Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Face Stabilizing Pill
"Ji Chen?"
Hearing this name, all the Elders present in the main hall couldn’t help but express their surprise.
Someone frowned and said, "Could there be some mistake? Although Ji Chen becoming a Second Grade Alchemist did surprise us, how could this profligate possibly possess the ability to kill the Young Sect Leader and the Great Elder?"
After all, in their eyes, the Great Elder Song An was undoubtedly a genuine Spirit Transformation Realm expert, absolutely impossible to be killed by Ji Chen.
"How could Venerable Zhou’s deduction be wrong?" Nie Yunchang coldly snorted.
Initially, he was also unwilling to believe it, but considering the other’s identity and strength, there was no need to deceive himself.
Venerable, this is a title.
It is an honorific for experts of the Returning Ruins Realm by common people.
Gui Xu!
This is a realm higher than the Spirit Transformation Realm!
For such a figure, it’s no exaggeration to say, they could easily sweep through the entire Chu Kingdom.
Perhaps only the deeply rooted Royal Family could somewhat contend with them.
The Venerable Zhou mentioned by Nie Yunchang is an Elder of the Sword King Sect.
This Sword King Sect is not a Sect within the Chu Kingdom, but in terms of strength, among the Ten Countries of the Profound Domain, there are only a few that can compare.
Like the Purple Cloud Sect, it truly is a super Sect, completely standing above royal authority.
Originally, with the strength of the Celestial Profound Sect, they could not possibly come into contact with such figures.
However, the relationship between Venerable Zhou and Nie Yunchang is somewhat special.
Nie Yunchang’s wife and this Venerable Zhou hail from the same large family, though only from its branch, but in terms of generations, Venerable Zhou counts as Nie Yunchang’s wife’s clan uncle.
Strictly speaking, their relationship is even weaker than distant relatives.
However, given that they are of the same clan, some Zhou family blood flows within Nie Yuan, who now died tragically, and with the killer unknown, it prompted Venerable Zhou’s help in deducing the cause of this incident.
"If it truly was Ji Chen... then things could become troublesome."
"After all, he is now a Second Grade Alchemist of the Alchemy Master Alliance, and making a move against him might not be something the Alchemy Master Alliance would ignore."
Everyone frowned, discussing the crux of the matter.
If he were just an ordinary Second Grade Alchemist, then it wouldn’t matter.
But Ji Chen, at only nineteen, has become a Second Grade Alchemist, which surely earned him significant attention from the Alchemy Master Alliance.
The Alchemy Master Alliance would definitely not allow the Celestial Profound Sect to make a move against him.
"Rest assured, Venerable Zhou has promised that if it involves the Alchemy Master Alliance, he will come forward. After all, he is just a Second Grade Alchemist. Would the Alchemy Master Alliance really oppose a Sword King Sect Elder for his sake?" Nie Yunchang coldly snorted.
"If Venerable Zhou truly intervenes, taking down Ji Chen and the Lingyun Sect will surely be a straightforward matter!" Everyone was immediately pleased upon hearing this.
Nie Yunchang said, "Send out the order: Recall all disciples training outside within three days. This time, I want the Lingyun Sect to pay blood for blood!"
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Meanwhile, the conversation occurring within the Celestial Profound Sect was something Ji Chen was obviously unaware of.
At this moment, he just woke up from his cultivation state.
A Pill Furnace was taken out by Ji Chen.
This was a gift from the Pill King Zhuang Miao after he became a Second Grade Alchemist.
His spiritual power released, Ji Chen condensed it into Pill Fire. Simultaneously, he took out a set of herbs, successively adding them into the Pill Furnace, refining them into medicinal liquid.
The elixir Ji Chen is currently crafting is called the ’Face Stabilizing Pill,’ a Fourth Grade elixir.
As the name suggests, this pill can keep a person’s appearance youthful for decades, although its effect lasts only for decades and not permanently.
This is because the Face Stabilizing Pill was originally a Ninth Grade elixir, and with Ji Chen’s current strength of spiritual power, he cannot craft it.
Thus, he confidently improved the Pill Formula and replaced many herbs, downgrading the pill from the Ninth Grade to the Fourth Grade.
Because of this, its effectiveness is much lesser compared to a true Ninth Grade Youthful Appearance Pill, sustaining only for decades.
A true Ninth Grade Youthful Appearance Pill can keep a person’s appearance ageless eternally.
The reason Ji Chen is crafting such a pill is not for his own use.
But because he recently received an invitation and letter from Celestial Essence City.
The writer of the letter was the Eldest Princess Qu Luoning.
In the letter, it mentioned that the Queen of Chu’s birthday is approaching, and the Eldest Princess personally wrote to invite Ji Chen to the event.
Originally, Ji Chen planned to decline, as he currently only wishes to quickly develop the Lingyun Sect and not waste time on meaningless matters.
However, Qu Luoning mentioned something in the letter that piqued his interest.
The Ancient Ruins of Emperor Ye!
Supposedly, it opens only once every ten years, located in a mountain range in the Profound Domain called ’Li Yuan’s Tomb,’ extremely perilous but accompanied by countless opportunities.
What intrigued Ji Chen was the thing called ’Holy Dragon Origin Qi’ within the Ancient Ruins of Emperor Ye.
Rumor has it, this item has considerable allure to any power under the sky, capable of significantly improving a sect’s environment.
Over the years, the Purple Cloud Sect amassed a large amount of Holy Dragon Origin Qi, greatly enhancing their sect’s interior environment, said to be at least ten times richer in Spiritual Qi compared to ordinary sects.
In Ji Chen’s view, this Holy Dragon Origin Qi might likewise greatly benefit the Lingyun Sect, so he plans to attend the Queen of Chu’s birthday and seize the opportunity to inquire from Qu Luoning about matters regarding the Ancient Ruins of Emperor Ye.
The Face Stabilizing Pill is his intended gift for the Queen of Chu’s birthday.
Given Ji Chen’s current strength of spiritual power, crafting a Fourth Grade Face Stabilizing Pill is not difficult, virtually effortless.
Furthermore, because the Pill Formula was personally improved by him, barring unforeseen incidents, he should produce several Face Stabilizing Pills from this single batch.
"Buzz..."
Time passed, gradually, a rich aroma of elixirs filled the entire Drunken Ink Residence.
The Face Stabilizing Pill was successfully crafted by Ji Chen.
He counted, producing a total of six Face Stabilizing Pills from this batch, and their effectiveness was quite decent, meeting Ji Chen’s expectations.
"There are seven days before the Queen of Chu’s birthday. Excluding the two days for my journey, I still have five days. I wonder if in these five days, my cultivation can break through to reach the Seventh Layer of the Vein Condensation Realm?"
After properly storing the elixirs away, Ji Chen couldn’t help but talk to himself.
At present, he is at the Sixth Layer of the Vein Condensation Realm, and is very likely to soon break into the Seventh Layer.
This rate of improvement is undeniably astonishing.
Keep in mind, just three months ago, Ji Chen was merely a widely recognized profligate, with cultivation barely at the Eighth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
Who would have thought that in a mere three months, he would have continuously broken through, now nearly stepping into the Seventh Layer of the Vein Condensation Realm.
Of course, this majorly attributes to the help from the Supreme Scripture.
This is the Ancient Scripture of the Great Emperor, a supreme secret technique in the world. Once having cultivated this scripture, Ji Chen’s strength advancement would exceed ordinary people by at least tenfold.