Li Chengjie immediately put away the old alchemical furnace and solemnly placed the dark-purple "Purple Cloud Furnace" atop the central node of the Earth Fire Array.
Once the new furnace was in place, it unexpectedly formed a subtle resonance with the power of earth fire. A gentle purple sheen faintly glimmered across its surface, and even the fire spiritual energy throughout the pill chamber seemed to grow more active—and more docile.
Li Chengjie did not rush into alchemy. Instead, he sat cross-legged before the furnace, formed a hand seal, and slowly fed his own pure Mysterious Flame Art spiritual power into the Purple Cloud Furnace like a trickling stream, beginning a careful process of communication and nurturing.
Within this final month, Li Chengjie needed to achieve perfect tacit understanding with this new companion.
After nurturing it for barely half a day, an even more pressing matter surfaced in his mind.
To replicate Sun Miao's experience, he needed to find Sun Miao himself.
Sun Miao was one of the three High-Grade Alchemists of Falling Cloud City's Flowing Cloud Pill Pavilion, and resided in Falling Cloud City year-round.
Yet Li Chengjie was currently in the frontline camp, thousands of li away from Falling Cloud City.
"I have to return to Falling Cloud City!" Li Chengjie opened his eyes, a glint of resolve flashing through them.
There was only a little over a month left on the replication cooldown. He could not simply sit here and wait.
The safest and most common method, naturally, was to take a Sect Flying Ship that traveled between the front lines and the rear bases of the Flowing Cloud Sect.
With that thought, Li Chengjie immediately rose and left the pill chamber.
He needed to ask steward Zhou Wenwu about the flying ship schedules.
Steward Zhou had