When the Huangquan City Lord announced the official abdication of the city lord’s position, Ye Lingyue had just entered Hong Meng Heaven and was checking Little Wuya’s poison condition.

After a few days, the poison in Little Wuya had spread to the left side of her body, and her beautiful face had already turned a grayish-blue, which was very heartbreaking to see.

After Tan Su’s death, the poison affecting Qin Xiaochuan and others became a difficult problem.

Ye Lingyue tried to treat it with Cauldron Breath, but found no way to completely remove it.

This was the first time she encountered a condition that couldn’t be completely cured with Cauldron Breath. It seems that because Tan Su possessed the Cauldron Name, there was a change in alchemy skills.

To cure everyone and Little Wuya, Ye Lingyue had to start with the Cauldron Name.

Ye Lingyue focused her mind, and with a whoosh, the Cauldron Seal in her palm emerged.

After absorbing the inscriptions on the mountain wall, the Little Black Cauldron underwent some changes.

It grew a little larger, and the originally shabby-looking cauldron body now had rows of neatly arranged runes on the Qian Cauldron.

Ye Lingyue’s fingertip brushed over the cauldron body, and upon touching the words on it.

A warmth seeped into Ye Lingyue’s fingers from the words, and in an instant, a slightly aged female voice entered Ye Lingyue’s mind.

"Finally, I have waited for you, the successor of the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron. When you hear this, I have already left. I am Jade Hand Poison Master, the companion of the first owner of the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron, the Hong Meng Fang Immortal."

The female voice narrated slowly.

Ye Lingyue listened, both surprised and doubtful.

These inscriptions were actually left by the Jade Hand Poison Master.

Could it be that this Qiulin Ruins was also the place where the Jade Hand Poison Master and Hong Meng Fang Immortal lived in seclusion?

The cunning rabbit has three burrows; back then, the Jade Hand Poison Master and Hong Meng Fang Immortal, especially the Jade Hand Poison Master, drew the wrath of the Gods and Demons for her expertise in Poison Technique, and to avoid being hunted, had hidden everywhere, eventually settling in Hong Meng Heaven.

Ye Lingyue thought this Qiulin Ruins might also have been one of their refuges.

But as the Jade Hand Poison Master continued, Ye Lingyue discovered that things were not as she had thought.

It turned out that years ago, the Jade Hand Poison Master washed away her worldly adornments to live in seclusion in Hong Meng Heaven so she could be with her lover, Hong Meng Fang Immortal.

The two had also spent a period of beautiful days, envying only mandarin ducks, not immortals.

However, later on, an internal spirit, the mother of the Little Cauldron Spirit, formed in Hong Meng Fang Immortal’s Jiu Provinces Hongmeng Cauldron.

Hong Meng Fang Immortal made breakthroughs in the way of the Alchemist.

At that time, his old friend, one of the Fang Immortals, the Five Mountains Fang Immortal, invited him to participate in an Elixir Competition. As long as he won, he could be honored as the Bear the Cauldron Immortal recognized by the Divine Realm.

To win in the Elixir Competition, Hong Meng Fang Immortal began to enter closed alchemy sessions frequently, thus neglecting the Jade Hand Poison Master.

The two would often quarrel, and the Jade Hand Poison Master, being domineering by nature, believed that Hong Meng Fang Immortal’s neglecting her was all due to the spirit in the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron.

One day, during another outburst, the Jade Hand Poison Master, in a fit of rage, poisoned Hong Meng Fang Immortal while he was unaware, and while he was unconscious, stole the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron and left Hong Meng Heaven.

When Hong Meng Fang Immortal woke up and found his lover and cauldron missing, he hastily pursued them.

The Jade Hand Poison Master hid and scattered clues along the places where they once gathered, hoping Hong Meng Fang Immortal would catch up, but was discovered by her nemesis instead.

Her nemesis, a Realm God with Divine Skills, led tens of thousands of Divine Weapons to attack the Jade Hand Poison Master.

The Jade Hand Poison Master fought a fierce battle with the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron against her enemy but was outmatched. However, at a critical moment, the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron displayed Divine Power.

