It turns out, they were the main characters.

It's just a pity that it's already too late to think about these things now.

"You guessed right, I was indeed a little puzzled by the Great Roc Emperor's sudden desire to borrow the cauldron."

Luo Tan said, "He previously obtained a celestial herb that was close to being a celestial-grade herb."

Mu Zhian was somewhat surprised: "So the Great Peng Emperor borrowed the cauldron really to refine pills? But besides you, who else in this world is confident in refining immortal-grade pills?"

Luo Tan gently shook her head: "I can't figure out what the Great Peng Emperor is planning... but perhaps the answer will be revealed after the Princess returns to Yunzhou."

Mu Zhian was taken aback: "Didn't you say that their relationship wasn't very good?"

"It's not a good thing, but the princess has a noble status in Yunzhou, and it's impossible for the Great Peng Emperor's movements to be completely kept from her."

Luo Tan looked at Mu Zhian and said with a faint smile, "Let's not talk about that now. Didn't you ask me about how to combine the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court with elixirs today?"

"Does Your Majesty already have a solution?" A glint of light flashed in Mu Zhian's eyes.

Luo Tan took out a jade bottle from his sleeve and placed it on the table, from which he poured out a second-grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill.

She fiddled with the pill, which was practically worthless on the market, but her gaze drifted intentionally or unintentionally to Mu Zhian: "Do you know the difference between high-grade and low-grade pills?"

Mu Zhian pondered for a moment: "If I remember correctly, the higher the grade of the pill, the more likely it is to attract a pill tribulation. If some alchemists are not strong enough, the pills they refine may even turn into dust in the pill tribulation."

“But there are some exceptions.” Luo Tan gazed into Mu Zhi’an’s eyes and said with a faint smile, “All things have a spirit, and pills are no exception. Some high-grade pills may even have the idea of ​​running away the moment they are made.”

"These high-grade pills can often withstand the pill tribulation on their own without the protection of an alchemist."

Mu Zhi'an understood the implication in Luo Tan's words: "Does Your Majesty mean that I need to refine high-grade pills to contain the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court?"

The celestial spiritual energy is as vast as the sea, and often the pill may shatter instantly the moment it is injected into it.

However, the higher the grade of the pill, the less likely it is to break. He previously refined second-grade pills because his alchemy skills could only support him in refining second-grade pills. But what if he were to refine high-grade pills and then supplement them with the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court...?

“Indeed, I had no choice but to refine the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill in the past because my alchemy skills were only average and the Alchemy Competition was imminent. But now I have enough free time to slowly hone my alchemy skills…” Mu Zhian murmured to himself, deep in thought.

"Besides that, there is another method that can also be used to refine the Heavenly Court elixir you want."

Luo Tan's words instantly drew Mu Zhi'an's attention.

"What method?" Mu Zhian asked.

"There is no rule that all pills in this world must be made by one person. Some high-grade pills have extremely high requirements for the alchemist's spirit and spiritual energy, so some high-grade pills are often made by two or three people."

"Does that mean... I'll be refining pills with His Majesty?" Mu Zhi'an understood Luo Tan's meaning. During the previous pill-refining competition, Ye Lingxuan's pills encountered some problems, and it was Mu Zhi'an who assisted her, ultimately completing that unique Heavenly Court pill.

"During the last alchemy competition, you ultimately helped the princess of the forbidden area win the final victory using this method. I think you should be quite familiar with this method of alchemy, right?"

Luo Tan picked up food from the plate and put it into Mu Zhi'an's bowl, watching him with a smile.

Mu Zhian also gazed at that noble and beautiful face. Her snow-white, flawless dress clung tightly to her voluptuous and graceful body, revealing her curves. It seemed that every move she made, even the way she ate the medicinal food, was incredibly elegant.

At this moment, Luo Tan suddenly stood up, supported himself on the table with both hands, and slowly approached the boy.

Mu Zhian subconsciously looked up at her, and then, as if drawn by some kind of gravity, his gaze uncontrollably drifted down to her jade-like neck.

This time, it really wasn't Mu Zhian's fault. After all, any normal man would be tempted to take a second look, especially given the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them.

Luo Tan clearly noticed the boy's gaze. In Yuzhou, it would be extremely disrespectful for anyone to look directly at the Empress like that. However, facing Mu Zhian's direct gaze, she was not angry at all. Instead, a smile unconsciously appeared on her lips.

