Chapter 279: Righteous Heart

The sky was gloomy, and depressing dark clouds hung over Yaowang City.

After the alchemy conference ended, the crowd gathered in Yaowang City gradually dispersed.

Chen Luo, the Lord of Yaowang City and three senior alchemists of Yaowang City walked towards the alchemy room at the highest point of Yaowang City.

Boom boom.

Muffled thunder came from the sky, as if someone was beating a drum in the clouds.

The wind blew, and the dead leaves on the ground were rolled up, bringing a little fragrance of soil. The leaves on the yellow-leaf trees swayed in the wind, and the leaves that could not hold on to the branches shook several times and then fell down in a spiral.

A foot stepped on the dead leaves, making a crisp sound.

"We're just ahead."

The five of them walked all the way to the innermost alchemy room. This was the core area of ​​Medicine King City, the convergence point of the third-order spiritual veins. Walking here, one could clearly feel the active spiritual energy in the air.

"This alchemy room is the best in our Medicine King City. It is connected to a natural underground fire array. The highest temperature of the flame is stronger than the fire of the Dan Jin cultivator. The liquid medicine refined by the underground fire here has extremely few impurities. When refining elixirs above the third level, the success rate of alchemy here can be increased by 20%."

The Lord of Yaowang City walked in front and stretched out his hand to push open the stone door in front.

The moment his palm touched the door, a wisp of spiritual energy emerged from his palm, and the dense restrictions dissipated, opening the passage.

'A third-level restriction that can be broken by the Silver Armored Corpse King.'

In his mind, the leader of the Immortal Sect made a judgment.

After a heavy sound of stone door, the door of the alchemy room opened. Medicine King City Lord walked in first, followed by others. Chen Luo looked around and confirmed the retreat route before following the four people in.

After passing the stone gate, there is a long and narrow stone path. There are some black spells on the uneven walls on both sides. These spells are different from the words on the talismans. They are a kind of array text.

After walking for a while, the temperature inside began to rise, a scorching breath came from inside, the light slowly turned dark red, and heat waves came one after another.

"arrive."

The Lord of Medicine King City, who was walking in front, stopped.

The view suddenly became clear.

Inside was a huge space. There were no torches or night pearls in the cave. The only source of light was the roiling magma in the middle. The dense black lines on the surrounding stone walls and the surrounding areas all converged at this magma mouth like a spider web, forming a circular radial pattern.

A circular platform made of special bluestone was built around the lava mouth, on which was placed a bronze medicine cauldron surrounded by black iron locks. One could feel the heat energy escaping from the cauldron without getting close to it.

"Please ask Elder Chen to demonstrate the Starfire Alchemy Technique."

Elder Lu took out a gourd of Guiyuan Pills and handed it to Chen Luo. The Medicine King City Lord and the remaining two elders also stepped back.

Chen Luo did not refuse. He took the free pill and walked up to the bluestone platform in front.

This was the first time he had seen an alchemy room of this size. It was indeed a sect famous for its alchemy. The treatment of alchemists here was absolutely top-notch.

When I walked onto the bluestone steps, the temperature around me became even more exaggerated, and black smoke came out when my feet stepped on the ground.

"This temperature"

Chen Luo looked down, his foundation-building spiritual body started to operate, and a little black smoke disappeared instantly.

The lowest requirement for refining elixirs in this place is to build a foundation. If a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm comes in, he will be burned to ashes by the overflowing heat energy.

The huge bronze furnace was more than three meters high. The furnace at this stage was surrounded by a strong medicinal aroma, which was very similar to the aroma of the alchemy furnace in Chen Luo's hand, but the richness of the alchemy energy was much worse. This also made Chen Luo have a deeper understanding of the value of Elder An's alchemy furnace.

"Does Elder Chen have any medicinal herbs?" asked an elder.

The temperature in the underground fire alchemy room is extremely high, and those who come here to make alchemy have prepared their spiritual materials in advance.

"I have three sets of Qi and Blood Pills for the test. Elder Chen, you can take them first. It's just a demonstration of fire control anyway."

Three spiritual materials flew out and went towards Chen Luo.

"Thank you."

Chen Luo did not take these spiritual materials. He waved his sleeves on the way over, and the spiritual materials turned around and fell into the alchemy furnace. Gu Yue Zhenren's brain started to work, and a familiar frequency emerged. The eyes of Medicine King City Lord, who had been observing Chen Luo, fluctuated.

He raised his hand and kept tapping with two fingers. Every time he tapped, a little starlight flashed. A little spark ignited under the furnace. The sparks were all over the furnace. The temperature of each "spark" was different. The three medicinal materials put into the furnace at the same time were accurately refined and blended.

'This action'

The Lord of Yaowang City recalled the familiar old friend in his mind. He saw the shadow of that old friend in Chen Luo.

In a short while, the three spiritual materials were completely refined, and the pills were also refined. All three pills were top-grade spiritual pills. First-grade pills were easy for Chen Luo to make now, and there was no possibility of error. With so many brains stacked together to refine the pills, there were three second-grade alchemists assisting, and the main one was the brain of the third-grade alchemist Gu Yue Zhenren. It was not as luxurious as using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Chen Luo flicked his index finger, and the lid of the alchemy furnace opened. Three newly refined pills flew out and landed in front of the Medicine King City Lord.

"It is indeed the Spark Alchemy Technique."

Looking at the three pills refined by Chen Luo, Medicine King City Lord said something in appreciation. The three elders beside him also flashed a trace of excitement when they saw this.

"God really helps Yaowang City."

An elder couldn't help but say something.

Chen Luo's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything. He had sensed the problem with these people since they met. Although the Starfire Alchemy Technique was rare, it was definitely not to this extent. In the final analysis, it was just a method of alchemy. As a third-level alchemist in the Jindan period, even if Yaowang City Lord didn't know the Starfire Alchemy Technique, he must know other similar fire control techniques.

