She followed the scent of medicine, entered Yuelong Palace, and soon found the source of the scent.

A courtyard located at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by mountains and water, with beautiful scenery.

There are more than a dozen such courtyards in Yuelong Palace. Their appearances are almost the same. The only difference may be the name of the courtyard gate.

"Xiahou?"

Tuoba Wujiu murmured. It was already getting dark and there was no one around. She smelled the increasingly strong aroma of medicine in the air and flashed 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. She was sitting cross-legged, constantly making hand gestures with her hands, and a faint spiritual energy was diffused around her.

In front of her, there was a medicine furnace the size of a child's head floating, emitting a faint halo.

Under the medicine furnace, there seemed to be a large pit that was specially dug, with a large amount of spiritual firewood burning to provide firepower for the furnace.

The little girl looks childish, but her eyes are bright.

While controlling the fire, he was also thinking carefully about something.

From time to time he stood up and picked up a booklet from the table next to him to look at something.

Outside the window, looking at the busy girl, Tuoba Wugou couldn't help but smile indifferently.

This girl looks exactly the same as she did decades ago when she first started learning the art of alchemy.

The difference was that at that time she had her grandmother to take care of the professor.

However, this girl was like a blind man groping in the dark about an elephant. She was looking up information while trying to figure out the art of alchemy on her own.

Next to the alchemy furnace, there was a small pile of elixir waste, which obviously had failed several times. It was a pity.

Tuoba Wujiu laughed in silence, thinking to himself: "This Emperor Zhengyong is really reckless, actually letting such a young girl figure out the art of alchemy on her own?"

"It's fine if you can't practice it, but operating the furnace is a very dangerous thing. If you're not careful, the furnace has a chance to explode. So what if it hurts someone?"

"And the aura of this young man... is it the third level of Qi training?"

"Not enough mana. If the alchemy furnace does not have enough long-lasting mana support, the chance of self-destruction will increase accordingly..."

As she was thinking about it, her eyes changed slightly and she looked into the house in surprise.

However, the girl was obviously running out of magic power. She actually took out a small sky blue stone from her arms, held it in her hand, and began to recover her magic power.

"That's... a spirit stone!"

"This young man actually used spirit stones to restore his mana? This is really too extravagant. Emperor Zhengyong is really generous... Hmm? That's not right!"

"A Ling Stone..."

Tuoba Wugou's tone suddenly changed. He stared at the spirit stone in the young man's hand, sensing something carefully.

"Why is this spiritual stone different from the spiritual stones collected by my Tuoba family? Its appearance, color, and spiritual energy fluctuation are far superior to... a mid-grade spiritual stone! It's a mid-grade spiritual stone!"

"hiss……"

Tuoba Wugou took a deep breath.

joke!

How could a young man at the third level of Qi training use a mid-grade spirit stone to restore his magic power?
This is too luxurious!
What is the identity of this girl?
Yuelong Palace?
The place where Emperor Zhengyong trains young monks?
Is this how he trains young monks?

"Om...!"

At this moment, the alchemy furnace floating in the air suddenly shook slightly, and a flash of inspiration appeared.

With a bang, the lid of the furnace suddenly opened, a wave of air rolled out, and then it vibrated violently.

"Huh? Success!"

Inside the house, Xia Houling looked up at the shaking alchemy furnace in surprise, and hurriedly made hand gestures, trying hard to control the alchemy furnace to fly over, and carefully opened it.

The first things that rolled out were five round, ochre-colored pills, followed by a pile of black waste.

The two are very distinct and clear.

Xia Houling's face was red: "It has become five again! That's great, Your Majesty will definitely be very happy~"

She picked it up carefully and put it in a jade bottle that had been prepared long ago. She seemed to be in a good mood.

At this time, Tuoba Wugou's face outside the window changed again. She stared at the alchemy furnace that was ignored by Xia Houling, her eyes full of suspicion.

"This aura... top-grade mana? Top-grade alchemy furnace!"

"How is it possible... How could this little girl have a top-grade alchemy furnace in her hand? And it is so complete, without any damage at all..."

"It must have been given to her by Emperor Zhengyong... Where on earth did he get it?!"

Tuoba Wu Gou couldn't bear it any longer, and he waved his hand violently. The window in front of him was opened with a bang, and the whole person quickly got in.

Inside the house, Xia Houling, who was packing up pills, turned back subconsciously, only to see an old woman in a gray Taoist robe standing in front of her.

She had gray hair, a stern face, and a faint medicinal scent about her, very similar to the smell of her grandfather.

Before she could react, the old woman waved her hand and a gust of wind blew over. In an instant, Xia Houling felt that her body was completely controlled and she could not move.

