Purifying the Water Source

Miao City.

Alchemy Room.

The Nanke Dream Fire slowly dwindled, and Pei Ling finished refining another kind of pill.

Of the tasks Sun Mujian had assigned him, only the last few pills remained.

Just as he took the pills out of the furnace and prepared to start another batch, pain stabbed through his back. His Magic Robe activated, interrupting his alchemy.

Regaining control of his body, Pei Ling took out a jade bottle, stored the pills inside, and sealed it with a spell. Then he took out the ingredients for the next pill and was about to hand over control when he sensed someone approaching from outside.

One of them was Dou Dai. The other had a faintly familiar presence; Pei Ling had probably seen them somewhere before.

At that thought, Pei Ling stopped his alchemy, put away the furnace, straightened his robe, and walked out.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw Dou Dai leading a young female cultivator toward him.

The woman looked around seventeen or eighteen. She was lovely and graceful, with pearly teeth and rosy lips. She wore a rosy-colored dress and an embroidered sash, and a jade crown adorned her hair. Her attire was elegant and stately, and her bearing serene and refined.

The moment Pei Ling saw her, he remembered the Pill Refining Grand Ceremony in the Liulan Dynasty. When Lesser Freedom Heaven had come under attack, a giant hand had rescued him and the other Pill Masters from inside. As they fell from the sky, a female cultivator from the Liulan Dynasty had saved him... The woman before him was the very same cultivator!

Just then, Dou Dai stepped forward and cupped his hands in greeting. "Master, this is the Fourth Princess of the Liulan Dynasty, Zhong Kui Jingyi. She has come