Astonishing the Entire Assembly

Once everyone had arrived, the alchemy conference began. Compared to the beginning, several dozen more people had come, all because they had been too far away and only arrived now. Everyone present possessed profound cultivation, so there was no need for rest. They directly entered the state of alchemy.

With Ye Xiwen and the other four in the lead, they headed straight into an enormous plaza. Many independent cultivators were already waiting around it. The others had arrived rather late, but the independent cultivators showed not the slightest dissatisfaction. They were masters and deserved such treatment.

Within the crowd, Ye Xiwen spotted Yang Tingyu not far away. Because of Ye Xiwen, he had also received preferential treatment from Medicine King Valley and sat cross-legged in the first row, a distinction unique among the many independent cultivators.

Naturally, he knew who had earned him such treatment. He looked at Ye Xiwen with slight excitement on his face.

Ye Xiwen swept his gaze over the plaza. At its center stood a massive Alchemy Furnace, over a dozen zhang long and more than twenty zhang wide, enormous beyond measure. Complex, inscrutable formations were engraved upon its walls, exuding a wordless majesty. It was actually a Great Saint Artifact, and an exceptional one at that. Countless currents of spiritual energy surged out from below, transforming into streams of Dan Fire that continuously tempered it.

This should have been Medicine King Valley's foundation-defending treasure, the exceptional Great Saint Artifact, the Medicine King Cauldron. Legend had it that it had been refined by the founding patriarch of Medicine King Valley. Countless pills that had shaken the world had been produced within it, and the Medicine King Cauldron had gradually forged its own prestigious name.

Under ordinary circumstances, the Medicine King Cauldron would not be used. It