More than three months had passed since the Blood-Burning pill recipe had been developed.0

During that time, he had attempted to refine the pill over a dozen times, but success only came twice. From the first successful batch, he produced five pills. The second batch, crafted with the help of refined alchemical flames, yielded seven.0

A total of twelve pills.0

One was used to test its effects on a demonic beast. Two more, he gave to Wang Yuan. That left nine Blood-Burning pills in Luo Chen’s possession.0

For this black market auction, Luo Chen brought out six pills, keeping three carefully reserved for himself. The decision to retain three wasn’t made lightly. After extensive consideration, he concluded it was the safest choice.0

The Blood-Burning pill had extremely unique effects but also came with severe side effects. Each use inflicted damage on the body. If taken more than three times in succession, the damage would become irreparable. Unless one followed Wang Yuan's Physical-Refining path, ordinary Qi-Refining cultivators couldn’t avoid such injuries.0

And Luo Chen, who still aspired to walk the path of the Great Dao, could not afford to jeopardize his foundation.0

The six Blood-Burning pills sold for one hundred twenty, ninety, eighty,...0