Emperor Yan further instructed, "The Heavenly Bone, the Heaven-Mending Stone, and the Heart's Blood are all extremely hard and tough materials. Ordinary flames are far from enough to melt them. It is best to set up a grand formation and forcibly refine them with the help of the power of heaven and earth."
Shen Qian, being a pseudo-alchemy master, naturally understood this principle and immediately nodded in agreement.
However, Shen Qian didn't take this matter to heart for the time being. After all, the matter of collecting materials was still far from being settled, and it was too far off to think about how to refine them now.
"It's almost time, you should go."
As the world deteriorated further, Shennong finished explaining everything he needed to, and then bid farewell.
Before sinking, he took one last look at the gentle-faced Emperor Yan, knowing that this was probably the last time they would meet.
As space shattered, Emperor Yan's form gradually became illusory.
Regardless of what methods the other party used, the last remaining traces of consciousness are probably already on the verge of collapse.
"treasure."
A thousand words came to his lips, but they all boiled down to the two most clichéd words. He bowed respectfully before Shen Qian, and when he looked up again, the space and time around him began to shift; he had already left this space.
The Yan Emperor Shennong, still standing in the void, stared at the place where he had disappeared before sinking, and his expression became complicated.
"Take care, Brother Shen..."
The murmured whispers fell silent along with the shattered space, leaving no trace.
...
The sound of fierce wind rushed back into his eardrums, and when Shen Qian opened his eyes again, he was back in the skies above Yan City.
The night sky was clear, and the thousand-meter-tall statue still stood before me, everything seemed the same as before. The only change was that the huge book held in the right hand of the Shennong statue had disappeared.
Shen Qian was naturally well aware of what was going on with this change.
The fragments of the "Compendium of Materia Medica" have transformed into miniature books shimmering with a hazy light, and now they float quietly beside his spiritual core.
Before the clone was fully crafted, Shen Qian would not touch it again.
Having acquired the "Compendium of Materia Medica," the price Shen Qian paid was not insignificant.
Because the system's energy was reduced to less than 80%.
If it weren't for Emperor Yan's intervention at the last moment, the outcome would have been uncertain.
Shen Qian suddenly came to his senses and met a pair of eyes that were filled with confusion, bewilderment, scrutiny, and shock.
Jiang Zhi, the contemporary King Yan.
Jiang Zhi was also completely bewildered at this moment.
He was quietly waiting for the "Hundred Herbs Classic" to finish "eating" when, to his surprise, the "Hundred Herbs Classic" disappeared in the blink of an eye!
Jiang Zhi was unaware of what had happened. After a brief moment of panic, his gaze settled on Chen Qian, who had reappeared high in the sky.
Even if you don't want to believe it, the young man who has come back from the dead must have some connection with the sudden disappearance of the "Compendium of Materia Medica".
Having learned the truth from his conversation with Emperor Yan, Shen Qian understood why Jiang Zhi had so readily sent him into the "Compendium of Herbs." Therefore, upon seeing the other party, Shen Qian immediately became wary.
However, he remained outwardly calm, only subtly revealing a hint of confusion before quickly bowing and saying, "Greetings, King Yan."
"you……"
Jiang Zhi glanced at Shen Qian, then at Diao Xiang's empty right hand. After taking several deep breaths, he fixed his sharp gaze on Shen Qian. "What happened? Where is the 'Hundred Herbs Classic'?"
"I don't know either."
Shen Qian shook his head in confusion, "I was just swept away by that light, and I seemed to see a huge painting in the Misty Lake..."
"You saw the 'Compendium of Materia Medica'?" Jiang Zhi moved a little closer. "And then?"
Shen Qian felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that Jiang Zhi's emotions must be far more turbulent than they appeared, but the other party's long-standing demeanor as a superior was allowing him to barely maintain his composure.
"The scroll seemed to project light, and then I saw... I saw Emperor Yan Shennong..."
He began to narrate, half true and half false.
"...Finally, the Yan Emperor, who should have been in our memories, suddenly seemed to come to life. He muttered something about 'a thousand-year wait,' and then he put the scroll away..."
"What!"
Jiang Zhi's eyes shone like the sun as he gripped Shen Qian's collar tightly. "You're saying... that Emperor Yan took away the 'Compendium of Herbs'?"
"Ah, is that scroll the 'Compendium of Materia Medica'? No wonder it's so profound and extensive; I can't even fathom a fraction of it..."
He suddenly realized.
Jiang Zhi fell silent, staring intently at Shen Qian, as if trying to determine whether what he said was true or false.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang suddenly released Shen Qian and flashed to the top of the statue, staring at the statue's frozen features.
In truth, Jiang Zhi had already begun to believe three-tenths of what Shen Qian had said.
Jiang Zhi knew all too well what kind of divine object the "Hundred Herbs Classic" was. How could a mere Shen Qian who had just entered the Divine Realm possibly have the ability to control it?
With his back to Shen Qian, Jiang Zhi's face finally contorted with barely suppressed rage.
"Why, why did you take away the 'Compendium of Materia Medica'..."
His roar blocked out the sinking figure, but it still echoed between him and the stone statue, "A thousand years! Since you've been pretending to be dead for a thousand years, why did you have to ruin my plans at this moment!"
Faced with Jiang Zhi's angry questioning, the stone statue remained silent, only responding with a smile.
Jiang Zhi's face was gloomy, and his eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about how to get the "Compendium of Materia Medica" back.
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