156: Elixir formulas and elixir furnaces!
The Nine Changes Demon King that Xu Qing had met previously was, strictly speaking, only a remnant thought of the original body, not the real Nine Changes Demon King.
Xu Qing did not know what kind of disposition the real Demon King had, but now, walking among the ruins and looking at the magnificent buildings around him, he could see the great ambitions that the Nine Changes Demon King once harbored.
Although the continuous complex of buildings was dilapidated, one could still see how magnificent and grand it had been in the past.
Quite a few demon cultivators were busy among the buildings. Upon seeing Xu Qing arrive, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing and bowed tremblingly.
A moment later.
Under the lead of Bronze Bull, Xu Qing came to the side of a relatively intact building complex.
The buildings here were different in style; the houses here were relatively lower compared to the surrounding ones. Several buildings in the center were crafted entirely from an unknown metal, shimmering with a dark red light.
"Great King, this is the place." Bronze Bull pointed to the building complex in front and said.
Light flashed in Xu Qing's vertical pupil as he activated his spiritual eyes to begin investigating the Restriction here.
In an instant, dense array patterns and Restrictions appeared before his eyes.
Numerous Restrictions were intertwined, firmly protecting this place.
The Restrictions here were very complete, and their ferocity was much stronger than ordinary ones; it was no wonder Bronze Bull and the others could not break them.
After seeing clearly, Xu Qing did not feel it was tricky; instead, he felt some anticipation.
The surrounding buildings were all ruined, but only this place remained intact, indicating that the things inside were extraordinary.
Moreover, he had mastered the Arrangement Formation, was quite knowledgeable about Restriction array patterns, and had the Secret Art left behind by the Nine Changes Demon King to assist him, so he was not worried about failing to break the Restrictions of the Pill Refining Room.
Not wanting to waste time, Xu Qing immediately began the process of breaking them.
He was very careful, probing bit by bit, constantly deducing the mysteries within the Restrictions, and stepped into the building complex before him step by step.
Time passed bit by bit.
Xu Qing advanced with steady steps, walking deep into the Pill Refining Room step by step.
After a long time.
Xu Qing came to a building and, after spending some effort to dissolve the Restriction on the door, he gently pushed it open.
'Creak...'
Accompanied by a soft sound, the things behind the door appeared before Xu Qing's eyes.
Those were rows of sandalwood shelves, neatly arranged in the room, with a Jade Slip placed on each row of shelves.
Some Jade Slips had lost their luster, some were broken in half, and some had simply turned into a pile of powder, dissipating into dust with the slight breeze stirred up by opening the door.
Xu Qing scanned the area and soon discovered that about thirty percent of the Jade Slips remained intact, not destroyed by the erosion of time.
A hint of anticipation flashed in his golden vertical pupil.
He stepped inside, picked up a Jade Slip, and poured his magic power into it.
The next instant.
Scenes appeared before Xu Qing's eyes.
Among them were various medicinal herbs, a Pill Furnace, flames, and a busy figure...
The scene being demonstrated was clearly a scene of Alchemy!
Xu Qing's pupils constricted slightly as he concentrated to watch carefully.
...
"This... is actually a Pill Formula!"
Xu Qing muttered to himself, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.
The Jade Slip in his hand recorded a method for refining something called the impermanence pill, from the selection of medicinal herbs to the control of heat, all recorded within, extremely detailed.
If this Pill Formula were placed in the hands of any Alchemist, as long as they familiarized themselves with it a few times, they could directly start the furnace and attempt refining.
And since Xu Qing had mastered the Art of Consumption and his own Alchemy experience was quite rich, he could get started even faster.
Suppressing the urge to try it right now, he began to quickly browse through the other Jade Slips.
Soon, one Pill Formula after another appeared before Xu Qing's eyes.
Each Pill Formula had its own unique features, and the Dao and medical principles contained within them captivated Xu Qing, making him unable to resist studying them.
In the blink of an eye, a day passed.
Xu Qing put down the last Jade Slip and let out a long breath, still feeling unsatisfied.
The number of intact Jade Slips in this room was exactly three hundred and thirty, which was equivalent to three hundred and thirty complete Pill Formulas!
For an unconventional Alchemist like Xu Qing, reading these hundreds of Pill Formulas was a great help to him.
Not only did he now have these Pill Formulas, which he could use to refine them.
But also the Dao and medical principles contained within these Pill Formulas gave him great inspiration.
With the help of the Alchemy of the Art of Consumption, he could refine some new Medicinal Pills himself, and the effects would be much stronger than what he had explored before!
The corners of Xu Qing's mouth curled up, revealing a satisfied smile.
After waving his hand to collect all the Jade Slips, he turned and left, walking towards the room deep in the Pill Refining Room.
The closer he got to the depths of the Pill Refining Room, the more complex the Restrictions became.
Xu Qing's forward speed slowed down slightly; it took him several hours to walk to a building that looked like an Alchemy room.
The door of the Alchemy room was wide open, and a scorching heat wave faintly drifted out from within.
He looked inside, and his body trembled slightly.
In the Alchemy room, there was a huge bronze Pill Furnace, which looked like an important artifact at first glance.
And in front of the Pill Furnace, there were two young Daoist boys wearing green robes, their eyes staring at the Pill Furnace without blinking, occasionally leaning forward to check, as if they were observing the heat of the Pill Furnace.
Before Xu Qing could make a move, in the blink of an eye, the two boys in front of the Pill Furnace suddenly disappeared.
Xu Qing was slightly stunned, and looking at the two shadows in front of the Pill Furnace, he faintly had a judgment.
Perhaps many years ago, there were boys stationed here day and night, and the firelight of the Pill Furnace shone down, imprinting their shadows on the ground.
That scene just now was nothing more than a re-enactment of the past.
It did not even count as a ghost or demon.
Xu Qing walked straight in, looking at the Pill Furnace before him; even though it had been extinguished for many years, he could still perceive a sense of scorching heat.
This Pill Furnace had refined who knows how many batches of great medicine, and it did not use ordinary fire; the lingering resonance of these fires was deeply imprinted inside the Pill Furnace.
With the existence of these lingering fierce fires, it could increase the heat of the Pill Furnace by several times.
After Xu Qing verified this point, he immediately realized that the Pill Furnace before him might be the most precious thing in the Pill Refining Room.
The Pill Furnace he had used for Alchemy before was just a crudely made piece of junk made by hollowing out a piece of iron essence.
Compared with the current Pill Furnace, it could be said to be like heaven and earth; the difference was not just a little bit.
How could the things used by the Alchemist under the Nine Changes Demon King be bad?
"Such a good thing cannot be wasted here."
Xu Qing said, while taking action.
'Boom', the Pill Furnace, which was like a small house, was lifted up by Xu Qing with one hand, then immediately disappeared and was stored into Xu Qing's internal space.
After collecting the Pill Furnace, Xu Qing swept through the place again and found that the stored medicinal herbs had long since turned into a pile of mud and had no value at all, so he could only leave with regret.
"You all continue to search, this King will come again tomorrow."
Leaving this sentence behind, Xu Qing moved his body, walked into the palace, activated the array patterns within, and left the Hundred Beasts Tomb.