Chapter 415 New Patients
Inside the Temple of War, on the warship.
Zhong Cai looked at the alchemy furnace in front of him and quickly formed hand seals.
Many kinds of medicinal herbs floated around him, continuously descending into the alchemy furnace according to his hand gestures, and melting at an extremely fast speed.
Each level seven pill requires a lot of medicinal materials. Sometimes there are several main ingredients alone, and several second-tier rare medicinal materials are also needed—it can be called a semi-main ingredient. The real auxiliary ingredients are only needed later.
Therefore, during the refining process, even the slightest mistake will affect the quality and the number of pills produced. If the mistake is serious, the furnace will definitely explode.
Zhong Cai dared not relax for a moment when refining the seventh-level pill. The refining time was a full eight days. Each time, he was so focused that he was expressionless, but he remained very stable.
He exploded in the oven even less often.
Previously, when the sixth-level pills were first refined, they would always explode once every three to five batches. However, when it came to the seventh-level pills, perhaps because Zhong Cai was extra careful, the explosions were very rare once they were refined.
There's still more than half an hour left. Once we get past this last hurdle, we can produce the pill.
Therefore, Zhong Cai became even more cautious.
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As Wu Shaogan watched Zhong Cai intently refining pills, he gently tapped the door when he sensed someone approaching and about to knock.
In an instant, the door became completely silent.
The people outside clearly noticed something was wrong, but they didn't stop. Instead, they carefully sent out a wisp of their soul.
Seeing that Wu Shaogan did not stop it, the spirit came to Wu Shaogan's vicinity and transmitted a message to him.
[Wu Dou Wang, a Nirvana Realm expert has come to visit.]
Because he was such a powerful Nirvana Realm expert, the alchemists of the Lingxian Sect outside could not afford to be negligent. They could only inform King Wu Dou of the news first and wait for King Wu Dou to make a decision.
Wu Shaogan understood, stood up, and walked to the door.
Zhong Cai seemed to sense something and turned her head slightly in this direction.
Wu Shao chuckled dryly and said softly, "I have some errands to run."
Zhong Cai remained focused on alchemy, her technique still steady, and she seemed reassured after hearing Wu Shaogan's explanation.
Wu Shaogan quietly opened the door and went out.
From beginning to end, not a single sound was made.
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On the deck outside the cabin, a tall, thin old man stood still, his face sallow and his eyes revealing anxiety.
He had clearly restrained his breathing and was very polite in not forcibly disturbing Zhong Cai, but it was precisely because of this anxiety that he was still able to affect the mentality of those present.
Wu Shaogan walked over, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Senior."
The tall, thin old man forced a smile. He was somewhat disappointed that Zhong Cai hadn't come out, but he still tried to speak in a gentle tone: "Young friend, you're too kind. I apologize for my presumptuousness."
Wu Shaogan led the old man to the side, sat him down at a table, offered him tea, and said, "Senior, if you have any difficulties, please tell me."
The tall, thin old man sighed, "I am of mediocre talent, and my proudest achievement in life is having a good son..."
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The old man's name was Gao Sheng, and he was a very reclusive rogue cultivator.
When he was young, he had a bad temper and didn't make many friends; his aptitude wasn't very good either, so he couldn't join any major sects. However, he was also very ambitious and wouldn't go to anything less than the ninth level, so he could only remain a rogue cultivator.
Gao Sheng later had an unexpected one-night stand with a female cultivator. Neither of them paid much attention to it, nor did they intend to marry her.
Unexpectedly, even though the two were already cultivators at the Palace Building stage, they still conceived a child because of this "exchange".
The female cultivator naturally wanted to raise the child herself, especially since the child she gave birth to had quite good aptitude, reaching the Heavenly Rank. She planned to raise the child herself, and in the future, mother and child would be each other's helpers.
However, this female cultivator was unlucky. She stepped into a trap while exploring the ruins and was about to die. Helpless, she could only carve a memory stone to give to the child and use a secret method to send him out of the secret realm, letting him find Gao Sheng himself.
The child was clever and quickly cornered Gao Sheng, and Gao Sheng learned of the child's existence from that moment on.
