Just as all the Heavenly Dipper Realm martial artists in the Alkaid Empire, including those in the middle and later stages of the Earth Realm, were rushing towards the Imperial Capital's Alkaid City due to the appearance of the new Elixir King, the current Emperor, Emperor Yuan Feng, who had arrived first at the Alchemist Manor's Elixir Monarch Palace, as well as those Heavenly Dipper Realm martial artists who had arrived first because they were staying in Alkaid City, were all given the cold shoulder!
Yes, whether it was the famous Heaven Dipper Realm cultivators who rushed over after hearing the news, Great Emperor Yuan Feng, or the famous civil and military officials who rushed over of their own accord, as well as the princes and imperial grandsons who weren't too stupid, all of them were rejected!
This included the Seventh Prince, who had rushed over with an extremely painful gift. Just like his father, the Emperor, he was also given the cold shoulder!
Fei Anmin, the Vice Minister of the Grand Council, who had also been given the cold shoulder, looked at the uneasy Seventh Prince Bi Ying and sneered!
"Didn't you want to suck up to the new Pill King Yuan Chen and Ling Dong? They don't even care about your father now, what are you, the Seventh Prince, worth? When the time comes, won't you still be on our side obediently? If you know what's good for you, cooperate with us to exterminate the Ling family and get rid of Ling Dong! "
Of course, Fei Anmin, who was very depressed, could only think about this in his heart! His original plan was about to be implemented, but who would have thought that a new Pill King would disrupt all his plans!
Now, everyone thought that Yuan Chen was the new Pill King. If they knew that Ling Dong was the new Pill King, Seventh Prince Bi Ying would probably faint on the spot!
Since His Majesty was rejected, the new Pill King Yuan Chen was naturally fine. However, this minor official who was usually in charge of miscellaneous matters in the Alkaid Palace was so shocked that he broke out in cold sweat!
Today's scene was too shocking! Especially the cultivators outside the door. Just one look was enough to make their legs go soft!
Even though the door was closed, no one left. Even Great Emperor Yuan Feng remained in the Pill Monarch Palace, waiting for Yuan Chen's appearance!
However, even after waiting for the sun to rise the next day, the newly appointed Pill King, Yuan Chen, still hadn't come out to meet them!
This time, the people who had been waiting for the whole night were surprised!
Under normal circumstances, after the Elixir King had obtained his title, he would come out to meet everyone and accept the Emperor's conferment and reward. At the same time, he would announce it to the world. Then, he would form a good relationship with the many martial artists who had rushed over. At this time, if the newly appointed Pill King was in a good mood, he would also accept a few requests to refine pills.
This was also the reason why so many Heaven Dipper Realm martial artists or peak stage Earth Realm martial artists rushed here overnight!
For the majority of martial artists, especially those martial artists like Ling Dong from his previous life who came from humble backgrounds, or those martial artists whose family backgrounds were slightly worse, the heaven-step pills needed to break through bottlenecks, or even to treat old injuries, were too difficult to obtain. Even if one had money, they couldn't buy them!
Not only were they having a hard time, even those large families were having a hard time. After all, there were too few Alchemy Kings in this world, so few that it was pitiful!
One had to know that currently, there were only two Dan Kings on the surface. One was the Dan King Shi Po Dan who roamed the continent without a fixed residence, also known as the Ten Dan Kings! The other was the Xuanji Empire's veteran Dan King — Shang Ziyuan!
Only Dan Kings could refine heaven-step pills. There were thousands of martial artists in the world who needed heaven-step pills, or even more! However, there were only two Dan Kings that were publicly known. Even if these two Dan Kings were to go all out and refine pills for everyone regardless of night and day, it wouldn't be enough!
What's more, that was simply impossible!
The Ten Dan King Shi Po Tian who roamed the world only accepted ten requests from Heaven Dipper Realm martial artists to refine pills every year. He would only refine one cauldron of pills each time, and was known as the Ten Dan Kings. However, just these ten slots every year were enough for Heaven Dipper Realm martial artists to fight over!
