In the Ling family's Heavenly Earthly Fire Pill Room, Ling Dong's face was illuminated by the leaping Earthly Fire. Large beads of sweat continuously rolled down his forehead.
However, even if these beads of sweat rolled down to Ling Dong's wide open eyes and made his eyes sore, Ling Dong didn't dare to blink. He was afraid that if he blinked, the most important pill in the furnace would turn to ashes.
Through the crystal lid, he could see that the originally clear layers of the seven-colored medicinal liquid inside the furnace were gradually intertwining with each other. Finally, they formed a strange and dazzling color. The seven colors were everywhere, but there were no real seven colors everywhere. They were completely intertwined.
Ling Dong's eyes flickered. His left hand, which was holding the handle of the Gang Melting Handle, gently tightened his grip. The crystal cauldron lid silently slid open. As the medicinal fragrance and hot air escaped, Ling Dong's right hand quickly and steadily lifted up a jade box. He poured the crystal clear essence of the Yao Core into the cauldron.
As the Monster Core's essence fell, it was held up by Ling Dong's Pill Furnace Array. Then, it combined with the dazzling medicinal liquid and began to fuse in the high temperature of the furnace.
The Monster Core's essence slowly softened, and the dazzling medicinal liquid was like soft water, surrounding the Monster Core's essence and trying to penetrate it.
"Bang!"
A soft sound made Ling Dong's nerves suddenly tense. The medicinal liquid in the middle of the furnace suddenly lost its support and fell straight to the bottom of the furnace.
Ling Dong's eyes tightened. The Innate Gang Qi in his body that was on standby surged out. In the blink of an eye, the Gang Qi held up the medicinal liquid. However, in just a moment, one-tenth of the medicinal liquid had disappeared.
"There's too little Gang Qi. Alchemy is really frightening!" Sighing, Ling Dong continued to concentrate on operating the Pill Refining Array to roll the medicinal liquid. At the same time, he put a Gang Recovery Pill in his mouth to slowly replenish the Gang Qi he had consumed.
The last step of alchemy, Pill Melting, was to be completed in one go. Even though Ling Dong had replaced the furnace with a brand new mid-grade crystal, after holding on for more than half the time, the mid-grade crystal was still depleted.
Fortunately, Ling Dong had the Gang Recovery Pill to replenish his Gang Qi. If that wasn't enough, Ling Dong even made preparations to circulate the Divine Wine Technique and consume the All-In-All Wine to stimulate his potential. This Tri-Flower Stone Spiritual Pill was too important.
An hour later, a dazzling pill with a bumpy and uneven appearance came out of the furnace. After it spun around in Ling Dong's hands, Ling Dong laughed bitterly, "This is probably one of the ugliest pills I've refined since I became an Earth Alchemist."
Due to the lack of Stellar Energy, he had lost nearly one-tenth of the medicinal liquid, causing the pill to become imperfect and its medicinal potency to drop. However, Ling Dong believed that if his grandfather consumed this Three Flower Stone Pill, his chances of breaking through to the Earth Realm would increase from less than thirty percent to more than seventy percent.
A seventy percent chance was already extremely high for a martial artist who was constantly on the brink of death. Anything higher than that was basically impossible. There was no such thing as a hundred percent chance in this world. Even if Ling Dong refined two Three Flower Stone Pills, he could only give one to his grandfather.
The Three Flower Stone Pill contained all the Gang Qi essence of an early stage Earth Realm demonic beast. The amount was several times the maximum Gang Qi capacity of a peak Xiantian Realm martial artist. The consequences of consuming two pills at the same time was nothing other than exploding and dying.
Ling Dong stretched lazily and pulled the mechanism of the Dragon Breaking Stone. Perhaps he was too careful in his previous life. Ling Dong would break the Dragon Breaking Stone every time he refined pills.