Even the magic power in the body seemed to be imprisoned and could not move at all.

"W-who are you?"

Xia Houling was surprised and asked stutteringly.

Tuoba Wujiu did not say anything, but waved her hand, and the spirit stone and alchemy furnace that Xia Houling had thrown aside were all grabbed by her.

Upon closer inspection, her expression became increasingly strange.

This clarity is truly a mid-grade spirit stone and alchemy furnace!
Where did Emperor Zhengyong get so many treasures?
Xia Houling also saw Tuoba Wugui's doubts and asked softly, "Senior, senior?"

"Ok?"

"Are you the guest invited by His Majesty?"

"Oh? Why do you say that?"

Tuoba Wugou suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked casually.

"Because this is the Yuelong Palace of Tianshou Mountain. Without His Majesty's order or token, ordinary people cannot come here~"

Xia Houling said softly: "Senior, do you have any instructions? I can help you~"

"What's your name?"

"Senior, this is the junior Xia Houling."

Tuoba Wujiu placed the middle-grade spirit stone and the alchemy furnace in front of him and asked, "Where did you get these things from?"

Xia Houling looked very strange, but still said: "Yes, it was given to us by His Majesty~"

"When was it given to you?"

Xia Houling was even more puzzled: "This spiritual stone was distributed by His Majesty when I first came to Yuelong Palace."

"I get the same as Sister Lin'er, Brother Fengxiong and the others. We get ten spirit stones every month."

"But at that time, it was a low-grade spirit stone, a size smaller than this spirit stone."

Tuoba Wujiu was shocked. This Yuelong Palace was built almost two years ago.

Two years ago, Emperor Zhengyong distributed spirit stones to his subordinates?

Each person gets ten spirit stones per month. There are seven disciples in Yuelong Palace, which means seventy low-grade spirit stones per month!
This does not include the expenses of Emperor Zhengyong, his concubines, children, and the several independent cultivators he has won over!
How does he have so many spirit stones!

The Tuoba family’s inventory only has dozens of pieces!

This is what they have accumulated over hundreds of years!

The most important thing is, there is this mid-grade spirit stone!

"What about this spirit stone?"

Xia Houling said: "This middle-grade spirit stone..."

"Do you know that this is a mid-grade spirit stone?"

"I know!"

Xia Houling said as a matter of course: "A few days ago, the teacher asked us to try to refine a pill called 'Golden Stone Pill'. I tried to refine it successfully, and then His Majesty gave me a few medium-grade spirit stones and asked me to continue refining."

"Golden Stone Pill? What is that?"

"Medicine~"

Tuoba Wugou frowned slightly, grabbed the book on the table next to him and started to check it.

"Golden Stone Pill... Try it on a cultivator in the Qi training stage. It can improve your cultivation. It's especially effective for cultivators with gold and earth attributes..." "This is a new single recipe!"

Yes, Tuoba Wujiu has become a little numb, as if it is natural to find something in the Yuelong Palace.

"Oh, right!"

Xia Houling added: "And the alchemy furnace was also given to me by His Majesty."

"Your Majesty asked me to use this furnace to refine the Golden Stone Pill, and the effect is very good!"

Tuoba Wugou was speechless.

Wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort to use a top-grade alchemy furnace to refine a first-grade elixir?

You know, the alchemy furnace inherited by their Tuoba family is only a mid-grade alchemy furnace.

And it took thousands of years!

As for the alchemy furnace in front of him, it looked like it had only been used a few times, and it was as good as new.

It’s just...

Outrageous!

Compared with the middle-grade alchemy furnace, the high-grade alchemy furnace is more than ten times, or even dozens of times stronger, in terms of furnace material and fire resistance.

Even a high-quality alchemy furnace can increase the success rate of making elixirs.

Xia Houling used a top-grade alchemy furnace to refine the Golden Stone Pill, and was able to make five pills at a time, with a success rate of 50%.

If she had used an ordinary alchemy furnace to refine it, it would have been considered her amazing talent to be able to refine two pills.

However, this also shows that Xia Houling does have a lot of talent in alchemy.

As we all know, among the hundreds of arts of cultivation, the most difficult and the one that requires the most talent is the formation master.

Whether it is the extremely high requirements for the materials and terrain used to set up the formation, or even the qualifications, talents, and even comprehension of the practitioners, there are extremely high requirements.

Unlike other cultivation arts, hard work can make up for lack of talent, and you can always learn something.

As for the formation, I just can’t understand it!
Apart from the formation master, the most popular and resource-intensive craft is that of the alchemist.

The various elixirs refined by alchemists are one of the most important consumables for cultivators in the world of cultivation.

An excellent alchemist is enough to determine the rise and fall of a sect or a force.