As for the Xuanji Empire's Dan King Shang Ziyuan, although the number of pills he refined wasn't as few as the Ten Dan Kings, it was still extremely limited. Normally, he would only accept one special request every month! Although the reward was frighteningly high, the queue of martial artists who wanted to give away their treasures was already ten years later!
Of course, the number of real Dan Kings wasn't just two! It was said that there was a hidden Dan King in Kuixing Pavilion. Otherwise, why would there be so many heaven-step pills appearing in Kuixing Pavilion's auction every year!
However, there were only two Dan Kings in the world who could accept requests from martial artists to refine pills! One could only imagine how popular this Dan King was!
And the Heaven Dipper Realm martial artists who received the news and rushed to Alkaid City were here precisely for this purpose. It was best to establish good karma as soon as possible before asking the Dan King to refine pills for them.
As for why the Heaven Dipper Realm martial artists who were thousands of miles away received the news, it was mainly because of the reputation of the Alkaid Empire's Apothecary Manor. It was very likely that a new Dan King would be born. That was why they paid attention to it!
After waiting for an entire night and not seeing the Dan King, Great Emperor Yuan Feng couldn't take it anymore and directly returned to the palace. However, the martial artists didn't care so much and continued to wait there!
Some martial artists even set up tents on the spot and sat there to wait and listen! According to the rules, when a new Dan King left the palace, the bell had to be rung sixty times!
However, there was still no news for seven to eight days!
Since last night, when Great Emperor Yuan Feng and the other martial artists were waiting for the new Dan King to leave the palace, the new Dan King that everyone believed to be the new Dan King experienced the joy of rising from the ground to the world!
"Congratulations. From now on, there will be another Dan King Ling in this world!" Inside the Earth Fire Pill Room, Yuan Chen's eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, disappointment, helplessness, and many other emotions. After Ling Dong put away his pill, he actually bowed to Ling Dong and said, "The Head Palace Master of the Apothecary Manor, Yuan Chen, greets Pill King Ling!"
Ling Dong, who had just been immersed in the joy of successfully refining a Heaven grade pill, was greatly shocked by Yuan Chen's actions. He hurriedly helped Yuan Chen up and advised Yuan Chen not to perform such a grand ceremony, but Ling Dong's words were somewhat incoherent!
Because of the rules!
Whether it was the Apothecary Manor, the Pill King Palace, or the alchemist profession, any Dan King was an extremely honorable existence. As long as one was an alchemist, they had to bow to the Dan King as a junior. In some formal occasions, they even had to bow to the Dan King!
"I, Yuan Chen, have been watching Dan King Ling become a Dan King. Although I have gained something from watching Dan King Ling become a Dan King, I am still very far away! Dan King Ling, I'm sure there are already people waiting outside to bow to you. The Empire has also sent a reward. You should hurry up and accept everyone's greetings and congratulations! "Yuan Chen urged.
Hearing Yuan Chen's words, Ling Dong's expression turned strange! It was impossible for Ling Dong to not have a strange expression on his face. Following his promotion to Pill King, the relationship between Ling Dong and Yuan Chen had also become extremely strange and estranged! Ling Dong wasn't used to this!
However, this situation wasn't something that Ling Dong could change in a short period of time!
Taking a look at the Earth Fiend Sculpted Grade Pill that he had just refined that could allow him to become a Pill King, Ling Dong solemnly put it away. However, at the same time, he was thinking about who he should give this pill to.
Himself, or his father?
The Earth Fiend Sculpted Grade pill had a similar effect to the Innate Energy Gathering Pill that Ling Dong had taken before. However, its effect was even more heaven-defying!
When a martial artist took the Earth Fiend Sculpted Grade pill, his cultivation level would increase by one level. It was a rare pill that could raise a martial artist's cultivation level in a short period of time!
A few of these pills would appear in the Kuixing Pavilion's auction every year. However, every time they appeared, they would be sold at a sky-high price! This was also the reason why Ling Dong had chosen the slightly more difficult Earth Fiend Sculpted Grade pill as his pill to become a Dan King!
It was to raise the cultivation level of himself, his father's clansmen, and even his friends!
However, heaven-tier pills were different from earth-tier pills. The success rate of heaven-tier pills wasn't high to begin with. Furthermore, it required a huge amount of precious herbs. Therefore, only one pill could be refined in a cauldron! Unless it was a veteran Dan King, no one would dare to refine three or four heaven-tier pills at the same time!
