This scene, if seen by those alchemists, would probably drive them mad. Pills that have been refined are supposed to be a single entity; they would never believe, even if beaten to death, that someone could extract and use different medicinal properties from a finished pill.

"Buzz... buzz..." The blood circulated rapidly, still trembling, but it was a bit more stable, and the speed grew faster and faster.

Chapter 0007 Night Slaughter

Night had fallen deep. The Western Frontier and Northwest were both bitterly cold lands, and it should have been chilly, but at this moment, the servants and guards standing in the courtyard felt a wave of warmth, though none of them knew why.

Only David Bolton, kneeling there, as a ninth-level Qi Drawing cultivator, vaguely sensed a force inside the house, but he couldn't be sure, which made him frown deeply.

He had been kneeling for four or five hours, and as dawn approached, he calmed down. He even started to regret it—he shouldn't have contradicted that good-for-nothing William Carter just now, or maybe he shouldn't have come in at all. If he had avoided him, he wouldn't have had to suffer the humiliation of being shamed by this waste before his death.

Gradually calming down, he thought about many things and felt the situation was too strange. But remembering that the time to meet Jack Smith was almost here, he held back. As long as Jack Smith arrived and made his move, he wouldn't have to worry about anything anymore.

The room where William Carter was staying was the largest in the post station, separated from the courtyard by two corridors, so the people in the courtyard couldn't see what was happening inside. Otherwise, they would probably have been scared out of their wits, just like Tommy at this moment.

Tommy was in the room, drenched in sweat as if it were pouring rain, and seemed to have lost a whole size from sweating, but her little face actually looked quite healthy.

Her small hand covered her mouth, and her eyes stared unblinkingly at the cauldron.

She had been in this position for three hours, as if frozen in place.

Because at first, the area around the large cauldron seemed to ignite, turning fiery red, and then more and more liquid like red blood flowed out, gradually rising to float and swirl above the cauldron.

After three hours, a huge pool had formed above the cauldron, radiating a golden light, gradually taking shape as it spun. The pool continuously drew in spiritual energy from the world outside.

"Go... golden spirit pool... Young master is actually forming his foundation..."

"But how is this possible, directly forming the foundation, and it's a golden spirit pool..."

"Even among the dozens of young princes in the family, or even the imperial princes in the capital, very few have their first spirit pool at foundation formation be a golden spirit pool."

"And the young master has never cultivated before, so how did he form his foundation, and it's a golden spirit pool!"

...

Tommy's mind was overwhelmed. Foundation formation is the first step to seeking immortality, of utmost importance, but many people cultivate for years, and their families exhaust countless resources. Out of the nine spirit pools, it's already impressive if one or two golden spirit pools appear later on. If the very first spirit pool at foundation formation is a golden spirit pool, it would shake the world and bring fame everywhere.

You have to know, not long ago, the emperor's thirteenth prince's first spirit pool at foundation formation was a golden spirit pool, which shocked the capital. For most, if the first spirit pool at foundation formation is a stone pool, that's already good. In some great families, only the most talented children might have a silver spirit pool.

But that's not even the main point. The key is, how could the young master form his foundation without drawing Qi, without cultivating, and directly have a golden spirit pool? An illusion... it must be an illusion...

At this moment, William Carter, inside the cauldron, had already begun to completely absorb all the medicinal power and the spiritual energy condensed by the spirit pool into his body, waiting only for the final moment to fully draw the external foundation spirit pool into himself and complete the foundation formation. He had already crossed the most dangerous step. Now, William Carter was carefully using the internal power of the medicine to slowly absorb spiritual energy. He dared not let the directly condensed foundation spirit pool absorb spiritual energy at will, because once it did, the commotion would be enormous. He had to be ready to complete the final step in the shortest time possible.

After several hours, the first spirit pool of foundation formation was complete. William Carter now had the root of the foundation spirit pool within his body, spiritual energy circulating and nourishing him. His body had already been tempered hundreds and thousands of times, no longer as weak as before, and his complexion was completely different.

At this moment, William Carter could be considered to have half a foot into the Foundation Establishment stage, just short of the final step. His soul, having reached the state of Foundation Establishment, had already been greatly nourished and transformed, and he could now use the power of his soul in the spiritual platform and consciousness palace to release spiritual sense and perceive his surroundings.

Ten meters, twenty meters, fifty meters...

Unconsciously, William Carter could already see David Bolton kneeling in the courtyard. David Bolton had not reached the Foundation Establishment stage and could not sense William Carter's spiritual sense at all. Gradually, William Carter's spiritual sense could probe a hundred meters around, and only then did he begin to feel the limit.

If other cultivators, or even the imperial court, knew that he could probe a hundred meters with his spiritual sense just after stepping into Foundation Establishment, they would definitely seize him to figure it out. Normally, after the first spirit pool is forged at Foundation Establishment, spiritual sense can at most probe ten meters around. For William Carter to probe a hundred meters directly was stronger than even most at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, who had already condensed their fourth spirit pool.

This was related to William Carter's method of foundation formation, and also had a lot to do with his soul having experienced three lifetimes.

At this moment, William Carter was no longer anxious, slowly and continuously condensing, forging, and gathering.