It turns out, they were the main characters.

Thirteen demon cores, various kinds of spiritual minerals, even extremely rare imperial-level medicinal herbs, and a pile of rare and precious natural treasures.

The materials required for a single grade nine elixir are simply too numerous to list.

Such a material is something that an ordinary cultivator might not be able to find even once in their entire life.

Only these powerful beings who have attained the Dao and stood firm in the world could have collected all of these materials over thousands of years.

Even if you collect all the necessary materials, you will still need an alchemist who can refine ninth-grade pills.

At this moment, Mu Zhian was sitting in the main hall, drinking hot tea while admiring the graceful figure of the yellow-skirted maid beside him, and enjoying her disdainful and contemptuous gaze.

"You're really lucky. If you hadn't met the Medicine King, there probably wouldn't be anyone else in the world who could refine the Tai Xu Pill," Wei Mengrou said calmly.

The Ninth Grade Pill Tribulation is no less severe than the lightning tribulation during enlightenment and advancement to the Dao Integration stage. The two of them, master and servant, could not go there to avoid being affected.

Only Yao Meng made a special trip today to protect Luo Tan after she refined the Tai Xu Pill, so as to resist the Ninth Grade Pill Tribulation.

Mu Zhian shook his head and laughed, "What are you saying, Sister Mengrou... Although it's all about luck, it's also because of my own hard work."

If he weren't the one who needed to take the Taixu Pill, Luo Tan might not have bothered to refine it.

Wei Mengrou scoffed and glanced at the young master sideways: "Does your so-called effort mean sacrificing your own body?"

Mu Zhian coughed and said helplessly, "Sister Mengrou seems to have some misunderstanding about me..."

"Oh."

Wei Mengrou only gave her master a disdainful look.

She knew her young master all too well. Although the Azure Emperor was powerful, he still didn't understand Mu Zhi'an's personality. These past few days, Mu Zhi'an had been frequently entering and leaving Luo Tan's palace, simply because Luo Tan needed his 'assistance' in refining the Taixu Pill.

Although she had never seen it with her own eyes, she didn't think it was necessarily true.

After all, the allure of a natural furnace is something even those at the Dao Integration Realm might not be able to resist...

Boom!

Just then, a deafening roar, as if it would shatter the heavens, resounded beneath the sky.

Mu Zhian raised his head and looked at the gathering place of the Pill Tribulation, and said softly, "The ninth-grade Pill Tribulation has descended."

"Now that the Azure Emperor has ascended to immortality, there will naturally be no problem with her protecting the Medicine King. Don't worry," Wei Mengrou said.

Mu Zhian hummed in agreement, then looked at Wei Mengrou with a complicated expression.

"Sister Mengrou, do you think that if I really refine the Taixu Pill, it might cause some kind of mutation reaction with the innate furnace cauldron...?"

In the past, his innate furnace was shielded by a talisman given by a spirit dragon, so the spiritual energy in the innate furnace was not obvious.

However, it should be noted that the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's ability to bewitch all living beings has, in a sense, a very similar effect to the 'bewitching' power of the Natural Furnace.

A natural furnace is inherently attractive to female cultivators, especially if it absorbs the medicinal effects of the Tai Xu Pill...

“Or you can choose not to refine the Tai Xu Pill,” Wei Mengrou said.

"Once the Azure Emperor fully masters the principles of time, he will also be able to restore you."

Mu Zhian shook his head: "The physique of the demon race is inherently stronger than that of cultivators in the Eastern Continent. If I can become a nine-tailed celestial fox, I can become even stronger in the future, not just to restore my original appearance."

"Besides..."

He raised his head, looked at the fairy who had appeared in front of the palace gate in a certain instant, and a seven-colored pill floating in front of Luo Tan, and smiled: "Since the Tai Xu Pill is ready, how can there be no reason not to refine it?"

"What are you two talking about that makes you so happy?"

Not far away, the Empress, dressed in a magnificent white dress, walked gracefully over and handed the pill in her hand to Mu Zhi'an.

