"The sixty-four stone platforms in front are not altars, they are sixty-four pill wells used to refine dantian. Each well has its own uses and can be used to refine pills of different attributes.
For example, to refine pills to increase one's spirit energy, one must use the Spirit Gathering Pill Well. Inside the well are layers of spirit gathering formations to ensure that the spirit energy of the pill won't be lost. "
"Another example is to refine pills to cleanse the marrow and build the foundation, one must use the Yin Yang Pill Well. For healing pills, one must use the Five Colors Pill Well. For detoxification pills, one must use the Weak Water Pill Well …"
The Grand Tutor was one of the two Grand Pill Masters of the Jin Dynasty. He had reached the third rank, so his pill refinement techniques were naturally quite meticulous. No one in the Jin Dynasty could compare to him.
Feng Feiyun looked at the sixty-four pill wells. Forty-eight of them were emitting the fragrance of pills. It was clear that the pills were about to be formed.
Ten more had dense pill energy coming out of them. It was clear that the refinement process had just begun. It would take at least three months before the pills could be formed.
The remaining six pill wells were empty. It was clear that they had not been used.
"These pill wells can only be used to refine grade-three Spirit Pills and below. Refining grade-three Spirit Pills and above requires even more attention. More spirit ingredients are needed, and the steps are complicated. The timing and control of the fire have to be precise. There can be no mistakes."
The refinement method for pills below the third rank could be freely told to Feng Feiyun. However, pills above the third rank were secrets that couldn't be revealed to anyone.
Even though the Grand Tutor's mansion looked like a daoist temple, it wasn't small inside. There were many jade pavilions for pill refinement, as well as a stargazing tower that reached the clouds. There were a few forbidden areas covered in mist. Ling Yun brought Feng Feiyun around for an entire day, but they still couldn't finish visiting the mansion.
"To be honest, I came to the Grand Tutor's mansion this time to find a few rare spirit medicines. I am willing to pay a high price for them." Feng Feiyun didn't want to delay any longer.
Ling Yun smiled: "Your Excellency, there's no need to be so polite. The Grand Tutor's mansion has a lot of spirit medicines. Outside of a few rare ones, I can use them as I see fit."
Feng Feiyun took out a brush and wrote ten names on the paper.
The Yin Gou had found eight of the eighteen main ingredients needed for the pill, only ten missing. All of them were extremely rare; some of them weren't even recorded in ancient texts.
The Yin Gou didn't have it so Feiyun didn't have much hope of finding it in the Grand Tutor's mansion. Alas, he had to come. Just one more would be enough to improve the quality of the pill.
Ling Yun was quite relaxed at first, but after taking the paper from Feng Feiyun and seeing the names of the ingredients, he felt a headache coming on. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
He had only heard of five of the Spirit Herbs on the list. There were five that he hadn't even heard of before. Even if he had heard of the names of these five Spirit Herbs, they were all extremely rare and were only recorded in the Pill Grandmaster's Handbook. Moreover, most of them were used to refine Fourth and Fifth Grade Spirit Pills and were extremely precious.
"Sir Divine King, these … these ten spirit medicines are extremely rare. Even the Grand Preceptor's Residence only has two of them." Ling Yun frowned.
"Which two?" Feng Feiyun was ecstatic.
"Dragon knotweed and flower."
Dragon knotweed was a dragon-shaped fleeceflower.
Flower knotweed was a blue flower growing on top of the serpent king's head.
Moreover, in order to become the main ingredient for the pill, it needed to be at least a thousand years old and absorb enough worldly spirit energy.
If he could get these two, then he would have ten main ingredients for the pill. He could then use other ingredients to replace the other eight. Even though the effect was far from the real thing, it would be enough for Feng Feiyun to break through in a short period of time.
"Brother Ling Yun, please buy these two ingredients from me. The price is not an issue." Feng Feiyun said.
Ling Yun shook his head and said apologetically, "It's not a matter of price. These two types of spiritual herbs are treasured by my master. The Knotweed Dragon is already six thousand years old, and its dragon scales have already grown out. The Strange Flower is four thousand years old. Even though the Snake King is dead, the [Viridescent Flower] is still growing on the Snake King's head. My master personally nourishes it with the spirit spring every month, afraid that the Strange Flower will wither.
My master treats these two ingredients as his own flesh and blood. Not to mention that I don't dare to sell them to the Divine King, even if the Divine King were to ask my master, he wouldn't agree. "
"I see!"
Feng Feiyun said. "Since the Grand Tutor values these two ingredients so much, then it must be planted in the place with the densest spiritual energy?"
"Of course. It has always been planted in the White Cloud Pond, next to where my master lives …" Ling Yun stopped immediately, knowing that he had said the wrong thing.
"White Cloud Pond!"
