Earth Cauldron That Could Automatically Combine Pills

Before long, the apothecary manager had someone pack all nineteen medicinal ingredients Zhou Cheng needed and bring them before him.

The manager smiled. "Young master, several of these nineteen medicinal ingredients are rather rare, so they cost quite a bit more than last night's."

After a pause, he said, "The total comes to four hundred and twenty-five taels."

"How about this? Just give me four hundred and twenty taels."

Zhou Cheng was not surprised. He took out the banknotes he had prepared beforehand—five notes of one hundred taels each.

The manager accepted the notes and saw that they were issued by Great Feng Bank. Great Feng Bank was the royal bank of the Great Feng Dynasty, and its notes could be exchanged at any Great Feng Bank within the dynasty.

"Please wait a moment, young master." The manager left with the banknotes and soon returned with Zhou Cheng's change.

Just as Zhou Cheng was about to leave, a young woman in a violet gauze dress walked in. She carried herself with noble grace, with an oval face, skin as white as congealed fat, bright and enchanting eyes, and a tall, slender figure nearly 1.7 meters in height.

When the manager saw her, he hurried forward, his smile somewhat fawning. "Miss Zhu, you're here. We prepared the medicinal ingredients you wanted long ago. The ingredients we selected for you are all the finest and freshest."

He then personally took out a large bundle of medicinal ingredients and handed it to her.

The woman nodded, paid the silver, and left carrying the ingredients.

Zhou Cheng asked the apothecary manager, "Who was that young lady?"

The manager glanced at Zhou Cheng, his smile a little strange. "That was Princess Zixue, Prince Rong's daughter."

Zhou Cheng suddenly understood.

Princess Zixue, Zhu Tingting, was Prince Rong's fourth daughter. Like Zhou Cheng's eldest brother Zhou Li, she was a martial arts prodigy among the younger generation of the Great Feng Dynasty. She should have been fifteen years old and was already at Qi Refining Second Layer.

Although Princess Zixue Zhu Tingting was only fifteen, she was already a budding blossom. The wealthy young men pursuing her could form a small army.

The apothecary manager added, "Princess Zixue is a regular at our Four Seasons Apothecary. However, she doesn't like us calling her Princess, so we all address her as Miss Zhu."

"Don't be fooled by how polite Princess Zixue looked just now. She's famously fiery. Once, a Captain from the Demon Slaying Division came to our apothecary to buy medicinal ingredients and happened to meet Princess Zixue. Not knowing who she was, he teased her with a single remark. Guess what happened? Princess Zixue cut off one of his arms with a single sword stroke!"

"And in the end, he even lost his official post."

The apothecary manager clicked his tongue.

Watching Princess Zixue's lovely figure disappear into the distance, Zhou Cheng said, "She is quite fiery."

The apothecary manager laughed. "Little brother, a heavenly fiery girl like Princess Zixue isn't someone people like us can hope for. How about I introduce someone else to you?"

"How old are you this year, brother?"

In the Great Feng Dynasty, it was an everyday occurrence for people to marry at seventeen.

Hearing that, Zhou Cheng broke out in a cold sweat. He did not respond, merely picked up his medicinal ingredients and hurried out of the apothecary.

Watching him leave, the apothecary manager chuckled. He had merely been teasing this young master, yet he had not expected the boy's skin to be so thin.

He rubbed his own face and sighed. "I'm getting old."

Carrying his medicinal ingredients, Zhou Cheng hurried back to the General's Mansion. The moment he returned to his courtyard, the system's notification sounded.

"Congratulations, host, for completing the mission."

"You have obtained two Ancient Body Refining Pills."

"You have obtained one Ancient Body Refining Pill Recipe."

"You have obtained one Low-Grade Spirit Artifact, the Earth Cauldron."

"Note: Only one Ancient Body Refining Pill may be consumed per day."

