Chapter 1995 (Raw 2092): Dealing with the Pill Spirit
Seeing Xiao Chen’s confusion, the Third Palace Master explained, “Right now, it is no longer a conventional Divine Pill. It is now considered a lifeform with sentience, what is customarily known as a Pill Spirit. The process of refining a Divine Pill can produce one, but the chances are slim; it creates Pill Demons most of the ti.
“However, once a Pill Spirit is born, it is even more valuable than a Divine Pill to an Alchemist.”
Since Xiao Chen could refine so dicinal Pills, he imdiately understood the Third Palace Master’s explanation.
This was equivalent to the Alchemist gaining an assistant. Furthermore, this assistant lived in the cauldron amid the blazing fire. It could check the situation of the ingredients and the completion of the refinent.
Even the best Alchemist could not understand a dicinal Pill’s condition in a dicine cauldron as well as a Pill Spirit could.
“You understand now?”
The Third Palace Master continued, “However, this Pill Spirit is sowhat hard to deal with. Normally, a Pill Spirit would feel so intimacy for their creator. However, its creator already died long ago; its situation is special. I tried to communicate with it several tis but could not establish a connection at all.”
Xiao Chen pondered, then said, “I’ll give it a try.”
Even so, the Third Palace Master did not hold much hope. “It’s fine if you fail. There’s no need to force it.”
Xiao Chen nodded to indicate his understanding. Then, he soared into the sky and landed on the dicine cauldron before jumping into the blazing fire.
There was a world of fire inside the dicine cauldron. Xiao Chen knew that it would be impossible to find the Pill Spirit if it wanted to hide.
He could only think of an unusual thod.
This so-called unusual thod was the carrot-and-stick thod.
Just as Xiao Chen was about to speak, a path opened in the sea of flas in front. A small male child with exquisite facial features wearing a chest undergarnt appeared before Xiao Chen.
The little boy glared at Xiao Chen and snarled in rage, “It’s you again! The last ti, you already took ten percent of my dicinal Energy. Now, you sent an old man to co and destroy . If not for being resilient, I would have died in that old man’s hands long ago. If you try to threaten again this ti, you can forget about leaving this dicine cauldron. We will die together.”
“Rumble...!”
The little boy’s exquisite face looked exceptionally cute when irate.
However, he was not joking.
Xiao Chen felt sowhat embarrassed. He had been prepared to use the sa trick as the previous ti to deal with the Pill Spirit. Unexpectedly, the other party took the initiative to issue an ultimatum.
When Xiao Chen looked around, he saw the fire in the entire dicine cauldron gathering around them, forming a blazing fireball.
The dicine cauldron with divine characters suddenly flared with bright light, releasing overwhelming heat waves.
This startled the Third Palace Master, who was outside. “What’s going on in there? Why does it feel like this Pill Spirit has a deep grudge against Xiao Chen?”
“Whoosh!”
The Third Palace Master leaped up and landed on top of the dicine cauldron. When he looked down, the sight that greeted him greatly startled him.
He saw the fire that had filled every corner of the dicine cauldron had now coalesced into a dazzling fireball, which hovered in the dicine cauldron without scattering.
The Third Palace Master quickly sent out a strand of Soul Energy. After piercing through the fireball, he found that Xiao Chen was fine.
However, the Third Palace Master did not know what happened, so he still felt anxious.
Xiao Chen, how’s the situation?
It’s fine. I’ll speak with him.
Inside the fire barrier, Xiao Chen felt startled when he looked around.
However, he soon cald down.
This was a Pill Spirit, after all. The more ferocious he appeared, the more cowardly he was.
Xiao Chen tried to pacify the Pill Spirit. “Don’t be rash. I’m not here to take your dicinal Energy or refine you this ti. If you were not sentient, I probably would think of a way to refine you. Since you are sentient, I really can’t bear to do it.
“This ti, I am here to give you an opportunity. Look at your situation. If you remain in the fire for a long ti without any Spiritual Energy to replenish yourself, your sentience will disappear eventually, right?”
The Pill Spirit’s heart skipped a beat, but he did not want to admit defeat. He retorted angrily, “So what? In any case, you want to take my dicinal Energy, consuming and refining . I’m going to go down with you.”
On reaching this point, Xiao Chen already had complete confidence. He countered calmly, “By doing that, aren’t you just going to benefit ? When you die, this rudintary Divine Pill will lose sentience. I would not have any problems refining it.”