Feng Feiyun whispered with a strange glint in his eyes. He then smiled and said: "Since these two ingredients are rare and treasured by the Grand Tutor, I naturally wouldn't dare to take them away. Farewell."
With that, Feng Feiyun directly left.
"To be able to become a Divine King at such a young age, you are indeed extraordinary."
Ling Yun looked at Feng Feiyun's departing figure and narrowed his eyes. He called for an alchemist and said: "Go tell Fifth Brother, who is in isolated cultivation to reach the Giant realm. Tell him to go to the White Cloud Pond tonight to protect the spirit medicines."
The alchemist understood and left to enter the Grand Tutor's mansion.
Ling Yun was able to become the manager of the Grand Tutor's mansion, so he was quite good at reading people. The entire cultivation world knew what kind of person Feiyun was. If he left so easily, then things would not be so simple. Ling Yun naturally had to make more preparations in order to be on guard.
However, the Grand Preceptor's Mansion was still robbed. Not only the Dragon Knotweed and the Wondrous Flower, but more than ten other precious spirit medicines had also disappeared in a single night. Most of these spirit medicines were over five thousand years old, and each one was priceless.
Fifth Brother Ling Luan, a peak half-step Giant, didn't sleep for an entire night. He stayed by the pond and watched as more than ten rare ingredients disappeared right before his eyes. Not even the roots were left.
After hearing this, Ling Yun vomited blood and fainted. Two alchemists carried him into the room.
The Divine King's mansion.
Feng Feiyun was sitting in a jade courtyard, drinking tea. There were eighteen eunuchs and eight maids waiting on him, looking a bit like a Divine King.
Feng Feiyun had been waiting for the entire morning. He was naturally waiting for someone.
He raised his gaze and looked at the sun in the sky. He was suspicious. Was Bi Ningshuai really reliable? Why hasn't he returned after so long? If he was caught by the people from the Grand Tutor's Mansion, with his cowardly nature, he would definitely expose me. At that time, I would have no choice but to deny it even if I were beaten to death.
At this time, Feng Feiyun's nose slightly twitched. He smelled a faint fragrance, very elegant.
Feng Feiyun looked around and gently knocked on the porcelain bowl twice: "All of you can leave."
The eunuchs and maids bowed and left without leaving a single person behind.
Feng Feiyun picked up the porcelain bowl and smiled: "Hongyan 'er, come out!"
There was a ripple in the air, and a transparent and graceful figure appeared. Soon, the figure became more and more solid, turning into a white-clothed woman. Her long black hair fell down, and her eyes were like the bright moon, filled with spirituality. This figure was perfect to the extreme.
She stood sideways and said: "I'm wearing the Cloak of Invisibility to hide my aura. Even a Giant wouldn't be able to find me, so how did you find me?"
Feng Feiyun smiled: "If you didn't purposely reveal your aura, then how could I find you?"
Earlier, she did purposely reveal her aura to let Feng Feiyun know that she was here so that everyone else would leave so that the two of them could be alone.
"Hmph!" She snorted and said: "Don't try to act smart in front of me.
Where did Xiaoxiang go? "
Feng Feiyun's expression darkened: "She left, for real this time."
She quickly asked: "Where did she go?"
Feng Feiyun shook his head: "She went to pursue what she wants. Maybe we'll see her again one day, or maybe we'll never see her again."
Although she didn't understand what Feng Feiyun meant, she knew that Feng Feiyun wouldn't lie to her about this.
Feng Feiyun gazed at the sky and continued: "Hongyan, the situation at the capital is too chaotic. I have a feeling that within half a month, the Jin Emperor will abdicate and a new one will take the throne. There will be an unprecedented upheaval at the capital. You should leave before the situation becomes serious."
"I'm not leaving!" She decisively said.
"Why?"
"If you don't want to leave, why should I?" Hongyan's eyes were filled with determination, stubbornness, and love.
Feng Feiyun pondered for a bit before saying: "I'm leaving too. Once the new emperor takes the throne, I'll abdicate the Divine King position and leave the capital to find you."
Hongyan was also an extremely intelligent woman. She said: "The new emperor has ascended the throne, do you think you can still leave?"
"I have my ways, but before that, you must leave the capital first. That way, I won't have to worry about anything. I can leave whenever I want." Feng Feiyun confidently said.
He continued in a gentle tone: "Hongyan, after leaving the capital, we'll leave this chaotic place and find my father and mother. I'll bring you to them. They'll be so happy to see such a beautiful daughter-in-law."
She smiled shyly with some longing in her mind. However, she quickly thought about something else. She hadn't collected all five divine garments yet, so how could she leave the dynasty? She had three now, only the Regal Dragon Robe and the Naran Buddhist Robe were missing.
The new emperor's coronation was the best time to take the robe. How could she miss this opportunity?