"It's nothing, I just chatted with Sister Mengrou for a few minutes."

Mu Zhian took the pill, examining its iridescent, crystal-clear appearance with a hint of interest in his eyes: "Is this the Tai Xu Pill?"

"What should I be careful about after taking the pill?" he asked, looking up at Luo Tan.

"Just like ordinary pills, you only need to absorb them into your cauldron and refine them."

Luo Tan said with a light smile, then couldn't help but look at the boy a few more times with a strange expression.

Although she knew that Mu Zhian did indeed have the bloodline of a three-tailed fox, the thought that he might be able to possess a 'naturally alluring' body after refining the Taixu Pill made her feel incredibly conflicted.

This feeling is simply...irresistible.

After all, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox can see through a person's weaknesses, and if it were used for flirting... Luo Tan's beautiful eyes flickered slightly, maintaining her usual noble and elegant demeanor.

"I will protect you here, so you can focus on refining the Tai Xu Pill."

Yao Meng gazed at him tenderly with her beautiful eyes and spoke softly.

Mu Zhian nodded slightly, walked into the palace, sat cross-legged in a pre-arranged formation, and then took out the Taixu Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Time flowed slowly as the two powerful figures waited quietly outside the palace for news from Mu Zhi'an.

"Does the Azure Emperor really think he can fully absorb the effects of the Taixu Pill?" Luo Tan suddenly asked.

"I don't know, but Shang Yanfei once said that he could advance to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Body."

Yao Meng raised her head and looked at the sky, which had gradually darkened and deepened, and a sense of anticipation had already risen in her heart.

In the past, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox was a powerful force that shook the Nine Provinces, and countless demon cultivators were willing to kneel before it.

However, the fox clan is now gradually declining.

After all, cultivating to the Nine-Tails level is not something that can be achieved through hard work alone.

It's been so long since we've seen the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox in Kyushu; the demon realm is probably keeping a close eye on it.

If he can truly cultivate to the Nine-Tails level, he will be able to freely switch forms at different ages in the future...

It is unclear when it began, but the spirit beasts in Dao Chu Palace started to scatter in panic and flee. Above the palace, a faint pink aura seemed to emanate from it.

A demonic aura filled the sky!

Luo Tan looked up at the place where Mu Zhian was in seclusion, and at the first fox tail phantom slowly unfolding in the sky above the palace. She couldn't help but mutter to herself, "It has begun."

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[Sigh, I originally planned to finish writing this part of the story all at once before posting it, but I realized that even if I wrote 10,000 words, I wouldn't be able to finish it. I'll just have to finish it all tomorrow. By the way, I've written 7,000 words today.]

Chapter 410 Mu Zhian, born with an alluring physique! 6K

The Taixu Pill, a special elixir capable of transforming the physique of demon cultivators, has always been an immeasurable treasure in the hearts of demon cultivators since the past.

However, from the past to the present, no more than five demon cultivators have ever taken the Taixu Pill.

The first Demon Emperor, the current Demon Queen, and a powerful figure from the Fox Clan, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox—all three of these powerful figures consumed the Taixu Pill and used it to break through the limits of their physical constitution, resonating with the Dao.

The other two Taixu Pills were obtained by two demon cultivators from the demon realm by chance in a certain ruin and were refined, but they only improved their physical constitution and did not allow their physical constitution to evolve to its limit.

Because of this incident, people realized that even if they took the Taixu Pill, whether they could evolve to the limit of their own physique still depended on their personal talent and luck.

Regardless of the circumstances, any demon cultivator who has taken the Taixu Pill will undoubtedly have a limitless future.

Above the main hall, pink demonic energy permeated the air, and within that pink demonic energy, faint phantoms of fox tails seemed to sway slowly in mid-air, fluttering gracefully.

Luo Tan stared intently for a moment, then suddenly said softly, "Does the Azure Emperor think he can cultivate to the level of several tails using the Tai Xu Pill?"

