Following the scent of dicine, she stepped into Yuelong Palace and quickly found the source of the aroma.
A courtyard located at the foot of the mountain, by the water, with a pleasant view.
There were more than a dozen such courtyards in Yuelong Palace, almost identical in appearance, with the only difference perhaps being the na in front of each courtyard.
"Xiahou?"
Tuoba Wugou murmured. By this ti, dusk had fallen, and no one was around. She sniffed the increasingly rich scent of dicine in the air and slipped inside.
Soon, she saw a figure in a room in the backyard of the courtyard.
It was a girl who looked about eleven or twelve years old, sitting cross-legged, her hands constantly forming seals, surrounded by a faint spiritual qi fluctuation.
In front of her, a dicine furnace the size of a child’s head floated, emitting a faint glow.
Below the dicine furnace was a large pit, seemingly dug out deliberately, with a large amount of spirit wood burning, providing fire to the pill furnace.
The young girl looked childish, but her eyes were very bright.
While controlling the fire, she was also carefully recalling sothing.
From ti to ti, she would get up and pick up a booklet from the table beside her to check sothing.
Outside the window, watching the busy girl, Tuoba Wugou couldn’t help but smile faintly.
This girl was exactly like she was decades ago when she first learned the alchemy skill.
The difference was, back then she had her grandmother to teach her.
But this girl was like the blind touching an elephant, checking references while exploring the alchemy skill on her own.
Beside the pill furnace, there was also a small pile of elixir residues, clearly having failed multiple tis, which was quite a pity.
Tuoba Wugou chuckled silently to herself, thinking: "This Emperor Zhengyong is really reckless, letting such a young girl explore alchemy on her own?"
"If she can’t make it, so be it, but manipulating the pill furnace is extrely dangerous. If one is not careful, the pill furnace could explode. What if soone gets hurt?"
"And the aura on this girl... Third-layer Qi Cultivation?"
"The magical power is insufficient. If there isn’t enough sustained magical power to support the pill furnace, the chance of self-destruction will also increase accordingly..."
While thinking this, her eyes suddenly changed. She looked inside the room in surprise.
She saw that the girl’s magical power was clearly not enough, yet she pulled out a sky-blue stone from her pocket and held it in her hand to restore her magical power.
"That’s... a Spirit Stone!"
"This girl actually uses a spirit stone to restore magical power? That’s too extravagant, Emperor Zhengyong is really generous... Hmm? No, that’s not right!"
"Ah, the Spirit Stone..."
Tuoba Wugou’s tone suddenly changed, staring intently at the spirit stone in the girl’s hand, carefully sensing sothing.
"This spirit stone is different from the ones in the Tuoba Clan collection, its shape, color, and spiritual qi fluctuation are far superior... Mid-grade! It’s a Mid-grade Spirit Stone!"
"Hiss..."
Tuoba Wugou took a sharp breath.
What a joke!
How could a third-layer Qi Cultivation girl use a mid-grade spirit stone to restore magical power?
This is too extravagant!
What is this girl’s identity?
Yuelong Palace?
The place where Emperor Zhengyong cultivates young cultivators?
Is this how he nurtures young cultivators?
"Buzz...!"
At this mont, the pill furnace floating in mid-air suddenly trembled slightly, and spiritual light burst forth.
With a ’bang’ sound, the pill furnace lid suddenly opened, a wave of air rolled out, and then it began to shake violently.
"Huh? It succeeded!"
Inside the house, Xia Houling looked up in surprise at the shaking pill furnace, her hands quickly forming seals to control the wobbling furnace, carefully opening it.
The first to roll out were five round, earth-yellow elixirs, followed by a heap of black residue.
The two were clearly distinct, very clear.
Xia Houling’s cheeks flushed: "Another five! This is really great, Your Majesty will be very pleased~"
She carefully picked them up and placed them in a pre-prepared jade bottle, seeming to be in a good mood.
anwhile, outside the window, Tuoba Wugou’s expression changed again. She stared intently at the pill furnace ignored by Xia Houling, filled with suspicion.
"This aura... Top-grade Magical Power? Top-grade Pill Furnace!"
"How is it possible... how can this little girl have a top-grade pill furnace? And it’s so intact, without a single scratch..."
"It must have been given to her by Emperor Zhengyong... Where did he even get it from!"
Tuoba Wugou could no longer hold back, with a swift motion of her hand, the window in front of her opened with a ’bang’, and her entire figure quickly slipped inside.
Inside the house, Xia Houling, who was in the process of picking up the elixirs, subconsciously turned around, only to see an old woman in a gray Daoist robe standing in front of her.
Her hair was gray, her expression stern, and she exuded a faint scent of dicine, much like her grandfather.
Before she could react, the old woman gave a casual wave, a gust of wind blew over, and in an instant, Xia Houling felt her whole body was completely controlled and unable to move.
Even the magical power within her seed to be immobilized, completely unable to function.
"Who, who are you?"
Xia Houling was shocked in her heart, stamring as she asked.
Tuoba Wugou didn’t speak but gestured, and the spirit stone and pill furnace tossed aside by Xia Houling were all grabbed into her hands.
Upon careful sensing, her expression grew increasingly peculiar.
Such clarity, they were truly a mid-grade spirit stone and pill furnace!
Where on earth did this Emperor Zhengyong get so many treasures?
Xia Houling also noticed Tuoba Wugou’s confusion and asked softly: "Senior, senior?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you a guest invited by Your Majesty?"
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