Accompanied by the rumbling of the mechanism, a glaring ray of sunlight shone into the Earth Fire Elixir Room, causing Ling Dong to squint his eyes. Before Ling Dong could get used to the sunlight, he heard a shout.
"Gao Yuan, don't go. Third Young Master should be out of seclusion!" Ling Dong recognized that it was the voice of Che Jun, the captain of the Earth Fire Elixir Room.
"Did something happen? Why is Gao Yuan waiting for me at the entrance of the Earth Fire Elixir Room? "Thinking of this, Ling Dong quickly walked out.
In the distance, Gao Yuan greeted him with a calm face. There was no anxiety on his face. Ling Dong was relieved.
"Third Young Master, you're out of seclusion. Did your refining go well?" Captain Che Jun greeted him with a smile. Perhaps in the entire Ling family, other than Ling Dong's father and Gao Yuan, only Che Jun believed that Ling Dong was really refining pills. Moreover, he was quite successful.
"Oh … You've worked hard!" Ling Dong felt that this Che Jun was not bad. He remembered that he had seized a bottle and a half of Three Flower Demonic Aura Pills last time. He took out half a bottle and threw it over.
"Here, this is my newly refined pill. If you're not afraid of being poisoned to death, take it." Ling Dong made a joke.
Che Jun, who took the pill bottle, was stunned. He did not expect that Ling Dong would really give him the pill after his casual joke last time. Che Jun's colleagues looked at Che Jun sympathetically. Who told you to flatter him? Now you're in trouble, right?
Who would dare to eat the things that this foppish Young Master made?
A few days ago, they heard rumors in the family that Ling Dong collected sheep's penis, tiger's penis, bull's penis, and so on to make aphrodisiacs. If it was really an aphrodisiac, then it was fine. He would just enjoy it once. If it was poisonous and made you feel good once, you would never be able to feel good again. Then, you would be in for a good time.
Che Jun felt the gloating eyes of his colleagues looking at the pill bottle in his hand. He gritted his teeth, poured out a pill, and was ready to eat it on the spot. He didn't believe that the Third Young Master Ling had stayed in the Heaven and Earth Fire Pill Room for dozens of days just to fiddle with that harmful toy.
Seeing that Che Jun wanted to eat the pill on the spot, Ling Dong also realized something. He stopped Che Jun and smiled mysteriously. "Don't. This pill is for you to eat at night. If you feel good after eating it, don't tell anyone!"
Che Jun was stunned and did not insist. He also had some thoughts in his mind. If it was really an aphrodisiac, it would be convenient to have a woman at home when he went home at night. He nodded and kept the pill in his arms. He respectfully sent Ling Dong off.
Once Ling Dong left, Che Jun's colleagues shouted, "I say, Che Jun, you really dared to eat it. Aren't you afraid of the poison?"
"Hey, Che Jun, if you really ate the pill, I don't think sister-in-law can handle it alone tonight. Why don't I invite you to the Heavenly Fragrance Brothel? You can do whatever you want. You can even have a woman for a night!" One of them said wretchedly.
"I say, Che Jun, be careful. I have never seen Third Young Master Ling eat the pill himself. If you feel good once, then you will never feel good again. Then …"
"Tsk, nothing good can come out of a dog's mouth!" Che Jun slapped that person before he could finish his sentence.
"Boss, nothing good can come out of a dog's mouth. But even a spoiled brat can't become a respected alchemist!" Another person took the opportunity to reply.
Che Jun was a little nervous when he heard this. He did not want to continue the discussion and left with a scolding.
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"Gao Yuan, why did you come here to wait for me today?" Ling Dong asked as they walked further away.
"Young Master, not only today, I have been here every day for the past three days when you were in seclusion to refine pills!"
"Why, what happened?" Ling Dong asked curiously.
"Second Young Master Zuo, the Second Young Master of the Zuo Family has been looking for you every morning and night for the past three days. He said that he has good news for you. Every time, he would stay at home for more than two hours before leaving. I had no choice but to come here every day to wait for you!" Gao Yuan said.
