Du Hongye didn't say anything, but stood aside obediently, holding her breath.
Haolong Zhenzun sat aside with his hands on his knees, his deep-set eyes half-open, with a deep and dim light flickering in his pupils.
A breeze was swirling in the temple. This was because the power of the twelve thousand-year-old pills that Haolong Zhenzun swallowed in one gulp was taking effect. The powerful life energy caused Haolong Zhenzun's blood and qi to swirl, causing the air in the temple to start moving.
The strong wind swirled, and the curtains and drapes swayed with it.
The colorful neon light outside the temple was ever-changing, shining through the curtains and drapes. Because these curtains and drapes were swaying wildly, the mottled light and shadows on the ground also began to shake.
Chu Tian held a colorful snake skin in his hand.
The back of the snake skin had been tanned, and on the white leather was written in light golden text, a recipe for an elixir with its name erased.
The characters used in the pill recipe are very strange. According to the records in the secret code of Taiyi Qingling Sect, it should be a secret text that was popular among some secret alchemist organizations in the core island circle of the Fallen Star Ocean tens of thousands of years ago.
This kind of secret text was completely created by those alchemists with strange tempers. Unless one is an alchemist with sufficient knowledge and experience, it is impossible to recognize these secret texts, let alone analyze the pill recipes recorded in them.
Haolong Zhenzun tilted his head slightly and kept staring at Chu Tian.
The twelve thousand-year-old pills in his stomach that were firing at full speed were of pure essence and had extremely powerful medicinal properties. Haolong Zhenzun had swallowed countless elixirs of various kinds throughout his life, some of which were hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than these twelve thousand-year-old pills.
But when it comes to the purity of medicinal power, the purity of the medicinal power of Chu Tian’s twelve thousand-year-old pills is the only one ever seen in the life of Haolong Zhenzun!
The elixir took effect, but Haolong Zhenzun didn't feel any impurities left? Not even a trace of elixir poison? How is that possible?
Although he seemed to be sitting there in a calm and composed manner, Haolong Zhenzun's heart was filled with turmoil. Alchemists in Fallen Star Ocean were extremely rare, and it was not easy to find a skilled alchemist.
But Haolong Zhenzun really needed to find a skilled alchemist! So, when he heard from the Du family that there was a wandering alchemist staying at the Du family, Haolong Zhenzun hurried over as soon as possible.
Hopefully, Chu Tian can meet his requirements.
Haolong Zhenzun subconsciously clenched his fists. Under his pale skin, bright golden meridians that looked like they were made of pure gold expanded, making crisp "crackling" sounds.
Du Hongye subconsciously glanced at Haolong Zhenzun, and her eyes flickered - it seemed that Haolong Zhenzun's attention to Chu Tian exceeded what he should have shown.
With the strength and power of Haolong Zhenzun, and the huge territory he occupied in the fourth island circle, he should not be short of elixirs. Even Du Hongye knew that Haolong Zhenzun himself supported several alchemists, so why did he show such importance and tension towards Chu Tian?
"This recipe is quite interesting!" Chu Tian nodded, pointed at the secret text on the recipe and laughed: "The king and his ministers assist each other, and the combination of medicinal properties is simply a strange combination. It's really... against common sense!"
Haolong Zhenzun smiled. He looked at Chu Tian and asked, "Mr. Ming Wang, do you understand this recipe? There are eighteen main ingredients in total. Can you tell me the names of the ingredients?"
There was a hint of doubt in Haolong Zhenzun's words. He doubted whether Chu Tian really understood the pill recipe.
After all, the secret text used in this pill recipe has long been lost, and the few alchemists employed by Haolong Zhenzun only have a partial understanding of it. Over the years, in order to decipher the names of the eighteen main ingredients and sixty-four supplementary ingredients in the pill recipe, Haolong Zhenzun's several alchemists have been struggling for a full twenty years!
Chu Tian smiled, pointed at the secret words on the python skin, and named the medicines one by one.
When he mentioned the name of the ninth main medicine, Haolong Zhenzun suddenly stood up and asked loudly: "You said that this medicine is three-headed snake coral? But my family's worshiper said that it is three-flowered blood coral!"
Chu Tian smiled and looked at Haolong Zhenzun: "So, Zhenzun's worshiper must have failed to make the elixir. Am I wrong?"
Haolong Zhenzun's pale face suddenly turned red. He smiled awkwardly and slowly sat back.
If one can still make pills if he gets the most basic main ingredients wrong, that would be truly bizarre.
Chu Tian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how great was his luck that he got the inheritance secret book of Taiyi Qingling Sect from Changchun Valley? Taiyi Qingling Sect was once a major elixir sect in the deep island circle of Fallen Star Ocean. Many of their past sect masters and elders were big figures in those secret alchemist organizations.
Chu Tian couldn’t say that he knew all of the various secret texts of alchemists, but he could at least understand 70% of them.
After secretly praising him, Chu Tian continued to read out the names of the main ingredients in the pill formula. The expression on Lord Haolong's face turned ugly again. Among the eighteen main ingredients, four of them were actually different from the names mentioned by his family's alchemist.
Among the sixty-four medicines, the names of the medicines Chu Tian reported were twenty-seven different.
"There are eighty-two medicinal ingredients in total, and the worshipper of Zhenzun's family got thirty-one of them wrong. The monarch and his ministers are in complete conflict and opposition. I'm sure that when the worshipper of Zhenjun's family tried to refine this elixir, the furnace was damaged greatly." Chu Tian memorized the recipe in his heart and looked up and smiled at the extremely embarrassed Haolong Zhenzun.
Haolong Zhenzun was silent for a long time, then he laughed dryly and said, "Mr. Ming Wang is a man of great ability!"
Two hot flames lit up in the deep eyes of Haolong Zhenzun. He looked at Chu Tian enthusiastically and smiled, "Originally, my family has five alchemists. In the fourth island circle, the alchemists of my Haolong Zhenzun family are also well-known."
After laughing a few times, Haolong Zhenzun spread his hands and sighed helplessly: "It's just that now, my family only has two alchemists to serve!"
Chu Tian was shocked: "Three people were killed in the explosion?"
Haolong Zhenzun nodded helplessly: "Thanks to my timely rescue, two were blown to pieces on the spot, one was seriously injured and died, and the remaining two also had broken arms and legs, and they have not yet fully recovered."
Taking a deep breath, Haolong Zhenzun looked at Chu Tian and said with a smile: "Mr. Ming Wang, are you sure you didn't make a mistake with the medicinal materials? This elixir furnace is extremely powerful when it explodes. I am also knowledgeable. I have lived for tens of thousands of years, and I have never seen any elixir furnace explosion that can be as earth-shattering as this one."
Chu Tian pondered for a while, and glanced at the Wanzai Xuanming Peak floating beside Haolong Zhenzun. He smiled and said, "You can try. At least, I am confident that the furnace will not explode. However, as for the medicinal materials, please prepare ten portions for me."
Haolong Zhenzun's face twitched.
Among the medicinal herbs that Chu Tian reported, many are extremely rare things, such as the three-headed snake coral, which is a treasure that you may not be able to find even one among billions of corals.
Chu Tian asked to prepare ten sets of medicinal materials?
Gritting his teeth, Haolong Zhenzun slowly nodded.