to observe changes within the Pill Furnace and timing it perfectly, Han Yan brought down a heavy strike.
The final core formation hand decision was also derived from the Star Falling Eight Desolate Sword. While casting a longsword for Yan Zishu earlier, Han Yan had discovered that as her strength grew, her comprehension of the Star Falling Eight Desolate Sword’s casting techniques also increased significantly.
Thus, the alchemy techniques derived from the same source surely improved as well, filling Han Yan with confidence.
Silence surrounded, only now did Yan Zishu and the others awaken from their daze.
Han Yan tossed the sword-casting hammer back into the Star Plate Space, about to open the Pill Furnace.
"Lady Mu, be careful!" The elder, repeatedly embarrassed by Han Yan, gasped and warned with concern.
Nobody knew the situation inside the Pill Furnace or whether the elixir was complete. If the poison pill was wasted and all the toxic gas was compressed in the furnace, opening the lid would spell their doom.
"Thank you for your kind intentions, but it’s fine," Han Yan, recognizing his goodwill, spoke without further offending, confidently opening the Pill Furnace.
Under the elders’ anxious gazes, an entirely cyan-purple, seemingly semi-transparent elixir leaped from the furnace, hovering before them with a bizarre yet unsettling beauty.
It was complete, she actually completed it; the Rebirth Soul-breaking Pill that even Yan Zishu couldn’t finish was completed in her hands!
The elders were utterly shocked, their lips quivering, unable to speak for quite some time.
Compared to the stunned expressions of Yan Zishu and his peers, Huayue and the others appeared much calmer.
Though equally surprised and worried when Han Yan rushed in earlier, they knew she wasn’t reckless. If she dared to act, she had her reasons. Without absolute certainty, she wouldn’t take undue risk; even if not one hundred percent sure, there must still be some measure of success.
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