Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System - Chapter 187: Pill Veins!

Chapter 187: Pill Veins!

Even Pavilion Master Chu’s expression had changed.

He looked down at the pills once more before speaking in a slow and solemn voice.

“These are without a doubt perfect grade Body Tempering Pills.”

As his words echoed through the hall, the elders finally understood that what they had just witnessed was something truly extraordinary.

“But that is not all.”

Pavilion Master Chu’s voice remained calm, yet the words immediately drew everyone’s attention once again.

The elders who had just been stunned by the revelation of perfect grade pills froze in place. Their eyes returned to the pills resting in Pavilion Master Chu’s palm. Even the young woman leaned forward slightly, her gaze sharpening as if she feared she might have misheard him.

“What do you mean by that?” one elder asked slowly.

Pavilion Master Chu lifted one of the pills between his fingers and held it closer to the light so everyone could see it clearly.

“For perfect grade pills, the surface should be flawless and smooth,” he said. “However, look closely at this one.”

The elders instinctively stepped closer.

At first glance the pill looked no different from the others. Its surface was round and smooth, and its medicinal aura was extremely pure. However, when the elders looked more carefully, they suddenly noticed something that made their expressions change drastically.

A faint line could be seen winding across the surface of the pill.

It was thin and delicate, almost like a natural vein growing through the body of the pill.

For a moment no one spoke.

Then one elder suddenly inhaled sharply.

“That line… it cannot be…”

The young woman’s eyes widened as she realized what it was.

Pavilion Master Chu spoke calmly, yet the weight of his words struck everyone like thunder.

“These pills have produced Pill Veins.”

The entire hall erupted.

“What did you say?”

“Pill Veins?”

“That is impossible!”

Several elders rushed forward to examine the pill more closely. Their faces were filled with disbelief as they stared at the faint vein running across its surface.

One elder’s hands trembled slightly as he leaned closer.

“It truly is a Pill Vein,” he whispered.

Another elder shook his head repeatedly as if trying to reject what he was seeing.

“That cannot happen with a Body Tempering Pill.”

“Pill Veins only appear on high tier pills.”

“Yes,” another elder said in shock. “Even second tier pills rarely produce Pill Veins. They are usually seen only on high tier pills refined by master alchemists.”

The young woman remained silent, yet the shock in her eyes was even more intense than before.

She had studied alchemy for many years and had read countless ancient records. In every text she had studied, Pill Veins were described as a phenomenon that could only appear when refining extremely high grade pills.

Yet the pills before her were nothing more than first tier Body Tempering Pills.

And still they carried Pill Veins.

Her voice finally broke the silence.

“I have never heard of such a thing.”

Another elder spoke with a stunned expression.

“This completely overturns everything we know about alchemy.”

Even Pavilion Master Chu’s gaze toward Li Yun had changed.

The discovery of perfect grade pills had already shocked them, but the appearance of Pill Veins on first tier pills shattered their understanding entirely.

For the first time in many years, the group of experienced alchemists stood there speechless, staring at the pills in Pavilion Master Chu’s hand as if their entire knowledge of alchemy had just been challenged.

“Pill Veins? What are Pill Veins?”

Li Yun’s voice carried genuine confusion.

He looked at Pavilion Master Chu and the surrounding elders with a puzzled expression. Perfect grade pills were something he understood well because that had been the result he aimed for while refining. However, the term Pill Veins was completely unfamiliar to him. This was the first time he had ever heard such a concept.

The moment those words left his mouth, the entire hall fell silent.

Several elders stared at him as if they had just heard something unbelievable.

One elder’s mouth opened slightly, yet no words came out for a moment.

“You… do not know what Pill Veins are?” another elder finally asked slowly.

Li Yun shook his head honestly.

“I have never heard of them before.”

The shock on the elders’ faces deepened.

A man who had just refined a batch of pills containing Pill Veins had no idea what Pill Veins even were. Such a situation was so absurd that none of them knew how to react at first.

The young woman who had been observing him could not hide the astonishment in her eyes.

“He refined them without even knowing what Pill Veins are?” she murmured softly.

Another elder rubbed his forehead as if trying to calm himself.

“This boy… this is truly unbelievable.”

Even Pavilion Master Chu remained silent for a brief moment as he looked at Li Yun. His gaze carried a complicated mixture of surprise and curiosity.

Finally he let out a faint sigh.

“It seems that you truly refined these pills purely through instinct and talent,” Pavilion Master Chu said.

He then lifted one of the pills again so Li Yun could see it clearly.

“Pill Veins are a very rare phenomenon that appear during the refining of extremely high quality pills,” he began explaining patiently. “When a pill is refined to an extraordinary level of purity and harmony, the medicinal essence inside it forms natural patterns that resemble veins. These lines are what we call Pill Veins.”

Li Yun looked at the pill carefully.

The faint line winding across its surface now became obvious once he knew what to look for.

Pavilion Master Chu continued speaking.

“Pill Veins signify that the pill has reached a level beyond perfect grade. The medicinal energy inside becomes more stable and the effect of the pill becomes far stronger than ordinary pills of the same type.”

One of the elders added with a solemn tone, “However, Pill Veins usually appear only on high tier pills refined by experienced master alchemists.”

Another elder nodded.

“We have studied alchemy for decades, yet many of us have never personally refined a pill with Pill Veins.”

Pavilion Master Chu slowly looked back at Li Yun.

“And yet you have managed to produce them while refining first tier Body Tempering Pills.”

The hall fell quiet once again as the elders gazed at Li Yun with complicated expressions.

The shock from earlier had not faded. Instead it had deepened even further now that they understood the full situation.

Li Yun stood calmly before them, while the group of experienced alchemists continued to stare at him as if they were looking at a phenomenon that defied common sense.