The Jiu Provinces Cauldron Spirit manifested and told the Jade Hand Poison Master that Hong Meng Fang Immortal always loved her wholeheartedly. He painstakingly refined elixirs in hopes of earning the title of Bear the Cauldron Immortal, to then request the several God Emperors to pardon the Jade Hand Poison Master’s past transgressions, freeing them from the fate of being hunted.

He also knew the Jade Hand Poison Master’s lively nature and love for travel; he wanted to live peacefully with her as ordinary couples do, not have her hide in the small confines of Hong Meng Heaven.

Upon learning this, the Jade Hand Poison Master deeply regretted, joined forces with the Jiu Provinces Cauldron Spirit to repel her enemy, though victorious, the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron was destroyed in that battle.

The Jade Hand Poison Master was left only with the Cauldron Name of the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron in her hands.

Knowing that without the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron, Hong Meng Fang Immortal could no longer become the Bear the Cauldron Immortal, she felt she had wronged Hong Meng Fang Immortal and was too ashamed to meet her lover again. She decided to find the remaining fragments of the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron, remelt it into its original form, and then reunite with her lover.

Thus, with a heavy heart, the Jade Hand Poison Master took the Cauldron Name and left, hiding her identity, never to wish to see Hong Meng Fang Immortal again.

After leaving Hong Meng Heaven, Hong Meng Fang Immortal learned of the battle between the Jade Hand Poison Master and the Realm God. Frantic with worry, he rushed there, only to not find the Jade Hand Poison Master.

Moreover, the Jade Hand Poison Master erased all traces left on her path, leaving Hong Meng Fang Immortal in the dark about her life or death. In a rage, he went to the Divine Realm, causing a great disturbance and eventually killing that Realm God.

Hong Meng Fang Immortal’s upheaval in the Divine Realm turned it upside down, and eventually, he was imprisoned there, never to be released.

"I came to learn of this, a hundred years had passed. In a hundred years, I could not find any clues about the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron. I knew this life had no hope of restoring it, so I resolved to go to the Divine Realm to save Hong Meng, preferring to share the same grave in death if not the same life. Before leaving, I inscribed the remaining inscriptions from the old Cauldron Name onto this wall. Someday, if destined one finds a piece of the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron and binds with blood, they will recognize the master and obtain the Cauldron Name. Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron shattered into nine fragments, each being Cauldron Soul, Cauldron Foot, Cauldron Embryo, Cauldron Foundation, Cauldron Ear, Cauldron Belly, Cauldron Name, Cauldron Shape, Cauldron Breath. Each contains immense Divine Power, and descendants are advised to use cautiously and cherish, avoiding evil deeds."

The Jade Hand Poison Master’s recollections gradually faded away.

The Cauldron Name retained the spiritual power of the Jade Hand Poison Master.

Only those who possess a fragment of the Jiu Provinces Qian Cauldron can hear this conversation.

But if, like Tan Su, only becoming an inheritor of the Qiulin Ruins, they can only see part of the Cauldron Name and not the entire inscription or this conversation of the Jade Hand Poison Master.

The loved ones have passed, with lives and deaths unknown.

After reading, Ye Lingyue felt a heavy weight in her heart.

Unexpectedly, the final fate of the two predecessors, the Jade Hand Poison Master and Hong Meng Fang Immortal, turned out to be this way.

Originally, when she just acquired the Hong Meng Heaven, she had envied these two Great Powers for transcending the mundane and being able to stay together.

Yet unaware, they too were worlds apart, and it is unknown whether they are alive or dead.

A pity indeed, in Ancient Nine Provinces and the Divine Realm, maybe next time, when I meet Divine Doctor Yun, I can inquire about it.

However, with the vastness of the Divine Realm, and with the Jade Hand Poison Master and Hong Meng Fang Immortal being figures from unknown years past, the likelihood of finding out is probably slim.

Ye Lingyue sighed, and at this moment, the Qian Cauldron in her hand spun around merrily.