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The powerful Dou Zun from Medicine King Valley before them wore a moon-white robe with dark gold cloud patterns flowing around the hem, revealing hidden herbal designs. Seven spirit-binding rings made of ice silkworm silk were wrapped around the cuffs.

His sword-like eyebrows, like tempered black iron, flew diagonally into his temples, and the peaks of his eyebrows were covered with the frost-like aura of cold jade marrow from years of refining medicine. In the deep-set eye sockets were two cold and piercing phoenix eyes.

His iris shimmered with the bluish-gold hue of a medicinal cauldron being quenched, and his pupils contracted as if piercing through the mist with a needle.

The faint golden lines from the burns inflicted by the strange fire when he advanced to the Dou Zun level remain on his left forehead and chin, shimmering with the faint light of flowing lava in the twilight.

A belt woven from thirteen sections of amethyst vines hung from his waist. Each section of the vine contained the essence of a strange fire, which collided with his steps and produced a crystal-like burning sound.

Her long, gray hair was unbound, and the lingering traces of the pill lightning from refining an eighth-grade elixir lingered among the strands, forming a tiny arc of electricity on her shoulders.

When he circulates his battle qi, the air within three zhang around him condenses into a semi-transparent phantom of a medicine cauldron. The inscriptions on the cauldron are actually the natural patterns of a thousand-year-old blood spirit mushroom, and the mouth of the cauldron breathes out the primordial heart fire that is interwoven with blue and red.

The knuckles of the ten fingers protrude like carved jade, and the nails are translucent amber in color, with the Netherworld Poison Flame sealed within them slowly circulating.

When you step into the void, the spiritual flowers of the Nine-Turn Resurrection Grass will bloom beneath your feet. Each petal is composed of alchemy runes formed from battle qi. Upon landing, they will turn into emerald starlight that scorches through the blue stone.

Below his Adam's apple hung a pendant refined from the Yin-Yang Mystic Dragon Pill, its dragon-shaped pattern emanating a powerful pressure that distorted space with each breath.

This was the first time Rean had encountered a true Dou Zun powerhouse. Although in the Primitive Universe, a Universe Venerable was nothing in front of him, this was the Dou Qi Continent.

In the Dou Qi Continent, Dou Zun is already at the very top. Above Dou Zun, there are only a very few Dou Sheng.

As for the Dou Di, that only exists in legends, and no real Dou Di has appeared for countless years.

Moreover, even if a Dou Di is born, they will ascend to the upper realm in a very short time and it will be difficult for them to return here. Therefore, Dou Di only exists in legends.

In this era where no Dou Sheng (Battle Saint) appears, Dou Zun (Battle Venerable) almost represents the pinnacle of power. Moreover, Dou Zun can control the power of space and time, possessing world-destroying power, making them extremely terrifying.

The fact that Li En was personally received by a Dou Zun powerhouse shows how much Medicine King Valley values ​​him.

"I am the Old Man Under the Moon, also known as the Moon Venerable." The white-robed old man looked at Rean with gentle eyes and spoke slowly.

"Greetings, Venerable Moon." Rean showed sufficient respect, after all, the Venerable Moon possessed considerable strength.

"You come from the Pill Tower, and are even an elder of the Pill Tower, so there's no need to be so polite." Venerable Moon was very friendly to Rean, and of course, it wasn't just because Rean came from the Pill Tower.

The main reason is that Rean is able to refine ninth-grade pills.

Led by the Moon Venerable, Rean and the Medicine Fairy entered the Medicine King Hall of Medicine King Valley. After settling down in the hall, the Moon Venerable explained the purpose of inviting Rean.

"The main reason I invited you here is to ask you for a favor," said Venerable Moon, sitting in the main seat, with a sigh.

“Please speak freely, Your Excellency,” Rean replied with a smile.

"Actually, this matter is somewhat difficult to explain. My senior brother, Gu Zun, is nearing the end of his life, but he has been unable to break through to the Dou Sheng realm," Dou Zun slowly explained.

"I once went to the Pill Tower to ask for a Primordial Golden Pill. The Red-browed Elder of the Pill Tower promised to help me once, but refining a Grade 9 pill is too difficult and success cannot be guaranteed."

"As expected, we brought the prepared materials to Elder Red Eyebrows to refine the pills, but in the end, we failed at the last minute."