As Mu Zhian watched her stunningly beautiful face approach him, getting closer and closer, it felt as if time itself had slowed down.

Finally, Mu Zhian could no longer restrain himself. He stood up, reached out and wrapped his arms around Luo Tan's neck, and then kissed her red lips, which were painted with bright rouge.

I finally got to taste it...

Mu Zhian was already somewhat disappointed that he had been disturbed once before by the Great Roc Emperor, but now that he was in this quiet room, no one would disturb him again.

Just as Mu Zhian was about to close his eyes to enjoy the softness of the Empress's red lips, Luo Tan seemed to sense something, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"what happened?"

Before Mu Zhi'an could finish speaking, Luo Tan suddenly put her finger to her red lips and shushed him. Then, she grabbed Mu Zhi'an's hand and pulled him under her table before he could speak.

"She's here," Luo Tan said to Mu Zhi'an telepathically.

Almost at the same time, a knock came from outside the quiet room, followed by a woman's soft voice: "Is it convenient for you to come in now?"

Luo Tan glanced casually at the boy below, then covered him with a cloth, enveloped him with spiritual energy to shield him from Mu Zhi'an's aura, raised her head and revealed her usual elegant demeanor, and smiled, "There's no need for such formalities between us, come in."

Just as the words were spoken, the door to the quiet room was opened.

Luo Tan looked at his dear friend who had come into view and said with a smile, "I just had some medicinal food prepared. You can enjoy it with me now that you're here."

The beautiful and alluring princess glanced at the medicinal food on the table, then said with a half-smile, "Let's forget about it, lest it ruin your good time."

"This is for that little cultivator named Mu Zhian, right? Where is he now?" The princess looked Luo Tan up and down a few times and asked.

Luo Tan crossed her legs under the table and smiled, "He just finished his medicinal meal and left."

The princess raised an eyebrow and sat down opposite Luo Tan: "Does it seem like he's intentionally avoiding me?"

Luo Tan said calmly, "You advised him to leave my side as soon as you met him, so naturally he doesn't want to see you."

"You knew all along...?"

It seems Mu Zhi'an complained to Luo Tan... The princess sighed softly: "Even if you don't care about your reputation, don't you care what would happen if the Azure Emperor found out that his Daoist partner was..."

As she finished speaking, she suddenly fell silent, turning her face away, revealing two faint blushes on her fair cheeks.

It must be said that, although the face was covered by a veil, it was still not difficult to see what kind of appearance this princess had.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Luo Tan said calmly. "You suddenly came to see me, there must be something important you want to say, right?"

The princess quickly collected her thoughts and nodded gently: "I think I know why the Great Roc Emperor wanted to borrow the Cauldron of All Things Transformation."

She gazed into Luo Tan's eyes and said, "The Northern Star Abyss is a place where even Dao Integration experts are suppressed when they step into it. In the past, the Great Roc Emperor once stepped into the Star Abyss, and at that time he boasted to me that he had found a way to ascend to immortality."

"Star Abyss? Isn't that a place where forbidden monsters dwell? Would those sealed old monsters allow the Great Roc Emperor to step into it?" Luo Tan's eyes flickered as he hesitated.

Within these nine provinces, there are several 'forbidden lands,' all of which evolved from ancient forbidden creatures.

According to Luo Tan's deductions, the lifespan of these forbidden creatures is even longer than that of several Dao-Merging Grandmasters today.

However, they seem to be sealed inside by someone, unable to leave for life.

Because they have been sealed for too long, these forbidden creatures are violent and will attack any cultivator who sets foot in them... But the Great Roc Emperor not only set foot in the forbidden land, but also took away a celestial herb from it?

The mature and beautiful princess sat in her chair, her gaze fixed on the scene, and said solemnly, "This matter is rather strange. I will investigate it thoroughly after I return to Yunzhou. As for the Qi Transformation Cauldron of All Things... we should not lend it out for the time being."

Luo Tan chuckled lightly: "Do you really think I intend to borrow the cauldron? The Cauldron of All Things Transforming into Qi is a sacred object of Yuzhou, and there's no way it could be allowed to appear anywhere outside of Yuzhou... It doesn't matter who borrows it."

"What if it's Mu Zhi'an?" the princess suddenly asked casually.

Luo Tan's smile faded slightly: "Why did you suddenly bring him up?"