A single Earth Fiend Sculpted Grade pill was far from enough for Ling Dong. Ling Dong needed at least five or six of these pills. Now that he had sufficient herbs, Ling Dong wanted to refine a few more!
Ling Dong was also thinking about another problem. If he were to become a newbie Dan King, would he be able to change the situation of the empire? This was still hard to say. Ling Dong didn't have many connections among the upper echelons of the empire. Just the title of a newbie Dan King might not be very useful!
Furthermore, his title as a newbie Dan King was far less impactful than Yuan Chen, who had already become a Dan King!
Ling Dong was playing a huge game of chess now. He definitely couldn't afford to make any mistakes! There were too many cases of a snake being bitten by a snake instead of killing it!
"But what if there are two Dan Kings?" Ling Dong suddenly had a strange thought in his heart!
The moment this thought appeared, it grew uncontrollably. With his help, Yuan Chen had a very high chance of becoming a Dan King! After all, in his previous life, Yuan Chen had also become a Dan King after ten years. The only thing he lacked was a bit of experience and an opportunity!
Furthermore, with Ling Dong's understanding of Yuan Chen in his previous life and after interacting with him in this life, he knew that Yuan Chen was an extremely grateful person!
If he, Ling Dong, helped Yuan Chen become a Dan King, would Yuan Chen be able to repay this favor in his entire life?
And this help, to Ling Dong, might be a favor that came at no extra cost! Furthermore, if he were to create another Dan King, he would feel a sense of accomplishment!
Ling Dong took the initiative to ask Yuan Chen, "Senior Yuan, when I was refining the pill, was it because my technique was too fast that you didn't see it clearly?" Ling Dong had changed the way he addressed Yuan Chen!
Upon hearing Ling Dong's question, Yuan Chen couldn't care less about his old face. He quickly nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice.
"Hmm, so it's like this. How about I refine the pill again, and slow down the speed so that you can carefully observe and figure it out?" Ling Dong asked.
When Yuan Chen heard Ling Dong's words, he froze on the spot. Tears welled up in his old eyes, and it was a good thing that they did not burst out!
"This … Pill King Ling, how am I supposed to thank you in the future? This old man is already lucky enough to be allowed to watch the pill refining process during the pill king certification ceremony! Now, you're going to refine pills for me again, and you're even slowing down your refining speed so that I can study it carefully. This … How am I supposed to repay you in the future … "
Yuan Chen was so excited that he could not be any more excited! Moreover, these were his heartfelt words!
Yuan Chen was indeed indebted to Ling Dong, but that debt had already been repaid when Ling Dong allowed him to watch the pill refining process during the pill king certification ceremony! Not only that, Yuan Chen still owed Ling Dong a favor!
This was because the favor that Ling Dong had given him was too big!
But now, he had given him an even bigger favor! He had even slowed down his refining speed for him to study it. No one would believe him if he told them about this, but Yuan Chen was the one who received it!
For an alchemist who couldn't break through to the Pill King realm, this was akin to giving him a new lease on life. How could Yuan Chen not be excited?
Seeing how excited Yuan Chen was, Ling Dong didn't waste any more time. He turned around and walked to the side, and started refining pills again!
Ling Dong knew that for someone like Yuan Chen, he didn't need to mention the favor that Ling Dong owed him! Yuan Chen would engrave it in his heart, deeply …
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PS: The third watch has arrived. Zhu San, whose eyes are red from staying up too long, would like to ask for some support from his brothers. Recommendation votes, monthly votes, whatever!
Actually, the third watch is just a little tiring at most, but it's not that exaggerated. But unfortunately, Zhu San's precious daughter has been sick since Saturday!
Sigh, let's not talk about it anymore. Besides, people are saying that Zhu San is pretending to be pitiful with his daughter again!
Depending on the situation tomorrow, I'll strive for the third watch! Hopefully, I'll get more votes!
I've just fed my daughter ibuprofen. Hopefully, she can sleep well tonight, and I'll continue with her drip tomorrow morning! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you're welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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