The mysterious mountain-like pill furnace was desolate, ancient, and unadorned.
Bai Yujun studied it carefully. She sensed an array within the vast base that could kindle fierce flames; what it lacked was a spark to start the fire. Moreover, the flames had to be fierce enough to ignite the base. More incredibly, the furnace was filled with ingredients and medicinal liquid, yet they had frozen solid after the furnace fire went cold.
This thing...
Was it for refining medicine or smelting steel? Why did it feel like a steel furnace?
Had Laojun stopped refining pills and become the greatest arms dealer in the Immortal Realm? Oh, she had nearly forgotten—Taishang Laojun was a foremost master artificer, and several renowned divine artifacts had all come from his hands.
The Vajra Bracelet, Purple Gold Red Gourd, Sheep Fat Jade Pure Bottle, Banana Leaf Fan, Ruyi Jingu Bang, and so on.
Could it be that Laojun wanted this dragon to help smelt steel and forge divine weapons?
Laojun spoke calmly.
"This is an ancient Dragon Clan pill furnace."
"Huh?"
Bai Yujun marveled at how distinctive the Dragon Clan's taste had been back then. They had made a perfectly good pill furnace look like a steel furnace. Suddenly, unease rose within her. She could not understand Laojun's purpose.
Taishang Laojun casually placed a ball of Six Ding Divine Fire into the pill furnace's base, where it instantly went out.
"The furnace fire has been extinguished since ancient times and has proven difficult to relight. The medicinal potency has not faded. Perhaps you can rekindle the furnace and refine the pills that were never completed back then. Once the pills are finished, they will all be yours. I will not take a single portion."
"Th-this... I'll give it a try."
"Good."
Nodding, Laojun summoned a