"Although the Earth Cauldron is only a Low-Grade Spirit Artifact, it possesses boundless wonders. It can automatically combine pills, and it can automatically devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to raise its grade. The more pills it combines, the faster the cauldron advances."

Zhou Cheng was pleasantly surprised.

Automatically combine pills?

Did that mean that as long as he prepared the materials for Body-Refining Pills and placed them into the Earth Cauldron, it could automatically produce Body-Refining Pills?

To refine pills, one first had to reach the Xiantian Realm and possess Xiantian true qi. Zhou Cheng had been troubled by his inability to refine pills, but now the Earth Cauldron could automatically combine pills!

Zhou Cheng let out a long breath. Though he was the son of the Grand General, he did not have much money on hand. He had spent over two hundred taels on medicinal ingredients last night and another four hundred taels today, burning through nearly half his savings at once.

Now, he no longer needed to worry about not having enough money to spend.

If he ever ran short of money, he could simply use the Earth Cauldron to combine pills and sell them.

Moreover, Zhou Cheng thought that since the Earth Cauldron could automatically combine pills, could it also automatically combine weapons?

A high-quality steel saber at the ordinary weapon grade could generally sell for dozens of taels of silver. If he combined ten a day, that would be several hundred taels of silver.

Although Zhou Cheng was not so blinded by money that his eyes turned red, the thought of wealth rolling in like an endless tide still made him excited.

Back when he was in university, he sometimes could not even bear to buy a chicken drumstick with his meals.

After a while, Zhou Cheng suppressed the excitement in his heart and silently willed it. The human-height Earth Cauldron continuously shrank, then its four legs bent and transformed into the shape of a ring, which slipped onto the ring finger of Zhou Cheng's left hand.

The Earth Cauldron was a spirit artifact with an internal space. Though it was not large, only a dozen or so cubic meters, he could directly store medicinal ingredients inside it when buying them in the future, saving himself from carrying large bags in and out of the Grand General's Mansion.

Zhou Cheng took an Ancient Body Refining Pill from the system.

This Ancient Body Refining Pill was slightly larger than the Body-Refining Pills circulating on the market. Under the sunlight, it shimmered with an entrancing luster, its fragrance assailing his nostrils. Simply smelling it made his spirits surge, even giving him the urge to drool.

Without hesitation, Zhou Cheng tossed the Ancient Body Refining Pill into his mouth and chewed it a few times. At once, it transformed into surging medicinal power.

In almost the span of a breath, the medicinal power of the Ancient Body Refining Pill was completely devoured by the Black Tortoise Divine Technique and the Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique.

Zhou Cheng quickly summoned the system panel to check.

After consuming the Ancient Body Refining Pill, his Black Tortoise Divine Technique and Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique had improved astonishingly.

Host: Zhou Cheng

Black Tortoise Divine Technique: Third Layer (Progress 91)

Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique: First Layer (Progress 94)

This Ancient Body Refining Pill truly lived up to its name. A single pill had directly raised both his Black Tortoise Divine Technique and Indestructible Vajra Divine Technique by so much, and the improvement happened within a breath. He did not need to refine it himself at all.

Looks like I can break through to the Body Refining Fourth Layer tonight.

With the Ancient Body Refining Pill, his plan to break through to the Body Refining Fourth Layer had been brought forward by another day.

Once he broke through to the Body Refining Fourth Layer, he could begin practicing martial skills.

Zhou Cheng returned to the study and began reading. However, he was not reading the Martial Classics, but books concerning the customs and local conditions of the Immortal Martial Realm. Having only just arrived in this world, he naturally needed to learn more about it. Though he had fused with the original owner's memories, reading more books would always be beneficial.

Near noon, the guard Chang Qing came to summon Zhou Cheng, saying that his father wanted him in the main hall for a meal.

Following the guard Chang Qing to the main hall, Zhou Cheng saw his father, Zhou Wei, sitting there with a stern old face.

Was this a sign that he was about to fly into a rage?

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