Yan Di recovered from his shock and couldn't help but ask, "Chen Nan, can you refine pills?"
Chen Nan replied, "I refined some in the mortal realm!"
"It's just that I haven't had a chance to refine any since arriving in the immortal realm!"
"But it's all the same!"
Yan Di was speechless!
It seemed like it was all the same!
But how could mortal pills compare to immortal elixirs?
However, since Chen Nan had spoken!
He couldn't refuse him: "The pill refining competition hasn't concluded yet, so if you want to compete, you can!"
The rules of the pill refining competition were simple!
Whoever could refine a Grade Seven elixir, the Wonderful Spirit Pill, within the allotted time would win!
The Wonderful Spirit Pill was a rare immortal elixir!
While it couldn't directly increase cultivation!
It could grant enlightenment!
Enlightenment was a precious opportunity for cultivators!
Only a select few, those with great destiny and fortune, had a chance to achieve it!
Even this minor enlightenment!
Could change one's destiny!
Thus!
It demonstrated the miraculous nature of the Wonderful Spirit Pill!
Even among all the alchemists in the immortal realm!
Very few could refine the Wonderful Spirit Pill!
And even if someone could refine it!
They couldn't guarantee success every time!
Of course!
The quality might vary!
The rules for this competition were simple!
As long as a Wonderful Spirit Pill was refined, even without any pill patterns, it would be considered a success!
After all!
Only one alchemist in the immortal realm had ever refined a Wonderful Spirit Pill with three pill patterns!
For ordinary alchemists, successfully refining a Wonderful Spirit Pill was already difficult!
Why demand pill patterns?
Chen Nan didn't believe he could refine the Wonderful Spirit Pill!
His intention was purely to spite Ling Yanran!
And to spite the Empress!
Yes!
This was his silent retaliation against the Empress!
A moment later!
Chen Nan followed Yan Di to the pill refining venue!
The alchemists from the Yan Kingdom and Xue Kingdom sat cross-legged!
Their expressions were solemn!
Before each of them was a pill furnace!
"Do you have a pill furnace?" Yan Di looked at Chen Nan!
He hadn't expected Chen Nan to represent the Yan Kingdom!
After all!
He didn't believe Chen Nan could refine the Wonderful Spirit Pill!
He was purely letting Chen Nan have his fun!
"No..."
Chen Nan appeared somewhat embarrassed!
Although he had previously possessed a Three-Legged Golden Crow Pill Furnace!
That furnace was merely an ordinary spirit artifact!
It was not sufficient to withstand the refining of immortal elixirs!
"Since you don't have one, I shall bestow one upon you!" Yan Di waved his right hand!
Instantly!
A pale green light appeared before Chen Nan!
Boom!
The next moment!
The pale green light transformed into a four-legged square cauldron!
Ancient qilin patterns were carved onto the body of the cauldron!
From afar, it resembled bronze casting!
Up close, it emanated a faint golden luminescence!
This great cauldron was about three meters tall and weighed ten thousand pounds!
It exuded an ancient, desolate, and mysterious aura!
"What is this? Why does it feel so familiar?" Chen Nan's eyes were filled with confusion!
This was his first time seeing this cauldron!
But the sense of familiarity was very strong!
Yan Di said, "This item originates from the mortal realm, and it is called the Yan Zhou Ding!"
"The Yan Zhou Ding? Is this the Yan Zhou Ding?" Chen Nan gasped, his eyes filled with shock!
He thought of the legendary Nine Cauldrons!
They were the supreme artifacts of China!
No item could compare to them!
Legend had it that in the early years of the Xia Dynasty!
King Yu of Xia divided the world into nine provinces, ordered each province to contribute bronze, and cast Nine Cauldrons, symbolizing the nine provinces!
He inscribed the famous mountains and rivers, and exotic items from the nine provinces onto the Nine Cauldrons, and gathered them in the capital of the Xia Dynasty!
They represented the supreme authority of the monarchy!
And were a symbol of national unity and prosperity!
The Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties regarded the Nine Cauldrons as heirlooms!
Alas, with the passage of time, during the reign of King Xian of Zhou, the Nine Cauldrons sank into the Si River!
After that, the Nine Cauldrons disappeared from the world!
Of course!
There are many theories about the disappearance of the Nine Cauldrons!
But one thing was clear!
Even when he arrived in the immortal realm, there was no news or clues about the Nine Cauldrons in the mortal world!
However!
He never expected to see the Yan Zhou Ding, one of the Nine Cauldrons, in the immortal realm!
This could certainly be considered a reunion of old friends!
Yan Di smiled and said, "As you know, the mortal realm is the origin of all gods and buddhas!"
"So, isn't it normal for treasures from the mortal realm to appear in the immortal realm?"
Chen Nan replied, "But the timelines don't match!"
"As far as I know, the immortal realm has existed for millions of years!"
"But the mortal realm only has a history of a few thousand years!"
Yan Di smiled and said, "Can you alter a person's memory?"
Chen Nan paused!
With his current strength!
He could completely alter someone's memory!
Yan Di continued, "Since you can alter a person's memory, what is rewriting the history of the mortal realm to a mighty being?"
Chen Nan understood!
Indeed!
Mighty beings possessed such divine abilities!
Yan Di added, "Cauldrons were used in the past to cook food and store food. You can make do with it to refine pills!"
"Can you give it back to me after you're done?"
For Chen Nan, the Nine Cauldrons were a totem for the descendants of Yan and Huang!
He really wanted to keep it!
"If you like it, why not give it to you?" Yan Di grinned!
He was already worried about how to repay Chen Nan's favor!
Who knew an opportunity would present itself!
"Come, come, get me some herbs for refining the Wonderful Spirit Pill!"
Chen Nan's heart was filled with excitement!
Soon, disciples from the Pill Refining Academy brought him the recipe and medicinal ingredients for the Wonderful Spirit Pill!
Chen Nan memorized the proportions and order of the herbs on the recipe!
Then, he formed a hand seal!
The Everburning Flame appeared at the bottom of the Yan Zhou Ding!
The Everburning Flame could incinerate all things in heaven and earth!
However, Chen Nan could control the temperature of the Everburning Flame very well!
He could prevent the Yan Zhou Ding from melting!
When the Yan Zhou Ding reached the temperature required for refining pills!
Chen Nan placed the main ingredient for the Wonderful Spirit Pill into the Yan Zhou Ding!
Then, he focused on refining!
Time flowed by!
As night fell!
A series of crackling sounds suddenly erupted from within the Yan Zhou Ding!
Followed by a refreshing medicinal fragrance spreading outwards!
This made everyone present's scalps tingle!
Their eyes were filled with shock!
As if they had seen a ghost!
What was going on?
What did I just hear?
Was that the sound of pills colliding with the Yan Zhou Ding?
Oh, this damned fellow!
Could he have actually refined the Wonderful Spirit Pill?
Before everyone could recover from their shock!
Chen Nan extinguished the divine fire!
Then, a milky white Wonderful Spirit Pill, emitting a faint luminescence, slowly floated out from within the Yan Zhou Ding!
The luminescence was faint!
But at that moment, it seemed to radiate with immense brilliance!
Stunning everyone!
He had really refined the Wonderful Spirit Pill...
The elixir flew through the air towards Chen Nan, finally landing in his palm!
Upon seeing the pill patterns!
Chen Nan sighed, "Only four pill patterns?"
"This terrible alchemy skill!"
"It seems I am destined not to be an excellent alchemist!"
"I can't refine pills in public from now on; it's too embarrassing!"