"Oh? Why do you say that?"
Tuoba Wugou suppressed the curiosity in his heart and casually asked.
"Because this is the Yuelong Palace on Celestial Longevity Mountain. Without an imperial decree or token from Your Majesty, ordinary people cannot co here~"
Xia Houling softly said, "Does the senior have any instructions? I can help you~"
"What is your na?"
"Senior, I am Xia Houling."
Tuoba Wugou placed the mid-grade spirit stone and the pill furnace in front of him and asked, "Where did you get this item?"
Xia Houling had a puzzled look on her face, but still replied, "It was given to us by Your Majesty~"
"When was it given?"
Xia Houling seed even more puzzled: "This spirit stone was issued by Your Majesty when I first arrived at Yuelong Palace."
"Sister Lin’er, Big Brother Fengxiong, and I are all the sa; we each receive ten spirit stones per month."
"But at that ti, it was low-grade spirit stones, which are smaller than these stones."
Tuoba Wugou was shocked. This Yuelong Palace was built about two years ago.
Two years ago, did Emperor Zhengyong already distribute spirit stones to his subordinates?
Ten pieces per person per month, and there are seven disciples in Yuelong Palace, aning seventy low-grade spirit stones every month!
This doesn’t even count the consumption of Emperor Zhengyong, his consorts, and children, and those loose cultivators he recruited!
How could he have so many spirit stones!
The reserves of the Tuoba clan were only a few dozen at most!
And that was accumulated over hundreds of years!
The most important thing is, there’s also this mid-grade spirit stone!
"Then this spirit stone?"
Xia Houling said, "This mid-grade spirit stone..."
"You know this is a mid-grade spirit stone?"
"Of course!"
Xia Houling replied naturally, "A few days ago, the master asked us to try refining an elixir called ’Gold Stone Pill.’ I managed to refine it successfully, and then Your Majesty gave a few mid-grade spirit stones and instructed to continue refining."
"Gold Stone Pill? What is that?"
"It’s an elixir~"
Tuoba Wugou frowned slightly, grabbed a booklet on the table beside him, and began to look through it.
"Gold Stone Pill... Suitable for Foundation Establishnt cultivators to consu, can enhance cultivation, especially beneficial for cultivators with gold and earth attributes..."
"This is a new formula!"
Yes, Tuoba Wugou was already sowhat numb, as if finding sothing remarkable in this Yuelong Palace was rely a matter of course.
"Oh, right!"
Xia Houling added, "That pill furnace was also granted by Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty instructed to use this pill furnace to refine the Gold Stone Pill, which works very well!"
Tuoba Wugou was speechless.
Using a top-grade pill furnace to refine a first-grade elixir is indeed working with half the effort.
To know, the alchemy furnace passed down in the Tuoba clan is only a mid-grade pill furnace.
And it has been used for over a thousand years!
And this pill furnace in front of us, it seems like it hasn’t been used much, just as good as new.
It’s simply...
Outrageous!
Compared to mid-grade pill furnaces, top-grade pill furnaces are ten tis, even dozens of tis better in terms of material, fire resistance, and more.
Moreover, a top-grade pill furnace also has the benefit of increasing the success rate of pill formation.
Xia Houling used a top-grade pill furnace to refine Gold Stone Pills, producing five pills in one batch, with a pill formation rate of fifty percent.
If she were to use an ordinary pill furnace, being able to produce two pills would already be considered a display of her extraordinary talent.
Nonetheless, this indicates that Xia Houling indeed possesses considerable talent in the path of alchemy.
It is well-known that among the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, the most challenging and dependent on one’s talent is the Array Master.
Whether it’s the materials required for setting arrays or the geographical conditions, even the qualification, talent, and comprehension of the cultivators themselves are held to exceptionally high standards.
Unlike other Hundred Skills of Cultivation, where diligence can make up for lack of talent, allowing one to always learn sothing.
In the path of arrays, if you don’t understand, you just don’t understand!
Aside from being an Array Master, the most sought-after and resource-consuming skill is that of an Alchemist.
The various elixirs refined by alchemists are among the most crucial consumables for cultivators in the Cultivation Realm.
An outstanding alchemist can determine the rise and fall of a sect or power.
Alchemists also require talent and comprehension!
In Tuoba Wugou’s view, Xia Houling’s alchemy talent surpasses her own.
Her mind stirred, and she suddenly asked, "Little sister Xia Houling, would you be willing to acknowledge as your master?"
"Acknowledge you as my master?"
Xia Houling asked curiously, "You are..."