"The three elders please go down first. I have something to talk to Elder Chen alone."

The Lord of Medicine King City put away the pills and said to the three elders beside him.

"yes."

"I'll take my leave."

The three elders responded respectfully, then smiled and nodded to Chen Luo before getting up and leaving.

After the three people left, Medicine King City Lord led Chen Luo to sit in a corner. A rest formation was arranged here, which was a place for alchemists to rest. There were stone tables and stone benches, and a stone chess set on top to kill time.

"What do you think of my Medicine King City?"

The Lord of Medicine King City conjured up some fruits and wine, and invited Chen Luo to sit down before asking questions. He did not mention the Starfire Alchemy Technique, nor did he ask about Chen Luo's origins. He started talking about the relevant matters of Medicine King City.

"Medicine King City is home to a third-tier spiritual vein. The resources of the entire Huangfeng Mountain Range belong to Medicine King City. There are countless alchemists in the city, and the four major immortal sects are all related to Medicine King City. The city lord is a real person in the Jindan realm, and there is also a fourth-tier alchemist who cannot be hidden in secret. It can be said that he sits high in the clouds, untainted by the dust. Although there is only one city, it is the most transcendent."

Chen Luo described Yaowang City according to the information he had inquired about. This was not just Chen Luo's random talk, but the views of the cultivators in the entire Tiannan region on Yaowang City.

"aloof."

The Lord of Medicine King City gave a bitter smile.

"My friend, do you know that the Grand Ancestor of our Medicine King City, the fourth-level alchemist you mentioned, has not appeared for seven hundred years."

Chen Luo's eyelids twitched, and he immediately felt something was wrong.

He was just a passerby

"The Southern Region is not as peaceful as it seems. In the past seven hundred years, the four top immortal sects have wiped out five mid-level forces. Although the 'demon race' and 'aliens' are blamed on the surface, we all know what happened behind the scenes. What you just said is only the surface of my Medicine King City. The real Medicine King City is like this alchemy room, sitting on the crater of a volcano and may erupt at any time."

"I think this kind of thing"

"There is a 'sky' in the Tiannan Region, and the Four Great Immortal Sects are the sky here."

The Lord of Medicine King City interrupted Chen Luo and continued.

"I noticed the problem a long time ago. The fellow Taoists from the five major sects that were wiped out also came to me for help. It's a pity that Medicine King City was at its peak at that time. The ancestor was still alive, and Master Gu Yue of the Qionghua Sect was also my close friend. With their existence, Medicine King City was just as you described before, 'high in the clouds, untainted by dust'."

The world changes, and no one could have imagined that the support of Medicine King City would fall so quickly.

Now that the ancestor is gone and his best friend Gu Yue Zhenren is missing, the two major backers of Yaowang City have disappeared. Although the other three major immortal gates are also related, they are separated by a layer. In the face of absolute interests, those immortal gates will never show any mercy.

Medicine King City is a wealthy city full of alchemists. In the eyes of the four great sects, it is just a piece of meat with teeth cut off! The fact that they can hold on until now is already a sign of the ancestor's residual power. Unfortunately, the influence of the ancestor has been decreasing year by year over the years. The longer he is missing, the more dangerous Medicine King City will be.

In order to solve the dilemma, the Lord of Yaowang City formulated a plan a hundred years ago.

Reconstruct the relationship within Qionghua Sect. However, this is not what you want when you surrender to the other party. The relationship within Qionghua Sect is extremely complicated. If you take the wrong path, you will be doomed. The most perfect result is to find a heavyweight figure similar to Gu Yue Zhenren, preferably someone who has a direct relationship with the Seventh Ancestor of Qionghua.

Before Chen Luo came over, Yaowang City Lord had decided on two plans.

The first target was the eldest grandson of Taixuan Patriarch. He was extremely talented and had reached the middle stage of foundation building before he was 100 years old. He was well-known in the Tiannan domain. However, there were too many forces that wanted to recruit such a person. Even if he joined Yaowang City, he might not be reused. The biggest probability was that he would be slaughtered like fat meat.

Cooperation without checks and balances is likely to be wiped out without leaving anything behind.

The second target is still Ancestor Taixu. The Medicine King City back then was built on the basis of Ancestor Taixu’s connections, but this line of communication was cut off after True Man Guyue disappeared.

"I am just a first-level alchemist who has just joined Yaowang City."

Chen Luo was silent for a long time and then said something.

He had just passed the Medicine King City Alchemist Assessment, and his alchemist level was indeed only Level One.

"So I prepared a generous gift for you."

“This is not a question of courtesy or impoliteness”

"The inheritance left by our Medicine King City's fourth-rank ancestor contains the top-level recipe for condensing a first-grade golden elixir, as well as the cultivation methods for the entire realm of condensing a golden elixir, all the way to condensing an infant."

After saying this, Yaowang City Lord looked at Chen Luo and took out a jade slip and placed it in front of him.

"As long as you are willing to make this deal, I promise that you will not suffer any loss, and you can become the core disciple of the Qionghua Sect, worship the Taixu Patriarch as your master, and obtain the top inheritance in the Tiannan Region. From then on, you will have a smooth journey to immortality and will no longer have to worry about the skills. My Medicine King City will also become your helper and provide you with countless wealth."

"It's mainly because I can't stand what these people do!"

Chen Luo felt that this was not a matter of money. The most important thing was that he was a man of justice and could not stand injustice. Of course, the most important premise was the safety mentioned by Medicine King City Lord. If there was really danger, this "sense of justice" could be discounted.

The main thing is to be flexible and not to trap yourself.

(End of this chapter)