Gao Sheng was overjoyed and naturally took great care in raising the child. After undergoing a miraculous rebirth, he even personally went to the ruins to retrieve the female cultivator's body and laid her to rest.
When raising the child, since the female cultivator didn't give the child a formal name, he named the child Gao Nan, because the female cultivator's name contained the character "Lan".
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Gao Nan did not disappoint his parents' expectations, making rapid progress and eventually becoming a disciple of a level nine power.
However, there was too much factional infighting within that level-nine power. Although Gao Nan had enough resources to cultivate, he also suffered severe losses because his faction was defeated after he was drawn into the conflict.
But no matter how much they cut back, being within the faction is still better than being a rogue cultivator.
Therefore, Gao Nan cultivated in a low-key manner.
Until recently, Gao Nan was plotted against by enemies within his sect. Just like his mother, he was subjected to various strange methods in some ruins and was on the verge of death. The soul lamp left in Gao Sheng's hands was also flickering and had become as small as a bean.
Gao Sheng immediately went to investigate the situation and eventually went to the ruins to rescue Gao Nan.
Simply saving his body wasn't enough. Gao Nan was not only poisoned by several kinds of poisons, but also by some strange ancient energies inherent in the ruins themselves, which were intertwined with the poisons and constantly devouring Gao Nan's life force...
Within that level nine force were a few ordinary level seven or eight alchemists, but they were bound by the victorious faction and could not take action—whether they could research a way to save the situation with their talents was another matter, but they couldn't even try, so there was no hope at all.
Gao Sheng tried to find suitable high-level alchemists outside to help him, but the alchemists of small and medium-sized forces were unwilling to help. Although the major alchemy forces in the vicinity were not afraid of the forces to which Gao Nan belonged, they did not want to offend the faction for the sake of Gao Nan. On the other hand, even if the alchemists among them had free time, they immediately received new orders and did not have the "time" to help.
Even among other small and medium-sized forces, and among independent cultivators, those with outstanding seventh-level alchemists are equally unwilling to offend those ninth-level forces.
As the days dragged on, Gao Nan grew weaker and weaker.
Gao Sheng could only use some rare and precious herbs to keep Gao Nan alive, but Gao Nan barely managed to stay alive.
Helpless, Gao Sheng went to some of the surrounding continents and regions to try to find alchemists who could save people. However, most of the alchemists were very busy and did not trust Gao Sheng, so they did not want to go that far with him.
Until recently, Gao Sheng heard that a secret realm cave had opened in the neighboring Central Region, where the former top-ranked sixth-level alchemist was refining pills and treating some difficult and complicated diseases. Moreover, the alchemist king had now reached the seventh level and was ranked very high on the Sky List.
Gao Sheng was overjoyed and naturally rushed over with the children.
He guessed that this King Zhong Dan himself came from a ninth-level alchemy faction, and his Daoist partner Wu Shaogan was an outstanding Battle King in the War God Hall. As long as King Zhong Dan was willing to save people, he would not be afraid of the ninth-level faction to which his son belonged.
If there is any way out for Aiko Takanan, it is only here.
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Gao Sheng was not an arrogant person. If it weren't for the fact that his beloved son was really dying and he was eager to know if Zhong Cai was willing to help, he would have been willing to wait on the deck for Zhong Cai to finish refining the pills and come out.
However, the matter was extremely urgent, so Gao Sheng had no choice but to ask the alchemist from the Lingxian Sect to speak with Wu Shaogan and inquire about the situation.
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Gao Sheng took out a mustard seed bag and said sincerely, "This is a small reward that I have prepared, and I am willing to give it all to King Zhong Dan. Regardless of whether Nan'er can live or not... please accept it, King Zhong Dan."
Wu Shaogan took it and scanned it with his spiritual sense.
This mustard seed bag contains a great many resources, many of which are Yin-Yang attribute resources that were obviously traded urgently, as well as a large number of mid-grade Xuan stones—almost all of the resources are level seven, and there are also one or two level eight items.
Such a gesture shows sincerity.
Gao Sheng must have used all his resources just to ask Zhong Cai to ignore that level-nine power and give his beloved son a chance to survive.
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Wu Shaogan said, "Wait a moment, I'll go ask A-Cai."
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