Wandering Gods of Day and Night-Chapter 1171 - 448: The First Alchemy Furnace (Part 3)
"Sounds a bit unsettling," Zhou Xuan said.
"Ah, the great master is compassionate, but this Desire Power Soul has only the most basic instincts, no intelligence, no heart, like chickens or dogs. Please listen more..."
"Listen more, and the soul won’t scream anymore?"
"Listen more, and you’ll get used to it," Alchemist Bai Lu said sincerely.
"..." Zhou Xuan.
The series of screams lasted a full quarter of an hour before finally ceasing,
and the "green flame and red flame" in the Fire Eye of the Star Sky Scroll also fused together.
After the two colors merged, the resulting color was slightly more intense than the sky blue after rain, with a somewhat refreshing and delightful feel.
"Congratulations, great master, this elixir is considered successfully refined."
Alchemist Bai Lu said.
"So quick? So smoothly?"
The overly smooth progress, on the contrary, left Zhou Xuan feeling a bit empty inside.
"The Green and Red Fish are the Human World Pill Ancestor, with both fish present, refining even a small amount of elixir shouldn’t require any more effort, otherwise, the Pill Ancestor’s arrival would be in vain."
"Indeed."
Zhou Xuan looked at the Elixir Furnace. After the flames merged, their intensity gradually diminished until it disappeared.
Once the green and red flames vanished together, the Star Sky Scroll suddenly unfolded. The green and red tails of the fish appeared with a look of unfinished playfulness, swimming back into Zhou Xuan’s Secret Realm.
In the furnace, however, a tiny speck slowly lifted.
This speck, emanating a rainbow light, was identical in color to the elixir that Zhou Xuan had seen in the Blood Well divination.
"This is the kind of elixir that can save Hua Zi."
Zhou Xuan extended his hand and grabbed the elixir into his palm.
As soon as the medicine dust touched his palm, he felt as if his whole body was freezing, like walking in polar ice and snow in thin clothing.
"Great master, let me take a look at this speck of elixir dust."
Alchemist Bai Lu said.
Not only him, but everyone else in the room also crowded over, wanting to observe.
Seeing Alchemist Bai Lu swallow his saliva, Zhou Xuan felt a bit uneasy and said, "You’re not planning to swallow it whole, are you?"
"I wouldn’t dare swallow your elixir? Although... I do want to, but I will restrain myself."
"If you swallow it, I’ll break your throat."
Zhou Xuan handed over the elixir dust.
Alchemist Bai Lu took one look and immediately said, "This elixir, I really can’t swallow."
"What kind of elixir is this?"
"This elixir is called ’Heaven and Earth Life Extension’, heaven and earth have lifespans too, they wish for longevity just like humans."
"This type of elixir is specifically for the ’Heaven and Earth Exchange’, humans cannot consume it," Alchemist Bai Lu said.
Zhou Xuan asked, "What if a human eats it?"
"Heaven and earth grant humans lifespans, grant them fortune, but taking from heaven and earth means there will be twists in destiny and a loss of fortune."
Alchemist Bai Lu said, "And more importantly, a person cannot absorb this elixir’s essence. Eating it is equivalent to not eating."
Zhou Xuan understood,
it’s like eating it brings no benefits, only offends heaven and earth. No one would do such a self-defeating thing.
"However, this elixir can nourish my Day and Night Dual Souls. Won’t having my dual souls consume it be going against heaven and earth’s fortune? Is there any good outcome from that?"
Zhou Xuan was pondering,
suddenly, various strange occurrences happened in the Jingyi Shop,
the lights in the store inexplicably flicked on and off,
the room became alternately bright and dark,
then the glass shattered one piece after another,
"There was a sound that normal people couldn’t hear, shattering the glass."
Zhou Xuan’s perception was much keener than others, but even he only heard a faint sound after pushing his Perception to the limit.
The sound was like someone’s murmuring whispers.
Then, the phonograph in the room started playing, even though it wasn’t plugged in.
"Spring light ~ beautiful spring light ~ like a stream ~ "
This song was very gentle, but the unexpected emergence made people feel an inexplicable panic.
Luckily, everyone in the room was an expert, so they didn’t lose their composure, but each one was sensing, trying to trace where these strange phenomena came from.
Alchemist Bai Lu, being an experienced veteran, immediately understood and said, "Great master, it’s here!"
"Who’s here?"
"The one who came to fetch the elixir from you... it comes from heaven and earth..."
Alchemist Bai Lu turned around and said to everyone, "Lower your heads, except for the Dan Master, no one else can see it, or else risk damaging your fortune."
Hearing this, the people in the room wanted to see what the one coming from heaven and earth to fetch the elixir looked like but were afraid of hurting their fortune.
After much internal struggle, they finally lowered their heads.
"If we can’t see it, then we can’t see it, but sensing that being’s aura can still give us some insights into our cultivation."
Lord Jian, the Painter, and others had this kind of thought.
Zhou Xuan, holding the elixir dust, quietly waited for the "elixir fetcher."
But he didn’t expect that the elixir fetcher wasn’t a person... it was a flower,
after a tremor on the shop floor, a small white flower broke through the soil.
The flower bud was tightly wrapped and didn’t bloom, the flower also seemed a bit wilted,
a voice transmitted into Zhou Xuan’s mind.
"What do you want?"
"I want Mu Hua resurrected."
Zhou Xuan said.
The white flower extended its stem, transforming it into a long tendril that reached Zhou Xuan’s hand and grasped the elixir dust.
"Not enough."
"Then what can these elixir dust exchange for?"
Zhou Xuan asked again.
"Allow you to see... the hope of Mu Hua’s resurrection."
"Deal."
Zhou Xuan did not bargain further—he knew this speck of elixir dust was indeed too tiny.
The flower’s tendrils wrapped the elixir dust into the bud, then the flower opened layer by layer, lazily unfolding its petals, revealing the core of the flower.
But the flower’s core was a "finger," twisting enchantingly as if it had no bones...