Seeing this, the princess's beautiful face, hidden beneath her veil, finally showed a strange expression of disbelief: "You didn't refuse immediately... Could it be that if Mu Zhi'an really wants to borrow the cauldron, you're really planning to lend it to him?"

"What kind of bewitching potion did that person give you? The Cauldron of All Things Transformation can be said to be the cornerstone of Yuzhou, bearing the will of the entire Yuzhou... You—"

At that moment, the princess felt a pain in her chest from anger, and for a moment she didn't know what to say to Luo Tan.

She achieved Dao earlier than Luo Tan and had even saved Luo Tan once before. The princess has always regarded Luo Tan as her younger sister.

But now, not only has the other party found a Daoist partner, but this partner already has other women...

That woman was still the Azure Emperor.

"What's so good about Mu Zhian that you insist on protecting him like this?" The mature woman sighed softly. Even with her face veiled, it wasn't hard to imagine the ugly expression on her stunningly beautiful face beneath the veil.

Because of Mu Zhi'an, she even clashed with the Great Roc Emperor.

Although she didn't care what the Great Roc Emperor thought.

Luo Tan gazed at the princess with a complicated expression and said softly, "You don't understand."

"It seems unlikely that I can persuade you... But Mu Zhi'an is, after all, the Azure Emperor's Daoist partner. If you are intimate with him... remember not to let outsiders know." The princess sighed helplessly, her brows furrowing with worry.

Having not seen each other for so long, she never expected that her close friend would have such a strange hobby as 'liking married men'...

Moreover, the other party was a young cultivator who seemed to be less than twenty years old.

The Azure Emperor and the Medicine Emperor... Both of these empresses are so arrogant, how could they be so devoted to a mere cultivator?

Besides being good-looking and having a delicate appearance that easily evokes maternal instincts in women... what other advantages does that young cultivator have?

Talent? Luck? Luo Tan and the Azure Emperor had seen countless such things in the past, and they knew it had nothing to do with these two things.

Perhaps it was simply because they clicked... The princess could only console herself with this thought.

"Sister, why don't you have some medicinal food before you go?" Luo Tan invited with a smile, seeing that the princess seemed to have given up.

The princess glanced at Luo Tan before lifting her veil, revealing a breathtakingly beautiful face.

It's no wonder that the Great Roc Emperor has been pursuing the Queen Consort all these years without giving up; such beauty is indeed extremely rare in this world.

"Huh...? When did you find the leisure to refine pills of this grade?"

At this moment, the princess suddenly uttered a doubtful sound and picked up the small jade bottle on the table.

Luo Tan's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Wait—"

Before she could finish speaking, the princess had already opened the jade bottle, then chuckled softly: "A second-grade elixir... Even children in Yuzhou could refine this, right? I didn't expect you to have the leisure to refine a Lesser Rejuvenation Pill—"

Her voice suddenly paused, as if she had sensed something unusual. She frowned and lowered her head to sniff the pills in the jade bottle.

"..."

After a long silence, the princess slowly raised her head, her gaze instantly sharpening as she stared intently at Luo Tan: "This elixir originates from the Heavenly Court..."

Where did you get it?

Chapter 493 Princess: I Suspect My Best Friend of Stealing My Cake 5K

In the Nine Provinces, second-grade pills are quite common, and for alchemists, the method of refining Lesser Rejuvenation Pills is even simpler. In Yu Province, even some alchemists who have only been practicing for less than a year or two can refine them.

The fact that such a second-grade pill appeared in the meditation room of the dignified Medicine King is strange enough in itself.

If the pills on the table were of grade five or higher, the princess would not have been so curious.

And as it turns out, this was indeed not an ordinary second-grade Lesser Rejuvenation Pill... This Lesser Rejuvenation Pill contained the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court.

Upon sensing the spiritual energy contained within the Lesser Rejuvenation Pill, the Princess of Yunzhou's expression changed: "This Lesser Rejuvenation Pill contains the spiritual energy of the Heavenly Court... Where did you obtain it?"

As she spoke, her gaze was fixed on Luo Tan, her hands unconsciously supporting her on the table, her eyebrows like distant mountains, her rosy lips slightly parted, and her bright, beautiful eyes, which seemed to be naturally alluring, were filled with surprise.

Luo Tan was much calmer than expected. She took a sip of tea, glanced at the woman with a stunning figure wearing a wide-sleeved ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress), and said, "You should know that the Path to Immortality was once established within the Liangyi Sect, right?"