"Tuoba Wugou, chief alchemist of the Tuoba clan."
"...and also a Tier Two Alchemist!"
Those who can refine Tier One Elixirs are Tier One Alchemists.
Those who can refine Tier Two Elixirs are Tier Two Alchemists.
Tuoba Wugou indeed can refine Tier Two Elixirs, although she only knows one type and has made it only once, it was still her who made it.
So, her claim of being a Tier Two Alchemist isn’t really a problem.
Xia Houling shrank her head and instinctively shook it, saying, "No way..."
"Hmm? Why?"
Tuoba Wugou asked curiously. Given her status, if she wanted to take a disciple, countless young cultivators would imdiately bow in worship.
How co...
Xia Houling said, "I have to listen to Your Majesty!"
"His Majesty has arranged ntors for us in Yuelong Palace; just following their teachings is enough."
Tuoba Wugou’s mouth twitched.
ntor?
What kind of ntor is that...
In the Cultivation Realm, only relationships like master and disciple or father and son truly pass down cultivation knowledge earnestly.
Relying on the ntoring style of private schools, how could that be possible!
Besides, what are the so-called ntors in Yuelong Palace?
Tianxingzi, born of Celestial Secret Sect.
If you let him divinate and read one’s fate, uncover secrets, or set up arrays, that’s reasonable.
But having him teach Alchemy, what could he possibly teach?
Xuan Jizi?
Just a loose cultivator, nothing more.
Xiong Gang?
Though Ten Thousand Beasts Borderless Sect has so authority, they have long declined, and even Beast Taming Skills are scarce due to the sparse Spiritual Qi and spirit beasts in this realm, what can you teach?
And Zhao Suzhen, a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator like Qingying?
Though Taiyii Dao’s Talismanic Art is unrivaled in Great Yu, in terms of Alchemy Skills... Tuoba Wugou is still the strongest.
Handing over Xia Houling to Yuelong Palace for Alchemy training is really... a waste of talent!
The main point is...
She looked at the Top-grade Pill Furnace and Mid-grade Spirit Stone in her hand, and her mouth twitched again.
Leaving these items in Yuelong Palace is also a waste of resources!
But when thinking of Emperor Zhengyong’s hidden capabilities and his million-strong army, Tuoba Wugou subconsciously took a deep breath.
She waved her hand to lift Xia Houling’s restriction and tossed the Pill Furnace and Mid-grade Spirit Stone to her.
"Your talent being wasted at Yuelong Palace is really a pity... this matter, I will personally explain to Emperor Zhengyong."
"You... just stay here for now!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Tuoba Wugou flickered out through the door, heading in the direction of the Imperial Palace.
"Senior, Senior!"
Xia Houling called out several tis, but to no avail. After thinking for a while, she quickly ran toward the depths of Yuelong Palace.
"Senior Xuan Jizi! Senior Xuan Jizi!"
Yuelong Palace is situated at the foot of Celestial Longevity Mountain, abundant in Spiritual Qi, where several cultivators are cultivating.
Tianxingzi followed Your Majesty to the Imperial Palace, Xiong Gang has a bad temper, so she could only seek out Senior Xuan Jizi.
"What is it?"
A voice from inside a courtyard asked.
Xia Houling didn’t enter; instead, she replied timidly, "Just, just now a senior who claims to be Tuoba Wugou ca to the disciple’s yard, said she wanted to take as a disciple and also wanted to et Your Majesty..."
After more than a dozen breaths, Xuan Jizi’s voice rang out again.
"Tuoba Wugou? Truly troubleso!"
"How could that kid let soone from the Tuoba Clan co here? Or did he do it on purpose?"
"Forget it, you should return. This matter, I’ll use Flying Sword Communication to inform His Majesty."
"Thank you, Senior Xuan Jizi!"
Xia Houling said respectfully and turned to leave.
Shortly, a flying sword shot up from Yuelong Palace, swiftly heading towards the Imperial Palace.
anwhile, in Baiyu City.
Tianxingzi asked curiously, "Your Majesty... do you an that at the beginning of the month, during the military parade, we cultivators should also show ourselves?"
"This matter... might be inappropriate."
Zheng Yi retorted, "Why?"
"This..."
Tianxingzi hesitated, "We cultivators are inherently discreet, if we were to make a grand appearance now, it might lead to so unnecessary speculation."
"And it’s during such an important event like the military parade..."
Zheng Yi’s tone beca somber, "This, is precisely what I intend."
"Your Majesty?"
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