Chapter 108: The Creation of the Baking Furnace

"Wait a moment."

Mr. Ji turned around, walked to a bookshelf, took out a box, and returned.

Open the carefully carved wooden box to reveal what is hidden inside.

It was a black, rough thing that looked like a ball of the lowest quality mud, only the size of a normal person's thumb nail.

If we must give this thing a name, perhaps we can barely call it a pill.

"Does this thing look familiar to you?" Old Ji looked at Gu Dan and asked.

Gu Dan’s face immediately darkened.

How could it not look familiar? It was this crappy pill that cost him thirty-three years of life and accelerated his body for ten years! Wait, accelerated his body for ten years?! Gu Dan's pupils widened slightly, as if he had realized something.

Seeing Gu Dan's reaction, Ji Lao said in disbelief: "Could it be because of this thing? How is this possible!"

He had long learned from Lin Xiaoyi that Gu Dan had swallowed a pill made by an alchemist, but what kind of pill could help a person directly resolve the problem of qi and blood circulation?

Unheard of!

That is a step that requires constant training of true qi, and it would take ten or even more than ten years to complete if you are slow! Taking a pill and lying down for four or five days can save more than ten years of hard work? What's the point of practicing martial arts? Taking drugs is just a waste of time! "I'm afraid it really has something to do with this pill." Gu Dan said with an unnatural expression.

To this day he still hasn't forgotten the day he woke up here.

His whole body felt like it was falling apart, his internal organs seemed to be burning in fire, and every muscle was sore and painful, as if a thousand needles were piercing his body. If this pill had cleared the blockage of his Qi and blood, then everything would make sense.

In addition, Qingpingzi later heard that he woke up after swallowing the elixir, so he came to see him specially and left a book on the art of internal breathing.

Later, in order not to expose his difference, he kept silent for a few months. Just when he was about to open a martial arts school and a medicine shop, Qingpingzi came to him again, and Moqiu almost fought with him!

"The pill you took was obtained from the furnace of an ancient sage. It is called Honglu Zaohua Pill, which has the miraculous effect of improving physical fitness. Many of the medicines required in it have been lost. Moreover, its medicinal power is too strong for ordinary people to bear."

Thinking back to that meeting, Qingpingzi's words did indeed have some clues!

But at that time, he was still full of prejudice and suspicion towards the Taoist priests, and only thought it was some kind of exaggerated trickery, and did not take Qingpingzi's words seriously . Who would have thought that Qingpingzi was actually playing a joke on him! However, according to Qingpingzi's questioning at the time, although the other party knew the name of the pill, he actually did not fully know its efficacy.

"Is it really that?!"

Mr. Ji opened his eyes wide in astonishment.

One pill can equal more than ten years of hard training? Is this pill made of gold or silver? Even if it is made of gold or silver, it is far from enough!

"It's not as simple as you think. Don't eat it!"

Seeing that Mr. Ji was about to make a move, Gu Dan quickly reminded him.

I was afraid that Mr. Ji would die accidentally!

Even if this 'Honglu Creation Pill' can really help people to resolve the problems of Qi and blood, its price, or side effects, are too terrible.

Taken together, it directly cut the person’s lifespan by forty-three years!

Most martial arts masters who died of natural causes died at the age of about 112 years old. After taking this pill, they can only live to 80 years old!

In comparison, saving ten years of hard work is not a heaven-defying effect, and can even be called a chicken rib.

Of course, this could also be because the pill had been stored for too long and had expired. "Unheard of, unheard of!"

Holding the small pill in his hand, Old Ji was extremely surprised, but still managed to keep himself restrained.

At his age, apart from things that prolong life and lifelong pursuits, other things have long lost their appeal, and he has no intention of taking risks.

"I remember that after I swallowed this thing, I almost died. It was in excruciating pain and I almost never woke up again. This broken thing is definitely not a shortcut. Be careful not to hit it." Gu Dan said affirmatively.

Old Ji glared at Gu Dan and said, "I am not a young man, so I am not that reckless. If your Qi and blood are blocked, even a martial artist who has mastered the internal organs will suffer, let alone an ordinary person without any martial arts skills? You are so lucky to be able to swallow it and survive!"

As time goes by, one can understand the whole picture by just looking at a small part.

His opinion was surprisingly consistent with Gu Dan's. Although he could not determine what the ingredients of this pill were, he knew that its medicinal effect must be extremely strong based on the effect it could achieve! "This pill was presented to Emperor Zong Ming by the alchemist, and was given to you by Emperor Zong Ming when he came to the Imperial Hospital."

After putting the pill back into the box, Old Ji frowned, as if thinking about something.

"How much do you know about alchemists? Qing Pingzi is also a martial arts master. Why has he never shown up since Ye Jiang Tianxing snatched a chance to become an immortal?"

Taking this opportunity, Gu Dan also asked about the doubts in his mind.

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Qingpingzi's escape directly led to Emperor Zongming's burning of books and burying of priests.

But the alchemists who were actually caught and killed were all those who coveted the fame and fortune of being an alchemist and later ran to Qingfeng Temple to become Taoists.

Before you can enjoy the benefits, disaster will come in the blink of an eye!

And the group of people who followed Qingpingzi at the beginning had long disappeared!

As martial arts masters, all of them were working diligently and in their own way to achieve their ambitions. Only Qingpingzi, after bewitching Emperor Zongming for more than 20 years, stole the immortal stone and ran away. No news about him has been heard since then.

It was simply impossible to guess what he was thinking! If he had to keep his name secret because he was wanted by the whole country, but now there were rebellions everywhere, how could he be defeated? The Emperor Zongming was already dead, and the new emperor didn't have that much grudge against the Taoist priests, so why would he provoke a martial arts master at this time? "Taoist Qingpingzi"

Old Ji frowned and fell into memories.

Of course, he had met Qingpingzi before.

It's just that one of them is striving to seek immortality, while the other is pursuing the innate way of martial arts. It can't be said that they are completely unrelated, but it can only be said that they are not in the same boat.

In addition, there were conflicts between him and Emperor Zong Ming, and the Taoist priests all relied on Emperor Zong Ming's favor to rise to prominence, and were almost able to become the state religion. Naturally, the two of them had little contact with each other, let alone any friendship.

The torrent of memories passed through my mind one by one, stripping away the unimportant things and immersing my entire mind in the memories of the past.

After a long while, Ji Lao suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Gu Dan with a look that was hard to describe in words, and said in horror: "What would happen if we were not prejudiced and treated the alchemist as a normal Taoist priest?!"

Gu Dan saw that the hands of this old master, who was over a hundred years old, were shaking uncontrollably!

(End of this chapter)