308: Find Dan Chenzi again

"Oh? Is it due to resource allocation or a lack of manpower?" Di Chenyuan asked.

Di Tianlan shook his head. "It is not a matter of manpower or materials. Once the cooperation with the Situ Family is fully launched, the Eternal Night Merchant Guild's influence will radiate across several provinces. At that time, the demand for high-grade resources will inevitably surge."

"For example, Medicinal Pills that can help Cultivators in the Heaven-Reaching Realm, or even the Law Realm and Venerable Realm, to break through, heal, or stabilize their Foundations."

"Currently... the Sacred Pill Workshop managed by Qingge has become proficient in refining Heaven-Grade Medium Grade Medicinal Pills, but for higher grades..." He left the rest unsaid, and Di Chenyuan already understood.

Deep within the pill rooms of the Sacred Pill Workshop.

Blistering heat waves distorted the air, casting reflections of interwoven crimson-gold and ghostly blue upon the walls.

Di Qingge sat cross-legged before a Pill Furnace. The stray hairs on her forehead were already soaked with sweat, clinging tightly to her smooth skin.

Her eyes were tightly shut, her brow slightly furrowed, and her slender fingers moved like butterflies flitting through flowers, rapidly changing hand seals.

At this moment, the Nine Nether Profound Darkness Fire was enveloping over a dozen shimmering, Qi-infused thousand-year Spirit Medicines within the furnace.

Under the terrifying high temperature, the medicinal liquids tumbled, fused, and purified, emitting a rich, exotic fragrance that refreshed the mind.

After the pill was formed, Di Qingge wiped the sweat from her brow.

However, Di Qingge's brow remained tightly furrowed.

Di Qingge slowly raised her head and took a deep breath.

"The Merchant Guild must step out of the Eastern Desolation and move toward the various provinces! Our Di Clan's reputation has been established, and the banner of the Eternal Night Merchant Guild has been raised, but there is a difficult problem now."

"Medicinal Pills are one of the Foundations of the Merchant Guild! If we can only provide pills below Heaven-Grade Medium Grade, how can we compete with those Alchemy forces in other great provinces that have legacies spanning ten thousand years?"

"How can we support the Family's increasingly massive resource consumption? How... can we be worthy of this name of Eternal Night, which the Clan Chief founded with his own hands?"

She walked to the window and looked out at the phantom image of the vast and boundless Eastern Domain territory beyond the Godly Capital, her eyes filled with deep anxiety and unwillingness.

"Once the Situ Family's channels open, demand will surge like a tide. With my current Alchemy attainments and cultivation... Eighth Layer of the Purple Mansion Realm... it's too slow! Far from enough!"

She clenched her fists, her nails sinking deep into her palms.

The Family was rising, the clansmen were becoming stronger, yet her Alchemy cultivation was still too weak. This sense of powerlessness almost threatened to consume her.

She was afraid she would become a burden, afraid of failing the Clan Chief's expectations and the trust of her clansmen.

Godfall Di Clan, deep within the Di Divine Palace.

"Eighth Layer of the Purple Mansion Realm... too slow?"

In Di Saint Dragon's eyes, which were as deep as a starry abyss, a very faint trace of surprise flickered, which then turned into a knowing realization.

Under the overlook of his Emperor's Will, the majestic Origin power of the Myriad Medicine Saint Body and the Myriad Fire Sacred Body interwoven within Di Qingge's body was like two ceaselessly rushing rivers. The depth of her Foundation and the magnitude of her potential far exceeded her own understanding.

Her rate of progress was absolutely among the top tier of the younger generation in the Eastern Domain, enough to make countless so-called geniuses feel ashamed.

Her problem lay not in talent, nor in effort, but in... the path.

The Myriad Flames Return to Origin Art was a Quasi-Emperor level Cultivation Technique, peerlessly overbearing and pointing directly to the Origin of Fire.

The heaven burning ancient zither contained the secrets of Sacred Fire.

The Sacred Fire Elixir Sutra was also a Saint-Grade Legacy.

These were all top-tier 'vessels' and 'techniques'.

But she lacked a 'guide' who could truly lead her to master and integrate these 'vessels' and 'techniques', allowing her to go deeper and further on the Great Dao of Pill Fire.

Di An was experienced and loyal, but limited by his own Realm, he could no longer provide Di Qingge with higher-level guidance in the field of Alchemy.

Her confusion and her Bottleneck were essentially the aimlessness of having no one to lead the way ahead.

Looking at Di Qingge's figure, her persistence and sense of responsibility made him reach a decision.

