Each with Their Own Schemes

"Though you are quite eager to learn, your aptitude for the Dao of alchemy is merely average, and your thoughts are too muddled. If the Pill King Secret Codex falls into your hands, it will only gather dust. Leave." Old Man Flame Emperor shook his head and slowly raised one hand.

"Senior, I can..." Yuan Ming was frantic and was about to say more when his vision suddenly blurred.

The next instant, he was already standing outside the vermilion hall.

The entire process had been like teleportation. He did not even know how he had left the hall.

Yuan Ming looked into the hall, his heart filled with unwillingness.

He knew his talent in alchemy was ordinary, but with the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron, he believed that as long as he was willing to devote himself to studying and practicing, he would not be inferior to any grandmaster alchemist of the age.

He wanted to tell Old Man Flame Emperor that entrusting the Pill King Secret Codex to him would absolutely not be a waste.

With that thought, Yuan Ming stepped forward, intending to try entering the hall again.

However, the exterior of the hall now seemed to be shrouded by an invisible barrier that blocked his path.

Just as Yuan Ming was about to try breaking the barrier with spells or brute force, his Spiritual Sense suddenly detected several auras approaching from this direction.

"These fellows came fast indeed!" Yuan Ming's expression shifted slightly. After his thoughts raced, he immediately gave up on breaking the restriction and went to an open patch beside the hall.

He took out the Form Shifting Stone Talisman, held it in his palm, and activated it. Threads of yellow light spread across his body, and he swiftly transformed into a stone about five feet tall, standing