Many children, many blessings: Stealing the offspring of powerful figures to cultivate immortality.

The next morning.

The most bustling "Hundred Refinements Square" in Dan City, which was originally a place where various sects displayed high-level pills, now has a strange stall.

There were no pills on the stall, only a dark, oddly shaped iron pot... no, a stove.

A wooden sign stood nearby, with a line of large characters written on it in a flamboyant style—

Even a fool can become a master alchemist! Intelligent fire-controlled furnace, damage guaranteed!

"Quite the boast."

The passing alchemists stopped and pointed, most of them with mockery on their faces.

"Furnace explosion guaranteed compensation? That's an outrageous claim! Even the elders of the Pill Tower can't guarantee a 100% chance of a furnace explosion."

"Exactly, alchemy requires a unity of mind and spirit; what can this lump of iron possibly know about controlling the heat?"

Mo Xie sat cross-legged behind the stall, feigning sleep with his eyes closed, ignoring the taunts around him. But his fist, hidden in his sleeve, hardened; if Jiang Yining hadn't been holding him down, he would have already fired a cannon.

Jiang Yining wore a professional fake smile, holding a feather fan she'd somehow acquired, and enthusiastically hawked her wares.

Don't miss out! Tiangong City's latest technology will free your hands and save your hairline!

Are you still losing hair from staying up all night tending the furnace? Are you still heartbroken from the furnace exploding due to earthquake vibrations?

"With this, you too could become a five-star alchemist!"

After shouting for a long time, many people came to watch the spectacle, but no one took out a penny.

Although people in the cultivation world are unwilling to admit it, they are still conservative at heart.

Such things, which are clearly "tricks and gimmicks," are unlikely to catch their eye.

"Make way! Make way!"

Just then, the crowd parted. Old Li, the old alchemist who had caused the furnace explosion yesterday, squeezed in with a suspicious look on his face.

He sold the old stove to these two young men yesterday to get some money for drinks, but he never expected to be dragged into this as a "shill" today.

"Girl, you really think this thing can be used to refine pills?"

Old Li circled the "pressure cooker" twice, finding it utterly unreliable.

"Master Li, why don't you try it and see?" Jiang Yining gestured for him to go ahead and handed him a basic dose of "hemostatic powder" herbs. "This is the first batch today, free to try. If it explodes, I'll compensate you ten times the cost of the herbs."

When Old Li heard about the tenfold compensation, he was tempted.

Anyway, the ingredients for the hemostatic powder aren't expensive.

He rolled up his sleeves, preparing to cast a spell to start a fire as usual, but was stopped by Jiang Yining.

"No need for that."

Jiang Yining pointed to the knob on the stove, "Put the herbs in, close the lid. Then turn this knob to the 'Hemostatic Powder' setting, and press this red 'Start' button."

Old Li listened with a mixture of disbelief and skepticism, doing as instructed.

Click.

The moment the button was pressed, a slight humming sound came from inside the furnace.

The crystal screen lit up, displaying a line of red numbers: [Current temperature: 350 degrees. Warming up...]

Immediately afterwards, the fire inlet at the bottom of the furnace opened automatically, and a precise stream of ground fire was drawn into the furnace.

"This..." Old Li's eyes widened.

He didn't use his divine sense or perform any hand seals, but the temperature of the furnace rose extremely steadily, even more precisely than if he had controlled it himself!

[Administer the main ingredient.]

Suddenly, the speaker on top of the furnace emitted Mo Xie's cold, synthesized voice.

Old Li's hand trembled, and he almost spilled the medicine. But he still opened the feeding port as instructed and threw in the main ingredient.

For the next half hour, the entire place was deathly silent.

Everyone stared at the furnace as if it were a monster.

It's like a tireless and precise machine, automatically adjusting the heat, automatically prompting the feeding time, and even automatically opening the exhaust valve at the crucial moment of final condensation to expel excess impurities and smoke.

Ding!

[Refining complete.]

With a crisp beep, the stove lid popped open automatically.

A rich aroma of medicine instantly filled the air.

With trembling hands, Old Li reached into the furnace and grabbed a handful of pills.

Twelve.

Each one is plump and round, with a bright red color, and a faint red pattern even appears on it!

"An extremely... top-grade hemostatic powder?!"

Old Li's voice cracked, "Full-grade pills?! And top-grade ones at that?!"

wow——

The crowd erupted in cheers.

Although hemostatic powder is a basic elixir, only a third-grade alchemist can refine it to the highest quality. Moreover, a single batch yielding twelve pills is simply a miracle!

Most importantly, the person operating this furnace only pressed one button the entire time!

"I want to try it too! I have the materials for the Qi-restoring pill!"

"I'll do it! I have the recipe for Foundation Establishment Pills, can you refine them?"

"How much is this stove? I'll buy it!"

The alchemists, who had just been disdainful, now had red eyes and were waving spirit stones, ready to charge upwards.

Jiang Yining smiled, her eyes crinkling, and held up one finger.

"Not expensive at all! Grand opening special offer: only 99,998 mid-grade star stones! Bring home a top-grade alchemy furnace!"

This price isn't cheap for a pill-making furnace, but compared to the benefits it can bring, it's practically free!

"I want it!"

"Me too!"

The situation got out of control at one point, and some people even started fighting over the first purchase slot.

Mo Xie sat in the back, counting the spirit stones and silver notes flying towards him, while scoffing, "A bunch of bumpkins."

However, just when business was booming...

"stop!"

A sharp shout rang out like a thunderclap.

A powerful pressure descended from the sky, directly scattering the frenzied crowd.

A group of cultivators dressed in white robes with golden pagoda emblems embroidered on their cuffs descended from the sky. Leading them was an old man with a goatee, his face sinister, his eyes fixed on the intelligent alchemy furnace.

"Danta Enforcement Team!"

A gasp rippled through the crowd, and people quickly retreated.

The old man with the goatee walked up to the stall and kicked over the basket of spirit stones he had just collected.

"What kind of monster dares to peddle such bizarre and frivolous techniques in Dan City, disrupting the order of alchemy!"

The old man pointed at Jiang Yining's nose and shouted sternly, "Alchemy is a sacred path, requiring one to perceive the universe with their heart. Your use of such mechanical puppet techniques is a desecration of the Dao of Alchemy! Confiscate everything! Take her away!"

Jiang Yining's smile vanished.

She squinted at the spirit stones scattered on the ground, then looked at the high and mighty elder.

Desecrating the Dao of Alchemy?

This is clearly a threat to the Pill Tower's profits. With this furnace, even low-level alchemists can mass-produce high-level pills. How will those high-ranking masters in the Pill Tower continue to monopolize the market? How will they continue to exploit the masses?

"Old man."

Mo Xie, who had been silent all along, suddenly stood up.

He was short and carried a large iron box, making him look both comical and weak.

But in his golden pupils burned a fury more violent than subterranean fire.

"What you kicked over was my money."

Moye took a step forward, and the bluestone slab beneath her feet cracked inch by inch.

"You call this a strange and ingenious skill?"

He reached out and beckoned, and the intelligent alchemy furnace flew into his hand.

"Then let's have a competition. Let's refine the most difficult one, the 'Nine-Turn Rejuvenation Pill'."

A cruel smile curled at the corner of the boy's lips. The Divine Machine Box clicked and transformed into several mechanical arms in an instant, grabbing various medicinal herbs from the surrounding stalls.

"You use your sacred path, I use my strange and ingenious skills."

"Dare you, you old man?"