No one had imagined this possibility. Using Grade-3 materials to make Grade-7 pills?

Fortunately, Himmel Soan didn’t make that announcement, or the crow wouldn’t stop talking about it!

It was an impossible mission for them. Such a practice didn’t exist in any books.

One could skip grades when refining pills, like using Grade-1 materials to make Grade-2 or Grade-3 pills. But that was extremely rare.

What Himmel Soan was about to do had no precedent in Stelladom.

“What’s he doing? Why did he put all seven portions of materials into the furnace?”

“Is he refining pills? He almost looks like he’s cooking!”

“How can he do that? Is he really a master alchemist? Was Elder Tine right? Have all the elders lost their minds?”

“What a waste! I can make five portions of Class C pills with those materials!”

“What a shame!”

The others looked at Himmel Soan in surprise and cried out. When someone was making pills, they should never be disturbed. It could severely affect the outcome.

But the guy was just wasting materials. That was why they made a clamor. He had thrown all seven portions in the furnace; that couldn’t be right.

Elder Ein had a strange look on his face as well. He thought, Is it possible that he’s just an ordinary man? Even now, I sense no spiritual essence from him. It’s like watching someone cook! Am I really wrong about him?

No, that couldn’t be the case because Himmel Soan really had inspired him. Could an ordinary guy achieve that?

The more he thought about it, the more confused he felt. It didn’t fit his expectations at all!

Himmel Soan’s strange behavior made Ein forget that the young man shouldn’t be disturbed. Moreover, Himmel Soan didn’t react to the crowd at all.

Meanwhile, Himmel Soan put his hand on the furnace and kept adjusting the properties of the materials. To jump to Grade 7, he needed to extract, refine, and compress all the energy in the ingredients.

After repeating the process, he would achieve Grade 7.

As for the discussion, he didn’t hear a word, let alone care about what they said. He was completely absorbed in himself. Apart from the furnace, he couldn’t see anything.

Just then, the sky darkened as if it was going to rain.

“I think a storm is coming!”

“When is this going to end? I don’t want to get wet!”

“I dozed off and woke up, but he still hasn’t finished.”

“I think he’ll finish when it starts raining. He won’t continue in the rain, will he?”

“…”

The crowd was still chatting, not taking Himmel Soan’s work seriously at all. If the elders weren’t here, they would have gone back to their own furnaces.

Ein and the other elders looked embarrassed. They hoped some miracle would happen, and Himmel Soan would refine some pills. If not Class C pills, Class B ones would save the day.

He had put so many materials in the furnace, and even the elders would probably fail to produce anything. If Himmel Soan could make some Class C pills, it wouldn’t be a humiliation.

However, if nothing happened, they would lose their credibility in front of hundreds of pupils. Their words wouldn’t carry any weight anymore.

Suddenly, thunder rumbled in the clouds, and the sky grew darker. It almost looked like nightfall.

“Do I hear thunder? That’s so loud. Is someone going through heavenly tribulation?”

“Of course not. The clouds are gathering above. Are you saying someone in our school is going through the thunder tribulation?”

“Can it be Elder Ein? I see! That’s why we’re here!”

“Congratulations, Elder Ein!”

The crowd speculated about the heavenly tribulation. Even some elders had the same idea. After all, the thunder tribulation seemed very real. It had to be for one of them.

The only explanation was that Elder Ein was having a breakthrough.

Ein smiled bitterly.

Tribulation?

That wasn’t him!

He, of all people, knew that. He hadn’t reached that level yet. Going through a thunder tribulation now would get himself killed.

Moreover, everybody would sense their own thunder tribulation. If it was for him, he would become aware of it beforehand. It would give him some time to deal with any flaws in his comprehension and find ways to delay his thunder tribulation. But now, he didn’t feel any connection with this thunder tribulation.

It had to be someone else’s.

There was another rumble, scaring everybody. The thunder remained in the clouds, and the lightning never came down. As a result, the thunderclaps grew louder and more intense.

“Why are we having such a thunder tribulation?” Ein was confused.

He had seen thunder tribulations when people made breakthroughs to the Hinayana stage, but there was nothing like this.

The thunder tribulation was still brewing.

Elder Tine heard the rumbles when she returned to her room, so she ran back and came up to Ein. “Elder Ein, are you going to have a thunder tribulation? It’s so strange. You won’t make it. I’ll help you hide. After it’s gone, I’ll take you to the principal.”

She had bickered with Ein before, but after all this time, she already thought of this place as her home. Ein was her family. She didn’t wish to see him get killed by lightning.

She grabbed Ein and wanted to drag him away.

“That’s not mine…” said Ein.