“You...I will self-detonate at that ti!” the Pill Spirit said sullenly when Xiao Chen pointed out the eventual result.
“There’s no need for both sides to go down. It would not be good for anyone. As long as you agree to help, not only will I not refine you, but I will even provide you with resources to help you cultivate. There were Pill Spirits in history that managed to attain the Dao. After you attain the Dao, you will detach from the Divine Pill, and I can naturally refine the Divine Pill then.”
The Pill Spirit’s determination wavered but quickly hardened once more. He said, “You humans are not worth trusting. I will not cooperate.”
Things already reached this point. Unexpectedly, the Pill Spirit was still so stubborn.
Xiao Chen frowned slightly. “I am half a master to you, after all. If not for suppressing the Pill Demon, you would not be born. Are you really unwilling to work with ?”
The Pill Spirit’s determination wavered again. However, he resolutely shook his head in the end. “No. Since you obtained the dicine cauldron, you will be refining dicinal Pills sooner or later. I will not take advantage of you. I’ll just take so of the Spiritual Energy generated by the refinent process.”
Xiao Chen smiled and said, “You don’t even know what I want your help with, and you already rejected . It looks like your first impression of is too bad. All I want is for you to help shape the pills when I refine dicinal Pills, just nourish the dicinal Pills slightly. If so, not only would there be the Spiritual Energy from the process, but I will also give you extra natural treasures to help you cultivate.”
The Pill Spirit asked with so disbelief, “Really?”
“Of course. I said before, helping you is akin to helping myself. By giving you resources, I would be further refining the Divine Pill. Once you beco accomplished in your cultivation, the Divine Pill would be nearly complete. At that ti, you can live independently from the Divine Pill, and I can consu the Divine Pill without any qualms. Isn’t that great?”
The Pill Spirit lowered his head and pondered. Evidently, Xiao Chen managed to tempt him.
Xiao Chen continued, “You can give it a try first. After all, you won’t lose anything.”
“Alright. I’ll give it a try.”
The Pill Spirit finally agreed. He waved his hand and scattered the fire. Then, Xiao Chen revealed a smile and soared up, flying out of the dicine cauldron.
“How was it?” the Third Palace Master asked anxiously.
Xiao Chen nodded and said, “He agreed to give it a try as long as we give him natural treasures.”
When the Third Palace Master heard what Xiao Chen said, he felt pleasantly surprised. “That’s not a problem. Compared to what I will receive, the resources provided would not even be worth ntioning. This is great. Not only will my alchemy skills improve, but the Heavenly Dragon Palace might also experience a qualitative improvent because of this.
“Oh, by the way, how did you do it?”
The Pill Spirit was not even willing to et with the Third Palace Master. Every ti he tried to enter previously, he would end up covered in ashes. There were even a few tis when he nearly escaped through the hole for dicinal dregs again.
The Third Palace Master had not held out much hope. Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen managed to solve this problem.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly. “The main reason was the Pill Spirit’s willingness to et . Although he almost killed when we t, I managed to convince him in the end.”
The Third Palace Master shot Xiao Chen a suspicious look as he said, “What exactly did you do to him, to create such a deep grudge? That startled . I thought the dicine cauldron would explode.”
Xiao Chen thought for a while. At that ti, he had been in a rush to save a life, so he took ten percent of the Pill Spirit’s dicinal Energy. It was indeed sowhat cruel.
It was like wresting away ten percent of a living person’s soul.
Xiao Chen did not answer the Third Palace Master’s question. Instead, his gaze fell on the dicine cauldron with divine characters. “Third Palace Master, I can let you use this dicine cauldron for one year for free. After one year, I need to take it back. Third Palace Master should not have any problems refining high-ranked dicinal Pills using it.”
Xiao Chen had his ideas. If he managed to rebuild the Azure Dragon Palace in the future, this dicine cauldron would be of great use.
He had taken the risk to convince the Pill Spirit partly because of his plans for his Azure Dragon bloodline.
The Third Palace Master found this unfortunate. However, this dicine cauldron belonged to Xiao Chen in the first place.
Just using this dicine cauldron for one year was already an excellent opportunity. The Third Palace Master said, “Alright, as long as I can provide it, you can get any resources you lack from for this one year.”
“Many thanks.”
The Third Palace Master smiled and said, “What are you being so polite with for? Quickly go back and prepare. The trip to the Silver Dragon Palace is an opportunity to expand your horizons. Grasp it properly.”
“Yes.”
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