"We have gathered the materials again, but Elder Crimson Eyebrows is no longer willing to help. Now that you have refined a ninth-grade pill at such a young age, you are truly gifted." "Therefore, I would like to ask you to help refine one. Regardless of success or failure, I am willing to grant you entry into the sacred medicine garden of my Medicine King Valley. You can take any rare and precious materials there according to your ability. What do you say?"

After speaking, Venerable Moon looked at Rean with anticipation, awaiting his reply.

This request is not difficult at all. After all, Rean only needs to refine the pill once. Whether he succeeds or not, he can enter the medicine garden to obtain rare and precious materials. It sounds like it would be entirely beneficial to him.

But in reality, this is not the case. Refining ninth-grade pills is extremely mentally taxing and very dangerous; a slight mistake can lead to death.

In particular, the power of the pill lightning from the ninth-grade pill is extremely strong. Even with the help of the experts from Medicine King Valley to resist it, Rean cannot guarantee 100% safety, so ordinary people really dare not gamble.

However, based on the map of Dan Tower, Rean discovered that the strange fire was hidden in the medicine garden of Medicine King Valley, so he naturally had to go and explore the medicine garden.

Therefore, after a brief hesitation, he chose to agree.

Thus, under the careful arrangement of Venerable Moon, a special alchemy room appeared, and Rean began to refine the ninth-grade pill, the Innate Golden Pill, while the Medicine Fairy assisted him.

This was at the request of the Medicine Fairy. Although Rean objected, she insisted, so Rean had no choice but to agree.

The bronze furnace in the alchemy room hummed and vibrated, and the dragon patterns coiled around the furnace body shimmered with a reddish light.

Rean gripped the stove handle with white knuckles, sweat dripping from his temples down his neck, dark water stains appearing on the back of his blue shirt.

The Medicine Fairy unfurled a phantom of a blue lotus at her fingertips, and nine strands of spiritual fire followed the icy silkworm silk to the bottom of the furnace. Where the flames licked the amethyst charcoal, tiny sparks of light burst forth.

“Seventh turn.” Her voice was clear and cold, like a bronze bell on the eaves, yet it made Rean’s pupils shrink sharply.

Inside the furnace, the two energies of black and yellow were intertwined to form a Taiji, when suddenly indigo liquid broke through the boundary between Yin and Yang.

He bit his tongue and spat out his essence blood. The alchemical incantation changed so fast that it tore through the air. The twenty-eight constellations on the furnace wall lit up one after another, forcibly suppressing the rampaging medicinal power back into the Bagua array eye.

The Medicine Fairy's wide sleeves fluttered like crane wings, and a thousand-year-old Snow Essence flew out from the Ice Soul Jade Box. The cold mist touched the furnace wall and turned into frost patterns.

Rean's right arm veins bulged with worm-like protrusions, and the Fire Essence in his palm had shrunk to the size of a soybean.

As a strange sound like an infant's cry emanated from within the furnace, the Medicine Fairy suddenly drew her fingers and cut her wrist, the blood congealing into a red plum blossom mark on the cauldron lid: "The key to collecting the elixir lies in the balance between emptiness and fullness!"

When the lid of the cauldron exploded open, the entire alchemy room was illuminated by golden light, revealing every detail.

Nine dragon-shaped patterns entwined around the golden core, which was the size of a pigeon egg, and floated in the air. Rean staggered and fell to the ground, his trembling fingertips still bearing the scorch marks from the fire.

The jade hairpin at the Medicine Fairy's temple snapped with a crack, her black hair falling down to conceal the watery light in her eyes, but her slender white fingers steadily held the cold jade cup containing the golden elixir, and a three-inch thick seven-colored halo condensed at the bottom of the cup.

At this moment, the thunder in the sky had been fully formed, which meant that the innate golden elixir was about to be successfully refined.

The Moon Venerable and the other powerful figures from Medicine King Valley were overjoyed. They hadn't held much hope for Rean, after all, even the Crimson-browed Elder had failed to refine it.

But who would have thought that such a young ninth-grade alchemist would actually succeed in refining it!
With the combined efforts of Venerable Moon and others, the power of the Five-Colored Pill Lightning was weakened to a very small extent, and the remaining Pill Lightning was no longer able to break through the defensive formation.

Finally, accompanied by a rich medicinal fragrance, a golden innate elixir slowly took shape. (End of Chapter)