"In the path of Alchemy, working behind closed doors is ultimately inferior. Only with the guidance of a famous master can one see through the clouds to the sun."

Di Saint Dragon's voice rang out directly in the minds of Di Chenyuan and Di Tianlan. "Qingge has extraordinary talent and a resilient Heart-Nature. What she lacks is merely a wise teacher. With the Eternal Night Merchant Guild's expansion imminent, high-grade pills are of the utmost importance. I have already considered this matter."

Upon hearing this, Di Chenyuan and Di Tianlan were both invigorated.

The Clan Chief's words undoubtedly meant he intended to find a true titan of the Alchemy path to be Di Qingge's teacher!

This would not only solve Di Qingge's urgent need but also lay a supreme Foundation for the future Alchemy Legacy of the Eternal Night Merchant Guild and the entire Di Clan!

The Danxia Ancient Realm was perpetually wreathed in seven-colored pill-mist. Rare flowers and exotic herbs breathed in the essence of heaven and earth. The rich fragrance of vegetation interwoven with pure pill-breath, forming a pure land that was almost like a celestial Realm.

Since that mysterious Great Emperor left last time, Dan Chenzi had plunged headlong into dusty ancient records and Jade Slips.

He had combed through almost all records concerning the Ancient Era, from the Human Emperor's reign to the Twilight of the Gods, from the rise and fall of Holy Lands to secret legacies, searching repeatedly between the lines to find a trace of information regarding 'Di Saint Dragon'.

"Strange, truly strange..." Dan Chenzi put down a golden-glowing animal skin scroll. his aged brow furrowed deeply, his eyes filled with lingering confusion and gravity.

"Since the end of the Ancient Era, when His Majesty the Human Emperor used supreme power to resettle the world, isolating the Four Domains and stabilizing the Central Province, no new Emperor has been born in this world. Those legendary Emperor Clans have either perished in the long river of time or retreated into unknowable places to live in seclusion... Just who is this mysterious Great Emperor?"

The profound aura that Di Saint Dragon exuded with every movement, which stood above the Laws of Heaven and Earth—that was a majesty that truly touched the Realm of an 'Emperor'!

Yet, after searching all the classics, there was not a single record, as if this person had appeared out of thin air from the void.

This unknown caused even Dan Chenzi, a Pill Saint who had seen many storms, to feel an indescribable tremor and wariness in his heart.

Just as he was lost in thought, the seven-colored dawn light in the core area of the Danxia Ancient Realm surged violently without warning.

Space was like the surface of water into which a stone had been thrown, rippling with silent circles.

In the center of those ripples, a figure quietly emerged, as if he had always been there.

The newcomer was none other than Di Saint Dragon.

Dan Chenzi's heart shook violently.

"Great Emperor!" Dan Chenzi suppressed the crashing waves in his heart and hurriedly bowed in greeting, his posture respectful, not daring to be the least bit negligent.

Facing an unfathomable Great Emperor, no amount of caution was excessive.

Di Saint Dragon nodded slightly, his gaze falling calmly on Dan Chenzi as he spoke directly: "Dan Chenzi, this seat has a junior in the clan whose talent is acceptable and who possesses quite a bit of spirituality in the path of Pill Fire. However, her tutelage is limited. Are you willing to teach her Alchemy?"

Hearing this, Dan Chenzi was first stunned, and then an indescribable surge of complex emotions welled up in his heart.

A mysterious and unfathomable existence, suspected to be a true Great Emperor, personally came to his door just to find an Alchemy teacher for his clansman?

This was simply unheard of!

It was true that his Alchemy attainments were unsurpassed in the current world, but in the eyes of a Great Emperor, what could he possibly count for?

Could it be that the other party's clan did not have a more brilliant Alchemy Legacy?

However, this sense of absurdity was quickly suppressed by a strong intuition.

Di Saint Dragon was definitely not someone who acted without purpose.

The 'acceptable talent' and 'quite a bit of spirituality' he spoke of were likely extremely terrifying understatements!

Without almost any hesitation, Dan Chenzi immediately bowed even deeper:

"For the Great Emperor to speak personally is Dan Chenzi's greatest honor. How could I dare to refuse? To be able to preach and teach the Emperor's clansman is this old man's Opportunity!"

Taking a Disciple who might possess Heaven-Defying Alchemy talent was, for him, also a chance to break through his own shackles—it was something he could only dream of!

A barely perceptible trace of satisfaction flashed through Di Saint Dragon's eyes.