Xiao Minghuang rubbed Ye Ruoshui's head, took her little hand, and walked out of the room toward the Imperial Palace.
Before long.
Imperial Palace, Enshrinement Courtyard.
Outside the lakeside pavilion.
"The pill furnace is inside the pavilion."
Xiao Minghuang pointed at the pavilion and spoke to Ye Ruoshui.
"Mm!"
Joy shone in Ye Ruoshui's eyes, and a trace of excitement appeared on her little face. Ever since cultivating the Dao of alchemy, she had never used a proper pill furnace. The furnaces she had used in the past were all inferior goods. Now that she was about to use a ranked pill furnace for the first time, her excitement was only natural.
When the two reached the entrance, the attendant standing nearby spoke up.
"Your Highness, the Seventh Elder is currently refining pills. He never allows anyone to disturb him at such a time. You see..."
Hearing this, Xiao Minghuang's delicate brows furrowed slightly. I said earlier that I would bring someone over. Why did he start the furnace now?
What Xiao Minghuang did not know was that the Seventh Elder was utterly Pill Obsessed. Apart from refining pills, he had no other interests in life. Otherwise, he could never have figured out the art of alchemy on his own.
Still, she did not insist on entering the pavilion. She had just given the Seventh Elder an Elephant Blood Body Tempering Pill, which seemed to have given him a spark of inspiration. This batch should not end in a furnace explosion.
But at that moment.
The Seventh Elder's voice suddenly came from inside the pavilion.
"Since the Ninth Princess is here, please come in. Bring your attendant with you."
Upon hearing this, the attendant's expression froze. He knew that the Seventh Elder hated being disturbed most when refining pills.
Yet