To be an alchemist, talent and understanding are also needed!

In Tuoba Wujiu's opinion, Xia Houling's talent in alchemy is even better than hers.

She suddenly asked, "Little sister Xia Houling, are you willing to be my disciple?"

"Would you be my disciple?"

Xia Houling asked curiously: "You are..."

"Tuoba Wugou, the chief alchemist of the Tuoba family."

"He is also a... second-level alchemist!"

Those who can refine first-level elixirs are first-level alchemists.

Those who can refine second-level pills are second-level alchemists.

Tuoba Wujiu could indeed refine second-level pills, although she only knew one kind and had only refined it once, but it was hers after all.

Therefore, there was really nothing wrong with her calling herself a second-level alchemist.

Xia Houling shrank her head and shook her head subconsciously: "No..."

"Huh? Why?"

Tuoba Wujiu was surprised. You know, with her status, if she said she wanted to become a disciple, countless young monks would immediately bow down to her.

how……

Xia Houling said: "I want to listen to your majesty!"

"Your Majesty has arranged teachers for us in Yuelong Palace. We just need to practice with them."

Tuoba Wugui's mouth twitched.

Master?

What kind of a master is that...

In the world of cultivation, only masters and apprentices, fathers and sons, will pass on the knowledge of cultivation with all their heart.

How is it possible to rely on a private school teacher to teach through fighting?

Besides, who are the so-called masters in Yuelong Palace?
Tian Xingzi was born in Tianji Sect.

It would be quite appropriate to ask him to tell fortunes, explore the mysteries of heaven, and set up battle formations.

If we ask him to teach alchemy, what can he teach?
Mystery?
Just a casual cultivator.

Xiong Gang?

The Wanshou Wujiang Sect is indeed powerful, but it has long since declined. Even the art of taming beasts is useless because of the scarce spiritual energy in this world and the extremely rare spiritual beasts. What can you teach them?
Zhao Suzhen, who is also a foundation-building cultivator like Qingying?
Taiyi Dao’s talisman technique is the best in Dayu, but as for the art of alchemy... she is still the best!
Entrusting Xia Houling to Yuelong Palace to cultivate the art of alchemy is really... a waste of talent!

The most important thing is...

She looked at the top-grade alchemy furnace and mid-grade spirit stone in her hands, and the corners of her mouth twitched again.

It would be a waste of resources to keep these things in Yuelong Palace!

However, when he thought of the hidden strength of Emperor Zhengyong and the million-strong army under his command, Tuoba Wugou subconsciously took a deep breath.

She waved her hand again, lifted the ban on Xia Houling, and threw the alchemy furnace and the medium-grade spirit stone to Xia Houling.

"It is a waste of your talent to stay in Yuelong Palace... I will explain this matter to Emperor Zhengyong."

"You...just stay here for now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tuoba Wugou flashed out of the gate and flew towards the direction of the palace.

“Senior, senior!”

Xia Houling shouted a few times, but it was of no use. After thinking for a while, she quickly ran towards the depths of Yuelong Palace.

"Senior Xuanjizi! Senior Xuanjizi!"

Yuelong Palace is located at the foot of Tianshou Mountain. It is full of spiritual energy and several cultivators are practicing here.

Senior Tianxingzi followed His Majesty to the palace. Senior Xiong Gang had a bad temper, so she could only go to Senior Xuanjizi.

"What's the matter?"

In a courtyard, Xuanjizi asked.

Xia Houling did not go in either, but said hesitantly: "Just now, a senior who called himself Tuoba Wugou came to the disciples' courtyard and said that he wanted to accept disciples as his apprentices and would go to see His Majesty..."

More than ten breaths later, Xuanjizi's voice sounded again.

"Tuoba Wu Gou? What a trouble!"

"How could that kid let the Tuoba family come here? Or... did he do it on purpose?"

"Forget it, you can go back. I will send a letter to Your Majesty via flying sword."

"Thank you, Senior Xuanjizi!"

Xia Houling said respectfully, then turned and left.

Soon, a flying sword rose from Yuelong Palace and flew towards the direction of the imperial palace at a rapid speed.

At the same time, in Baiyujing.

Tian Xingzi asked curiously, "Your Majesty...you mean that monks like me will also appear at the military parade at the beginning of the month?"

"This matter...I'm afraid it's not appropriate."

Zheng Yi asked back: "Why?"

"This……"

Tian Xingzi hesitated and said, "We cultivators are secretive by nature. If we show up now with great fanfare, it might cause some unnecessary speculation."

"And at such an important event as the military parade..."

Zheng Yi said in a low voice: "This is my intention."

"Your Majesty?" (End of this chapter)