“He has at least seven tails… As for anything higher, that depends on his luck,” Yao Meng said leisurely.

In a sense, the Taixu Pill allows the user to awaken the potential within their body.

If the ancestors of this clan once possessed a Dao-Merging power, they could even use the Tai Xu Pill to recall the spirit of that Dao-Merging power that had dissipated into the world and ask the other party to help them cultivate.

However, most demon cultivators did not have ancestors who were powerful beings at the Dao Integration Realm.

For demon cultivators to reach the Dao Integration Realm is far more difficult than for cultivators in the Eastern Continent, because demon cultivators are inherently stronger than ordinary cultivators, making their tribulations much more difficult.

However, coincidentally, the fox clan once had a nine-tailed celestial fox who reached the Dao Integration Realm. Although she has now perished, if Mu Zhian is lucky, he might be able to awaken her spiritual consciousness and ask her to help him advance to the nine-tailed level.

Luo Tan smiled and nodded, saying, "What I think is pretty much the same as yours."

The Seven-Tailed Celestial Fox is roughly the limit that can be achieved under normal circumstances.

Going further up depends on opportunity.

"I'm afraid the demon realm is also secretly watching this place," Yao Meng suddenly said calmly.

Luo Tan chuckled, "If an Eastern Continent cultivator can eventually evolve into a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, and even be a male cultivator... the thirteen seated disciples of the Demon Realm, and even those little guys in seclusion, would probably have to question their existence."

Although the fox clan is now in decline in the demon realm, it once dominated a part of the demon realm. Its physique was once comparable to that of the demon queen and the first demon emperor. If this physique were to be cultivated to its peak by a cultivator from the Eastern Continent... I wonder what the demon realm would think.

Just as Luo Tan had guessed, as time passed, deep within the demon realm, several demon cultivators were secretly observing the scene unfolding in Yuzhou.

"I wonder how many tails Mu Zhian will eventually evolve to."

The first seated guest raised her beautiful eyes, gazing in the direction of Yuzhou, and couldn't help but whisper.

The aura of an ordinary cultivator would be difficult for them to detect if they were in Yuzhou.

But Mu Zhian was emanating a demonic aura at this moment, and he also had the mark left by the Demon Queen on his body.

Although she couldn't see what was happening in Yuzhou with her naked eye, she could still vaguely sense the growing demonic energy deep within the Dao Chu Palace.

Every increase in the strength of this demonic aura meant that Mu Zhian was one step closer to becoming a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

“More than that, I’m worried about what Her Majesty the Empress will think when she finds out about this… We handed over the demon core to the Azure Emperor without asking her permission, is that really alright?” In a corner of the long table, a hideous creature spoke slowly in a hoarse voice.

Even though Mu Zhian was chosen by Her Majesty the Empress, that was the Taixu Pill. If any of them were to take it, their physiques, if not reaching Her Majesty the Empress's level, would at least have the potential to resonate with the Dao in the future.

Even in the demon realm, thirteen demon cores are extremely rare.

After all, demon cores can only appear after a demon cultivator has passed away.

In the end, they gave away a total of thirteen demon cores for a cultivator from the Eastern Continent...

"Yes, and we don't even know if His Majesty is just playing around with that little cultivator from the Eastern Continent or not. If he really advances to the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, he may become a great threat in the future."

Upon hearing this, several people immediately nodded in agreement.

The First Seat remained calm and said indifferently, "Her Majesty the Empress will need some more time to go into seclusion. During this period, the affairs outside will be handled by me and the Ancient Emperor Longxu. If Her Majesty blames you for this later, you can simply put the blame on me."

At this moment, the man who had been silent in the corner slowly spoke up: "The Taixu Pill can only make the physique of demon cultivators stronger, but whether they can evolve to the extreme depends on the individual. Do you all think that it can reproduce the glory of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox in the past?"

Upon hearing this, the whispers ceased.

That's true. Taking the medicine is one thing, but whether he can become a nine-tailed celestial fox depends on Mu Zhi'an himself.