"Second Young Master Zuo, Zuo Guangzong? Why is he looking for me? Ling Dong had already told Zuo Guangzong not to look for him if there is no major discovery. Why is he looking for him so frequently? Could it be that he has made a major discovery in the Zuo Family? "Ling Dong's footsteps quickened when he thought of this.
"Young Master, something big has happened in South Mountain City recently. I don't know why, but it has involved you. I don't know if I should tell you!" Gao Yuan said carefully as he chased after Ling Dong.
"Speak!"
"A few days ago, a woman called Liu Yaoguang from the Imperial Capital's Alkaid City suddenly announced that she wanted to hire a romantic scholar to comb her hair and drape it in red. This caused a sensation in the entire city.
It's fine if she wants to sell her body as a performer, but some meddlesome person opened a betting house and put your name as the number one bet. He said that you are the most debauched and romantic, and have the best chance of winning the heart of a beauty … "Gao Yuan grumbled in dissatisfaction.
"Liu Yaoguang!" Ling Dong felt as if he was struck by lightning when he heard this name. Did that matter really end as planned? This Alkaid Empire's number one zither master, Liu Yaoguang, was the beginning of his earth-shattering actions in his past life.
After staring blankly for a while, Ling Dong's face suddenly revealed an ominous glint. "Hmph, no matter who is behind this, this time, I will let you have a taste of what it means to shock the heavens and make the gods weep!"
With a calm face, Ling Dong quickly walked to his small courtyard. Ling Dong faintly felt that Zuo Guangzong's arrival might have something to do with this matter. In his past life, the person behind this matter was Zuo Guangzong.
However, in his past life, Ling Dong's experience was shallow. He had determined that the mastermind behind this matter was Ling Zhengshan, Ling An, and Ling Zhuo. A few decades after that matter, Ling Dong's experience had become much richer. Every time he recalled it, his old face would still burn. At the same time, there were more and more suspicious points about that matter.
Ling Dong discovered that whether it was Ling Zhengshan, Ling An, or Ling Zhuo, they were not qualified to be the mastermind behind this matter. The things involved were definitely not something that Ling An or Ling Zhuo could possess. At that time, Ling Dong wanted to investigate, but at that time, Ling Dong's cultivation was low, and Liu Yaoguang was still a celestial being. She was definitely not someone that Ling Dong could come into contact with.
One or two hundred years later, when Ling Dong had made a name for himself and had the qualifications and ability to investigate this matter, Liu Yaoguang, who was originally a world-renowned zither master, had mysteriously disappeared. Ling Dong had even less of a way to investigate.
In the guest hall of Ling Dong's small courtyard, Zuo Guangzong's eyes flashed with deep fear the moment he saw Ling Dong. He instantly shot up from his chair and silently saluted Ling Dong.
This was the innate reverence of the Mother and Child Chain Talisman towards the owner of the Mother and Child Chain Talisman.
"Why are you looking for me in such a hurry?" Ling Dong asked with a frown.
"I'm here to invite you to participate in the Courtesan Liu Yaoguang's Hair Combing Ceremony, which will be held the day after tomorrow." Zuo Guangzong respectfully said. Perhaps no one would have thought that Zuo Guangzong would be so respectful in front of Ling Dong.
Ling Dong's eyes became even colder. There was no change from his previous life. In his previous life, it was also Zuo Guangzong who invited him, but Ling Dong was more proactive than now.
The mastermind behind this matter would never have thought that Zuo Guangzong was already under his control. Thinking about it, Zuo Guangzong, the executor, might know who the mastermind was. "Tell me the origin of this matter in detail. Don't leave out anything."
Ling Dong's voice was cold and emotionless. Even Gao Yuan, who was beside him, was shocked.
"No matter who the mastermind is, I want him to have a taste of what happened to me. I want him to have a taste of what happened to me." Ling Dong's angry soul roared.
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