"Good grand-disciple, come in quickly."
Yun Xu was pulled into the room by Ruo Li, who then pressed him down onto a chair.
"Wh-what's wrong, Martial Grand-Aunt?"
Yun Xu, who had been pressed into a seat, cautiously asked, casting a look of help towards Zhongli.
"Hmm, this quilt is truly a quilt…"
Zhongli was still making the bed for Ruo Li.
"Nothing, your Martial Grand-Aunt is just going to settle the score with you for how many times you've hit her and how many dozens of times you've cut her tail."
Ruo Li placed her hands on Yun Xu's back and leaned her head over from behind him, her tail, somewhat resembling a Fulong Tree's, wagging twice behind her.
"Cough, cough, I wasn't afraid you'd be bored alone, so I went to keep you company."
Hearing Ruo Li bring up the matter, Yun Xu awkwardly coughed twice.
He had never believed that the little girl named Ah Jiu under the Fulong Tree was truly Azhdaha.
"Is that so? That does make some sense…"
Upon hearing this, Ruo Li tilted her head, seemingly believing Yun Xu's words.
She had indeed waited a very long time alone under the Fulong Tree before the seal began to loosen, granting her the ability to control miners to dig open the seal.
"Hmm, this should be good now."
"Speaking of which, does Yun Xu have something important to discuss?"
After making Ruo Li's bed, Zhongli turned around and asked.
"It's like this… Mr. Zhongli, there was a small accident with the pill I refined. I'm not sure what that thing is, so I wanted to ask you about it."
Hearing Zhongli's question, Yun Xu quickly explained, but given that this was Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and walls might have ears, Yun Xu didn't forget to change his address.
He had originally planned to go to Jueyun Karst to give the Hair Dye Pill to Cloud Retainer, then seek out Zhongli for his inquiry, but during that time, he unexpectedly discovered the movements of the Fulong Tree, disrupting his original plans.
"Hmm, your alchemy system is not one I am familiar with. I may not be able to give you a useful answer, but I can try for now."
Zhongli nodded, but he dared not make any guarantees regarding matters related to Yun Xu's alchemy, so he could only speak in this manner.
"Then I shall trouble Mr. Zhongli."
Yun Xu immediately took out the sun and moon cup and placed it on the table in Ruo Li's room.
Zhongli naturally recognized the purpose of this item, especially since Yun Xu had emerged from within the sun and moon cup when Lumine picked it up in Guyun Stone Forest last time.
So, Zhongli and Yun Xu both reached out and touched the sun and moon cup, disappearing from the room together.
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Discovering that Yun Xu, whose shoulders her hands were resting on, had vanished, Ruo Li tilted her head in confusion and leaned forward to look at the sun and moon cup on the table.
"Did they go inside? I won't get stuck, will I…?"
Ruo Li touched the huge dragon lord's crown on her head and hesitated for a moment, then cautiously extended a finger to poke it.
Subsequently, she too was sucked into the sun and moon cup, entering the Outer Realm… Inside the Outer Realm, Yun Xu and Zhongli arrived together on the island where the Dragon Pill was placed.
The Dragon Pill seemed to be a living thing yet not a living thing, with fine, fiber-like threads constantly wriggling after forming a dragon-like whole, making it somewhat eerie to behold. Its fur and dragon whiskers also deliberately mimicked the movement trajectory of being blown by the wind.
It resembled a colossal, fallen dragon coiled on the ground.
"A dragon-shaped medicinal pill… It certainly has a medicinal fragrance, but a life born from alchemy, similar to alchemy…?"
"But it has no life, only full of vitality…"
Zhongli carefully examined the Dragon Pill on the ground.
He couldn't fully comprehend what Yun Xu had refined, so he could only interpret parts of it using the knowledge he possessed.
"You just said this thing is a failed nascent pill?"
After pondering for a moment, Zhongli suddenly turned to Yun Xu for confirmation.
"Mm-hmm, it's my first time seeing a nascent pill, though this thing doesn't look like a pill either."
Yun Xu nodded his head.
"If that is the case, perhaps there are some similarities."
"A so-called nascent pill is a pill that is still missing some crucial steps in its refinement and has not fully formed. Faced with these nascent pills, immortals usually choose to re-smelt them in the furnace, which allows them to re-form into a complete pill."
"I have never seen a nascent pill like yours, so I can only offer you this suggestion."
Having received Yun Xu's affirmative reply, Zhongli offered this suggestion to Yun Xu, who was hearing about nascent pills for the first time.
Compared to a failed, Waste Pill (waste pill), a nascent pill is a product that occurs when the refining process is smooth but is interrupted before completion.
Normal alchemy does not stop from beginning to end, but there are also some special alchemy methods that require repeated refining, and such methods will produce nascent pills.
"I see, I had thought about using it as a material to continue refining, but I haven't acted on it yet. Then I'll follow what the Geo Archon said…"
"But can my alchemy furnace become that big?"
Yun Xu nodded in understanding, but after looking at the enormous Dragon Pill, he couldn't help but scratch his head.
"It is feasible. The star swallowing cauldron is an extremely special immortal artifact, one of the most precious artifacts among the three un Secret of the Legend (secret transmissions): pill cauldrons, talismans, and the Outer Realm."
"Three mountains gather to form its prototype (embryo), four seas absorb spiritual energy, the true fire circulates within the furnace, and the pill cauldron can swallow stars."
Hearing Yun Xu's uncertainty, Zhongli affirmed with a nod.
"Alright, then I'll go try it when I get back."
Having received Zhongli's affirmative reply, Yun Xu felt relieved.
"By the way, where's my Martial Grand-Aunt…?"
"Hmm…"
Just then, Yun Xu and Zhongli sensed something and turned to look at the other island.
On the other island, the object placed upon it was even more spectacular than the Dragon Pill on this island, for it was the immensely huge head of Osial.
"Munch munch munch… Delicious, delicious…"
The little girl named Ruo Li was gnawing on Osial's head.
For them, as dragons, Gods actually tasted quite good… especially since Osial was seafood.
As Ruo Li gnawed on Osial's head, Osial's blue blood flowed onto the ground, and the dense elemental power in the blood caused the plants on the ground to wither, unable to withstand it.
However, Lime was also attracted. It had actually been here many times, but it simply couldn't bite through Osial's flesh.
But now with fresh blood, it was different. It rolled around like a little pig frolicking in a mud puddle, covering its entire body in Osial's blue blood.
Electro elemental power and Hydro elemental power converged, and the Electro-Charged reaction caused countless electric arcs to dance across its body.
"My Slime! My alchemy material!"
Yun Xu, who had rushed over, exclaimed, quickly running to grab the small tuft on Lime's head to lift it out of Osial's blood. With his other hand, he grabbed Ruo Li by the back of her collar, pulling her down from Osial.
"Munch munch munch… I'm not full yet…"
Ruo Li, with blue blood at the corners of her mouth, chewed and spoke to Yun Xu with dissatisfaction.
Meanwhile, Lime had turned into this (＞_＜) expression due to the Electro-Charged reaction.
Although it was an Electro Slime, the uncontrolled electric arcs resulting from the Electro-Charged reaction were its internal Electro elemental power, equivalent to its power going out of control, which made it very uncomfortable…